Rally Sweden 2011

 Rally Sweden 2011

Racing data
1st of 13 races in the 2011 World Rally Championship
Surname:	59th Uddeholm Swedish Rally
Date:	10-13 February 2011
Begin:	Karlstad
Exams:	22 tests over 350.08 km
Distance:	2059.89 km
Covering:	snow and ice
Podium
First:	Mikko Hirvonen Ford World Rally Team
Second:	Mads Østberg M-Sport Stobart Ford World Rally Team
Third:	Jari-Matti Latvala Ford World Rally Team

The Swedish Rally 2011 (officially 59th Uddeholm Swedish Rally ) was the first round of the FIA - World Rally Championship in 2011 .

Petter Solberg in the Citroën DS3 WRC in the fresh snow of the 2011 Rally Sweden

At this event, which started according to the new regulations , the new WRC vehicles Citroën DS3 WRC and Ford Fiesta RS WRC were used for the first time . According to the new regulations, this rally also saw the first power stage , in which the three fastest drivers scored bonus points for the drivers' world championship. The rally took place from February 10th to 13th, 2011 in the provinces of Värmlands län and Dalarnas län in western Sweden . This event also included the first of seven rounds of the Production World Rally Championship ( PWRC ) 2011.

Routing and conditions

The paddock was set up in Karlstad , where the ceremonial start took place. The special stages largely consisted of icy, snow-covered, gravelly forest paths. Twenty-two special stages with a length of 350.08 km were started as planned. The total length including connecting stages was 2059.89 kilometers.

On the evening of February 10th, a short “spectator special test” was started, which had no influence on the starting order of the next day. It snowed incessantly for 18 hours during the night and until the afternoon of February 11th. The reigning world champion Sébastien Loeb , who was the first to drive the uncleared special stages with the number 1, had to draw an ideal line through the snow for the following vehicles and thus lost time on his pursuers.

The second and third stages of the event were held at temperatures around −20 ° C with a clear sky and no further precipitation.

Reports

Day 1 (Thursday, February 10th)

The first special stage of the 2011 season was won by Per-Gunnar Andersson .

Day 2 (Friday, February 11th)

After heavy snowfall, Mads Østberg (Ford) was in the lead ahead of Mikko Hirvonen (Ford) and Petter Solberg (Citroën). Sébastien Loeb (Citroën) had a hard time in the fresh snow as he always had to be the first to hit the slippery road. Loeb was ninth after the first day, over 2.48 minutes behind.

3rd day (Saturday, February 12th)

Mikko Hirvonen took the lead in the overall standings after the tenth special stage. A pentathlon with the drivers Mads Østberg , Petter Solberg , Jari-Matti Latvala and Sébastien Ogier was in progress for victory in the Rally Sweden . The first five were within 15 seconds after the third day. Sébastien Loeb worked his way up to sixth place, he was more than 1.40 minutes behind.

4th day (Sunday, February 13th)

Before the last special stage, the leaders Hirvonen and Østberg were 4.9 seconds apart. In the end, Hirvonen saved 6.5 seconds across the finish line. Ford celebrated a triple victory with Hirvonen, Østberg and Latvala. The best Citroën driver was Ogier in fourth, team-mate Loeb was sixth. Kimi Räikkönen (Citroën) finished eighth and won four world championship points.

