2012 Rally Sweden

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2012 Rally Sweden
60th Uddeholm Swedish Rally
Round 2 of the 2012 World Rally Championship season
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Host country Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Rally base Karlstad, Sweden
Dates run9 February – 12 2012
Stages24 [1] (349.16 km; 216.96 miles) [1]
Stage surface Snow- and Ice-covered gravel
Statistics
Crews50 [2] at start, 42 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 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.

Contents

Results

Event standings

Pos.DriverCo-driverCarTimeDifferencePoints
Overall [3]
1. Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala Flag of Finland.svg Miikka Anttila Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:18:28.30.026
2. Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen Flag of Finland.svg Jarmo Lehtinen Citroën DS3 WRC 3:18:44.9+16.618
3. Flag of Norway.svg Mads Østberg Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Andersson Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:19:07.1+38.815
4. Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Patterson Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:19:42.6+1:14.314
5. Flag of Russia.svg Evgeny Novikov Flag of France.svg Denis Giraudet Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:21:09.7+2:41.410
6. Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Flag of Monaco.svg Daniel Elena Citroën DS3 WRC 3:21:23.4+2:55.111
7. Flag of Norway.svg Henning Solberg Flag of Austria.svg Ilka Minor Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:22:17.8+3:49.56
8. Flag of Sweden.svg Patrik Sandell Flag of Sweden.svg Staffan Parmander Mini John Cooper Works WRC 3:23:37.2+5:08.94
9. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Prokop Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Zdeněk Hrůza Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:23:58.3+5:30.02
10. Flag of Norway.svg Eyvind Brynildsen Flag of Norway.svg Cato Menkerud Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:24:55.5+6:27.21
11. Flag of France.svg Sébastien Ogier Flag of France.svg Julien Ingrassia Škoda Fabia S2000 3:26:03.30.0-*
S2000 / SWRC
1. (11.) Flag of France.svg Sébastien Ogier Flag of France.svg Julien Ingrassia Škoda Fabia S2000 3:26:03.30.0-*
2. (13.) Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Mikkelsen Flag of Norway.svg Ola Fløene Škoda Fabia S2000 3:28:46.8+2:43.5-*
3. (14.) Flag of Sweden.svg Per-Gunnar Andersson Flag of Sweden.svg Emil Axelsson Proton Satria Neo S2000 3:30:16.8+4:13.525
4. (16.) Flag of Ireland.svg Craig Breen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gareth Roberts Ford Fiesta S2000 3:31:52.6+5:49.318
5. (18.) Flag of Sweden.svg Pontus Tidemand Flag of Norway.svg Jørgen Nordhagen Škoda Fabia S2000 3:33:06.4+7:02.115
6. (23.) Flag of New Zealand.svg Hayden Paddon Flag of New Zealand.svg John Kennard Škoda Fabia S2000 3:39:26.9+13:23.612
7. (24.) Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Yazeed Al-Rajhi Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Michael Orr Ford Fiesta S2000 3:44:34.4+18:31.110
8. (34.) Flag of Poland.svg Maciej Oleksowicz Flag of Poland.svg Andrzej Obrebowski Ford Fiesta S2000 4:18:50.4+52:47.18
9. (37.) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alister McRae Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bill Hayes Proton Satria Neo S2000 4:31:02.1+1:04:58.86

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

Special stages

DayStageTime (UTC+1)NameLengthWinnerTimeAvg. spd.Rally leader
Leg 1
(9–10 Feb)		SS120:04SSS Karlstad 11.90 km Flag of Spain.svg Dani Sordo 1:34.272.61 km/h Flag of Spain.svg Dani Sordo
SS28:04Mitandersfors27.07 km Flag of Norway.svg Mads Østberg
Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala 		14:13.0115.60 km/h Flag of Norway.svg Mads Østberg
SS39:28Opaker 120.17 km Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 10:45.8112.44 km/h Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala
SS410:03Kirkener 17.10 km Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen 5:41.074.96 km/h
SS510:38Finnskogen 120.97 km Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen 11:57.2105.25 km/h Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen
SS612:48Opaker 220.17 km Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 10:30.1115.24 km/h
SS713:23Kirkener 27.10 km Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen 5:34.976.32 km/h
SS813:58Finnskogen 220.97 km Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala 11:48.3106.58 km/h Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala
SS916:05Torsby19.21 km Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg 9:51.5116.91 km/h
SS1019:20SSS Karlstad 21.90 km Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg 1:32.673.87 km/h
Leg 2
(11 Feb)		SS117:58Vargåsen 124.63 km Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala 12:08.6121.70 km/h
SS129:46Sågen 114.23 km Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala 7:32.4113.24 km/h
SS1310:46Fredriksberg 118.15 km Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen 10:26.4104.31 km/h
SS1412:03Hagfors Sprint 11.87 km Flag of Estonia.svg Ott Tänak 1:52.359.95 km/h
SS1513:46Vargåsen 224.63 km Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala 13:02.6113.30 km/h
SS1615:34Sågen 214.23 km Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala 7:22.8115.69 km/h
SS1716:34Fredriksberg 218.15 km Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen 10:26.7104.26 km/h
SS1817:51Hagfors Sprint 21.87 km Flag of Estonia.svg Ott Tänak
Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 		1:58.057.05 km/h
Leg 3
(12 Feb)		SS198:34Lesjöfors 115.00 km Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala 9:10.398.13 km/h
SS209:10Rämmen 122.76 km Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala 11:47.1115.88 km/h
SS219:59Hagfors 14.66 km Flag of Norway.svg Mads Østberg 3:05.290.58 km/h
SS2212:08Lesjöfors 215.00 km Flag of Norway.svg Mads Østberg 9:00.899.85 km/h
SS2312:44Rämmen 222.76 km Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala 11:40.7116.93 km/h
SS2414:11Hagfors 2 (Power stage)4.66 km Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 2:58.793.88 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]

PosDriverTimeDiff.Avg. speedPoints
1 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 2:58.7020.00093.88 km/h3
2 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg 3:03.688+4.98691.33 km/h2
3 Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala 3:04.406+5.70490.97 km/h1

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References

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  2. ↑ "Start list Section 1" (PDF). rallysweden.com. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
  3. ↑ Complete results on ewrc-results.com
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