GUIDE: Follow Oliver Solberg in the Croatian WC rally - this is what SVT broadcasts this weekend

2022-04-21T10:07:07.053Z

After a break of almost eight weeks, it's finally time for the World Rally Championship to resume. This year's third competition is being run in Zagreb, where the World Cup drivers will tackle the challenging and technically difficult asphalt stretches. Here is SVT's guide with broadcast times and conditions.

When:

April 21-24 in Zagreb

Prerequisites and history:

The Croatian World Cup rally is this year's third race in the WRC.

Eight weeks after the Swedish Rally, it's time for the season's first full asphalt race, given that the premiere in Monte Carlo had both snow and ice-covered stretches.

A total of 20 special distances await, 291.84 full-speed kilometers, spread over three days.

Last year, the rally in Zagreb had World Cup status for the first time and the audience was treated to real excitement into the last.

Only 0.6 seconds!

then victorious Sébastien Ogier and runner-up Elfyn Evans separated after 20 special stages and a total of just over 300 full-speed kilometers.

Norwegian Mads Östberg won the WRC2 class.

A total of 64 cars will start in the WC rally in the various classes, of which 11 in the main class WRC (Rally1).

Two Swedish participants in WRCOliver Solberg who drives for Hyundai and the map reader Jonas Andersson who drives with Gus Greensmith for M-Sport.

World Cup table after two competitions:

21-year-old Kalle Rovanperä leads the drivers' championship after two races.

His victory in the Swedish rally was the Finn's third win in the WRC.

Rovanperä tops the drivers' championship Photo: WRC

This is how SVT broadcasts:

Saturday 23 April

11.15 - 12.30 SVT2 / Play Rally-VM Croatia.

Route 12 Vinski Vrh - Duga Travel, 8.78 kilometers.

The last stretch in the morning before the drivers have a service break.

19.00 - 20.00 SVT Play Rally WC Croatia

Route 16 Vinski Vrh - Duga Travel 2, 8.78 kilometers.

The final leg of Saturday's stage.

Sunday 24 April

08.30 - 09.30 SVT2 / Play Rally WC Croatia

Route 18 Zagorska Sela - Kumrovec 1, 14.09 kilometers.

The first run-through on what is later the rally's Power stage.

13.00 - 14.30 SVT1 / Play Rally-VM Croatia

Route 20 Zagorska Sela - Kumrovec 1, 14.09 kilometers.

Runs for the second time, the last leg of the rally.

In addition, Power stage with valuable bonus points at stake.

Commentators: Maria Wallberg & Jonas Kruse

You can watch all broadcasts from the Rally World Cup here on SVT Play

CLIP: See when Solberg reveals the secrets of the rally steering wheel:

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