2004 Swedish Rally

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2004 Swedish Rally
53rd Uddeholm Swedish Rally
Round 2 of the
Citroën Total
Citroën Xsara WRC

The 2004 Swedish Rally (formally the 53rd Uddeholm Swedish Rally) was the second round of the 2004 World Rally Championship. The race was held over three days between 6 February and 8 February 2004, and was based in

Citroën's Sébastien Loeb won the race, his 6th win in the World Rally Championship.[1]

Background

Entry list

No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Tyre
World Rally Championship manufacturer entries
1 Norway Petter Solberg United Kingdom Phil Mills Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 P
2 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Finland Jarmo Lehtinen Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 P
3 France Sébastien Loeb Monaco Daniel Elena
Citroën Total WRT
Citroën Xsara WRC M
4 Spain Carlos Sainz Spain Marc Martí
Citroën Total WRT
Citroën Xsara WRC M
5 Finland Marcus Grönholm Finland Timo Rautiainen France Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC M
6 Belgium Freddy Loix Belgium Sven Smeets France Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC M
7 Estonia Markko Märtin United Kingdom Michael Park United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '03 M
8 Finland Janne Tuohino Finland Jukka Aho United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '03 M
9 France Gilles Panizzi France Hervé Panizzi
Mitsubishi Motors
Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 04 M
10 Finland Kristian Sohlberg Finland Kaj Lindström
Mitsubishi Motors
Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 04 M
World Rally Championship entries
11 Belgium François Duval Belgium Stéphane Prévot United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '03 M
12 Norway Henning Solberg Norway Cato Menkerud France Bozian Racing Peugeot 206 WRC M
14 Sweden Daniel Carlsson Sweden Matthias Andersson France Bozian Racing Peugeot 206 WRC M
15 Sweden Tobias Johansson Sweden Bosse Holmstrand Sweden Rally Team Olsbergs Ford Focus RS WRC '02 M
16 Sweden Andreas Eriksson Sweden Pecka Svensson Sweden Andreas Eriksson Ford Focus RS WRC '02 P
17 Finland Jari Viita Finland Timo Hantunen United Kingdom M-Sport Ford Focus RS WRC '03 M
18 Germany Antony Warmbold United Kingdom Gemma Price United Kingdom M-Sport Ford Focus RS WRC '02 M
61 Norway Kristian Kolberg Norway Ola Fløene Norway Kristian Kolberg Hyundai Accent WRC2 C
62 Norway Thomas Schie Norway Ragnar Engen Norway Thomas Schie Toyota Corolla WRC M
63 Norway Thomas Kolberg Norway Ole Kristian Unnerud Norway Thomas Kolberg Hyundai Accent WRC2 C
75 Hungary Balázs Benik Hungary Zoltan Doromby Hungary Balázs Benik Ford Focus RS WRC '02 M
77 Slovakia Jozef Béreš Jr. Czech Republic Petr Starý Slovakia Jozef Béreš Jr. Hyundai Accent WRC3 M
78 United Kingdom Andrew Nesbitt Republic of Ireland James O'Brien United Kingdom Andrew Nesbitt Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 P
81 Sweden Mikael Ericsson Sweden Dorothe Larsson Sweden Mikael Ericsson Mitsubishi Lancer VI
PWRC entries
31
Toshihiro Arai
New Zealand Tony Sircombe
Subaru Team Arai
Subaru Impreza WRX STI P
32 Malaysia Karamjit Singh Malaysia Allen Oh
Proton Pert Malaysia
Proton Pert
P
33 Spain Daniel Solà Spain Xavier Amigò Italy Ralliart Italy
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
35 Argentina Marcos Ligato Argentina Rubén Garcia Italy Top Run SRL Subaru Impreza WRX STI
36 Mexico Ricardo Triviño Spain Jordi Barrabés Mexico Triviño Racing
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
37 Sweden Joakim Roman Sweden Ragnar Spjuth Sweden Milbrooks World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRX STI M
38 Bulgaria Georgi Geradzhiev Jr. Bulgaria Nikola Popov Bulgaria Racing Team Bulgartabac
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
39 United Kingdom Alister McRae United Kingdom David Senior United Kingdom R.E.D World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRX STI P
40 Austria Manfred Stohl Austria Ilka Minor
OMV World Rally Team
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
P
41 Finland Jani Paasonen Finland Sirkka Rautiainen
OMV World Rally Team
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
P
42 United Kingdom Mark Higgins United Kingdom Michael Gibson Italy Top Run SRL
Subaru Impreza STI
43
Gianluigi Galli
Italy Guido D'Amore Italy Ralliart Italy
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
P
44 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah United Kingdom Steve Lancaster United Kingdom Autotek Motorsport
Subaru Impreza STI
45 Italy Fabio Frisiero Italy Giovanni Agnese Italy Top Run SRL Subaru Impreza WRX STI
46 Poland Tomasz Kuchar Poland Maciej Wodniak Poland Kuchar Team Poland
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
M
47 Spain Xavier Pons Spain Oriol Julià Spain Ralliart Spain
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
M
49 Spain Sergio López-Fombona Spain Guifré Pujol Spain Ralliart Spain
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
50 Germany Sebastian Vollak Germany Michael Kölbach
OMV World Rally Team
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
P
Source:[2]

