Takamoto Katsuta will take a narrow 2.8sec lead into Saturday after overhauling Toyota team-mate Elfyn Evans during a dramatic Friday at Rally Sweden
The Japanese driver fronts a dominant Toyota 1-2-3 after eight stages on the rapid, snow-lined roads around Umeå, with Sami Pajari completing the trio as the GR Yaris Rally1 established itself as the reference package from dawn through to the floodlit Umeå Sprint.
The narrative shifted early. Championship leader Oliver Solberg began the day in control but his bid for a landmark home victory unravelled on SS3 (Andersvattnet 1). Sweeping the road, he was caught out by sudden snap oversteer, slid into a snowbank and damaged a tyre, dropping…