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Event
Rally Sweden


Date
Sun 18th February 2018 (UTC)

Timestamp


Time
00:00:00 UTC

Timezones
24-11-08 16:00 (PST Los Angeles)
24-11-08 18:00 (CST Chicago)
24-11-08 19:00 (EST New York)
24-11-09 00:00 (GMT London)
24-11-09 01:00 (CET Paris)
24-11-09 04:00 (GST Dubai)
24-11-09 05:30 (IST Kolkata)
24-11-09 09:00 (JST Tokyo)
24-11-09 11:00 (AEDT Sydney)

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League
WRC

Season
2018

Round
2

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Location
Rally Sweden

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Description
The Rally Sweden (Swedish: Svenska rallyt), formerly the Swedish Rally, and later the Uddeholm Swedish Rally, is an automobile rally competition held in Värmland, Sweden in early February. First held in 1950, when it was called the Rally to the Midnight Sun (Which at this time was a summer rally) with start and finish at separate locations, seventeen years later both start and finish became located in Karlstad. The main service park is located in the town of Hagfors, which is actually much closer to the special stages than Karlstad. The competition is spread out over three days with the start of the first part on Friday morning and the finish on Sunday afternoon.

In 1973 the rally was introduced to the World Rally Championship and started to get international attention; the Swedish Rally has been also traditionally the only rally held on snow. The first non-Nordic winning driver of the Swedish Rally were Frenchman Sébastien Loeb in 2004, Frenchman Sébastien Ogier was the second non-Nordic winner in 2013 & 2015. Spaniard Carlos Sainz finished second four times and third two times.

The rally has been cancelled twice; in 1974 due to the oil crisis and in 1990 because of the mild weather. The rally was also not held in 2009 due to the WRC's round rotation system. Weather continues to be a concern, as rising global temperatures reduce the likelihood of appropriately snowy conditions every year. The 2005 event was one of the warmest ever, turning many stages into mud and destroying the special studded snow tires used by the teams.


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Result List


Result Description
1 Thierry Neuville/ Nicolas Gilsoul Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 2:52:13.1 25 +2
2 Craig Breen/ Scott Martin Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT Citroën C3 WRC 2:52:32.9 18
3 Andreas Mikkelsen/ Anders Jæger-Synnevaag Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 2:52:41.4 15 +3
4 Esapekka Lappi/ Janne Ferm Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC 2:52:58.9 12 +5
5 Hayden Paddon/ Sebastian Marshall Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 2:53:07.5 10
6 Mads Østberg/ Torstein Eriksen Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT Citroën C3 WRC 2:53:28.4 8
7 Jari-Matti Latvala/ Miikka Anttila Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC 2:54:18.0 6
8 Teemu Suninen/ Mikko Markkula M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta WRC 2:55:05.3 4
9 Ott Tänak/ Martin Järveoja Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC 2:55:57.5 2 +1
10 Sébastien Ogier/ Julien Ingrassia M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta WRC 3:00:58.5 1 +4

Championship standings after the rally

1 Thierry Neuville Belgium 41
2 Sébastien Ogier France 31
3 Jari-Matti Latvala Finland 23
4 Esapekka Lappi Finland 23
5 Ott Tänak Estonia 21


Manufacturers' and teams' championships

1 Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT South Korea 54
2 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Japan 53
3 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT France 46
4 M-Sport Ford WRT United Kingdom 43


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