2022 Rally Sweden
The 2022 Rally Sweden (also known as the Swedish Rally 2022) was a motor racing event for rally cars held over four days between 24 and 27 February 2022. It marked the 69th running of the Rally Sweden, and was the second round of the 2022 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2022 event was based in Umeå, in Västerbotten County. The rally was scheduled to cover a total competitive distance of , but was shortened to prior to the start of the event due to unexpected reindeer movements in the Örträsk area . Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin were the defending rally winners. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners. Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen were the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category, while Jari Huttunen and Mikko Lukka were the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category. Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen took their third WRC victory. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, successfully defended their title. Andreas Mikkelsen was the winner in the WRC-2 category and Eriksen successfully defended his title. The Finnish crew of Lauri Joona and Mikael Korhonen won the WRC-3 category, while Jon  Armstrong and Brian Hoy won the junior class. Background. Entry list. The following crews are set to enter into the rally. The event will be opened to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3, and privateer entries that are not registered to score points in any championship. Eleven crews were entered under Rally1 regulations, as are twenty-four Rally2 crews in the World Rally Championship-2 and eight Rally3 crews in the World Rally Championship-3.