2014 Rally Sweden Explained

2014 Rally Sweden
Native Name:	62. Rally Sweden 2014
Round:	2 of 13
Championship:	2014 World Rally Championship
Previous Round:	2014 Monte Carlo Rally
Next Round:	2014 Rally México
Rallybase:	Karlstad
Startdate:	5
Enddate:	8 February 2014
Stages:	24
Stagekm:	323.54
Surface:	Snow and ice
Driver1:	Jari-Matti Latvala
Team1:	Volkswagen Motorsport
Teamsstart:	39
Teamsfinish:	30

The 2014 Rally Sweden was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 5 and 8 February, which marked the 62nd running of the Rally Sweden. The rally was based in the town of Karlstad and was contested over 24 special stages, covering a total of 323.54km (201.04miles) in competitive stages.

The event was won by Finland's Jari-Matti Latvala of the Volkswagen Motorsport team,^[1] taking his third victory in Sweden,^[2] and the ninth victory of his WRC career. He finished 53.6 seconds clear of his teammate Andreas Mikkelsen – taking his best WRC finish – while the podium was completed by Mads Østberg, a further 5.9 seconds in arrears.^[3] Latvala's victory allowed him to take the championship lead from another teammate, Sébastien Ogier, who could only finish sixth in Sweden. In the supporting WRC-2 category, Karl Kruuda edged out Jari Ketomaa by 2.3 seconds for the victory.^[4]

Entry list

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Icon Class WRC WRC entries eligible to score manufacturer points WRC Major entry ineligible to score manufacturer points WRC-2 Registered to take part in WRC-2 championship WRC-3 Registered to take part in WRC-3 championship

Results

Event standings

		Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Class	Time		Points
Overall classification
1	2	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	3:00:31.1	0.00
2	9	Andreas Mikkelsen	Mikko Markkula	Volkswagen Motorsport II	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	3:01:24.7	+53.6	18
3	4	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	3:01:30.6	+59.5
4	5	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	M-Sport WRT	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	3:02:58.0	+2:26.9
5	11	Ott Tänak	Raigo Mõlder	M-Sport WRT	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	3:03:31.6	+3:00.5	10
6	1	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	3:05:01.0	+4:29.9	8
7	16	Henning Solberg	Ilka Minor	Henning Solberg	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	3:05:18.6	+4:47.5	6
8	15	Pontus Tidemand	Ola Fløene	Pontus Tidemand	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	3:06:09.3	+5:38.2	4
9	17	Craig Breen	Scott Martin	Craig Breen	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	3:09:26.5	+8:55.4	2
10	3	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	3:11:49.1	+11:18.0	1
WRC-2 standings
1 (11.)	41	Karl Kruuda	Raigo Mõlder	Karl Kruuda	Ford Fiesta S2000	WRC-2	3:14:40.2	+14:09.1	25
2 (12.)	33	Jari Ketomaa	Kaj Lindström	Drive DMACK	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	3:14:42.5	+14:11.4	18
3 (13.)	42	Fredrik Åhlin	Morten Erik Abrahamsen	Fredrik Åhlin	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	3:15:58.3	+15:27.2	15
4 (14.)	31	Yazeed Al-Rajhi	Michael Orr	Yazeed Al-Rajhi	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	3:16:57.6	+16:26.5	12
5 (15.)	32	Yuriy Protasov	Pavlo Cherepin	Yuriy Protasov	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	3:18:00.3	+17:29.2	10
6 (18.)	37	Lorenzo Bertelli	Mitia Dotta	FWRT s.r.l.	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	3:25:14.4	+24:43.3	8
7 (15.)	40	Valeriy Gorban	Volodymyr Korsia	Eurolamp World Rally Team	MINI John Cooper Works S2000	WRC-2	3:28:49.2	+28:18.1	6
8 (26.)	45	Gianluca Linari	Nicola Arena	Gianluca Linari	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	WRC-2	3:40:43.1	+40:12.0	4

Championship standings after the race

WRC

Drivers' Championship standings

	Driver	Points
1	Jari-Matti Latvala	40
2	Sebastien Ogier	35
3	Mads Østberg	30
4	Andreas Mikkelsen	24
5	Bryan Bouffier	18

Manufacturers' Championship standings

	Constructor	Points
1	Volkswagen Motorsport	72
2	Citroen Total Abu Dhabi WRT	56
3	Volkswagen Motorsport II	26
4	M-Sport World Rally Team	22
5	Hyundai Shell World Rally Team	8

Other

WRC2 Drivers' Championship standings

	Driver	Points
1	Yuriy Protasov	35
2	Lorenzo Bertelli	26
3	Karl Kruuda	25
4	Jari Ketomaa	18
5	Robert Barrable	15
	Fredrik Åhlin

WRC3 Drivers' Championship standings

External links

• The official website of the World Rally Championship
• Results – juwra.com/World Rally Archive
• Results – ewrc-results.com

Notes and References

1. News: Jari-Matti Latvala clinches victory in VW one-two. Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 8 February 2014. 28 December 2014.
2. News: Latvala wins in Sweden for third time. Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 8 February 2014. 28 December 2014.
3. News: Breaking News: Latvala wins in Sweden. World Rally Championship. WRC Promoter GmbH. 8 February 2014. 28 December 2014.
4. News: Kruuda wins WRC2 thriller. World Rally Championship. WRC Promoter GmbH. 8 February 2014. 28 December 2014.