2010 Rally Sweden

58th Uddeholm Swedish Rally 58th Rally Sweden
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Host country	Sweden
Rally base	Karlstad, Sweden
Dates run	February 11 – 14 2010
Stages	21 (345.15 km; 214.47 mi)
Stage surface	Snow-/Ice-covered gravel
Overall distance	1,879.23 km (1,167.70 mi)
Results
Overall winner	Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Abu Dhabi WRT
Crews	55 at start, 43 at finish

The 2010 Rally Sweden was the opening round of the 2010 World Rally Championship season. It was the season's first and only event held on snow- and ice-covered gravel roads. The rally was held over February 11–14, beginning with a Super Special Stage in the event's base town of Karlstad. The rally was also the first round of both the Production Car World Rally Championship, and the brand-new Super 2000 World Rally Championship.^[1]

The rally was the first to incorporate the new points system introduced to all classes for the 2010 season. The system sees 25 points awarded for first, 18 for second, with third receiving 15, 12 for fourth and then ten, eight, six, four, two, and one for tenth place.^[2]

Mikko Hirvonen won the rally, taking the twelfth win of his career. Hirvonen took six stage wins over the course of the rally, leading overall from Stage 5 onwards. Reigning world champion Sébastien Loeb finished second, some 42 seconds behind the Finn, with Hirvonen's team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala completing the podium in third place. Further back, Marcus Grönholm returned to a WRC event, but finished outside of the points in 21st position. 2007 Formula One world champion Kimi Räikkönen made his second start in a WRC rally, and his first at the wheel of a contemporary World Rally Car. Räikkönen lost over half an hour to the leading drivers when his car got stuck in an area of soft snow, and was forced to dig himself out on day one. He never recovered the time lost and finished 29th overall.

In the inaugural SWRC event, Per-Gunnar Andersson held off the challenges of Janne Tuohino and Martin Prokop to win the rally. Prokop also earned an overall stage win, when he completed the second run through the Hagfors Sprint stage in the fastest time. In the PWRC, Patrik Flodin won by over a minute from Anders Grøndal, with Armindo Araújo over five minutes behind the Swede in third.

Results

Event standings

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Overall
1.	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	3:09:30.4	0.0	25
2.	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	3:10:12.7	42.3	18
3.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	3:10:45.8	1:15.4	15
4.	Dani Sordo	Marc Martí	Citroën C4 WRC	3:12:12.0	2:41.6	12
5.	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën C4 WRC	3:13:45.7	4:15.3	10
6.	Henning Solberg	Ilka Minor	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	3:14:53.8	5:23.4	8
7.	Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	3:17:24.3	7:53.9	6
8.	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Subaru Impreza WRC 2007	3:18:52.6	9:22.2	4
9.	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Citroën C4 WRC	3:19:47.9	10:17.5	2
10.	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Anders Fredriksson	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:21:39.3	12:08.9	1
SWRC
1. (10.)	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Anders Fredriksson	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:21:39.3	0.0	25
2. (12.)	Janne Tuohino	Markku Tuohino	Ford Fiesta S2000	3:22:36.6	57.3	18
3. (14.)	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Ford Fiesta S2000	3:24:35.7	2:56.4	15
4. (15.)	Patrik Sandell	Emil Axelsson	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:26:19.4	4:40.1	12
5. (16.)	Eyvind Brynildsen	Cato Menkerud	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:26:37.3	4:58.0	10
6. (19.)	Bernardo Sousa	Nuno Rodrigues da Silva	Ford Fiesta S2000	3:28:54.9	7:15.6	8
7. (25.)	Per-Arne Sääv	Karl-Olof Lexe	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:39:28.7	17:49.4	6
PWRC
1. (18.)	Patrik Flodin	Göran Bergsten	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	3:28:04.7	0.0	25
2. (20.)	Anders Grøndal	Veronica Engan	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	3:29:17.8	1:13.1	18
3. (23.)	Armindo Araújo	Miguel Ramalho	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	3:33:09.6	5:04.9	15
4. (27.)	Fabio Friseiro	Jordi Barrabes Costa	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	3:44:49.8	16:45.1	12
5. (30.)	Martin Semerád	Bohuslav Ceplecha	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	3:49:52.5	21:47.8	10
6. (31.)	Reijo Muhonen	Lasse Miettinen	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	3:53:00.0	24:55.3	8
7. (40.)	Gianluca Linari	Paolo Gregoriani	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	4:11:03.3	42:58.6	6
8. (42.)	Paulo Nobre	Edu Paula	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	4:19:52.8	51:48.1	4

