2018 Rally Sweden

2018 Rally Sweden
*66. Rally Sweden*
2018 Rally Sweden; 66. Rally Sweden
Round 2 of 13 in the 2018 World Rally Championship
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	Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul on the podium with Hyundai.
Host country	Sweden / Norway
Rally base	Torsby, Värmland
Dates run	15 – 18 February 2018
Start location	Karlstad trotting track, Karlstad
Finish location	Torsby, Värmland
Stages	19 (314.25 km; 195.27 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel and snow
Transport distance	1,086.28 km (674.98 miles)
Overall distance	1,400.79 km (870.41 miles)
Statistics
Crews registered	68
Crews	66 at start, 59 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Thierry Neuville; Nicolas Gilsoul; Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT; 2:52:13.1
Power Stage winner	Esapekka Lappi; Janne Ferm; Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
Support category results
WRC-2 winner	Takamoto Katsuta; Marko Salminen; Tommi Mäkinen Racing; 3:01:27.5
WRC-3 winner	Denis Rådström; Johan Johansson; Denis Rådström; 3:16:26.0

The 2018 Rally Sweden (formally known as the Rally Sweden 2018)^[1] was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 15 and 18 February 2018.^[2] It marked the sixty-sixth running of Rally Sweden, and was the second round of the 2018 World Rally Championship and its support categories, the WRC-2 and WRC-3 championships.^[3] It was also the first round of the Junior World Rally Championship.^[4] The event, which was based in the town of Torsby in Värmland County, was contested over nineteen special stages totalling a competitive distance of 314.25 km (195.27 mi).^[5]

Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila were the defending rally winners.^[6] Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul were the rally winners. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the manufacturers' winners.^[7] The Belgian also became only the third non-Nordic driver to win the event after the nine-time world champion, Sébastien Loeb, and the defending world champion, Sébastien Ogier.^[8] The Tommi Mäkinen Racing crew of Takamoto Katsuta and Marko Salminen won the World Rally Championship-2 category in a Ford Fiesta R5, while Swedish crew Denis Rådström and Johan Johansson won the World Rally Championship-3 and Junior World Rally Championship.^[9]^[10]

Background

Championship standings prior to the event

Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia entered the round with an eight-point lead in the World Championships for Drivers and Co-drivers. In the World Championship for Manufacturers, M-Sport Ford WRT and Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT held a fifteen-point lead over Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT.

Entry list

The following crews were entered into the rally. The event was open to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2, World Rally Championship-3 and Junior World Rally Championships. The final entry list consisted of fourteen World Rally Car entries, fifteen in the World Rally Championship-2, and fifteen entries in the World Rally Championship-3, twelve of which were eligible to score points in the Junior World Rally Championship.

