Belgium's Victor Hugo Stéphane presses ahead, suddenly putting a gap to the field. The great yellow Duesenberg claws forward across the ice-covered surface of Laxforsen. Norway presses out of Storkurvan but can't seem to get enough power out of the Bugatti to make it to Lekböjen.Meanwhile, Italy and Monaco stay close and come around the outside of the curve, while the British racer cuts to the inside and lines up to overtake the two in the dash to the upcoming chicane.
Germany's Godeschalk Hegkman slows through Storkurvan, falling badly behind. Despite shifting up, the Bugatti does not advance. Hegkman's only advantage is that no other will likely put his single seat Bugatti T51 at risk of a collision. From this point, just in trail of the lead pack, he can sit on his perch, waiting for disaster to befall those ahead and then, perhaps in the third lap, press to rejoin the group and hammer out a podium finish. It is a hopeful plan, given the extraordinary performance of the Belgian's Duesenberg and Vitez Rychly's cunning advance from behind.
Farther back, the Czech racer continues to dominate the middle of the pack, now setting his sights on the white Bugatti ahead. Rychly is taking each curve with extraordinary precision, the very picture of driving art as he hits every apex, every curve, time after time with amazing accuracy.
The Scot, Alastair MacDougall, comes into the Höksböjen curve. He eyes the orange Bugatti and takes the racing line, despite the risk of damage from the debris that now litters the track.
France's Aristide La Fontaine presses past the Swiss Bugatti into the approaches to Höksböjen. Both cars steady themselves in preparation for the challenge of the icy turn.
At Fiskekroken, Sweden slows and gingerly takes the curve while both the Finn and the Portuguese drivers press into the entrance of the curve, side-by-side.
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