Rally Germany 2015

 Rally Germany 2015

Racing data
9th of 13 rounds of the 2015 World Rally Championship
Surname:	Rally Germany
Date:	20.-23. August 2015
Begin:	trier
Exams:	21 tests over 374.43 km
Distance:	1,397.5 km
Covering:	asphalt
Podium
First:	Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Motorsport
Second:	Jari-Matti Latvala Volkswagen Motorsport
Third:	Andreas Mikkelsen Volkswagen Motorsport

The 33rd Rally Germany was held from August 20 to 23, 2015. A total of 21 special stages were driven on asphalt.

Reports

Shakedown (Thursday, August 20)

Jari-Matti Latvala (Volkswagen) won the shakedown for Rallye Deutschland , the ninth round of the 2015 World Rally Championship . Latvala completed the 4.6 kilometer test course at Konz in the third attempt in a time of 2: 21.4 minutes. He was followed by team mate Andreas Mikkelsen 0.2 seconds and Kris Meeke (Citroën) 0.7 seconds behind.

For one driver, the Rally Germany was over before it really started. Privateer Lorenzo Bertelli (Ford) had to cancel his participation. At the beginning of the week he was suspected of being ill with food poisoning and was therefore unable to complete all of the exams during the inspection.

Day 1 (Friday, August 21)

After Sébastien Ogier (Volkswagen) had won the first two special stages, Jari-Matti Latvala took the lead with a fastest time in SS 3. But only with a wafer-thin lead of 0.1 seconds. In the afternoon Ogier got faster and faster on the second run through the special stages. After SS 5 he took the lead and pulled away from Latvala. With seven best times in eight special stages, Ogier was 9.5 seconds ahead of Latvala.

In third place (+34.9 seconds), Andreas Mikkelsen completed Volkswagen's good day's result. Mikkelsen was unable to keep up with his teammates' pace, but there was no danger from behind, as Dani Sordo (Hyundai) was more than 30 seconds behind him.

Kris Meeke (Citroën) drove in fourth place for a long time , but then made a driving error. On the sixth special stage, Meeke went off the track, but was initially able to continue his journey. His left front suspension broke in a depression, probably a result of the previous accident. Meeke was able to repair the damage poorly, but was only able to continue at a slow pace afterwards. More than ten minutes behind the leaders, he fell out of the top ten places.

Day 2 (Saturday, August 22nd)

Sébastien Ogier was faster than his teammate Jari-Matti Latvala in the two longest special stages on the armored plate with over 45 kilometers . On Saturday morning Ogier had a lead of around nine seconds, by the evening he increased it to 33.8 seconds. Ogier was having a good day, too. He won six out of nine special stages on Saturday. With Andreas Mikkelsen , the third Volkswagen driver was still on the podium.

Hyundai drivers Dani Sordo and Thierry Neuville fought for fourth place. Neuville passed his team-mate first, but Sordo hit back despite problems with the transmission. At the end of the day, Sordo was ahead with 9.5 seconds.

Elfyn Evans (Ford) took sixth position. Evans said he was too aggressive with the tires. Mads Østberg (Citroën) followed just 3.2 seconds behind Evans . Østberg benefited from problems at Ott Tänak (Ford) and Hayden Paddon (Hyundai). Tänak got off the track and was only able to restart the engine that had died after about a minute. Paddon was not aware of any mistakes and could not explain the loss of time. His mechanics solved the riddle, the turbo was faulty.

Stéphane Lefebvre got to drive a DS3 WRC from Citroën for the first time . The debutant in the top class of the WRC impressed with a second place in the twelfth special stage.

A broken drive shaft braked Martin Prokop (Ford). Kevin Abbring (Hyundai) lost time due to a defective power steering and Robert Kubica (Ford) retired with a damaged suspension after several previous accidents.

3rd day (Sunday 23 August)

Two times, in 2013 and 2014 , Volkswagen failed in its home rally. The third attempt was now a triple success. Sébastien Ogier won ahead of his teammates Jari-Matti Latvala and Andreas Mikkelsen . Ogier made another big step towards world title number three. For Volkswagen it was the third triple victory of the season.

The Hyundai drivers Thierry Neuville and Dani Sordo , who finished first and second in the Rallye Deutschland last year, were unable to counter the Volkswagen this year. The two fought an exciting duel for fourth place, which team boss Michel Nandan put an end to with a team order with a view to the constructors' championship. Sordo finished fourth and Neuville fifth. Thanks to these rankings, Hyundai overtook the Citroën team in the constructors' world championship.

“It's a big win, I'm very relieved. The pressure was great this weekend because everyone expected us to win. "

- Sébastien Ogier : motorsport-total.com

WRC2

By winning the Rallye Deutschland, Jan Kopecký had completed the winning hat trick for the Škoda Fabia R5 in the WRC2 class. At the same time there was a premiere: Kopecký celebrated the first World Championship victory for the new Škoda rally car on asphalt together with co-driver Pavel Dresler. Eric Camilli came second in the Ford Fiesta R5 . The second Škoda works driver Esapekka Lappi shone with seven special stage best times. A slip in the second special stage of the rally had robbed him of all chances of a result in the top ranks. In the end, it was enough for 13th place.