No.	Entrant	Driver	Co-Driver	Car	Tyre
World Rally Car entries
1	M-Sport Ford WRT	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Ford Fiesta WRC	M
2	M-Sport Ford WRT	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	Ford Fiesta WRC	M
3	M-Sport Ford WRT	Teemu Suninen	Mikko Markkula	Ford Fiesta WRC	M
4	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Andreas Mikkelsen	Anders Jæger-Synnevaag	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	M
5	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	M
6	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hayden Paddon	Sebastian Marshall	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	M
7	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Yaris WRC	M
8	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	M
9	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Toyota Yaris WRC	M
10	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën C3 WRC	M
11	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Craig Breen	Scott Martin	Citroën C3 WRC	M
12	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Mads Østberg	Torstein Eriksen	Citroën C3 WRC	M
14	Henning Solberg	Henning Solberg	Cato Menkerud	Ford Fiesta WRC	M
21	Yazeed Racing	Yazeed Al Rajhi	Michael Orr	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
World Rally Championship-2 entries
31	Škoda Motorsport	Pontus Tidemand	Jonas Andersson	Škoda Fabia R5	M
32	Škoda Motorsport	Ole Christian Veiby	Stig Rune Skjærmoen	Škoda Fabia R5	M
33	Printsport	Łukasz Pieniążek	Przemysław Mazur	Škoda Fabia R5	M
34	Hyundai Motorsport	Jari Huttunen	Antti Linnaketo	Hyundai i20 R5	M
35	Tommi Mäkinen Racing	Hiroki Arai	Glenn MacNeall	Ford Fiesta R5	P
36	Tommi Mäkinen Racing	Takamoto Katsuta	Marko Salminen	Ford Fiesta R5	P
38	S.A. Motorsport Italia Srl	Umberto Scandola	Andrea Gaspari	Škoda Fabia R5	D
39	TAIF Motorsport	Radik Shaymiev	Maxim Tsvetkov	Ford Fiesta R5	P
40	Kevin Abbring	Kevin Abbring	Pieter Tsjoen	Ford Fiesta R5	P
41	Fredrik Åhlin	Fredrik Åhlin	Joakim Sjöberg	Škoda Fabia R5	D
42	Mattias Adielsson	Mattias Adielsson	Andreas Johansson	Škoda Fabia R5	P
43	Toksport World Rally Team	Janne Tuohino	Reeta Hämäläinen	Škoda Fabia R5	P
44	Lars Stugemo	Lars Stugemo	Kalle Lexe	Škoda Fabia R5	P
45	Toksport World Rally Team	Jarmo Berg	Rami Suorsa	Škoda Fabia R5	P
46	Gianluca Linari	Gianluca Linari	Nicola Arena	Ford Fiesta R5	P
World Rally Championship-3 entries
61	Emil Bergkvist	Emil Bergkvist^‡	Ola Fløene	Ford Fiesta R2T	P
62	Terry Folb	Terry Folb^‡	Christopher Guieu	Ford Fiesta R2T	P
63	Denis Rådström	Denis Rådström^‡	Johan Johansson	Ford Fiesta R2T	P
65	OT Racing	Ken Torn^‡	Kuldar Sikk	Ford Fiesta R2T	P
66	ADAC Sachsen	Julius Tannert^‡	Jürgen Heigl	Ford Fiesta R2T	P
67	Callum Devine	Callum Devine^‡	Keith Moriarty	Ford Fiesta R2T	P
68	David Holder	David Holder^‡	Jason Farmer	Ford Fiesta R2T	P
69	Jean-Baptiste Franceschi	Jean-Baptiste Franceschi^‡	Romain Courbon	Ford Fiesta R2T	P
70	ACI Team Italia	Luca Bottarelli^‡	Manuel Fenoli	Ford Fiesta R2T	P
71	Théo Chalal	Théo Chalal^‡	Jacques-Julien Renucci	Ford Fiesta R2T	P
72	Tom Williams	Tom Williams^‡	Phil Hall	Ford Fiesta R2T	P
73	Emilio Fernández	Emilio Fernández^‡	Joaquin Riquelme	Ford Fiesta R2T	P
74	Enrico Oldrati	Enrico Oldrati^‡	Danilo Fappani	Ford Fiesta R2T	P
75	Go+Cars Atlas Ward	Yuriy Protasov	Pavlo Cherepin	Citroën DS3 R3T	M
76	Taisko Lario	Taisko Lario	Tatu Hämäläinen	Peugeot 208 R2	M
Other major entries
81	Tommi Mäkinen Racing	Jarkko Nikara	Sayaka Adachi	Ford Fiesta R5	P
83	Nil Solans	Nil Solans	Miquel Ibáñez Sotos	Ford Fiesta R5	D
102	Kristoffersson Motorsport	Johan Kristoffersson	Patrik Barth	Škoda Fabia R5	P
Source:^[1]^[11]

Notes

^‡ — Driver is eligible to score points in the FIA Junior World Rally Championship.

Route

Itenerary

Date	Time	No.	Stage name	Distance
15 February	08:00	—	Skalla [Shakedown]	6.86 km
Leg 1 — 142.00 km
15 February	20:08	SS1	SSS Karlstad 1	1.90 km
16 February	06:00		Service A – Torsby	—
	07:55	SS2	Hof-Finnskog 1	21.26 km
	09:07	SS3	Svullrya 1	24.88 km
	09:54	SS4	Röjden 1	19.13 km
	11:31		Service B – Torsby	—
	13:41	SS5	Hof-Finnskog 2	21.26 km
	15:03	SS6	Svullrya 2	24.88 km
	15:50	SS7	Röjden 2	19.13 km
	16:56	SS8	Torsby 1	9.56 km
	17:31		Flexi Service C – Torsby	—
Leg 2 — 120.31 km
17 February	07:05		Service D – Torsby	—
	07:54	SS9	Torntorp 1	19.88 km
	09:12	SS10	Hagfors 1	23.40 km
	10:09	SS11	Vargåsen 1	14.21 km
	11:40		Service E – Torsby	—
	12:41	SS12	Torntorp 2	19.88 km
	14:12	SS13	Hagfors 2	23.40 km
	15:08	SS14	Vargåsen 2	14.21 km
	17:41	SS15	SSS Karlstad 2	1.90 km
	19:26	SS16	Torsby Sprint	3.43 km
	19:56		Flexi Service F – Torsby	—
Leg 3 — 51.94 km
18 February	06:30		Service G – Torsby	—
	07:50	SS17	Likenäs 1	21.19 km
	09:51	SS18	Likenäs 2	21.19 km
	12:18	SS19	Torsby 2 [Power Stage]	9.56 km
Source:^[12]

Report

Thursday

Ott Tänak drove a Yaris, defeated Thierry Neuville in their head-to-head heat on snow roads and stopped the clocks 0.3 second faster than Latvala, who beat Mads Østberg in their battle by 0.3 second. The Norwegian was impressive on his Citroën C3 debut to hold third as competitors headed north to Torsby for an overnight halt. Kris Meeke, driving another C3, and Hyundai i20 pilot Andreas Mikkelsen were tied in fourth, a further 0.3 second behind, while Neuville completed the top six. Toyota's Esapekka Lappi and championship leader Sébastien Ogier lost time after running wide on the same corner near the finish. They were eighth and ninth respectively but just 2.9 seconds off the pace.

Friday

The early starters lost time ploughing a clean route through fresh snow. Championship leader Sébastien Ogier was the first on the road. He was struggle with the grip all day and conceded almost three minutes en route to twelfth. So were Ott Tänak and Jari-Matti Latvala. The Toyota teammates separated by eighth and ninth. Craig Breen was third on the board, and the Irishman was delighted with his form with two afternoon stages wins. Teammate Mads Østberg was 0.5 second further back. Lying sixth after last night's curtain-raising speed test, Thierry Neuville moved his i20 to the front on this morning's second stage and held off a chasing pack which had the advantage of better conditions. Norwegian Andreas Mikkelsen, who started further behind, had a trouble-free day while Hayden Paddon running out of the top three to make Hyundai 1-2-3.

Saturday

Thierry Neuville was the rally leader, but the gap between him and his main opponent was not big enough, especially for the Citroën driver, Craig Breen, who was eager to claim his first WRC victory. The Irish driver have once narrowed the gap to less than five seconds. However, the Hyundai star set four fastest stage times to build a 22.7-second lead, though he suffered a paddle shift gearchange system issue at the opening stage. Teammate Andreas Mikkelsen finished third after a spin today which made him dropped from second to fourth place, 9.3 seconds behind Breen. Hayden Paddon's car set-up was unsuited to this morning's forest roads. The New Zealander stuck on the inside of a hairpin in the final stage, which made him lost some time. He ended the day 16.6 seconds behind Mikkelsen. Mads Østberg changed his C3's settings to improve his car's balance but the switches affected his confidence and he reversed the adjustments. There was also an accident in SS13. Kris Meeke nosed into a snow bank but lost engine power when he regained the road. He stopped to clean snow from his Citroën's cooling system and as Ott Tänak tried to overtake in a narrow section, the two cars collided and the Estonian's Toyota Yaris bounced into a ditch. That ended with the Briton's retirement and made five-time world champion Sébastien Ogier finally get into the top ten.

Sunday

With a comfortable lead, Thierry Neuville finally eased through Sunday's final three speed tests to head Ireland's Craig Breen, driving a Citroën C3, for whom second was a career-best result. Andreas Mikkelsen finished third after a spun at exactly the same point as Neuville. Esapekka Lappi fought back and gained two places in the final three stages to finish fourth, 17.5 seconds adrift of Mikkelsen, after he plunged down the order after burying his Toyota Yaris in a snow bank. A final stage mistake from Hayden Paddon cost him a place. The Kiwi stalled his i20 a couple of kilometres from the finish and trailed the Finn by 8.6 seconds. After only a day's pre-event testing, Mads Østberg was sixth on his debut drive in a C3. Jari-Matti Latvala finished seventh after being delayed by a troublesome front differential and adverse road conditions. Fellow Finn Teemu Suninen was eighth in a Ford Fiesta, the highest place among M-Sport World Rally Team drivers. Ott Tänak and Monte-Carlo winner Sébastien Ogier dropped lot of time in Friday's opening leg as they ploughed a path through deep snow. They were unable to regain lost ground and finished ninth and tenth respectively.^[8]

Results

World Rally Championship

Classification

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Class	Stage
1	1	5	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	2:52:13.1	0.0	25	2
2	2	11	Craig Breen	Scott Martin	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën C3 WRC	2:52:32.9	+19.8	18	0
3	3	4	Andreas Mikkelsen	Anders Jæger-Synnevaag	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	2:52:41.4	+28.3	15	3
4	4	9	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	2:52:58.9	+45.8	12	5
5	5	6	Hayden Paddon	Sebastian Marshall	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	2:53:07.5	+54.4	10	0
6	6	12	Mads Østberg	Torstein Eriksen	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën C3 WRC	2:53:28.4	+1:15.3	8	0
7	7	7	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	2:54:18.0	+2:04.9	6	0
8	8	3	Teemu Suninen	Mikko Markkula	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	2:55:05.3	+2:52.2	4	0
9	9	8	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	2:55:57.5	+3:44.4	2	1
10	10	1	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	3:00:58.5	+8:45.4	1	4
14	11	2	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	3:02:00.5	+9:47.4	0	0
19	12	14	Henning Solberg	Cato Menkerud	Henning Solberg	Ford Fiesta WRC	3:08:51.6	+16:38.5	0	0
Retired SS19		10	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën C3 WRC	Withdrawn		0	0
Retired SS19		21	Yazeed Al Rajhi	Michael Orr	Yazeed Racing	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	Withdrawn		0	0
Source:^[13]^[14]

Special stages

Day	Stage	Name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Class leader
15 February	—	Skalla [Shakedown]	6.86 km	Neuville / Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	4:17.3	—
15 February	SS1	SSS Karlstad 1	1.9 km	Tänak / Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	1:32.7	Tänak / Järveoja
16 February	SS2	Hof-Finnskog 1	21.26 km	Tänak / Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	10:32.7	Tänak / Järveoja
	SS3	Svullrya 1	24.88 km	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	13:16.4	Neuville / Gilsoul
	SS4	Röjden 1	19.13 km	Mikkelsen / Jæger-Synnevaag	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	10:18.5
	SS5	Hof-Finnskog 2	21.26 km	Paddon / Marshall	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	10:19.5
	SS6	Svullrya 2	24.88 km	Breen / Martin	Citroën C3 WRC	13:17.3
	SS7	Röjden 2	19.13 km	Breen / Martin	Citroën C3 WRC	10:06.1
	SS8	Torsby 1	9.56 km	Paddon / Marshall	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	6:23.8
17 February	SS9	Torntorp 1	19.88 km	Tänak / Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	10:02.0
	SS10	Hagfors 1	23.4 km	Tänak / Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	12:58.2
	SS11	Vargåsen 1	14.21 km	Neuville / Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	8:35.9
	SS12	Torntorp 2	19.88 km	Breen / Martin	Citroën C3 WRC	9:55.3
	SS13	Hagfors 2	23.4 km	Neuville / Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	12:44.5
	SS14	Vargåsen 2	14.21 km	Neuville / Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	8:28.2
	SS15	SSS Karlstad 2	1.9 km	Tänak / Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	1:34.7
	SS16	Torsby Sprint	3.43 km	Neuville / Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	2:32.7
18 February	SS17	Likenäs 1	21.19 km	Tänak / Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	11:11.8
	SS18	Likenäs 2	21.19 km	Lappi / Ferm	Toyota Yaris WRC	11:15.0
	SS19	Torsby 2 [Power stage]	9.56 km	Lappi / Ferm	Toyota Yaris WRC	6:01.2

Championship standings

Pos.	Drivers' championships			Co-drivers' championships			Manufacturers' championships
Pos.	Move	Driver	Points	Move	Co-driver	Points	Move	Manufacturer	Points
1	4	Thierry Neuville	41	4	Nicolas Gilsoul	41	3	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	54
2	1	Sébastien Ogier	31	1	Julien Ingrassia	31		Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	53
3		Jari-Matti Latvala	23		Miikka Anttila	23		Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	46
4	2	Esapekka Lappi	23	2	Janne Ferm	23	3	M-Sport Ford World Rally Team	43
5	3	Ott Tänak	21	3	Martin Järveoja	21

