1998 Swedish Rally

October 2015 1998 Safari Rally 47. International Swedish Rally 1998 2 of 13 1998 World Rally Championship 1998 Monte Carlo Rally 1998 Safari Rally SWE Karlstad 6 8 February 1998 19 FIN Tommi Mäkinen Team Mitsubishi Ralliart 78Tomáš Shacki Wanka http://ewrc-results.com/final.php?e=137&t=International-Swedish-Rally-1998 International Swedish Rally 1998 eWRC-results.com 2015-10-05 42 The 47th International Swedish Rally was held between 6-8 February 1998. Report WRC: Round 2 It was the first World Rally Championship victory of the season for defending champion Tommi Mäkinen. He beat the Toyota Corolla of Carlos Sainz and the Ford Escort WRC of Juha Kankkunen, ensuring that current and former World Rally Champions swept the podium. The home driver Thomas Rådström led for most of the event, but crashed on stage 12, allowing Mäkinen to snatch victory. The Scotsman Colin McRae also went out on stage 12, when electrical gremlins struck his Subaru Impreza WRC. PWRC: Round 2 The PWRC was also won by Stig-Olov Walfridson. He and fellow Swede Kenneth Bäcklund were the main contenders for overall victory; whilst the Uruguayan defending champion Gustavo Trelles came to grief once again, after being struck by a terminal engine failure on Special Stage 2 which meant he had retired from the second rally in a row. Finishing in third place was Juha Kangas. Results +Results of the 1998 Swedish RallyPosNo.DriverCo-driverCarTime/retiredPts11Finland Tommi MäkinenFinland Risto MannisenmäkiMitsubishi Lancer Evo IV 3:32:51.61025Spain Carlos SainzSpain Luis MoyaToyota Corolla WRC +51.6637Finland Juha KankkunenFinland Juha RepoFord Escort WRC +58.8444Sweden Kenneth ErikssonSweden Staffan ParmanderSubaru Impreza S3 WRC '97 +2:31.73511Finland Marcus GrönholmFinland Timo RautiainenToyota Celica GT-Four +3:29.9269France Didier AuriolFrance Denis GiraudetToyota Corolla WRC +4:18.21 References Category:Swedish Rally Category:1998 World Rally Championship season Category:1998 in Swedish motorsport Category:20th century in Värmland County