Although times were not quite as quick as in
the warmer conditions on Monday, with the reigning world champion stopping the
clocks a smidgen slower than he had done 24 hours earlier, the name at the head
of the order remained unchanged, as Kristoffersson punched in a late ‘flyer’ to
spearhead a KMS – HORSE Powertrain one-two.
Ole Christian Veiby ran his team-mate closest, as
the two sustainably-fuelled VW Polo KMS 601 RX combustion cars outpaced all
of their rivals around Höljes Motorstadion, which will host the campaign’s double-header
curtain-raising contest in just a few days’ time (6-7 July) – rallycross’
legendary ‘Magic Weekend’, and the beginning of World RX’s eagerly-anticipated
new ‘Battle of Technologies’.
After some 442 laps of running – taking the
total across the two-day test to 781 – the drivers from second down to eighth on
Tuesday were blanketed by less than four tenths-of-a-second, auguring well for
an extremely competitive season ahead.
Timmy Hansen upheld electric honours in third
in his Peugeot 208 RX1e,
a scant 0.031s adrift of Veiby, with Niclas Grönholm stating the case for CE
Dealer Team by Volvo Construction Equipment narrowly behind in fourth.
Gustav Bergström
ended up fifth in his Kristoffersson Motorsport Volkswagen RX1e, a fraction
ahead of 2023 championship runner-up Kevin Hansen in the second Hansen World RX
Team entry and CE Dealer Team’s Klara Andersson.
Four of the
ten competitors put more than 50 laps on the board, with World RX newcomer
Sondre Evjen completing the most on his way to eighth for Kristoffersson Motorsport,
barely a tenth-of-a-second behind stablemate Bergström.
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Muennich Motorsport’s René Münnich and JDM Raptor Racing driver Anthony Pelfrene
rounded out the runners.
Test Times, Day Two (2 July)
1. Johan Kristoffersson KMS - HORSE
Powertrain VW Polo KMS 601 RX (ICE) 42.897s
2. Ole Christian Veiby KMS - HORSE
Powertrain VW Polo KMS 601 RX (ICE) +0.418s
3. Timmy Hansen Hansen World RX Team Peugeot
208 RX1e (EV) +0.449s
4. Niclas Grönholm CE Dealer Team PWR
RX1e (EV) +0.576s
5. Gustav Bergström Kristoffersson
Motorsport Volkswagen RX1e (EV) +0.686s
6. Kevin Hansen Hansen World RX Team Peugeot
208 RX1e (EV) +0.722s
7. Klara Andersson CE Dealer Team PWR
RX1e (EV) +0.748s
8. Sondre Evjen Kristoffersson
Motorsport Volkswagen RX1e (EV) +0.808s
9. René Münnich ALL-INKL.COM Muennich
Motorsport SEAT Ibiza (ICE) +1.296s
10. Anthony Pelfrene JDM Raptor Racing Peugeot
208 WRX (ICE) +1.743s
Images: Jaanus Ree / CE Dealer Team
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