2014 Rally Sweden

2014 Rally Sweden
*62. Rally Sweden 2014*
2014 Rally Sweden; 62. Rally Sweden 2014
Round 2 of 13 of the 2014 World Rally Championship
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	Jari-Matti Latvala during Podium
Host country	Sweden
Rally base	Karlstad
Dates run	5 – 8 February 2014
Stages	24 (323.54 km; 201.04 miles)
Stage surface	Snow and ice
Statistics
Crews	39 at start, 30 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Jari-Matti Latvala; Volkswagen Motorsport

The 2014 Rally Sweden was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 5 and 8 February, which marked the 62nd running of the Rally Sweden. The rally was based in the town of Karlstad and was contested over 24 special stages, covering a total of 323.54 km (201.04 mi) in competitive stages.

The event was won by Finland's Jari-Matti Latvala of the Volkswagen Motorsport team,^[1] taking his third victory in Sweden,^[2] and the ninth victory of his WRC career. He finished 53.6 seconds clear of his teammate Andreas Mikkelsen – taking his best WRC finish – while the podium was completed by Mads Østberg, a further 5.9 seconds in arrears.^[3] Latvala's victory allowed him to take the championship lead from another teammate, Sébastien Ogier, who could only finish sixth in Sweden. In the supporting WRC-2 category, Karl Kruuda edged out Jari Ketomaa by 2.3 seconds for the victory.^[4]

Entry list

Notable entrants
No.	Entrant	Class	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Tyre
1	Volkswagen Motorsport	WRC	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	M
2	Volkswagen Motorsport	WRC	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	M
3	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	WRC	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën DS3 WRC	M
4	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	WRC	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Citroën DS3 WRC	M
5	M-Sport World Rally Team	WRC	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
6	M-Sport World Rally Team	WRC	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
7	Hyundai Motorsport	WRC	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 WRC	M
8	Hyundai Motorsport	WRC	Juho Hänninen	Tomi Tuominen	Hyundai i20 WRC	M
9	Volkswagen Motorsport II	WRC	Andreas Mikkelsen	Mikko Markkula	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	M
10	RK M-Sport World Rally Team	WRC	Robert Kubica	Maciej Szczepaniak	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
11	M-Sport World Rally Team	WRC	Ott Tänak	Raigo Mõlder	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
12	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	WRC	Khalid Al-Qassimi	Chris Patterson	Citroën DS3 WRC	M
14	M-Sport World Rally Team	WRC	Michał Sołowow	Maciej Baran	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
15	Pontus Tidemand	WRC	Pontus Tidemand	Ola Floene	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
16	Henning Solberg	WRC	Henning Solberg	Ilka Minor	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	P
17	Craig Breen	WRC	Craig Breen	Scott Martin	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
21	Jipocar Czech National Team	WRC	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
31	Yazeed Racing	WRC-2	Yazeed Al-Rajhi	Michael Orr	Ford Fiesta RRC	M
32	Yuriy Protasov	WRC-2	Yuriy Protasov	Pavlo Cherepin	Ford Fiesta R5	M
33	Drive DMACK	WRC-2	Jari Ketomaa	Kaj Lindström	Ford Fiesta R5	D
34	Anders Grøndal	WRC-2	Anders Grøndal	Roger Eilertsen	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	P
37	FWRT s.r.l.	WRC-2	Lorenzo Bertelli	Mitia Dotta	Ford Fiesta R5	P
40	Eurolamp World Rally Team	WRC-2	Valeriy Gorban	Volodymyr Korsia	MINI John Cooper Works S2000	P
41	Karl Kruuda	WRC-2	Karl Kruuda	Martin Järveoja	Ford Fiesta S2000	M
42	Fredrik Åhlin	WRC-2	Fredrik Åhlin	Moreten Erik Abrahamsen	Ford Fiesta R5	D
43	Jourdan Serderidis	WRC-2	Jourdan Serderidis	Morgane Rose	Ford Fiesta R5	P
45	Gianluca Linari	WRC-2	Gianluca Linari	Nicola Arena	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	P
72	Kristian Sohlberg		Kristian Sohlberg	Peter Flythström	Ford Fiesta R5	D
73	Maximilian Koch		Maximilian Koch	Stefan Weigel	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	M
74	Robert Blomberg		Robert Blomberg	Kristoffer Karlsson	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	P
75	Joakim Roman		Joakim Roman	Marcus Sundh	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	D
76	Mattias Adielsson		Mattias Adielsson	Patrik Barth	Peugeot 208 R2	M
77	Fabio Frisiero		Fabio Frisiero	Simone Scattolin	Peugeot 207 S2000	P
78	Eamonn Boland		Eamonn Boland	Michael Joseph Morrissey	Subaru Impreza STi R4	M
79	Joan Font Guixaro		Joan Font Guixaro	Alex Haro	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	P
81	Hubert Ptaszek		Hubert Ptaszek	Kamil Kozdron	Ford Fiesta R2	M
82	Martin Koči		Martin Koči	Lukáš Kostka	Citroën DS3 R3T	M
83	Szymon Gospodarczyk		Łukasz Kabacinski	Szymon Gospodarczyk	Renault Clio R3	M
84	Borys Gandzha		Borys Gandzha	Sergiy Potiyko	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	P

