2007 World Rally Championship

35th season in the FIA World Rally Championship May 2012 2007 World Rally Championship World Drivers' Champion Sébastien Loeb World Manufacturers' Champion Ford 2006 2008 The 2007 World Rally Championship was the 35th season in the FIA World Rally Championship. The season began on 19 January, with the Monte Carlo Rally and ended on 2 December, with the Wales Rally GB. Citroën's Sébastien Loeb won his fourth consecutive drivers' world championship ahead of Ford's Marcus Grönholm and Mikko Hirvonen. Ford took the manufacturers' title. __TOC__ thumb|Sébastien Loeb secured his fourth WRC driver's championship at the wheel of a Citroën C4 WRC. Regulation changes Remote service was introduced. Between two sets of stages, instead of returning to the main service location, cars are serviced in a remote location. The service duration is 15 minutes, only four mechanics are allowed and the only parts which can be changed (save for tires) are the ones carried in the car itself. Since 2006 manufacturer is understood to mean a manufacturer, a team designated by a manufacturer, or a privateer team taking part with a single make of car. In 2007 two categories were created to compete for the Manufacturer's championship, replacing the previous M1 and M2 categories: Manufacturer (M) undertakes to take part in all the rallies of the Championship must enter only cars corresponding to the latest homologated version of a World Rally Car in conformity with the 2007 Appendix J must inform the FIA of the name of the first driver entered for the season at the time of registration for the Championship. No change of the first driver is authorised, except in a case of force majeure. The driver of the second car may be changed for each of the rallies in the Championship In order to score points in the Championship, a Manufacturer must take part with two cars of the same make in all the rallies of the calendar Manufacturer Team (MT) undertakes to take part in 10 or more Championship rallies which it has nominated cannot enter World Rally Cars homologated during the year 2007 and cannot use parts homologated after 2 January 2007 In order to score points in the Championship, a Manufacturer Team must take part with two cars of the same make in 10 or more rallies it nominated on registering for the Championship. The Manufacturer Team can only score points in the events it nominated on registering Calendar The 2007 championship was contested over sixteen rounds in Europe, Asia, the Americas and Oceania. Rd.Start dateFinish dateRallyRally headquartersSurfaceStagesDistanceSupport class118 January21 JanuaryMON 75th Rallye Automobile Monte-CarloValence, Drôme, FranceMixed15328.54 kmNone29 February11 FebruarySWE 56th Uddeholm Swedish RallyKarlstad, Värmland CountySnow20342.09 kmPWRC316 February18 FebruaryNOR 22nd Rally NorwayHamar, InnlandetSnow18355.99 kmJWRC49 March11 MarchMEX 4th Corona Rally MexicoLeón, GuanajuatoGravel20366.06 kmPWRC530 March1 AprilPOR 41st Vodafone Rally de PortugalFaro, Faro DistrictGravel18357.10 kmJWRC64 May6 MayARG 27th Rally ArgentinaCarlos Paz, CórdobaGravel23371.00 kmPWRC718 May20 MayITA 4th Rally d'Italia SardiniaOlbia, SardiniaGravel18342.86 kmJWRC81 June3 JuneGRC 54th BP Ultimate Acropolis Rally of GreeceMarkopoulo