2011 Rally Sweden

Part of the 2011 World Rally Championship 2011 Rally Sweden 59th Uddeholm Swedish Rally 1 2011 World Rally Championship 2011 Rally México Petter Solberg at 2011 Swedish Rally.jpg Karlstad, Sweden February 10 13 2011 22 351.00 http://www.wrc.com/resources/110202_itinerary.pdf PDF 2 February 2011 10 February 2011 2–4 Itineraries World Rally Championship Rally Sweden; International Sportsworld Communicators https://web.archive.org/web/20120923095929/http://www.wrc.com/resources/110202_itinerary.pdf 23 September 2012 dead dmy-all 2059.89 Snow- and Ice-covered gravel FIN Mikko Hirvonen GBR Ford World Rally Team 44 34 The 2011 Rally Sweden was the opening round of 2011 World Rally Championship season. It was the season's first and only event held on snow- and ice-covered gravel roads. The rally took place over 10–13 February, beginning with a Super Special Stage in the event's base town of Karlstad. The rally was also the first round of the Production World Rally Championship. The rally saw a beginning to a new era in the World Rally Championship, with the previous generation of WRC machinery such as the Citroën C4 and the Ford Focus being phased out in favour of cars with a displacement of 1.6 L cuin 0. Citroën will use their DS3 model, and Ford will use the Fiesta RS over the course of the 2011 season.http://www.wrc.com/news/features/wrccom-preview-rally-sweden-2011/?fid=14074&page=4501 4 February 2011 10 February 2011 Rally Sweden 2011 World Rally Championship International Sportsworld Communicators Also introduced for the 2011 season is the Power Stage, in which the final stage of each rally will award bonus points towards the championship standings. The fastest driver on the stage, will receive three points with two for the second-fastest and one for the third-fastest. Mikko Hirvonen took the 13th WRC win of his career, and his first victory since winning the same event in 2010, having overhauled Mads Østberg midway through the second day.http://wrc.com/news/rally-wrap-hirvonen-lands-thrilling-victory/?fid=14161 13 February 2011 13 February 2011 Hirvonen lands thrilling victory World Rally Championship International Sportsworld Communicators 18 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110218030148/http://www.wrc.com/news/rally-wrap-hirvonen-lands-thrilling-victory/?fid=14161 dead Østberg took his best result in the championship, finishing on the podium for the first time just 6.5 seconds behind Hirvonen. The podium was completed by another Ford driver, as Hirvonen's teammate Jari-Matti Latvala finished third, 34 seconds behind Hirvonen. Sébastien Ogier finished as the best Citroën driver in fourth place, and also picked up maximum bonus points with his victory on the first Power Stage of the season. Fellow Citroën driver Petter Solberg rounded out the top five places, despite losing his licence before the final stage due to a speeding infringement on Friday afternoon. As per the country's law, the Swedish Police Authority had given Solberg 48 hours grace before he could no longer drive after being caught going at 112 km/h mph on in an area where the limit was 80 km/h mph on.http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/89475 David Evans 13 February 2011 13 February 2011 Solberg's co-driver in surprise debut Autosport Haymarket Publications With the ban coming into effect prior to the final stage, Solberg's co-driver Chris Patterson had to drive the stage.http://wrc.com/news/co-driver-patterson-takes-the-wheel-in-sweden/?fid=14162 13 February 2011 13 February 2011 Co-driver Patterson takes the wheel in Sweden World Rally Championship International Sportsworld Communicators In the supporting PWRC class, Martin Semerád took his first victory by over five minutes ahead of Yuriy Protasov.http://www.wrc.com/pwrc/news/maiden-pwrc-win-for-semerad/?fid=14163 13 February 2011 13 February 2011 Maiden PWRC win for Semerad World Rally Championship International Sportsworld Communicators Results Event standings Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points Overall 1. FIN Mikko Hirvonen FIN Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:23:56.6 0.0 25 2. NOR Mads Østberg SWE Jonas Andersson Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:24:03.1 6.5 18 3. FIN Jari-Matti Latvala FIN Miikka Anttila Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:24:30.6 34.0 16 15 points for third place, plus 1 for Power Stage 4. FRA Sébastien Ogier FRA Julien Ingrassia Citroën DS3 WRC 3:24:44.3 47.7 15 12 points for fourth place, plus 3 for Power Stage 5. NOR Petter Solberg GBR Chris Patterson Citroën DS3 WRC 3:25:27.8 1:31.2 10 6. FRA