Rally Sweden 2013

 Rally Sweden 2013

Racing data
2nd of 13 races in the 2013 World Rally Championship
Surname:	Rally Sweden
Date:	7-10 February 2013
Begin:	Karlstad
Exams:	22 tests over 297.78 km
Distance:	1,469.36 km
Covering:	ice and snow
Podium
First:	Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Motorsport
Second:	Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total World Rally Team
Third:	Mads Østberg M-Sport World Rally Team

The 61st Rally Sweden lasted from February 7th to 10th, 2013. A total of 22 special stages were driven on snow and ice. Four special stages were driven in Norway, near the border, and one on Swedish and Norwegian soil. Sébastien Ogier won the first rally for Volkswagen with the Polo R WRC .

Sébastien Ogier

Reports

Day 1 (Thursday, February 7th)

After the start in Karlstad , Sébastien Loeb led half a second ahead of Evgeny Novikov .

Day 2 (Friday, February 8th)

The Rally Sweden was only really launched on the second day. Ogier wins five of six special stages and took the lead with a 32.2 second lead over Sébastien Loeb . Loeb and Latvala fought for second place, Østberg is getting closer and closer to them. Hirvonen got stuck in the snow in the morning and the same thing happened in special stage six Dani Sordo , both of whom lost a lot of time.

3rd day (Saturday, February 9th)

On Saturday, too, Ogier set three fastest times and was clearly ahead of compatriot Loeb. Loeb also won three special stages, but once ended up in the ditch for a short time because he missed the braking point before a hairpin bend. As a result, he hit a snow wall in SS 14 and damaged the bumper. Mads Østberg passed Jari-Matti Latvala and was now on a podium. Evgeny Novikov drove flawlessly and took 5th place. Thierry Neuville overtook his brand colleague Juho Hänninen because he drove into a snowy hill in the last special stage of the day.

4th day (Sunday, February 10th)

Volkswagen already won the second World Championship round of the season after making its debut in the World Rally Championship in Monte Carlo. The surprise succeeded with a lead of 41.8 seconds over Loeb. Ogier also won the power stage and got 46 points in the drivers' standings and took the lead. Mads Østberg was third on the podium in Sweden. Evgeny Novikov overturned on the special stage Kirkener 2 and slipped from 5th place to 9th place. Dani Sordo hit a rock in the penultimate special stage and slipped off the road, so Sordo had to end the rally.

The rally days in detail

Registration list

Vehicles not registered as WRC, WRC-2, WRC-3 or WRC-Junior were not included in this list.

No driver Co-driver automobile team class 1 Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Citroën DS3 WRC Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT WRC 2 Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen Citroën DS3 WRC Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT WRC 4th Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson Ford Fiesta RS WRC Qatar M-Sport WRT WRC 5 Evgeny Novikov Ilka Minor Ford Fiesta RS WRC M-Sport World Rally Team WRC 6th Matthew Wilson Giovanni Bernacchini Ford Fiesta RS WRC Qatar World Rally Team WRC 7th Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila Volkswagen Polo R WRC Volkswagen Motorsport WRC 8th Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Volkswagen Polo R WRC Volkswagen Motorsport WRC 10 Khalid Al Qassimi Scott Martin Citroën DS3 WRC Abu Dhabi Citroën Total WRT WRC 11 Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul Ford Fiesta RS WRC Qatar World Rally Team WRC 12 Michał Kościuszko Maciej Szczepaniak Mini Cooper Works WRC Lotus Team WRC WRC 14th Dani Sordo Carlos del Barrio Citroën DS3 WRC Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT WRC 15th Juho Hänninen Tomi Tuominen Ford Fiesta RS WRC Qatar World Rally Team WRC 16 Henning Solberg Emil Axelsson Ford Fiesta RS WRC Henning Solberg WRC 21st Martin Prokop Michal Ernst Ford Fiesta RS WRC Jipocar ​​Czech National Team WRC 22nd Pontus Tidemand Ola Fløene Ford Fiesta RS WRC Pontus Tidemand WRC 23 Jarkko Nikara Jarkko Kalliolepo Mini Cooper Works WRC Prodrive WRC Team WRC 25th Jari Ketomaa Kaj Lindström Ford Fiesta RS WRC Autotek Motorsport WRC 27 Hate Gustafsson Mikael Johansson Ford Fiesta RS WRC Hate Gustafsson WRC 28 Oleksiy Tamrazov Pavlo Cherepin Ford Fiesta RS WRC Oleksiy Tamrazov WRC 32 Sepp Wiegand Frank Christian Škoda Fabia S2000 Škoda Auto Germany WRC-2 34 Yuriy Protasov Kuldar Sikk Subaru Impreza Symtech Racing WRC-2 35 Yazeed Al-Rajhi Michael Orr Ford Fiesta S2000 Yazeed Al-Rajhi Racing WRC-2 36 Rashid al Ketbi Karina Hepperle Škoda Fabia S2000 Skydive Dubai Rally Team WRC-2 38 Ricardo Triviño Àlex Haro Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X Moto Club Igualda WRC-2 40 Arman Smailov Andrey Rusov Subaru Impreza Arman Smailov WRC-2 41 Nicolàs Fox Fernando Mussano Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X Nicolàs Fox WRC-2 42 Not Grøndal Trond Svendsen Subaru Impreza Not Grøndal WRC-2 43 Martin Hudec Jakub Kotál Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX Semerád Rally Team WRC-2 45 Alexander Villanueva Oscar Sanches Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X Alexander Villanueva WRC-2 46 Marco Vallario Antonio Pascale Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X Marco Vallario WRC-2 47 Eyvind Brynildsen Not so Fredrikssen Ford Fiesta S2000 DMACK Autotek WRC-2 source

