2016 Rally Sweden Explained

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

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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

		Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Class	Time		Points
Overall classification
1	1	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	1:59:47.4	0.0
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
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
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: http://www.ewrc-results.com/final.php?e=26241&t=Rally-Sweden-2016

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			8:53.0	111,3 km/h
	SS3	/ Röjden 1	18.47 km			9:32.3	116,2 km/h
	SS4	Svullrya 1	24.23 km			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			12:44.2	114,1 km/h
	SS8	/ Röjden 2	18.47 km			9:52.8	112,2 km/h
	SS9	Torsby 2	16.48 km			8:56.6	110,6 km/h
Leg 2 (13 Feb)	SS10	Fredriksberg 1	18.19 km			9:43.4	112,2 km/h
	SS11	Rämmen 1	22.76 km	Stage Cancelled
	SS12	Vargåsen 1	24.70 km			12:56.7	114,5 km/h
	SS13	Fredriksberg 2	18.9 km	Stage Cancelled
	SS14	Rämmen 2	22.76 km			11:03.2	123,5 km/h
	SS15	Hagfors Sprint	1.87 km	Stage Cancelled
	SS16	Vargåsen 2	24.70 km			12:48.8	115,7 km/h
	SS17	Karlstad Super-Special 2	1.90 km			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			7:42.7	123,5 km/h

Power Stage

The "Power stage" was a 15.87km (09.86miles) 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

	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

	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

	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

	Driver	Points
1	Michel Fabre	29
2	Ole Christian Veiby	25
3	Jordan Berfa	18
4	Fabio Andolfi	15
5	Damiano De Tommaso	12

External links

• • The official website of the World Rally Championship
• Results at eWRC.com

Notes and References

1. News: Rally Calendar Overview. WRC.com. 14 February 2016. WRC Promoter GmbH. 29 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171229111111/http://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/calendar/calendar/page/671-206-16--.html. dead.