World Rally Championship-2

Classification

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Class	Event
12	1	35	Takamoto Katsuta	Marko Salminen	Tommi Mäkinen Racing	Ford Fiesta R5	3:01:27.5	0.0	25	0
13	2	31	Pontus Tidemand	Jonas Andersson	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5	3:01:32.0	+4.5	18	0
14	3	32	Ole Christian Veiby	Stig Rune Skjærmoen	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5	3:01:58.0	+30.5	15	0
15	4	42	Mattias Adielsson	Andreas Johansson	Mattias Adielsson	Škoda Fabia R5	3:03:16.8	+1:49.3	12	0
16	5	43	Janne Tuohino	Reeta Hämäläinen	Toksport World Rally Team	Škoda Fabia R5	3:03:57.4	+2:29.9	10	0
18	6	34	Jari Huttunen	Antti Linnaketo	Hyundai Motorsport	Hyundai i20 R5	3:06:29.6	+5:02.6	8	0
20	7	36	Hiroki Arai	Glenn MacNeall	Tommi Mäkinen Racing	Ford Fiesta R5	3:09:07.7	+7:40.2	6	0
28	8	44	Lars Stugemo	Kalle Lexe	Lars Stugemo	Škoda Fabia R5	3:21:17.8	+19:50.3	4	0
38	9	33	Łukasz Pieniążek	Przemysław Mazur	Printsport	Škoda Fabia R5	3:27:33.7	+26:06.2	2	0
46	10	45	Jarmo Berg	Rami Suorsa	Toksport World Rally Team	Škoda Fabia R5	3:36:39.9	+35:12.4	1	0
49	11	38	Umberto Scandola	Andrea Gaspari	S.A. Motorsport Italia Srl	Škoda Fabia R5	4:02:34.4	+1:01:06.9	0	0
52	12	46	Gianluca Linari	Nicola Arena	Gianluca Linari	Ford Fiesta R5	4:05:46.4	+1:04:18.9	0	0
Retired SS14		41	Fredrik Åhlin	Joakim Sjöberg	Fredrik Åhlin	Škoda Fabia R5	Retired		0	0
Retired SS13		40	Kevin Abbring	Pieter Tsjoen	Kevin Abbring	Ford Fiesta R5	Accident		0	0
Retired SS11		39	Radik Shaymiev	Maxim Tsvetkov	TAIF Motorsport	Ford Fiesta R5	Accident damage		0	0
Source:^[13]^[14]

Special stages

Day	Stage	Name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Class leader
15 February	—	Skalla [Shakedown]	6.86 km	Adielsson / Johansson	Škoda Fabia R5	4:31.9	—
15 February	SS1	SSS Karlstad 1	1.9 km	Tidemand / Andersson	Škoda Fabia R5	1:36.8	Tidemand / Andersson
16 February	SS2	Hof-Finnskog 1	21.26 km	Katsuta / Salminen	Ford Fiesta R5	11:06.2	Katsuta / Salminen
	SS3	Svullrya 1	24.88 km	Huttunen / Linnaketo Katsuta / Salminen	Hyundai i20 R5 Ford Fiesta R5	14:00.9
	SS4	Röjden 1	19.13 km	Tidemand / Andersson	Škoda Fabia R5	10:57.9
	SS5	Hof-Finnskog 2	21.26 km	Katsuta / Salminen	Ford Fiesta R5	10:54.6
	SS6	Svullrya 2	24.88 km	Katsuta / Salminen	Ford Fiesta R5	13:53.0
	SS7	Röjden 2	19.13 km	Veiby / Skjærmoen	Škoda Fabia R5	10:41.0
	SS8	Torsby 1	9.56 km	Tidemand / Andersson	Škoda Fabia R5	6:41.3
17 February	SS9	Torntorp 1	19.88 km	Tidemand / Andersson	Škoda Fabia R5	10:42.1	Tidemand / Andersson
	SS10	Hagfors 1	23.4 km	Katsuta / Salminen	Ford Fiesta R5	13:39.9	Katsuta / Salminen
	SS11	Vargåsen 1	14.21 km	Katsuta / Salminen	Ford Fiesta R5	8:57.9
	SS12	Torntorp 2	19.88 km	Arai / MacNeall	Ford Fiesta R5	10:28.6
	SS13	Hagfors 2	23.4 km	Katsuta / Salminen	Ford Fiesta R5	13:32.7
	SS14	Vargåsen 2	14.21 km	Katsuta / Salminen	Ford Fiesta R5	8:52.9
	SS15	SSS Karlstad 2	1.9 km	Tuohino / Hämäläinen Katsuta / Salminen	Škoda Fabia R5 Ford Fiesta R5	1:38.7
	SS16	Torsby Sprint	3.43 km	Veiby / Skjærmoen	Škoda Fabia R5	2:37.6
18 February	SS17	Likenäs 1	21.19 km	Tidemand / Andersson	Škoda Fabia R5	12:03.1
	SS18	Likenäs 2	21.19 km	Katsuta / Salminen	Ford Fiesta R5	11:47.8
	SS19	Torsby 2	9.56 km	Huttunen / Linnaketo	Hyundai i20 R5	6:18.2

Championship standings

Pos.	Drivers' championships			Co-drivers' championships			Teams' championships
Pos.	Move	Driver	Points	Move	Co-driver	Points	Move	Team	Points
1		Jan Kopecký	25		Pavel Dresler	25		Škoda Motorsport II	25
2		Takamoto Katsuta	25		Marko Salminen	25		Tommi Mäkinen Racing	25
3	1	Eddie Sciessere	18	1	Flavio Zanella	18	1	M-Sport Ford WRT	18
4		Pontus Tidemand	18		Jonas Andersson	18		Škoda Motorsport	18
5	2	Teemu Suninen	15	2	Mikko Markkula	15		Toksport WRT	15

