2007 Rally de Portugal

2007 Rally de Portugal
41º Vodafone Rally de Portugal
Round 5 of the 2007 World Rally Championship
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Eventual winner Sébastien Loeb during the rally.
Host country  Portugal
Rally base Faro, Portugal
Dates run March 29 – April 1, 2007
Stages 18 (357.1 km)
Stage surface Gravel
Overall distance 1009.31 km
Results
Overall winner Sébastien Loeb
Citroën Total World Rally Team
Teams 80 at start, 61 at finish
Picture gallery on Wikimedia Commons

The 2007 Vodafone Rally de Portugal was the 41st Rally de Portugal and the fifth round of the 2007 World Rally Championship season. It took place between March 30–April 1, 2007 and consisted of 18 special stages. 61 drivers finished the rally and the winner was Citroën's Sébastien Loeb, followed by Subaru's Petter Solberg and Citroën's Dani Sordo.

All Ford Focus RS WRC 06 drivers were given five-minute time penalties, because the glass used in the cars' rear side windows was 0.5 mm too thin. This dropped Marcus Grönholm from second to fourth, Mikko Hirvonen from third to fifth, Jari-Matti Latvala from sixth to eighth and Henning Solberg from ninth to 11th.[1]

Contents

Results

Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points
WRC
1. Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Citroën C4 WRC 3:53:33.1 0.0 10
2. Petter Solberg Phil Mills Subaru Impreza WRC 3:56:47.0 3:13.9 8
3. Daniel Sordo Marc Marti Citroën C4 WRC 3:58:38.4 5:05.3 6
4. Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:59:10.2 [1] 5:37.1 5
5. Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Focus RS WRC 06 4:00:41.2 [1] 7:08.1 4
6. Daniel Carlsson Denis Giraudet Citroën Xsara WRC 4:01:46.3 8:13.2 3
7. Gian-Luigi Galli Giovanni Bernacchni Citroën Xsara WRC 4:03:12.7 9:39.6 2
8. Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila Ford Focus RS WRC 06 4:04:18.0 [1] 10:44.9 1
[1] — All Ford Focus RS WRC 06 drivers were given five-minute time penalties due to 0.5 mm too thin rear side windows.
JRC
1. (14.) Per-Gunner Andersson Jonas Andersson Suzuki Swift S1600 4:22:43.4 0.0 10
2. (15.) Urmo Aava Kuldar Sikk Suzuki Swift S1600 4:22:47.1 3.7 8
3. (18.) Jozef Béreš jun. Petr Starý Renault Clio S1600 4:30:32.3 7:48.9 6
4. (21.) Jaan Mölder jr. Katrin Becker Suzuki Swift S1600 4:34.39.9 11:56.5 5
5. (22.) Andrea Cortinovis Flavio Zanella Renault Clio S1600 4:37.37.2 14:53.8 4
6. (26.) Manuel Rueda Borja Rozada Renault Clio R3 4:43:38.1 20:54.7 3
7. (30.) Shaun Gallagher Clive Jenkins Citroën C2 S1600 4:49:23.3 26:39.9 2
8. (32.) Vilius Rožukas Audrius Šošas Suzuki Swift S1600 4:55:58.3 [2] 33:14.9 1
[2] — Drivers using SupeRally

Retirements

Special Stages

Leg Stage Time Name Length Winner Time Avg. spd. Rally leader
1
(29 Mar
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30 Mar)		 SS1 17:35 SSS Estadio Algarve 2.20 km M. Grönholm 2:05.8 62.96 km/h M. Grönholm
SS2 10:27 Tavira 1 19.92 km M. Hirvonen 14:07.5 84.62 km/h
SS3 11:27 Serra de Tavira 1 24.37 km M. Grönholm 16:30.1 88.61 km/h
SS4 12:15 S. Bras de Alportel 16.70 km S. Loeb 11:24.3 87.86 km/h
SS5 14:44 Tavira 2 19.92 km M. Grönholm 13:52.3 86.16 km/h
SS6 15:44 Serra de Tavira 2 24.37 km S. Loeb 16:10.2 90.43 km/h
SS7 16:32 S. Bras de Alportel 16.70 km S. Loeb 11:10.6 89.65 km/h S. Loeb
2
(31 Mar)		 SS8 09:48 Silves / Ourique 1 30.69 km S. Loeb 21:36.5 85.22 km/h
SS9 10:37 Ourique 1 24.87 km S. Loeb 14:59.9 99.49 km/h
SS10 11:32 Almodóvar 1 20.88 km S. Loeb 11:40.5 107.31 km/h
SS11 14:50 Silves / Ourique 2 30.69 km S. Loeb 20:16.0 90.86 km/h
SS12 15:39 Ourique 2 24.87 km S. Loeb 14:35.0 102.32 km/h
SS13 16:34 Almodóvar 2 20.88 km S. Loeb 11:38.6 107.6 km/h
3
(1 Apr)		 SS14 08:07 Loule / Almodóvar 1 17.60 km M. Hirvonen 11:18.0 93.45 km/h
SS15 08:39 Loule 1 22.70 km S. Loeb 14:09.3 96.22 km/h
SS16 11:42 Loule / Almodóvar 2 17.60 km M. Grönholm 11:11.1 94.41 km/h
SS17 12:14 Loule 2 22.70 km M. Grönholm 14:02.0 97.05 km/h
SS18 14:00 Estadio Algarve 2 2.20 km S. Loeb 2:06.8 62.46 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 38
2 Marcus Grönholm 3 1 2 2 4 37
3 Mikko Hirvonen 5 3 1 3 5 30
4 Dani Sordo 2 12 25 4 3 19
5 Petter Solberg 6 Ret 4 Ret 2 16
6 Henning Solberg 14 4 3 9 11 11
7 Chris Atkinson 4 8 19 5 Ret 10
8 Daniel Carlsson 5 7 6 9
9 Jari-Matti Latvala Ret Ret 5 7 8 7
10 Toni Gardemeister 7 6 Ret DSQ 5
Manfred Stohl 10 7 12 6 10 5
Gigi Galli 13 6 7 5
13 Jan Kopecký 8 10 8 22 2
14 Matthew Wilson 12 Ret 26 8 12 1
Pos Driver MON
 SWE
 NOR
 MEX
 POR
 ARG
 ITA
 GRC
 FIN
 GER
 NZL
 ESP
 FRA
 JPN
 IRL
 GBR
  Pts 
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Injured or ill (Inj)
Excluded (EX)
Suspended (SUS)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrew entry before 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 10 16 18 14 9 - - - - - - - - - - - 67
2 Citroën Total World Rally Team 18 9 1 15 16 - - - - - - - - - - - 59
3 Subaru World Rally Team 8 2 5 4 8 - - - - - - - - - - - 27
4 Stobart VK M-Sport Ford 1 5 10 3 2 - - - - - - - - - - - 21
OMV Kronos 2 7 5 3 4 - - - - - - - - - - - 21
6 Munchi's Ford World Rally Team 0 0 - - - - - - - - - - - 0

References

  1. ^ "Time penalty dashes Grönholm's chances in Rally of Portugal". Helsingin Sanomat. http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Time+penalty+dashes+Gr%C3%B6nholms+chances+in+Rally+of+Portugal/1135226296802. Retrieved 2007-05-28. 
  2. ^ "Gardemeister excluded". Crash.net. http://www.crash.net/news_View~cid~4~id~145445.htm. Retrieved 2007-05-28. 

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