2023 Rally Sweden


The 2023 Rally Sweden was a motor racing event for rally cars that held over four days between 9 and 12 February 2023. It marked the seventieth running of the Rally Sweden, and was the second round of the 2023 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The event was also the first round of the 2023 Junior World Rally Championship. The 2023 event was based in Umeå, Västerbotten County and was consisted of eighteen special stages, covering a total competitive distance of.
Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen were the defending rally winners. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners. Andreas Mikkelsen and Torstein Eriksen were the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category. Lauri Joona and Mikael Korhonen were the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category. Jon Armstrong and Brian Hoy were defending rally winners of the junior championship.
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja won the rally. Their team, M-Sport Ford WRT were the manufacturer's winners. Oliver Solberg and Elliott Edmondson won the World Rally Championship-2 category. Roope Korhonen and Anssi Viinikka won the World Rally Championship-3 category. The Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy crew of William Creighton and Liam Regan won the junior championship by only 0.6 second.

Background

Entry list

The following crews entered into the rally. The event was open to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2, World Rally Championship-3, Junior World Rally Championship and privateer entries that are not registered to score points in any championship. Nine entered under Rally1 regulations, as were twenty-five Rally2 crews in the World Rally Championship-2 and ten Rally3 crews in the World Rally Championship-3. A total of nine crews participated in the Junior World Rally Championship.
No.DriverCo-DriverEntrantCarChampionship eligibilityTyre
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Itinerary

All dates and times are CET.

Report

WRC-2 Rally2

Special stages

StageWinnersCarTimeClass leaders
SDSolberg / EdmondsonŠkoda Fabia RS Rally23:01.4
SS1Huttunen / LinnaketoŠkoda Fabia R53:34.7Huttunen / Linnaketo
SS2Lindholm / HämäläinenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally26:46.1Lindholm / Hämäläinen
SS3Solberg / EdmondsonŠkoda Fabia RS Rally26:51.1Solberg / Edmondson
SS4Pajari / MälkönenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally212:41.6Solberg / Edmondson
SS5Solberg / EdmondsonŠkoda Fabia RS Rally26:45.0Solberg / Edmondson
SS6Pajari / MälkönenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally26:58.1Solberg / Edmondson
SS7Pajari / MälkönenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally212:42.7Solberg / Edmondson
SS8Solberg / EdmondsonŠkoda Fabia RS Rally23:35.0Solberg / Edmondson
SS9Solberg / EdmondsonŠkoda Fabia RS Rally25:40.9Solberg / Edmondson
SS10Veiby / EriksenVolkswagen Polo GTI R512:54.3Solberg / Edmondson
SS11Veiby / EriksenVolkswagen Polo GTI R58:35.2Solberg / Edmondson
SS12Lindholm / HämäläinenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally25:41.6Solberg / Edmondson
SS13Solberg / EdmondsonŠkoda Fabia RS Rally212:49.0Solberg / Edmondson
SS14Solberg / EdmondsonŠkoda Fabia RS Rally28:44.5Solberg / Edmondson
SS15Solberg / EdmondsonŠkoda Fabia RS Rally26:05.1Solberg / Edmondson
SS16Veiby / EriksenVolkswagen Polo GTI R513:29.0Solberg / Edmondson
SS17Pajari / MälkönenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally213:19.1Solberg / Edmondson
SS18Solberg / EdmondsonŠkoda Fabia RS Rally25:57.7Solberg / Edmondson

StageWinnersCarTimeClass leaders
SDLinnamäe / MorganHyundai i20 N Rally23:02.9
SS1Pajari / MälkönenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally23:35.9Pajari / Mälkönen
SS2Pajari / MälkönenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally26:47.2Pajari / Mälkönen
SS3M. Bulacia / VallejoŠkoda Fabia RS Rally26:59.0Pajari / Mälkönen
SS4Pajari / MälkönenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally212:41.6Pajari / Mälkönen
SS5Virves / MagalhãesFord Fiesta Rally26:47.2Pajari / Mälkönen
SS6Pajari / MälkönenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally26:58.1Pajari / Mälkönen
SS7Pajari / MälkönenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally212:42.7Pajari / Mälkönen
SS8Kaur / ViiloŠkoda Fabia Rally2 evo3:36.8Pajari / Mälkönen
SS9Pajari / MälkönenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally25:45.0Pajari / Mälkönen
SS10Kaur / ViiloŠkoda Fabia Rally2 evo12:57.1Pajari / Mälkönen
SS11Pajari / MälkönenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally28:41.6Pajari / Mälkönen
SS12Pajari / MälkönenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally25:42.5Pajari / Mälkönen
SS13Pajari / MälkönenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally212:59.8Pajari / Mälkönen
SS14Pajari / MälkönenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally28:45.6Pajari / Mälkönen
SS15Pajari / MälkönenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally26:10.2Pajari / Mälkönen
SS16M. Bulacia / VallejoŠkoda Fabia RS Rally213:35.9Pajari / Mälkönen
SS17Pajari / MälkönenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally213:19.1Pajari / Mälkönen
SS18Linnamäe / MorganHyundai i20 N Rally26:03.7Pajari / Mälkönen