2017 Rally Sweden

2017 Rally Sweden
*65. Rally Sweden 2017*
2017 Rally Sweden; 65. Rally Sweden 2017
Round 2 of the 2017 World Rally Championship
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Host country	Sweden
Rally base	Torsby, Värmland
Dates run	9 – 12 February 2017
Stages	17 (305.83 km; 190.03 miles)
Stage surface	Snow
Statistics
Crews	41 at start, 32 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Jari-Matti Latvala; Miikka Anttila; Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT

The 2017 Rally Sweden (formally known as the Rally Sweden 2017

rally cars that was held over three days between 10 and 12 February 2017. It marked the sixty-fifth running of the Rally Sweden, and was the second round of the 2017 World Rally Championship and the WRC-2 and WRC-3

championships.

Toyota's driver Jari-Matti Latvala won the rally ahead of M-Sport drivers Ott Tänak and Sébastien Ogier who finished second and third, respectively. The win for Toyota was their first after their return to the WRC after a 17 year absence.^[2]

Latvala had inherited the lead after rally leader Thierry Neuville had crashed out on the final stage of leg 2. The Belgian had a lead of 43.3 seconds before ripping a wheel off in the second run of the Karlstad stage, promoting Latvala to first place.^[3]

Local driver Pontus Tidemand won the WRC-2 category, finishing ahead of Teemu Suninen.^[4]

Entry list

Notable entrants
No.	Entrant	Class	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Tyre
1	M-Sport World Rally Team	WRC	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Ford Fiesta WRC	M
2	M-Sport World Rally Team	WRC	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	Ford Fiesta WRC	M
3	M-Sport World Rally Team	WRC	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	Ford Fiesta WRC	D
4	Hyundai Motorsport	WRC	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	M
5	Hyundai Motorsport	WRC	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	M
6	Hyundai Motorsport	WRC	Dani Sordo	Marc Martí	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	M
7	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	WRC	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën C3 WRC	M
8	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	WRC	Craig Breen	Scott Martin	Citroën C3 WRC	M
10	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	WRC	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Yaris WRC	M
11	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	WRC	Juho Hänninen	Kaj Lindström	Toyota Yaris WRC	M
14	M-Sport World Rally Team	WRC	Mads Østberg	Ola Fløene	Ford Fiesta WRC	M
15	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	WRC	Stéphane Lefebvre	Gabin Moreau	Citroën DS3 WRC	M
16	Eurolamp World Rally Team	WRC	Valeriy Gorban	Sergei Larens	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	M
37	FWRT	WRC	Lorenzo Bertelli	Simone Scattolin	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
Source:^[1]

Key
Icon	Class
WRC	WRC entries eligible to score manufacturer points
WRC	Major entry ineligible to score manufacturer points
WRC	Registered to score points in WRC Trophy
WRC-2	Registered to take part in WRC-2 championship
WRC-3	Registered to take part in WRC-3 championship

Classification

Event standings

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Class	Time	Difference	Points
Overall classification
1	10	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	WRC	2:36:03.6	0.0	30
2	2	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC	2:36:32.8	+29.2	18
3	1	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC	2:37:03.1	+59.5	19
4	6	Dani Sordo	Marc Martí	Hyundai Motorsport	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC	2:38:15.1	+2:11.5	12
5	8	Craig Breen	Scott Martin	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën C3 WRC	WRC	2:38:54.8	+2:51.2	10
6	3	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC	2:41:30.2	+5:26.6	8
7	4	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Hyundai Motorsport	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC	2:41:34.8	+5:31.2	7
8	15	Stéphane Lefebvre	Gabin Moreau	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	2:43:18.3	+7:14.7	4
9	32	Pontus Tidemand	Jonas Andersson	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5	WRC-2	2:45:14.7	+9:11.1	2
10	31	Teemu Suninen	Mikko Markkula	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	2:46:06.5	+10:02.9	1
12	7	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën C3 WRC	WRC	2:46:32.3	+10:28.7	2
13	5	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai Motorsport	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC	2:47:35.1	+11:31.5	3
WRC-2 standings
1 (9.)	32	Pontus Tidemand	Jonas Andersson	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5	WRC-2	2:45:14.7		25
2 (10.)	31	Teemu Suninen	Mikko Markkula	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	2:46:06.5	+51.8	18
3 (11.)	34	Ole Christian Veiby	Stig Rune Skjærmoen	Printsport Oy	Škoda Fabia R5	WRC-2	2:46:22.1	+1:07.4	15
4 (14.)	40	Eric Camilli	Benjamin Veillas	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	2:48:27.1	+3:12.4	12

