Rally Catalonia 2014
| Racing data | |
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| 12th of 13 rounds of the 2014 World Rally Championship | |
| Surname: | Rally Catalonia (Spain) |
| Date: | 23-26 October 2014 |
| Begin: | Salou |
| Exams: | 16 tests over 369.76 km |
| Distance: | 1167.76 km |
| Covering: | Asphalt / gravel |
| Podium | |
| First: |
 Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Motorsport
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| Second: |
 Jari-Matti Latvala Volkswagen Motorsport
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| Third: |
Mikko Hirvonen M-Sport World Rally Team
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The 50th Rally Catalonia (Spain) took place from October 23 to 26, 2014. A total of 17 special stages were driven on asphalt and gravel.
Reports
Day 1 (Thursday, October 23)
On the first of 17 special stages in which the drivers drove 3.2 kilometers through Barcelona , Andreas Mikkelsen set the fastest time in the Volkswagen Polo R WRC . Mikkelsen needed 3: 39.1 minutes for the short section and was 1.8 seconds ahead of team-mate Sébastien Ogier. Thierry Neuville (+2.9 seconds) was third with the Hyundai i20 WRC behind the leaders.
Day 2 (Friday, October 24th)
Sébastien Ogier (VW) won three of six special stages on the second day of the Rally Spain and was in the lead in the evening. His lead on team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala , who had set-up problems, was 36.6 seconds. Mads Østberg (Citroën) was just 0.6 seconds behind Latvala, followed by Andreas Mikkelsen a further tenth of a second. Østberg struggled with the course of Friday, because twice he lost time behind a vehicle slowly driving ahead. Hayden Paddon (Hyundai) won a special stage in the World Rally Championship for the first time . In the afternoon, Neuville (Hyundai) was the fastest on the second round of the special stage (6 / Pesells 2). But the joy about the best times did not last long, on the next special stage both lost time due to accidents.
3rd day (Saturday, October 25th)
Latvala beat defending champion Ogier with one to four best times in the special stages of the day and shortened the gap by 9.3 to a total of 27.3 seconds. Mikkelsen experienced a setback in the third Volkswagen. In the middle of a thrilling duel with Mikko Hirvonen (Ford) for third place in the overall standings, he got braked with a puncture. He finished seventh and Hirvonen third in the evening.
Quote from Sébastien Ogier: “I have to congratulate Jari-Matti Latvala, he did a good job. The plan was to control from the front, but there were also passages where I had to drive very fast to keep up with him. He flew, but my plan was to have a 20-second lead tonight and we more than met that goal. "
4th day (Sunday, October 26th)
Sebastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia (Volkswagen) won the rally and were therefore determined to be the 2014 season drivers' world champions before the last rally of the season in Great Britain. Teammate Jari-Matti Latvala missed the opportunity to keep the world championship open until the season finale with second place in Spain. With a good performance over all competition days, Mikko Hirvonen (Ford) was able to climb onto the podium in third place.
Quote Sébastien Ogier: "It is a confirmation and shows that the first title was not a coincidence."
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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| 1 |
Sébastien Ogier
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Julien Ingrassia
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 3: 46: 44.6 | 25th | ||
| 2 |
Jari-Matti Latvala
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Miikka Anttila
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 3: 46: 55.9 | 0: 11.3 | 18 + 3 | |
| 3 |
Mikko Hirvonen
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Jarmo Lehtinen
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Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 3: 48: 26.8 | 1: 42.2 | 15th | |
| 4th |
 Mads Østberg
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 Jonas Andersson
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Citroën DS3 WRC | 3: 48: 57.9 | 2: 13.3 | 12 | |
| 5 |
 Dani Sordo
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Marc Marti
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Hyundai i20 WRC | 3: 49: 06.8 | 2: 22.2 | 10 | |
| 6th |
 Thierry Neuville
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Nicolas Gilsoul
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Hyundai i20 WRC | 3: 50: 45.6 | 4: 01.0 | 8th | |
| 7th |
Andreas Mikkelsen
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Mikko Markkula
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 3: 50: 47.5 | 4: 02.9 | 6 + 1 | |
| 8th |
 Martin Prokop
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Jan Tománek
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Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 3: 54: 51.4 | 8: 06.8 | 4th | |
| 9 |
 Hayden Paddon
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John Kennard
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Hyundai i20 WRC | 3: 55: 57.0 | 9: 12.4 | 2 | |
| 10 |
 Nasser Al-Attiyah
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 Giovanni Bernacchini
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Ford Fiesta RRC | 3: 59: 24.4 | 12: 39.8 | 1 | |
| WRC-2 | |||||||
| 1 (10) |
Nasser Al-Attiyah
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Giovanni Bernacchini
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Ford Fiesta RRC | 3: 59: 24.4 | 25th | ||
| 2 (13) |
Julien Maurin
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Nicolas Klinger
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Ford Fiesta R5 | 3: 59: 59.4 | 0: 35.0 | 18th | |
| 3 (16) |
 Robert Barrable
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Stuart Loudon
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Ford Fiesta R5 | 4: 03: 56.9 | 4: 32.5 | 15th | |
| 4 (18) |
 Benito Guerra
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Borja Rozada
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Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | 4: 12: 10.5 | 12: 46.1 | 12 | |
| 5 (21) |
 Nicolàs Fox
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 Fernando Mussanao
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Ford Fiesta R5 | 4: 17: 42.6 | 18: 18.2 | 10 | |
| 6 (23) |
 Valeriy Gorban
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Volodymyr Corsia
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Mini Cooper S2000 | 4: 21: 21.0 | 21: 56.6 | 8th | |
| 7 (24) |
 Karl Kruda
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Martin Jarveoja
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Ford Fiesta S2000 | 4: 21: 24.1 | 21: 59.7 | 6th | |
| 8 (40) |
 Jourdan Serderidis
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Frederic Miclotte
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Ford Fiesta R5 | 4: 41: 22.5 | 41: 58.1 | 4th | |
| WRC-3 | |||||||
| 1 (47) |
 Mohamed Al-Mutawaa
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Stephen McAuley
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Citroën DS3 R3T | 4: 51: 22.6 | 25th | ||
Special stages
| Day | WP number |
WP name |
length | winner | Co-driver | team | time | Ø km / h | leader | |
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| Day 1 (Oct 23) |
WP1 | Barcelona (asphalt) | 3.20 km |
Andreas Mikkelsen
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Ola Floene
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 3: 39.1 | 52.6 km / h |
Andreas Mikkelsen
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| Day 2 (Oct. 24) |
WP2 | Gandesa 1 (gravel) | 7.00 km |
Kris Meeke
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Paul Nagle
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Citroën DS3 WRC | 4: 26.3 | 91.3 km / h | ||
| WP3 | Pesells 1 (gravel) | 26.59 km |
Hayden Paddon
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John Kennard
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Hyundai i20 WRC | 15: 26.6 | 103.4 km / h |
Thierry Neuville
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| WP4 | Terra Alta 1 (gravel & asphalt) | 35.68 km |
Sébastien Ogier
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Julien Ingrassia
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 23: 26.1 | 91.4 km / h |
Sébastien Ogier
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| WP5 | Gandesa 2 (gravel) | 7.00 km |
Sébastien Ogier
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Julien Ingrassia
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 4: 23.0 | 95.8 km / h | |||
| WP6 | Pesells 2 (gravel) | 26.59 km |
Thierry Neuville
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Nicolas Gilsoul
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Hyundai i20 WRC | 14: 43.3 | 108.4 km / h | |||
| WP7 | Terra Alta 2 (gravel & asphalt) | 35.68 km |
Sébastien Ogier
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Julien Ingrassia
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 22: 46.1 | 94.0 km / h | |||
| Day 3 (Oct 25) |
WP8 | Tivissa (asphalt) | 3.96 km |
Jari-Matti Latvala
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Miikka Anttila
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 2: 25.6 | 98.3 km / h | ||
| WP9 | Escaladei 1 (asphalt) | 50.00 km |
Jari-Matti Latvala
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Miikka Anttila
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 29: 14.4 | 102.6 km / h | |||
| WP10 | Colldejou 1 (asphalt) | 26.48 km |
Jari-Matti Latvala
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Miikka Anttila
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 15: 41.6 | 101.3 km / h | |||
| WP11 | Escaladei 2 (asphalt) | 50.00 km |
Sébastien Ogier
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Julien Ingrassia
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 29: 17.9 | 102.4 km / h | |||
| WP12 | Colldejou 2 (asphalt) | 26.48 km |
Jari-Matti Latvala
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Miikka Anttila
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 15: 40.6 | 101.4 km / h | |||
| WP13 | Salou (asphalt) | 2.24 km |
Andreas Mikkelsen
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Ola Floene
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 2: 36.4 | 51.7 km / h | |||
| Day 4 (Oct. 26) |
WP14 | La Mussara 1 (asphalt) | 20.48 km |
Jari-Matti Latvala
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Miikka Anttila
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 11: 08.3 | 110.4 km / h | ||
| WP15 | Riudecanyes 1 (asphalt) | 15.55 km |
Jari-Matti Latvala
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Miikka Anttila
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 10: 00.1 | 93.3 km / h | |||
| WP16 | La Mussara 2 (asphalt) | 20.48 km |
Jari-Matti Latvala
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Miikka Anttila
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 11: 05.6 | 110.9 km / h | |||
| WP17 | Riudecanyes 2 (Power Stage / Asphalt) | 15.55 km |
Jari-Matti Latvala
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Miikka Anttila
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 10: 00.1 | 93.3 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 17th 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: Start in Spain: Mikkelsen annoys conservative Ogier , October 24, 2014
- ^ Motorsport-total.com: Rally Spain: World championship presentation by Ogier , October 25, 2014
- ↑ motorsport-total.com: Volkswagen one-two lead before the final day in Spain , October 25, 2014
- ↑ wrc.com: Ogier keeps Latvala in check October 25, 2014
- ↑ wrc.com: Ogier wins in Spain and takes the title on October 26, 2014
- ↑ ewrc-results.com: Entry List , October 25, 2014
- ↑ Stage times (wrc.com on October 4th, 2014)
Coordinates: 41 ° 5 ' N , 1 ° 8' E
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