WRC Swedish Rally/Rally Sweden 2004 - 2018
Please click on an image below to discover photographs and reports from my visits to Sweden for each year between 2004 and 2018, the reports written for a photo book project to remember the trips by.
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2004
A one-off visit that became an annual trip began with Sébastien Loeb taking the first victory for a non-Scandinavian driver. My only visit shot on film, images scanned from 6x4 prints so are a little noisy Click on image to view report |
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2005
Petter Solberg sent the Norwegian fans home happy after seeing off the close attention of Marcus Grönholm, who rolled on Sunday morning Click on image to view report |
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2006
Marcus Grönholm took his first Swedish win as a Ford driver on his 38th birthday after withstanding early pressure from Sébastien Loeb's Citroën Click on image to view report |
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2007
Marcus Grönholm broke his competiton on Saturday to take his second win in succession Click on image to view report |
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2008
Jari-Matti Latvala became the youngest WRC rally winner as mild weather melted the icy surface Click on image to view report |
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2010
Ford team leader Mikko Hirvonen took his first win in Sweden after a tense battle with the works Citroën pair for the first two days, second-placed Sébastien Loeb finally giving up the chase on Sunday morning Click on image to view report |
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2011
Mikko Hirvonen made it two in a row after overcoming the strong challenge from Mads Østberg in the first event for the new 1600cc WRC cars Click on image to view report |
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2012
Ford's domination of the event continued with Jari-Matti Latvala sealing the manufacturer's sixth win in a row, as well as his second Sweden victory Click on image to view report |
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2013
Sébastien Ogier scored new WRC manufacturer Volkswagen's first rally win since joining the championship, it wouldn't be their last... Click on image to view report |
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2014
Warm temperatures and rain marred the event but it was Jari-Matti Latvala who took the glory after seeing off the challenge from teammate Andreas Mikkelsen Click on image to view report |
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2015
A three-way final stage decider went the way of Sébastien Ogier after fellow VW Polo driver Andreas Mikkelsen spun into the scenery, Thierry Neuville impressed with second for Hyundai Click on image to view report |
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2016
A mild winter with precious little snow threatened the cancellation of the rally but last-minute snowfall and a new schedule saved the event, Sébastien Ogier cantered to the win despite opening the road for the first two days Click on image to view report |
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2017
Jari-Matti Latvala took an unexpected win for returning manufacturer Toyota after Thierry Neuville broke his steering in Saturday evening's superspecial, the rapid new breed of WRC cars taking their bow on snow Click on image to view report |
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2018
Thierry Neuville avenged his previous year's mistake by taking a comfortable win for Hyundai, having seen off Craig Breen's chasing Citroën Click on image to view report |