Itinerary

All dates and times are CET (UTC+1).

Date Time No. Stage name Distance
Leg 1 — 145.80 km
6 February 08:22 SS1 Lidsbron 19.59 km
09:34 SS2 Torntorp 19.21 km
11:37 SS3 Granberget 1 52.57 km
15:05 SS4 Granberget 2 52.57 km
17:04 SS5 Hagfors Sprint 1 1.86 km
Leg 2 — 152.40 km
7 February 07:46 SS6 Sundsjon 1 20.78 km
08:22 SS7 Malta 1 11.25 km
10:18 SS8 Fredriksberg 20.13 km
11:05 SS9 Lejen 26.40 km
13:32 SS10 Malta 2 11.25 km
14:27 SS11 Sundsjon 1 20.78 km
15:46 SS12 Vargåsen 39.95 km
17:11 SS13 Hagfors Sprint 2 1.86 km
Leg 3 — 96.60 km
8 February 08:04 SS14 Sågen 1 14.17 km
08:54 SS15 Rämmen 1 23.35 km
10:06 SS16 Hara 1 10.78 km
12:18 SS17 Sågen 2 14.17 km
13:08 SS18 Rämmen 2 23.35 km
14:20 SS19 Hara 2 10.78 km
Source:[3]

Results

Overall

Pos. No. Driver Co-driver Team Car Time Difference Points
1 3 France Sébastien Loeb Monaco Daniel Elena France Citroën Total Citroën Xsara WRC 3:26:17.7 10
2 5 Finland Marcus Grönholm Finland Timo Rautiainen France Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC 3:27:04.1 +46.4 8
3 1 Norway Petter Solberg United Kingdom Phil Mills Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 3:27:39.2 +1:21.5 6
4 8 Finland Janne Tuohino Finland Jukka Aho United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '03 3:27:59.8 +1:42.1 5
5 4 Spain Carlos Sainz Spain Marc Martí
Citroën Total WRT
Citroën Xsara WRC 3:28:44.7 +2:27.0 4
6 12 Norway Henning Solberg Norway Cato Menkerud France Bozian Racing Peugeot 206 WRC 3:30:35.3 +4:17.6 3
7 7 Estonia Markko Märtin United Kingdom Michael Park United Kingdom Ford Motor Co Ltd Ford Focus RS WRC '03 3:31:56.0 +5:38.3 2
8 14 Sweden Daniel Carlsson Sweden Matthias Andersson France Bozian Racing Peugeot 206 WRC 3:32:08.1 +5:50.4 1

