2014 Rally Sweden
The 62nd Rally Sweden lasts from 5 to 8 February 2014. A total of 24 special stages are driven in Sweden and Norway border on snow and ice.
- 3.1 Endergebinis
- 3.2 stages
- Web 4.1
- 4.2 television
Reports
Day 1 ( Wednesday, February 5 )
When Shakedown was fastest before Jari- Matti Latvala in the VW Polo R WRC Kris Meeke and teammate Mads Østberg in the Citroën DS3 WRC. The Volkswagen Junior - driver Andreas Mikkelsen leads after the first day of the rally. He won the first special stage of 1.9 kilometers in front of Sébastien Ogier by 0.8 seconds, and Ott Tanak with 2.2 seconds ahead. Again with at the start, after a long break in the WRC Henning Solberg with co- driver Ilka Minor, who were riding in the previous year Evgeny Novikov. The veterans came to sixth place with a Ford Fiesta RS WRC.
Day 2 ( Thursday, February 6 )
The second day of Rally Sweden was dominated by the duel against Mikkelsen Ogier (both VW). The special stages 3-6 were in the home of Mikkelsen, Norway, down. After the seventh Ogier led WP 5.8 seconds ahead of Mikkelsen. In the fifth special stage to Ott Tanak (Ford ) has built credit the best, nevertheless it was Jari -Matti Latvala (VW) overtake and finish third in the day. Together on the fifth place were Østberg ( Citroën) and Mikko Hirvonen (Ford) after the second day. The Hyundai driver Thierry Neuville and Juho Hänninen were ranked 7th and 8th Neuville showed in WP 5, the potential in the Hyundai i20 plugged in and missed the best time by just half a second. Henning Solberg (Ford) was due to a puncture in WP 7 out of the top ten and was counted out in 13th place.
Day 3 ( Friday, February 7th )
In the eighth special stage of the Leading Ogier slid off the road and was stuck in the snow. Around four minutes lost the reigning world champion at this mishap. Mikkelsen and Latvala competed for the top. Latvala took over in the tenth special stage the overall lead and gave it no longer off until the evening. Latvala led the rally with 4.8 seconds ahead of Mikkelsen and Østberg 42.3 seconds. Hirvonen was followed by the first Ford driver in fourth place. Guest driver Henning Solberg won the 11th special stage, and thus the first since the Rally of Portugal 2009. Kubica slid off the road twice and stayed each stuck in the snow. The Ford Fiesta driver lost over twenty minutes for the tip.
Day 4 ( Saturday, February 8 )
Hyundai experienced a difficult third day and was eliminated on Friday with both cars out due to technical problems. Neuville and Hänninen could start on Saturday thanks to the rally -2- back regulations. Mikkelsen (VW) made little mistakes but Latvala (VW) got the upper hand and won the Swedish Rally. Østberg ( Citroën) came up with a solid performance on the day and finished third. Fret Østberg had only on Friday when it blocked Kubica after a ride. Three additional World Cup points for the victory at the Power Stage went to Østberg, two of Latvala and Hirvonen at one, the fourth was the best Ford driver. Ogier drove to sixth place and overtook last Solberg.
Message list
Reported as non- WRC and WRC 2 vehicles were not included in this list.
Classifications
Endergebinis
Stages
Media ( German )
Web
The official website of the World Rally Championship, wrc.com reported daily live from the event. New, the website will also entertain in German. The websites rallye -magazin.de, volkswagen motorsport.de and motorsport total.com held, among other magazines, the interested rally to date.
TV
The channel Sport 1 on Friday and Saturday brought a 30 minute daily report. ServusTV sent on Monday after the rally, a 60 - minute summary in the late evening program. Motors TV broadcast from Thursday to Saturday, a 25-minute daily report and a week after the rally around a 45-minute summary which was repeated several times.