The 46th season of the World Rally Championship continued
this weekend with the 66th annual Rally Sweden in Sweden and Norway.
The scheduled 19-stage, 314.25-kilometer event, was won by
Thierry Neuville, who won by 19.8 seconds over Craig Breen.
Here are some statistics related to the 2018 season after
Round 2 as well as Rally Sweden.
- Overall Winner (Driver): Thierry Neuville
- Overall Results: Thierry Neuville, Craig Breen, Andreas
Mikkelsen, Esapekka Lappi, Hayden Paddon, Mads Ostberg, Jari-Matti Latvala,
Teemu Suninen, Ott Tanak, Elfyn Evans, Sebastien Ogier
- Overall Winner (Manufacturer): Hyundai
- Overall Winner (Tire): Michelin
- Overall Winner (Country): Belgium
- Total Stages Contested: 19
- Longest Stage: 24.88
(Svullrya)
- Shortest Stage: 1.9
kilometers/1.18 miles (Karlstad)
- Stage Winners (By Driver): Ott Tanak (6), Thierry Neuville
(5), Craig Breen (3), Hayden Paddon (2), Espaekka Lappi (2), Andreas Mikkelsen
(1)
- Stage Winners (By Country): Estonia (6), Belgium (5),
Ireland (3), New Zealand (2), Finland (2), Norway (1)
- Stage Winners (By Manufacturer): Hyundai (8), Toyota (8),
Citroen (3)
- Stage Winners (By Tire): Michelin (19)
- Total Time: 2:52:13.1
- Margin of Victory: 19.8 seconds
Notes of Interest
- This was the seventh career victory for Thierry Neuville,
and his first in the Rally Sweden.
- Neuville is the second driver to win in WRC competition
this season. Sebastien Ogier won the season-opening Rally Monte-Carlo in
January.
- Neuville won five stages in Rally Sweden for a total of 10
stage victories on the season. He now has 144 stage victories in his career.
Neuville is tied with Ott Tanak in stage victories this season.
- With his victory, Neuville moved into the points lead,
moving ahead by 11 points over Sebastien Ogier.
- Neuville has now won at least one WRC rally in each of the
last three seasons (one in 2016; four in 2017; and one in 2018).
- Neuville’s seventh victory came in his 87th career WRC
event. He now has 28 podiums.
- Neuville shared the victory with co-driver Nicolas
Gilsoul, who now also has seven victories in 82 rallies.
- Hyundai now has nine WRC victories, which is tied for 11th
all-time with Nissan/Datsun.
- Belgium has claimed eight driver victories, from a total
of two drivers (Thierry Neuville – 7; Francois Duval – 1).
- Thierry Neuville won the 2018 Rally Sweden, becoming the
37th driver to win the race. A total of 66 races have been held. His previous
best finish came in 2015, when he finished second, six seconds behind Sebastien
Ogier.
- Neuville became only the fifth driver born outside
Scandinavia to win Rally Sweden, and the first from Belgium.
- Hyundai earned two spots on the podium – its first victory
in Rally Sweden, as well as third place.
- Craig Breen earned a career-best second-place finish in
both the Rally Sweden and his career.
- Andreas Mikkelsen finished third, ensuring that least one
Scandinavian driver has finished on the podium in every Rally Sweden since the
inaugural running in 1960.
- Defending Rally Sweden winner Jari-Matti Latvala finished
seventh.
- All 19 scheduled stages were contested. It marked the most
stages completed in Rally Sweden since 2015.
- The Rally Sweden has been held annually since 2010. The 2010
event was not run due to being removed from the World Rally Championship
calendar.
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2018 World Rally
Championship Statistics
- Total Rallies Contested: 2
- Total Distance Covered: 708.99 kilometers
- Overall Winners (By Driver): Sebastien Ogier (1; Monte
Carlo), Thierry Neuville (1; Sweden)
- Overall Winners (By Manufacturer): Ford (1; Monte Carlo),
Hyundai (1; Sweden)
- Overall Winners (By Tire): Michelin (2; Monte Carlo,
Sweden)
- Overall Winners (By Country): France (1; Monte Carlo),
Belgium (1; Sweden)
- Total Stages Contested: 36
- Longest Stage:
36.58 kilometers/22.73 miles (Thoard-Sisteron – Rallye Monte Carlo)
- Shortest Stage: 1.9
kilometers/1.18 miles (Karlstad – Rally Sweden)
- Stage Winners (By Driver): Thierry Neuville (10), Ott
Tanak (10), Sebastien Ogier (4), Craig Breen (3), Elfyn Evans (2), Hayden
Paddon (2), Esapekka Lappi (2), Andreas Mikkelsen (2), Kris Meeke (1)
- Stage Winners (By Manufacturer): Hyundai (14), Toyota
(12), Ford (6), Citroen (4)
- Stage Winners (By Tire): Michelin (36)
- Stage Winners (By Country): Belgium (10), Estonia (10), France
(4), United Kingdom (3), Ireland (3), New Zealand (2), Finland (2), Norway (1)
- Drivers to Lead Points Standings: 2 (Sebastien Ogier – 1;
Thierry Neuville – 1)
- Most Victories: Sebastien Ogier (1), Thierry Neuville (1)
- Most Podiums: Sebastien Ogier (1), Ott Tanak (1),
Jari-Matti Latvala (1), Thierry Neuville (1), Craig Breen (1), Andreas
Mikkelsen (1)
- Longest Distance Covered, Single Rally: 394.74 kilometers
(Rally Monte-Carlo)
- Shortest Distance Covered, Single Rally: 314.25 kilometers
(Rally Sweden)
- Most Stages in a Single Rally: 19 (Rally Sweden)
- Fewest Stages in a Single Rally: 17 (Rally Monte-Carlo)
Notes of Interest
- All seven of Thierry Neuville’s WRC victories have come in
different Rallies (Germany, Sweden, France, Argentina, Poland, Australia and
Sweden).
- Craig Breen earned a career-best second-place finish in
both the Rally Sweden and his career. He now owns two career podiums.
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All-Time World Rally
Championship Statistics
- Total Rallies Contested: 573
- Drivers With At Least One Win: 77 (First: Jean-Claude
Andruet; 77th: Elfyn Evans)
- Manufacturers With At Least One Win: 21
- Nations With At Least One Win: 17
- Most Victories (Driver): Sebastien Loeb (78)
- Most Victories (Manufacturer): Citroen (98)
- Most Victories (Nation): France (186)
- Most Championships (Driver): Sebastien Loeb (9)
- Most Championships (Manufacturer): Lancia (10)
- Most Championships (Nation): France (15)
Sources:
- Wikipedia: Rally Sweden; List of World Rally Championship
Drivers’ championships
- World Rally Championship website: http://www.wrc.com
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