2016 Rally Sweden

2016 Rally Sweden
*64. Rally Sweden*
2016 Rally Sweden; 64. Rally Sweden
Round 2 of the 2016 World Rally Championship
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Host country	Sweden
Rally base	Karlstad, Värmland
Dates run	12 – 14 February 2016
Stages	12 (226.48 km; 140.73 miles)
Stage surface	Snow, ice and gravel
Results
Overall winner	Sébastien Ogier ; Julien Ingrassia ; Volkswagen Motorsport
Crews	50 at start, 38 at finish

Last updated March 15, 2023

The 2016 Rally Sweden (formally known as the 64. Rally Sweden) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over three 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	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	M
2	Volkswagen Motorsport	WRC	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	M
3	Hyundai Motorsport	WRC	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 WRC	M
4	Hyundai Motorsport	WRC	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Hyundai i20 WRC	M
5	M-Sport World Rally Team	WRC	Mads Østberg	Daniel Barritt	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
6	M-Sport World Rally Team	WRC	Eric Camilli	Nicolas Klinger	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
7	Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team	WRC	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën DS3 WRC	M
9	Volkswagen Motorsport II	WRC	Andreas Mikkelsen	Anders Jæger	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	M
12	DMACK World Rally Team	WRC	Ott Tänak	Raigo Mõlder	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	D
14	Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team	WRC	Khalid Al Qassimi	Chris Patterson	Citroën DS3 WRC	M
15	Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team	WRC	Craig Breen	Scott Martin	Citroën DS3 WRC	M
16	Adapta Motorsport	WRC	Henning Solberg	Ilka Minor	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
20	Hyundai Motorsport N	WRC	Dani Sordo	Marc Martí	Hyundai i20 WRC	M
30	Yazeed Racing	WRC	Yazeed Al Rahji	Michael Orr	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	P
31	Škoda Motorsport	WRC-2	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Škoda Fabia R5	M
32	Škoda Motorsport	WRC-2	Pontus Tidemand	Jonas Andersson	Škoda Fabia R5	M
34	M-Sport World Rally Team	WRC-2	Eyvind Brynildsen	Anders Fredriksen	Ford Fiesta R5	M
35	Motorsport Italia Srl	WRC-2	Max Rendina	Emanuele Inglesi	Ford Fiesta R5	P
36	Fredrik Åhlin	WRC-2	Fredrik Åhlin	Morten Erik Abrahamsen	Ford Fiesta R5	M
37	FWRT s.r.l.	WRC	Lorenzo Bertelli	Simone Scattolin	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	P
38	Napoca Rally Academy	WRC-2	Simone Tempestini	Matteo Chiarcossi	Ford Fiesta R5	P
39	Alain Foulon	WRC-2	Alain Foulon	Gilles Delarche	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	M
40	Drive DMACK Trophy Team	WRC-2	Sander Pärn	James Morgan	Ford Fiesta R5	D
42	The Ptock	WRC-2	Hubert Ptaszek	Maciek Szczepaniak	Škoda Fabia R5	P
43	TAIF Motorsport	WRC-2	Radik Shaymiev	Maxim Tzvetkov	Ford Fiesta R5	M
44	M-Sport World Rally Team	WRC-2	Elfyn Evans	Craig Parry	Ford Fiesta R5	M
45	Printsport	WRC-2	Ole Christian Veiby	Stig Rune Skjærmoen	Škoda Fabia R5	M
46	Drive DMACK Trophy Team	WRC-2	Marius Aasen	Veronica Engan	Ford Fiesta R5	D
47	Emil Bergkvist	WRC-2	Emil Bergkvist	Joakim Sjöberg	Citroën DS3 R5	M
49	Augusto Bestard	WRC-2	Augusto Bestard	Fernando Mendonca	Ford Fiesta R5	H
50	Jim van den Heuvel	WRC-2	Jim van den Heuvel	Lisette Bakker	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	M
51	Anders Grøndal	WRC-2	Anders Grøndal	Miriam Walfridsson	Ford Fiesta R5	P
61	Saintéloc Junior Team	WRC-3	Michel Fabre	Maxime Vilmot	Citroën DS3 R3T	M
81	Eurolamp World Rally Team	WRC	Valeriy Gorban	Volodymyr Korsia	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	P
95	Eurolamp World Rally Team	WRC	Mait Maarend	Mihkel 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 i20 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 i20 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	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	8:53.0	111,3 km/h	Sébastien Ogier
	SS3	/ Röjden 1	18.47 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	9:32.3	116,2 km/h
	SS4	Svullrya 1	24.23 km	Sébastien 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	Kris Meeke	Citroën DS3 WRC	12:44.2	114,1 km/h
	SS8	/ Röjden 2	18.47 km	Hayden Paddon	Hyundai i20 WRC	9:52.8	112,2 km/h
	SS9	Torsby 2	16.48 km	Hayden Paddon	Hyundai i20 WRC	8:56.6	110,6 km/h
Leg 2 (13 Feb)	SS10	Fredriksberg 1	18.19 km	Sébastien 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	Jari-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	Jari-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	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	12:48.8	115,7 km/h
	SS17	Karlstad Super-Special 2	1.90 km	Jari-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	Sébastien 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

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References

↑ "Rally Calendar Overview". WRC.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2016.

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[1] "Rally Calendar Overview". WRC.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2016.

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