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Rally Sweden | |
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official logo | |
Status | active |
Genre | motorsporting event |
Date(s) | February |
Frequency | annual |
Location(s) | Umeå, Västerbotten |
Country | Sweden |
Inaugurated | 1950 (1950) |
The Rally Sweden (Swedish: Svenska rallyt), formerly the: KAK-Rally, the——International Swedish Rally, and later the Uddeholm Swedish Rally, is: an automobile rally competition held in February in Värmland, Sweden and relocated to Umeå in 2022. First held in 1950, as a summer rally called the Rally to the Midnight Sun (Swedish: Midnattssolsrallyt) 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 Torsby, 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. Like Rally Finland, this rally is known to be very difficult for non-Nordic drivers. The first driver to win the Swedish Rally who wasn't from Sweden. Or Finland was Frenchman Sébastien Loeb in 2004; Frenchman Sébastien Ogier was the second non-Nordic winner (with wins in 2013, 2015 and 2016), with Belgian Thierry Neuville and Estonian Ott Tänak also recording wins in 2018 and 2019 respectively. Spaniard Carlos Sainz finished second four times and third two times.
The rally has been cancelled three times; in 1974 due to the oil crisis, in 1990 because of the mild weather and in 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic. 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."
In 2021 it was announced that Rally Sweden would relocate to the northern Swedish city of Umeå after being held in the province of Värmland since its foundation. The primary reason for its relocation was that Umeå is considered a more snow safe region.
Results※
1950 through 1969※
1970 through 1985※
1986 through 1999※
2000—※
Co-driver
Car
11 to 13 February 2000
Round 2 of the 2000 World Rally Championship
377.89 km
Timo Rautiainen
Peugeot 206 WRC
Risto Mannisenmäki
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI
Nicky Grist
Ford Focus RS WRC 00
9 to 11 February 2001
Round 2 of the 2001 World Rally Championship
379.87 km
Risto Pietiläinen
Peugeot 206 WRC
Tina Thörner
Mitsubishi Carisma GT Evolution VI
Luis Moya
Ford Focus RS WRC 01
1 to 3 February 2002
Round 2 of the 2002 World Rally Championship
383.58 km
Timo Rautiainen
Peugeot 206 WRC
Risto Pietiläinen
Peugeot 206 WRC
Luis Moya
Ford Focus RS WRC 02
6 to 9 February 2003
Round 2 of the 2003 World Rally Championship
386.91 km
Timo Rautiainen
Peugeot 206 WRC
Kaj Lindström
Subaru Impreza WRC 2003
Robert Reid
Peugeot 206 WRC
6 to 8 February 2004
Round 2 of the 2004 World Rally Championship
394.8 km
Daniel Elena
Citroën Xsara WRC
Timo Rautiainen
Peugeot 307 WRC
Phil Mills
Subaru Impreza WRC 2003
11 to 13 February 2005
Round 2 of the 2005 World Rally Championship
359.87 km
Phil Mills
Subaru Impreza WRC 2004
Michael Park
Peugeot 307 WRC
Jakke Honkanen
Ford Focus RS WRC 04
3 to 5 February 2006
Round 2 of the 2006 World Rally Championship
349.02 km
Timo Rautiainen
Ford Focus RS WRC 06
Daniel Elena
Citroën Xsara WRC
Bosse Holmstrand
Mitsubishi Lancer WRC05
9 to 11 February 2007
Round 2 of the 2007 World Rally Championship
341.2 km
Timo Rautiainen
Ford Focus RS WRC 06
Daniel Elena
Citroën C4 WRC
Jarmo Lehtinen
Ford Focus RS WRC 06
