Host country Sweden Dates run 6 – 8 February 1998 | Rally base Karlstad Stages 19 | |
Overall winner Tommi Mäkinen
Team Mitsubishi Ralliart Crews 78 at start, 42 at finish | ||
The 47th International Swedish Rally was held between 6 February 1998.
It was the first World Rally Championship victory of the season for defending champion Tommi Mäkinen. He beat the Toyota Corolla of Carlos Sainz and the Ford Escort WRC of Juha Kankkunen, ensuring that former World Rally Champions swept the podium. The home driver Thomas Rådström led for most of the event, but crashed on stage 12, allowing Mäkinen to snatch victory. The Scotsman Colin McRae also went out on stage 12, when electrical gremlins struck his Subaru Impreza WRC.
The PWRC was also won by Stig-Olov Walfridsson.
References
1998 Swedish Rally Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA