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 mi)
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 four 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 Ogier, SébastienSébastien Ogier Ingrassia, JulienJulien Ingrassia Volkswagen Polo R WRC M 2 Volkswagen Motorsport WRC Latvala, Jari-MattiJari-Matti Latvala Anttila, MiikkaMiikka Anttila Volkswagen Polo R WRC M 3 Hyundai Motorsport WRC Neuville, ThierryThierry Neuville Gilsoul, NicolasNicolas Gilsoul Hyundai NGi20 WRC M 4 Hyundai Motorsport WRC Paddon, HaydenHayden Paddon Kennard, JohnJohn Kennard Hyundai NGi20 WRC M 5 M-Sport World Rally Team WRC Østberg, MadsMads Østberg Barritt, DanielDaniel Barritt Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 6 M-Sport World Rally Team WRC Camilli, EricEric Camilli Klinger, NicolasNicolas Klinger Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 7 Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team WRC Meeke, KrisKris Meeke Nagle, PaulPaul Nagle Citroën DS3 WRC M 9 Volkswagen Motorsport II WRC Mikkelsen, AndreasAndreas Mikkelsen Jæger, AndersAnders Jæger Volkswagen Polo R WRC M 12 DMACK World Rally Team WRC Tänak, OttOtt Tänak Mõlder, RaigoRaigo Mõlder Ford Fiesta WRC D 14 Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team WRC Al Qassimi, KhalidKhalid Al Qassimi Patterson, ChrisChris Patterson Citroën DS3 WRC M 15 Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team WRC Breen, CraigCraig Breen Martin, ScottScott Martin Citroën DS3 WRC M 16 Adapta Motorsport WRC Solberg, HenningHenning Solberg Minor, IlkaIlka Minor Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 20 Hyundai Motorsport N WRC Sordo, DaniDani Sordo Martí, MarcMarc Martí Hyundai NGi20 WRC M 30 Yazeed Racing WRC Al Rahji, YazeedYazeed Al Rahji Orr, MichaelMichael Orr Ford Fiesta RS WRC P 31 Škoda Motorsport WRC-2 Lappi, EsapekkaEsapekka Lappi Ferm, JanneJanne Ferm Škoda Fabia R5 M 32 Škoda Motorsport WRC-2 Tidemand, PontusPontus Tidemand Andersson, JonasJonas Andersson Škoda Fabia R5 M 34 M-Sport World Rally Team WRC-2 Brynildsen, EyvindEyvind Brynildsen Fredriksen, AndersAnders Fredriksen Ford Fiesta R5 M 35 Motorsport Italia Srl WRC-2 Rendina, MaxMax Rendina Inglesi, EmanueleEmanuele Inglesi Ford Fiesta R5 P 36 Fredrik Åhlin WRC-2 Åhlin, FredrikFredrik Åhlin Abrahamsen, Morten ErikMorten Erik Abrahamsen Ford Fiesta R5 M 37 FWRT s.r.l. WRC Bertelli, LorenzoLorenzo Bertelli Scattolin, SimoneSimone Scattolin Ford Fiesta RS WRC P 38 Napoca Rally Academy WRC-2 Tempestini, SimoneSimone Tempestini Chiarcossi, MatteoMatteo Chiarcossi Ford Fiesta R5 P 39 Alain Foulon WRC-2 Foulon, AlainAlain Foulon Delarche, GillesGilles Delarche Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X M 40 Drive DMACK Trophy Team WRC-2 Pärn, SanderSander Pärn Morgan, JamesJames Morgan Ford Fiesta R5 D 42 The Ptock WRC-2 Ptaszek, HubertHubert Ptaszek Szczepaniak, MaciekMaciek Szczepaniak Škoda Fabia R5 P 43 TAIF Motorsport WRC-2 Shaymiev, RadikRadik Shaymiev Tzvetkov, MaximMaxim Tzvetkov Ford Fiesta R5 M 44 M-Sport World Rally Team WRC-2 Evans, ElfynElfyn Evans Parry, CraigCraig Parry Ford Fiesta R5 M 45 Printsport WRC-2 Veiby, Ole ChristianOle Christian Veiby Skjærmoen, Stig RuneStig Rune Skjærmoen Škoda Fabia R5 M 46 Drive DMACK Trophy Team WRC-2 Aasen, MariusMarius Aasen Engan, VeronicaVeronica Engan Ford Fiesta R5 D 47 Emil Bergkvist WRC-2 Bergkvist, EmilEmil Bergkvist Sjöberg, JoakimJoakim Sjöberg Citroën DS3 R5 M 49 Augusto Bestard WRC-2 Bestard, AugustoAugusto Bestard Mendonca, FernandoFernando Mendonca Ford Fiesta R5 H 50 Jim van den Heuvel WRC-2 van den Heuvel, JimJim van den Heuvel Bakker, LisetteLisette Bakker Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X M 51 Anders Grøndal WRC-2 Grøndal, AndersAnders Grøndal Walfridsson, MiriamMiriam Walfridsson Ford Fiesta R5 P 61 Saintéloc Junior Team WRC-3 Fabre, MichelMichel Fabre Vilmot, MaximeMaxime Vilmot Citroën DS3 R3T M 81 Eurolamp World Rally Team WRC Gorban, ValeriyValeriy Gorban Korsia, VolodymyrVolodymyr Korsia Mini John Cooper Works WRC P 95 Eurolamp World Rally Team WRC Maarend, MaitMait Maarend Kapp, MihkelMihkel Kapp 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 NGi20 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 NGi20 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	Miriam Walfridsson	Anders Grøndal	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	2:06:57.4	+1:53.0	12
5 (15.)	34	Eyvind Brynildsen	Anders Fredriksson	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	2:07:34.9	+2:30.5	10
6 (16.)	45	Ole Christian Veiby	Stig Rune Skjærmoen	Printsport	Škoda Fabia R5	WRC-2	2:07:45.0	+2:40.6	8
7 (17.)	47	Emil Bergkvist	Joakim Sjöberg	Emil Bergkvist	Citroën DS3 R5	WRC-2	2:07:45.9	+2:41.5	6
8 (18.)	46	Marius Aasen	Veronica Engan	Drive DMACK Trophy Team	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	2:08:07.8	+3:03.4	4
9 (20.)	38	Simone Tempestini	Matteo Chiarcossi	Napoca Rally Academy	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	2:09:58.9	+4:54.5	2
10 (25.)	43	Radik Shaymiev	Maxim Tzvetkov	TAIF Motorsport	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	2:15:56.7	+10:52.3	1
WRC-3 standings
1 (35.)	61	Michel Fabre	Maxime Vilmot	Saintéloc Junior Team	Citroën DS3 R3T	WRC-3	2:41:39.5	0.0	25
Source:

