Rally France 2014
| Racing data | |
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| 11th of 13 rounds of the 2014 World Rally Championship | |
| Surname: | Rally France |
| Date: | 3rd to 5th October 2014 |
| Begin: | Strasbourg |
| Exams: | 18 tests over 303.63 km |
| Distance: | 1232.9 km |
| Covering: | asphalt |
| Podium | |
| First: |
 Jari-Matti Latvala Volkswagen Motorsport
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| Second: |
 Andreas Mikkelsen Volkswagen Motorsport
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| Third: |
 Kris Meeke Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT
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The 5th Rally France (Alsace) took place from 3rd to 5th October 2014. A total of 18 special stages were driven on asphalt.
Reports
1st day (Friday, October 3rd)
Jari-Matti Latvala and Andreas Mikkelsen were in front at the Rally France after the first day. Latvala and Mikkelsen set all the best times for Volkswagen on Friday, Latvala won four special stages and Mikkelsen three special stages. In the evening Latvala was in the lead with 8.2 seconds ahead of the overall standings. Sébastien Ogier could have become world champion at home. However, on the first day of the rally he suffered several setbacks. Ogier lost more than four minutes in the overall standings due to a defective shift sensor. After co-driver Julien Ingrassia made a mistake during a time check while stamping, the duo received an additional penalty of four minutes. With almost nine minutes behind on the first day, Ogier and Ingrassia could hardly win the rally.
Quote from Jari-Matti Latvala: "I dream of winning an asphalt rally and today I made a good step in that direction."
Day 2 (Saturday, October 4th)
The focus of the second day was the duel for fourth place between Dani Sordo (Hyundai) and Robert Kubica (Ford). Former Formula 1 driver Kubica was faster than Sordo all day and he came within nine tenths of a second. Jari-Matti Latvala started Sunday with a lead of 28 seconds over his Volkswagen team-mate Andreas Mikkelsen . Kris Meeke (Citroën) was in third place. The greatest tension was in the chasing field. Mikko Hirvonen (Ford) also expected fourth place, as he was only 12.9 seconds short of Sordo.
3rd day (Sunday, October 5th)
Jari-Matti Latvala showed a convincing and sovereign performance over the past three days, he made no mistakes and took his first victory on asphalt. With this victory, Latvala postponed the title decision in the drivers' championship. He is 27 points behind Ogier. Sébastien Ogier finished his home rally in 13th place and won three points for the world championship thanks to the fastest time in the power stage. Robert Kubica showed his best rally and finished in fourth place. However, just before the end he made a mistake. Kubica flew off the slightly damp road in the power stage. The Ford Fiesta RS WRC got stuck between the trees and dug into the earth. With Kubica's departure, Dani Sordo inherited fourth place. That made the Spaniard the best Hyundai driver. M-Sport driver Elfyn Evans (Ford) caught up with Mads Østberg (Citroën) in the last special stage and finished sixth.
Alastair Fisher (Citroën) won the Rally France in the junior classification (JWRC) of the World Rally Championship (WRC). The 2014 championship title in this class was secured with fourth place by Frenchman Stéphane Lefebvre with co-driver Thomas Dubois , who just like Fisher drove a Citroën DS3 R3T.
Registration list
Vehicles not registered as WRC, WRC-2 and WRC-3 were not included in this list.
