2007 World Rally Championship
World Champion | |
Driver: | Sébastien Loeb |
Manufacturer: | Citroën |
Season dates | |
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Number of rallies: | 16 |
<2006 season |
The FIA - World Rally Championship in 2007 was in January 19, Monte Carlo started and ended on December 2nd in the UK . A total of 16 world championship races were held on four continents. Sébastien Loeb became world champion for the fourth time in a row with eight individual victories and a total of 116 world championship points. In contrast to the 2006 World Rally Championship , the World Championship races in Cyprus , Turkey and Australia were no longer included in the 2007 World Cup calendar. The replacement was the Rally Norway and the Rally Ireland (for the first time in the calendar) and the Rally Portugal was again taken into account by the FIA after a break of several years .
Teams and drivers
The Citroën Total World Rally Team came, after a break in 2006 as a works team for the first time with the new Citroën C4 WRC on. For Citroën, Sébastien Loeb started with co-driver Daniel Elena and Daniel Sordo with co-driver Marc Martí.
The Ford World Rally Team used a Finnish driver duo. Marcus Grönholm with Timo Rautiainen and Mikko Hirvonen with Jarmo Lehtinen started in the Ford Focus RS WRC .
For the Subaru World Rally Team , the Norwegian Petter Solberg started with his co-driver Phil Mills, the Australian Chris Atkinson with Glenn MacNeall and the Spaniard Xavier Pons with his co-driver Xavier Amigo in the Subaru Impreza .
The Munchi's Ford World Rally Team competed with Argentinian drivers. Luís Pérez Companc with José Maria Volta and Juan Pablo Raies with Jorge Pérez Companc started in the Ford Focus RS WRC .
Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally fielded three Ford Focus RS WRCs . The Norwegian Henning Solberg drove with Cato Menkerud, the Finn Jari-Matti Latvala with Miikka Anttila and the Briton Matthew Wilson with Michael Orr.
The Austrian duo Manfred Stohl with co-driver Ilka Minor and the Swede Daniel Carlsson with Denis Giraudet drove for the OMV Kronos Citroën World Rally Team in the Citroën Xsara WRC .
Toni Gardemeister from Finland and Jakke Honkanen competed in a Mitsubishi Lancer for the Mitsubishi MSP team.
vehicles
Teams and drivers
team | brand | automobile | No | driver | Co-driver | Rallies |
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Citroën Total World Rally Team | Citroën | Citroën C4 WRC | 1 | Sébastien Loeb | Daniel Elena | All |
2 | Daniel Sordo | Marc Martí | All | |||
Ford World Rally Team | ford | Ford Focus RS WRC | 3 | Marcus Grönholm | Timo Rautiainen | All |
4th | Mikko Hirvonen | Jarmo Lehtinen | All | |||
17th | Khalid Al Qassimi | Nicky Beech | 9-10, 12, 15 | |||
OMV Kronos Citroën World Rally Team | Citroën | Citroën Xsara WRC | 5 | Manfred Stohl | Ilka Minor | All |
6th | Daniel Carlsson | Denis Giraudet | 2-3, 5, 7-8 | |||
François Duval | Patrick Pivato | 10, 12-13 | ||||
Subaru World Rally Team | Subaru | Subaru Impreza | 7th | Petter Solberg | Phil Mills | All |
8th | Chris Atkinson | Glenn MacNeall | 1-5 | |||
