Rally Poland 2015

 Rally Poland 2015

Racing data
7th of 13 rounds of the 2015 World Rally Championship
Surname:	Rally Poland
Date:	2.–. July 7, 2015
Begin:	Mikołajki
Exams:	19 tests over 325.15 km
Distance:	1204.65 km
Covering:	gravel
Podium
First:	Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Motorsport
Second:	Andreas Mikkelsen Volkswagen Motorsport
Third:	Ott Tanak M-Sport

The 3rd WRC Rally Poland started on July 2nd and ended on July 5th, 2015. A total of 19 special stages were driven on gravel.

Reports

1st day (Thursday, July 2nd)

The 72nd edition of the Poland Rally , the third as a world championship round of the WRC , began with a spectator-friendly first special stage in the Mikolajki Arena. The drivers competed in pairs in a direct duel on the 2.5-kilometer circuit. Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) drove against world champion Sébastien Ogier (Volkswagen) in the last duel of the day. Ogier was faster and won the first special stage. Thus the world champion took over the overall lead. Ogier prevented local Robert Kubica (Ford), who had been fastest up until then, from winning the special stage .

2nd day (Friday, July 3rd)

As world championship leader, Sébastien Ogier had to go first to the second special stage. Because of the loose gravel on the roads, he couldn't go as fast as the following competition. He fell behind Ott Tänak (Ford) and his team-mate Andreas Mikkelsen (Volkswagen). In the afternoon, when the special stages were run for the second time, the loose gravel was mostly off the roads and Ogier was much faster. Tänak set the fastest time in special stages three, four and five and took over the overall lead from Mikkelsen. Ogier secured the best time in specials six and seven and took the lead, which he did not give up until the evening. Tänak had made a mistake in choosing tires that afternoon and had to let the three Volkswagen drivers Ogier, Mikkelsen and Jari-Matti Latvala go.

Between the two Hyundai drivers Hayden Paddon and Thierry Neuville , Robert Kubica (Ford) came in sixth.

The loser of the day was Citroën. Mads Østberg couldn't find a rhythm and ended the day more than a minute behind the top in tenth place. He couldn't explain the great time differences between his drives in the various special stages. Kris Meeke had no confidence after yesterday's rollover in the shakedown and was given the task of getting the car to the finish line. Meek was placed eighth at the end of the day.

3rd day (Saturday 4th July)

The leading Sébastien Ogier kept the lead on Saturday that he had claimed since the seventh special stage. Ogier was the first to go to the special stages, like on Friday, but in the evening he still had a lead of 5.6 seconds over team-mate Andreas Mikkelsen . Mikkelsen chose the wrong tire compound in the 14th special stage, otherwise first place would have been possible. M-Sport driver Ott Tänak , who fought against the competition for the first time with the redesigned Ford Fiesta RS WRC , was able to maintain third place. Tänak lost a few seconds due to a spin, but set three best times during the day. He won the battle for third and fourth place with Jari-Matti Latvala on the third day of the rally.

Hayden Paddon is still in good shape. In fifth place, the New Zealander is the best Hyundai driver just under a minute behind Ogier. Paddon kept teammate Thierry Neuville behind him by 20 seconds. Behind the two Hyundai, Robert Kubica follows in seventh place. The Pole has to orient himself backwards on Sunday, because the Citroën duo Østberg and Meeke followed in eighth and ninth place, just a few seconds behind. The first four drivers are separated from each other by less than 20 seconds after 17 of 19 special stages.

A total of eight special stages were on the program, seven of which could be driven. The 14th "Mazury 2" special stage, the first in the afternoon, had to be canceled because too many spectators had gathered around the track and some of them were in forbidden zones.

4th day (Sunday, July 5th)

Ott Tänak and Ragio Mölder (M-Sport Ford) at the 2015 Rally Poland

In the fastest rally of the previous World Championship in 2015 (average speed 121.4 km / h), Sébastien Ogier (Volkswagen) and co-driver Julien Ingrassia had to remain absolutely flawless until the finish line, in the end their teammates Andreas Mikkelsen and Ola Fløne by just 11.9 seconds to beat. Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila (Volkswagen) fought a duel with Ott Tänak and Raigo Mölder (Ford) for third place. After a slip in a tree, Latvala finished the rally in fifth and Tänak in third. Hayden Paddon with co-driver John Kennard finished fourth as best Hyundai driver.

“That was the first rally where we were really competitive. It was difficult at the beginning of the season. I had a year off and this year the WRC just keeps getting better and better. Portugal was okay, then I was eliminated third in Sardinia. Here we are on the podium. That means a lot to me."

