2018 Rally Sweden
The 2018 Rally Sweden (formally known as the Rally Sweden 2018) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 15 and 18 February 2018. It marked the sixty-sixth running of Rally Sweden, and was the second round of the 2018 World Rally Championship and its support categories, the WRC-2 and WRC-3 championships. It was also the first round of the Junior World Rally Championship. The event, which was based in the town of Torsby in Värmland County, was contested over nineteen special stages totalling a competitive distance of 314.25 km (195.27 mi).
| 2018 Rally Sweden 66. Rally Sweden | |||
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Round 2 of 13 in the 2018 World Rally Championship
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Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul on the podium with Hyundai. | |||
| Host country | Sweden / Norway | ||
| Rally base | Torsby, Värmland | ||
| Dates run | 15 – 18 February 2018 | ||
| Start location | Karlstad trotting track, Karlstad | ||
| Finish location | Torsby, Värmland | ||
| Stages | 19 (314.25 km; 195.27 miles) | ||
| Stage surface | Gravel and snow | ||
| Transport distance | 1,086.28 km (674.98 miles) | ||
| Overall distance | 1,400.79 km (870.41 miles) | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Crews registered | 68 | ||
| Crews | 66 at start, 59 at finish | ||
| Overall results | |||
| Overall winner | Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT 2:52:13.1 | ||
| Power Stage winner | Esapekka Lappi Janne Ferm Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | ||
| Support category results | |||
| WRC-2 winner | Takamoto Katsuta Marko Salminen Tommi Mäkinen Racing 3:01:27.5 | ||
| WRC-3 winner | Denis Rådström Johan Johansson Denis Rådström 3:16:26.0 | ||
Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila were the defending rally winners. Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul were the rally winners. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the manufacturers' winners. The Belgian also became only the third non-Nordic driver to win the event after the nine-time world champion, Sébastien Loeb, and the defending world champion, Sébastien Ogier. The Tommi Mäkinen Racing crew of Takamoto Katsuta and Marko Salminen won the World Rally Championship-2 category in a Ford Fiesta R5, while Swedish crew Denis Rådström and Johan Johansson won the World Rally Championship-3 and Junior World Rally Championship.