2023 Rally Sweden
The 2023 Rally Sweden (also known as the Swedish Rally 2023) was a motor racing event for rally cars that held over four days between 9 and 12 February 2023. It marked the seventieth running of the Rally Sweden, and was the second round of the 2023 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The event was also the first round of the 2023 Junior World Rally Championship. The 2023 event was based in Umeå, Västerbotten County and was consisted of eighteen special stages, covering a total competitive distance of 302.52 km (187.98 mi).
| 2023 Rally Sweden Swedish Rally 2023 | |||
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Round 2 of 13 in the 2023 World Rally Championship
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Rally Sweden is the only snow event on the World Rally Championship calendar. | |||
| Host country | Sweden | ||
| Rally base | Umeå, Västerbotten County | ||
| Dates run | 9 – 12 February 2023 | ||
| Start location | Umeå, Västerbotten County | ||
| Finish location | Umeå, Västerbotten County | ||
| Stages | 18 (301.18 km; 187.14 miles) | ||
| Stage surface | Snow | ||
| Transport distance | 892.98 km (554.87 miles) | ||
| Overall distance | 1,194.16 km (742.02 miles) | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Crews registered | 52 | ||
| Crews | 51 at start, 45 at finish | ||
| Overall results | |||
| Overall winner | Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja M-Sport Ford WRT 2:25:54.5 | ||
| Power Stage winner | Esapekka Lappi Janne Ferm Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT 5:42.0 | ||
| Support category results | |||
| WRC-2 winner | Oliver Solberg Elliott Edmondson 2:33:42.6 | ||
| WRC-3 winner | Roope Korhonen Anssi Viinikka 2:44:25.9 | ||
| J-WRC winner | William Creighton Liam Regan Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy 2:45:05.5 | ||
Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen were the defending rally winners. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners. Andreas Mikkelsen and Torstein Eriksen were the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category. Lauri Joona and Mikael Korhonen were the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category. Jon Armstrong and Brian Hoy were defending rally winners of the junior championship.
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja won the rally. Their team, M-Sport Ford WRT were the manufacturer's winners. Oliver Solberg and Elliott Edmondson won the World Rally Championship-2 category. Roope Korhonen and Anssi Viinikka won the World Rally Championship-3 category. The Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy crew of William Creighton and Liam Regan won the junior championship by only 0.6 second.