2007 Rally New Zealand

December 2021 2007 Rally New Zealand 37th Propecia Rally New Zealand 11 2007 World Rally Championship 2007 Rallye Deutschland 2007 Rally Catalunya Cape Palliser coast.jpg Coast of New Zealand. Hamilton, New Zealand 31 August 2 September 2007 18 353.56 1255.98 Gravel FIN Marcus Grönholm GBR BP Ford World Rally Team 68 59 The 2007 Rally New Zealand (37th Propecia Rally New Zealand), 11th round of 2007 World Rally Championship, was run on 31 August to 2 September. After a tight battle for three days, Marcus Grönholm beat Sébastien Loeb for the win by 0.3 seconds, making it the second-closest finish in WRC history (after 2011 Jordan Rally's 0.2s). This was the closest finish in the history of the World Rally Championship. The previous record was held by the 1998 Rally de Portugal, in which Colin McRae took the win 2.1 seconds ahead of Carlos Sainz.Closest wins World Rally Archive http://www.juwra.com/closest_wins.html 2 September 2007 __TOC__ Results Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points WRC 1. FIN Marcus Grönholm FIN Timo Rautiainen Ford Focus RS WRC 07 3:52:53.9 0.0 10 2. FRA Sébastien Loeb MCO Daniel Elena Citroën C4 WRC 3:52:54.2 0.3 8 3. FIN Mikko Hirvonen FIN Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Focus RS WRC 07 3:54:36.7 1:42.8 6 4. AUS Chris Atkinson BEL Stéphane Prévot Subaru Impreza WRC 07 3:55:26.2 2:32.3 5 5. FIN Jari-Matti Latvala FIN Ole Kristian Unnerud Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:55:30.8 2:36.9 4 6. ESP Daniel Sordo ESP Marc Marti Citroën C4 WRC 3:56:35.9 3:42.0 3 7. NOR Petter Solberg GBR Phil Mills Subaru Impreza WRC 07 3:56:48.6 3:54.7 2 8. EST Urmo Aava EST Kuldar Sikk Mitsubishi Lancer WR05 4:02:10.2 9:16.3 1 PCWRC 1. (13.) JPN Toshi Arai NZL Tony Sircombe Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:13:35.8 0.0 10 2. (14.) GBR Niall McShea GBR Gordon Noble Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:13:38.4 2.6 8 3. (15.) NZL Richard Mason NZL Sara Randall Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:14:46.0 1:10.2 6 4. (16.) ARG Gabriel Pozzo ARG Daniel Stillo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 4:14:48.9 1:13.1 5 5. (17.) JPN Fumio Nutahara GBR Daniel Barritt Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 4:14:55.7 1:19.9 4 6. (18.) PRT Armindo Araujo PRT Miguel Ramalho Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 4:15:16.0 1:40.2 3 7. (19.) FIN Juho Hänninen FIN Mikko Markkula Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 4:15:46.9 2:11.1 2 8. (22.) EST Martin Rauam EST Kristo Kraag Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 4:16:15.2 2:39.4 1 Special Stages All dates and times are NZST (UTC+12). LegStageTimeNameLengthWinnerTimeAvg. spd.Rally leader1(31 Aug) SS1 09:18 Pirongia West 1 18.30 km FIN M. Grönholm 13:40.5 80.29 km/h FIN M. Grönholm SS2 10:21 Waitomo 1 43.88 km FIN M. Grönholm 28:47.8 91.43 km/h SS3 14:07 Pirongia West 2 18.30 km FRA S. Loeb 13:32.4 81.09 km/h SS4 15:10 Waitomo 2 43.88 km FRA S. Loeb 28:20.4 92.9 km/h SS5 17:03 Mystery Creek 1 3.14 km AUS C. Atkinson 2:56.2 64.15 km/h2(1 Sep) SS6 09:03 Port Waikato 17.21 km FRA S. Loeb 9:33.2 108.09 km/h SS7 09:41 Possum 13.88 km FIN M. Grönholm 10:38.2 78.3 km/h SS8 10:19 Franklin 31.57 km FRA S. Loeb 21:15.7 89.09 km/h SS9 12:32 Mystery Creek 2 3.14 km FIN M. Grönholm 2:54.7 64.71 km/h SS10 14:58 Te Akau South 31.92 km FRA S. Loeb 18:25.0 103.99 km/h SS11 15:41 Te Akau North 32.36 km FRA S. Loeb 16:59.8 114.23 km/h FRA S. Loeb3(2 Sep) SS12 09:03 Maungatawhiri 1 5.34 km FIN M. Grönholm 2:41.3 119.18 km/h FIN M. Grönholm SS13 09:31 Te Hutewai 1 11.22 km FRA S. Loeb 7:54.3 85.16 km/h FRA S. Loeb SS14 09:59 Whaanga Coast 1 29.81 km FRA S. Loeb 21:00.8 85.12 km/h SS15 11:38 Maungatawhiri 2 5.34 km FIN M. Grönholm 2:39.7 120.38 km/h SS16 12:06 Te Hutewai 2 11.22 km FIN M. Grönholm 7:43.0 87.24 km/h SS17 12:34 Whaanga Coast 2 29.81 km FIN M. Grönholm 20:32.1 87.1 km/h FIN M. Grönholm SS18 14:18 Mystery Creek 3 3.14 km FRA S. Loeb 2:52.5 65.53 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 90 2 France Sébastien Loeb 1 2 14 1 1 1Ret 2 3 1 2 80 3 Finland Mikko Hirvonen 5 3 1 3 5 3 2 4 2 3 3 69 4 Spain Dani Sordo 2 12 25 4 3 6 3 24RetRet 6 31 Norway Petter Solberg 6Ret 4Ret 2Ret 5 3Ret 6 7 31 6 Norway Henning Solberg 14 4 3 9 9 5 4 5 5 14 9 28 7 Australia Chris Atkinson 4 8 19 5Ret 7 10 6 4 15 4 25 8 Finland Jari-Matti LatvalaRetRet 5 7 8 4 9 12Ret 8 5 17 9 Finland Toni Gardemeister 7 6Ret DSQ 6 7 10 10 Sweden Daniel Carlsson 5 7 6Ret 9 Austria Manfred Stohl 10 7 12 6 10 8 7 8RetRet 12 9 12 Belgium François DuvalRet 2 8 Czech Republic Jan Kopecký 8 10 8 22Ret 7Ret 5 8 14 Italy Gigi Galli 13 6 7 5 15 Spain Xavier Pons 25Ret 16 6 18Ret3 Estonia Urmo Aava 28 15 13 14 7 12 83 17 United Kingdom Matthew Wilson 12Ret 26 8 12 30 12 10 10 9 10 1 Finland Juho Hänninen DSQ 17 11 8RetRet 19 1 Norway Mads Østberg 9 37RetRet 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 - - - - - 159 2 Citroën Total World Rally Team 18 9 1 15 16 13 6 8 6 10 11 - - - - - 113 3 Subaru World Rally Team 8 2 5 4 8 2 5 9 5 5 7 - - - - - 60 4 Stobart VK M-Sport Ford 1 5 10 3 2 9 7 4 4 5 5 - - - - - 55 5 OMV Kronos 2 7 5 3 4 1 3 2 0 8 0 - - - - - 35 6 Munchi's Ford World Rally Team 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 - - - - - 6 References External links Results on the official site: WRC.com Results on eWRC-results.com Results at Jonkka's World Rally Archive New Zealand 2007 Rally