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Rally Sweden 2017 counts for:
2017 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2017 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2017 FIA World Rally Championship 2 (for Teams and Drivers)
2017 FIA World Rally Championship 3 (for Teams and Drivers)
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| 559th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 2 of 13 |
| Official name: | Rally Sweden |
| Edition: | 65th |
| Date: | from Thursday 9-Feb-2017 to Sunday 12-Feb-2017 |
| Rally HQ: | Karlstad, Varmland; Sweden |
| Clerk of the Course: | Christina Lundqvist Viklund |
| Surface: | Snow |
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| Entries: | 46 | |
| Starters: | 41 | |
| Finishers: | 32 | (78.0% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 18 | |
| Shortest: | 1.90 | km | (SS1 Super Special Stage Karlstad 1) |
| Longest: | 31.60 | km | (SS12 Knon 2) |
| Slowest: | 72.69 | km/h | (SS1 Super Special Stage Karlstad 1) |
| Fastest: | 137.81 | km/h | (SS9 Knon 1) |
| Planned stage distance: | 331.74 | km | (24.0% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 300.14 | km | (21.7% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 1,083.44 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,383.58 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 17th win and 59th podium for Jari-Matti Latvala. |
| Second place was 6th podium for Ott Tanak. |
| Third place was 58th podium for Sebastien Ogier. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 44th win and 146th podium for Toyota. |
| | Second and third places were 338th to 339th podiums for Ford. |
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Nobody would have believed that Toyota would be able to win and when they did, everyone was surprised. Admittedly, it was Neuville's accident that landed Latvala into top spot but his drive until then and especially after that was nothing short of incredible.
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Tanak had gearbox issue on Friday and without that he might have won. During Saturday he inched closer to Latvala and kept team-mate Ogier behind but ultimately Ott couldn't continue his charge on final day.
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Hyundai again had commanding lead until Neuville made a small mistake and clipped a barrier in spectator stage in Saturday. Impact broke his suspension and for a second rally in row he lost lead. Best Hyundai finisher was eventually Dani Sordo.
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Citroen's star driver Meeke was fast initially but continually kept slipping down the leaderboard, then crashed out in SS14. Breen hit rock on first day but managed to keep on going, eventually finishing 5th overall.
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Related links
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Monte Carlo 2017
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Rally Mexico 2017
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