World Rally Cars

Classification

Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class
1 1 3 France Sébastien Loeb Monaco Daniel Elena France Citroën Total Citroën Xsara WRC 3:26:17.7 10
2 2 5 Finland Marcus Grönholm Finland Timo Rautiainen France Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC 3:27:04.1 +46.4 8
3 3 1 Norway Petter Solberg United Kingdom Phil Mills Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 3:27:39.2 +1:21.5 6
4 4 8 Finland Janne Tuohino Finland Jukka Aho United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '03 3:27:59.8 +1:42.1 5
5 5 4 Spain Carlos Sainz Spain Marc Martí
Citroën Total WRT
Citroën Xsara WRC 3:28:44.7 +2:27.0 4
7 6 7 Estonia Markko Märtin United Kingdom Michael Park United Kingdom Ford Motor Co Ltd Ford Focus RS WRC '03 3:31:56.0 +5:38.3 2
9 7 2 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Finland Jarmo Lehtinen Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 3:35:35.9 +9:18.2 0
Retired SS12 6 Belgium Freddy Loix Belgium Sven Smeets France Marlboro Peugeot Total Peugeot 307 WRC Engine 0
Retired SS6 10 Finland Kristian Sohlberg Finland Kaj Lindström
Mitsubishi Motors
Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 04 Transmission 0
Retired SS4 9 France Gilles Panizzi France Hervé Panizzi
Mitsubishi Motors
Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 04 Gearbox 0

Special stages

Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Class leaders
Leg 1 (6 Feb) SS1 Lidsbron 19.59 km Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC 9:20.4 Finland Marcus Grönholm
SS2 Torntorp 19.21 km Spain Carlos Sainz Citroën Xsara WRC 10:10.0
SS3 Granberget 1 52.57 km Estonia Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '03 24:47.4 Estonia Markko Märtin
SS4 Granberget 2 52.57 km Estonia Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '03 25:01.8
SS5 Hagfors Sprint 1 1.86 km France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 1:58.6
Leg 2 (7 Feb) SS6 Sundsjon 1 20.78 km Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC 11:22.4
SS7 Malta 1 11.25 km Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC 5:46.8
SS8 Fredriksberg 20.13 km Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC 11:55.7
SS9 Lejen 26.40 km France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 13:45.2
SS10 Malta 2 11.25 km Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC 5:34.9
SS11 Sundsjon 1 20.78 km France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 10:54.4 France Sébastien Loeb
SS12 Vargåsen 39.95 km France Sébastien Loeb Citroën Xsara WRC 20:57.9
SS13 Hagfors Sprint 2 1.86 km Norway Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03 1:55.5
Leg 3 (8 Feb) SS14 Sågen 1 14.17 km Spain Carlos Sainz Citroën Xsara WRC 7:29.0
SS15 Rämmen 1 23.35 km Finland Janne Tuohino Ford Focus RS WRC '03 12:08.6
SS16 Hara 1 10.78 km Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC 6:03.6
SS17 Sågen 2 14.17 km Spain Carlos Sainz
Finland Janne Tuohino
Citroën Xsara WRC
Ford Focus RS WRC '03
7:28.9
SS18 Rämmen 2 23.35 km Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC 12:05.4
SS19 Hara 2 10.78 km Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 307 WRC 6:05.3

Championship standings

Pos. Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships Manufacturers' championships
Move Driver Points Move Co-driver Points Move Manufacturer Points
1 France Sébastien Loeb 20 Monaco Daniel Elena 20 1
Citroën Total WRT
24
2 2 Finland Marcus Grönholm 13 2 Finland Timo Rautiainen 13 1 United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. 22
3 1 Estonia Markko Märtin 10 1 United Kingdom Michael Park 10 France Marlboro Peugeot Total 17
4 New entry Norway Petter Solberg 8 New entry United Kingdom Phil Mills 8 1 Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team 10
5 2 Belgium François Duval 6 2 Belgium Stéphane Prévot 6 1
Mitsubishi Motors
3

