The Japanese driver, competing in his first event as a factory pilot, had been running in fifth position having ended the morning loop by winning Stage 4, before midday service.
However, in the first test (Brattby 2) of the afternoon loop Katsuta clipped a snowbank on the exit of a left hander, which pitched the GR Yaris into a roll, before eventually coming to rest on its wheels.
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