The format is a familiar one, with the rally based in Karlstad, a single service park at Hagfors Airport and stages in the Varmland and Dalarna regions. Seven of the 11 stages (each is used twice) are identical to last year, with only two new venues. Friday’s Lovhaugen test is unique in that it starts in Sweden, before crossing into Norway and returning to finish in Sweden. Sunday’s Gustavsfors stage is also new for 2011. It has not been used since the 1980s and forms the season’s first Power Stage – broadcast live on TV and offering bonus points to the fastest drivers. The rally begins with a super special stage at Karlstad’s trotting track on Thursday evening. Friday’s opening leg is the longest and journeys to the rally’s most northerly point in western Varmland, before the second day ventures east of Hagfors. The final leg is the shortest, staying close to Hagfors before returning to Karlstad for the finish. Drivers tackle 22 tests covering 351.00km in a route of 2059.89km.
RALLY SWEDEN
ROUND 1 FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP
10 – 13 February 2011
Thursday 10 February: Day 1 Karlstad – Karlstad
Start Karlstad (20.00)
SS1 SSS Karlstad 1 – 1.90km (20.04)
Finish Karlstad (20.44)
Friday 11 February: Day 1 (continued) Karlstad – Karlstad
Start Karlstad (06.00)
Serv A Hagfors (15 mins) (07.10)
SS2 Vargåsen 1 – 24.63km (07.58)
SS3 Likenas 1 – 20.78km (09.39)
SS4 Løvhaugen 1 – 19.26km (10.55)
Serv B Hagfors (30 mins) (13.10)
SS5 Vargåsen 2 – 24.63km (14.13)
SS6 Likenas 2 – 20.78km (15.54)
SS7 Løvhaugen 2 – 19.26km (17.10)
Serv C Hagfors (45 mins) (19.00)
Finish Karlstad (21.10)
Total – 129.34km
Saturday 12 February: Day 2 Karlstad – Karlstad
Start Karlstad (05.35)
Serv D Hagfors (15 mins) (06.45)
SS8 Lesjofors 1 – 15.00km (08.00)
SS9 Sågen 1 – 14.23km (09.01)
SS10 Fredriksberg 1 – 18.15km (10.06)
SS11 Varmullsåsen 1 – 15.42km (11.08)
Serv E Hagfors (30 mins) (11.56)
SS12 Lesjofors 2 – 15.00km (13.26)
SS13 Sågen 2 – 14.23km (14.27)
SS14 Fredriksberg 2 – 18.15km (15.32)
SS15 Varmullsåsen 2 – 15.42km (16.34)
Serv F Hagfors (45 mins) (17.12)
SS16 SSS Karlstad 2 – 1.90km (20.00)
Finish Karlstad (20.40)
Total – 127.50km
Sunday 13 February: Day 3 Karlstad – Karlstad
Start Karlstad (05.30)
Serv G Hagfors (15 mins) (06.40)
SS17 Torntorp 1 – 19.21km (07.51)
SS18 Gustavsfors 1 – 4.16km (08.43)
SS19 Rammen 1 – 22.76km (09.37)
Serv H Hagfors (30 mins) (10.43)
SS20 Torntorp 2 – 19.21km (12.09)
SS21 Rammen 2 – 22.76km (13.31)
SS22 Gustavsfors 2 – 4.16km (15.08)
Serv I Hagfors (10 mins) (15.58)
Finish Main Square, Karlstad (17.23)
Total – 92.26km
Rally total – 351.00km
– Credit: Ford of Europe.