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 in competitive stages.
The event was won by Finland's Jari-Matti Latvala of the Volkswagen Motorsport team, taking his third victory in Sweden, 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. 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.
Entry list Notable entrants Entrant Driver Co-driver Car 1 WRC 2 WRC 3 WRC 4 WRC 5 WRC 6 WRC 7 WRC 8 WRC 9 WRC 10 WRC 11 WRC 12 WRC 14 WRC 15 WRC 16 WRC 17 WRC 21 WRC 31 WRC-2 32 WRC-2 33 WRC-2 34 WRC-2 37 WRC-2 40 WRC-2 41 WRC-2 42 WRC-2 43 WRC-2 45 WRC-2 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 81 82 83 84 Icon Class WRC WRC entries eligible toscore manufacturer points WRC Major entry ineligible toscore manufacturer points WRC-2 Registered to take part inWRC-2 championship WRC-3 Registered to take part inWRC-3 championship
Results
Event standings Driver Co-driver Team Car Class Time Points Overall classification 1 2 Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila Volkswagen Motorsport Volkswagen Polo R WRC WRC 3:00:31.1 0.00 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 4 5 Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen M-Sport WRT Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC 3:02:58.0 +2:26.9 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 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 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 Driver Points 1 Yuriy Protasov 35 2 Lorenzo Bertelli 26 3 Karl Kruuda 25 4 Jari Ketomaa 185 Robert Barrable15 Fredrik Åhlin
WRC3 Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Quentin Gilbert 25
References
External links The official website of the World Rally Championship Results – juwra.com/World Rally Archive Results – ewrc-results.com