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Rally Sweden 2012 counts for:
2012 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2012 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2012 FIA Super 2000 World Rally Championship for Drivers
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| 494th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 2 of 13 |
| Official name: | Sweden |
| Edition: | 60th |
| Date: | from Thursday 9-Feb-2012 to Sunday 12-Feb-2012 |
| Rally HQ: | Karlstad, Varmland; Sweden |
| Clerk of the Course: | Bertil Klarin |
| Surface: | Snow |
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| Entries: | 54 | |
| Starters: | 50 | |
| Finishers: | 42 | (84.0% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 24 | |
| Shortest: | 1.87 | km | (SS14 Hagfors Sprint 1) |
| Longest: | 27.07 | km | (SS2 Mitandersfors) |
| Slowest: | 57.05 | km/h | (SS18 Hagfors Sprint 2) |
| Fastest: | 116.93 | km/h | (SS23 Rammen 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 349.16 | km | (18.9% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 349.16 | km | (18.9% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 1,493.44 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,842.60 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 6th win and 26th podium for Jari-Matti Latvala. |
| Second place was 52nd podium for Mikko Hirvonen. |
| Third place was 3rd podium for Mads Ostberg. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 80th win and win and third place were 299th to 300th podiums for Ford. |
| | Second place was 191st podium for Citroen. |
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The battle for the lead was again between Latvala and Hirvonen, this time on opposing teams. As Hirvonen was maybe a bit unfamiliar with his new car, Jari-Matti had upper hand.
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Hirvonen tried as much as he could but was unable to prevent Latvala's win, which also was Ford's 80th WRC win.
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Related links
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Monte Carlo 2012
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Rally Mexico 2012
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