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

Results

Event standings

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Class	Time	Difference	Points
Overall classification
1	2	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	3:00:31.1	0.00	27
2	9	Andreas Mikkelsen	Mikko Markkula	Volkswagen Motorsport II	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	3:01:24.7	+53.6	18
3	4	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	3:01:30.6	+59.5	18
4	5	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	M-Sport WRT	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	3:02:58.0	+2:26.9	13
5	11	Ott Tänak	Raigo Mõlder	M-Sport WRT	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	3:03:31.6	+3:00.5	10
6	1	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	3:05:01.0	+4:29.9	8
7	16	Henning Solberg	Ilka Minor	Henning Solberg	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	3:05:18.6	+4:47.5	6
8	15	Pontus Tidemand	Ola Fløene	Pontus Tidemand	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	3:06:09.3	+5:38.2	4
9	17	Craig Breen	Scott Martin	Craig Breen	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	3:09:26.5	+8:55.4	2
10	3	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	3:11:49.1	+11:18.0	1
WRC-2 standings
1 (11.)	41	Karl Kruuda	Raigo Mõlder	Karl Kruuda	Ford Fiesta S2000	WRC-2	3:14:40.2	+14:09.1	25
2 (12.)	33	Jari Ketomaa	Kaj Lindström	Drive DMACK	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	3:14:42.5	+14:11.4	18
3 (13.)	42	Fredrik Åhlin	Morten Erik Abrahamsen	Fredrik Åhlin	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	3:15:58.3	+15:27.2	15
4 (14.)	31	Yazeed Al-Rajhi	Michael Orr	Yazeed Al-Rajhi	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	3:16:57.6	+16:26.5	12
5 (15.)	32	Yuriy Protasov	Pavlo Cherepin	Yuriy Protasov	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	3:18:00.3	+17:29.2	10
6 (18.)	37	Lorenzo Bertelli	Mitia Dotta	FWRT s.r.l.	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	3:25:14.4	+24:43.3	8
7 (15.)	40	Valeriy Gorban	Volodymyr Korsia	Eurolamp World Rally Team	MINI John Cooper Works S2000	WRC-2	3:28:49.2	+28:18.1	6
8 (26.)	45	Gianluca Linari	Nicola Arena	Gianluca Linari	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	WRC-2	3:40:43.1	+40:12.0	4

Championship standings after the race

WRC

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Jari-Matti Latvala	40
2	Sebastien Ogier	35
3	Mads Østberg	30
4	Andreas Mikkelsen	24
5	Bryan Bouffier	18

Manufacturers' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Volkswagen Motorsport	72
2	Citroen Total Abu Dhabi WRT	56
3	Volkswagen Motorsport II	26
4	M-Sport World Rally Team	22
5	Hyundai Shell World Rally Team	8

Other

WRC2 Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Yuriy Protasov	35
2	Lorenzo Bertelli	26
3	Karl Kruuda	25
4	Jari Ketomaa	18
5	Robert Barrable	15
5	Fredrik Åhlin	15

WRC3 Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Quentin Gilbert	25

References

^ "Jari-Matti Latvala clinches victory in VW one-two". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
^ "Latvala wins in Sweden for third time". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
^ "Breaking News: Latvala wins in Sweden". World Rally Championship. WRC Promoter GmbH. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
^ "Kruuda wins WRC2 thriller". World Rally Championship. WRC Promoter GmbH. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.

External links

[1] "Jari-Matti Latvala clinches victory in VW one-two". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.

[2] "Latvala wins in Sweden for third time". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.

[3] "Breaking News: Latvala wins in Sweden". World Rally Championship. WRC Promoter GmbH. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.

[4] "Kruuda wins WRC2 thriller". World Rally Championship. WRC Promoter GmbH. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.

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