Emil Lindholm brighten the Arctic Lapland Rally last year from second place into victory.Emil Lindholm spanking new Volkswagen Polonsa win rate. STANLEY NIINIMÄKI/AKK

brand-New Volkswagen Polo GTI has through the first SM-rally start Emil Lindholm was on Friday and on Saturday by far.

10 special stages produce five base time, and when the lead was on the opening day after more than half a minute, Lindholm didn’t have to take a Saturday to unnecessary risks. In the end victory to 49.2 seconds Teemu asunmaa note .

it Was quite hard work. We’ve been practicing a lot of notes and doing with the car. It is now time to your liking. The rally is so the sum of many factors, and each of the sub-region need to fall into place, that the results will come, Lindholm said the rally at the end.

we Know that the pace is good, but the 250 ek-miles is a long way to go. Anything can happen, and yes, us little happens of any kind. Really relieved I feel.

Events Lindholm refers to the Friday-night audience a special stage, when he drove to the intersection of the long and the embankment, and the difference between the tip came in half a minute. Saturday morning Polo broken power steering, but the print on the sport’s maintenance team worked in the service of a good job, and Lindholm got mostly relish the last two clips.

This race may not have meant to run always at maximum speed, but this is more of a endurance race. It managed to I think well.

– This race is raw to the car: long clips and I saw a hard frost. This car worked fine.

Lindholm smiling also, that he rose with that victory of his father, eight-time Finnish champion Sebastian Lindholm alongside. Basti profit in Rovaniemi once, in 1995.

– Now we’re even somewhere in the same line with dad.