2022 Rally Sweden

2022 Rally Sweden
Swedish Rally 2022
Round 2 of 13 in the 2022 World Rally Championship
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Rally Sweden is the only snow event on the World Rally Championship calendar.
Host country Sweden
Rally baseUmeå, Västerbotten County
Dates run24 – 27 February 2022
Start locationKroksjö, Umeå Municipality
Finish locationSarsjöliden, Vindeln Municipality
Stages17 (264.81 km; 164.55 miles)[1]
Stage surfaceSnow
Transport distance958.41 km (595.53 miles)
Overall distance1,223.22 km (760.07 miles)
Statistics
Crews registered50
Crews45 at start, 36 at finish
CancellationSS9 and SS13 cancelled due to
reindeer movements.
Overall results
Overall winnerFinland Kalle Rovanperä
Finland Jonne Halttunen
Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
2:10:44.9
Power Stage winnerEstonia Ott Tänak
Estonia Martin Järveoja
South Korea Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT
6:29.8
Support category results
WRC-2 winnerNorway Andreas Mikkelsen
Norway Torstein Eriksen
Germany Toksport WRT
2:17:56.0
WRC-3 winnerFinland Lauri Joona
Finland Mikael Korhonen
Finland Lauri Joona
2:24:33.8
J-WRC winnerUnited Kingdom Jon Armstrong
Republic of Ireland Brian Hoy
United Kingdom Jon Armstrong
2:24:31.1

The 2022 Rally Sweden (also known as the Swedish Rally 2022) was a motor racing event for rally cars held over four days between 24 and 27 February 2022.[2] It marked the 69th running of the Rally Sweden, and was the second round of the 2022 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2022 event was based in Umeå, in Västerbotten County.[3] The rally was scheduled to cover a total competitive distance of 303.74 km (188.74 mi), but was shortened to 264.81 km (164.55 mi) prior to the start of the event due to unexpected reindeer movements in the Örträsk area.[4]

Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin were the defending rally winners. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[5] Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen were the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category,[6] while Jari Huttunen and Mikko Lukka were the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category.[7]

Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen took their third WRC victory. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, successfully defended their title.[8] Andreas Mikkelsen was the winner in the WRC-2 category and Eriksen successfully defended his title.[9] The Finnish crew of Lauri Joona and Mikael Korhonen won the WRC-3 category,[10] while Jon Armstrong and Brian Hoy won the junior class.[11]

  1. ^ "Itinerary Rally Sweden 2022". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  2. ^ "WRC roars into hybrid era with expanded 2022 calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 15 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Rally Sweden moves north to Umea". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 8 April 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Reindeer movements erase Saturday Sweden test". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Evans completes Rally Sweden". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Sunday in Sweden: Østberg seals WRC 2 victory". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Sunday in Sweden: Huttunen triumphs in WRC 3". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Rovanperä emulates faster with Sweden victory". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 27 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Mikkelsen bolsters WRC2 title defence with Sweden win". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 27 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  10. ^ "Joona seals WRC3 glory in Sweden". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 27 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  11. ^ "Armstrong holds on for hard-fought junior win". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 27 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.