| 2018 Rally Sweden | |
| Native Name: | 66. Rally Sweden |
| Round: | 2 |
| Season No: | 13 |
| Championship: | 2018 World Rally Championship |
| Previous Round: | 2018 Monte Carlo Rally |
| Next Round: | 2018 Rally Mexico |
| Country: | / |
| Start: | Karlstad trotting track, Karlstad |
| Finish: | Torsby, Värmland |
| Rallybase: |  Torsby, Värmland |
| Startdate: | 15 |
| Enddate: | 18 February 2018 |
| Stages: | 19 |
| Stagekm: | 314.25 |
| Transportkm: | 1086.28 |
| Overallkm: | 1,400.79 |
| Surface: | Gravel and snow |
| Driver1: |  Thierry Neuville |
| Codriver1: | Nicolas Gilsoul |
| Team1: |  Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT |
| Time1: | 2:52:13.1 |
| Driver2: |  Takamoto Katsuta |
| Codriver2: |  Marko Salminen |
| Team2: | Tommi Mäkinen Racing |
| Time2: | 3:01:27.5 |
| Driver3: | Denis Rådström |
| Codriver3: | Johan Johansson |
| Team3: | Denis Rådström |
| Time3: | 3:16:26.0 |
| Powerstage Driver: | Esapekka Lappi |
| Powerstage Codriver: | Janne Ferm |
| Powerstage Team: | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT |
| Crewsreg: | 68 |
| Teamsstart: | 66 |
| Teamsfinish: | 59 |
The 2018 Rally Sweden (formally known as the Rally Sweden 2018) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 15 and 18 February 2018.[1] It marked the sixty-sixth running of Rally Sweden, and was the second round of the 2018 World Rally Championship and its support categories, the WRC-2 and WRC-3 championships.[2] It was also the first round of the Junior World Rally Championship.[3] The event, which was based in the town of Torsby in Värmland County, was contested over nineteen special stages totalling a competitive distance of 314.252NaN2.[4]
Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila were the defending rally winners.[5] Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul were the rally winners. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the manufacturers' winners.[6] The Belgian also became only the third non-Nordic driver to win the event after the nine-time world champion, Sébastien Loeb, and the defending world champion, Sébastien Ogier.[7] The Tommi Mäkinen Racing crew of Takamoto Katsuta and Marko Salminen won the World Rally Championship-2 category in a Ford Fiesta R5, while Swedish crew Denis Rådström and Johan Johansson won the World Rally Championship-3 and Junior World Rally Championship.[8] [9]
Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia entered the round with an eight-point lead in the World Championships for Drivers and Co-drivers. In the World Championship for Manufacturers, M-Sport Ford WRT and Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT held a fifteen-point lead over Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT.
The following crews were entered into the rally. The event was open to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2, World Rally Championship-3 and Junior World Rally Championships. The final entry list consisted of fourteen World Rally Car entries, fifteen in the World Rally Championship-2, and fifteen entries in the World Rally Championship-3, twelve of which were eligible to score points in the Junior World Rally Championship.
Glenn MacNeall
S.A. Motorsport Italia Srl
TAIF Motorsport
Jürgen Heigl
