2007 Rally Japan

Japanese race car competition 2007 Rally Japan 4th Rally Japan 14 2007 World Rally Championship 2007 Tour de Corse 2007 Rally Ireland Mikko HIRVONEN FORD Focus RS WRC07.JPG Rally winner Mikko Hirvonen. Obihiro, Hokkaidō, Japan October 26 28 2007 27 350.19 1575.79 Gravel FIN Mikko Hirvonen GBR BP Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 07 84 73 The 2007 Rally Japan was the 14th round of the 2007 World Rally Championship. It took place between 26 and 28 October 2007. Report Ford driver Mikko Hirvonen overtook Jari-Matti Latvala to take the lead on Friday afternoon and remained in first place for the rest of the rally. His teammate Marcus Grönholm had retired earlier that day, while Hirvonen stayed ahead of Sébastien Loeb. The situation changed on Saturday afternoon. Loeb was also eliminated after his co-driver Daniel Elena misread a pace note. Third-placed Latvala, who had led the rally at the start, also had to retire after an accident. Both later started again under the Rallye 2 regulations. So Hirvonen had a new pursuer Daniel Sordo. However, Hirvonen's lead was already large enough for him to control the rally. In the end, Hirvonen had a 37.4 second lead over Sordo. Loeb won four special stages on Sunday, after which he finally had to retire due to oil pressure problems.Hirvonen cruises to Rally Japan win https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/hirvonen-cruises-to-rally-japan-win-4417217/4417217/ 2 February 2022 Autosport.com Results Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points WRC 1. FIN Mikko Hirvonen FIN Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Focus RS WRC 07 3:23:57.6 0.0 10 2. ESP Daniel Sordo ESP Marc Marti Citroën C4 WRC 3:24:35.0 37.4 8 3. NOR Henning Solberg NOR Cato Menkerud Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:28:31.3 4:33.7 6 4. GBR Matthew Wilson GBR Michael Orr Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:30:35.5 6:37.9 5 5. ARG Luís Pérez Companc ARG Jose Maria Volta Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:30:38.0 6:40.4 4 6. AUT Manfred Stohl AUT Ilka Minor Citroën Xsara WRC 3:31:01.9 7:04.3 3 7. ARG Federico Villagra ARG José Luis Díaz Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:35:12.9 11:15.3 2 8. JPN Katsuhiko Taguchi AUS Mark Stacey Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 3:44:37.7 20:40.1 1 PWRC 1. (9.) ARG Gabriel Pozzo ARG Daniel Stillo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 3:45:50.6 0.0 10 2. (11.) POL Leszek Kuzaj GBR Craig Parry Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3:48:30.7 2:40.1 8 3. (12.) JPN Takuma Kamada JPN Naoki Kase Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3:48:39.0 2:48.4 6 4. (17.) RUS Yevgeni Vertunov RUS Georgi Troshkin Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3:50:41.7 4:51.1 5 5. (19.) GBR Mark Higgins GBR Scott Martin Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 3:51:23.3 5:32.7 4 6. (21.) SWE Patrik Flodin SWE Maria Andersson Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3:58:39.6 12:49.0 3 7. (23.) FIN Juho Hänninen FIN Mikko Markkula Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 4:03:12.4 17:21.8 2 8. (10.) JPN Yoshio Ikemachi JPN Sadatoshi Ando Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:03:48.7 17:58.1 1 Retirements FIN Marcus Grönholm - went off the road (SS4); AUS Chris Atkinson - crashed his car (SS6); JPN Fumio Nutahara - mechanical (SS14); FRA Sébastien Loeb - mechanical (SS26); PRT Armindo Araujo - excluded after post-rally technical check; Special Stages All dates and times are JST (UTC+9). LegStageTimeNameLengthWinnerTimeAvg. spd.Rally leader1(26 Oct) SS1 07:33 Pawse Kamuy reverse 1 9.03 km FIN J. Latvala 4:48.9 112.5 km/h FIN J. Latvala SS2 08:13 Cup Kamuy 1 13.95 km FIN M. Grönholm 8:29.7 98.5 km/h SS3 08:36 Kimun Kamuy 1 26.03 km FRA S. Loeb 13:56.0 112.1 km/h FIN M. Grönholm SS4 09:29 Rikubetsu 1 2.73 km ESP D. Sordo 2:05.4 78.4 km/h FIN J. Latvala SS5 