Rally Germany 2007
Racing data | |
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10th of 16 rounds of the 2007 World Rally Championship | |
Surname: | Rally Germany |
Date: | 17th-19th August 2007 |
Begin: | trier |
Exams: | 19 tests over 356.27 km |
Distance: | 1227.04 km |
Covering: | asphalt |
Podium | |
First: |
Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total World Rally Team |
Second: |
François Duval OMV Kronos Citroën WRT |
Third: |
Mikko Hirvonen Ford Abu Dhabi WRT |
The 26th Rallye Deutschland was the tenth of 16 FIA World Championship races in 2007. The rally consisted of 19 special stages and was held between 17th and 19th August.
Race report
Sébastien Loeb (Citroën) had won the Rallye Deutschland for the sixth time in a row, something no other driver had done before. Loeb completed the 19 special stages in the three days from Friday to Sunday in a total time of 3: 27: 27.5 hours. In the drivers' world championship, the defending champion won five points on the leading Marcus Grönholm (Ford), who had lost two places on Sunday due to a driving error and ended up in fourth place.
François Duval (Citroën) drove a flawless rally and secured second place overall. The privateer won all five special stages on Sunday and worked his way up to second place on the last kilometers of the "Moselwein 2" stage (SS19). In the end, he was only 20.3 seconds short of Loeb.
Third place went to Ford works driver Mikko Hirvonen , who lost 58.8 seconds to Loeb.
Private Jan Kopecký (Škoda) finished fifth, ahead of Petter Solberg (Subaru) and Toni Gardemeister (Citroën). Solberg had a moment of shock when a cow stood in the middle of the street that he was just able to avoid.
Classifications
Bottom line
Item | driver | Co-driver | automobile | time | Residue | Points |
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WRC | ||||||
1 | Sébastien Loeb | Daniel Elena | Citroën C4 WRC | 3: 27: 27.5 | 10 | |
2 | François Duval | Patrick Pivato | Citroën Xsara WRC | 3: 27: 47.8 | 00: 20.3 | 8th |
3 | Mikko Hirvonen | Jarmo Lehtinen | Ford Focus RS WRC | 3: 28: 46.6 | 01: 19.1 | 6th |
4th | Marcus Grönholm | Timo Rautiainen | Ford Focus RS WRC | 3: 29: 04.0 | 01: 36.5 | 5 |
5 | Jan Kopecký | Filip Schovánek | Škoda Fabia WRC | 3: 30: 34.6 | 03: 07.1 | 4th |
6th | Petter Solberg | Phil Mills | Subaru Impreza WRC | 3: 30: 42.2 | 03: 14.7 | 3 |
7th | Toni Gardemeister | Jakke Honkanen | Citroën Xsara WRC | 3: 31: 05.0 | 03: 37.5 | 2 |
8th | Jari-Matti Latvala | Miikka Anttila | Ford Focus RS WRC | 3: 32: 56.8 | 05: 29.3 | 1 |
JWRC | ||||||
1 (11) | Martin Prokop | Jan Tománek | Citroën C2 S1600 | 3: 52: 26.9 | 24: 59.4 | 10 |
2 (12) | Urmo Aava | Kuldar Sikk | Suzuki Swift S1600 | 3: 53: 16.4 | 25: 48.9 | 8th |
3 (14) | Conrad Rautenbach | David Sr. | Citroën C2 S1600 | 3: 54: 42.8 | 27: 15.3 | 6th |
4 (20) | Aaron Burkart | Michael Koelbach | Citroën C2 S1600 | 3: 56: 51.0 | 29: 23.5 | 5 |
