2014 Rally Sweden

2014 Rally Sweden 62. Rally Sweden 2014
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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
Results
Overall winner	Jari-Matti Latvala Volkswagen Motorsport
Crews	39 at start, 30 at finish

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 Fredrik Åhlin

WRC3 Drivers' Championship standings Pos. 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

This page was last edited on 10 July 2021, at 14:13