In the overall WRC2 table, defending champion Nasser Al-Attiyah is the new leader with 72 points. At his premiere in the Škoda Fabia R5 as a privateer, Al-Attiyah worked his way up to fourth place in the ranking. Lappi follows in second place with 70 and Ketomaa with 67 points.

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 Dani Sordo Marc Marti Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai i20 WRC WRC RC1 9 Andreas Mikkelsen Ola Floene Volkswagen Motorsport II Volkswagen Polo R WRC WRC RC1 10 Kevin Abbring Sebastian Marshall Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 WRC WRC RC1 12 Stéphane Lefebvre Stéphane Prévot Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT Citroën DS3 WRC WRC RC1 14th Robert Kubica Maciej Szczepaniak RK World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC RC1 20th Hayden Paddon John Kennard Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 WRC WRC RC1 21st Martin Prokop Jan Tománek Jipocar ​​Czech National Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC RC1 22nd Jaroslav Melichárek Erik Melichárek Jaroslav Melichárek Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC RC1 33 Massimiliano Rendina Emanuele Inglesi Motorsport Italia Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X WRC-2 RC2 34 Quentin Giordano Valentin Sarreaud Quentin Giordano Citroën DS3 R5 WRC-2 RC2 35 Jourdan Serderidis Frederic Miclotte Jourdan Serderidis Citroën DS3 R5 WRC-2 RC2 38 Nasser Al-Attiyah Matthieu Baumel Nasser Al-Attiyah Škoda Fabia R5 WRC-2 RC2 39 Esapekka Lappi Janne Ferm Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia R5 WRC-2 RC2 40 Armin Kremer Pirmin Winkelhofer Baumschlager Rally & Racing Škoda Fabia R5 WRC-2 RC2 42 Craig Breen Scott Martin Sainteloc Junior Team Peugeot 208 T16 WRC-2 RC2 43 Julien Maurin Nicolas Klingler Julien Maurin Ford Fiesta RRC WRC-2 RC2 44 Eric Camilli Benjamin Veillas Oreca Ford Fiesta R5 WRC-2 RC2 45 Jan Kopecký Pavel Dresler Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia R5 WRC-2 RC2 47 Jonathan Hirschi Vincent Landais Jonathan Hirschi Peugeot 208 T16 WRC-2 RC2 48 Fabian Kreim Frank Christian Škoda Auto Germany Škoda Fabia R5 WRC-2 RC2 49 Martin Koči Lukáš Kostka Peugeot Sport Slovakia Peugeot 208 T16 WRC-2 RC2 50 Nile Solans Sotos Miquel Ibáñez ACSM rally team Peugeot 208 T16 WRC-2 RC2 70 Dimitry Biryukov Evgeniy Kalachev TGS Worldwide OU Škoda Fabia S2000 WRC-2 RC2 71 Joan Carchat Claudio Ribeiro ACSM rally team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X WRC-2 RC2 73 Eamonn Boland Michael Joseph Morrissey Eamonn Boland Subaru Impreza WRX STi 4 D WRC-2 RC2 74 Enrico Brazzoli Maurizio Barone Enrico Brazzoli Subaru Impreza STi WRC-2 RC2 75 Andrea Crugnola Michele Ferrara Renault Sport Technologies Renault Clio RS R3T WRC-3 RC3 76 Teemu Suninen Mikko Markkula Oreca Ford Fiesta R5 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)

Source:

Classifications

Bottom line

rank	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	Residue	Points + Power Stage
WRC
01	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3: 35: 49.5		25th
02	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3: 36: 12.5	00: 23.0	18 + 3
03	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola flones	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3: 37: 46.1	01: 56.6	15th
04th	Dani Sordo	Marc Mari	Hyundai i20 WRC	3: 37: 58.8	02: 09.3	12 + 1
05	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 WRC	3: 38: 23.3	02: 33.8	10
06th	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3: 38: 41.6	02: 52.1	8th
07th	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Citroën DS3 WRC	3: 39: 02.0	03: 12.5	6th
08th	Ott Tanak	Raigo Mölder	Ford Fiesta R WRC	3: 40: 16.1	04: 26.6	4th
09	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Hyundai i20 WRC	3: 40: 36.3	04: 46.8	2
10	Stéphane Lefebvre	Stéphane Prévot	Citroën DS3 WRC	3: 40: 44.0	04: 54.5	1
WRC2
01 (13)	Jan Kopecký	Pavel Dresler	Škoda Fabia R5	3: 47: 18.8	11: 29.3	25th
02 (14)	Eric Camilli	Benjamin Veillas	Ford Fiesta R5	3: 51: 32.6	15: 43.1	18th
03 (15)	Quentin Giordano	Valentin Sarreaud	Citroën DS3 R5	3: 53: 33.5	17: 44.0	15th
04 (16)	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Matthieu Baumel	Škoda Fabia R5	3: 53: 55.3	18: 08.8	12
05 (17)	Craig Breen	Scott Martin	Peugeot 208 T16	3: 54: 12.8	18: 23.3	10
06 (18)	Teemu Suninen	Mikko Markkula	Ford Fiesta R5	3: 54: 22.0	18: 32.5	8th
07 (19)	Nile Solans	Sotos Miquel Ibáñez	Peugeot 208 T16	4: 03: 37.6	27: 48.1	6th
08 (20)	Fabian Kreim	Frank Christian	Škoda Fabia R5	4: 04: 12.1	28: 22.6	4th
09 (22)	Joan Carchat	Claudio Ribeiro	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	4: 10: 54.1	35: 04.6	2
10 (27)	Julien Maurin	Nicolas Klingler	Ford Fiesta RRC	4: 15: 39.8	39: 50.3	1
WRC3
01 (21)	Andrea Crugnola	Michele Ferrara	Renault Clio RS R3T	4: 07: 48.8	0: 31: 59.3	25th