5 (25) | Jozef Béreš jun. | Petr Starý | Renault Clio S1600 | 4: 01: 16.5 | 33: 49.0 | 4th |
6 (27) | Jaan Mölder Jr. | Katrin Becker | Suzuki Swift S1600 | 4: 01: 49.3 | 34: 21.8 | 3 |
7 (30) | Yoann Bonato | Benjamin Boulloud | Citroën C2 R2 | 4: 05: 32.5 | 38: 05.0 | 2 |
8 (32) | Aigar Pars | Ken Järveoja | Citroën C2 S1600 | 4: 05: 48.3 | 38: 20.8 | 1 |
Special stages
Day | WP number |
Start CET | WP name | length | driver | automobile | time | Ø km / h | leader |
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Day 1 Aug 17 |
WP1 | 10:13 | Ruwertal / Fell 1 | 19.79 km | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 11: 04.2 | 107.26 km / h | Sébastien Loeb |
WP2 | 11:26 | County of Veldenz 1 | 23.40 km | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 13: 12.4 | 106.31 km / h | ||
WP3 | 12:09 | Beautiful Moselle region 1 | 21.46 km | François Duval | Citroën Xsara WRC | 12: 22.9 | 103.99 km / h | ||
WP4 | 15:17 | Ruwertal / Fell 2 | 19.79 km | Mikko Hirvonen | Ford Focus RS WRC | 11: 34.2 | 102.63 km / h | ||
WP5 | 16:30 | County of Veldenz 2 | 23.40 km | François Duval | Citroën Xsara WRC | 13: 30.6 | 103.92 km / h | ||
WP6 | 17:13 | Beautiful Moselland 2 | 21.46 km | Chris Atkinson | Subaru Impreza WRC | 12: 18.5 | 104.61 km / h | François Duval | |
Day 2 Aug 18 |
WP7 | 08:33 | St Wendeler Land 1 | 16.37 km | Mikko Hirvonen | Ford Focus RS WRC | 8: 52.6 | 110.65 km / h | Sébastien Loeb |
WP8 | 09:06 | Bosenberg 1 | 19.00 km | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 10: 39.5 | 106.96 km / h | ||
WP9 | 10:29 | Erzweiler 1 | 16.51 km | Marcus Grönholm | Ford Focus RS WRC | 9: 55.9 | 99.74 km / h | ||
WP10 | 11:02 | Arena armor plate 1 | 30.54 km | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 17: 57.4 | 102.05 km / h | ||
WP11 | 14:45 | St Wendeler Land 2 | 16.37 km | Mikko Hirvonen | Ford Focus RS WRC | 8: 51.6 | 110.86 km / h | ||
WP12 | 15:18 | Bosenberg 2 | 19.00 km | Chris Atkinson | Subaru Impreza WRC | 10: 27.4 | 109.02 km / h | ||
WP13 | 16:41 | Erzweiler 2 | 16.51 km | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 9: 45.5 | 101.51 km / h | ||
WP14 | 17:14 | Arena armor plate 2 | 30.54 km | Chris Atkinson | Subaru Impreza WRC | 17: 49.8 | 102.77 km / h | ||
Day 3 Aug 19 |
WP15 | 09:18 | Dhrontal 1 | 11.14 km | François Duval | Citroën Xsara WRC | 6: 59.2 | 95.67 km / h | |
WP16 | 09:46 | Moselle wine 1 | 18.70 km | François Duval | Citroën Xsara WRC | 10: 40.3 | 105.14 km / h | ||
WP17 | 11:11 | Circus Maximus Trier | 4.36 km | François Duval | Citroën Xsara WRC | 3: 11.4 | 82.00 km / h | ||
WP18 | 13:24 | Dhrontal 2 | 11.14 km | François Duval | Citroën Xsara WRC | 6: 53.4 | 97.01 km / h | ||
WP19 | 13:52 | Moselle wine 2 | 18.70 km | François Duval | Citroën Xsara WRC | 10: 32.7 | 106.40 km / h |
Source:
Individual evidence
- ↑ motorsport-total.com: Loeb wins Rallye Deutschland - Duval second , accessed on December 29, 2015
- ↑ ewrc-results.com: 26th ADAC Rallye Deutschland 2007 , accessed on December 29, 2015