2018 Rally Sweden

2018 Rally Sweden
66. Rally Sweden
Round 2 of 13 in the 2018 World Rally Championship
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Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul on the podium with Hyundai.
Host country Sweden /  Norway
Rally baseSweden Torsby, Värmland
Dates run15 – 18 February 2018
Start locationKarlstad trotting track, Karlstad
Finish locationTorsby, Värmland
Stages19 (314.25 km; 195.27 miles)
Stage surfaceGravel and snow
Transport distance1,086.28 km (674.98 miles)
Overall distance1,400.79 km (870.41 miles)
Statistics
Crews registered68
Crews66 at start, 59 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerBelgium Thierry Neuville
Belgium Nicolas Gilsoul
South Korea Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT
2:52:13.1
Power Stage winnerFinland Esapekka Lappi
Finland Janne Ferm
Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
Support category results
WRC-2 winnerJapan Takamoto Katsuta
Finland Marko Salminen
Finland Tommi Mäkinen Racing
3:01:27.5
WRC-3 winnerSweden Denis Rådström
Sweden Johan Johansson
Sweden Denis Rådström
3:16:26.0

The 2018 Rally Sweden (formally known as the Rally Sweden 2018)[1] was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 15 and 18 February 2018.[2] 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.[3] It was also the first round of the Junior World Rally Championship.[4] The event, which was based in the town of Torsby in Värmland County, was contested over nineteen special stages totalling a competitive distance of 314.25 km (195.27 mi).[5]

Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila were the defending rally winners.[6] Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul were the rally winners. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the manufacturers' winners.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9][10]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Rally Sweden Entry List was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Rally Calendar Overview". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Rally Aus retains WRC finale in 2018". speedcafe.com. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Global support for Junior WRC". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Rally Sweden Countdown: Rally Route". wrc.com. WRC. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Latvala Triumphs in Sweden". wrc.com. WRC. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Neuville Wins in Sweden". wrc.com. WRC. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Sunday in Sweden: Cool Neuville Nets Victory". wrc.com. WRC. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  9. ^ "WRC 2 in Sweden: Katsuta suprises [sic] champion". wrc.com. WRC. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  10. ^ "Junior WRC in Sweden: Rådström fights back to win". wrc.com. WRC. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2019.