Production World Rally Championship

Classification

Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class
16 1 41 Finland Jani Paasonen Finland Sirkka Rautiainen
OMV World Rally Team
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
3:43:04.0 10
17 2 39 United Kingdom Alister McRae United Kingdom David Senior United Kingdom R.E.D World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3:44:06.8 +1:02.8 8
20 3 33 Spain Daniel Solà Spain Xavier Amigò Italy Ralliart Italy
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
3:46:28.5 +3:24.5 6
22 4 46 Poland Tomasz Kuchar Poland Maciej Wodniak Poland Kuchar Team Poland
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
3:47:55.3 +4:51.3 5
24 5 43
Gianluigi Galli
Italy Guido D'Amore Italy Ralliart Italy
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
3:48:38.9 +5:34.9 4
26 6 31
Toshihiro Arai
New Zealand Tony Sircombe
Subaru Team Arai
Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3:49:12.1 +6:08.1 3
32 7 44 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah United Kingdom Steve Lancaster United Kingdom Autotek Motorsport
Subaru Impreza STI
3:57:25.0 +14:21.0 2
33 8 49 Spain Sergio López-Fombona Spain Guifré Pujol Spain Ralliart Spain
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
3:58:41.8 +15:37.8 1
34 9 37 Sweden Joakim Roman Sweden Ragnar Spjuth Sweden Milbrooks World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:00:12.7 +17:08.7 0
35 10 32 Malaysia Karamjit Singh Malaysia Allen Oh
Proton Pert Malaysia
Proton Pert
4:00:18.5 +17:14.5 0
37 11 38 Bulgaria Georgi Geradzhiev Jr. Bulgaria Nikola Popov Bulgaria Racing Team Bulgartabac
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
4:02:59.9 +19:55.9 0
38 12 36 Mexico Ricardo Triviño Spain Jordi Barrabés Mexico Triviño Racing
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
4:03:28.4 +20:24.4 0
39 13 50 Germany Sebastian Vollak Germany Michael Kölbach
OMV World Rally Team
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
4:03:57.8 +20:53.8 0
40 14 45 Italy Fabio Frisiero Italy Giovanni Agnese Italy Top Run SRL Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:06:15.9 +23:11.9 0
46 15 47 Spain Xavier Pons Spain Oriol Julià Spain Ralliart Spain
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
4:34:35.0 +51:31.0 0
Retired SS8 42 United Kingdom Mark Higgins United Kingdom Michael Gibson Italy Top Run SRL
Subaru Impreza STI
Accident 0
Retired SS7 35 Argentina Marcos Ligato Argentina Rubén Garcia Italy Top Run SRL Subaru Impreza WRX STI Accident 0
Retired SS1 40 Austria Manfred Stohl Austria Ilka Minor
OMV World Rally Team
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
Accident 0

Special stages

Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Class leaders
Leg 1 (6 Feb) SS1 Lidsbron 19.59 km Finland Jani Paasonen
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
10:17.6 Finland Jani Paasonen
SS2 Torntorp 19.21 km Finland Jani Paasonen
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
10:45.5
SS3 Granberget 1 52.57 km Finland Jani Paasonen
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
26:58.7
SS4 Granberget 2 52.57 km Finland Jani Paasonen
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
27:10.2
SS5 Hagfors Sprint 1 1.86 km Finland Jani Paasonen
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
2:07.3
Leg 2 (7 Feb) SS6 Sundsjon 1 20.78 km Finland Jani Paasonen
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
12:13.3
SS7 Malta 1 11.25 km
Toshihiro Arai
Subaru Impreza WRX STI 6:14.8
SS8 Fredriksberg 20.13 km Finland Jani Paasonen
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
12:36.6
SS9 Lejen 26.40 km Finland Jani Paasonen
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
14:53.8
SS10 Malta 2 11.25 km Finland Jani Paasonen
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
6:10.2
SS11 Sundsjon 1 20.78 km Finland Jani Paasonen
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
11:58.6
SS12 Vargåsen 39.95 km United Kingdom Alister McRae Subaru Impreza WRX STI 22:55.5
SS13 Hagfors Sprint 2 1.86 km Finland Jani Paasonen
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
2:03.7
Leg 3 (8 Feb) SS14 Sågen 1 14.17 km Finland Jani Paasonen
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
8:08.3
SS15 Rämmen 1 23.35 km Finland Jani Paasonen
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
13:06.7
SS16 Hara 1 10.78 km
Toshihiro Arai
Subaru Impreza WRX STI 6:36.6
SS17 Sågen 2 14.17 km
Gianluigi Galli
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
8:02.8
SS18 Rämmen 2 23.35 km
Gianluigi Galli
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
13:00.1
SS19 Hara 2 10.78 km
Toshihiro Arai
Subaru Impreza WRX STI 6:34.0

Championship standings

Pos. Drivers' championships
Move Driver Points
1 New entry Finland Jani Paasonen 10
2 New entry United Kingdom Alister McRae 8
3 New entry Spain Daniel Solà 6
4 New entry Poland Tomasz Kuchar 5
5 New entry
Gianluigi Galli
4

References

  1. ^ "Swedish Rally". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  2. ^ "Swedish Rally 2004 Entry List". Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Swedish Rally 2004 Itinerary". Retrieved 14 September 2021.

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