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Rally Sweden 2019 counts for:
2019 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2019 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2019 FIA World Rally Championship 2 Pro (for Teams and Drivers/Co-drivers)
2019 FIA World Rally Championship 2 (for Drivers/Co-drivers)
2019 FIA Junior WRC Championship for Drivers
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| 585th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 2 of 14 |
| Official name: | Rally Sweden |
| Edition: | 67th |
| Date: | from Thursday 14-Feb-2019 to Sunday 17-Feb-2019 |
| Rally HQ: | Sunne, Varmland; Sweden |
| Clerk of the Course: | Stig Rune Kjernsli |
| Surface: | Snow |
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| Entries: | 62 | |
| Starters: | 61 | |
| Finishers: | 55 | (90.2% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 19 | |
| Shortest: | 1.90 | km | (SS1 Super Special Stage Karlstad 1) |
| Longest: | 24.88 | km | (SS6 Svullrya 2) |
| Slowest: | 71.25 | km/h | (SS15 Super Special Stage Karlstad 2) |
| Fastest: | 126.97 | km/h | (SS5 Hof-Finnskog 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 316.80 | km | (21.7% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 316.80 | km | (21.7% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 1,143.79 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,460.59 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 7th win and 19th podium for Ott Tanak. |
| Second place was 5th podium for Esapekka Lappi. |
| Third place was 35th podium for Thierry Neuville. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 51st win and 165th podium for Toyota. |
| | Second place was 248th podium for Citroen. |
| | Third place was 45th podium for Hyundai. |
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Tanak led initially in Friday until first Latvala and then Suninen snatched the lead away from him. Tanak regained the lead next morning and this time didn't give it up, driving a controlled rally to score maximum points and taking championship lead for himself and Toyota as well.
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Citroen's rally started with difficulties, Ogier slipped further and further away until he went off and got stuck while Lappi (pictured) had a high speed spin. On second day Lappi seemed unable to keep up with Meeke and Neuville but later found his mojo and ended rally superb second overall.
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Neuville was only Hyundai that had competitive speed thoughout the rally. Loeb didn't enjoy proper rhythm and struggled with pace not problems while Mikkelsen, who was better placed initially, couldn't fight off Lappi or Neuville.
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M-Sport is underdog of the season but (again) produced fantastic result. Early on Suninen was near or even on the lead until he went off and dropped well down the order. After that Evans (pictured), who also scored three stage wins, held on and kept hopes up for even a podium finish.
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Related links
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Monte Carlo 2019
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Rally Mexico 2019
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