2016 Rally Sweden

2016 Rally Sweden 64. Rally Sweden
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Host country	Sweden
Rally base	Karlstad, Värmland
Dates run	12 – 14 February 2016
Stages	12 (226.48 km; 140.73 miles)
Stage surface	Snow, ice and gravel
Results
Overall winner	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Volkswagen Motorsport
Crews	50 at start, 38 at finish

The 2016 Rally Sweden (formally known as the 64. Rally Sweden) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over three days between 12 and 14 February 2016. It marked the sixty-fourth running of the Rally Sweden, and was the second round of the 2016 World Rally Championship, WRC-2 and WRC-3 seasons.^[1]

Due to a lack of snow in the area, eight Special Stages were cancelled prior to the start of the rally, including the opening Super Special stage and all of day three stages apart from the final Power Stage. The penultimate stage, SS20, was cancelled during the event. Of the 21 scheduled stages, only 12 were run.

Defending World Champion Sébastien Ogier started won his second consecutive rally of the season and his third Rally Sweden victory.

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 Hyundai Motorsport WRC Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul Hyundai i20 WRC M 4 Hyundai Motorsport WRC Hayden Paddon John Kennard Hyundai i20 WRC M 5 M-Sport World Rally Team WRC Mads Østberg Daniel Barritt Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 6 M-Sport World Rally Team WRC Eric Camilli Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 7 Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team WRC Kris Meeke Paul Nagle Citroën DS3 WRC M 9 Volkswagen Motorsport II WRC Andreas Mikkelsen Anders Jæger Volkswagen Polo R WRC M 12 DMACK World Rally Team WRC Ott Tänak Raigo Mõlder Ford Fiesta RS WRC D 14 Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team WRC Khalid Al Qassimi Chris Patterson Citroën DS3 WRC M 15 Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team WRC Craig Breen Scott Martin Citroën DS3 WRC M 16 Adapta Motorsport WRC Henning Solberg Ilka Minor Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 20 Hyundai Motorsport N WRC Dani Sordo Marc Martí Hyundai i20 WRC M 30 Yazeed Racing WRC Ford Fiesta RS WRC P 31 Škoda Motorsport WRC-2 Esapekka Lappi Janne Ferm Škoda Fabia R5 M 32 Škoda Motorsport WRC-2 Pontus Tidemand Jonas Andersson Škoda Fabia R5 M 34 M-Sport World Rally Team WRC-2 Eyvind Brynildsen Anders Fredriksen Ford Fiesta R5 M 35 WRC-2 Ford Fiesta R5 P 36 WRC-2 Ford Fiesta R5 M 37 WRC Lorenzo Bertelli Simone Scattolin Ford Fiesta RS WRC P 38 WRC-2 Simone Tempestini Ford Fiesta R5 P 39 WRC-2 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X M 40 Drive DMACK Trophy Team WRC-2 Sander Pärn Ford Fiesta R5 D 42 WRC-2 Škoda Fabia R5 P 43 WRC-2 Ford Fiesta R5 M 44 M-Sport World Rally Team WRC-2 Elfyn Evans Ford Fiesta R5 M 45 WRC-2 Ole Christian Veiby Škoda Fabia R5 M 46 Drive DMACK Trophy Team WRC-2 Marius Aasen Ford Fiesta R5 D 47 Emil Bergkvist WRC-2 Emil Bergkvist Citroën DS3 R5 M 49 WRC-2 Ford Fiesta R5 H 50 WRC-2 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X M 51 Anders Grøndal WRC-2 Anders Grøndal Ford Fiesta R5 P 61 Saintéloc Junior Team WRC-3 Citroën DS3 R3T M 81 Eurolamp World Rally Team WRC Valeriy Gorban Mini John Cooper Works WRC P 95 Eurolamp World Rally Team WRC Mini John Cooper Works WRC 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	1	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	1:59:47.4	0.0	28
2	4	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Hyundai Motorsport	Hyundai i20 WRC	WRC	2:00:17.2	+29.8	18
3	5	Mads Østberg	Ola Fløene	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	2:00:43.0	+55.6	15
4	9	Andreas Mikkelsen	Anders Jæger	Volkswagen Motorsport II	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	2:00:58.2	+1:10.8	14
5	12	Ott Tänak	Raigo Mõlder	DMACK World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	2:01:38.1	+1:50.7	10
6	20	Dani Sordo	Marc Martí	Hyundai Motorsport N	Hyundai i20 WRC	WRC	2:02:11.4	+2:24.0	8
7	16	Henning Solberg	Ilka Minor	Adapta Motorsport	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	2:02:27.4	+2:40.0	6
8	15	Craig Breen	Scott Martin	Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	2:02:32.0	+2:44.6	4
9	44	Elfyn Evans	Craig Parry	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	2:05:04.4	+5:17.0	2
10	83	Teemu Suninen	Mikko Markkula	Team Oreca	Škoda Fabia R5		2:05:19.0	+5:31.6	1
23	7	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	2:13:44.2	+13:56.8	1
WRC-2 standings
1 (9.)	44	Elfyn Evans	Craig Parry	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	2:05:04.4	0.0	25
2 (11.)	32	Pontus Tidemand	Jonas Andersson	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5	WRC-2	2:05:19.1	+14.7	18
3 (12.)	31	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5	WRC-2	2:06:55.3	+1:50.9	15
4 (13.)	51	Anders Grøndal		Anders Grøndal	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	2:06:57.4	+1:53.0	12
5 (15.)	34	Eyvind Brynildsen		M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	2:07:34.9	+2:30.5	10
6 (16.)	45	Ole Christian Veiby			Škoda Fabia R5	WRC-2	2:07:45.0	+2:40.6	8
7 (17.)	47	Emil Bergkvist		Emil Bergkvist	Citroën DS3 R5	WRC-2	2:07:45.9	+2:41.5	6
8 (18.)	46	Marius Aasen		Drive DMACK Trophy Team	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	2:08:07.8	+3:03.4	4
9 (20.)	38	Simone Tempestini			Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	2:09:58.9	+4:54.5	2
10 (25.)	43				Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	2:15:56.7	+10:52.3	1
WRC-3 standings
1 (35.)	61			Saintéloc Junior Team	Citroën DS3 R3T	WRC-3	2:41:39.5	0.0	25
Source: [1]

