2007 World Rally Championship
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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 | Citroën C4 WRC | 1 |
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All |
2 |
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All | |||
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ford | Ford Focus RS WRC | 3 |
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All |
4th |
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All | |||
17th |
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9-10, 12, 15 | |||
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Citroën | Citroën Xsara WRC | 5 |
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All |
6th |
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2-3, 5, 7-8 | |||
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10, 12-13 | ||||
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Subaru | Subaru Impreza | 7th |
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All |
8th |
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1-5 | |||
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6-16 | |||||
17th |
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9-16 | |||
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ford | Ford Focus RS WRC | 9 |
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All |
10 |
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All | |||
16 |
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All | |||
18th |
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13 | |||
23 |
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15th | |||
Ford Focus RS WRC | 22nd |
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9 | ||
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12, 15-16 | |||||
27 |
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3, 5 | |||
29 |
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15th | |||
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ford | Ford Focus RS WRC | 11 |
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2, 4-9, 11-12, 14, 16 |
12 |
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2, 4-6 | |||
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7-9, 11-12, 14, 16 | |||||
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Suzuki | Suzuki SX4 | 19th |
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13 |
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16 | ||||
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Mitsubishi | Mitsubishi Lancer | 14th |
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1-3, 5, 7-8 |
15th |
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3, 7, 9 | |||
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8-9, 11 | ||||
18th |
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9 | |||
20th |
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1-3, 5 | |||
22nd |
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4th | |||
27 |
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9 | |||
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Citroën | Citroën Xsara WRC | 14th |
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10 |
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Citroën | Citroën Xsara WRC | 15th |
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15th |
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ford | Ford Focus RS WRC | 17th |
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3, 5, 8-10 |
Ford Focus RS WRC | 21st |
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9-10, 12-13, 15-16 | ||
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Škoda | Škoda Fabia | 17th |
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8th |
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Škoda | Škoda Fabia WRC | 18th |
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1-3, 5, 7-10, 12-13, 16 |
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Subaru | Subaru Impreza WRC | 18th |
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15th |
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Subaru | Subaru Impreza WRC | 19th |
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15th |
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Subaru | Subaru Impreza WRC | 20th |
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2-3, 5, 7, 9, 16 |
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Peugeot | Peugeot 307 WRC | 21st |
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1 |
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Subaru | Subaru Impreza WRC | 23 |
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2 |
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Citroën | Citroën Xsara WRC | 24 |
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16 |
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Citroën | Citroën Xsara WRC | 25th |
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2-3, 5-7 |
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ford | Ford Focus RS WRC | 25th |
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10, 12 |
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16 | |||||
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Peugeot | Peugeot 307 WRC | 61 |
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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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![]() 19. – 21. January 2007 |
1. |
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Citroën C4 WRC | 3: 10: 27.4 | 18th | 328.54 km | 47 | 39 |
2. |
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Citroën C4 WRC | + 0: 38.2 | |||||
3. |
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Ford Focus RS WRC | +1: 22.8 | |||||
![]() 9-11 February 2007 |
1. |
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Ford Focus RS WRC | 3: 08: 40.7 | 20th | 342.09 km | 58 | 43 |
2. |
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Citroën C4 WRC | + 0: 53.8 | |||||
3. |
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Ford Focus RS WRC | +1: 41.5 | |||||
![]() 16.-18. February 2007 |
1. |
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Ford Focus RS WRC | 3: 28: 17.0 | 18th | 355.99 km | 74 | 36 |
2. |
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Ford Focus RS WRC | + 0: 09.5 | |||||
3. |
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Ford Focus RS WRC | + 3: 44.6 | |||||
![]() 9-11 March 2007 |
1. |
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Citroën C4 WRC | 3: 48: 13.3 | 20th | 366.06 km | 47 | 36 |
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Ford Focus RS WRC | + 0: 55.8 | |||||
3. |
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Ford Focus RS WRC | +1: 27.7 | |||||
![]() March 29th – 1st April 2007 |
1. |
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Citroën C4 WRC | 3: 53: 33.1 | 18th | 357.10 km | 80 | 61 |
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Subaru Impreza WRC | + 3: 13.9 | |||||
3. |
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Citroën C4 WRC | + 5: 05.3 | |||||