Sébastien Loeb MON Daniel Elena Citroën DS3 WRC 3:26:26.9 2:30.3 10 8 points for sixth place, plus 2 for Power Stage 7. SWE Per-Gunnar Andersson SWE Emil Axelsson Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:30:18.6 6:22.0 6 8. FIN Kimi Räikkönen FIN Kaj Lindström Citroën DS3 WRC 3:30:58.9 7:02.3 4 9. GBR Matthew Wilson GBR Scott Martin Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:34:08.1 10:11.5 2 10. UAE Khalid Al Qassimi GBR Michael Orr Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:34:27.7 10:31.1 1 PWRC 1. (16.) CZE Martin Semerád CZE Michal Ernst Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 3:46:59.8 0.0 25 2. (19.) UKR Yuriy Protasov UKR Adrian Aftanaziv Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 3:52:17.1 5:17.3 18 3. (21.) PER Nicolás Fuchs ARG Rubén Francisco García Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 3:53:43.9 6:44.1 15 4. (22.) UKR Valeriy Gorban UKR Evgen Leonov Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 3:53:49.3 6:49.5 12 5. (28.) ITA Gianluca Linari ITA Paolo Gregoriani Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:14:45.3 27:45.5 10 6. (31.) RUS Dmitry Tagirov RUS Anna Zavershinskaya Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:21:53.4 34:53.6 8 7. (32.) UKR Oleksandr Saliuk, Jr. UKR Pavlo Cherepin Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 4:22:52.5 35:52.7 6 8. (33.) ARE Majed Al Shamsi ARE Khalid Al Kedi Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:29:52.6 42:52.8 4 Special stages All dates and times are CET (UTC+1). DayStageTimeNameLengthWinnerTimeAvg. spd.Rally leader Leg 1(10–11 Feb) SS1 20:04 Karlstad Super Special Stage 1 1.90 km SWE Per-Gunnar Andersson 1:39.7 68.61 km/h SWE Per-Gunnar Andersson SS2 07:58 Vargåsen 1 24.63 km NOR Mads Østberg 14:41.9 100.54 km/h NOR Mads Østberg SS3 09:39 Likenäs 1 20.78 km SWE Per-Gunnar Andersson 12:10.1 102.46 km/h SS4 10:55 Løvhaugen 1 19.26 km NOR Mads Østberg 11:36.5 99.55 km/h SS5 14:13 Vargåsen 2 24.63 km SWE Per-Gunnar AnderssonNOR Mads Østberg 14:05.0 104.93 km/h SS6 15:54 Likenäs 2 20.78 km FRA Sébastien Ogier 11:39.5 106.94 km/h SS7 17:10 Løvhaugen 2 19.26 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 10:49.7 106.72 km/h Leg 2(12 Feb) SS8 08:00 Lesjöfors 1 15.00 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 9:38.4 93.36 km/h SS9 09:01 Sågen 1 14.23 km NOR Petter Solberg 7:44.0 110.41 km/h SS10 10:06 Fredriksberg 1 18.15 km SWE Per-Gunnar Andersson 10:55.8 99.63 km/h SS11 11:08 Värmullsåsen 1 15.42 km NOR Petter Solberg 8:40.2 107.40 km/h FIN Mikko Hirvonen SS12 13:26 Lesjöfors 2 15.00 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 9:35.3 93.86 km/h SS13 14:27 Sågen 2 14.23 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 7:50.1 108.97 km/h SS14 15:32 Fredriksberg 2 18.15 km FRA Sébastien Ogier 11:02.2 98.67 km/h SS15 16:34 Värmullsåsen 2 15.42 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 8:45.7 105.60 km/h SS16 20:00 Karlstad Super Special Stage 2 1.90 km NOR Petter Solberg 1:38.9 69.16 km/h Leg 3(13 Feb) SS17 07:51 Torntorp 1 19.21 km FIN Mikko Hirvonen 9:49.2 117.37 km/h SS18 08:43 Gustavsfors 1 4.16 km FIN Mikko Hirvonen 2:22.1 105.39 km/h SS19 09:37 Rämmen 1 22.76 km FIN Mikko Hirvonen 11:55.3 114.55 km/h SS20 12:09 Torntorp 2 19.21 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 10:00.0 115.26 km/h SS21 13:31 Rämmen 2 22.76 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 12:12.9 111.80 km/h SS22 15:08 Gustavsfors 2 (Power Stage) 4.16 km FRA Sébastien Ogier 2:22.7 104.95 km/h Power Stage The first ever "Power stage", a live televised 4.16 km short stage at the end of the rally, was held near the village of Gustavsfors. PosDriverTimeDiff.Avg. speedPoints 1 FRA Sébastien Ogier 2:22.7 0.0 104.95 km/h 3 2 FRA Sébastien Loeb 2:23.0 +0.3 104.73 km/h 2 3 FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 2:23.4 +0.7 104.44 km/h 1 Standings after the rally Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Position Driver Points 1 FIN Mikko Hirvonen 25 2 NOR Mads Ostberg 18 3 FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 16 4 FRA Sebastien Ogier 15 5 NOR Petter Solberg 10 6 FRA Sébastien Loeb 10 7 SWE Per-Gunnar Andersson 6 8 FIN Kimi Räikkönen 4 9 GBR Matthew Wilson 2 10 UAE Khalid Al-Qassimi 1 Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos. Position Manufacturer Points 1 GBR BP Ford WRT 40 2 FRA Citroën WRT 22 3 GBR Stobart Ford 18 4 FIN Ice 1 Racing 8 5 UAE Team Abu Dhabi 6 6 NED FERM Power Tools WRT 4 7 USA Monster WRT 2 References External links Results at eWRC.com Sweden Category:Swedish Rally Rally Category:21st century in Värmland County