| 2013 Rally Sweden | |
| Native Name: | 61st Rally Sweden |
| Round: | 2 of 13 |
| Championship: | 2013 World Rally Championship |
| Previous Round: | 2013 Monte Carlo Rally |
| Next Round: | 2013 Rally México |
| Rallybase: |  Karlstad |
| Startdate: | 7 |
| Enddate: | 10 February 2013 |
| Stages: | 22 |
| Stagekm: | 338.91 |
| Surface: | Snow and ice |
| Driver1: |  Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia |
| Team1: |  Volkswagen Motorsport |
| Teamsstart: | 43 |
| Teamsfinish: | 35 |
The 2013 Rally Sweden was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 7 and 10 February, which marked the sixty-first running of the Rally Sweden. The rally was based in the town of Karlstad and ran along the border of Norway. The rally itself was contested over twenty-two special stages, covering a total of 338.91km (210.59miles) in competitive stages.
The rally was the second round of the 2013 World Rally Championship season, and marked the fortieth anniversary of the World Rally Championship. Twenty World Rally Car crews were entered in the event, including the defending World Drivers' Champion Sébastien Loeb.__TOC__
Twenty World Rally Cars were entered into the event, as were thirteen entries in the newly formed WRC-2 championship for cars built to Group N and Super 2000 regulations. There were no WRC-3 entries.[1]
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The itinerary for the 2013 rally sees a mixture of the same stages from 2012. The first stage will be a Super Special Stage held at the rally base in Karlstad. WRC fans had the chance to vote on the Rally Sweden Facebook page as to who they wanted to see starting the rally head-to-head. The majority of fans voted for French Sébastien Loeb vs Sébastien Ogier who are bitter rivals from when Ogier was the number two driver at Citroën.[2] Other 'dream heats' include Finns Mikko Hirvonen and Jari-Matti Latvala going head-to-head as well as two young Scandinavian drivers Mads Østberg vs Pontus Tidemand.
The first full day of the rally will be made up of seven special stages to the north of the rally base, mostly taking place in the region of Hagfors. Stages four and seven take place near Torsby. The day ends with the second and final running of the Karlstad Super Special Stage.
Day two will have eight stages across the region of Hagfors. Day three starts with the longest stage of the rally which is the 27.07km (16.82miles) stage of Mitandersfors near the region of Torsby and crosses the border into Norway. The next four stages take place near the Norwegian town of Kirkenær while the final stage of the day goes back to Sweden, taking place in Torsby which is also the Power Stage.
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| Driver | Co-driver | Team | Car | Class | Time | Overall Points | WRC 2 Points | |||
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| 1 | 8 | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Volkswagen Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | WRC | 3:11:41.9 | 0.0 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Sébastien Loeb | Daniel Elena | Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT | Citroën DS3 WRC | WRC | 3:12:23.7 | +41.8 | 18 | |
| 3 | 4 |  Mads Østberg | Jonas Andersson |  Qatar M-Sport WRT | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | WRC | 3:13:06.4 | +1:24.5 | ||
| 4 | 7 |  Jari-Matti Latvala | Miikka Anttila | Volkswagen Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | WRC | 3:13:12.5 | +1:30.6 | ||
| 5 | 11 |  Thierry Neuville | Nicolas Gilsoul | Qatar World Rally Team | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | WRC | 3:16:48.3 | +5:06.4 | 10 | |
| 6 | 15 | Juho Hänninen | Tomi Tuominen | Qatar World Rally Team | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | WRC | 3:17:25.0 | +5:43.1 | 8 | |
| 7 | 21 |  Martin Prokop | Michal Ernst | Jipocar Czech National Team | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | WRC | 3:23:07.3 | +11:25.4 | 6 | |
| 8 | 16 | Henning Solberg | Emil Axelsson | Henning Solberg | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | WRC | 3:23:34.6 | +11:52.7 | 4 | |
| 9 | 5 |  Evgeny Novikov |  Ilka Minor | Qatar M-Sport WRT | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | WRC | 3:24:46.6 | +13:04.7 | 2 | |
| 10 | 35 | Yazeed Al-Rajhi | Michael Orr | Yazeed Racing | Ford Fiesta RRC | WRC-2 | 3:28:08.9 | +16:27.0 | 1 | 25 |
| 11 | 42 | Anders Grøndal | Trond Svendsen | Anders Grøndal | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | WRC-2 | 3:28:52.4 | +17:10.5 | 18 | |
| 13 | 32 | Sepp Wiegand | Frank Christian | Škoda Auto Deutschland | Škoda Fabia S2000 | WRC-2 | 3:32:14.0 | +20:32.1 | 15 | |
| 15 | 34 |  Yuriy Protasov |  Kuldar Sikk | Symtech Racing | Subaru Impreza STi R4 | WRC-2 | 3:37:10.2 | +25:28.3 | 12 | |
| 16 | 41 |  Nicolàs Fuchs |  Fernando Mussano | Nicolàs Fuchs | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X | WRC-2 | 3:42:58.7 | +31:16.8 | 10 | |
| 19 | 40 |  Arman Smailov | Andrey Rusov | Arman Smailov | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | WRC-2 | 3:48:00.9 | +36:19.0 | 8 | |
| 23 | 38 |  Ricardo Triviño |  Àlex Haro | Moto Club Igualda | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X | WRC-2 | 3:57:28.0 | +45:46.1 | 6 | |
| 26 | 36 |  Rashid Al-Ketbi | Karina Hepperle | Skydive Dubai Rally Team | Škoda Fabia S2000 | WRC-2 | 4:06:11.4 | +54:29.5 | 4 | |
| 28 | 45 | Alexander Villanueva | Oscar Sanches | Alexander Villanueva | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X | WRC-2 | 4:10:56.8 | +59:14.9 | 2 | |
| 31 | 43 | Martin Hudec | Jacub Kotál | Semerád Rally Team | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | WRC-2 | 4:40:08.2 | +1:28:26.1 | 1 | |
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| Stage | Driver | Co-driver | Team | Car | Class | Cause | ||
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| SS5 | 47 | Eyvind Brynildsen | Anders Fredriksson | DMACK-Autotek | Ford Fiesta RRC | WRC-2 | Engine | |
| SS9 | 22 | Pontus Tidemand | Ola Fløene | Pontus Tidemand | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | WRC | Engine | |
| SS15 | 10 | Khalid Al Qassimi | Scott Martin | Abu Dhabi Citroen Total World Rally Team | Citroën DS3 WRC | WRC | Engine | |
| SS16 | 25 | Jari Ketomaa | Kaj Lindström | Jari Ketomaa | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | WRC | Co-Driver ill | |
| SS20 | 14 | Dani Sordo | Carlos del Barrio | Abu Dhabi Citroen Total World Rally Team | Citroën DS3 WRC | WRC | Off road |