Icon class WRC WRC works teams and private teams registered for manufacturer points WRC Factory teams and private teams registered for non-manufacturer points WRC-2 Registered for the WRC-2

Classifications

Bottom line

rank	No	driver	Co-driver	team	automobile	class	time	Residue	Points + power stage
Overall ranking
01	8th	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	3: 11: 41.9		25 + 3
02	1	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	3: 12: 23.7	00: 41.8	18th
03	4th	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Qatar M-Sport WRT	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	3: 13: 06.4	01: 24.5	15 + 1
04th	7th	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	3: 13: 12.5	01: 30.6	12 + 2
05	11	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Qatar World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	3: 16: 48.3	05: 06.4	10
06th	15th	Juho Hänninen	Tomi Tuominen	Qatar World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	3: 17: 25.0	05: 43.1	08th
07th	21st	Martin Prokop	Michal Ernst	Jipocar ​​Czech National Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	3: 23: 07.3	11: 25.4	06th
08th	16	Henning Solberg	Emil Axelsson	Henning Solberg	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	3: 23: 34.6	11: 52.7	04th
09	5	Evgeny Novikov	Ilka Minor	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	3: 24: 46.6	13: 04.7	02
10	35	Yazeed Al-Rajhi	Michael Orr	Yazeed Racing	Ford Fiesta RRC	WRC-2	3: 28: 08.9	16: 27.0	01
WRC-2 final result
01 (10)	35	Yazeed Al-Rajhi	Michael Orr	Yazeed Racing	Ford Fiesta RRC	WRC-2	3: 28: 08.9		25th
02 (11)	42	Not Grøndal	Trond Svendsen	Not Grøndal	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	WRC-2	3: 28: 52.4	00: 43.5	18th
03 (13)	32	Sepp Wiegand	Frank Christian	Škoda Auto Germany	Škoda Fabia S2000	WRC-2	3: 32: 14.0	04: 05.1	15th
04 (15)	34	Yuriy Protasov	Kuldar Sikk	Symtech Racing	Subaru Impreza STi R4	WRC-2	3: 37: 10.2	09: 01.3	12
05 (16)	41	Nicolàs Fox	Fernando Mussano	Nicolàs Fox	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	WRC-2	3: 42: 58.7	14: 49.8	10
06 (19)	40	Arman Smailov	Andrey Rusov	Arman Smailov	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	WRC-2	3: 48: 00.9	19: 52.0	08th
07 (23)	38	Ricardo Triviño	Àlex Haro	Moto Club Igualda	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	WRC-2	3: 57: 28.0	29: 19.1	06th
08 (26)	36	Rashid Al-Ketbi	Karina Hepperle	Skydive Dubai Rally Team	Škoda Fabia S2000	WRC-2	4: 06: 11.4	38: 02.5	04th
09 (28)	45	Alexander Villanueva	Oscar Sanches	Alexander Villanueva	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	WRC-2	4: 10: 56.8	42: 47.9	02
10 (31)	43	Martin Hudec	Jacub Kotál	Semerád Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	WRC-2	4: 40: 08.2	1: 11: 59.3	01
source

