Rally Sweden

February sees the season’s only full-snow event, staged in Sweden, northern Europe

In freezing conditions of northern Europe, Sweden sets the stage for Rally Sweden, WRC’s only full-snow rally. The SS of Rallye Monte-Carlo, the year’s opening event, are on snowy roads, but Rally Sweden is the only event where the entire course is under snow. The rally cars are fitted with tyres whose tread is embedded with special metal studs for the snowy roads. The Service Park, which is central to the rally, is located in Torsby, in central southern Sweden, and some of the SS take place in adjacent Norway. The SS are high speed overall, and another popular feature of Rally Sweden are the breathtaking jumps. Toyota returned to WRC in 2017 for the first time in 18 years, winning overall in this second rally of the season with the team of Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila.

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A high-speed course where aerodynamic performance is important

Rally Sweden is an event held on slippery snow-covered roads, but the special studded tyres cling tightly to the compacted snowy and icy roads, and the road grip capability is better than would be expected. Many SS feature a succession of gentle, high-speed corners, thus the average SS speed is among the top three of the WRC. The aerodynamic performance of cars is extremely important in such a high speed rally, and cars can maintain stability and high speeds if they are able to achieve sufficient downforce. The Yaris WRC was designed in pursuit of aerodynamic performance, making it well-suited to both this rally and the other Nordic event, Rally Finland.

Host country

Country:
SWEDEN
Schedule:
2/14 (thu) - 17 (sun)
Service Park:
Torsby
Surface:
Snow
SS:
19 （SS Totals:316.80km）
Totals:
1460.59km

Information

Capital:
StockholmSWEDEN
UTC:
+2
Population:
10 million
Language:
Swedish
Average temperature in Feb:
-4.0℃/maximum temperature 0.1℃
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ITINERARY

  • Time Dist Location
    Shakedown　2/14 SD 6.86 Skalla
  • Time Dist Location
    DAY1　2/14 SS1 20:08 1.90 Super Special Stage Karlstad 1
  • Time Dist Location
    DAY2　2/15 SS2 7:55 21.26 Hof-Finnskog 1
    SS3 9:08 24.88 Svullrya 1
    SS4 9:59 18.10 Röjden 1
    SS5 13:54 21.26 Hof-Finnskog 2
    SS6 15:17 24.88 Svullrya 2
    SS7 16:08 18.10 Röjden 2
    SS8 17:14 8.93 Torsby 1
  • Time Dist Location
    DAY3　2/16 SS9 7:44 23.13 Rämmen 1
    SS10 8:35 23.40 Hagfors 1
    SS11 09:37 14.21 Vargåsen 1
    SS12 13:02 23.13 Rämmen 2
    SS13 13:53 23.40 Hagfors 2
    SS14 15:08 14.21 Vargåsen 2
    SS15 17:45 1.90 Super Special Stage Karlstad 2
    SS16 19:30 2.80 Torsby Sprint
  • Time Dist Location
    DAY4　2/17 SS17 7:50 21.19 Likenäs 1
    SS18 9:51 21.19 Likenäs 2
    SS19 12:18 8.93 Torsby 2 (Power Stage)

Past results

2018

  1. 1
    Thierry Neuville/Nicolas Gilsoul
  2. 2
    Craig Breen/Scott Martin
  3. 3
    Andreas Mikkelsen/Anders Jaeger
  4. 4
    Esapekka Lappi/Janne Ferm
  5. 7
    Jari-Matti Latvala/Miikka Anttila
  6. 9
    Ott Tänak/Martin Järveoja

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2017

  1. 1
    Jari-Matti Latvala/Miikka Anttila
  2. 2
    Ott Tanak/Martin Jarveoja
  3. 3
    Sebastien Ogier/Julien Ingrassia
  4. 23
    Juho Hänninen/Kaj Lindström

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