Vytautas Švedas

Vytautas Švedas (born 7 January 1983) is a Lithuanian rally driver,[1] currently driving for Juta Racing in Lithuanian Rally Championship. He is a seven-time Lithuanian rally champion, having won his recent championship in 2015.[2]

Vytautas Švedas
Švedas at 2011 „300 Lakes Rally“
NationalityLithuania Lithuanian
Born (1983-01-07) 7 January 1983
Lithuanian Rally Championship career
Debut season2002
Current teamJuta Racing
Car number3
Starts42
Wins7
Podiums12
Best finish1st in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015
Previous series
WRC, ERC
Championship titles
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015Lithuanian Rally Championship

2000–2001: Early Career

Vytautas Švedas began his auto racing career in 2000, driving a Volkswagen Polo. That year he finished second in N-1400 class of Lithuanian rallycross championship. Next year he triumphed in N-1600 class.[3]

2002–present: Rallying
Vytautas Švedas updated from EVO VII to EVO IX (top) in 2006, and again updated to EVO X (bottom) in 2011.

Švedas made his rally debut in Lithuanian Rally Championship in 2002 and together with co-driver Kęstutis Švedas became vice champions in A,R-1600 class. He placed 17th in overall standings. Next year he repeated the same achievement in A,R-1600 class, this time with co-driver Ernestas Staponkus. Žilvinas Sakalauskas became Švedas's co-driver for 2004 season. He also got a new rally car, seventh generation Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, and finished third in N/S-4 class.

Vytautas Švedas took his first N-4 class championship title in 2005 and repeated the same fate in 2006. In the same year he finished fourth in Estonian rally championship and made his debut in WRC, competing in Rally Finland.

Švedas successfully defended his N-4 title in 2007 and 2008. However, in 2009 he finished as runner-up, but regained his title in 2011. After finishing second in 2012, Švedas won his sixth title in 2013 and added one more in 2015.

During his career Švedas had started in six WRC rounds, with best result of 15th in 2009 Rally Poland. He also started in four ERC events, with eight in 2013 Rally Liepāja–Ventspils as a best result.

Racing record

Complete WRC results
Year Car No Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 WDC Points TC Points
2006 Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX 76 Lithuania Juta Racing MON SWE MEX ESP FRA ARG ITA GRE GER FIN
Ret		 JPN CYP TUR AUS NZL GBR – 0 – 0
2007 Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX 85 Lithuania Juta Racing MON SWE NOR MEX POR ARG ITA GRE FIN
Ret		 GER NZL ESP FRA JPN IRE GBR – 0 – 0
2008 Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX 68/80 Lithuania Juta Racing MON SWE
Ret		 MEX ARG JOR ITA GRE TUR FIN
Ret		 GER NZL ESP FRA JPN GBR – 0 – 0
2009 Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX 70 Lithuania Juta Racing IRE NOR CYP POR ARG ITA GRE POL
15		 FIN AUS ESP GBR – 0 – 0
2014 Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X 84 Lithuania Juta Racing MON SWE MEX POR ARG ITA POL
36		 FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR – 0 – 0

Complete ERC results
Year Car No Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 WDC Points TC Points
2006 Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX 24 Lithuania Juta Racing ITA TUR POL
Ret		 BEL BUL POR CZE GRE FRA – 0 – 0
2013 Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X 9/25 Lithuania Juta Racing AUT LAT
8		 ESP POR FRA BEL ROM CZE POL
Ret		 CRO ITA SWI 49 11 – 11
2014 Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X 6 Lithuania Juta Racing AUT LAT
Ret		 GRE IRE POR BEL EST CZE CYP ROM SWI FRA – 0 – 0

References
  1. "Vytautas Švedas at driver database". 19 July 2015.
  2. "Septintąkart Lietuvos čempionu tapęs V.Švedas: "Buvau pasiilgęs šio jausmo"".
  3. "Apie mus « Team Juta Racing". www.jutaracing.lt. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
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