Rally Sweden 2014
| Racing data | |
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| 2nd of 13 races in the 2014 World Rally Championship | |
| Surname: | Rally Sweden |
| Date: | 5th-8th February 2014 |
| Begin: | Karlstad |
| Exams: | 24 tests over 328.4 km |
| Distance: | 1582 km |
| Covering: | ice and snow |
| Podium | |
| First: |
 Jari-Matti Latvala Volkswagen Motorsport
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| Second: |
 Andreas Mikkelsen Volkswagen Motorsport
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| Third: |
Mads Østberg Citroën World Rally Team
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The 62nd Rally Sweden lasted from February 5th to 8th, 2014. A total of 24 special stages were driven in Sweden and the border near Norway on snow and ice.
Reports
Day 1 (Wednesday, February 5th)
At the shakedown, Mads Østberg in the Citroën DS3 WRC was the fastest ahead of Jari-Matti Latvala in the VW Polo R WRC and team mate Kris Meeke . Volkswagen junior driver Andreas Mikkelsen led the rally after the first day. He won the first special stage of 1.9 kilometers ahead of Sébastien Ogier with 0.8 seconds and Ott Tänak with 2.2 seconds. At the start again, after a long break in the WRC, Henning Solberg with co-driver Ilka Minor , who drove with Evgeny Novikov last year . The veterans came in sixth place with a Ford Fiesta RS WRC .
Day 2 (Thursday, February 6th)
The second day of the Rally Sweden was dominated by the duel between Mikkelsen and Ogier (both VW). The special stages 3-6 were driven in the home of Mikkelsen, Norway. After the seventh special stage, Ogier was leading Mikkelsen by 5.8 seconds. In the fifth special stage, Ott Tänak (Ford) had the fastest time, but Jari-Matti Latvala (VW) was able to overtake him and finish the day in third. At the same time, Mads Østberg (Citroën) and Mikko Hirvonen (Ford) were in fifth place after the second day. Hyundai drivers Thierry Neuville and Juho Hänninen finished 7th and 8th respectively. In SS 5, Neuville showed the potential of the Hyundai i20 WRC and missed the fastest time by just half a second. Henning Solberg (Ford) dropped out of the top ten due to a puncture in SS 7 and was classified in 13th place in the evening.
3rd day (Friday, February 7th)
In the eighth special stage, the leader Ogier slipped off the road and got stuck in the snow. The reigning world champion lost around four minutes in this mishap. Mikkelsen and Latvala fought for the lead. Latvala took over the lead in the overall classification in the tenth special stage and did not give it up until the evening. Latvala led the rally by 4.8 seconds ahead of Mikkelsen and Østberg by 42.3 seconds. Hirvonen was the first Ford driver to follow in fourth place. Guest starter Henning Solberg won the 11th special stage and thus the first since the Rally Portugal 2009. Robert Kubica slipped twice from the lane and got stuck in the snow. The Ford Fiesta driver lost over twenty minutes on the top.
4th day (Saturday, February 8th)
Hyundai had a difficult third day and retired with both cars on Friday due to technical problems. Neuville and Hänninen were able to start again on Saturday thanks to the Rally 2 regulations . Mikkelsen (VW) hardly made any mistakes but Latvala (VW) kept the upper hand and won the Rally Sweden. Østberg (Citroën) had a solid performance over the days and finished third. Østberg only had to be angry on Friday when Kubica blocked him after a ride. Three additional world championship points for winning the Power Stage went to Østberg, two to Latvala and one to Hirvonen, who finished fourth as the best Ford driver. Ogier finished sixth and last overtook Solberg.
Registration list
Vehicles not registered as WRC and WRC-2 were not included in this list.