Stéphane Prévot | 6-16 | |||||
17th | Xavier Pons | Xavier Amigo | 9-16 | |||
Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team | ford | Ford Focus RS WRC | 9 | Jari-Matti Latvala | Miikka Anttila | All |
10 | Henning Solberg | Cato Menkelud | All | |||
16 | Matthew Wilson | Michael Orr | All | |||
18th | Alessandro Bettega | Simone Scattolin | 13 | |||
23 | Eamonn Boland | Francis Regan | 15th | |||
Ford Focus RS WRC | 22nd | Gareth Jones | James O'Brien | 9 | ||
David Moynihan | 12, 15-16 | |||||
27 | Andreas Mikkelsen | Ola Floene | 3, 5 | |||
29 | Ray Breen | Andrew Purcell | 15th | |||
Munchi's Ford World Rally Team | ford | Ford Focus RS WRC | 11 | Luís Pérez Companc | Jose Maria Volta | 2, 4-9, 11-12, 14, 16 |
12 | Juan Pablo Raies | Jorge Pérez Companc | 2, 4-6 | |||
Federico Villagra | 7-9, 11-12, 14, 16 | |||||
Suzuki World Rally Team | Suzuki | Suzuki SX4 | 19th | Nicolas Bernardi | Jean-Marc Fortin | 13 |
Sebastian Lindholm | Tomi Tuominen | 16 | ||||
Teams without notification of manufacturer points | ||||||
MMSP LTD | Mitsubishi | Mitsubishi Lancer | 14th | Toni Gardemeister | Jakke Honkanen | 1-3, 5, 7-8 |
15th | Juho Hanninen | Mikko Markkula | 3, 7, 9 | |||
Urmo Aava | Kuldar Sikk | 8-9, 11 | ||||
18th | Kristian Sohlberg | Risto Pietilainen | 9 | |||
20th | Xavier Pons | Xavier Amigo | 1-3, 5 | |||
22nd | Armindo Araujo | Miguel Ramalho | 4th | |||
27 | Kaj Kuistila | Kari Jokinen | 9 | |||
Astra Racing | Citroën | Citroën Xsara WRC | 14th | Toni Gardemeister | Jakke Honkanen | 10 |
François Duval | Citroën | Citroën Xsara WRC | 15th | François Duval | Patrick Pivato | 15th |
Ramsport | ford | Ford Focus RS WRC | 17th | Guy Wilks | Phil Pugh | 3, 5, 8-10 |
Ford Focus RS WRC | 21st | Andreas Mikkelsen | Ola Floene | 9-10, 12-13, 15-16 | ||
First Motorsport Škoda | Škoda | Škoda Fabia | 17th | François Duval | Patrick Pivato | 8th |
Czech Rally Team Kopecký | Škoda | Škoda Fabia WRC | 18th | Jan Kopecký | Filip Schovánek | 1-3, 5, 7-10, 12-13, 16 |
Guy Wilks | Subaru | Subaru Impreza WRC | 18th | Guy Wilks | Phil Pugh | 15th |
Kris Meeke | Subaru | Subaru Impreza WRC | 19th | Kris Meeke | Paul Nagle | 15th |
Adapta World Rally Team | Subaru | Subaru Impreza WRC | 20th | Mads Østberg | Ole Kristian Unnelud | 2-3, 5, 7, 9, 16 |
Team rally Cuoq | Peugeot | Peugeot 307 WRC | 21st | Jean-Marie Cuoq | David Marty | 1 |
Rally Team Olsbergs | Subaru | Subaru Impreza WRC | 23 | Patrik Flodin | Maria Andersson | 2 |
PH sports | Citroën | Citroën Xsara WRC | 24 | Conrad Rautenbach | David Sr. | 16 |
Aimont Racing Team | Citroën | Citroën Xsara WRC | 25th | Gianluigi Galli | Giovanni Bernacchini | 2-3, 5-7 |
Van Merksteijn Motorsport | ford | Ford Focus RS WRC | 25th | Peter van Merksteijn sr | Erwin Berkhof | 10, 12 |
Hilco Van Beek | 16 | |||||
Bozian Racing | Peugeot | Peugeot 307 WRC | 61 | Philippe Roux | Eric Jordan | 1 |
Not so with Kjaer | Trond Odegard | 3 |
Competitions
The kilometers entered correspond to the distance of the special stages. The distance between the connecting routes between the individual WPs is not included.
