2015 Rally Sweden

2015 Rally Sweden 63rd Rally Sweden
Round 2 of 13 of the 2015 World Rally Championship ← Previous event Next event →
Host country	Sweden
Rally base	Hagfors, Värmland County
Dates run	12 – 15 February 2015
Stages	21 (308.00 km; 191.38 mi)
Stage surface	Snow
Results
Overall winner	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Volkswagen Motorsport
Crews	54 at start, 40 at finish

The 2015 Rally Sweden was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 12 and 15 February 2015. It marked the sixty-third running of the Rally Sweden, and was the second round of the 2015 World Rally Championship, WRC-2 and WRC-3 seasons.^[1]

Sébastien Ogier won the rally on the last stage to extend his lead in the drivers' championship. The rally started with Pontus Tidemand, competing in a WRC-2 Ford Fiesta RRC, winning the Thursday night super special stage in Karlstad.^[2] Ogier took the lead on Friday's opening stage, with teammate Jari-Matti Latvala chasing him for the lead. Volkswagen's third driver, Andreas Mikkelsen gained the lead on the ninth stage, after Ogier and Latvala both hit snow banks, dropping to 4th and 23rd respectively.^[3] Mikkelsen kept the lead until Saturday's final stage, where Hyundai's Thierry Neuville took the lead after fitting new tyres for the stage; Mikkelsen and Ogier were both in contention however, at deficits of 1.5 and 9.6 seconds respectively.^[4] Mikkelsen regained the lead on Sunday's opening stage, and held a three-second lead over Ogier ahead of the final stage, Värmullsåsen, which was also the event's power stage, offering additional drivers' championship points.^[5]

Running in reverse order to their rally positions, Ogier bested Neuville's time for the stage – ultimately, the stage's fastest time – and just after he completed the stage, Mikkelsen hit a snow bank and lost 40 seconds to fall behind Neuville in the standings as well. Ott Tänak finished fourth to record his best WRC result since 2012, while Hayden Paddon recorded his best WRC finish – replacing the injured Dani Sordo – in fifth position. Next in the order was British duo Elfyn Evans and Kris Meeke, Martin Prokop finished eighth ahead of Yuriy Protasov, who took his first WRC stage win, on the Kirkenær stage. Completing the championship points was Mads Østberg, who was in position for a podium spot, until he hit a snow bank on the eleventh stage.^[6] He also scored an extra point by finishing third on the power stage. After the last stage, Volkswagen Motorsport decided to retire Latvala's car – he had managed to recover up the order to 12th place – due to a rules loophole in relation to the following event, Rally México.^[7]

