64. Rally Sweden 2016
12. 2. – 14. 2. 2016, Karlstad • snow - ice 331.21 km - (cancelled 104.73 km) • total distance including road sections - 1592.74 km • Other years
8 stages cancelled before the start of the race, due to lack of snow. SS20 cancelled during event.
Stage results
1. leg | Time | Pos. | km/h s/km |
Overall | Pos. after | |
SS1 SSS Karlstad 1 (1.90 km) | cancelled | |||||
SS2 Torsby 1 (16.48 km) | 9:11.3 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
107.6 km/h 1.11 s/km |
9:11.3 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
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"So, so fast. It was slushy on my test so it's hard to get my head around the different conditions." | ||||||
SS3 Röjden 1 (18.47 km) | 10:07.2 | 10.
10. class RC1 10. WRC |
109.5 km/h 1.89 s/km |
19:18.5 | 10.
10. class RC1 10. WRC |
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"Really nice. Really enjoyable stage. I'm enjoying every minute of it. Just trying to improve stage by stage." | ||||||
SS4 Svullrya 1 (24.23 km) | 13:10.4 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
110.4 km/h 0.93 s/km |
32:28.9 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
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SS5 Kirkenær 1 (7.07 km) | cancelled | |||||
SS6 Kirkenær 2 (7.07 km) | cancelled | |||||
SS7 Svullrya 2 (24.23 km) | 12:50.6 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
113.2 km/h 0.26 s/km |
45:19.5 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
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"How do you explain that? I'm almost lost for words! I feel completely at one with this car. With this car I feel like I've been given a huge opportunity - It's like I've found a Willy Wonka golden ticket!" | ||||||
SS8 Röjden 2 (18.47 km) | 10:10.1 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
109.0 km/h 0.94 s/km |
55:29.6 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
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"We had an overshoot near the end. I got a bit greedy with my braking. It cost me about 15sec, trying to find the right levers to turn around. The snow is making things really difficult." | ||||||
SS9 Torsby 2 (16.48 km) | 9:19.8 | 11.
9. class RC1 11. WRC |
106.0 km/h 1.41 s/km |
1:04:49.4 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
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"We had a spin just before the end. Something didn't feel right at the rear. Anyway, a very positive day. For the times to come so soon I'm very pleased." | ||||||
2. leg | ||||||
SS10 Fredriksberg 1 (18.19 km) | 10:06.1 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
108.0 km/h 1.25 s/km |
1:14:55.5 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
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"Different conditions compared to yesterday and that means more learning for me. We passed Eric's car on stage, it looks like a big accident and that was a bit of a distraction.' | ||||||
SS11 Rämmen 1 (22.76 km) | cancelled | |||||
SS12 Vargåsen 1 (24.70 km) | 13:23.4 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
110.7 km/h 1.08 s/km |
1:28:18.9 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
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"Not bad is it? I'm sure the road is cleaning but through this one I was shouting yee-ha! It's incredible. Like I'm playing on a PlayStation." | ||||||
SS13 Fredriksberg 2 (18.19 km) | cancelled | |||||
SS14 Rämmen 2 (22.76 km) | 11:21.4 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
120.2 km/h 0.80 s/km |
1:39:40.3 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
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"Not so bad. Quite a bad feeling with the rear right, maybe I lost some studs, I don't know, but we have to be happy. Still building my experience." | ||||||
SS15 Hagfors Sprint (1.87 km) | cancelled | |||||
SS16 Vargåsen 2 (24.70 km) | 13:04.6 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
113.3 km/h 0.64 s/km |
1:52:44.9 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
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"Not very good. I took only one spare tyre this afternoon and I was too hard on the studs on the stage before. Just inexperience. I dropped a lot of time in the last split here. My time is surprising. I thought I'd lose a lot more." | ||||||
SS17 SSS Karlstad 2 (1.90 km) | 1:40.6 | 20.
11. class RC1 20. WRC |
68.0 km/h 3.00 s/km |
1:54:25.5 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
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3. leg | ||||||
SS18 Lesjöfors 1 (15.00 km) | cancelled | |||||
SS19 Värmullsåsen 1 (15.87 km) | cancelled | |||||
SS20 Lesjöfors 2 (15.00 km) | cancelled | |||||
SS21 Värmullsåsen 2[Power Stage] (15.87 km) | 8:06.5 | 11.
10. class RC1 11. WRC |
117.4 km/h 1.50 s/km |
2:02:32.0 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
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"Happy enough here at the wheel of my PlayStation! Getting to the end was the main aim, and I've got some very good experience. I think we can be really, really, happy." |
Entry photos from this event
Models
Citroën DS3 WRC
Rally Sweden 2016
Rally Sweden 2016