Dolgellau driver Elfyn Evans is looking for improvement in the second event of the World Rally Championship after a disappointing first round showing at Rallye Monte-Carlo.
His team, Toyota Gazoo, has its sights set on a successful second event for its new GR YARIS Rally1 car on Rally Sweden (25-27 February), the only true winter round of the FIA World Rally Championship season held on high-speed roads covered in snow and ice.
Evans, who finished 21st last time out but picked up four bonus points in the Power Stage, said: “We didn’t start the year how we wanted to on the first rally, but the one small benefit is that our road position should be a bit better for Sweden.
“We want to capitalise on that as best as we can and, like always, do as well as possible.
“With everything being so new there have been a lot of different things to try during our testing on snow and ice, but overall I’m feeling comfortable – although it is always hard to tell exactly how fast you are on this surface because things like traction vary depending on the conditions.
“We’ve also been…
