2020 Rally Sweden
The 2020 Rally Sweden (also known as the Rally Sweden 2020) (Swedish: Svenska Rallyt 2020) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 13 and 16 February 2020. It marked the sixty-eighth running of Rally Sweden and was the second round of the 2020 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. It was also the first round of the Junior World Rally Championship. The 2020 event was based in the town of Torsby in Värmland County and consists of eleven special stages. The rally was scheduled to cover a total competitive distance of 301.26 km (187.19 mi), but was shortened to 171.64 km (106.65 mi) due to a lack of snow.
| 2020 Rally Sweden 68. Rally Sweden | |||
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Round 2 of 7 in the 2020 World Rally Championship
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A lack of snow forced the rally to be shortened. | |||
| Host country | Sweden | ||
| Rally base | Torsby, Värmland | ||
| Dates run | 13 – 16 February 2020 | ||
| Start location | Karlstad trotting track, Karlstad | ||
| Finish location | Torsby, Värmland | ||
| Stages | 10 (169.74 km; 105.47 miles) | ||
| Stage surface | Snow | ||
| Transport distance | 643.83 km (400.06 miles) | ||
| Overall distance | 815.47 km (506.71 miles) | ||
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| Crews registered | 55 | ||
| Crews | 46 at start, 42 at finish | ||
| Overall results | |||
| Overall winner | Elfyn Evans Scott Martin Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 1:11:43.1 | ||
| Power Stage winner | Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 10:55.1 | ||
| Support category results | |||
| WRC-2 winner | Mads Østberg Torstein Eriksen PH-Sport 1:15:53.1 | ||
| WRC-3 winner | Jari Huttunen Mikko Lukka 1:15:46.1 | ||
| J-WRC winner | Tom Kristensson Joakim Sjöberg Tom Kristensson Motorsport 1:22:51.3 | ||
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were the defending rally winners. Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, the team they drove for in 2019, were the defending manufacturers' winners. Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen were the defending winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category. Ole Christian Veiby and Jonas Andersson were the reigning World Rally Championship-3 winners, but are not defending their WRC-3 title as they joined the WRC-2 category in 2020. Tom Kristensson and Henrik Appelskog were the defending winners in the Junior World Rally Championship.
Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin were the overall winners of the rally, winning the Rally Sweden for the first time. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturers' winners. Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen successfully defended their titles in the WRC-2 category. Jari Huttunen and Mikko Lukka were the winners in the WRC-3 category, while Tom Kristensson and Henrik Appelskog won the junior class.