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	Ogier, SébastienSébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	8:53.0	111,3 km/h	Ogier, SébastienSébastien Ogier
	SS3	Röjden 1	18.47 km	Ogier, SébastienSébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	9:32.3	116,2 km/h
	SS4	Svullrya 1	24.23 km	Ogier, SébastienSébastien 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	Meeke, KrisKris Meeke	Citroën DS3 WRC	12:44.2	114,1 km/h
	SS8	Röjden 2	18.47 km	Paddon, HaydenHayden Paddon	Hyundai NGi20 WRC	9:52.8	112,2 km/h
	SS9	Torsby 2	16.48 km	Paddon, HaydenHayden Paddon	Hyundai NGi20 WRC	8:56.6	110,6 km/h
Leg 2 (13 Feb)	SS10	Fredriksberg 1	18.19 km	Ogier, SébastienSébastien 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	Latvala, Jari-MattiJari-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	Latvala, Jari-MattiJari-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	Ogier, SébastienSébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	12:48.8	115,7 km/h
	SS17	Karlstad Super-Special 2	1.90 km	Latvala, Jari-MattiJari-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	Ogier, SébastienSébastien 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 Michel Fabre 29 2 Ole Christian Veiby 25 3 Jordan Berfa 18 4 Fabio Andolfi 15 5 Damiano De Tommaso 12

References

1. "Rally Calendar Overview". WRC.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 14 February 2016.

External links

• Official website
• The official website of the World Rally Championship