Mesogaias, AtticaGravel23356.36 kmPWRC93 August5 AugustFIN 57th Neste Rally FinlandJyväskylä, Central FinlandGravel23360.34 kmJWRC1017 August19 AugustGER 26th ADAC Rallye DeutschlandTrier, Rhineland-PalatinateTarmac19356.27 kmJWRC1131 August2 SeptemberNZL 38th Rally New ZealandHamilton, WaikatoGravel18353.56 kmPWRC125 October7 OctoberESP 43rd RallyRACC Catalunya - Costa DauradaSalou, CataloniaTarmac18352.87 kmJWRC1312 October14 OctoberFRA 51st Tour de Corse - Rallye de FranceAjaccio, CorsicaTarmac16359.32 kmJWRC1426 October28 OctoberJPN 7th Rally JapanObihiro, HokkaidoGravel27350.19 kmPWRC1516 November18 NovemberIRE 3rd Rally IrelandSligo, County SligoTarmac20328.72 kmPWRC1630 November2 DecemberGBR 63rd Wales Rally GBCardiff, WalesGravel17359.54 kmPWRCSources: Juwra 2007 WRC calendar https://www.juwra.com/calendar_2007.html 4 January 2025 Juwra Teams and drivers Manufacturers Manufacturer Car Team Tyre No Drivers Co-driver Rounds Citroën C4 WRC FRA Citroën Total World Rally Team BF Goodrich 1 FRA Sébastien Loeb MCO Daniel Elena All 2ESP Daniel SordoESP Marc Marti All Ford Focus RS WRC 06 1-8Focus RS WRC 07 9-16 GBR BP Ford World Rally Team BF Goodrich 3 FIN Marcus Grönholm FIN Timo Rautiainen All 4FIN Mikko HirvonenFIN Jarmo Lehtinen All Subaru Impreza WRC 2006 1-3Impreza WRC 2007 4-16 JPN Subaru World Rally Team BF Goodrich 7 NOR Petter Solberg GBR Phil Mills All 8 AUS Chris Atkinson AUS Glenn MacNeall 1–5 BEL Stéphane Prévot 6–16 Manufacturers' teams Citroën Xsara WRC BEL OMV Kronos Citroën World Rally Team BF Goodrich 5 AUT Manfred Stohl AUT Ilka Minor All 6 SWE Daniel Carlsson FRA Denis Giraudet 2–3, 5, 7 BEL François Duval FRA Patrick Pivato 10, 12–13 Ford Focus RS WRC 06 GBR Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team BF Goodrich 9 FIN Jari-Matti Latvala FIN Miikka Anttila All 10NOR Henning SolbergNOR Cato Menkerud All ARG Munchi's Ford World Rally Team BF Goodrich 11 ARG Luis Pérez Companc ARG Jose Maria Volta 2, 4–9, 11–12, 14, 16 12 ARG Juan Pablo Raies ARG Jorge Pérez Companc 2, 4–6 ARG Federico Villagra 7–9, 11–12, 14, 16 World Rally Car entries ineligible to score manufacturer points Manufacturer Car Team Tyre Drivers Co-drivers Rounds Citroën Xsara WRC ITA Aimont Racing Team Pirelli ITA Gianluigi Galli ITA Giovanni Bernacchini 2-3, 5 ITA Astra Racing BF Goodrich FIN Toni Gardemeister FIN Jakke Honkanen 10 ZWE Conrad Rautenbach BF Goodrich ZWE Conrad Rautenbach GBR David Senior 16 Ford Focus RS WRC 06 GBR BP Ford World Rally Team BF Goodrich ARE Khalid Al Qassimi GBR Nicky Beech 9–10, 12, 15 GBR Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team BF GoodrichGBR Matthew WilsonGBR Michael Orr All ITA Alessandro Bettega ITA Simone Scattolin 13 Focus RS WRC 04 NOR Andreas Mikkelsen NOR Ola Fløene 3, 5 GBR Gareth Jones IRL James O'Brien 9 IRL David Moynihan 12, 15–16 IRL Ray Breen IRL Andrew Purcell 15 NOR Thomas Schie BF Goodrich NOR Thomas Schie SWE Göran Bergsten 2–3, 10, 12 GBR Ramsport BF Goodrich GBR Guy Wilks GBR Phil Pugh 3, 5, 8–10 NOR Andreas Mikkelsen NOR Ola Fløene 9–10, 12–13, 15 Focus RS WRC 06 16 NLD Van Merksteijn Motorsport BF Goodrich NLD Peter van Merksteijn Sr. NLD Erwin Berkhof 10, 12 NLD Hilco Van Beek 16 IRL MacHale Racing BF Goodrich IRL Gareth MacHale IRL Paul Nagle 3–5 Focus RS WRC 03 1GBR Allan Harryman15 IRL Eamonn Boland Ireland Francis Regan 1 IRL Austin MacHale IRL Brian Murphy 4, 15 Focus RS WRC 04 IRL Aaron MacHale IRL Killian Duffy 15 IRL Noel McCarrick BF Goodrich IRL Noel McCarrick IRL Damien Connolly 15 IRL Paddy White BF Goodrich IRL Paddy White GBR Graeme Stewart 15 Focus RS WRC 02 NOR Christian August Selmer BF Goodrich NOR Christian August Selmer NOR Nils-Henrik Holmen 3 IRL George Tracey BF Goodrich IRL George Tracey IRL Jane O'Connor 15 Focus RS WRC 01 SWE Mats Jonsson BF Goodrich SWE Mats Jonsson SWE Johnny Johansson 2 Focus RS WRC 00 NOR Einar Staff Jr. BF Goodrich NOR Einar Staff Jr. NOR Kim Staff 3 Hyundai Accent WRC3 RSA Stephen Simpson BF Goodrich RSA Stephen Simpson GBR Patrick Walsh 16 Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 GBR MMSP LTD BF Goodrich FIN Toni Gardemeister FIN Jakke Honkanen 1–3, 5, 7 ESP Xavier Pons ESP Xavier Amigò 1–3 FIN Juho Hänninen FIN Mikko Markkula 3, 7, 9 PRT Armindo Araújo PRT Miguel Ramalho 5 EST Urmo Aava EST Kuldar Sikk 8–9, 11 FIN Blue Rose Team BF Goodrich FIN Kristian Sohlberg FIN Risto Pietilainen 9 FIN Kaj Kuistila FIN Kari Jokinen 9 Peugeot 307 WRC FRA Bozian Racing BF Goodrich CHE Philippe Roux CHE Eric Jordan 1 NOR Anders Kjaer NOR Trond Odegard 3 FRA Team Rallye Cuoq BF Goodrich FRA Jean-Marie Cuoq FRA David Marty 1 ESP Baporo Motorsport BF Goodrich ESP Jordi Zurita ESP Óscar Sánchez 12 FRA Armando Pereira BF Goodrich FRA Armando Pereira FRA Karine Gehin 13 FRA José Micheli BF Goodrich FRA José Micheli FRA Virginie Dejoye 13 206 WRC FRA Frédéric Romeyer BF Goodrich FRA Frédéric Romeyer FRA Marie-Ange Lachand 1 NOR Tord Linnerud BF Goodrich NOR Tord Linnerud NOR Ragnar Engen 3 MEX Ricardo Triviño BF Goodrich MEX Ricardo Triviño ESP Borja Aguado 9 FRA Alain Vauthier BF Goodrich FRA Alain Vauthier FRA François Ravault 13 FRA Georges Guebey BF Goodrich FRA Georges Guebey FRA Nadège Passaquin 13 Škoda Fabia WRC CZE Czech Rally Team Kopecký BF Goodrich CZE Jan Kopecký CZE Filip Schovánek 1–3, 5, 7–10, 12–13, 16 BEL First Motorsport Škoda BF Goodrich BEL François Duval FRA Patrick Pivato 8 FRA François Leandri FRA Gilbert Luigi 13 NED Harry Kleinjan BF Goodrich NED Harry Kleinjan NED Bart Hissink 10, 16 NED Wevers Sport BF Goodrich NED Erik Wevers NED Jalmar van Weeren 10 IRL Eugene Donnelly BF Goodrich IRL Eugene Donnelly FIN Harri Kaapro 15 Octavia WRC FIN Jukka Ketomäki BF Goodrich FIN Jukka Ketomäki FIN Kai Risberg 9 GBR Melis Charalambous BF Goodrich GBR Melis Charalambous GBR Mark Crisp 16 Subaru Impreza WRC 2007 JPN Subaru World Rally Team BF GoodrichESP Xavier PonsESP Xavier Amigò 9–16 Impreza WRC 2006 NED Wevers Sport BF Goodrich NED René Kuipers BEL Erwin Mombaerts 10, 16 NED Mark van Eldik BF Goodrich NED Mark van Eldik NED Michel Groenewoud 10, 12, 16 IRL Eamonn Boland BF Goodrich IRL Eamonn Boland IRE Francis Regan 12, 15 GBR Kris Meeke Pirelli GBR Kris Meeke IRL Paul Nagle 15 Impreza WRC 2005 NOR Adapta BF Goodrich NOR Mads Østberg NOR Ole Kristian Unnelud 2–3, 5, 7, 9, 16 GRE Armodios Vovos BF Goodrich GRE Armodios Vovos GRE Loris Meletopoulos 8 GBR Guy Wilks BF Goodrich GBR Guy Wilks GBR Phil Pugh 15 IRL Andrew Nesbitt BF Goodrich IRL Andrew Nesbitt IRL James O'Brien 15 IRL Tim McNulty BF Goodrich IRL Tim McNulty IRL Eugene O'Donnell 15 IRL Kevin Barrett BF Goodrich IRL Kevin Barrett IRL Barry Goodman 15 IRL Sean Devine BF Goodrich IRL Sean Devine IRL Paul McLoughlin 15 Impreza WRC 2004 SWE Rally Team Olsbergs BF Goodrich SWE Patrik Flodin SWE Maria Andersson 2 NOR Anders Grøndal BF Goodrich NOR Anders Grøndal NOR Trond-Inge Ostbye 3 Impreza WRC 2003 NOR Rune Dalsjø BF Goodrich NOR Rune Dalsjø NOR Jens Olav Lovhoiden 3 GBR Emma McKinstry BF Goodrich GBR Emma McKinstry GBR Kenny Hull 15 Impreza WRC 2002 GBR Darren Gass BF Goodrich GBR Darren Gass GBR Neil Shawks 15 Suzuki SX4 WRC JPN Suzuki World Rally Team BF Goodrich FRA Nicolas Bernardi BEL Jean-Marc Fortin 13 FIN Sebastian Lindholm FIN Tomi Tuominen 16 Team and driver changes Citroën Total World Rally Team returned to the WRC in 2007 with their new C4.Beer Matt 6 September 2006 Citroen announce 2007 WRC plans https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/citroen-announce-2007-wrc-plans-4405844/4405844/ 30 March 2025 Autosport Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Sordo joined the team from Kronos who had been the de facto works Citroën team. Kronos would remain in the WRC as a Manufacturer team with Manfred Stohl returning to Kronos after driving for the Bozian run Peugeot team.Wilkins Robert Stohl gets Kronos seat, thanks Bozian. https://www.crash.net/wrc/news/118218/1/stohl-gets-kronos-seat-thanks-bozian 30 March 2025 Crash.net Daniel Carlsson was signed to compete in six rallies in 2007, but after Rally Italy, Carlsson was banned from participating in the remainder of the season.Freeman Glenn 5 February 2007 Carlsson hoping for repeat of '06 https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/carlsson-hoping-for-repeat-of-06-4407552/4407552/ 30 March 2025 AutosportWilkins Robert Carlsson punished by FIA. https://www.crash.net/wrc/news/119092/1/carlsson-punished-by-fia 30 March 2025 Crash.net François Duval was later signed to compete in the remaining four tarmac rallies.Wilkins Robert OMV Kronos confirms Duval for Germany. https://www.crash.net/wrc/news/119274/1/omv-kronos-confirms-duval-for-germany 30 March 2025 Crash.net MMSP, formerly Ralliart, announced via the WRC website that Mitsubishi would be returning to the WRC in 2007, with Toni Gardemeister and Khalid Al Qassimi as their drivers. However, Mitsubishi of Japan refused to approve of the entry, preventing MMSP from entering as a manufacturer.Wilkins Robert Official: No Mitsubishi WRC cars to run in 2007. https://www.crash.net/wrc/news/118281/1/official-no-mitsubishi-wrc-cars-to-run-in-2007 30 March 2025 Crash.net Khalid Al Qassimi and his main sponsor Abu Dhabi withdrew from the team and would later join Ford with Al Qassimi driving a third car for the remainder of the season.Wilkins Robert Al Qassimi to drive third car for BP Ford https://www.crash.net/wrc/news/119238/1/al-qassimi-to-drive-third-car-for-bp-ford 30 March 2025 Crash.net Argentinian ice cream parlor chain, Munchi's, would set up Ford's third manufacturer team in the WRC. Their drivers were Luis Pérez Companc, who had driven for Stobart Ford the previous year, and Juan Pablo Raies although the latter would be replaced by Federico Villagra.Wilkins Robert Munchi's dump Raies, sign Villagra https://www.crash.net/wrc/news/118990/1/munchis-dump-raies-sign-villagra 30 March 2025 Crash.net Subaru dropped tarmac specialist