2024_Rally_Sweden

2024 Rally Sweden

2024 Rally Sweden

71st edition of Rally Sweden


The 2024 Rally Sweden (also known as the 2024 Swedish Rally) was a motor racing event for rally cars held over four days from 15 to 18 February 2024.[2] It marked the seventy-first running of the Rally Sweden, and is the second round of the 2024 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The event was the first round of the 2024 Junior World Rally Championship.[3] The 2024 event was based in Umeå in the Västerbotten County and consisted of eighteen special stages, covering a total competitive distance of 300.10 km (186.47 mi).[1]

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Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were the defending rally winners. The team they drove for in 2023, M-Sport Ford WRT, were the defending manufacturer's winners.[4] Oliver Solberg and Elliott Edmondson were the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category.[5] Roope Korhonen and Anssi Viinikka were the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category.[6] William Creighton and Liam Regan were the defending rally winners in the junior championship.[7]

Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm won the rally, ending their victory drought over six years. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT were the manufacturer's winners.[8] Oliver Solberg and Elliott Edmondson successfully defended their titles in the World Rally Championship-2 category.[9] Mille Johansson and Johan Grönvall won the World Rally Championship-3 category, as well as the junior class.[10][11]

Background

Entry list

The following crews entered the rally. The event was opened to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3 as well as the Junior World Rally Championship, and privateer entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. Nine entered under Rally1 regulations, as were twenty Rally2 crews in the World Rally Championship-2 and eighteen Rally3 crews in the World Rally Championship-3. A total of nineteen crews participated in the Junior World Rally Championship.[12]

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Itinerary

All dates and times are CET (UTC+1).

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Report

WRC Rally1

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WRC-2 Rally2

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WRC-3 Rally3

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J-WRC Rally3

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Notes

  1. Konstantin Aleksandrov is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor using the ANA flag as Russian national emblems were banned by the association due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[13]

References

  1. "Itinerary Rally Sweden 2024". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  2. "Revealed: 2024 WRC Calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  3. "Finland return confirmed for FIA Junior WRC". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  4. "Tänak triumphs at Rally Sweden". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  5. "Solberg secures WRC2 victory in Sweden". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  6. "Korhonen conquers WRC3 in Sweden". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  7. "Comeback King Creighton edges Pellier in Junior WRC snowdown". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  8. "Lappi's long wait is over with Sweden victory". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 18 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  9. "Super Solberg scores home WRC2 success". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 18 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  10. "Johansson jumps to debut WRC3 win". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 18 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  11. "Marvellous Mille speeds to debut Junior WRC win". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 18 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
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