2017 Rally Sweden

2017 Rally Sweden
65. Rally Sweden 2017
Round 2 of the 2017 World Rally Championship
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Host country Sweden
Rally baseSweden Torsby, Värmland
Dates run9 – 12 February 2017
Stages17 (305.83 km; 190.03 miles)
Stage surfaceSnow
Statistics
Crews41 at start, 32 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerFinland Jari-Matti Latvala
Finland Miikka Anttila
Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT

The 2017 Rally Sweden (formally known as the Rally Sweden 2017[1]) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over three days between 10 and 12 February 2017. It marked the sixty-fifth running of the Rally Sweden, and was the second round of the 2017 World Rally Championship and the WRC-2 and WRC-3 championships.

Toyota's driver Jari-Matti Latvala won the rally ahead of M-Sport drivers Ott Tänak and Sébastien Ogier who finished second and third, respectively. The win for Toyota was their first after their return to the WRC after a 17 year absence.[2]

Latvala had inherited the lead after rally leader Thierry Neuville had crashed out on the final stage of leg 2. The Belgian had a lead of 43.3 seconds before ripping a wheel off in the second run of the Karlstad stage, promoting Latvala to first place.[3]

Local driver Pontus Tidemand won the WRC-2 category, finishing ahead of Teemu Suninen.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Rally Sweden Entry List was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Latvala Triumphs in Sweden". wrc.com. WRC. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Latvala leads in Sweden after late drama". wrc.com. WRC. 11 February 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Tidemand's home run". wrc.com. WRC. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.