Special stages[]

Day	Stage	Name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
Leg 1 (11 & 12 Feb)	SS1	Karlstad Super-Special 1	1.90 km	Stage Cancelled
	SS2	Torsby 1	16.48 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	8:53.0	111,3 km/h	Sébastien Ogier
	SS3	/ Röjden 1	18.47 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	9:32.3	116,2 km/h
	SS4	Svullrya 1	24.23 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	12:47.9	113,6 km/h
	SS5	Kirkenær 1	7.07 km	Stage Cancelled
	SS6	Kirkenær 2	7.07 km	Stage Cancelled
	SS7	Svullrya 2	24.23 km	Kris Meeke	Citroën DS3 WRC	12:44.2	114,1 km/h
	SS8	/ Röjden 2	18.47 km	Hayden Paddon	Hyundai i20 WRC	9:52.8	112,2 km/h
	SS9	Torsby 2	16.48 km	Hayden Paddon	Hyundai i20 WRC	8:56.6	110,6 km/h
Leg 2 (13 Feb)	SS10	Fredriksberg 1	18.19 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	9:43.4	112,2 km/h
	SS11	Rämmen 1	22.76 km	Stage Cancelled
	SS12	Vargåsen 1	24.70 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	12:56.7	114,5 km/h
	SS13	Fredriksberg 2	18.9 km	Stage Cancelled
	SS14	Rämmen 2	22.76 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	11:03.2	123,5 km/h
	SS15	Hagfors Sprint	1.87 km	Stage Cancelled
	SS16	Vargåsen 2	24.70 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	12:48.8	115,7 km/h
	SS17	Karlstad Super-Special 2	1.90 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	1:34.9	72,1 km/h
Leg 3 (14 Feb)	SS18	Lesjöfors 1	15.00 km	Stage Cancelled
	SS19	Värmullsåsen 1	15.87 km	Stage Cancelled
	SS20	Lesjöfors 2	15.00 km	Stage Cancelled
	SS21	Värmullsåsen 2 (Power stage)	15.87 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	7:42.7	123,5 km/h

Power Stage[]

The "Power stage" was a 15.87 km (9.86 mi) stage at the end of the rally.

Pos	Driver	Car	Time	Diff.	Pts
1	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	7:42.7	0.0	3
2	Andreas Mikkelsen	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	7:46.1	+3.4	2
3	Kris Meeke	Citroën DS3 WRC	7:51.7	+9.0	1

Championship standings after the event[]

WRC[]

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Sébastien Ogier 56 2 Andreas Mikkelsen 33 3 Mads Østberg 27 4 Hayden Paddon 18 5 Dani Sordo 18

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Volkswagen Motorsport 54 2 Hyundai Motorsport 49 3 Volkswagen Motorsport II 30 4 M-Sport World Rally Team 27 5 DMACK World Rally Team 18

Other[]

WRC2 Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Elfyn Evans 50 2 Armin Kremer 18 3 Pontus Tidemand 18 4 Quentin Gilbert 15 5 Esapekka Lappi 15

WRC3 Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 29 2 Ole Christian Veiby 25 3 18 4 15 5 12

References[]

External links[]

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