Rally Australia 2015

 Rally Australia 2015

Racing data
10th of 13 rounds of the 2015 World Rally Championship
Surname:	Rally Australia
Date:	11-13 September 2015
Begin:	Coffs Harbor
Exams:	17 tests over 311.36 km
Distance:	1023.70 km
Covering:	gravel
Podium
First:	Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Motorsport
Second:	Jari-Matti Latvala Volkswagen Motorsport
Third:	Kris Meeke Citroën World Rally Team

The 24th Rally Australia took place from September 11th to 13th, 2015. A total of 17 special stages were driven on gravel.

Reports

Volkswagen Motorsport boss Jost Capito, third world championship title in a row

Day 1 (Friday, September 11th)

The Volkswagen drivers Sébastien Ogier , Jari-Matti Latvala and Andreas Mikkelsen opened the first special stage as leaders in the points table of the World Rally Championship . They had to drive the gravel roads free of loose gravel for their subsequent competitors. Dani Sordo (Hyundai) won the first three special stages and took the lead in the overall standings. Kris Meeke (Citroën) won the fourth special stage and replaced Sordo in the lead. In SS five, six and seven, Latvala was two seconds ahead of Meeke for the day. Ogier followed in third place, three seconds behind Latvala. On the first day, the Rally Australia developed into an open exchange of blows between the three brands Hyundai , Citroën and Volkswagen , which meanwhile led the competition. After the first third of the rally, the three brands were in the top five within just 15.9 seconds.

Day 2 (Saturday, September 12th)

After the last special stage, Sébastien Ogier was just ahead of Kris Meeke with a minimal lead of just 0.3 seconds in the overall standings. Meeke took back the lead from Jari-Matti Latvala in the first special stage of the day. The 12th special stage was also a night stage, which turned out to be extremely dangerous. The dust raised by the vehicles remained in the air and significantly impaired the driver's view.

In the morning the young Hayden Paddon (Hyundai) showed his talent when he won SS 9 and 10. In the 11th special stage he lost some time again, he finished the day fifth overall. Fourth place was defended by Andreas Mikkelsen behind team mate Latvala, who was third at the end of the day.

With a win, Ogier could make his third world champion title clear on Sunday. The pressure was therefore on Latvala, who would have to score at least ten points more than Ogier to keep his chance. With a gap of less than three seconds between the first three drivers, there was also an exciting starting position for victory in the Rally Australia .

3rd day (Sunday, September 13th)

The tenth round of the World Rally Championship got off to an exciting start, and the events clearly unfolded on the last day. On the five stages on Sunday, Volkswagen and Sébastien Ogier left no doubt and won all the special stages. With the seventh rally victory this year, Ogier also made himself world champion 2015 ahead of schedule after 2013 and 2014 . Volkswagen made the third manufacturers' title clear, three world championship races before the end of the season. Only Jari-Matti Latvala could have prevented Ogier's third world title, but he had to admit defeat 2.6 seconds behind. Third place went to Kris Meeke (Citroën), who made it safely onto the podium after Andreas Mikkelsen (Volkswagen) had received a ten-second penalty. Mikkelsen had previously arrived at the service park too late.

WRC2

Nasser Al-Attiyah's (Ford Fiesta) lead was 50.3 seconds on the first day of the rally, after problems with the gearbox, Al-Attiyah only had 14.3 seconds until Saturday evening. Yuriy Protasov (Ford Fiesta) won the first three special stages on Sunday. He came within 6.9 seconds before a ten-second penalty for jumping early took away his chance to win. Although Protasov also won the last two special stages, Al-Attiyah was 13.5 seconds ahead in the end.

With the win, Al-Attiyah was 17 points ahead of Protasov in the championship, who moved up to second. Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari (Ford Fiesta) crossed the finish line in third place, more than two minutes behind, and overtook Esapekka Lappi, who had skipped the Rally Australia, in the championship. The new third is eight points behind Protasov.

Registration list

Vehicles not registered as WRC, WRC-2 and WRC-3 were not included in this list.