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Classifications
Bottom line
| rank | driver | Co-driver | automobile | time | Residue | Points + Power Stage | |
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| WRC | |||||||
| 1 |
Jari-Matti Latvala
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Miikka Anttila
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 2: 38: 19. Jan. | 25 + 1 | ||
| 2 |
Andreas Mikkelsen
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Mikko Markkula
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 2: 39: 03.9 | 0:44. 8 | 18th | |
| 3 |
Kris Meeke
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 Paul Nagle
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Citroën DS3 WRC | 2: 55: 02. 0 | 1: 05.3 | 15th | |
| 4th |
 Dani Sordo
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Marc Marti
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Hyundai i20 WRC | 2:40:07. 8 | 1: 48. 7 | 12 | |
| 5 |
Mikko Hirvonen
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Jarmo Lehtinen
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Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 2:40:19. 8 | 2: 00.7 | 10 | |
| 6th |
Elfyn Evans
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Daniel Barritt
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Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 2: 41: 19. 9 | 3: 00.8 | 8 + 2 | |
| 7th |
Mads Østberg
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 Jonas Andersson
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Citroën DS3 WRC | 2: 41: 21. 6 | 3: 02.5 | 6th | |
| 8th |
 Thierry Neuville
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Nicolas Gilsoul
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Hyundai i20 WRC | 2: 42: 27. 5 | 4: 08.4 | 4th | |
| 9 |
Bryan Bouffier
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Xavier Panseri
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Hyundai i20 WRC | 2:42:32. 0 | 4: 12. 9 | 2 | |
| 10 |
 Martin Prokop
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Jan Tománek
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Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 2: 44: 26. 6 | 6: 07.5 | 1 | |
| WRC-2 | |||||||
| 1 (15) |
Gilbert Quentin
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Renaud Jamoul
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Ford Fiesta R5 | 2: 48: 56. 8 | 25th | ||
| 2 (17) |
 Bernardo Sousa
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Hugo Magalhães
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Ford Fiesta RRC | 2: 49: 04.9 | 0: 08.1 | 18th | |
| 3 (18) |
Sébastien Chardonnet
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Thibault de la Haye
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Citroën DSR3 R5 | 2: 51: 04.1 | 2: 07.3 | 15th | |
| 4 (28) |
Pontus Tidemand
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Patrik Barth
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Ford Fiesta R5 | 3:04:32. 1 | 15:35. 3 | 12 | |
| 5 (47) |
 Yaroslav Koltun
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Ireneusz Pleskot
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Ford Fiesta R5 | 3: 18: 24. Jan. | 29: 27. 3 | 10 | |
| 6 (49) |
Johan Heloise
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 Roberto Mometti
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Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 3:20:33. 5 | 31: 36. 7 | 8th | |
| 7 (60) |
 Jourdan Serderidis
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Frederic Miclotte
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Ford Fiesta R5 | 3: 32: 37. 9 | 43: 41. 1 | 6th | |
| WRC-3 | |||||||
| 1 (21) |
Alastair Fisher
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Gordon Noble
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Citroën DS3 R3T | 2:57:06. 5th | 25th | ||
| 2 (22) |
Eric Camilli
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Maxim Vilmot
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Citroën DS3 R3T | 2: 57: 57. 4 | 0:50. 9 | 18th | |
| 3 (23) |
Quentin Giordano
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Valentin Sarreaud
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Citroën DS3 R3T | 2: 58: 27. 5 | 1: 21. 0 | 15th | |
| 4 (24) |
Stéphane Lefebvre
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Thomas Dubois
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Citroën DS3 R3T | 2: 58: 48. 5 | 1: 42. 0 | 12 | |
| 5 (25) |
Yohan Rossel
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Benoît Fulcrand
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Citroën DS3 R3T | 3: 00:15. 3 | 3: 08.8 | 10 | |
| 6 (39) |
Aron Domzala
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Szymon Gospodarczyk
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Citroën DS3 R3T | 3: 14: 11. 6 | 17:05. 1 | 8th | |
| 7 (40) |
 Martin Koči
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Lukáš Kostka
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Citroën DS3 R3T | 3: 14: 23. 3 | 17:16 | 6th | |
Special stages
| Day | WP number |
WP name |
length | winner | Co-driver | team | time | Ø km / h | leader | |
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| Day 1 (Oct 3rd) |
WP1 | Col de la Charbonnière 1 | 11.11 km |
Jari-Matti Latvala
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Miikka Anttila
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 5: 34.9 | 119.4 km / h |
Jari-Matti Latvala