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Classifications
Bottom line
| rank | driver | Co-driver | automobile | time | Residue | Points + Power Stage | |
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| 1 |
Jari-Matti Latvala
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Miikka Anttila
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 3: 00: 31.1 | 25 + 2 | ||
| 2 |
Andreas Mikkelsen
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Mikko Markkula
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 3: 01: 24.7 | 0: 53.6 | 18th | |
| 3 |
Mads Ostberg
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 Jonas Andersson
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Citroën DS3 WRC | 3: 01: 30.6 | 0: 59.5 | 15 + 3 | |
| 4th |
Mikko Hirvonen
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Jarmo Lehtinen
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Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 3: 02: 58.0 | 2: 26.9 | 12 + 1 | |
| 5 |
 Ott Tanak
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Raigo Mölder
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Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 3: 03: 31.6 | 3: 00.5 | 10 | |
| 6th |
Sébastien Ogier
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Julien Ingrassia
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 3: 05: 01.0 | 4: 29.9 | 8th | |
| 7th |
Henning Solberg
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 Ilka Minor
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Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 3: 05: 18.6 | 4: 47.5 | 6th | |
| 8th |
Pontus Tidemand
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Ola Floene
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Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 3: 06: 09.3 | 5: 38.2 | 4th | |
| 9 |
 Craig Breen
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 Scott Martin
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Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 3: 09: 26.5 | 8: 55.4 | 2 | |
| 10 |
Kris Meeke
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Paul Nagle
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Citroën DS3 WRC | 3: 11: 49.1 | 11: 18.0 | 1 | |
| WRC-2 | |||||||
| 1 (11) |
Karl Kruuda
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Martin Järveoja
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Ford Fiesta S2000 | 3: 14: 40.2 | 25th | ||
| 2 (12) |
Jari Ketomaa
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Kaj Lindström
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Ford Fiesta R5 | 3: 14: 42.5 | 0: 02.3 | 18th | |
| 3 (13) |
Fredrik Åhlin
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Morten Erik Abrahamsen
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Ford Fiesta R5 | 3: 15: 52.3 | 1: 12.1 | 15th | |
| 4 (14) |
 Yazeed Al-Rajhi
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Michael Orr
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Ford Fiesta RRC | 3: 16: 57.3 | 2: 17.1 | 12 | |
| 5 (15) |
 Yuriy Protasov
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Pavel Cherepin
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Ford Fiesta R5 | 3: 18: 00.3 | 3: 20.1 | 10 | |
| 6 (18) |
 Lorenzo Bertelli
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Mitia Dotta
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Ford Fiesta R5 | 3: 25: 14.4 | 10: 34.2 | 8th | |
| 7 (21) |
Valeriy Gorban
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Volodymyr Corsia
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Mini Cooper S2000 1.6T | 3: 28: 49.2 | 14: 09.0 | 6th | |
| 8 (26) |
Gianluca Linari
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Nicola Arena
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Subaru Impreza STi N15 | 3: 40: 43.1 | 26: 02.9 | 4th | |
Special stages
| Day | WP | Surname | length | Driver / passenger | No | dare | time | Ø km / h | leader | |
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| Day 1 (Feb 5th) | WP1 | Karlstad SSS 1 | 1.9 km |
Andreas Mikkelsen Mikko Markkula
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9 | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 1: 33.4 | 73.2 km / h |
Andreas Mikkelsen Mikko Markkula
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| Day 2 (Feb 6) | WP2 | Torsby 1 | 10.23 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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1 | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 4: 38.1 | 91.0 km / h |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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| WP3 | Kirkenær 1 | 7.16 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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1 | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 5: 38.4 | 76.2 km / h | |||
| WP4 | Finnskogen 1 | 16.82 km |
Andreas Mikkelsen Mikko Markkula
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9 | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 8: 58.9 | 112.4 km / h | |||
| WP5 | Kirkenær 2 | 7.16 km |
Ott Tänak Raigo Mölder
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11 | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 5: 36.1 | 76.7 km / h | |||
| WP6 | Finnskogen 2 | 16.82 km |
Andreas Mikkelsen Mikko Markkula
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9 | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 8: 45.9 | 115.1 km / h |
Andreas Mikkelsen Mikko Markkula