Failures

Special test	No	driver	Co-driver	team	automobile	class	reason
WP5	47	Eyvind Brynildsen	Not so Fredriksson	DMACK Autotek	Ford Fiesta RRC	WRC-2	Engine failure
WP9	22nd	Pontus Tidemand	Ola Fløene	Pontus Tidemand	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	Engine failure
WP15	10	Khalid Al Qassimi	Scott Martin	Abu Dhabi Citroën Total World Rally Team	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	Engine failure
WP16	25th	Jari Ketomaa	Kaj Lindström	Jari Ketomaa	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	Passenger falls ill
WP20	14th	Dani Sordo	Carlos del Barrio	Abu Dhabi Citroën Total World Rally Team	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	accident
source

Special stages

Day	WP number	WP name	length	WP winner	No	team	time	Ø km / h	leader
Day 1 (February 7th - 8th)	WP1	Karlstad Super Special 1	01.90 km	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	1	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	01: 34.5	072.38 km / h	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena
	WP2	Lesjöfors 1	15.00 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8th	Volkswagen Motorsport	09: 15.8	097.15 km / h	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
	WP3	Värmullsåsen 1	23.77 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8th	Volkswagen Motorsport	13: 48.0	103.35 km / h
	WP4	Vargåsen 1	24.63 km	Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson	4th	Qatar M-Sport WRT	13: 45.1	107.46 km / h
	WP5	Lesjöfors 2	15.00 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8th	Volkswagen Motorsport	08: 59.1	100.17 km / h
	WP6	Värmullsåsen 2	23.77 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8th	Volkswagen Motorsport	13: 33.6	105.18 km / h
	WP7	Vargåsen 2	24.63 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8th	Volkswagen Motorsport	13: 24.4	110.23 km / h
	WP8	Karlstad Super Special 2	01.90 km	Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen	2	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	01: 35.9	071.32 km / h
				Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul	11	Qatar World Rally Team
Day 2 (February 9th)	WP9	Sågen 1	13.73 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8th	Volkswagen Motorsport	07: 07.4	115.65 km / h
	WP10	Fredriksberg 1	18.15 km	Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila	7th	Volkswagen Motorsport	10: 24.6	104.61 km / h
	WP11	Ramming 1	22.76 km	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	1	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	11: 42.6	116.62 km / h
	WP12	Hagfors Sprint 1st	01.87 km	Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen	2	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	01: 55.8	058.13 km / h
	WP13	Sågen 2	13.73 km	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	1	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	07: 00.2	117.63 km / h
				Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8th	Volkswagen Motorsport
	WP14	Fredriksberg 2	18.15 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8th	Volkswagen Motorsport	10: 16.6	105.97 km / h
	WP15	Ramming 2	22.76 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8th	Volkswagen Motorsport	11: 42.9	116.57 km / h
	WP16	Hagfors Sprint 2	01.87 km	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	1	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	02: 00.7	055.77 km / h
Day 3 (February 10th)	WP17	Mitandersfors	27.07 km	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	1	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	14: 00.1	116.00 km / h
	WP18	Finnskogen 1	16.82 km	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	1	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	09: 00.0	112.13 km / h
	WP19	Kirkenær 1	07.16 km	Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena	1	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	05: 42.7	075.21 km / h
	WP20	Kirkenær 2	07.16 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8th	Volkswagen Motorsport	05: 38.9	076.06 km / h
	WP21	Finnskogen 2	16.82 km	Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson	4th	Qatar M-Sport WRT	08: 55.8	113.01 km / h
	WP22	Torsby (Power stage)	19.26 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8th	Volkswagen Motorsport	09: 54.1	116.71 km / h
Day	WP number	WP name	length	WP winner	No	team	time	Ø km / h	leader
source

Media (German)

Web

The official website of the World Rally Championship, wrc.com, reported live from the event every day. The websites rallye-magazin.de, volkswagen-motorsport.de, motorsport-magazin.com and motorsport-total.com, along with other magazines, kept those interested in rallying up to date.

TV

The station Sport1 brought daily a minimum of 30 minutes long daily report. ServusTV broadcast a 60-minute summary in the evening program on the Monday after the rally.

Web links

• Information and results on wrc.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} motorsport-magazin.com - Website: Rally Sweden. In: motorsport-magazin.com. Retrieved October 26, 2013 .