Kris Meeke (Citroën / 12th overall) took second place in the Power Stage and won two world championship points.

Special stages

Day	WP number	WP name	length	Start CEST	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	Ø km / h	leader
Day 1 August 21	WP1	Sauertal 1	14.84 km	08:30	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	7: 58.4	111.7 km / h	Sébastien Ogier
	WP2	Waxweiler 1	16.40 km	09:43	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	9: 33.1	103.0 km / h
	WP3	Moselland 1	23.24 km	11:05	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	14: 01.1	99.5 km / h	Jari-Matti Latvala
	WP4	Middle Moselle 1	13.67 km	11:50	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	8: 06.9	101.1 km / h
	Service Park 1:40 p.m. (30 min)
	WP5	Sauertal 2	14.84 km	14:40	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	7: 56.4	112.1 km / h	Sébastien Ogier
	WP6	Waxweiler 2	16.40 km	15:53	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	9: 38.5	102.1 km / h
	WP7	Moselland 2	23.24 km	17:15	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	13: 54.2	100.3 km / h
	WP8	Middle Moselle 2	13.67 km	18:00	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	8: 02.6	102.0 km / h
	Service Park 7:30 p.m. (45 min)
Day 2 August 22nd
	Service Park 6:12 a.m. (15 minutes)
	WP9	County 1	18.35 km	07:34	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	10: 44.1	102.6 km / h
	WP10	Bosenberg 1	17.13 km	09:02	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	9: 14.9	111.1 km / h
	WP11	Arena armor plate 1	2.87 km	10:32	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	1: 46.5	97.0 km / h
	WP12	Arena armor plate 2	2.87 km	10:45	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	1: 45.6	97.8 km / h
	WP13	Panzerplatte Long 1	45.61 km	11:05	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	25: 39.1	103.7 km / h
	Service Park 1:54 p.m. (30 min)
	WP14	County 2	23.38 km	15:31	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	10: 41.2	103.0 km / h
	WP15	Arena armor plate 3	2.87 km	17:06	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	1: 45.7	97.7 km / h
	WP16	Panzerplatte Long 2	45.61 km	17:26	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	25: 34.0	107.0 km / h
	WP17	Bosenberg 2	17.13 km	18:47	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	9: 13.6	111.4 km / h
	Service Park 8:52 p.m. (45 min)
Day 3 August 23
	Service Park 6:12 a.m. (15 minutes)
	WP18	Stone & Wine 1	19.59 km	07:07	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	10: 48.0	108.8 km / h
	WP19	Dhrontal 1	14.08 km	08:11	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	9: 10.5	92.1 km / h
	WP20	Stone & Wine 2	19.59 km	10:31	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	10: 45.7	109.2 km / h
	WP21	Dhrontal 2 ( power stage )	14.08 km	12:08	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	9: 07.4	92.6 km / h
	Service Park 1:11 p.m. (10 min)

* During the specified times, you can work on the cars in the Service Park.
Source:

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	207
02	Jari-Matti Latvala	114
03	Andreas Mikkelsen	98
04th	Mads Østberg	90
05	Thierry Neuville	80
06th	Elfyn Evans	61
0	Kris Meeke	56
08th	Ott Tanak	54
09	Dani Sordo	52
10	Hayden Paddon	46

Individual evidence

1. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Latvala fastest in shakedown , accessed on August 21, 2015
2. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Sebastien Ogier leads after day 1 , accessed on August 22, 2015
3. ↑ wrc.com: Ogier on course for victory in Germany , accessed on August 23, 2015
4. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Ogier gives Volkswagen the home win , accessed on August 23, 2015
5. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Jan Kopecky perfect winning hat trick for Skoda , accessed on August 25, 2015
6. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Entry list , accessed on August 5, 2015
7. ↑ adac-rallye-deutschland.de: itinerary 2015 ( Memento of the original from July 2, 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 August 8, 2015 

Web links

• Information and results at http://www.wrc.com/
• Official website Rallye Deutschland http://www.adac-rallye-deutschland.de/