WRC - Nobre to run first on road

Paulo Nobre is back at the head of the start list for day two of Rally Sweden, while leader Jari-Matti Latvala gets to run 19th on the road today.

Sweden marks the first time that the new 2012 running order rules have been in place. The leading cars are now reversed at the end of the first and second days, meaning the driver first on the leaderboard overnight no longer gets the worst of the stage conditions next day.

Team MINI Portugal driver Nobre should have been first on the road yesterday too, only to go off on the opening stage. But he is restarting under Rally 2 rules, and having incurred a whole day’s worth of penalties, he is last among the World Rally Car drivers in the current results so is at the head of the start order today.

MINI’s touring car guest Richard Goransson and Ford protege Ott Tanak - both of whom had dramas on Friday - will follow Nobre onto the stages.