Rally Sweden - 1st Day: Solberg leads his teammates, big moment for Armstrong

At the end of Thursday, Oliver Solberg takes an early lead on his home event with Elfyn Evans and Takamoto Katsuta following him.

Oliver Solberg is leading Rally Sweden as he set the fastest time in Stage 1 despite the fact that he was opening the road.

Elfyn Evans follows his teammate for 3,8 seconds and left Takamoto Katsuta behind for six tenths of a second.

Sami Pajari does the 1-2-3-4 for Toyota Gazoo Racing, but his fourth position is under threat by the fifth Thierry Neuville as their gap is at 1,2 seconds.

Adrien Fourmaux is in sixth position overall and kept his teammate Esapekka Lappi behind for 1,2 seconds.

Josh McErlean, Martins Sesks, Lorenzo Bertelli complete the top ten.

Jon Armstrong is outside the top ten as he had a moment in Stage 1. In fact, he lost the braking point and turned his Puma very early on a corner resulting in hitting a snowbank with the front end of his car.

Watch below the stage times and the overall classification after Stage 1:

Photo Credits: Toyota