1998 WORLD RALLY
CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 2
THE INTERNATIONAL SWEDISH RALLY (5-8 FEB)
TEAM MITSUBISHI RALLIART WINS SWEDISH RALLY
Team Mitsubishi Ralliart scored its fourth victory on the
Swedish Rally thanks to a briliant performance from
double World Rally Champion Tommi Makinen, driving a
Lancer Evolution. Makinen’s victory on the second
round of the 1998 World Rally Championship has
re-asserted his claim for a record third successive world
title for Mitsubishi and was backed up by another
crushing success in the Group N production car class,
with Carisma GTs and Lancer Evolutions sweeping the top
places.
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FINAL
OVERALL CLASSIFICATION
| 1.T.MAKINEN/R.MANNISENMAKI
|
FIN/FIN |
MITSUBISHI
LANCER |
3.32.51.6 |
Gr-A |
| 2.C.SAINZ/L.MOYA |
E/E |
TOYOTA COROLLA |
3.33.43.2 |
Gr-A |
| 3.J.KANKKUNEN
/J.REPO |
FIN/FIN |
FORD ESCORT |
3.33.50.4 |
Gr-A |
| 4.K.ERIKSSON/S.PARMANDER |
S/S |
SUBARU IMPREZA |
3.35.23.3 |
Gr-A |
| 5.M.GRONHOLM/T.RAUTIAINEN |
FIN/FIN |
TOYOTA CELICA |
3.36.21.5 |
Gr-A |
| 6.D.AURIOL/D.GIRAUDET |
F/F |
TOYOTA COROLLA |
3.37.09.8 |
Gr-A |
| 7.U.NITTEL/T.THORNER
|
D/S |
MITSUBISHI
CARISMA GT |
3.37.35.2 |
Gr-A |
| 8.B.THIRY/S.PREVOT
|
B/B |
FORD ESCORT |
3.38.59.1 |
Gr-A |
| 9.P.LIATTI/F.PONS |
I/I |
SUBARU IMPREZA |
3.40.38.5 |
Gr-A |
| 10.M.JONSSON/J.JOHANSSON
|
S/S |
FORD ESCORT |
3.41.05.5 |
Gr-A |
| 13.S.WALFRIDSON/G.BARTH
|
S/S |
MITSUBISHI
LANCER |
3.43.29.8 |
1stGr-N |
| 14.K.BACKLUND/T.ANDERSSON
|
S/S |
MITSUBISHI
LANCER |
3.43.39.8 |
2ndGr-N |
| 15.R.BURNS/R.REID
|
GB/GB |
MITSUBISHI
CARISMA GT |
3.43.53.1 |
Gr-A |
| 17.J.KANGAS/J.LAKKSONEN
|
FIN/FIN |
MITSUBISHI
CARISMA GT |
3.48.28.8 |
3rdGr-N |
Nationality:
A=Austria/ AUS=Australia/
AND=Andorra/ E=Spain/ CZ=Czech
Republic/ D=Germany/ F=France/ FIN=Finland/
GB=Great Britain/ GR=Greece/ J=Japan/
MAL=Malaysia/ NZ=New Zealand/ RA=Argentine/
RI=Indonesia/ ROU=Uruguay/ S=Sweden/
T=Thailand/ |
|
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1997 by Mitsubishi Motors Corporation. 