Entry list

No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Cl.	Eligibility
1	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	RC1	M
2	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	RC1	M
3	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team	Citroën DS3 WRC	RC1	M
4	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team	Citroën DS3 WRC	RC1	M
5	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	RC1	M
6	Ott Tänak	Raigo Mõlder	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	RC1	M
7	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai Motorsport	Hyundai i20 WRC	RC1	M
8	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Hyundai Motorsport	Hyundai i20 WRC	RC1	M
9	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	Volkswagen Motorsport II	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	RC1	T
14	Henning Solberg	Ilka Minor	Adapta Motorsport AS	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	RC1
16	Robert Kubica	Maciej Szczepaniak	Robert Kubica	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	RC1
17	Yuriy Protasov	Pavlo Cherepin	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	RC1
18	Michał Sołowow	Maciej Baran	Synthos Cersanit Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	RC1
20	Kevin Abbring	Sebastian Marshall	Hyundai Motorsport N	Hyundai i20 WRC	RC1	T
21	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Jipocar Czech National Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	RC1	T
31	Yazeed Al-Rajhi	Michael Orr	Yazeed Racing	Ford Fiesta RRC	RC2	WRC-2
32	Stéphane Lefebvre	Stéphane Prévot	PH Sport	Citroën DS3 R5	RC2
33	Max Rendina	Mario Pizzuti	Motorsport Italia s.r.l.	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	RC2	WRC-2
36	Fredrik Åhlin	Morten Erik Abrahamsen	Fredrik Åhlin	Ford Fiesta R5	RC2	WRC-2
37	Lorenzo Bertelli	Giovanni Bernacchini	FWRT s.r.l.	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	RC1	T
38	Anders Grøndal	Roger Eilertsen	Anders Grøndal	Citroën DS3 R5	RC2	WRC-2
39	Pontus Tidemand	Emil Axelsson	Pontus Tidemand	Ford Fiesta RRC	RC2	WRC-2
40	Jari Ketomaa	Kaj Lindström	Drive DMACK	Ford Fiesta R5	RC2	WRC-2
41	Valeriy Gorban	Volodymyr Korsia	Eurolamp World Rally Team	Mini John Cooper Works S2000	RC2	WRC-2
42	Oleksiy Kikireshko	Kuldar Sikk	Eurolamp World Rally Team	Mini John Cooper Works S2000	RC2	WRC-2
43	Radik Shaymiev	Maxim Tsvetkov	TAIF Rally Team	Ford Fiesta R5	RC2	WRC-2
44	Jarosław Kołtun	Ireneusz Pleskot	C-Rally	Ford Fiesta R5	RC2	WRC-2
45	Gianluca Linari	Nicola Arena	Gianluca Linari	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	RC2	WRC-2
53	Ole Christian Veiby	Anders Jæger	Printsport	Citroën DS3 R3T	RC3	WRC-3
71	Eyvind Brynildsen	Anders Fredriksson	Drive DMACK	Ford Fiesta RRC	RC2	WRC-2
72	Robin Friberg	Stefan Gustavsson	Robin Friberg	Citroën DS3 R5	RC2
74	Frank Tore Larsen	Torstein Eriksen	Frank Tore Larsen	Ford Fiesta R5	RC2
75	Thomas Thunström	Jörgen Lindahl	Thomas Thunström	Citroën DS3 R5	RC2

Results

Event standings

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Class	Time	Difference	Points
Overall classification
1	1	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	2:55:30.5	0.0	28
2	7	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai Motorsport	Hyundai i20 WRC	WRC	2:55:36.9	+6.4	20
3	9	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	Volkswagen Motorsport II	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	2:56:10.3	+39.8	15
4	6	Ott Tänak	Raigo Mőlder	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	2:57:56.5	+2:26.0	12
5	8	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Hyundai Motorsport	Hyundai i20 WRC	WRC	2:59:02.0	+3:31.5	10
6	5	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	2:59:23.5	+3:53.0	8
7	3	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	2:59:36.3	+4:05.8	6
8	21	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Jipocar Czech National Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	2:59:56.5	+4:26.0	4
9	17	Yuriy Protasov	Pavlo Cherepin	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	3:01:02.7	+5:32.2	2
10	4	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	3:02:21.4	+6:50.9	2
WRC-2 standings
1 (13.)	40	Jari Ketomaa	Kaj Lindström	Drive DMACK	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	3:05:07.4	0.0	25
2 (14.)	71	Eyvind Brynildsen	Anders Fredriksson	Drive DMACK	Ford Fiesta RRC	WRC-2	3:04:40.0	+32.6	18
3 (15.)	41	Valeriy Gorban	Volodymyr Korsia	Eurolamp World Rally Team	Mini John Cooper Works S2000	WRC-2	3:08:34.8	+3:27.4	15
4 (16.)	31	Yazeed Al-Rajhi	Michael Orr	Yazeed Racing	Ford Fiesta RRC	WRC-2	3:08:47.6	+2:40.2	12
5 (17.)	39	Pontus Tidemand	Emil Axelsson	Pontus Tidemand	Ford Fiesta RRC	WRC-2	3:08:50.9	+3:43.5	10
6 (18.)	36	Fredrik Åhlin	Morten Erik Abrahamsen	Fredrik Åhlin	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	3:09:42.0	+4:34.6	8
7 (23.)	44	Jaroslaw Koltun	Ireneusz Pleskot	C-Rally	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	3:17:26.5	+12:19.1	6
8 (24.)	42	Oleksiy Kikireshko	Kuldar Sikk	Eurolamp World Rally Team	Mini John Cooper Works S2000	WRC-2	3:19:33.1	+14:25.7	4
9 (25.)	81	Simone Tempestini	Matteo Chiarcossi	Napoca Rally Academy	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	WRC-2	3:23:58.0	+18:50.6	2
10 (26.)	38	Anders Grøndal	Roger Eilertsen	Anders Grøndal	Citroën DS3 R5	WRC-2	3:26:54.4	+21:47.0	1
WRC-3 standings
1 (21.)	53	Ole Christian Veiby	Anders Jæger	Printsport	Citroën DS3 R3T	WRC-3	3:16:03.5	0.0	25