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rally | rank | driver | vehicle | total time | Number of WP | length | Started | in the target |
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Rally Monte Carlo 19. – 21. January 2007 |
1. | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 3: 10: 27.4 | 18th | 328.54 km | 47 | 39 |
2. | Daniel Sordo | Citroën C4 WRC | + 0: 38.2 | |||||
3. | Marcus Grönholm | Ford Focus RS WRC | +1: 22.8 | |||||
Rally Sweden 9-11 February 2007 |
1. | Marcus Grönholm | Ford Focus RS WRC | 3: 08: 40.7 | 20th | 342.09 km | 58 | 43 |
2. | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | + 0: 53.8 | |||||
3. | Mikko Hirvonen | Ford Focus RS WRC | +1: 41.5 | |||||
Rally Norway 16.-18. February 2007 |
1. | Mikko Hirvonen | Ford Focus RS WRC | 3: 28: 17.0 | 18th | 355.99 km | 74 | 36 |
2. | Marcus Grönholm | Ford Focus RS WRC | + 0: 09.5 | |||||
3. | Henning Solberg | Ford Focus RS WRC | + 3: 44.6 | |||||
Rally Mexico 9-11 March 2007 |
1. | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 3: 48: 13.3 | 20th | 366.06 km | 47 | 36 |
2. | Marcus Grönholm | Ford Focus RS WRC | + 0: 55.8 | |||||
3. | Mikko Hirvonen | Ford Focus RS WRC | +1: 27.7 | |||||
Rally Portugal March 29th – 1st April 2007 |
1. | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 3: 53: 33.1 | 18th | 357.10 km | 80 | 61 |
2. | Petter Solberg | Subaru Impreza WRC | + 3: 13.9 | |||||
3. | Daniel Sordo | Citroën C4 WRC | + 5: 05.3 | |||||
Rally Argentina 4th-6th May 2007 |
1. | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 2: 52: 03.8 | 23 7 canceled |
371.00 km 248.93 km |
70 | 41 |
2. | Marcus Grönholm | Ford Focus RS WRC | + 0: 36.7 | |||||
3. | Mikko Hirvonen | Ford Focus RS WRC | + 2: 15.2 | |||||
Rally Sardinia 18. – 20. May 2007 |
1. | Marcus Grönholm | Ford Focus RS WRC | 3: 48: 42.0 | 18th | 342.86 km | 82 | 67 |
2. | Mikko Hirvonen | Ford Focus RS WRC | + 0: 29.2 | |||||
3. | Daniel Sordo | Citroën C4 WRC | +1: 21.8 | |||||
Rally Greece 1st – 3rd June 2007 |
1. | Marcus Grönholm | Ford Focus RS WRC | 3: 49: 22.6 | 121 | 334.44 km | 64 | 49 |
2. | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | + 0: 38.6 | |||||
3. | Petter Solberg | Subaru Impreza WRC | +1: 34.1 | |||||
Rally Finland 3rd – 5th August 2007 |
1. | Marcus Grönholm | Ford Focus RS WRC | 2: 57: 26.1 | 23 | 360.34 km | 97 | 70 |
2. | Mikko Hirvonen | Ford Focus RS WRC | + 0: 24.2 | |||||
3. | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | +1: 09.0 | |||||
Rally Germany 17. – 19. August 2007 |
1. | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 3: 27: 27.5 | 19th | 356.24 km | 102 | 88 |
2. | François Duval | Citroën Xsara WRC | + 0: 20.3 | |||||
3. | Mikko Hirvonen | Ford Focus RS WRC | +1: 19.1 | |||||
Rally New Zealand August 31–2. September 2007 |
1. | Marcus Grönholm | Ford Focus RS WRC | 3: 52: 53.9 | 18th | 353.56 km | 68 | 59 |
2. | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | + 0: 00.3 | |||||
3. | Mikko Hirvonen | Ford Focus RS WRC | +1: 42.8 | |||||
Rally Catalonia 5th - 7th October 2007 |
1. | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 3: 07: 06.2 | 18th | 352.87 km | 81 | 65 |
2. | Daniel Sordo | Citroën C4 WRC | + 0: 13.8 | |||||
3. | Marcus Grönholm | Ford Focus RS WRC | + 0: 44.2 | |||||