Special stages

Day	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
1 (11 Feb)	SS1	20:00	Karlstad Super Special Stage 1	1.90 km	Dani Sordo	1:31.4	74.84 km/h	Dani Sordo
2 (12 Feb)	SS2	08:18	Likenäs 1	20.78 km	Sébastien Loeb	11:33.7	107.84 km/h	Sébastien Loeb
	SS3	09:41	Viggen 1	21.28 km	Sébastien Loeb	10:50.7	117.73 km/h
	SS4	10:51	Torntorp 1	19.21 km	Mikko Hirvonen	9:54.7	116.29 km/h
	SS5	13:33	Likenäs 2	20.78 km	Mikko Hirvonen	11:37.7	107.22 km/h	Mikko Hirvonen
	SS6	14:56	Viggen 2	21.28 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	10:49.5	117.95 km/h
	SS7	16:29	Torntorp 2	19.21 km	Mikko Hirvonen	9:57.0	115.84 km/h
	SS8	20:00	Karlstad Super Special Stage 2	1.90 km	Sébastien Loeb	1:34.8	72.15 km/h
3 (13 Feb)	SS9	07:58	Vargåsen 1	24.63 km	Mikko Hirvonen	13:18.4	111.06 km/h
	SS10	09:46	Sågen 1	14.23 km	Sébastien Loeb	7:13.1	118.28 km/h
	SS11	10:42	Fredriksberg 1	18.15 km	Sébastien Loeb	10:27.4	104.14 km/h
	SS12	11:58	Hagfors Sprint 1	1.87 km	Sébastien Loeb	2:05.1	53.81 km/h
	SS13	13:41	Vargåsen 2	24.63 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	13:06.4	112.75 km/h
	SS14	15:34	Sågen 2	14.23 km	Marcus Grönholm	7:14.5	117.90 km/h
	SS15	16:30	Fredriksberg 2	18.15 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	10:44.2	101.43 km/h
	SS16	17:46	Hagfors Sprint 2	1.87 km	Martin Prokop	2:14.9	49.90 km/h
4 (14 Feb)	SS17	07:52	Rämmen 1	21.87 km	Sébastien Loeb	11:11.3	117.28 km/h
	SS18	08:28	Värmullsåsen 1	23.41 km	Mikko Hirvonen	13:13.2	106.25 km/h
	SS19	10:51	Lesjöfors	10.49 km	Mikko Hirvonen	5:52.9	107.01 km/h
	SS20	11:23	Rämmen 2	21.87 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	10:59.6	119.36 km/h
	SS21	12:52	Värmullsåsen 2	23.41 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	13:19.1	105.46 km/h

Standings

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver SWE MEX JOR TUR NZL POR BUL FIN GER JPN FRA ESP GBR  Pts  1 Mikko Hirvonen 1 25 2 Sébastien Loeb 2 18 3 Jari-Matti Latvala 3 15 4 Dani Sordo 4 12 5 Sébastien Ogier 5 10 6 Henning Solberg 6 8 7 Matthew Wilson 7 6 8 Mads Østberg 8 4 9 Petter Solberg 9 2 10 Per-Gunnar Andersson 10 1 Pos Driver SWE MEX JOR TUR NZL POR BUL FIN GER JPN FRA ESP GBR Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Manufacturers' championship

Pos	Manufacturer	SWE	MEX	JOR	TUR	NZL	POR	BUL	FIN	GER	JPN	FRA	ESP	GBR	Pts
1	BP Ford World Rally Team	40													40
2	Citroën Total World Rally Team	30													30
3	Citroën Junior Team	14													14
4	Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team	14													14
Pos	Manufacturer	SWE	MEX	JOR	TUR	NZL	POR	BUL	FIN	GER	JPN	FRA	ESP	GBR	Pts

SWRC Drivers' championship

Pos Driver SWE MEX JOR NZL POR FIN GER JPN FRA GBR  Pts  1 Per-Gunnar Andersson 1 25 2 Janne Tuohino 2 18 3 Martin Prokop 3 15 4 Patrik Sandell 4 12 5 Eyvind Brynildsen 5 10 6 Bernardo Sousa 6 8 7 Per-Arne Sääv 7 6 Pos Driver SWE MEX JOR NZL POR FIN GER JPN FRA GBR Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

WRC Cup for Super 2000 Teams championship

Pos	Team	SWE	MEX	JOR	NZL	POR	FIN	GER	JPN	FRA	GBR	Pts
1	Janpro	25										25
2	Czech Ford National Team	18										18
3	Red Bull Rally Team	15										15
4	Rene Georges Rally Sport	12										12
Pos	Team	SWE	MEX	JOR	NZL	POR	FIN	GER	JPN	FRA	GBR	Pts

PWRC Drivers' championship

Pos Driver SWE MEX JOR NZL FIN GER JPN FRA GBR  Pts  1 Patrik Flodin 1 25 2 Anders Gröndal 2 18 3 Armindo Araújo 3 15 4 Fabio Frisiero 4 12 5 Martin Semerád 5 10 6 Reijo Muhonen 6 8 7 Gianluca Linari 7 6 8 Paulo Nobre 8 4 Pos Driver SWE MEX JOR NZL FIN GER JPN FRA GBR Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

References

1. "World Motor Sport Council, 11/12/2009". fia.com (Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile). 2009-12-11. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
2. "FIA introduces new WRC points allocation". World Rally Championship (International Sportsworld Communicators). 2010-02-10. Retrieved 2010-02-11.

External links

• Results at eWRC.com