13:35 Pawse Kamuy reverse 2 9.03 km FIN J. Latvala 4:39.1 116.5 km/h SS6 14:15 Cup Kamuy 13.95 km FIN M. Hirvonen 8:09.0 102.7 km/h FIN M. Hirvonen SS7 14:38 Kimun Kamuy 2 26.03 km FIN M. Hirvonen 13:26.7 116.2 km/h SS8 15:31 Rikubetsu 2 2.73 km ESP D. Sordo 2:04.2 79.1 km/h SS9 17:44 Obihiro 1 1.35 km PRT A. Araujo 1:18.5 61.9 km/h SS10 17:54 Obihiro 2 1.35 km ESP X. Pons 1:16.8 63.3 km/h2(27 Oct) SS11 07:13 Rikubetsu 3 2.73 km FRA S. Loeb 2:06.8 77.5 km/h SS12 07:44 Puray 1 34.96 km FIN M. Hirvonen 19:28.3 107.7 km/h SS13 08:23 Niueo 1 20.75 km ESP D. Sordo 12:31.3 99.4 km/h SS14 09:01 Sipirkakim 1 22.43 km NOR P. Solberg 12:13.1 110.1 km/h SS15 13:44 Rikubetsu 4 2.73 km NOR P. Solberg 2:05.6 78.2 km/h SS16 14:15 Puray 2 34.96 km NOR P. Solberg 19:01.0 110.3 km/h SS17 14:54 Niueo 2 20.75 km ESP D. Sordo 12:17.5 101.3 km/h SS18 15:47 Sipirkakim Short 4.67 km NOR P. Solberg 2:42.4 103.5 km/h SS19 17:57 Obihiro 3 1.35 km ARG F. Villagra 1:21.4 59.7 km/h SS20 18:07 Obihiro 4 1.35 km ARG F. Villagra 1:22.0 59.3 km/h3(28 Oct) SS21 07:06 Rera Kamuy 1 8.76 km FRA S. Loeb 5:10.1 101.7 km/h SS22 07:29 Panke Nikorpet 1 17.04 km ESP D. Sordo 9:35.0 106.7 km/h SS23 08:09 Penke 1 22.19 km FRA S. Loeb 13:23.8 99.4 km/h SS24 11:35 Rera Kamuy 2 8.76 km FRA S. Loeb 5:02.5 104.3 km/h SS25 11:58 Panke Nikorpet 2 17.04 km FRA S. Loeb 9:17.9 110.0 km/h SS26 12:38 Penke 2 22.19 km ESP D. Sordo 13:05.4 101.7 km/h SS27 14:33 Obihiro 5 1.35 km ARG F. Villagra 1:23.6 58.1 km/h Championship standings after the event Drivers' championship Pos Driver MONMonaco SWESweden NORNorway MEXMexico PORPortugal ARGArgentina ITAItaly GRCGreece FINFinland GERGermany NZLNew Zealand ESPSpain FRAFrance JPNJapan IRLIreland GBRUnited Kingdom  Pts  1 Finland Marcus Grönholm 3 1 2 2 4 2 1 1 1 4 1 3 2Ret 104 2 France Sébastien Loeb 1 2 14 1 1 1Ret 2 3 1 2 1 1Ret 100 3 Finland Mikko Hirvonen 5 3 1 3 5 3 2 4 2 3 3 4 13 1 84 4 Spain Dani Sordo 2 12 25 4 3 6 3 24RetRet 6 2 3 2 53 5 Norway Petter Solberg 6Ret 4Ret 2Ret 5 3Ret 6 7 6 5Ret 38 6 Norway Henning Solberg 14 4 3 9 9 5 4 5 5 14 9 10 9 3 34 7 Australia Chris Atkinson 4 8 19 5Ret 7 10 6 4 15 4 8 6Ret 29 8 Finland Jari-Matti LatvalaRetRet 5 7 8 4 9 12Ret 8 5 7 4 26 24 9 Belgium François DuvalRet 2 5Ret 12 Austria Manfred Stohl 10 7 12 6 10 8 7 8RetRet 12Ret 14 6 12 11 Czech Republic Jan Kopecký 8 10 8 22Ret 7Ret 5Ret 7 10 Finland Toni Gardemeister 7 6Ret DSQ 6 7 10 13 Sweden Daniel Carlsson 5 7 6Ret 9 14 United Kingdom Matthew Wilson 12Ret 26 8 12 30 12 10 10 9 10 11Ret 4 6 15 Italy Gigi Galli 13 6 7 5 16 Argentina Luís Pérez Companc 15 19DNS 28Ret 11 11 23Ret 5 4 Spain Xavier Pons 25Ret 16 6 18Ret 9 8 364 18 Estonia Urmo Aava 28 15 13 14 7 12 8 18Ret 183 19 Argentina Federico VillagraDNS 9 11 32 14 11 13 7 2 20 Finland Juho Hänninen DSQ 17 11 8RetRet 19 23 24 1 Norway Mads Østberg 9 37RetRet 8 1 Japan Katsuhiko Taguchi 8 1 Pos Driver MONMonaco SWESweden NORNorway MEXMexico PORPortugal ARGArgentina ITAItaly GRCGreece FINFinland GERGermany NZLNew Zealand ESPSpain FRAFrance JPNJapan IRLIreland GBRUnited Kingdom  Pts  Manufacturers' championship Rank Manufacturer Event Totalpoints MONMonaco SWESweden NORNorway MEXMexico PORPortugal ARGArgentina ITAItaly GRCGreece FINFinland GERGermany NZLNew Zealand ESPSpain FRAFrance JPNJapan IRLIreland GBRUnited Kingdom 1 BP Ford World Rally Team 10 16 18 14 9 14 18 15 18 11 16 11 9 10 - - 189 2 Citroën Total World Rally Team 18 9 1 15 16 13 6 8 6 10 11 18 16 8 - - 155 3 Subaru World Rally Team 8 2 5 4 8 2 5 9 5 5 7 4 7 2 - - 73 4 Stobart VK M-Sport Ford 1 5 10 3 2 9 7 4 4 5 5 2 7 7 - - 71 5 OMV Kronos 2 7 5 3 4 1 3 2 0 8 0 4 0 4 - - 43 6 Munchi's Ford World Rally Team 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 8 - - 14 References External links https://archive.today/20130209192600/http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=405&season=2007&rally_id=J Results el on the official site: WRC.com Results on eWRC.com Results at Jonkka's World Rally Archive Japan 2007 Rally