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Rally Sweden 2023 counts for:
2023 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2023 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2023 FIA World Rally Championship 2 (for Teams and Drivers/Co-drivers)
2023 FIA World Rally Championship 3 (for Teams and Drivers/Co-drivers)
2023 FIA Junior Championship for Drivers
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| 630th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 2 of 13 |
| Official name: | Rally Sweden |
| Edition: | 70th |
| Date: | from Thursday 9-Feb-2023 to Sunday 12-Feb-2023 |
| Rally HQ: | Umea, Vasterbotten; Sweden |
| Clerk of the Course: | Stig Rune Kjernsli |
| Surface: | Snow |
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| Entries: | 52 | |
| Starters: | 51 | |
| Finishers: | 45 | (88.2% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 18 | |
| Shortest: | 5.16 | km | (SS1 Umea Sprint 1) |
| Longest: | 28.25 | km | (SS13 Floda 2) |
| Slowest: | 89.26 | km/h | (SS8 Umea Sprint 2) |
| Fastest: | 140.99 | km/h | (SS9 Norrby 1) |
| Planned stage distance: | 301.18 | km | (25.3% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 301.18 | km | (25.3% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 891.35 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,192.53 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 18th win and 43rd podium for Ott Tanak. |
| Second place was 9th podium for Craig Breen. |
| Third place was 57th podium for Thierry Neuville. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 93rd win and 371st podium for Ford. |
| | Second and third places were 102nd to 103rd podiums for Hyundai. |
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Tanak's road position helped him to take early lead but after a few stages Breen went past. Tanak wasn't quite happy with the car's handling but despite this he still reeled Breen in and re-took lead in Saturday, despite suffering delaminated tyre on SS14. Fast roads meant that even slender lead was defendable and so Tanak claimed win in his only second outing with new team.
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M-Sport dropout Craig Breen seemed to thumb his nose at his former team by staying in front of their lead driver for much of the rally. Unfortunately his tyre delamination cost more than Tanak's, shrinking the lead to mere 0,5 second. When Tanak goes past, Hyundai wants Breen to slip behind Neuville but Neuville's mistake on Power Stage elevates Breen back to 2nd overall despite penalty he takes.
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Rovanpera started first on the road and it was best position only for the first stage in Thursday. On Friday he suffered, even on re-runs due to smaller cars using different lines. On Saturday Kalle experimented with settings but went wrong way, also admitting having wrong tyre strategy. All this combined means even with most stage wins, the best Toyota finished 4th overall.
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Related links
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Monte Carlo 2023
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Rally Mexico 2023
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