The 2014 Rally Sweden was a
motor racing event for
rally cars that was held over four days between 5 and 8 February, which marked the 62nd running of the
Rally Sweden. The rally was based in the town of
Karlstad
Karlstad (, ) is the 20th-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Karlstad Municipality, the capital of Värmland County, and the largest city in the province Värmland in Sweden. The city proper had 67,122 inhabitants in 2020 with 97,233 inhabitan ...
and was contested over 24
special stages, covering a total of in competitive stages.
The event was won by Finland's
Jari-Matti Latvala of the
Volkswagen Motorsport team, taking his third victory in Sweden, and the ninth victory of his WRC career. He finished 53.6 seconds clear of his teammate
Andreas Mikkelsen – taking his best WRC finish – while the podium was completed by
Mads Østberg
Mads Østberg (born 11 October 1987) is a Norway, Norwegian Rallying, rally driver. His co-driver is Torstein Eriksen.
Career
Østberg competed in his first rally in 2004. His first World Rally Championship event was the 2006 Swedish Rally, in ...
, a further 5.9 seconds in arrears. Latvala's victory allowed him to take the championship lead from another teammate,
Sébastien Ogier, who could only finish sixth in Sweden. In the supporting WRC-2 category,
Karl Kruuda edged out
Jari Ketomaa by 2.3 seconds for the victory.
Entry list
Results
Event standings
Championship standings after the race
WRC
;Drivers' Championship standings
;Manufacturers' Championship standings
Other
;WRC2 Drivers' Championship standings
;WRC3 Drivers' Championship standings
References
External links
The official website of the World Rally ChampionshipResults – ewrc-results.com
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Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
Swedish Rally
Rally Sweden
21st century in Värmland County