No driver Co-driver team automobile class 1 Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Volkswagen Motorsport Volkswagen Polo R WRC WRC RC1 2 Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila Volkswagen Motorsport Volkswagen Polo R WRC WRC RC1 3 Kris Meeke Paul Nagle Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT Citroën DS3 WRC WRC RC1 4th Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT Citroën DS3 WRC WRC RC1 5 Elfyn Evans Daniel Barritt M-Sport World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC RC1 6th Ott Tanak Raigo Mölder M-Sport World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC RC1 7th Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai i20 WRC WRC RC1 8th Hayden Paddon John Kennard Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai i20 WRC WRC RC1 9 Andreas Mikkelsen Ola Floene Volkswagen Motorsport II Volkswagen Polo R WRC WRC RC1 20th Dani Sordo Marc Marti Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 WRC WRC RC1 31 Yazeed Al-Rajhi Michael Orr Yazeed Racing Ford Fiesta RRC WRC-2 RC2 37 Lorenzo Bertelli Lorenzo Granai FWRT srl Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC RC1 38 Yuriy Protasov Pavlo Cherepin Yuriy Protasov Ford Fiesta RRC WRC-2 RC2 39 Nasser Al-Attiyah Matthieu Baumel Nasser Al-Attiyah Ford Fiesta RRC WRC-2 RC2 40 Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari Marshall Clarke Youth & Sports Qatar Rally Team Ford Fiesta RRC WRC-2 RC2 42 Scott Pedder Dale Moscatt Drive Dmack II Ford Fiesta R5 WRC-2 RC2 43 Gianluca Linari Nicola Arena Gianluca Linari Subaru Impreza STi N15 WRC-2 RC2 44 Nathan Quinn David Calder rallyproject.com Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX WRC-2 RC2

Icon class WRC WRC works teams and private teams registered for manufacturer points WRC Factory teams and private teams registered for non-manufacturer points WRC-2 Registered for WRC-2 WRC-3 Registered for WRC-3 (JWRC)

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Classifications

Bottom line

rank	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	Residue	Points + Power Stage
WRC
01	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	2: 59: 16.4		25 + 3
02	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	2: 59: 28.7	00: 12.3	18 + 2
03	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën DS3 WRC	2: 59: 49.0	00: 32.6	15th
04th	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola flones	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	2: 59: 54.9	00: 38.5	12 + 1
05	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Hyundai i20 WRC	3: 00: 11.4	00: 55.0	10
06th	Ott Tanak	Raigo Mölder	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3: 00: 54.4	01: 38.0	8th
07th	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 WRC	3: 01: 24.7	02: 08.3	6th
08th	Dani Sordo	Marc Mari	Hyundai i20 WRC	3: 01: 31.6	02: 15.2	4th
09	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3: 03: 50.1	4: 33.7	2
10	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Matthieu Baumel	Ford Fiesta RRC	3: 11: 02.9	11: 46.5	1
WRC2
01 (10)	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Matthieu Baumel	Ford Fiesta RRC	3: 11: 02.9	11: 46.5	25th
02 (11)	Yuriy Protasov	Pavlo Cherepin	Ford Fiesta RRC	3: 11: 16.4	12: 00.0	18th
03 (12)	Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari	Marshall Clarke	Citroën DS3 R5	3: 13: 28.7	14: 12.3	15th
04 (14)	Nathan Quinn	David Calder	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	3: 17: 36.4	18: 20.0	12
05 (19)	Gianluca Linari	Nicola Arena	Subaru Impreza STi N15	3: 40: 34.6	41: 18.2	10
06 (22)	Scott Pedder	Dale Moscatt	Ford Fiesta R5	4: 18: 25.8	1: 19: 09.4	8th

