Mads Ostberg was stunned by his Rally Sweden shakedown pace on his return to the World Rally Championship with Citroen. Ostberg was 0.3 seconds shy of Thierry Neuville's benchmark on the 4.26-mile stage, but a second up on team-mate Kris Meeke. Ostberg has only done around 150km (93 miles) in the C3 ahead of his one-off recall to the team, though he warmed up by winning the Finnskog Rally in his own Ford Fiesta WRC. "After the test, the car felt OK..." Ostberg told Autosport. "I was surprised to see the speed at shakedown." He said he had tried "extreme changes" to the Citroen after the test, based on his Ford experience. "A lot was in my mind, we put it...
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