- Ott Tänak : motorsport-total.com

WRC2

Esapekka Lappi ( Škoda Fabia R5) took the lead on Friday's second special stage and did not give it up until the end on Sunday. After almost 300 special stages over the sandy roads in northern Poland, Lappi won 56.1 seconds ahead of his teammate Pontus Tidemand . Lappi and Tidemand each won seven special stages. Karl Kruuda won three sections and took third place overall in the Citroën DS3 R5 . Jari Ketomaa's race to catch up ended in fourth position. He had numerous problems with the Ford Fiesta R5 on Friday, but fought his way back to the top ranks as the rally progressed. With that, Ketomaa took back the lead in the championship from the failed Nasser Al-Attiyah . Armin Kremer finished fifth in another Fabia R5, followed by Teemu Suninen (Fabia S2000), who achieved his best career result in sixth.

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 Fløene Volkswagen Motorsport II Volkswagen Polo R WRC WRC RC1 10 Kevin Abbring Sebastian Marshall Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 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 31 Yazeed Al-Rajhi Michael Orr Yazeed Racing Ford Fiesta RRC WRC-2 RC2 32 Stéphane Lefebvre Stéphane Prévot PH Sports Citroën DS3 R5 WRC-2 RC2 33 Massimiliano Rendina Mario Pizzuti Motorsport Italia Srl Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X WRC-2 RC2 34 Quentin Giordano Valentin Sarreaud Quentin Giordano Citroën DS3 RRC WRC-2 RC2 35 Jourdan Serderidis Frederic Miclotto Jourdan Serderidis Citroën DS3 R5 WRC-2 RC2 36 Karl Kruda Martin Järveoja ME3 rally team Citroën DS3 R5 WRC-2 RC2 37 Lorenzo Bertelli Lorenzo Granai FWRT srl Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC RC1 38 Jari Ketomaa Kaj Lindström Drive Dmack Ford Fiesta R5 WRC-2 RC2 39 Nasser Al-Attiyah Matthieu Baumel Nasser Al-Attiyah Ford Fiesta RRC WRC-2 RC2 40 Pontus Tidemand Patrik Barth Škoda Motorspor t Škoda Fabia R5 WRC-2 RC2 41 Nicolas Fuchs Fernando Mussano Nicolas Fuchs Ford Fiesta R5 WRC-2 RC2 42 Valeriy Gorban Volodymyr Corsia Eurolamp WRT Mini Cooper S2000 1.6T WRC-2 RC2 43 Esapekka Lappi Janne Ferm Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia R5 WRC-2 RC2 44 Armin Kremer Pirmin Winkelhofer Baumschlager Rally & Racing Škoda Fabia R5 WRC-2 RC2 45 Julien Maurin Nicolas Klingler Julien Maurin Ford Fiesta R5 WRC-2 RC2 47 Jonathan Hirschi Vincent Landais Jonathan Hirschi Peugeot 208 T16 WRC-2 RC2 48 Sander Pärn James Morgan Drive Dmack Ford Fiesta R5 WRC-2 RC2 49 Krzysztof Hołowczyc Łukasz kurzja Loto team Ford Fiesta R5 WRC-2 RC2 50 Jarosław Kołtun Ireneusz Pleskot C rally Ford Fiesta R5 WRC-2 RC2 52 Simone Tempestini Matteio Chiarcossi Simone Tempestini Citroën DS3 R3T Max WRC-3 RC3 (JWRC) 55 Mohamed Al-Mutawaa Stephen McAuley Abu Dhabi Racing Team Citroën DS3 R3T Max WRC-3 RC3 (JWRC) 58 Terry Folb Frank la Floch Terry Folb Citroën DS3 R3T Max WRC-3 RC3 60 Quentin Gilbert Renaud Jamoul Quentin Gilbert Citroën DS3 R3T Max WRC-3 RC3 (JWRC) 62 Henri Haapamäki Marko salt mines Hanu's rally team Citroën DS3 R3T Max WRC-3 RC3 (JWRC) 63 Frederico Della Casa Domenico Pozzi Frederico Della Casa Citroën DS3 R3T Max WRC-3 RC3 (JWRC) 64 Osion Pryce Dale Furniss Osian Pryce Citroën DS3 R3T Max WRC-3 RC3 (JWRC) 65 Pierre-Louis Loubet Victor Belotto Pierre-Louis Loubet Citroën DS3 R3T Max WRC-3 RC3 (JWRC) 66 Jean-René Perry Joshua Reibel Jean-René Perry Citroën DS3 R3T Max WRC-3 RC3 (JWRC) 68 Matthieu Margaillan Mathilde Margaillan Matthieu Margaillan Citroën DS3 R3T Max WRC-3 RC3 (JWRC) 69 Martin Koči Lukáš Kostka Peugeot Sport Slovakia Peugeot 208 T16 WRC-2 RC2 70 Ramon Torres Fuentes David Vázquez RMC Motorsport Ford Fiesta R5 WRC-2 RC2 71 Bernardo Sousa Hugo Magalhães ACSM rally team Peugeot 208 T16 WRC-2 RC2 72 Scott Pedder Dale Moscatt Scott Pedder Ford Fiesta R5 WRC-2 RC2 73 Zbigniew Staniszewski Bartlomiej Boba Zbigniew Staniszewski Peugeot 207 S2000 WRC-2 RC2 74 Hubert Ptaszek Kamil Kozdron Hubert Ptaszek Ford Fiesta S2000 WRC-2 RC2 75 Radoslaw Raczkowski Szymon Gospodarczyk Radoslaw Raczkowski Ford Fiesta R5 WRC-2 RC2 76 Teemu Suninen Mikko Markkula TGS Worldwide OU Škoda Fabia S2000 WRC-2 RC2 77 Sergey Uger Sergey Larens Eurolamp WRT Mini Cooper S2000 1.6T WRC-2 RC2 78 Alain Foulon Gilles Delarche Alain Foulon Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X WRC-2 RC2 79 Marco Tempestini Dorin Pulpea Napoca Rally Academy Subaru Impreza STi N16 WRC-2 RC2 80 Joan Carchat Claudi Ribeiro ACSM rally team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X WRC-2 RC2 81 Andrea Crugnola Michele Ferrara Renault Sport Technologies Renault Clio RS R3T WRC-3 RC3 82 Fabioi Andolfi Simone Scattolin ACI Team Italy Peugeot 208 VTi R2 WRC-3 RC4 83 Giuseppe Testa Emanuele Inglesi ACI Team Italia Peugeot 208 VTi R2 WRC-3 RC4

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)

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Classifications

Bottom line

rank	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	Residue	Points + Power Stage
WRC
01	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	2: 26: 11.5		25 + 3
02	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Floene	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	2: 26: 23.4	00: 11.9	18 + 1
03	Ott Tanak	Raigo Mölder	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	2: 26: 34.5	00: 23.0	15 + 2
04th	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Hyundai i20 WRC	2: 27: 26.1	01: 14.6	12
05	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	2: 27: 36.2	01: 24.2	10
06th	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 WRC	2: 27: 56.0	01: 44.5	8th
07th	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën DS3 WRC	2: 28: 09.2	01: 57.7	6th
08th	Robert Kubica	Maciej Szcepaniak	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	2: 28: 19.8	02: 08.3	4th
09	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Citroën DS3 WRC	2: 28: 29.7	02: 18.2	2
10	Daniel Sordo	Marc Mari	Hyundai i20 WRC	2: 28: 59.9	02: 48.4	1
WRC2
01 (12)	Esapekka Lappi	Jane Ferm	Škoda Fabia R5	2: 32: 02.6	05: 51.1	25th
02 (13)	Pontus Tidemand	Emil Axelsson	Škoda Fabia R5	2: 32: 58.7	06: 47.2	18th
03 (14)	Karl Kruuda	Martin Järveoja	Citroën DS3 R5	2: 34: 07.9	07: 56.4	15th
04 (17)	Jari Ketomaa	Kay Lindström	Ford Fiesta R5	2: 36: 56.7	10: 45.2	12
05 (18)	Armin Kremer	Pirmin Winkelhofer	Škoda Fabia R5	2: 37: 14.5	11: 03.0	10
06 (19)	Teemu Suninen	Mikko Markkula	Škoda Fabia S2000	2: 37: 28.2	11: 16.7	8th
07 (20)	Nicolas Fuchs	Fernando Mussano	Ford Fiesta R5	2: 38: 41.0	12: 29.5	6th
08 (21)	Jean Maurin	Nicolas Klinger	Ford Fiesta RRC	2: 39: 07.3	12: 55.8	4th
09 (22)	Sander Pärn	James Morgan	Ford Fiesta R5	2: 39: 41.1	13: 29.6	2
10 (24)	Krzysztof Hołowczyc	Łukasz kurzja	Ford Fiesta R5	2: 44: 00.7	17: 49.2	1
WRC3
01 (26)	Simone Tempestini	Matteo Chiarcossi	Citroën DS3 R3T Max	2: 48: 20.2	22: 08.7	25th
02 (27)	Osian Pryce	Dale Furniss	Citroën DS3 R3T Max	2: 48: 20.2	22: 08.7	18th
03 (28)	Henri Haapamäki	Marko salt mines	Citroën DS3 R3T Max	2: 49: 14.5	23: 03.0	15th

