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Rally Sweden 2024 counts for:
2024 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2024 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2024 FIA World Rally Championship 2 (for Teams and Drivers/Co-drivers)
2024 FIA World Rally Championship 3 (for Teams and Drivers/Co-drivers)
2024 FIA Junior Championship for Drivers
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| 643rd WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 2 of 13 |
| Official name: | Rally Sweden |
| Edition: | 71st |
| Date: | from Thursday 15-Feb-2024 to Sunday 18-Feb-2024 |
| Rally HQ: | Umea, Vasterbotten; Sweden |
| Clerk of the Course: | Stig Rune Kjernsli |
| Surface: | Snow |
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| Entries: | 57 | |
| Starters: | 57 | |
| Finishers: | 50 | (87.7% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 18 | |
| Shortest: | 5.16 | km | (SS1 Umea Sprint 1) |
| Longest: | 28.25 | km | (SS7 Floda 2) |
| Slowest: | 89.61 | km/h | (SS8 Umea Sprint 2) |
| Fastest: | 135.14 | km/h | (SS16 Vastervik 1) |
| Planned stage distance: | 300.10 | km | (25.0% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 300.10 | km | (25.0% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 902.01 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,202.11 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 2nd win and 15th podium for Esapekka Lappi. |
| Second place was 32nd podium for Elfyn Evans. |
| Third place was 1st podium for Adrien Fourmaux. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 29th win and 117th podium for Hyundai. |
| | Second place was 246th podium for Toyota. |
| | Third place was 375th podium for Ford. |
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Hyundai's part time driver Lappi had good road position from the start but still was only fourth until both Tanak and Rovanpera went off. After that he edged closer to leading Katsuta, taking lead on long SS7. After Katsuta went off early on Saturday morning, Lappi's lead was secure and he backed off to make sure to finish and score second win of his career.
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Evans had 360 degree spin at full speed on SS3 but unlike others, he didn't beach it and finished day third overall. For the next two days he tried to catch Fourmaux and move to second overall, succeeding in that at morning of final day. Curiously, he outscored winner Lappi thanks to his charge on Sunday and in Power Stage.
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Fourmaux had a close encounter with Tanak on SS4, passing his stricken car at high speed on a very narrow place. He gained places as first Tanak and Rovanpera went off into snowbank and later Katsuta did the same. Even though Evans overtook him in final day, Fourmaux scored his first podium.
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Related links
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Monte Carlo 2024
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Safari 2024
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