Rally Corsica 2007

 Rally Corsica 2007

Racing data
13th of 16 races in the 2007 World Rally Championship
Surname:	Rally Corsica
Date:	12-14 October 2007
Begin:	Ajaccio
Exams:	16 tests over 359.32 km
Distance:	1117.2 km
Covering:	asphalt
Podium
First:	Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total World Rally Team
Second:	Marcus Grönholm Ford Abu Dhabi WRT
Third:	Dani Sordo Citroën Total World Rally Team

The 51st Rallye Corsica (also known as Tour de Corse ) was the thirteenth of 16 FIA World Championship races in 2007. The rally consisted of 16 special stages on asphalt roads and was held between October 12 and 14.

Loeb / Elena (Citroëm C4 WRC)

Race report

Sébastien Loeb (Citroën) had clinched his second win within a week in Corsica. Loeb replaced his rival in the drivers' world championship Marcus Grönholm (Ford) at the top on Friday afternoon . In the course of the rally, Loeb was able to continuously expand its lead. At the finish, after 16 special stages, he had a lead of 23.7 seconds over Grönholm as the winner. The leader in the drivers' championship Grönholm had taken the lead at the beginning of the rally, but then had to admit defeat to Loeb, who was a little faster. The two opponents fought a duel at the limit, with Grönholm losing some time from stage to stage. On Saturday evening, Grönholm was satisfied with second place and safely finished the special stages on Sunday.

Third place went to Loeb's team-mate Dani Sordo . Although he had planned to cross the finish line before Grönholm, he could not follow him. In the end, Sordo was 20.6 seconds behind Grönholm and 44.3 seconds behind the winner Loeb.

Classifications

Bottom line

Item	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	Residue	Points
WRC
1	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 28: 31.5		10
2	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 28: 55.2	00: 23.7	8th
3	Daniel Sordo	Marc Marti	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 29: 15.8	00: 44.3	6th
4th	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 31: 02.0	02: 30.5	5
5	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Subaru Impreza WRC	3: 31: 13.6	02: 42.1	4th
6th	Chris Atkinson	Stéphane Prévot	Subaru Impreza WRC	3: 32: 25.3	03: 53.8	3
7th	Jan Kopecký	Filip Schovánek	Škoda Fabia WRC	3: 36: 34.4	08: 02.9	2
8th	Xavier Pons	Xavier Amigo	Subaru Impreza WRC	3: 38: 05.7	09: 34.2	1
JWRC
1 (17)	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Citroën C2 S1600	3: 52: 31.0	23: 59.5	10
2 (18)	Jozef Béreš jun.	Petr Starý	Renault Clio S1600	3: 52: 43.5	24: 12.0	8th
3 (19)	Yoann Bonato	Benjamin Boulloud	Citroën C2 R2	3: 53: 45.2	25: 13.7	6th
4 (20)	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Jonas Andersson	Suzuki Swift S1600	3: 54: 49.0	26: 17.5	5
5 (23)	Arnaud Augoyard	Nicolas Baudin	Renault Clio R3	3: 57: 39.2	29: 07.7	4th
6 (24)	Andrea Cortinovis	Flavio Zanella	Renault Clio S1600	3: 58: 44.0	30: 12.5	3
7 (25)	Aaron Burkart	Michael Koelbach	Citroën C2 S1600	3: 58: 44.1	30: 12.6	2
8 (26)	Conrad Rautenbach	David Sr.	Citroën C2 S1600	3: 59: 01.1	30: 29.6	1

Special stages

Day	WP number	Start CET	WP name	length	driver	automobile	time	Ø km / h	leader
Day 1 Oct 12	WP1	08:38	Monti Rossu - Pila Canale 1	18.10 km	called off	-	-	-
	WP2	09:46	Belvedere - Bocca Albitrina 1	16.62 km	Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC	9: 14.8	107.8 km / h	Marcus Grönholm
	WP3	10:44	Arbellara - Aullene 1	27.42 km	Marcus Grönholm	Ford Focus RS WRC	15: 34.6	105.6 km / h
	WP4	14:02	Monti Rossu - Pila Canale 2	18.10 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	9: 59.0	108.8 km / h
	WP5	15:10	Belvedere - Bocca Albitrina 2	16.62 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	9: 12.1	108.4 km / h	Sébastien Loeb
	WP6	16:08	Arbellara - Aullene 2	27.42 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	15: 25.1	106.7 km / h
Day 2 Oct 13	WP7	08:58	Carbuccia - Scalella 1	21.88 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	14: 15.1	92.1 km / h
	WP8	10:31	Calcatoggio - Plage du Liamone 1	26.55 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	17: 47.3	89.6 km / h
	WP9	11:29	Vico - Col St Roch 1	13.04 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	8: 39.6	90.3 km / h
	WP10	14:22	Carbuccia - Scalella 2	21.88 km	Daniel Sordo	Citroën C4 WRC	14: 19.7	91.6 km / h
	WP11	15:55	Calcatoggio - Plage du Liamone 2	26.55 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	17: 48.3	89.5 km / h
	WP12	16:53	Vico - Col St Roch 2	13.04 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	8: 38.6	90.5 km / h
Day 3 Oct 14	WP13	08:53	Penitencier Coti - Pietra Rossa 1	24.24 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	14: 38.7	99.3 km / h
	WP14	09:36	Pont de Calzola - Agosta 1	31.81 km	Daniel Sordo	Citroën C4 WRC	18: 54.6	100.9 km / h
	WP15	12:19	Penitencier Coti - Pietra Rossa 2	24.24 km	Daniel Sordo	Citroën C4 WRC	14: 40.5	99.1 km / h
	WP16	13:02	Pont de Calzola - Agosta 2	31.81 km	Daniel Sordo	Citroën C4 WRC	18: 56.0	100.8 km / h

Source:

Individual evidence

1. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Loeb wins the Corsica Rally , accessed on December 31, 2015
2. ↑ ewrc-results.com: 51st Tour de Corse - Rallye de France 2007 , accessed on December 30, 2015

Web links

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