2014 Rally Sweden


The 2014 Rally Sweden was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 5 and 8 February, which marked the 62nd running of the Rally Sweden. The rally was based in the town of Karlstad and was contested over 24 special stages, covering a total of in competitive stages.
The event was won by Finland's Jari-Matti Latvala of the Volkswagen Motorsport team, taking his third victory in Sweden, and the ninth victory of his WRC career. He finished 53.6 seconds clear of his teammate Andreas Mikkelsen – taking his best WRC finish – while the podium was completed by Mads Østberg, a further 5.9 seconds in arrears. Latvala's victory allowed him to take the championship lead from another teammate, Sébastien Ogier, who could only finish sixth in Sweden. In the supporting WRC-2 category, Karl Kruuda edged out Jari Ketomaa by 2.3 seconds for the victory.

Entry list

Results

Event standings

Championship standings after the race

WRC

;Drivers' Championship standings
DriverPoints
1 Jari-Matti Latvala40
2 Sebastien Ogier35
3 Mads Østberg30
4 Andreas Mikkelsen24
5 Bryan Bouffier18

;Manufacturers' Championship standings
ConstructorPoints
1 Volkswagen Motorsport72
2 Citroen Total Abu Dhabi WRT56
3 Volkswagen Motorsport II26
4 M-Sport World Rally Team22
5 Hyundai Shell World Rally Team8

Other

;WRC2 Drivers' Championship standings
DriverPoints
1 Yuriy Protasov35
2 Lorenzo Bertelli26
3 Karl Kruuda25
4 Jari Ketomaa18
5 Robert Barrable15
5 Fredrik Åhlin15

;WRC3 Drivers' Championship standings
DriverPoints
1 Quentin Gilbert25