Stéphane Sarrazin from their line-up with Chris Atkinson now having a full time seat with Subaru.Beer Matt 3 October 2006 Subaru retain Atkinson for 2007 https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/subaru-retain-atkinson-for-2007-4405227/4405227/ 30 March 2025 Autosport Midway through the season, Subaru signed Xavier Pons to drive a third car for the remainder of the 2007 season.Elizalde Pablo 15 May 2007 Subaru sign Pons until 2009 https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/subaru-sign-pons-until-2009-4409343/4409343/ 30 March 2025 Autosport Prodrive had considered running a secondary manufacturer team for 2007, similar to Citroën and Ford, but this failed to materialize.3 August 2006 Prodrive considering 'B' team https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/prodrive-considering-b-team-4404483/4404483/ 30 March 2025 Autosport OMV Peugeot Norway World Rally Team and Red Bull Škoda Team left the WRC after the 2006 season. P-WRC Entries No Entrants Drivers Co-driver Car Rounds 31 JPN Subaru Team Arai JPN Toshihiro Arai NZL Tony Sircombe Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2, 4, 6, 8, 11, 14 32 GBR Stuart Jones Rallying GBR Stuart Jones GBR Craig Parry Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 4, 6, 8, 11 GBR Andrew Bull 15 MG S2000 Sport 16 33 ITA Motoring Club SMR Loris Baldacci ITA Rudy Pollet Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2, 16 SMR Silvio Stefanelli 4, 6, 8, 11 45 SMR Mirco Baldacci ITA Giovanni Agnese 2, 4, 6, 8, 11, 16 44 ITA Fabio Frisiero ITA Simone Scattolin Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2, 6, 8, 11 ITA Mauro Rongoni 4 ITA Alessandro Bettega 16 34 ITA Top Run Racing GBR Mark Higgins GBR Scott Martin Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2, 4, 8, 14–16 51 EST Martin Rauam EST Kristo Kraag 4, 6, 8, 11, 14, 16 35 JPN Advan-Piaa Rally Team JPN Fumio Nutahara GBR Daniel Barritt Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2, 4, 6, 11, 14–15 36 FIN RRE Sports FIN Juho Hänninen FIN Mikko Markkula Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2, 6, 8, 11, 14, 16 37 JPN Syms Rally Team CYP Spyros Pavlides FRA Denis Giraudet Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4, 6, 8, 11, 14, 16 38 FIN Kristian Sohlberg FIN Risto Pietilainen 2, 4, 6, 8 NZL Richard Mason NZL Sara Mason 11 JPN Yoshio Ikemachi JPN Sadatoshi Andou 14 39 QAT QMMF QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah GBR Chris Patterson Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2, 4, 6, 8, 11, 15 40 ITA Errani Team Group ITA Riccardo Errani ITA Stefano Casadio Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2 ITA Stefano Marrini ARG Nicolas Garcia 6 ITA Tiziana Sandroni 14 ITA Simone Campedelli ITA Danilo Fappani 8, 15 POL Michał Sołowow POL Maciek Baran Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 16 41 POL Subaru Poland Rally Team POL Leszek Kuzaj POL Jarosław Baran Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4, 6, 8, 14–16 42 RUS Subaru Rally Team Russia RUS Alexander Dorosinskiy RUS Dmitriy Yeremeyev Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2, 4, 6 RUS Evgeny Vertunov RUS Georgiy Troshkin 8, 11, 16 43 AUT OMV Bixxol Rally Team HUN Balazs Benik HUN Laszlo Bunkoczi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 