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| WP2 | Vosges - Pays d'Ormont 1 | 34.34 km |
Andreas Mikkelsen
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Ola Floene
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 18: 33.5 | 111.0 km / h |
Andreas Mikkelsen
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| WP3 | Pays de Salm 1 | 9.59 km |
Jari-Matti Latvala
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Miikka Anttila
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 4: 54.6 | 117.4 km / h |
Jari-Matti Latvala
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| WP4 | Col de la Charbonnière 2 | 11.11 km |
Andreas Mikkelsen
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Ola Floene
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 5: 35.3 | 119.4 km / h | |||
| WP5 | Vosges - Pays d'Ormont 2 | 34.34 km |
Jari-Matti Latvala
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Miikka Anttila
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 18: 31.5 | 111.3 km / h | |||
| WP6 | Pays de Salm 2 | 9.59 km |
Jari-Matti Latvala
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Miikka Anttila
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 4: 53.2 | 117.8 km / h | |||
| WP7 | Strasbourg (Super Special Stage) | 4.67 km |
Dani Sordo
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Marc Marti
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Hyundai i20 WRC | 3: 35.3 | 78.2 km / h | |||
| Day 2 (Oct 4th) |
WP8 | Vallée de Munster 1 | 18.90 km |
Jari-Matti Latvala
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Miikka Anttila
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 9: 13.1 | 123.0 km / h | ||
| WP9 | Soultzeren - Le Grand Hohnack 1 | 19.93 km |
Jari-Matti Latvala
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Miikka Anttila
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 9: 33.4 | 125.2 km / h | |||
| WP10 | Pays Which - Riquewihr 1 | 21.49 km |
Jari-Matti Latvala
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Miikka Anttila
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 12: 04.7 | 106.8 km / h | |||
| WP11 | Vallée de Munster 2 | 18.90 km |
Jari-Matti Latvala
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Miikka Anttila
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 9: 06.9 | 124.4 km / h | |||
| WP12 | Soultzeren - Le Grand Hohnack 2 | 19.93 km |
Sébastien Ogier
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Julien Ingrassia
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 9: 31.4 | 125.6 km / h | |||
| WP13 | Pays Which - Riquewihr 2 | 21.49 km |
Sébastien Ogier
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Julien Ingrassia
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 11: 56.9 | 107.9 km / h | |||
| WP14 | Mulhouse (Super Special Stage) | 4.86 km |
Jari-Matti Latvala
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Miikka Anttila
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 3: 22.8 | 86.2 km / h | |||
| Day 3 (Oct 5th) |
WP15 | Forêt de La Petite Pierre 1 | 12.33 km |
Robert Kubica
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Maciej Szczepaniak
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Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 6: 10.5 | 119.9 km / h | ||
| WP16 | Forêt de Saverne 1 | 19.36 km |
Sébastien Ogier
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Julien Ingrassia
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 9: 26.9 | 122.8 km / h | |||
| WP17 | Forêt de La Petite Pierre 2 | 12.33 km |
Mads Østberg
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Jonas Andersson
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Citroën DS3 WRC | 6: 07.2 | 120.9 km / h | |||
| WP18 | Forêt de Saverne 2 (Power Stage) | 19.36 km |
Sébastien Ogier
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Julien Ingrassia
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 9: 20.8 | 124.2 km / h | |||
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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.
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Media (German)
Web
The official website of the World Rally Championship, wrc.com, reported live daily from the event. The websites rallye-magazin.de, volkswagen-motorsport.de and motorsport-total.com, along with other magazines, kept those interested in rallying up to date.
watch TV
Sport1 ran a 30-minute daily report on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Sport1 + broadcast the 18th Power Stage special stage live on Sunday. Servus TV brought a 60-minute summary in the late evening program on the Monday after the rally. Motors TV broadcast a 25-minute daily report on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and a 45-minute summary in the week after the rally, which was repeated several times.
Web links
- Information and results at http://www.wrc.com/
Individual evidence
- ↑ motorsport-total.com: Volkswagen in France with Latvala and Mikkelsen in front , October 4, 2014
- ↑ wrc.com: Latvala sets the pace on the first day in France , October 4, 2014
- ↑ motorsport-total.com: SS14: Sordo defends fourth place against Kubica , October 4th, 2014
- ↑ motorsport-total.com: France: Latvala celebrates first victory on asphalt , October 5th, 2014
- ↑ motorsport-total.com: Lefebvre new JWRC champion , October 21, 2014
- ↑ ewrc-results.com: Entry list , September 20, 2014
- ↑ Stage times (wrc.com on October 4th, 2014)
Coordinates: 48 ° 35 ' N , 7 ° 45' E
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