Special stages

Day	WP number	WP name	length	Start CEST	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	Ø km / h	leader
Day 1 July 2nd	WP1	Super Special Stage Mikolajki Arena - 1	2.50 km	19:00	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	1: 43.9	86.6 km / h	Sébastien Ogier
Day 2 July 3rd
	Service Park 07:15 a.m. (15 min)
	WP2	Gorklo	13.00 km	08:00	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	5: 57.0	131.1 km / h	Andreas Mikkelsen
	WP3	Goldap 1	14.75 km	09:50	Ott Tanak	Raigo Mölder	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	7: 38.1	115.9 km / h	Ott Tanak
	WP4	Babki 1	14.65 km	10:55	Ott Tanak	Raigo Mölder	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	7: 11.4	122.3 km / h
	WP5	Stanczyki 1	39.12 km	11:35	Ott Tanak	Raigo Mölder	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	19: 27.3	120.6 km / h
	WP6	Babki 2	14.65 km	14:15	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	7: 01.4	125.2 km / h
	WP7	Stanczyki 2	39.12 km	14:55	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	18: 58.0	123.8 km / h	Sébastien Ogier
	WP8	Goldap 2	14.75 km	16:45	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	7: 36.2	116.4 km / h
	WP9	Super Special Stage Mikolajki Arena - 2	2.50 km	19:05	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	1: 46.4	84.6 km / h
Day 3 July 4th
	Service Park 6:40 a.m. (15 minutes)
	WP10	Mazury 1	17.70 km	08:25	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	8: 54.9	119.1 km / h
	WP11	Wieliczki 1	12.87 km	09:30	Ott Tanak	Raigo Mölder	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	6: 07.7	126.0 km / h
	WP12	Swietajno 1	21.25 km	10:30	Ott Tanak	Raigo Mölder	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	10: 24.8	122.4 km / h
	WP13	Paprotki	23.15 km	12:08	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	11: 11.7	124.1 km / h
	Service Park 1:38 p.m. (30 min)
	WP14	Mazury 2	17.70 km	15:38	called off
	WP15	Wieliczki 2	12.87 km	16:43	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	6: 01.6	128.1 km / h
	WP16	Swietajno 2	21.25 km	17:43	Ott Tanak	Raigo Mölder	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	10: 05.2	126.4 km / h
	WP17	Super Special Stage Mikolajki Arena - 3	2.50 km	20:18	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	1: 45.2	85.6 km / h
	Service Park 8:38 p.m. (45 min)
Day 4 July 5th
	Service Park 8:15 a.m. (15 minutes)
	WP18	Baranowo 1	14.60 km	09:10	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	6: 56.3	126.3 km / h
	WP19	Baranowo 2 (power stage)	14.60 km	12:08	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	6: 52.0	127.6 km / h
	Service Park 1:03 p.m. (10 min)

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

Item	driver	Points
01	Sébastien Ogier	161
02	Andreas Mikkelsen	83
03	Mads Østberg	69
04th	Jari-Matti Latvala	68
05	Thierry Neuville	58
06th	Kris Meeke	53
0	Elfyn Evans	53
08th	Hayden Paddon	42
09	Ott Tanak	40
10	Dani Sordo	37

Individual evidence

1. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Ogier snatches Kubica's first fastest time , accessed on June 4, 2015
2. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Ogier leads, Tänak falls behind , accessed on July 4, 2015
3. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Ogier versus Mikkelsen duel for victory , accessed on July 5, 2015
4. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Volkswagen celebrates double victory in Poland , accessed on July 6, 2015
5. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Ott Tänak overwhelmed: "Podium position means a lot to me" , July 6, 2015
6. ↑ wrc.com: Lappi leads Skoda double victory , accessed on July 6, 2015
7. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Entry list , accessed on June 23, 2015
8. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Stage results , accessed on June 23, 2015

Web links

• Information and results at http://www.wrc.com/
• Official website http://www.rajdpolski.pl/