The 2010 Rally Sweden was the opening round of the

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. It was the season's first and only event held on snow- and ice-covered gravel roads. The rally was held over February 11–14, beginning with a

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in the event's base town of

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. The rally was also the first round of both the

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, and the brand-new

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. The rally was the first to incorporate the new points system introduced to all classes for the 2010 season. The system sees 25 points awarded for first, 18 for second, with third receiving 15, 12 for fourth and then ten, eight, six, four, two, and one for tenth place. Mikko Hirvonen won the rally, taking the twelfth win of his career. Hirvonen took six stage wins over the course of the rally, leading overall from Stage 5 onwards. Reigning world champion Sébastien Loeb finished second, some 42 seconds behind the Finn, with Hirvonen's teammate

Jari-Matti Latvala Jari-Matti Latvala (born 3 April 1985) is a Finnish rally driver who has competed in the World Rally Championship (WRC). His co-driver for most of his career was Miikka Anttila, who co-drove for Latvala between the 2003 Rallye Deutschland and 2019 ...

completing the podium in third place. Further back,

Marcus Grönholm Marcus Ulf Johan Grönholm (born February 5, 1968) is a Finnish former rally and rallycross driver, being part of a family of the Swedish-speaking population of Finland lineage. His son, Niclas Grönholm, is an upcoming FIA World Rallycross Champ ...

returned to a WRC event, but finished outside the points in 21st position.

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world champion

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made his second start in a WRC rally, and his first at the wheel of a contemporary World Rally Car. Räikkönen lost over half an hour to the leading drivers when his car got stuck in an area of soft snow, and was forced to dig himself out on day one. He never recovered the time lost and finished 29th overall. In the inaugural SWRC event, Per-Gunnar Andersson held off the challenges of

Janne Tuohino Janne Tuohino (born 22 May 1975) is a Finnish rally driver. Career He began his rally career in 1993 when he entered a rally sprint in a Toyota Starlet. Although his first true rally was in January 1994, in which he drove a Ford Escort RS 2 ...

and

Martin Prokop Martin Prokop (born 4 October 1982) is a Czech rally driver. He won the Junior World Rally Championship in the 2009 season. Career After competing in the Czech Rally Championship for four years, Prokop debuted in the World Rally Championsh ...

to win the rally. Prokop also earned an overall stage win, when he completed the second run through the Hagfors Sprint stage in the fastest time. In the PWRC, Patrik Flodin won by over a minute from Anders Grøndal, with

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over five minutes behind the Swede in third.

Results

Event standings

Special stages

Standings after the rally

Standings

Drivers' championship

Manufacturers' championship

SWRC Drivers' championship

WRC Cup for Super 2000 Teams championship

PWRC Drivers' championship

References

External links

Results
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