2012 Rally Sweden Explained

2012 Rally Sweden
Native Name:	60th Uddeholm Swedish Rally
Round:	2
Championship:	2012 World Rally Championship season
Previous Round:	2012 Monte Carlo Rally
Next Round:	2012 Rally México
Country:	Sweden
Rallybase:	Karlstad, Sweden
Startdate:	9 February
Enddate:	12 2012
Stages:	24^[1]
Stagekm:	349.16
Surface:	Snow- and Ice-covered gravel
Driver1:	Jari-Matti Latvala
Team1:	Ford World Rally Team
Teamsstart:	50^[2]
Teamsfinish:	42

The 2012 Rally Sweden, officially 60th Uddeholm Swedish Rally, was the second round of the 2012 World Rally Championship (WRC) season. The rally took place between 9 and 12 February 2012.

Results

Event standings

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Overall^[3]
1.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:18:28.3	0.0
2.	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Citroën DS3 WRC	3:18:44.9	+16.6	18
3.	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:19:07.1	+38.8	15
4.	Petter Solberg	Chris Patterson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:19:42.6	+1:14.3
5.	Evgeny Novikov	Denis Giraudet	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:21:09.7	+2:41.4	10
6.	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC	3:21:23.4	+2:55.1
7.	Henning Solberg	Ilka Minor	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:22:17.8	+3:49.5	6
8.	Patrik Sandell	Staffan Parmander	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	3:23:37.2	+5:08.9	4
9.	Martin Prokop	Zdeněk Hrůza	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:23:58.3	+5:30.0	2
10.	Eyvind Brynildsen	Cato Menkerud	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:24:55.5	+6:27.2	1
11.	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:26:03.3	0.0	-*|-!colspan=7| S2000 / SWRC|-| 1. (11.)|align="left"| Sébastien Ogier|align="left"| Julien Ingrassia|align="left"| Škoda Fabia S2000| 3:26:03.3| 0.0! -*|-| 2. (13.)|align="left"| Andreas Mikkelsen|align="left"| Ola Fløene|align="left"| Škoda Fabia S2000| 3:28:46.8| +2:43.5! -*|-| 3. (14.)|align="left"| Per-Gunnar Andersson|align="left"| Emil Axelsson|align="left"| Proton Satria Neo S2000| 3:30:16.8| +4:13.5! 25|-| 4. (16.)|align="left"| Craig Breen|align="left"| Gareth Roberts|align="left"| Ford Fiesta S2000| 3:31:52.6| +5:49.3! 18|-| 5. (18.)|align="left"| Pontus Tidemand|align="left"| Jørgen Nordhagen|align="left"| Škoda Fabia S2000| 3:33:06.4| +7:02.1! 15|-| 6. (23.)|align="left"| Hayden Paddon|align="left"| John Kennard|align="left"| Škoda Fabia S2000| 3:39:26.9| +13:23.6! 12|-| 7. (24.)|align="left"| Yazeed Al-Rajhi|align="left"| Michael Orr|align="left"| Ford Fiesta S2000| 3:44:34.4| +18:31.1! 10|-| 8. (34.)|align="left"| Maciej Oleksowicz|align="left"| Andrzej Obrebowski|align="left"| Ford Fiesta S2000| 4:18:50.4| +52:47.1! 8|-| 9. (37.)|align="left"| Alister McRae|align="left"| Bill Hayes|align="left"| Proton Satria Neo S2000| 4:31:02.1| +1:04:58.8! 6|-|}*These teams do not score points in the SWRC championship. Special stages Day Stage Time (UTC+1) Name Length Winner Time Avg. spd. Rally leader Leg 1 (9–10 Feb) SS1 20:04 SSS Karlstad 1 1.90 km Dani Sordo 1:34.2 72.61 km/h Dani Sordo SS2 8:04 Mitandersfors 27.07 km Mads Østberg Jari-Matti Latvala 14:13.0 115.60 km/h Mads Østberg SS3 9:28 Opaker 1 20.17 km Sébastien Loeb 10:45.8 112.44 km/h align=left rowspan=2 Jari-Matti Latvala SS4 10:03 Kirkener 1 7.10 km Mikko Hirvonen 5:41.0 74.96 km/h SS5 10:38 Finnskogen 1 20.97 km Mikko Hirvonen 11:57.2 105.25 km/h align=left rowspan=3 Mikko Hirvonen SS6 12:48 Opaker 2 20.17 km Sébastien Loeb 10:30.1 115.24 km/h SS7 13:23 Kirkener 2 7.10 km Mikko Hirvonen 5:34.9 76.32 km/h SS8 13:58 Finnskogen 2 20.97 km Jari-Matti Latvala 11:48.3 106.58 km/h align=left rowspan=17 Jari-Matti Latvala SS9 16:05 Torsby 19.21 km Petter Solberg 9:51.5 116.91 km/h SS10 19:20 SSS Karlstad 2 1.90 km Petter Solberg 1:32.6 73.87 km/h Leg 2 (11 Feb) SS11 7:58 Vargåsen 1 24.63 km Jari-Matti Latvala 12:08.6 121.70 km/h SS12 9:46 Sågen 1 14.23 km Jari-Matti Latvala 7:32.4 113.24 km/h SS13 10:46 Fredriksberg 1 18.15 km Mikko Hirvonen 10:26.4 104.31 km/h SS14 12:03 Hagfors Sprint 1 1.87 km Ott Tänak 1:52.3 59.95 km/h SS15 13:46 Vargåsen 2 24.63 km Jari-Matti Latvala 13:02.6 113.30 km/h SS16 15:34 Sågen 2 14.23 km Jari-Matti Latvala 7:22.8 115.69 km/h SS17 16:34 Fredriksberg 2 18.15 km Mikko Hirvonen 10:26.7 104.26 km/h SS18 17:51 Hagfors Sprint 2 1.87 km Ott Tänak Sébastien Loeb 1:58.0 57.05 km/h Leg 3 (12 Feb) SS19 8:34 Lesjöfors 1 15.00 km Jari-Matti Latvala 9:10.3 98.13 km/h SS20 9:10 Rämmen 1 22.76 km Jari-Matti Latvala 11:47.1 115.88 km/h SS21 9:59 Hagfors 1 4.66 km Mads Østberg 3:05.2 90.58 km/h SS22 12:08 Lesjöfors 2 15.00 km Mads Østberg 9:00.8 99.85 km/h SS23 12:44 Rämmen 2 22.76 km Jari-Matti Latvala 11:40.7 116.93 km/h SS24 14:11 Hagfors 2 (Power stage) 4.66 km Sébastien Loeb 2:58.7 93.88 km/h Power Stage The "Power stage" was a 4.66km (02.9miles) stage at the end of the rally, held near Hagfors.^[4] Pos Driver Time Diff. Avg. speed Points 1 Sébastien Loeb 2:58.702 0.000 93.88 km/h 3 2 Petter Solberg 3:03.688 +4.986 91.33 km/h 2 3 Jari-Matti Latvala 3:04.406 +5.704 90.97 km/h 1 External links The official website for the rally The official website of the World Rally Championship Results at eWRC.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Supplementary Regulations . rallysweden.com. Svenska Bilsportforbundet. 11 February 2012.
2. Web site: Start list Section 1. rallysweden.com. 12 February 2012.
3. http://www.ewrc-results.com/results.php?e=3488&t=Rally-Sweden-2012 Complete results on ewrc-results.com
4. Web site: Power Stage Classification. rallysweden.com. 12 February 2012.