2017 Rally Sweden

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.

2017 Rally Sweden 65. Rally Sweden 2017
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Host country	Sweden
Rally base	Torsby, Värmland
Dates run	9 – 12 February 2017
Stages	17 (305.83 km; 190.03 miles)
Stage surface	Snow
Statistics
Crews	41 at start, 32 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT

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]

Entry list

Notable entrants No. Entrant Class Driver Co-driver Car Tyre 1 M-Sport World Rally Team WRC Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Ford Fiesta WRC M 2 M-Sport World Rally Team WRC Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Ford Fiesta WRC M 3 M-Sport World Rally Team WRC Elfyn Evans Daniel Barritt Ford Fiesta WRC D 4 Hyundai Motorsport WRC Hayden Paddon John Kennard Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC M 5 Hyundai Motorsport WRC Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC M 6 Hyundai Motorsport WRC Dani Sordo Marc Martí Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC M 7 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT WRC Kris Meeke Paul Nagle Citroën C3 WRC M 8 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT WRC Craig Breen Scott Martin Citroën C3 WRC M 10 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT WRC Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila Toyota Yaris WRC M 11 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT WRC Juho Hänninen Kaj Lindström Toyota Yaris WRC M 14 M-Sport World Rally Team WRC Mads Østberg Ola Fløene Ford Fiesta WRC M 15 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT WRC Stéphane Lefebvre Gabin Moreau Citroën DS3 WRC M 16 Eurolamp World Rally Team WRC Valeriy Gorban Sergei Larens Mini John Cooper Works WRC M 37 FWRT WRC Lorenzo Bertelli Simone Scattolin Ford Fiesta RS WRC M Source:[1]

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

Classification

Event standings

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Class	Time	Difference	Points
Overall classification
1	10	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	WRC	2:36:03.6	0.0	30
2	2	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC	2:36:32.8	+29.2	18
3	1	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC	2:37:03.1	+59.5	19
4	6	Dani Sordo	Marc Martí	Hyundai Motorsport	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC	2:38:15.1	+2:11.5	12
5	8	Craig Breen	Scott Martin	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën C3 WRC	WRC	2:38:54.8	+2:51.2	10
6	3	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC	2:41:30.2	+5:26.6	8
7	4	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Hyundai Motorsport	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC	2:41:34.8	+5:31.2	7
8	15	Stéphane Lefebvre	Gabin Moreau	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	2:43:18.3	+7:14.7	4
9	32	Pontus Tidemand	Jonas Andersson	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5	WRC-2	2:45:14.7	+9:11.1	2
10	31	Teemu Suninen	Mikko Markkula	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	2:46:06.5	+10:02.9	1
12	7	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën C3 WRC	WRC	2:46:32.3	+10:28.7	2
13	5	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai Motorsport	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC	2:47:35.1	+11:31.5	3
WRC-2 standings
1 (9.)	32	Pontus Tidemand	Jonas Andersson	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5	WRC-2	2:45:14.7		25
2 (10.)	31	Teemu Suninen	Mikko Markkula	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	2:46:06.5	+51.8	18
3 (11.)	34	Ole Christian Veiby	Stig Rune Skjærmoen	Printsport Oy	Škoda Fabia R5	WRC-2	2:46:22.1	+1:07.4	15
4 (14.)	40	Eric Camilli	Benjamin Veillas	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	2:48:27.1	+3:12.4	12

Special stages

Day	Stage	Name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Rally leader
Leg 1 (9–10 Feb)	SS1	Super Special Stage Karlstad 1	1.90 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Toyota Yaris WRC	1:34.1	Jari-Matti Latvala
	SS2	/ Röjden 1	18.47 km	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	9:37.3	Thierry Neuville
	SS3	Hof-Finnskog 1	21.26 km	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	10:10.3
	SS4	Svullrya 1	24.88 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Toyota Yaris WRC	12:52.3	Jari-Matti Latvala
	SS5	/ Röjden 2	18.47 km	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	9:25.7	Thierry Neuville
	SS6	Hof-Finnskog 2	21.26 km	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	10:06.4
	SS7	Svullrya 2	24.88 km	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	13:04.0
	SS8	Torsby 1	16.43 km	Ott Tänak	Ford Fiesta WRC	9:24.8
Leg 2 (11 Feb)	SS9	Knon 1	31.60 km	Ott Tänak	Ford Fiesta WRC	13:45.5
	SS10	Hagfors 1	15.87 km	Ott Tänak	Ford Fiesta WRC	8:03.0
	SS11	Vargåsen 1	14.27 km	Ott Tänak	Ford Fiesta WRC	8:20.7
	SS12	Knon 2	31.60 km	Stage cancelled
	SS13	Hagfors 2	15.87 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Toyota Yaris WRC	7:50.9	Thierry Neuville
	SS14	Vargåsen 2	14.27 km	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	8:07.5
	SS15	Super Special Stage Karlstad 2	1.90 km	Dani Sordo	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	1:33.9	Jari-Matti Latvala
Leg 3 (12 Feb)	SS16	Likenäs 1	21.19 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Toyota Yaris WRC	11:06.9
	SS17	Likenäs 2	21.19 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Toyota Yaris WRC	11:06.3
	SS18	Torsby 2 [Power Stage]	16.43 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Toyota Yaris WRC	8:51.1

Power Stage

The Power Stage was a 16.43 km (10.2 mi) stage at the end of the rally.

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Diff.	Pts.
1	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Yaris WRC	8:51.1		5
2	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Ford Fiesta WRC	8:52.3	+1.2	4
3	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	8:52.6	+1.5	3
4	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën C3 WRC	8:54.1	+3.0	2
5	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	8:58.8	+7.7	1

Championship standings after the rally

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 1 Jari-Matti Latvala 48 1 2 Sébastien Ogier 44 3 Ott Tänak 33 4 Dani Sordo 25 5 Craig Breen 20

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos. Manufacturer Points 1 M-Sport World Rally Team 73 2 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 53 3 Hyundai Motorsport 40 4 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT 26