Classifications

Bottom line

rank	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	Residue	Points + power stage
WRC
01	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3: 23: 56.6		25th
02	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3: 24: 03.1	00: 06.5	18th
03	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3: 24: 30.6	00: 34.0	15 + 1
04th	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën DS3 WRC	3: 24: 44.3	00: 47.7	12 + 3
05	Petter Solberg	Chris Patterson	Citroën DS3 WRC	3: 25: 27.8	01: 31.2	10
06th	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC	3:26:26	02: 30.3	8 + 2
07th	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Emil Axelsson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3: 30: 18.6	06: 22.0	06th
08th	Kimi Raikkonen	Kaj Lindström	Citroën DS3 WRC	3: 30: 58.9	07: 02.3	04th
09	Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3: 34: 08.1	10: 11.5	02
10	Khalid Al Qassimi	Michael Orr	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3: 34: 27.7	10: 31.1	01
PWRC
1 (16)	Martin Semerád	Michal Ernst	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	3: 46: 59.8		25th
2 (19)	Yuriy Protasov	Adrian Aftanaziv	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	3: 52: 17.1	5: 17.3	18th
3 (21)	Nicolás Fuchs	Rubén Francisco García	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	3: 53: 43.9	6: 44.1	15th
4 (22)	Valeriy Gorban	Evgeniy Leonov	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	3: 53: 49.3	6: 49.5	12
5 (28)	Gianluca Linari	Paolo Gregoriani	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4: 14: 45.3	27: 45.5	10
6 (31)	Dmitry Tagirov	Anna Zavershinskaya	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4: 21: 53.4	34: 53.6	08th
7 (32)	Oleksandr Saliuk	Pavel Cherepin	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	4: 22: 52.5	35: 52.7	06th
8 (33)	Majed Al Shamsi	Khalid Al Kedi	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4: 29: 52.6	42: 52.8	04th

Special stages

Day	WP number	begin	WP name	length	WP winner	time	Ø km / h	leader
Day 1-2 (February 10-11)	WP1	8:04 p.m.	Karlstad Super Special Stage 1	01.90 km	Per-Gunnar Andersson	01: 39.7	068.61 km / h	Per-Gunnar Andersson
	WP2	07:58	Vargåsen 1	24.63 km	Mads Østberg	14: 41.9	100.54 km / h	Mads Østberg
	WP3	09:39	Likenäs 1	20.78 km	Per-Gunnar Andersson	12: 10.1	102.46 km / h
	WP4	10:55	Løvhaugen 1	19.26 km	Mads Østberg	11: 36.5	099.55 km / h
	WP5	14:13	Vargåsen 2	24.63 km	Per-Gunnar Andersson Mads Østberg	14: 05.0	104.93 km / h
	WP6	15:54	Likenäs 2	20.78 km	Sébastien Ogier	11: 39.5	106.94 km / h
	WP7	17:10	Løvhaugen 2	19.26 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	10: 49.7	106.72 km / h
Day 2 (February 12th)	WP8	08:00	Lesjöfors 1	15.00 km	Sébastien Loeb	09: 38.4	093.36 km / h
	WP9	09:01	Sågen 1	14.23 km	Petter Solberg	07: 44.0	110.41 km / h
	WP10	10:06	Fredriksberg 1	18.15 km	Per-Gunnar Andersson	10: 55.8	099.63 km / h
	WP11	11:08	Värmullsåsen 1	15.42 km	Petter Solberg	08: 40.2	107.40 km / h	Mikko Hirvonen
	WP12	13:26	Lesjöfors 2	15.00 km	Sébastien Loeb	09: 35.3	093.86 km / h
	WP13	14:27	Sågen 2	14.23 km	Sébastien Loeb	07: 50.1	108.97 km / h
	WP14	15:32	Fredriksberg 2	18.15 km	Sébastien Ogier	11: 02.2	098.67 km / h
	WP15	16:34	Värmullsåsen 2	15.42 km	Sébastien Loeb	08: 45.7	105.60 km / h
	WP16	20:00	Karlstad Super Special Stage 2	01.90 km	Petter Solberg	01: 38.9	069.16 km / h
Day 3 (February 13th)	WP17	07:51	Torntorp 1	19.21 km	Mikko Hirvonen	09: 49.2	117.37 km / h
	WP18	08:43	Gustavsfors 1	04.16 km	Mikko Hirvonen	02: 22.1	105.39 km / h
	WP19	09:37	Ramming 1	22.76 km	Mikko Hirvonen	11: 55.3	114.55 km / h
	WP20	12:09	Torntorp 2	19.21 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	10: 00.0	115.26 km / h
	WP21	13:31	Ramming 2	22.76 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	12: 12.9	111.80 km / h
	WP22	15:08	Gustavsfors 2 (power stage)	04.16 km	Sébastien Ogier	02: 22.7	104.95 km / h

Web links

• Official website of the rally
• Detailed results on ewrc.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Itinerary Rally Sweden 2011 , accessed on February 1, 2016
2. ↑ wrc.com: snowfall affected competition , accessed 26 March 2011
3. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Safe and happy at the finish line , accessed on February 1, 2016.