Andersson begins the Sweden Rally as leader after winning the sunshine of Karlstad.
Winning the first stage, and knowing he will tomorrow begin almost surely sections covered in snow at exit number 11, Andersson feels very confident.
"It is good, it is good." "Must be among the top five at least on the first day," said local pilot.
"I was very, very consistent and he would carefully, I did not know if going slowly or fast." "Obviously it seems that not."
Meanwhile, pilot Ford Jari-Matti Latvala finished second to 0.6 seconds Andersson, with Petter Solberg (Solberg Citroen) in third position.
Mikko Hirvonen was fourth, and although he lost only one second to Andersson, worried about a technical problem with the gearbox.
"It was fine, but we had a small problem with the change," he said. "It did not work as it should by losing time."
Behind were Citroen; factory pilots Henning Solberg and Sebastien Ogier who very conservative form finished fifth and seventh, respectively separated by Mads Ostberg the new Ford Stobart.
Kimi Raikkonen has been tenth.
