Round 2 of 13 in the 2018 World Rally Championship
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Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul on the podium with Hyundai.
Host country
Sweden / Norway
Rally base
Torsby, Värmland
Dates run
15 – 18 February 2018
Start location
Karlstad trotting track, Karlstad
Finish location
Torsby, Värmland
Stages
19 (314.25 km; 195.27 miles)
Stage surface
Gravel and snow
Transport distance
1,086.28 km (674.98 miles)
Overall distance
1,400.79 km (870.41 miles)
Statistics
Crews registered
68
Crews
66 at start, 59 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner
Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT 2:52:13.1
Power Stage winner
Esapekka Lappi Janne Ferm Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
Support category results
WRC-2 winner
Takamoto Katsuta Marko Salminen Tommi Mäkinen Racing 3:01:27.5
WRC-3 winner
Denis Rådström Johan Johansson Denis Rådström 3:16:26.0
The 2018 Rally Sweden (formally known as the Rally Sweden 2018)[1] was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 15 and 18 February 2018.[2] It marked the sixty-sixth running of Rally Sweden, and was the second round of the 2018 World Rally Championship and its support categories, the WRC-2 and WRC-3 championships.[3] It was also the first round of the Junior World Rally Championship.[4] The event, which was based in the town of Torsby in Värmland County, was contested over nineteen special stages totalling a competitive distance of 314.25 km (195.27 mi).[5]
Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila were the defending rally winners.[6] Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul were the rally winners. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the manufacturers' winners.[7] The Belgian also became only the third non-Nordic driver to win the event after the nine-time world champion, Sébastien Loeb, and the defending world champion, Sébastien Ogier.[8] The Tommi Mäkinen Racing crew of Takamoto Katsuta and Marko Salminen won the World Rally Championship-2 category in a Ford Fiesta R5, while Swedish crew Denis Rådström and Johan Johansson won the World Rally Championship-3 and Junior World Rally Championship.[9][10]
^Cite error: The named reference Rally Sweden Entry List was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Rally Calendar Overview". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
^"Rally Aus retains WRC finale in 2018". speedcafe.com. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
^"Global support for Junior WRC". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
^"Rally Sweden Countdown: Rally Route". wrc.com. WRC. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
^"Latvala Triumphs in Sweden". wrc.com. WRC. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
^"Neuville Wins in Sweden". wrc.com. WRC. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
^"Sunday in Sweden: Cool Neuville Nets Victory". wrc.com. WRC. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
^"WRC 2 in Sweden: Katsuta suprises [sic] champion". wrc.com. WRC. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
^"Junior WRC in Sweden: Rådström fights back to win". wrc.com. WRC. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
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Global Information
Sweden / 
Norway
Thierry Neuville
Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT
Esapekka Lappi
Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT