Rally Mexico 2007
Racing data | |
---|---|
4th of 16 races in the 2007 World Rally Championship | |
Surname: | Rally Mexico |
Date: | 9-11 March 2007 |
Begin: | Leon |
Exams: | 20 tests over 366.06 km |
Distance: | 849.55 km |
Covering: | gravel |
Podium | |
First: |
Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total World Rally Team |
Second: |
Marcus Grönholm Ford World Rally Team |
Third: |
Mikko Hirvonen Ford World Rally Team |
The 4th Mexico Rally was the fourth of 16 FIA World Championship races in 2007. The rally consisted of 20 special stages and was held between March 9th and 11th.
Race report
On Friday afternoon, Citroën driver Sébastien Loeb took the lead when Petter Solberg (Subaru) had to retire. After that, Loeb could not be denied victory and extended the lead to around one minute. Loeb was able to control the action and drive towards his 30th victory in a world championship run.
Ford works driver Marcus Grönholm drove into second place . He messed up Friday with the wrong set-up and started a race to catch up on Saturday that brought him up to second place. However, Grönholm soon gave up the hope of still being able to win, as Loeb already had too much advantage. Grönholm remained leader in the world championship with four points ahead of Loeb. In the manufacturers' championship, Ford kept first place ahead of Citroën .
At the beginning of the last day, three other drivers had the chance to get on the podium. Dani Sordo (Citroën) started the rally in third place overall on Sunday, followed by Mikko Hirvonen (Ford) and Chris Atkinson (Subaru). Hirvonen pushed Sordo out of third place in the first special stage on Sunday and kept the podium right through to the finish. Sordo had to be content with fourth place ahead of Atkinson, but scored important points for Citroën in the manufacturers' championship.
Classifications
Bottom line
Item | driver | Co-driver | automobile | time | Residue | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WRC | ||||||
1 | Sébastien Loeb | Daniel Elena | Citroën C4 WRC | 3: 48: 13.3 | 10 | |
2 | Marcus Grönholm | Timo Rautiainen | Ford Focus RS WRC | 3: 49: 09.1 | 00: 55.8 | 8th |
3 | Mikko Hirvonen | Jarmo Lehtinen | Ford Focus RS WRC | 3: 49: 41.0 | 01: 27.7 | 6th |
4th | Daniel Sordo | Marc Marti | Citroën C4 WRC | 3: 49: 57.0 | 01: 43.7 | 5 |
5 | Chris Atkinson | Glenn McNeall | Subaru Impreza WRC | 3: 50: 37.4 | 02: 24.1 | 4th |
6th | Manfred Stohl | Ilka Minor | Citroën Xsara WRC | 3: 51: 58.8 | 03: 45.5 | 3 |
7th | Jari-Matti Latvala | Miikka Anttila | Ford Focus RS WRC | 3: 52: 24.1 | 04: 10.8 | 2 |
8th | Matthew Wilson | Michael Orr | Ford Focus RS WRC | 4: 00: 35.9 | 12: 22.6 | 1 |
PCWRC | ||||||
1 (10) | Mark Higgins | Scott Martin | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 4: 08: 44.5 | 20: 31.2 | 10 |
2 (11) | Toshi Arai | Tony Sircombe | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 4: 10: 05.4 | 21: 52.1 | 8th |
3 (13) | Kristian Sohlberg | Risto Pietiläinen | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 4: 11: 15.2 | 23: 01.9 | 6th |
4 (14) | Mirco Baldacci | Giovanni Agnese | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 4: 12: 51.9 | 24: 38.6 | 5 |
