2012 Rally Sweden

2012 Rally Sweden
60th Uddeholm Swedish Rally
Round 2 of the 2012 World Rally Championship season
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Host countrySweden Sweden
Rally baseKarlstad, Sweden
Dates run9 February – 12 2012
Stages24[1] (349.16 km; 216.96 miles)[1]
Stage surfaceSnow- and Ice-covered gravel
Statistics
Crews50[2] at start, 42 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerFinland Jari-Matti Latvala
United Kingdom Ford World Rally Team

The 2012 Rally Sweden, officially 60th Uddeholm Swedish Rally, was the second round of the 2012 World Rally Championship (WRC) season. The rally took place between 9 and 12 February 2012.

Results

Event standings

Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points
Overall[3]
1. Finland Jari-Matti Latvala Finland Miikka Anttila Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:18:28.3 0.0 26
2. Finland Mikko Hirvonen Finland Jarmo Lehtinen Citroën DS3 WRC 3:18:44.9 +16.6 18
3. Norway Mads Østberg Sweden Jonas Andersson Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:19:07.1 +38.8 15
4. Norway Petter Solberg United Kingdom Chris Patterson Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:19:42.6 +1:14.3 14
5. Russia Evgeny Novikov France Denis Giraudet Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:21:09.7 +2:41.4 10
6. France Sébastien Loeb Monaco Daniel Elena Citroën DS3 WRC 3:21:23.4 +2:55.1 11
7. Norway Henning Solberg Austria Ilka Minor Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:22:17.8 +3:49.5 6
8. Sweden Patrik Sandell Sweden Staffan Parmander Mini John Cooper Works WRC 3:23:37.2 +5:08.9 4
9. Czech Republic Martin Prokop Czech Republic Zdeněk Hrůza Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:23:58.3 +5:30.0 2
10. Norway Eyvind Brynildsen Norway Cato Menkerud Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:24:55.5 +6:27.2 1
11. France Sébastien Ogier France Julien Ingrassia Škoda Fabia S2000 3:26:03.3 0.0 -*
S2000 / SWRC
1. (11.) France Sébastien Ogier France Julien Ingrassia Škoda Fabia S2000 3:26:03.3 0.0 -*
2. (13.) Norway Andreas Mikkelsen Norway Ola Fløene Škoda Fabia S2000 3:28:46.8 +2:43.5 -*
3. (14.) Sweden Per-Gunnar Andersson Sweden Emil Axelsson Proton Satria Neo S2000 3:30:16.8 +4:13.5 25
4. (16.) Republic of Ireland Craig Breen United Kingdom Gareth Roberts Ford Fiesta S2000 3:31:52.6 +5:49.3 18
5. (18.) Sweden Pontus Tidemand Norway Jørgen Nordhagen Škoda Fabia S2000 3:33:06.4 +7:02.1 15
6. (23.) New Zealand Hayden Paddon New Zealand John Kennard Škoda Fabia S2000 3:39:26.9 +13:23.6 12
7. (24.) Saudi Arabia Yazeed Al-Rajhi United Kingdom Michael Orr Ford Fiesta S2000 3:44:34.4 +18:31.1 10
8. (34.) Poland Maciej Oleksowicz Poland Andrzej Obrebowski Ford Fiesta S2000 4:18:50.4 +52:47.1 8
9. (37.) United Kingdom Alister McRae Australia Bill Hayes Proton Satria Neo S2000 4:31:02.1 +1:04:58.8 6

*These teams do not score points in the SWRC championship.

Special stages

Day Stage Time (UTC+1) Name Length Winner Time Avg. spd. Rally leader
Leg 1
(9–10 Feb) 		SS1 20:04 SSS Karlstad 1 1.90 km Spain Dani Sordo 1:34.2 72.61 km/h Spain Dani Sordo
SS2 8:04 Mitandersfors 27.07 km Norway Mads Østberg
Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 		14:13.0 115.60 km/h Norway Mads Østberg
SS3 9:28 Opaker 1 20.17 km France Sébastien Loeb 10:45.8 112.44 km/h Finland Jari-Matti Latvala
SS4 10:03 Kirkener 1 7.10 km Finland Mikko Hirvonen 5:41.0 74.96 km/h
SS5 10:38 Finnskogen 1 20.97 km Finland Mikko Hirvonen 11:57.2 105.25 km/h Finland Mikko Hirvonen
SS6 12:48 Opaker 2 20.17 km France Sébastien Loeb 10:30.1 115.24 km/h
SS7 13:23 Kirkener 2 7.10 km Finland Mikko Hirvonen 5:34.9 76.32 km/h
SS8 13:58 Finnskogen 2 20.97 km Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 11:48.3 106.58 km/h Finland Jari-Matti Latvala
SS9 16:05 Torsby 19.21 km Norway Petter Solberg 9:51.5 116.91 km/h
SS10 19:20 SSS Karlstad 2 1.90 km Norway Petter Solberg 1:32.6 73.87 km/h
Leg 2
(11 Feb) 		SS11 7:58 Vargåsen 1 24.63 km Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 12:08.6 121.70 km/h
SS12 9:46 Sågen 1 14.23 km Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 7:32.4 113.24 km/h
SS13 10:46 Fredriksberg 1 18.15 km Finland Mikko Hirvonen 10:26.4 104.31 km/h
SS14 12:03 Hagfors Sprint 1 1.87 km Estonia Ott Tänak 1:52.3 59.95 km/h
SS15 13:46 Vargåsen 2 24.63 km Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 13:02.6 113.30 km/h
SS16 15:34 Sågen 2 14.23 km Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 7:22.8 115.69 km/h
SS17 16:34 Fredriksberg 2 18.15 km Finland Mikko Hirvonen 10:26.7 104.26 km/h
SS18 17:51 Hagfors Sprint 2 1.87 km Estonia Ott Tänak
France Sébastien Loeb 		1:58.0 57.05 km/h
Leg 3
(12 Feb) 		SS19 8:34 Lesjöfors 1 15.00 km Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 9:10.3 98.13 km/h
SS20 9:10 Rämmen 1 22.76 km Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 11:47.1 115.88 km/h
SS21 9:59 Hagfors 1 4.66 km Norway Mads Østberg 3:05.2 90.58 km/h
SS22 12:08 Lesjöfors 2 15.00 km Norway Mads Østberg 9:00.8 99.85 km/h
SS23 12:44 Rämmen 2 22.76 km Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 11:40.7 116.93 km/h
SS24 14:11 Hagfors 2 (Power stage) 4.66 km France Sébastien Loeb 2:58.7 93.88 km/h

Power Stage

The "Power stage" was a 4.66 km (2.90 mi) stage at the end of the rally, held near Hagfors.[1][4]

Pos Driver Time Diff. Avg. speed Points
1 France Sébastien Loeb 2:58.702 0.000 93.88 km/h 3
2 Norway Petter Solberg 3:03.688 +4.986 91.33 km/h 2
3 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 3:04.406 +5.704 90.97 km/h 1

References

  1. ^ a b c "Supplementary Regulations". rallysweden.com. Svenska Bilsportforbundet. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
  2. ^ "Start list Section 1" (PDF). rallysweden.com. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
  3. ^ Complete results on ewrc-results.com
  4. ^ "Power Stage Classification" (PDF). rallysweden.com. Retrieved 12 February 2012.