World Rally Championship-3

Classification

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Class	Event
23	1	63	Denis Rådström	Johan Johansson	Denis Rådström	Ford Fiesta R2T	3:16:26.0	0.0	25	0
24	2	61	Emil Bergkvist	Ola Fløene	Emil Bergkvist	Ford Fiesta R2T	3:16:33.3	+7.3	18	0
27	3	66	Julius Tannert	Jürgen Heigl	ADAC Sachsen	Ford Fiesta R2T	3:21:09.2	+4:43.2	15	0
29	4	69	Jean-Baptiste Franceschi	Romain Courbon	Jean-Baptiste Franceschi	Ford Fiesta R2T	3:21:18.7	+4:52.7	12	0
31	5	62	Terry Folb	Christopher Guieu	Terry Folb	Ford Fiesta R2T	3:21:20.2	+4:54.2	10	0
33	6	75	Yuriy Protasov	Pavlo Cherepin	Go+Cars Atlas Ward	Citroën DS3 R3T	3:22:49.1	+6:23.1	8	0
34	7	67	Callum Devine	Keith Moriarty	Callum Devine	Ford Fiesta R2T	3:22:53.9	+6:27.9	6	0
37	8	76	Taisko Lario	Tatu Hämäläinen	Taisko Lario	Peugeot 208 R2	3:27:03.3	+10:37.3	4	0
42	9	73	Emilio Fernández	Joaquin Riquelme	Emilio Fernández	Ford Fiesta R2T	3:31:28.1	+15:02.1	2	0
43	10	70	Luca Bottarelli	Manuel Fenoli	ACI Team Italia	Ford Fiesta R2T	3:32:09.9	+15:43.9	1	0
45	11	68	David Holder	Jason Farmer	David Holder	Ford Fiesta R2T	3:35:42.7	+19:16.7	0	0
51	12	72	Tom Williams	Phil Hall	Tom Williams	Ford Fiesta R2T	4:05:11.2	+48:45.2	0	0
54	13	71	Théo Chalal	Jacques-Julien Renucci	Théo Chalal	Ford Fiesta R2T	4:10:26.2	+54:00.2	0	0
55	14	65	Ken Torn	Kuldar Sikk	OT Racing	Ford Fiesta R2T	4:12:18.4	+55:52.4	0	0
Retired SS4		74	Enrico Oldrati	Danilo Fappani	Enrico Oldrati	Ford Fiesta R2T	Radiator		0	0
Source:^[13]^[14]

Special stages

Day	Stage	Name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Class leader
15 February	—	Skalla [Shakedown]	6.86 km	Protasov / Cherepin	Citroën DS3 R3T	4:50.9	—
15 February	SS1	SSS Karlstad 1	1.9 km	Rådström / Johnasson	Ford Fiesta R2T	1:48.6	Rådström / Johansson
16 February	SS2	Hof-Finnskog 1	21.26 km	Bergkvist / Fløene	Ford Fiesta R2T	12:09.1	Bergkvist / Fløene
	SS3	Svullrya 1	24.88 km	Rådström / Johansson	Ford Fiesta R2T	15:12.4	Rådström / Johansson
	SS4	Röjden 1	19.13 km	Torn / Sikk	Ford Fiesta R2T	11:41.4	Bergkvist / Fløene Rådström / Johansson
	SS5	Hof-Finnskog 2	21.26 km	Rådström / Johansson	Ford Fiesta R2T	11:43.5	Rådström / Johansson
	SS6	Svullrya 2	24.88 km	Rådström / Johansson	Ford Fiesta R2T	14:58.4
	SS7	Röjden 2	19.13 km	Torn / Sikk	Ford Fiesta R2T	11:30.4
	SS8	Torsby 1	9.56 km	Torn / Sikk	Ford Fiesta R2T	7:14.8	Bergkvist / Fløene
17 February	SS9	Torntorp 1	19.88 km	Rådström / Johansson	Ford Fiesta R2T	11:34.7	Rådström / Johansson
	SS10	Hagfors 1	23.4 km	Lario / Hämäläinen	Peugeot 208 R2	14:54.5
	SS11	Vargåsen 1	14.21 km	Rådström / Johansson	Ford Fiesta R2T	9:38.4
	SS12	Torntorp 2	19.88 km	Protasov / Cherepin	Citroën DS3 R3T	11:15.1
	SS13	Hagfors 2	23.4 km	Lario / Hämäläinen	Peugeot 208 R2	14:38.9
	SS14	Vargåsen 2	14.21 km	Lario / Hämäläinen	Peugeot 208 R2	9:32.1
	SS15	SSS Karlstad 2	1.9 km	Bergkvist / Fløene	Ford Fiesta R2T	1:48.4
	SS16	Torsby Sprint	3.43 km	Fernández / Riquelme	Ford Fiesta R2T	2:52.3
18 February	SS17	Likenäs 1	21.19 km	Bergkvist / Fløene	Ford Fiesta R2T	13:06.4
	SS18	Likenäs 2	21.19 km	Bergkvsit / Fløene	Ford Fiesta R2T	12:58.9
	SS19	Torsby 2	9.56 km	Torn / Sikk	Ford Fiesta R2T	6:49.1

