February 10, 2017 – Thierry Neuville dominated the second day of Rally Sweden, the second round of the 2017 World Rally Championship, and snatched the lead from Toyota’s Jari-Matti Latvala who won the opening stage yesterday.
Hyundai’s Neuville set the fastest time in five (SS2-3, SS5-6-7) of today’s seven special stages and ended the day with a 28.1-second lead over second-placed Latvala, who scored the win in one special stage (SS4).
M-Sport driver and SS8 winner Ott Tanak rounds out the top 3 after 8 special stages, while Citroen’s Kris Meeke ranks 4th ahead of Monte Carlo Rally winner Sebastien Ogier.
Overall classification after SS8:
| Pos | # | Driver | Time | Diff Prev | Diff 1st |
| 1. | 5 | T. NEUVILLE | 1:16:24.7 | ||
| 2. | 10 | J. LATVALA | 1:16:52.8 | +28.1 | +28.1 |
| 3. | 2 | O. TANAK | 1:17:14.4 | +21.6 | +49.7 |
| 4. | 7 | K. MEEKE | 1:17:16.5 | +2.1 | +51.8 |
| 5. | 1 | S. OGIER | 1:17:20.4 | +3.9 | +55.7 |
| 6. | 4 | H. PADDON | 1:17:42.5 | +22.1 | +1:17.8 |
| 7. | 6 | D. SORDO | 1:18:05.0 | +22.5 | +1:40.3 |
| 8. | 8 | C. BREEN | 1:18:19.0 | +14.0 | +1:54.3 |
| 9. | 3 | E. EVANS | 1:19:26.2 | +1:07.2 | +3:01.5 |
| 10. | 15 | S. LEFEBVRE | 1:19:48.3 | +22.1 | +3:23.6 |