Rally Corsica 12-14. October 2007 |
1. | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 3: 28: 31.5 | 16 | 359.32 km | 74 | 60 |
2. | Marcus Grönholm | Ford Focus RS WRC | + 0: 23.7 | |||||
3. | Daniel Sordo | Citroën C4 WRC | + 0: 44.3 | |||||
Rally Japan 26.-28. October 2007 |
1. | Mikko Hirvonen | Ford Focus RS WRC | 3: 23: 57.6 | 27 | 350.19 km | 88 | 72 |
2. | Daniel Sordo | Citroën C4 WRC | + 0: 37.4 | |||||
3. | Henning Solberg | Ford Focus RS WRC | + 4: 33.7 | |||||
Rally Ireland 16.-18. November 2007 |
1. | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 3: 01: 29.2 | 20th | 328.72 km | 84 | 66 |
2. | Daniel Sordo | Citroën C4 WRC | +1: 03.4 | |||||
3. | Jari-Matti Latvala | Ford Focus RS WRC | +1: 58.2 | |||||
Rally Great Britain November 30th – 2nd December 2007 |
1. | Mikko Hirvonen | Ford Focus RS WRC | 3: 22: 50.9 | 17th | 359.54 km | 84 | 66 |
2. | Marcus Grönholm | Ford Focus RS WRC | + 0: 15.2 | |||||
3. | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | +1: 33.0 |
Overall rating
WRC drivers' championship
Distribution of points | ||||||||||
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rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | ||
Points | 10 | 8th | 6th | 5 | 4th | 3 | 2 | 1 |
rank | driver |
MON |
SWE |
NOR |
MEX |
POR |
ARG |
ITA |
GRE |
FIN |
DEU |
NZL |
ESP |
FRA |
JPN |
IRL |
GBR |
Points |
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1 | Sébastien Loeb | 1 | 2 | 14th | 1 | 1 | 1 | DNF | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | DNF | 1 | 3 | 116 |
2 | Marcus Grönholm | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4th | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4th | 1 | 3 | 2 | DNF | DNF | 2 | 112 |
3 | Mikko Hirvonen | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4th | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4th | 13 | 1 | 4th | 1 | 99 |
4th | Daniel Sordo | 2 | 12 | 25th | 4th | 3 | 6th | 3 | 24 | DNF | DNF | 6th | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 65 |
5 | Petter Solberg | 6th | DNF | 4th | DNF | 2 | DNF | 5 | 3 | DNF | 6th | 7th | 6th | 5 | DNF | 5 | 4th | 47 |
6th | Henning Solberg | 14th | 4th | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 4th | 5 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 15th | 34 |
7th | Chris Atkinson | 4th | 8th | 19th | 5 | DNF | 7th | 10 | 6th | 4th | 15th | 4th | 8th | 6th | DNF | 42 | 7th | 31 |
8th | Jari-Matti Latvala | DNF | DNF | 5 | 7th | 8th | 4th | 9 | 12 | DNF | 8th | 5 | 7th | 4th | 26th | 3 | 10 | 30th |
9 | Manfred Stohl | 10 | 7th | 12 | 6th | 10 | 8th | 7th | 8th | DNF | DNF | 12 | DNF | 14th | 6th | DNF | 8th | 13 |
10 | François Duval | DNF | 2 | 5 | DNF | DNS | 12 | |||||||||||
11 | Matthew Wilson | 12 | DNF | 26th | 8th | 12 | 30th | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | DNF | 4th | 7th | 6th | 11 |
12 | Jan Kopecký | 8th | 10 | 8th | 22nd | DNF | 7th | DNF | 5 | DNF | 7th | 12 | 10 | |||||
13 | Toni Gardemeister | 7th | 6th | DNF | DSQ | 6th | DNS | 7th | 10 | |||||||||
14th | Daniel Carlsson | 5 | 7th | 6th | DNF | DNS | 9 | |||||||||||
15th | Gianluigi Galli | 13 | 6th | 7th | DNS | DNS | 5 | |||||||||||
16 | Luís Pérez Companc | 15th | 19th | DNS | 28 | DNF | 11 | 11 | 23 | DNF | 5 | DNF | 4th | |||||
