2017 Rally Sweden


The 2017 Rally Sweden was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over three days between 10 and 12 February 2017. It marked the sixty-fifth running of the Rally Sweden, and was the second round of the 2017 World Rally Championship and the WRC-2 and WRC-3 championships.
Toyota's driver Jari-Matti Latvala won the rally ahead of M-Sport drivers Ott Tänak and Sébastien Ogier who finished second and third, respectively. The win for Toyota was their first after their return to the WRC after a 17 year absence.
Latvala had inherited the lead after rally leader Thierry Neuville had crashed out on the final stage of leg 2. The Belgian had a lead of 43.3 seconds before ripping a wheel off in the second run of the Karlstad stage, promoting Latvala to first place.
Local driver Pontus Tidemand won the WRC-2 category, finishing ahead of Teemu Suninen.

Entry list

Classification

Event standings

Special stages

Power Stage

The Power Stage was a stage at the end of the rally.
Pos.DriverCo-driverCarTimeDiff.Pts.
18:51.15
28:52.3+1.24
38:52.6+1.53
48:54.1+3.02
58:58.8+7.71

Championship standings after the rally

;Drivers' Championship standings
DriverPoints
11 Jari-Matti Latvala48
12 Sébastien Ogier44
3 Ott Tänak33
4 Dani Sordo25
5 Craig Breen20

;Manufacturers' Championship standings
ManufacturerPoints
1 M-Sport World Rally Team73
253
3 Hyundai Motorsport40
4 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT26