2004 Swedish Rally

2004 Swedish Rally
*53rd Uddeholm Swedish Rally*
2004 Swedish Rally; 53rd Uddeholm Swedish Rally
Round 2 of the 2004 World Rally Championship season
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Host country	Sweden
Rally base	Hagfors
Dates run	February 6, 2004 – February 8, 2004
Stages	19 (394.80 km; 245.32 miles)
Stage surface	Snow
Overall distance	1,981.68 km (1,231.36 miles)
Statistics
Crews	70 at start, 49 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Sébastien Loeb; Daniel Elena; Citroën Total; Citroën Xsara WRC

The 2004 Swedish Rally (formally the 53rd Uddeholm Swedish Rally) was the second round of the 2004 World Rally Championship. The race was held over three days between 6 February and 8 February 2004, and was based in Hagfors, Sweden. Citroën's Sébastien Loeb won the race, his 6th win in the World Rally Championship.^[1]

Background

Entry list

No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Entrant	Car	Tyre
World Rally Championship manufacturer entries
1	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	P
2	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	P
3	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	M
4	Carlos Sainz	Marc Martí	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	M
5	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	M
6	Freddy Loix	Sven Smeets	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	M
7	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '03	M
8	Janne Tuohino	Jukka Aho	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '03	M
9	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	Mitsubishi Motors	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 04	M
10	Kristian Sohlberg	Kaj Lindström	Mitsubishi Motors	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 04	M
World Rally Championship entries
11	François Duval	Stéphane Prévot	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '03	M
12	Henning Solberg	Cato Menkerud	Bozian Racing	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
14	Daniel Carlsson	Matthias Andersson	Bozian Racing	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
15	Tobias Johansson	Bosse Holmstrand	Rally Team Olsbergs	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	M
16	Andreas Eriksson	Pecka Svensson	Andreas Eriksson	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	P
17	Jari Viita	Timo Hantunen	M-Sport	Ford Focus RS WRC '03	M
18	Antony Warmbold	Gemma Price	M-Sport	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	M
61	Kristian Kolberg	Ola Fløene	Kristian Kolberg	Hyundai Accent WRC2	C
62	Thomas Schie	Ragnar Engen	Thomas Schie	Toyota Corolla WRC	M
63	Thomas Kolberg	Ole Kristian Unnerud	Thomas Kolberg	Hyundai Accent WRC2	C
75	Balázs Benik	Zoltan Doromby	Balázs Benik	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	M
77	Jozef Béreš Jr.	Petr Starý	Jozef Béreš Jr.	Hyundai Accent WRC3	M
78	Andrew Nesbitt	James O'Brien	Andrew Nesbitt	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	P
81	Mikael Ericsson	Dorothe Larsson	Mikael Ericsson	Mitsubishi Lancer VI	—
PWRC entries
31	Toshihiro Arai	Tony Sircombe	Subaru Team Arai	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	P
32	Karamjit Singh	Allen Oh	Proton Pert Malaysia	Proton Pert	P
33	Daniel Solà	Xavier Amigò	Ralliart Italy	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	—
35	Marcos Ligato	Rubén Garcia	Top Run SRL	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	—
36	Ricardo Triviño	Jordi Barrabés	Triviño Racing	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	—
37	Joakim Roman	Ragnar Spjuth	Milbrooks World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	M
38	Georgi Geradzhiev Jr.	Nikola Popov	Racing Team Bulgartabac	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	—
39	Alister McRae	David Senior	R.E.D World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	P
40	Manfred Stohl	Ilka Minor	OMV World Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	P
41	Jani Paasonen	Sirkka Rautiainen	OMV World Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	P
42	Mark Higgins	Michael Gibson	Top Run SRL	Subaru Impreza STI	—
43	Gianluigi Galli	Guido D'Amore	Ralliart Italy	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	P
44	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Steve Lancaster	Autotek Motorsport	Subaru Impreza STI	—
45	Fabio Frisiero	Giovanni Agnese	Top Run SRL	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	—
46	Tomasz Kuchar	Maciej Wodniak	Kuchar Team Poland	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	M
47	Xavier Pons	Oriol Julià	Ralliart Spain	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	M
49	Sergio López-Fombona	Guifré Pujol	Ralliart Spain	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	—
50	Sebastian Vollak	Michael Kölbach	OMV World Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	P
Source:^[2]

Itinerary

All dates and times are CET (UTC 1).

Date	Time	No.	Stage name	Distance
Leg 1 — 145.80 km
6 February	08:22	SS1	Lidsbron	19.59 km
	09:34	SS2	Torntorp	19.21 km
	11:37	SS3	Granberget 1	52.57 km
	15:05	SS4	Granberget 2	52.57 km
	17:04	SS5	Hagfors Sprint 1	1.86 km
Leg 2 — 152.40 km
7 February	07:46	SS6	Sundsjon 1	20.78 km
	08:22	SS7	Malta 1	11.25 km
	10:18	SS8	Fredriksberg	20.13 km
	11:05	SS9	Lejen	26.40 km
	13:32	SS10	Malta 2	11.25 km
	14:27	SS11	Sundsjon 1	20.78 km
	15:46	SS12	Vargåsen	39.95 km
	17:11	SS13	Hagfors Sprint 2	1.86 km
Leg 3 — 96.60 km
8 February	08:04	SS14	Sågen 1	14.17 km
	08:54	SS15	Rämmen 1	23.35 km
	10:06	SS16	Hara 1	10.78 km
	12:18	SS17	Sågen 2	14.17 km
	13:08	SS18	Rämmen 2	23.35 km
	14:20	SS19	Hara 2	10.78 km
Source:^[3]

Results

Overall

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1	3	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Total	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:26:17.7		10
2	5	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:27:04.1	46.4	8
3	1	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	3:27:39.2	1:21.5	6
4	8	Janne Tuohino	Jukka Aho	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '03	3:27:59.8	1:42.1	5
5	4	Carlos Sainz	Marc Martí	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:28:44.7	2:27.0	4
6	12	Henning Solberg	Cato Menkerud	Bozian Racing	Peugeot 206 WRC	3:30:35.3	4:17.6	3
7	7	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Ford Motor Co Ltd	Ford Focus RS WRC '03	3:31:56.0	5:38.3	2
8	14	Daniel Carlsson	Matthias Andersson	Bozian Racing	Peugeot 206 WRC	3:32:08.1	5:50.4	1

World Rally Cars

Classification

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1	1	3	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Total	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:26:17.7		10
2	2	5	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:27:04.1	46.4	8
3	3	1	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	3:27:39.2	1:21.5	6
4	4	8	Janne Tuohino	Jukka Aho	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '03	3:27:59.8	1:42.1	5
5	5	4	Carlos Sainz	Marc Martí	Citroën Total WRT	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:28:44.7	2:27.0	4
7	6	7	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Ford Motor Co Ltd	Ford Focus RS WRC '03	3:31:56.0	5:38.3	2
9	7	2	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	3:35:35.9	9:18.2	0
Retired SS12		6	Freddy Loix	Sven Smeets	Marlboro Peugeot Total	Peugeot 307 WRC	Engine		0
Retired SS6		10	Kristian Sohlberg	Kaj Lindström	Mitsubishi Motors	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 04	Transmission		0
Retired SS4		9	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	Mitsubishi Motors	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 04	Gearbox		0

Special stages

Day	Stage	Stage name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Class leaders
Leg 1 (6 Feb)	SS1	Lidsbron	19.59 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	9:20.4	Marcus Grönholm
	SS2	Torntorp	19.21 km	Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	10:10.0	Marcus Grönholm
	SS3	Granberget 1	52.57 km	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC '03	24:47.4	Markko Märtin
	SS4	Granberget 2	52.57 km	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC '03	25:01.8
	SS5	Hagfors Sprint 1	1.86 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	1:58.6
Leg 2 (7 Feb)	SS6	Sundsjon 1	20.78 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	11:22.4
	SS7	Malta 1	11.25 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	5:46.8
	SS8	Fredriksberg	20.13 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	11:55.7
	SS9	Lejen	26.40 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	13:45.2
	SS10	Malta 2	11.25 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	5:34.9
	SS11	Sundsjon 1	20.78 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	10:54.4	Sébastien Loeb
	SS12	Vargåsen	39.95 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	20:57.9
	SS13	Hagfors Sprint 2	1.86 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S9 WRC '03	1:55.5
Leg 3 (8 Feb)	SS14	Sågen 1	14.17 km	Carlos Sainz	Citroën Xsara WRC	7:29.0
	SS15	Rämmen 1	23.35 km	Janne Tuohino	Ford Focus RS WRC '03	12:08.6
	SS16	Hara 1	10.78 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	6:03.6
	SS17	Sågen 2	14.17 km	Carlos Sainz Janne Tuohino	Citroën Xsara WRC Ford Focus RS WRC '03	7:28.9
	SS18	Rämmen 2	23.35 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	12:05.4
	SS19	Hara 2	10.78 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 307 WRC	6:05.3

Championship standings

Pos.	Drivers' championships			Co-drivers' championships			Manufacturers' championships
Pos.	Move	Driver	Points	Move	Co-driver	Points	Move	Manufacturer	Points
1		Sébastien Loeb	20		Daniel Elena	20	1	Citroën Total WRT	24
2	2	Marcus Grönholm	13	2	Timo Rautiainen	13	1	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	22
3	1	Markko Märtin	10	1	Michael Park	10		Marlboro Peugeot Total	17
4		Petter Solberg	8		Phil Mills	8	1	555 Subaru World Rally Team	10
5	2	François Duval	6	2	Stéphane Prévot	6	1	Mitsubishi Motors	3

Production World Rally Championship

Classification

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
16	1	41	Jani Paasonen	Sirkka Rautiainen	OMV World Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	3:43:04.0		10
17	2	39	Alister McRae	David Senior	R.E.D World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3:44:06.8	1:02.8	8
20	3	33	Daniel Solà	Xavier Amigò	Ralliart Italy	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	3:46:28.5	3:24.5	6
22	4	46	Tomasz Kuchar	Maciej Wodniak	Kuchar Team Poland	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	3:47:55.3	4:51.3	5
24	5	43	Gianluigi Galli	Guido D'Amore	Ralliart Italy	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	3:48:38.9	5:34.9	4
26	6	31	Toshihiro Arai	Tony Sircombe	Subaru Team Arai	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3:49:12.1	6:08.1	3
32	7	44	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Steve Lancaster	Autotek Motorsport	Subaru Impreza STI	3:57:25.0	14:21.0	2
33	8	49	Sergio López-Fombona	Guifré Pujol	Ralliart Spain	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	3:58:41.8	15:37.8	1
34	9	37	Joakim Roman	Ragnar Spjuth	Milbrooks World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4:00:12.7	17:08.7	0
35	10	32	Karamjit Singh	Allen Oh	Proton Pert Malaysia	Proton Pert	4:00:18.5	17:14.5	0
37	11	38	Georgi Geradzhiev Jr.	Nikola Popov	Racing Team Bulgartabac	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	4:02:59.9	19:55.9	0
38	12	36	Ricardo Triviño	Jordi Barrabés	Triviño Racing	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	4:03:28.4	20:24.4	0
39	13	50	Sebastian Vollak	Michael Kölbach	OMV World Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	4:03:57.8	20:53.8	0
40	14	45	Fabio Frisiero	Giovanni Agnese	Top Run SRL	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4:06:15.9	23:11.9	0
46	15	47	Xavier Pons	Oriol Julià	Ralliart Spain	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	4:34:35.0	51:31.0	0
Retired SS8		42	Mark Higgins	Michael Gibson	Top Run SRL	Subaru Impreza STI	Accident		0
Retired SS7		35	Marcos Ligato	Rubén Garcia	Top Run SRL	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	Accident		0
Retired SS1		40	Manfred Stohl	Ilka Minor	OMV World Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	Accident		0

Special stages

Day	Stage	Stage name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Class leaders
Leg 1 (6 Feb)	SS1	Lidsbron	19.59 km	Jani Paasonen	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	10:17.6	Jani Paasonen
	SS2	Torntorp	19.21 km	Jani Paasonen	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	10:45.5
	SS3	Granberget 1	52.57 km	Jani Paasonen	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	26:58.7
	SS4	Granberget 2	52.57 km	Jani Paasonen	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	27:10.2
	SS5	Hagfors Sprint 1	1.86 km	Jani Paasonen	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	2:07.3
Leg 2 (7 Feb)	SS6	Sundsjon 1	20.78 km	Jani Paasonen	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	12:13.3
	SS7	Malta 1	11.25 km	Toshihiro Arai	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	6:14.8
	SS8	Fredriksberg	20.13 km	Jani Paasonen	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	12:36.6
	SS9	Lejen	26.40 km	Jani Paasonen	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	14:53.8
	SS10	Malta 2	11.25 km	Jani Paasonen	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	6:10.2
	SS11	Sundsjon 1	20.78 km	Jani Paasonen	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	11:58.6
	SS12	Vargåsen	39.95 km	Alister McRae	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	22:55.5
	SS13	Hagfors Sprint 2	1.86 km	Jani Paasonen	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	2:03.7
Leg 3 (8 Feb)	SS14	Sågen 1	14.17 km	Jani Paasonen	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	8:08.3
	SS15	Rämmen 1	23.35 km	Jani Paasonen	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	13:06.7
	SS16	Hara 1	10.78 km	Toshihiro Arai	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	6:36.6
	SS17	Sågen 2	14.17 km	Gianluigi Galli	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	8:02.8
	SS18	Rämmen 2	23.35 km	Gianluigi Galli	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	13:00.1
	SS19	Hara 2	10.78 km	Toshihiro Arai	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	6:34.0

Championship standings

Pos.	Drivers' championships
Pos.	Move	Driver	Points
1		Jani Paasonen	10
2		Alister McRae	8
3		Daniel Solà	6
4		Tomasz Kuchar	5
5		Gianluigi Galli	4

References

^ "Swedish Rally". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
^ "Swedish Rally 2004 Entry List". Retrieved 13 September 2021.
^ "Swedish Rally 2004 Itinerary". Retrieved 14 September 2021.

External links

Official website of the World Rally Championship
2004 Swedish Rally at Rallye-info Archived 2020-06-27 at the Wayback Machine
Results at eWRC.com

[2004-Sweden1-1] "Swedish Rally". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2017-03-24.

[srdrivers_2004-2] "Swedish Rally 2004 Entry List". Retrieved 13 September 2021.

[sr_2004-3] "Swedish Rally 2004 Itinerary". Retrieved 14 September 2021.

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