Sebastien Ogier, the six-time world champion, finished the shakedown as fastest driver ahead of Rally Sweden. Ogier completed the 7.21 kilometre race in 4.01 minutes while his Toyota team-mate Elfyn Evans came in second 0.1 second adrift. Hyundai duo Craig Breen came 1.9 seconds behind and Ott Tanak came 3.5 seconds adrift finishing in third and fourth respectively.