Raikkonen impresses in Arctic Rally; Sordo wins
January 30, 2010
ROVANIEMI, Finland (AP)—Former Formula One champion Kimi Raikkonen had asecond day of impressive driving at the Arctic Lapland Rally, although hecouldn’t make up for a previous mistake and finished well behind winner DaniSordo of Spain.
Raikkonen lost more than 30 minutes Friday after running his Citroen off theroad and needing repairs, but still set the second-best time on nine specialstages during the two-day race.
Sordo won every stage to finish in 1 hour, 38 minutes, 29.1 seconds. KostiKatajamaki was second, 6:07.7 behind the winner.
Raikkonen, who will compete in the World Rally Championship this year afterbeing let go by F1 team Ferrari, used the race as a test ahead of the first WRCevent in Sweden next month.