Special stages

Day	Stage	Name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Rally leader
Leg 1 (9–10 Feb)	SS1	Super Special Stage Karlstad 1	1.90 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Toyota Yaris WRC	1:34.1	Jari-Matti Latvala
	SS2	/ Röjden 1	18.47 km	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	9:37.3	Thierry Neuville
	SS3	Hof-Finnskog 1	21.26 km	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	10:10.3	Thierry Neuville
	SS4	Svullrya 1	24.88 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Toyota Yaris WRC	12:52.3	Jari-Matti Latvala
	SS5	/ Röjden 2	18.47 km	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	9:25.7	Thierry Neuville
	SS6	Hof-Finnskog 2	21.26 km	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	10:06.4
	SS7	Svullrya 2	24.88 km	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	13:04.0
	SS8	Torsby 1	16.43 km	Ott Tänak	Ford Fiesta WRC	9:24.8
Leg 2 (11 Feb)	SS9	Knon 1	31.60 km	Ott Tänak	Ford Fiesta WRC	13:45.5
	SS10	Hagfors 1	15.87 km	Ott Tänak	Ford Fiesta WRC	8:03.0
	SS11	Vargåsen 1	14.27 km	Ott Tänak	Ford Fiesta WRC	8:20.7
	SS12	Knon 2	31.60 km	Stage cancelled
	SS13	Hagfors 2	15.87 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Toyota Yaris WRC	7:50.9	Thierry Neuville
	SS14	Vargåsen 2	14.27 km	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	8:07.5	Thierry Neuville
	SS15	Super Special Stage Karlstad 2	1.90 km	Dani Sordo	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	1:33.9	Jari-Matti Latvala
Leg 3 (12 Feb)	SS16	Likenäs 1	21.19 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Toyota Yaris WRC	11:06.9
	SS17	Likenäs 2	21.19 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Toyota Yaris WRC	11:06.3
	SS18	Torsby 2 [Power Stage]	16.43 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Toyota Yaris WRC	8:51.1

Power Stage

The Power Stage was a 16.43 km (10.2 mi) stage at the end of the rally.

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Diff.	Pts.
1	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Yaris WRC	8:51.1		5
2	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Ford Fiesta WRC	8:52.3	+1.2	4
3	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	8:52.6	+1.5	3
4	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën C3 WRC	8:54.1	+3.0	2
5	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	8:58.8	+7.7	1

Championship standings after the rally

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos.	Driver	Points
1	1	Jari-Matti Latvala	48
1	2	Sébastien Ogier	44
	3	Ott Tänak	33
	4	Dani Sordo	25
	5	Craig Breen	20

Manufacturers' Championship standings

Pos.	Manufacturer	Points
1	M-Sport World Rally Team	73
2	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	53
3	Hyundai Motorsport	40
4	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	26

References

^ ^a ^b "Rally Sweden Entry List" (PDF). rallysweden.com. Rally Sweden. 16 January 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
^ "Latvala Triumphs in Sweden". wrc.com. WRC. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
^ "Latvala leads in Sweden after late drama". wrc.com. WRC. 11 February 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
^ "Tidemand's home run". wrc.com. WRC. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.

External links

[Rally_Sweden_Entry_List-1] "Rally Sweden Entry List" (PDF). rallysweden.com. Rally Sweden. 16 January 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2017.

[Latvala_wins-2] "Latvala Triumphs in Sweden". wrc.com. WRC. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.

[3] "Latvala leads in Sweden after late drama". wrc.com. WRC. 11 February 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.

[4] "Tidemand's home run". wrc.com. WRC. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.

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