2023 Rally Sweden
| 2023 Rally Sweden Swedish Rally 2023 | |||
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Round 2 of 13 in the 2023 World Rally Championship
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| Host country |  Sweden | ||
| Rally base | Umeå, Västerbotten County | ||
| Dates run | 9 – 12 February 2023 | ||
| Start location | Umeå, Västerbotten County | ||
| Finish location | Umeå, Västerbotten County | ||
| Stages | 18 (302.52 km; 187.98 miles)[1] | ||
| Stage surface | Snow | ||
| Transport distance | 873.44 km (542.73 miles) | ||
| Overall distance | 1,175.96 km (730.71 miles) | ||
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| Crews registered | 52 | ||
The 2023 Rally Sweden (also known as the Swedish Rally 2023) is a motor racing event for rally cars that is scheduled to be held over four days between 9 and 12 February 2023.[2] It would mark the seventieth running of the Rally Sweden, and is the second round of the 2023 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The event would also be the first round of the 2023 Junior World Rally Championship.[3] The 2023 event would be based in Umeå, Västerbotten County and is set to be consisted of eighteen special stages, covering a total competitive distance of 302.52 km (187.98 mi).[1]
Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen are the defending rally winners. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, are the defending manufacturers' winners.[4] Andreas Mikkelsen and Torstein Eriksen are the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category.[5] Lauri Joona and Mikael Korhonen are the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category.[6] Jon Armstrong and Brian Hoy are defending rally winners of the junior championship.[7]
Background
Entry list
The following crews are set to enter into the rally. The event would open to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2, World Rally Championship-3, Junior World Rally Championship and privateer entries that are not registered to score points in any championship. Nine are due to enter under Rally1 regulations, as would be twenty-five Rally2 crews in the World Rally Championship-2 and ten Rally3 crews in the World Rally Championship-3. A total of nine crews are registered to participate in the Junior World Rally Championship.[8]
| No. | Driver | Co-Driver | Entrant | Car | Championship eligibility | Tyre |
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| 62 |  José Luis García Molina
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Daniel Cué
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José Luis García Molina
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Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | Masters Driver, Co-driver | P |
Itinerary
All dates and times are CET (UTC+1).
| Date | No. | Time span | Stage name | Distance | |
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| 9 February | — | After 9:01 | Håkmark [Shakedown] | 5.47 km | |
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After 18:30 | Opening ceremony, Umeå | — | ||
| SS1 | After 19:05 | Umeå Sprint 1 | 5.38 km | ||
| 10 February | SS2 | After 8:30 | Brattby 1 | 10.76 km | |
| SS3 | After 9:31 | Brattby 1 | 14.23 km | ||
| SS4 | After 11:03 | Botsmark 1 | 25.76 km | ||
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12:58 – 13:43 | Regroup, Umeå | — | ||
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13:43 – 14:13 | Flexi service A, Umeå | — | ||
| SS5 | After 14:53 | Brattby 2 | 10.76 km | ||
| SS6 | After 15:54 | Brattby 2 | 14.23 km | ||
| SS7 | After 17:26 | Botsmark 2 | 25.76 km | ||
| SS8 | After 19:05 | Umeå Sprint 2 | 5.38 km | ||
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19:45 – 20:45 | Flexi service B, Umeå | — | ||
| 11 February | SS9 | After 8:05 | Norrby 1 | 12.54 km | |
| SS10 | After 9:00 | Kamsjön 1 | 27.81 km | ||
| SS11 | After 10:37 | Kamsjön 1 | 17.28 km | ||
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11:50 – 12:35 | Regroup, Umeå | — | ||
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12:35 – 13:05 | Flexi service C, Umeå | — | ||
| SS12 | After 14:05 | Norrby 2 | 12.54 km | ||
| SS13 | After 15:00 | Kamsjön 2 | 27.81 km | ||
| SS14 | After 16:37 | Kamsjön 2 | 17.28 km | ||
| SS15 | After 18:05 | Umeå 1 | 11.02 km | ||
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18:52 – 19:52 | Flexi service D, Umeå | — | ||
| 12 February | SS16 | After 7:05 | Västervik 1 | 26.48 km | |
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8:10 – 8:50 | Regroup, Umeå | — | ||
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8:50 – 9:05 | Flexi service E, Umeå | — | ||
| SS17 | After 10:05 | Västervik 2 | 26.48 km | ||
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11:10 – 12:00 | Regroup, Umeå | — | ||
| SS18 | After 12:18 | Umeå 2 [Power Stage] | 11.02 km | ||
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After 13:30 | Podium ceremony, Umeå | — | ||
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Notes
- ^ Nikolay Gryazin is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor using the ANA flag as Russian national emblems were banned by the association due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[9]
- ^ Konstantin Aleksandrov is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor using the ANA flag as Russian national emblems were banned by the association due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[9]
References
- ^ a b c "Itinerary Rally Sweden 2023". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- ^ "WRC poewrs into 2023 with exciting new-look calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ^ "FIA World Rally Championship calendar for 2023 gets green light". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ^ "Rovanperä emulates faster with Sweden victory". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 27 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ^ "Mikkelsen bolsters WRC2 title defence with Sweden win". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 27 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ^ "Joona seals WRC3 glory in Sweden". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 27 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ^ "Armstrong holds on for hard-fought junior win". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 27 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ^ "Entry List Rallye Sweden 2023". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ^ a b "FIA announces World Motor Sport Council decisions in relation to the situation in Ukraine". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
External links
- Official website (in Swedish and English)
- 2023 Rally Sweden at eWRC-results.com
- 2023 Rally Sweden at rally-maps.com (in English, German, and Polish)
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