Championship standings

Pos.	Drivers' championships			Co-drivers' championships			Teams' championships
Pos.	Move	Driver	Points	Move	Co-driver	Points	Move	Team	Points
1		Enrico Brazzoli	25		Luca Beltrame	25		ADAC Sachsen	25
2		Denis Rådström	25		Johan Johansson	25		Go+Cars Atlas Ward	18
3		Taisko Lario	19		Tatu Hämäläinen	19		ACI Team Italia	15
4	2	Amaury Molle	18	2	Renaud Herman	18		OT Racing	15
5		Emil Bergkvist	18		Ola Fløene	18

Junior World Rally Championship

Classification

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Class	Stage
23	1	63	Denis Rådström	Johan Johansson	Denis Rådström	Ford Fiesta R2T	3:16:26.0	0.0	25	9
24	2	61	Emil Bergkvist	Ola Fløene	Emil Bergkvist	Ford Fiesta R2T	3:16:33.3	+7.3	18	5
27	3	66	Julius Tannert	Jürgen Heigl	ADAC Sachsen	Ford Fiesta R2T	3:21:09.2	+4:43.2	15	0
29	4	69	Jean-Baptiste Franceschi	Romain Courbon	Jean-Baptiste Franceschi	Ford Fiesta R2T	3:21:18.7	+4:52.7	12	0
31	5	62	Terry Folb	Christopher Guieu	Terry Folb	Ford Fiesta R2T	3:21:20.2	+4:54.2	10	0
34	6	67	Callum Devine	Keith Moriarty	Callum Devine	Ford Fiesta R2T	3:22:53.9	+6:27.9	8	0
42	7	73	Emilio Fernández	Joaquin Riquelme	Emilio Fernández	Ford Fiesta R2T	3:31:28.1	+15:02.1	6	1
43	8	70	Luca Bottarelli	Manuel Fenoli	ACI Team Italia	Ford Fiesta R2T	3:32:09.9	+15:43.9	4	0
45	9	68	David Holder	Jason Farmer	David Holder	Ford Fiesta R2T	3:35:42.7	+19:16.7	2	0
51	10	72	Tom Williams	Phil Hall	Tom Williams	Ford Fiesta R2T	4:05:11.2	+48:45.2	1	0
54	11	71	Théo Chalal	Jacques-Julien Renucci	Théo Chalal	Ford Fiesta R2T	4:10:26.2	+54:00.2	0	0
55	12	65	Ken Torn	Kuldar Sikk	OT Racing	Ford Fiesta R2T	4:12:18.4	+55:52.4	0	0
Retired SS4		74	Enrico Oldrati	Danilo Fappani	Enrico Oldrati	Ford Fiesta R2T	Radiator		0	0
Source:^[13]^[14]

