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It buzzes with life when Prince Carl Philip, FIA Vice President Robert Reid, Umeå’s municipal councilor Hans Lindberg, and Governor Helene Hellmark Knutsson walk around Umeå Service Park in the Nolia area. They get to meet top drivers like Kalle Rovanperä and Oliver Solberg and get exclusive insight into the team’s work. The world’s best […]
This year’s rally fans can look forward to a magical rally when Umeå shows off an incomparable winter landscape. Thursday night’s inauguration showed enthusiasm and joy. It bursted with energy when rally enthusiasts worldwide got to see their idols when they presented on the big stage. It was popular, festive, and crowded down on the […]
The Finish driver Kalle Rovanperä had an average speed of 135 kph in his hybrid-powered Toyota Yaris Rally1. He was fastest on the 7,59 km Klabböle Shakedown, winning with the time 3.22,400. Ott Tänak, Hyundai i20 N Rally 1, was second with 3.22,700 and his teammate Thierry Neuville finished third, 0,8 seconds behind Rovanperä. Takamoto […]
For the Swede Oliver Solberg, it will be his debut in Rally Sweden. He grew up with the competition at home in Värmland. But with the rally moved to Umeå, he now has to test his Hyundai in a magical winter landscape in Umeå. Even if, of course, he enter the event mixed emotions. – […]
Creating snowmobile trails has taken place together with several local snowmobile clubs. Via snowmobile trails, raised audience areas have been created where the spectators get close to the rally. The snowmobile trails, with connections to the public places, are drawn on the route maps available on the website. You can also find the updated time […]
The 20.49km test north-west of host city Umeå was due to run in the morning and again in the afternoon as the final daylight stage of the leg. It will not be replaced and a revised itinerary has been issued that features a later start to the day. Rally Sweden CEO Glenn Olsson […]
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On Sunday, the accounts were made for this year’s first World Rally Championship event in Monte Carlo with double French at the top, when temporarily returned Sébastien Loeb won before his compatriot Sébastien Ogier. Now the focus is on northern Sweden when Umeå hosts the WRC series second round of the season. However, it happens […]
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The work to develop the new route for Rally Sweden in Umeå has been based on rally roads that have previously been used in the area. – Together with local motor clubs we have tried to find the best rally roads the Umeå region can offer. Already during the investigation over a year ago, the […]
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The World Motor Sport Council has approved P1 Racing Fuels as the exclusive provider for the series under a three-year agreement commencing in 2022 by an e-vote on April 19, 2021. P1’s industry partners and in-house experts have worked to produce a fossil-free hydrocarbon-based fuel, with a blend of synthetic and bio-fuel components. It will […]
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The rally was scheduled to be based in Sweden’s Värmland on 11 – 14 February, but a decision of the County Board of Varmland in Karlstad on Tuesday agreed there was no alternative but to cancel the event for health security reasons. Rally CEO Glenn Olsson said increasing Coronavirus cases in Sweden had led […]
