Mads Ostberg Stobart team driver has been as interim leader of Sweden Rally have 24.8 seconds on Mikko Hirvonen Ford driver.
Despite leaving in tenth position under the same conditions of snow, Ostberg was the fastest in the ES2 and roxalia and second in the ES3.
"I am very confident with the car and what I'm doing pretty easy," said the pilot Stobart. "I hope the pace notes, trust the co-pilot and hope the fantastic car I'm driving." "I feel very comfortable with the speed we have at the moment, so I feel good."
Behind the pilot factory Hirvonen mantinene 21 seconds ahead of the third Petter Solberg classified, the first pilot of Citroen.
Sebastien Loeb has the worst conditions and has lost 1 minute 46 seconds to Ostberg.
"It's almost unmanageable," said Loeb. "We are wasting an incredible time."
Jari-Matti Latvala lost third place for Solberg in the ES3.
Sebastien Ogier is eighth. French has been leading conservative way given his lack of experience in the snow. Kimi Raikkonen (ICE1 Citroen) was eleventh.
Pos pilot mark time 1 Mads Ostberg Ford 40m10.8s 2. Mikko Hirvonen Ford + 24.8s 3. Petter Solberg Citroen + 45.6s 4. Jari-Matti Latvala Ford + 1m19.8s 5. Patrik Sandell Skoda + 1m20.0s 6. Henning Solberg Ford + 1m21.4s 7. Eyvind Brynildsen Skoda + 1m27.1s 8. Sebastien Ogier Citroen + 1m35.0s 9. Sebastien Loeb Citroen + 1m46.7s10. Martin Prokop Ford + 2m06.3sescrito by Miguel Fernandez © leagues engine. Prohibited the total or partial reproduction of this content. Sources: (GMM), (CIAM), photos: Getty and F1 teams.