![]() 4th-6th May 2007 |
1. |
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Citroën C4 WRC | 2: 52: 03.8 | 23 7 canceled |
371.00 km 248.93 km |
70 | 41 |
2. |
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Ford Focus RS WRC | + 0: 36.7 | |||||
3. |
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Ford Focus RS WRC | + 2: 15.2 | |||||
![]() 18. – 20. May 2007 |
1. |
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Ford Focus RS WRC | 3: 48: 42.0 | 18th | 342.86 km | 82 | 67 |
2. |
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Ford Focus RS WRC | + 0: 29.2 | |||||
3. |
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Citroën C4 WRC | +1: 21.8 | |||||
![]() 1st – 3rd June 2007 |
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Ford Focus RS WRC | 3: 49: 22.6 | 121 | 334.44 km | 64 | 49 |
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Citroën C4 WRC | + 0: 38.6 | |||||
3. |
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Subaru Impreza WRC | +1: 34.1 | |||||
![]() 3rd – 5th August 2007 |
1. |
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Ford Focus RS WRC | 2: 57: 26.1 | 23 | 360.34 km | 97 | 70 |
2. |
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Ford Focus RS WRC | + 0: 24.2 | |||||
3. |
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Citroën C4 WRC | +1: 09.0 | |||||
![]() 17. – 19. August 2007 |
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Citroën C4 WRC | 3: 27: 27.5 | 19th | 356.24 km | 102 | 88 |
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Citroën Xsara WRC | + 0: 20.3 | |||||
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Ford Focus RS WRC | +1: 19.1 | |||||
![]() August 31–2. September 2007 |
1. |
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Ford Focus RS WRC | 3: 52: 53.9 | 18th | 353.56 km | 68 | 59 |
2. |
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Citroën C4 WRC | + 0: 00.3 | |||||
3. |
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Ford Focus RS WRC | +1: 42.8 | |||||
![]() 5th - 7th October 2007 |
1. |
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Citroën C4 WRC | 3: 07: 06.2 | 18th | 352.87 km | 81 | 65 |
2. |
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Citroën C4 WRC | + 0: 13.8 | |||||
3. |
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Ford Focus RS WRC | + 0: 44.2 | |||||
![]() 12-14. October 2007 |
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Citroën C4 WRC | 3: 28: 31.5 | 16 | 359.32 km | 74 | 60 |
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Ford Focus RS WRC | + 0: 23.7 | |||||
3. |
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Citroën C4 WRC | + 0: 44.3 | |||||
![]() 26.-28. October 2007 |
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Ford Focus RS WRC | 3: 23: 57.6 | 27 | 350.19 km | 88 | 72 |
2. |
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Citroën C4 WRC | + 0: 37.4 | |||||
3. |
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Ford Focus RS WRC | + 4: 33.7 | |||||
![]() 16.-18. November 2007 |
1. |
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Citroën C4 WRC | 3: 01: 29.2 | 20th | 328.72 km | 84 | 66 |
2. |
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Citroën C4 WRC | +1: 03.4 | |||||
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Ford Focus RS WRC | +1: 58.2 | |||||
![]() November 30th – 2nd December 2007 |
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Ford Focus RS WRC | 3: 22: 50.9 | 17th | 359.54 km | 84 | 66 |
2. |
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Ford Focus RS WRC | + 0: 15.2 | |||||
3. |
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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 |
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1 | 2 | 14th | 1 | 1 | 1 | DNF | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | DNF | 1 | 3 | 116 |
2 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4th | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4th | 1 | 3 | 2 | DNF | DNF | 2 | 112 |
3 |
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5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4th | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4th | 13 | 1 | 4th | 1 | 99 |
4th |
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2 | 12 | 25th | 4th | 3 | 6th | 3 | 24 | DNF | DNF | 6th | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 65 |
5 |
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6th | DNF | 4th | DNF | 2 | DNF | 5 | 3 | DNF | 6th | 7th | 6th | 5 | DNF | 5 | 4th | 47 |
6th |
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14th | 4th | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 4th | 5 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 15th | 34 |
7th |
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4th | 8th | 19th | 5 | DNF | 7th | 10 | 6th | 4th | 15th | 4th | 8th | 6th | DNF | 42 | 7th | 31 |
8th |
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DNF | DNF | 5 | 7th | 8th | 4th | 9 | 12 | DNF | 8th | 5 | 7th | 4th | 26th | 3 | 10 | 30th |
9 |
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10 | 7th | 12 | 6th | 10 | 8th | 7th | 8th | DNF | DNF | 12 | DNF | 14th | 6th | DNF | 8th | 13 |
10 |
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DNF | 2 | 5 | DNF | DNS | 12 | |||||||||||
11 |
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12 | DNF | 26th | 8th | 12 | 30th | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | DNF | 4th | 7th | 6th | 11 |
12 |
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8th | 10 | 8th | 22nd | DNF | 7th | DNF | 5 | DNF | 7th | 12 | 10 | |||||
13 |
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7th | 6th | DNF | DSQ | 6th | DNS | 7th | 10 | |||||||||
14th |
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5 | 7th | 6th | DNF | DNS | 9 | |||||||||||
15th |
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13 | 6th | 7th | DNS | DNS | 5 | |||||||||||
16 |
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15th | 19th | DNS | 28 | DNF | 11 | 11 | 23 | DNF | 5 | DNF | 4th | |||||
17th |
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25th | DNF | 16 | DNS | 6th | 18th | DNF | 9 | 8th | 36 | DNF | 9 | 4th | ||||
18th |
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DNF | DNF | 9 | 9 | 10 | 6th | 13 | 3 | |||||||||
19th |
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28 | 15th | 13 | 14th | 7th | 12 | 8th | 18th | DNF | 18th | 3 | ||||||
20th |
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9 | 11 | 32 | 14th | 11 | 13 | 7th | 18th | 2 | ||||||||
21st |
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9 | 37 | DNF | DNF | 8th | 11 | 1 | ||||||||||
22nd |
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11 | DNF | 13 | DNF | 8th | 1 | |||||||||||
23 |
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DSQ | 17th | 11 | 8th | DNF | DNF | 19th | 23 | 24 | 1 | |||||||
24 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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