17th | Xavier Pons | 25th | DNF | 16 | DNS | 6th | 18th | DNF | 9 | 8th | 36 | DNF | 9 | 4th | ||||
18th | Guy Wilks | DNF | DNF | 9 | 9 | 10 | 6th | 13 | 3 | |||||||||
19th | Urmo Aava | 28 | 15th | 13 | 14th | 7th | 12 | 8th | 18th | DNF | 18th | 3 | ||||||
20th | Federico Villagra | 9 | 11 | 32 | 14th | 11 | 13 | 7th | 18th | 2 | ||||||||
21st | Mads Østberg | 9 | 37 | DNF | DNF | 8th | 11 | 1 | ||||||||||
22nd | Gareth MacHale | 11 | DNF | 13 | DNF | 8th | 1 | |||||||||||
23 | Juho Hänninen | DSQ | 17th | 11 | 8th | DNF | DNF | 19th | 23 | 24 | 1 | |||||||
24 | Katsuhiko Taguchi | 8th | ||||||||||||||||
rank | driver |
MON |
SWE |
NOR |
MEX |
POR |
ARG |
ITA |
GRE |
FIN |
DEU |
NZL |
ESP |
FRA |
JPN |
IRL |
GBR |
Points |
colour | abbreviation | meaning |
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gold | - | victory |
silver | - | 2nd place |
bronze | - | 3rd place |
green | - | Placement in the points |
blue | - | Classified outside the point ranks |
violet | DNF | Rally not finished (did not finish) |
black | DSQ | Disqualified during or after the rally |
White | DNS | not at the start (did not start) |
Without |
1 2 3 |
Numbers in superscripts are positions of the power stage that are eligible for points |
no participation in the World Cup | ||
INJ | injured or sick | |
EX | Excluded from participating in the rally | |
DNA | did not arrive | |
† | deceased |
Manufacturers' championship WRC
rank | team | No. |
MON |
SWE |
NOR |
MEX |
POR |
ARG |
ITA |
GRC |
FIN |
GER |
NZL |
ESP |
FRA |
JPN |
IRL |
GBR |
Points |
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1 | Ford World Rally Team | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4th | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4th | 1 | 3 | 2 | DNF | DNF | 2 | 212 |
4th | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4th | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4th | 8th | 1 | 4th | 1 | |||
2 | Citroën Total World Rally Team | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8th | 1 | 1 | 1 | DNF | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | DNF | 1 | 3 | 183 |
2 | 2 | 8th | 10 | 4th | 3 | 6th | 3 | 10 | DNF | DNF | 6th | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||
3 | Subaru World Rally Team | 7th | 6th | DNF | 4th | DNF | 2 | DNF | 5 | 3 | DNF | 5 | 7th | 6th | 5 | 7th | 5 | 4th | 87 |
8th | 4th | 7th | 9 | 5 | DNF | 7th | 8th | 6th | 4th | 8th | 4th | 8th | 6th | DNF | 7th | 6th | |||
4th | Stobart VK M-Sport Ford | 9 | DNF | DNF | 5 | 7th | 7th | 4th | 7th | 9 | DNF | 6th | 5 | 7th | 4th | 8th | 3 | 8th | 81 |
10 | 8th | 4th | 3 | 8th | 9 | 5 | 4th | 5 | 5 | 7th | 8th | 9 | 7th | 3 | 6th | 9 | |||
5 | OMV Kronos | 5 | 7th | 6th | 7th | 6th | 8th | 8th | 6th | 7th | DNF | DNF | 10 | DNF | 9 | 5 | DNF | 7th | 45 |
6th | 5 | 6th | 6th | DNF | 2 | 5 | DNF | ||||||||||||
6th | Munchi's Ford World Rally Team | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | DNF | 8th | 6th | 11 | DNF | 4th | DNF | 14th | ||||||
12 | DNF | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 7th | 9 | 10 | 6th | 10 | |||||||||
rank | team | No. |
MON |
SWE |
NOR |
MEX |
POR |
ARG |
ITA |
GRC |
FIN |
GER |
NZL |
ESP |
FRA |
JPN |
IRL |
GBR |
Points |
Individual evidence
- ↑ ewrc-results.com: Season 2007 , February 8, 2015