Special stages

Day	Stage	Name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Class leader
15 February	—	Skalla [Shakedown]	6.86 km	Bergkvist / Fløene	Ford Fiesta R2T	4:55.1	—
15 February	SS1	SSS Karlstad 1	1.9 km	Rådström / Johansson	Ford Fiesta R2T	1:48.6	Rådström / Johansson
16 February	SS2	Hof-Finnskog 1	21.26 km	Bergkvist / Fløene	Ford Fiesta R2T	12:09.1	Bergkvist / Fløene
	SS3	Svullrya 1	24.88 km	Rådström / Johansson	Ford Fiesta R2T	15:12.4	Rådström / Johansson
	SS4	Röjden 1	19.13 km	Torn / Sikk	Ford Fiesta R2T	11:41.4	Bergkvist / Fløene Rådström / Johansson
	SS5	Hof-Finnskog 2	21.26 km	Rådström / Johansson	Ford Fiesta R2T	11:43.5	Rådström / Johansson
	SS6	Svullrya 2	24.88 km	Rådström / Johansson	Ford Fiesta R2T	14:58.4
	SS7	Röjden 2	19.13 km	Torn / Sikk	Ford Fiesta R2T	11:30.4
	SS8	Torsby 1	9.56 km	Torn / Sikk	Ford Fiesta R2T	7:14.8	Bergkvist / Fløene
17 February	SS9	Torntorp 1	19.88 km	Rådström / Johansson	Ford Fiesta R2T	11:34.7	Rådström / Johansson
	SS10	Hagfors 1	23.4 km	Rådström / Johansson	Ford Fiesta R2T	14:57.0
	SS11	Vargåsen 1	14.21 km	Rådström / Johansson	Ford Fiesta R2T	9:38.4
	SS12	Torntorp 2	19.88 km	Rådström / Johansson	Ford Fiesta R2T	11:19.2
	SS13	Hagfors 2	23.4 km	Bergkvist / Fløene	Ford Fiesta R2T	14:39.0
	SS14	Vargåsen 2	14.21 km	Rådström / Johansson	Ford Fiesta R2T	9:32.8
	SS15	SSS Karlstad 2	1.9 km	Bergkvist / Fløene	Ford Fiesta R2T	1:48.4
	SS16	Torsby Sprint	3.43 km	Fernández / Riquelme	Ford Fiesta R2T	2:52.3
18 February	SS17	Likenäs 1	21.19 km	Bergkvist / Fløene	Ford Fiesta R2T	13:06.4
	SS18	Likenäs 2	21.19 km	Bergkvist / Fløene	Ford Fiesta R2T	12:58.9
	SS19	Torsby 2	9.56 km	Torn / Sikk	Ford Fiesta R2T	6:49.1

Championship standings

Pos.	Drivers' championships			Co-drivers' championships			Nations' championships
Pos.	Move	Driver	Points	Move	Co-driver	Points	Move	Team	Points
1		Denis Rådström	34		Johan Johansson	34		Sweden	25
2		Emil Bergkvist	23		Ola Fløene	23		Germany	18
3		Julius Tannert	15		Jürgen Heigl	15		France	15
4		Jean-Baptiste Franceschi	12		Romain Courbon	12		Ireland	12
5		Terry Folb	10		Christopher Guieu	10		Chile	10

Notes

References

^ ^a ^b "Rally Sweden Entry List". rallysweden.com. Rally Sweden. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Rally Calendar Overview". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
^ "Rally Aus retains WRC finale in 2018". speedcafe.com. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
^ "Global support for Junior WRC". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
^ "Rally Sweden Countdown: Rally Route". wrc.com. WRC. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
^ "Latvala Triumphs in Sweden". wrc.com. WRC. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
^ "Neuville Wins in Sweden". wrc.com. WRC. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Sunday in Sweden: Cool Neuville Nets Victory". wrc.com. WRC. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
^ "WRC 2 in Sweden: Katsuta suprises [sic] champion". wrc.com. WRC. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
^ "Junior WRC in Sweden: Rådström fights back to win". wrc.com. WRC. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
^ "World RX champion Johan Kristoffersson to contest Rally Sweden". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
^ "Itenerary for Rally Sweden 2018". rallysweden.com. Rally Sweden. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Rally Sweden Result". wrc.com. World Rally Championship. 21 February 2018. Archived from the original on 29 April 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "66. Rally Sweden 2018". ewrc-results.com. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.

External links

Official website (in Swedish and English)
2018 Rally Sweden in e-wrc website
The official website of the World Rally Championship

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[Rally_Sweden_Entry_List-1] "Rally Sweden Entry List". rallysweden.com. Rally Sweden. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[2] "Rally Calendar Overview". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.

[sept_21_calendar-3] "Rally Aus retains WRC finale in 2018". speedcafe.com. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.

[jwrc_calendar-4] "Global support for Junior WRC". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 28 December 2017.

[5] "Rally Sweden Countdown: Rally Route". wrc.com. WRC. Retrieved 11 March 2018.

[Latvala_wins-6] "Latvala Triumphs in Sweden". wrc.com. WRC. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.

[winner-7] "Neuville Wins in Sweden". wrc.com. WRC. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

[Neuville_wins-8] "Sunday in Sweden: Cool Neuville Nets Victory". wrc.com. WRC. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

[9] "WRC 2 in Sweden: Katsuta suprises [sic] champion". wrc.com. WRC. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2019.

[10] "Junior WRC in Sweden: Rådström fights back to win". wrc.com. WRC. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2019.

[11] "World RX champion Johan Kristoffersson to contest Rally Sweden". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.

[full_itinerary-12] "Itenerary for Rally Sweden 2018". rallysweden.com. Rally Sweden. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

[Rally_Sweden_Result_1-13] "Rally Sweden Result". wrc.com. World Rally Championship. 21 February 2018. Archived from the original on 29 April 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2018.

[Rally_Sweden_Result_2-14] "66. Rally Sweden 2018". ewrc-results.com. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.

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