Mads Ostberg says landing a podium finish on his WRC return at next week’s Rally Sweden will be one of the biggest challenges of his career. Ostberg missed last month’s Monte Carlo Rally preparing his new team in time for round two, when he wheels out the world’s first privately run 2017-specification Ford Fiesta WRC. The Nowergian's car is set for completion on Wednesday – with his own technicians working on the car alongside M-Sport personnel at the firm’s Cumbrian base – with his first test due at the weekend. Ostberg has finished on the podium in five of his last six outings in Karlstad, but he reckons a sixth top-three result on the WRC’s winter round would be his...
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