2007 Rally Ireland

The 2007 Rally Ireland (1st Rally Ireland), 15th round of 2007 World Rally Championship, was run on November 15 - November 18. It took place over eight counties on both sides of the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Event started in Stormont, Belfast and finished in Mullaghmore, County Sligo.

2007 Rally Ireland
1st Rally Ireland
Round 15 of the 2007 World Rally Championship
 Previous eventNext event 
Benbulbin Mountain, in County Sligo, Ireland.
Host country Ireland / Northern Ireland
Rally baseSligo, County Sligo, Republic of Ireland
Dates runNovember 15 18 2007
Stages20 (328.43 km; 204.08 miles)
Stage surfaceTarmac
Overall distance1,196.25 km (743.32 miles)[1]
Results
Overall winner Sébastien Loeb
Citroën Total World Rally Team
Crews84 at start, 66 at finish

Results

Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points
WRC
1. Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Citroën C4 WRC 3:01:39.2 0.0 10
2. Dani Sordo Marc Martí Citroën C4 WRC 3:02:32.6 53.4 8
3. Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:03:27.4 1:48.2 6
4. Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Focus RS WRC 07 3:03:56.9 2:17.7 5
5. Petter Solberg Phil Mills Subaru Impreza WRC 07 3:04:35.0 2:55.8 4
6. Guy Wilks Phil Pugh Subaru Impreza WRC 3:07:37.1 5:57.9 3
7. Matthew Wilson Michael Orr Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:11:44.1 10:04.9 2
8. Gareth McHale Allan Harryman Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:12:47.5 11:08.3 1
PCWRC
1. (10.) Niall McShea Marshall Clarke Subaru Impreza 3:18:11.3 0.0 10
2. (11.) Gabriel Pozzo Daniel Stillo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 3:18:55.4 44.1 8
3. (17.) Nasser Al-Attiyah Chris Patterson Subaru Impreza C 07 3:22:42.4 4:31.1 6
4. (18.) Simone Campedelli Danilo Fappani Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 3:24:47.2 6:35.9 5
5. (20.) Štěpán Vojtěch Michal Ernst Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 3:26:45.4 8:34.1 4
6. (21.) Fumio Nutahara Daniel Barritt Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 3:27:32.8 9:21.5 3
7. (22.) Colm Murphy Ger Loughrey Subaru Impreza 3:27:34.6 9:23.3 2
8. (23.) Philip Morrow David Senior Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 3:28:46.9 10:35.6 1

Retirements

Special Stages

All dates and times are GMT (UTC).

Leg Stage Time Name Length Winner Time Avg. spd. Rally leader
1
(15/16 Nov)
SSS1 19:00 (15-Nov) Stormont 1.82 km M. Grönholm 1:30.8 72.16 km/h M. Grönholm
SS2 08:05 (16-Nov) Geevagh 1 11.47 km S. Loeb 6:05.7 112.92 km/h S. Loeb
SS3 08:33 Arigna 1 27.89 km D. Sordo 15:44.0 106.36 km/h
SS4 09:24 Lough Gill 1 20.56 km D. Sordo 10:54.7 113.05 km/h D. Sordo
SS5 11:29 Geevagh 2 11.47 km S. Loeb 6:22.0 108.09 km/h S. Loeb
SS6 11:57 Arigna 2 27.89 km S. Loeb 16:09.6 103.55 km/h
SS7 12:48 Lough Gill 2 20.56 km D. Sordo 10:55.5 112.92 km/h
SS8 15:01 Glenboy 22.25 km S. Loeb 11:56.0 111.87 km/h
SS9 15:54 Bencroy 15.43 km D. Sordo 8:21.3 110.81 km/h
SS10 16:19 Drumshanbo 8.65 km S. Loeb 5:00.3 103.70 km/h
2
(17 Nov)
SS11 8:13 Sloughan Glen 1 20.95 km S. Loeb 11:37.7 108.10 km/h
SS12 09:08 Ballinamallard 1 17.95 km S. Loeb 9:35.9 112.21 km/h
SS13 09:51 Tempo 1 13.46 km S. Loeb 7:31.6 107.30 km/h
SS14 14:04 Sloughan Glen 2 20.95 km C. Atkinson 11:25.7 109.99 km/h
SS15 14:59 Ballinamallard 2 17.95 km S. Loeb 9:30.7 113.23 km/h
SS16 15:42 Tempo 2 13.46 km J-M. Latvala 7:28.9 107.94 km/h
3
(18 Nov)
SS17 09:03 Murley 24.70 km M. Hirvonen 13:19.9 111.16 km/h
SS18 09:51 Fardross 14.77 km M. Hirvonen 8:49.8 100.36 km/h
SS19 11:39 Donegal Bay 14.06 km J-M. Latvala 7:00.9 120.26 km/h
SS20 13:08 Mullaghmore 2.38 km P. Solberg 1:16.9 111.42 km/h

Championship standings after the event

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver MON
SWE
NOR
MEX
POR
ARG
ITA
GRC
FIN
GER
NZL
ESP
FRA
JPN
IRL
GBR
 Pts 
1 Sébastien Loeb 1 2 14 1 1 1 Ret 2 3 1 2 1 1 Ret 1 110
2 Marcus Grönholm 3 1 2 2 4 2 1 1 1 4 1 3 2 Ret Ret 104
3 Mikko Hirvonen 5 3 1 3 5 3 2 4 2 3 3 4 13 1 4 89
4 Dani Sordo 2 12 25 4 3 6 3 24 Ret Ret 6 2 3 2 2 61
5 Petter Solberg 6 Ret 4 Ret 2 Ret 5 3 Ret 6 7 6 5 Ret 5 42
6 Henning Solberg 14 4 3 9 9 5 4 5 5 14 9 10 9 3 16 34
7 Jari-Matti Latvala Ret Ret 5 7 8 4 9 12 Ret 8 5 7 4 26 3 30
8 Chris Atkinson 4 8 19 5 Ret 7 10 6 4 15 4 8 6 Ret 42 29
9 François Duval Ret 2 5 Ret 12
Manfred Stohl 10 7 12 6 10 8 7 8 Ret Ret 12 Ret 14 6 Ret 12
11 Jan Kopecký 8 10 8 22 Ret 7 Ret 5 Ret 7 10
Toni Gardemeister 7 6 Ret DSQ 6 7 10
13 Daniel Carlsson 5 7 6 Ret 9
14 Matthew Wilson 12 Ret 26 8 12 30 12 10 10 9 10 11 Ret 4 7 8
15 Gigi Galli 13 6 7 5
16 Luís Pérez Companc 15 19 DNS 28 Ret 11 11 23 Ret 5 4
Xavier Pons 25 Ret 16 6 18 Ret 9 8 36 Ret 4
18 Guy Wilks Ret Ret 9 9 10 6 3
Urmo Aava 28 15 13 14 7 12 8 18 Ret 18 3
20 Federico Villagra DNS 9 11 32 14 11 13 7 2
21 Juho Hänninen DSQ 17 11 8 Ret Ret 19 23 24 1
Mads Østberg 9 37 Ret Ret 8 1
Katsuhiko Taguchi 8 1
Gareth MacHale 11 Ret 13 Ret 8 1
Pos Driver MON
SWE
NOR
MEX
POR
ARG
ITA
GRC
FIN
GER
NZL
ESP
FRA
JPN
IRL
GBR
 Pts 
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Manufacturers' championship

Rank Manufacturer Event Total
points
MON
SWE
NOR
MEX
POR
ARG
ITA
GRC
FIN
GER
NZL
ESP
FRA
JPN
IRL
GBR
1 BP Ford World Rally Team 101618149141815181116119105- 194
2 Citroën Total World Rally Team 189115161368610111816818- 173
3 Stobart VK M-Sport Ford 1510329744552779- 80
4 Subaru World Rally Team 825482595574726- 79
5 OMV Kronos 275341320804040- 43
6 Munchi's Ford World Rally Team 000015008- 14

References

  1. "Preview: Rally Ireland". Crash.net. 2007-11-13. Archived from the original on 2008-11-23. Retrieved 2008-02-06.
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