Sweden
Sweden gets the honour of kicking off the 2010 WRC-season. Sweden has a long history in arranging WRC-events, but was not on the calendar in 2009. It all starts Thursday evening in Karlstad with a Super Special at “Färjestad”. Servicepark will be in Hagfors, as earlier, while the finish-ceremony will be in the city of Karlstad Sunday afternoon.
Rally Sweden, 11. – 14. February 2010
Previous winners:
2010 Mikko Hirvonen/ Jarmo Lehtinen, Ford
2008 Jari-Matti Latvala/ Miikka Anttila, Ford
2007 Marcus Grønholm/ Timo Rautianen, Ford
2006 Marcus Grønholm/Timo Rautiainen, Ford
2005 Petter Solberg/Phil Mills, Subaru
2004 Sebastien Loeb/ Daniel Elena, Citroën
2003 Marcus Grønholm/ Timo Rautiainen, Peugeot
2002 Marcus Grønholm/ Timo Rautiainen, Peugeot
Petters results:
2010 9th
2008 4th
2007 Retired
2006 Retired
2005 1. place
2004 3. place
2003 6. place
2002 Retired
2001 6. place
2000 Did not start
1999 11. place
1998 16. place (first WRC-start)
2010:
Today were the final day of Rally Sweden, and Petter ended 9th and scored 2 points in the championship. Mikko Hirvonen won the rally, Sebastien Loeb ended 2nd and Latvala 3rd.
Rally Sweden has been a real challenge for Petter Solberg World Rally Team. Petter and Phil started Friday morning 18 seconds behind the leader, caused by a spin on Thursdays Super Special. At SS5 on Friday they went off the road 13k’s into the stage, and lost more than 4 minutes.
Overall classification Rally Sweden 2010
1. Hirvonen, Ford
2. Loeb, Citroën +42,3
3. Latvala, Ford +1.15,4
4. Sordo, Citroën +2.41,6
5. Ogier, Citroën +4.15,3
6. Henning, Ford +5.23,4
7. Wilson, Ford +7.53,9
8. Østberg, Subaru +9.22,2
9. Petter, Citroën +10.17,5
10. PG Andersson, Skoda +12.08,9
What happend in 2008?
Petter ended fourth and scored 5 more points in the drivers championship. Jari-Matti Latvala is the winner of the 2008 Swedish Rally, his first WRC win ever. And Jari-Matti is, with his 22 years, the youngest driver ever to win a WRC-event. Mikko Hirvonen ended second, while Gigi Galli drove into third position – his second time on the podium ever. Norwegian Andreas Mikkelsen ended fifth, after fantastic driving this weekend. Henning, who started under SupeRally regulations today, ended 13th – after having set the fastest time on all Sunday stages. Two stages were cancelled this weekend, due to bad roadconditions.
Overall classification 2008
1. Jari-Matti Latvala, Ford
2. Mikko Hirvonen, Ford
3. Gigi Galli, Ford
4. Petter, Subaru
5. Andreas Mikkelsen, Ford
6. Dani Sordo, Citroën
7. Toni Gardemeister, Suzuki
8. Hänninen, Mitsubishi