Special stages

Day	WP number	WP name	length	Start AEST ( CEST )	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	Ø km / h	leader
Day 1 September 11th	WP1	Utungun 1	7.88 km	08:18 (00:18)	Dani Sordo	Marc Martí	Hyundai i20 WRC	4: 59.4	94.7 km / h	Dani Sordo
	WP2	Bakers Creek 1	16.75 km	08:41 (00:41)	Dani Sordo	Marc Martí	Hyundai i20 WRC	10: 09.1	99.0 km / h
	WP3	Northbank 1	8.42 km	09:29 (01:29)	Dani Sordo	Marc Martí	Hyundai i20 WRC	5: 53.6	85.7 km / h
	WP4	Newry Long 1	29.51 km	10:42 (02:42)	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën DS3 WRC	16: 56.7	104.5 km / h	Kris Meeke
	Service Park 12:12 (04:12 / 30 min)
	WP5	Utungun 2	7.88 km	14:00 (06:00)	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	4: 53.4	96.7 km / h
	WP6	Bakers Creek 2	16.75 km	14:23 (06:23)	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	9: 50.8	102.1 km / h
	WP7	Northbank 2	8.42 km	14:56 (06:56)	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	5: 47.3	87.3 km / h
	WP8	Newry Long 2	29.51 km	16:09 (08:09)	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	16: 35.5	106.7 km / h	Jari-Matti Latvala
	Service Park 17:19 (09:19 / 45 min)
Day 2 September 12th
	Service Park 08:40 (00:40 / 15 min)
	WP9	Nambucca 1	50.08 km	10:18 (02:18)	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Hyundai i20 WRC	28: 25.1	107.3 km / h	Kris Meeke
	WP10	Valla 1	7.94 km	12:08 (04:08)	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Hyundai i20 WRC	4: 24.8	107.9 km / h
	Service Park 13:48 (05:48 / 30 min)
	WP11	Nambucca 2	50.80 km	15:41 (07:41)	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	27: 47.6	109.7 km / h
	WP12	Valla 2 (night test)	7.94 km	18:10 (10:10)	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	4: 25.1	107.8 km / h	Sébastien Ogier
	Service Park 19:30 (11:30 / 45 min)
Day 3 September 13th
	Service Park 07:10 (23:10 / 15 min)
	WP13	Bucca Long 1	21.95 km	07:58 (23:58)	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	12: 29.7	105.4 km / h
	WP14	Wedding Bells 1	9.23 km	9:08 (01:08)	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	5: 13.0	106.2 km / h
	WP15	Settles RD	6.40 km	09:39 (01:39)	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3: 06.6	123.5 km / h
	Service Park 10:39 (02:39 / 30 min)
	WP16	Bucca Long 2	21.95 km	11:42 (03:42)	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	12: 24.1	106.2 km / h
	WP17	Wedding Bells 2 (power stage)	9.23 km	13:08 (05:08)	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	5: 11.2	106.8 km / h
	Service Park 14:01 (06:01 / 10 min)

* During the specified times, you can work on the cars in the Service Park.
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Driver ranking after the rally

The scoring system for the first ten drivers is 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1. For the power stage, the three fastest drivers each receive 3-2-1 bonus points for the drivers' world championship.

Item	driver	Points
01	Sébastien Ogier	235
02	Jari-Matti Latvala	134
03	Andreas Mikkelsen	111
04th	Mads Østberg	90
05	Thierry Neuville	86
06th	Kris Meeke	71
0	Elfyn Evans	63
08th	Ott Tanak	62
09	Hayden Paddon	56
	Dani Sordo	56

Individual evidence

1. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Extraordinary start in Australia , accessed on September 12, 2015.
2. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Ogier in the lead - Controversial night test , accessed on September 12, 2015.
3. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Sebastian Ogier wins Rally Australia and third world title , accessed on September 13, 2015.
4. ↑ wrc.com: Nasser Al-Attiyah won the WRC-2 category , accessed on September 13, 2015.
5. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Entry list , accessed on August 22, 2015.
6. ↑ rallyaustralia.com.au: Rally Guide ( memento of the original from September 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on August 22, 2015. 

Web links

• Information and results at http://www.wrc.com/
• Official Site Rally Australia http://www.rallyaustralia.com.au/

Coordinates: 30 ° 17 '  S , 153 ° 7'  E