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| WP7 | Torsby 2 | 10.23 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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1 | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 4: 34.1 | 92.3 km / h |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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| 3rd day (7th Feb) | WP8 | Lesjöfors 1 | 15.00 km |
Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila
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2 | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 9: 19.9 | 96.4 km / h |
Andreas Mikkelsen Mikko Markkula
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| WP9 | Fredriksberg 1 | 18.15 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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1 | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 10: 25.2 | 104.5 km / h | |||
| WP10 | Ramming 1 | 22.76 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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1 | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 11: 55.0 | 114.6 km / h |
Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila
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| WP11 | Hagfors sprint 1 | 1.87 km |
Henning Solberg Ilka Minor
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16 | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 2: 00.8 | 55.7 km / h | |||
| WP12 | Lesjöfors 2 | 15.00 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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1 | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 8: 55.2 | 100.9 km / h | |||
| WP13 | Fredriksberg 2 | 18.15 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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1 | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 10: 04.9 | 108.0 km / h | |||
| WP14 | Ramming 2 | 22.76 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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1 | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 11: 36.2 | 117.7 km / h | |||
| WP15 | Hagfors Sprint 2 | 1.87 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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1 | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 2: 02.9 | 54.8 km / h | |||
| WP16 | Karlstad SSS 2 | 1.90 km |
Andreas Mikkelsen Mikko Markkula
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9 | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 1: 36.7 | 70.7 km / h | |||
| Day 4 (Feb 8) | WP17 | Hara 1 | 11.32 km |
Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila
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2 | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 6: 33.6 | 103.7 km / h | ||
| WP18 | Torntorp 1 | 19.26 km |
Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila
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2 | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 10: 34.8 | 109.4 km / h | |||
| WP19 | Vargåsen 1 | 24.63 km |
Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila
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2 | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 13: 50.1 | 106.8 km / h | |||
| WP20 | Varmullsåsen 1 | 15.87 km |
Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila
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2 | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 8: 47.2 | 108.4 km / h | |||
| WP21 | Hara 2 | 11.32 km | called off | |||||||
| WP22 | Torntorp 2 | 19.26 km |
Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson
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2 | Citroën DS3 WRC | 10: 02.9 | 115.1 km / h | |||
| WP23 | Vargåsen 2 | 24.63 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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1 | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 13: 13.5 | 111.8 km / h | |||
| WP24 | Värmullsåsen 2 (Power Stage) | 15.87 km |
Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson
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2 | Citroën DS3 WRC | 8: 36.8 | 110.7 km / h | |||
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Driver ranking after the rally
The scoring system for the first ten drivers is 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1. For the power stage, the three fastest drivers each receive 3-2-1 bonus points for the drivers' world championship.
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Media (German)
Web
The official website of the World Rally Championship, wrc.com, reported live daily from the event. The website is now also in German. The websites rallye-magazin.de, volkswagen-motorsport.de and motorsport-total.com, along with other magazines, kept those interested in rallying up to date.
watch TV
Sport1 broadcast a 30-minute daily report on Friday and Saturday. On the Monday after the rally, ServusTV broadcast a 60-minute summary in the late evening program. Motors TV broadcast a 25-minute daily report from Thursday to Saturday and a 45-minute summary in the week after the rally, which was repeated several times.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ motorsport-magazin.com - website: Rally Sweden: motorsport-total. com / WRC World Rally Championship . Retrieved February 5, 2014 .
- ↑ wrc.com - Internet page : Entry list: wrc.com/de/wrc/results/sweden/entry/startlist/page/322-227-319--.html . Retrieved February 6, 2014 .
- ↑ wrc.com - Internet page: Stage times: wrc.com/de/wrc/results/sweden/stage-times/page/326-227-319--.html . Retrieved February 7, 2014 .
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