5 (15) | Travis Pastrana | Christian Edstrom | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 4: 16: 53.2 | 28: 39.9 | 4th |
6 (16) | Štěpán Vojtěch | Michal Ernst | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 4: 25: 43.3 | 37: 30.0 | 3 |
7 (18) | Fumio Nutahara | Daniel Barritt | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 4: 26: 02.5 | 37: 49.2 | 2 |
8 (20) | Spyros Pavlides | Denis Giraudet | Subaru Impreza WRX STIi | 4: 34: 23.7 | 46: 10.4 | 1 |
Special stages
Day | WP number |
Start CET | WP name | length | driver | automobile | time | Ø km / h | leader |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Day 1 March 9th |
WP1 | 08:28 | Alfaro 1 | 23.50 km | Petter Solberg | Subaru Impreza WRC | 14: 03.5 | 100.3 km / h | Petter Solberg |
WP2 | 09:51 | Ortega 1 | 29.65 km | Petter Solberg | Subaru Impreza WRC | 17: 28.7 | 101.78 km / h | ||
WP3 | 10:34 | El Cubilete 1 | 17.87 km | Petter Solberg | Subaru Impreza WRC | 9: 45.6 | 109.86 km / h | ||
WP4 | 13:02 | Alfaro 2 | 23.50 km | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 13: 47.0 | 102.3 km / h | ||
WP5 | 14:25 | Ortega 2 | 29.65 km | Manfred Stohl | Citroën Xsara WRC | 16: 58.2 | 104.83 km / h | ||
WP6 | 15:08 | El Cubilete 2 | 17.87 km | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 9: 37.5 | 111.4 km / h | Sébastien Loeb | |
WP7 | 16:29 | Super special 1 | 2.21 km | Finland Marcus Grönholm | Ford Focus RS WRC | 1: 42.6 | 77.54 km / h | ||
WP8 | 16:33 | Super special 2 | 2.21 km | Chris Atkinson | Subaru Impreza WRC | 1: 42.0 | 78.0 km / h | ||
Day 2 March 10th |
WP9 | 08:19 | Ibarilla 1 | 30.20 km | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 18: 17.3 | 99.08 km / h | |
WP10 | 09:42 | Duarte 1 | 23.51 km | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 17: 55.0 | 78.73 km / h | ||
WP11 | 10:33 | Derramadero 1 | 23.27 km | Finland Marcus Grönholm | Ford Focus RS WRC | 14: 01.6 | 99.54 km / h | ||
WP12 | 13:07 | Ibarilla 2 | 30.20 km | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 18: 02.6 | 100.42 km / h | ||
WP13 | 14:30 | Duarte 2 | 23.51 km | Finland Marcus Grönholm | Ford Focus RS WRC | 17: 32.2 | 80.48 km / h | ||
WP14 | 15:21 | Derramadero 2 | 23.27 km | Sébastien Loeb | Citroën C4 WRC | 13: 49.4 | 101.0 km / h | ||
WP15 | 16:35 | Super special 3 | 2.21 km | Daniel Sordo | Citroën C4 WRC | 1: 44.6 | 76.06 km / h | ||
WP16 | 16:39 | Super special 4 | 2.21 km | Finland Marcus Grönholm | Ford Focus RS WRC | 1: 43.6 | 76.8 km / h | ||
Day 3 March 11th |
WP17 | 08:23 | Leon | 16.29 km | Mikko Hirvonen | Ford Focus RS WRC | 10: 35.8 | 92.24 km / h | |
WP18 | 8:54 am | Guanajuatito | 23.34 km | Finland Marcus Grönholm | Ford Focus RS WRC | 15: 12.3 | 92.1 km / h | ||
WP19 | 10:17 | Comanjilla | 18.10 km | Mikko Hirvonen | Ford Focus RS WRC | 10: 17.6 | 105.51 km / h | ||
WP20 | 11:28 | Super special 5 | 4.42 km | Finland Marcus Grönholm | Ford Focus RS WRC | 3: 23.6 | 78.15 km / h |
Source:
Individual evidence
- ↑ motorsport-total.com: Loeb wins Rally Mexico , accessed on December 23, 2015
- ↑ ewrc-results.com: 4th Corona Rally Mexico 2007 , accessed on December 23, 2015