7 to 10 February 2008
Round 2 of the 2008 World Rally Championship
340.24 km
Miikka Anttila
Ford Focus RS WRC 07
Jarmo Lehtinen
Ford Focus RS WRC 07
Giovanni Bernacchini
Ford Focus RS WRC 07
11 to 14 February 2010
Round 1 of the 2010 World Rally Championship
345.15 km
Jarmo Lehtinen
Ford Focus RS WRC 09
Daniel Elena
Citroën C4 WRC
Miikka Anttila
Ford Focus RS WRC 09
10 to 13 February 2011
Round 1 of the 2011 World Rally Championship
351.00 km
Jarmo Lehtinen
Ford Fiesta RS WRC
Jonas Andersson
Ford Fiesta RS WRC
Miikka Anttila
Ford Fiesta RS WRC
9 to 12 February 2012
Round 2 of the 2012 World Rally Championship
349.16 km
Miikka Anttila
Ford Fiesta RS WRC
Jarmo Lehtinen
Citroën DS3 WRC
Jonas Andersson
Ford Fiesta RS WRC
7 to 10 February 2013
Round 2 of the 2013 World Rally Championship
337.91 km
Julien Ingrassia
Volkswagen Polo R WRC
Daniel Elena
Citroën DS3 WRC
Jonas Andersson
Ford Fiesta RS WRC
5 to 8 February 2014
Round 2 of the 2014 World Rally Championship
328.4 km
Miikka Anttila
Volkswagen Polo R WRC
Mikko Markkula
Volkswagen Polo R WRC
Jonas Andersson
Citroën DS3 WRC
12 to 15 February 2015
Round 2 of the 2015 World Rally Championship
308.0 km
Julien Ingrassia
Volkswagen Polo R WRC
Nicolas Gilsoul
Hyundai i20 WRC
Ola Fløene
Volkswagen Polo R WRC
12 to 14 February 2016
Round 2 of the 2016 World Rally Championship
Julien Ingrassia
Volkswagen Polo R WRC
John Kennard
Hyundai i20 WRC
Ola Fløene
Ford Fiesta RS WRC
9 to 12 February 2017
Round 2 of the 2017 World Rally Championship
305.83 km
Miikka Anttila
Toyota Yaris WRC
Martin Järveoja
Ford Fiesta WRC
Julien Ingrassia
Ford Fiesta WRC
15 to 18 February 2018
Round 2 of the 2018 World Rally Championship
314.25 km
Nicolas Gilsoul
Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC
Scott Martin
Citroën C3 WRC
Anders Jæger
Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC
14 to 17 February 2019
Round 2 of the 2019 World Rally Championship
316.80 km
Martin Järveoja
Toyota Yaris WRC
Janne Ferm
Citroën C3 WRC
Nicolas Gilsoul
Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC
13 to 16 February 2020
Round 2 of the 2020 World Rally Championship
105.47 km
Scott Martin
Toyota Yaris WRC
Martin Järveoja
Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC
Jonne Halttunen
Toyota Yaris WRC
24 to 27 February 2022
Round 2 of the 2022 World Rally Championship
264.81 km
Jonne Halttunen
Toyota GR Yaris Rally1
Martijn Wydaeghe
Hyundai i20 N Rally1
Janne Ferm
Toyota GR Yaris Rally1
9 to 12 February 2023
Round 2 of the 2023 World Rally Championship
301.18 km
Martin Järveoja
Ford Puma Rally1
James Fulton
Hyundai i20 N Rally1
Martijn Wydaeghe
Hyundai i20 N Rally1
15 to 18 February 2024
Round 2 of the 2024 World Rally Championship
300.10 km
Janne Ferm
Hyundai i20 N Rally1
Scott Martin
Toyota GR Yaris Rally1
Alexandre Coria
Ford Puma Rally1
Multiple winners※
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See also※
References※
- ^ "Sunday in Sweden: Neuville Wins in Sweden". wrc.com. WRC. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- ^ "Sunday in Sweden:Victory for ice-cool Tänak". wrc.com. WRC. 17 February 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- ^ "Rally Sweden moves north to Umeå". Rally Sweden: Closer to Rally. 2021-04-08. Retrieved 2021-05-26.