Special stages

Day	Stage number	Stage name	Length	Stage winner	Car No.	Team	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
12 Feb	SS1	Karlstad Super-Special 1	1.90 km	Pontus Tidemand Emil Axelsson	39	Pontus Tidemand	1:32.1	74.27 km/h	Pontus Tidemand Emil Axelsson
13 Feb	SS2	Torsby 1	14.76 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	1	Volkswagen Motorsport	8:36.6	102.86 km/h	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
	SS3	Röjden 11	18.73 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	1	Volkswagen Motorsport	9:59.4	112.49 km/h
	SS4	Finnskogen 1	20.76 km	Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila	2	Volkswagen Motorsport	11:03.1	112.71 km/h
	SS5	Kirkenær 1	7.07 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	1	Volkswagen Motorsport	5:26.7	77.91 km/h
	SS6	Kirkenær 2	7.07 km	Yuriy Protasov Pavlo Cherepin	17	M-Sport World Rally Team	5:34.4	76.11 km/h
	SS7	Finnskogen 2	20.76 km	Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila	2	Volkswagen Motorsport	11:04.3	112.50 km/h
	SS8	Röjden 21	18.73 km	Andreas Mikkelsen Ola Fløene	9	Volkswagen Motorsport II	10:01.1	112.17 km/h
	SS9	Torsby 2	14.76 km	Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul	7	Hyundai Motorsport	8:40.4	102.11 km/h	Andreas Mikkelsen Ola Fløene
	SS10	Karlstad Super-Special 2	1.90 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	1	Volkswagen Motorsport	1:34.5	72.38 km/h
15 Feb	SS11	Fredriksberg 1	18.15 km	Andreas Mikkelsen Ola Fløene	9	Volkswagen Motorsport II	10:33.9	103.08 km/h
	SS12	Rämmen 1	22.76 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	1	Volkswagen Motorsport	11:36.5	117.64 km/h
	SS13	Hagfors Sprint 1	1.87 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	1	Volkswagen Motorsport	1:51.2	60.54 km/h
	SS14	Vargåsen 1	24.63 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	1	Volkswagen Motorsport	13:34.1	108.92 km/h
	SS15	Fredriksberg 2	18.15 km	Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul	7	Hyundai Motorsport	10:27.6	104.11 km/h
	SS16	Rämmen 2	22.76 km	Kris Meeke Paul Nagle	3	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team	11:38.5	117.30 km/h
	SS17	Hagfors Sprint 1	1.87 km	Robert Kubica Maciek Szczepaniak	16	Robert Kubica	1:57.1	57.49 km/h
	SS18	Vargåsen 2	24.63 km	Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul	7	Hyundai Motorsport	13:24.4	110.23 km/h	Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul
15 Feb	SS19	Lesjöfors	15.00 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	1	Volkswagen Motorsport	9:05.8	98.94 km/h	Andreas Mikkelsen Ola Fløene
	SS20	Värmullsåsen 1	15.87 km	Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila	2	Volkswagen Motorsport	8:14.1	115.63 km/h
	SS21	Värmullsåsen 2 (Power stage)	15.87 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	1	Volkswagen Motorsport	8:05.6	117.65 km/h	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia

Notes:

• ^1  — The Röjden stage started in Sweden and finished in Norway after crossing the Sweden-Norway border.

Power Stage

The "Power stage" was the second running of the 15.87 km (9.86 mi) Värmullsåsen stage at the end of the rally, which awarded championship points to the fastest three drivers through the stage.

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time	Diff.	Pts
1	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	8:05.6	0.0	3
2	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 WRC	8:10.4	+4.8	2
3	Mads Østberg	Citroën DS3 WRC	8:15.5	+9.9	1

References

External links

• Official website

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