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Rally Sweden 2013 counts for:
2013 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2013 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2013 FIA World Rally Championship 2 (for Teams and Drivers)
2013 FIA World Rally Championship 3 (for Teams and Drivers)
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| 507th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 2 of 13 |
| Official name: | Sweden |
| Edition: | 61st |
| Date: | from Thursday 7-Feb-2013 to Sunday 10-Feb-2013 |
| Rally HQ: | Karlstad, Varmland; Sweden |
| Clerk of the Course: | Bertil Klarin |
| Surface: | Snow |
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| Entries: | 47 | |
| Starters: | 43 | |
| Finishers: | 34 | (79.1% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 22 | |
| Shortest: | 1.87 | km | (SS12 Hagfors Sprint 1) |
| Longest: | 27.07 | km | (SS17 Mitandersfors) |
| Slowest: | 55.77 | km/h | (SS16 Hagfors Sprint 2) |
| Fastest: | 121.91 | km/h | (SS13 Sagen 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 338.91 | km | (21.3% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 338.91 | km | (21.3% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 1,250.87 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,589.78 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 8th win and 16th podium for Sebastien Ogier. |
| Second place was 115th podium for Sebastien Loeb. |
| Third place was 6th podium for Mads Ostberg. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 2nd win and 9th podium for Volkswagen. |
| | Second place was 212th podium for Citroen. |
| | Third place was 316th podium for Ford. |
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Ogier gave Volkswagen their first WRC win with the new car with stunning performance. And that in an event where expectations where entirely different.
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Loeb came to Sweden in order to try to win this classic event without championship pressures. He tried hard, using all of his skill and every bit of the road but that wasn't enough.
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Ostberg won his personal battle against Latvala and finished on podium in Sweden third year running.
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Related links
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Monte Carlo 2013
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Rally Mexico 2013
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