4 SVN Andrej Jereb SVN Miran Kacin 8, 11 ROU Claudiu David ROU Mihaela Beldie 14, 16 BGR Jasen Popov BGR Dilian Popov 15 49 CZE Martin Prokop CZE Jan Tománek 2 CZE Štěpán Vojtěch CZE Michal Ernst 4, 6, 11, 15–16 46 PRT Mitsubishi Motors de Portugal PRT Armindo Araújo PRT Miguel Ramalho Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2, 8, 11, 14–16 47 AUT Red Bull Rallye Team AUT Andreas Aigner DEU Klaus Wicha Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2, 4, 6, 8, 15–16 48 JOR Team Jordan JOR Amjad Farrah GBR Steve Lancaster Subaru Impreza WRX STI 6 ITA Nicola Arena Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 8, 11, 14 GBR Phillip Morrow GBR David Senior 15 NZL Hayden Paddon NZL John Kennard 16 50 SWE Rally Team Olsbergs SWE Patrik Flodin SWE Maria Andersson Subaru Impreza WRX STI 6, 8, 11, 14–16 52 JPN Subaru Rally Team International USA Travis Pastrana USA Bjorn Edstrom Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4, 6, 16 JPN Takuma Kamada JPN Naoki Kase 8, 11, 14 53 GBR TaCK FIN Anton Alén FIN Timo Alanne Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2 GBR Niall McShea GBR Gordon Noble 6, 11, 15 RUS Evgeny Vertunov RUS Georgiy Troshkin 14 GBR David Higgins GBR Ieuan Thomas 16 54 ARG Tango Rally Team ARG Gabriel Pozzo ARG Daniel Stillo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 6, 8, 11, 14–16 additional guest entries 59 SWE Subaru Swedish Dealer Team SWE Oscar Svedlund SWE Björn Nilsson Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2 60 SWE Peugeot Sport Sweden SWE Jimmy Joge SWE Mattias Andersson Peugeot 207 S2000 2 59 MEX Francisco Name MEX Francisco Name MEX Armando Zapata Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4 60 MEX Salgado Rally Team MEX Rodrigo Salgado MEX Diodoro Salgado Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 4 59 ARG Tango Rally Team ARG Marcos Ligato ARG Rubén García Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 6 60 ARG VRS Rally Team ARG Federico Villagra ARG Diego Curletto Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 6 59 NZL Paddon Direct Team Green NZL Hayden Paddon NZL John Kennard Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 11 60 NZL Vantage Motorsport APL NZL Emma Gilmour AUS Glenn MacNeall Subaru Impreza WRX STI 11 59 IRL Colm Murphy Rallying IRL Colm Murphy IRL Ger Loughrey Subaru Impreza WRX STI 15 60 IRL Alan Ring Rally Team IRL Alan Ring IRL Adrian Deasy Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 15 59 GBR Mitsubishi Motors UK GBR Guy Wilks GBR Phil Pugh Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 16 60 GBR Gwyndaf Evans GBR Huw Lewis 16 JWRC entries No Entrant Drivers Co-driver Car Rounds 31 FRA Renault Sport SWE Patrik Sandell SWE Emil Axelsson Renault Clio R3 3, 5, 7, 9–10, 12 48 FIN Kalle Pinomäki FIN Tuomo Nikkola 3, 5, 7, 9–10, 12 32 JPN Suzuki Sport Europe EST Urmo Aava EST Kuldar Sikk Suzuki Swift S1600 3, 5, 7, 10, 12–13 36 EST Jaan Mölder DEU Katrin Becker 3, 5, 7, 9–10 BEL Frédéric Miclotte 13 42 EST Aigar Pärs EST Ken Järveoja 3, 5, 7, 9–10, 13 43 LTU Vilius Rožukas LTU Audrius Šošas 3, 5, 7, 9 45 SWE Per-Gunnar Andersson SWE Jonas Andersson 3, 5, 7, 12–13 GBR James Wozencroft 10 33 FRA PH Sport ZWE Conrad Rautenbach GBR David Senior Citroën C2 S1600 5, 7, 9–10, 12–13 44 FRA Yoann Bonato FRA Benjamin Boulloud 13 Citroën C2 R2 9–10, 12 FRA Dominique Rebout FRA Isabelle Galmiche 5 FRA Bryan Bouffier FRA Mathieu Baumel 7 34 SVK Tempus Styllex SVK Jozef Béreš CZE Petr Starý Renault Clio S1600 5, 7, 9–10, 12–13 35 CZE Jipocar Czech National Team CZE Martin Prokop CZE Jan Tománek Citroën C2 S1600 5, 7, 9–10, 12–13 37 DEU PRT Motorsport DEU Aaron Burkart DEU Timo Gottschalk Citroën C2 S1600 3 DEU Michael Kölbach 7, 9–10, 12–13 38 CZE JM Engineering POL Michał Kościuszko POL Maciek Szczepaniak Renault Clio S1600 5, 7, 9–10, 12 Suzuki Swift S1600 13 39 ITA Power Car Team ITA Andrea Cortinovis ITA Flavio Zanella Renault Clio S1600 3, 5, 7, 9, 12–13 40 ITA Mirabella Mille Miglia ITA Stefano Benoni ITA Enrico Cantoni Citroën C2 R2 5, 7, 9–10, 12–13 41 ESP Auto Laca Competicion ESP Manuel Rueda ESP Borja Rozada Renault Clio R3 5, 7, 9–10 43 LTU Rožukas Rally Team LTU Vilius Rožukas LTU Audrius Šošas Citroën C2 R2 12–13 46 IRL World Rally Team Ireland IRL Shaun Gallagher GBR Clive Jenkins Citroën C2 R2 3, 5, 7, 9–10, 12 47 ITA TRT srl ITA Alessandro Bettega ITA Simone Scattolin Ford Fiesta S1600 3, 5, 7 Suzuki Ignis S1600 9 Renault Clio R3 12 ITA Luca Griotti ITA Massimiliano Bosi Renault Clio S1600 10 49 SRB Interspeed Racing Team SRB Miloš Komljenović SRB Aleksandar Jerermić Renault Clio R3 5, 7, 9–10, 12–13 50 LUX JPS Junior Team Luxemburg LUX Gilles Schammel BEL Renaud Jamoul Citroën C2 R2 5, 7, 9–10, 12–13 51 BEL Kronos Junior Team BEL Raphaël Auquier BEL Cédric Pirotte Citroën C2 R2 5, 7, 9–10, 12–13 Additional guest entries 59 NOR NAF Motorsport NOR Trond Svenkerud NOR Kay Odegard Ford Fiesta ST 3 59 FIN Suzuki Finland FIN Tapio Suominen FIN Jarno Ottman Suzuki Swift S1600 9 60 FIN Valvoline Racing Team FIN Jarkko Nikara FIN Petri Nikara Honda Civic Type-R 9 59 ESP Auto Laca Competicion ESP Yeray Lemes ESP Rogelio Peñate Citroën C2 S1600 12 59 FRA Equipe de France FFSA FRA Arnaud Augoyard FRA Xavier Panseri Renault Clio R3 13 60 FRA Thomas Barral FRA Steeve Rebroin 13 Events Results Colour Rally Surface Gold Gravel Silver Tarmac Blue Snow/Ice Bronze Mixed Surface Round Rally name Podium finishers Statistics Rank Driver Car Time Stages Length Starters Finishers 1 FRA/MCO Monte Carlo Rally(19–21 January) — Results and report1FRA Sébastien LoebCitroën C4 WRC 3:10:27.4 15 328.54 km 47 392ESP Daniel SordoCitroën C4 WRC 3:11:05.63FIN Marcus GrönholmFord Focus RS WRC 06 3:11:50.2 2 SWE Swedish Rally(9–11 February) — Results and report1FIN Marcus GrönholmFord Focus RS WRC 06 3:08:40.7 20 342.09 km 58 432FRA Sébastien LoebCitroën C4 WRC 3:09:34.53FIN Mikko HirvonenFord Focus RS WRC 06 3:10:22.2 3 NOR Rally Norway(16–18 February) — Results and report1FIN Mikko HirvonenFord Focus RS WRC 063:28:17.0 18 355.99 km 74 632FIN Marcus GrönholmFord Focus RS WRC 063:28:26.53NOR Henning SolbergFord Focus RS WRC 063:32:01.6 4 MEX Rally Mexico(9–11 March) — Results and report1FRA Sébastien LoebCitroën C4 WRC3:48:13.3 20 366.06 km 47 362FIN Marcus GrönholmFord Focus RS WRC 063:49:09.13FIN Mikko HirvonenFord Focus RS WRC 063:49:41.0 5 PRT Rallye de Portugal(30 March – 1 April) — Results and report1FRA Sébastien LoebCitroën C4 WRC3:53:33.1 18 357.10 km 80 612NOR Petter SolbergSubaru Impreza WRC20073:56:47.03ESP Daniel SordoCitroën C4 WRC3:58:38.4 6 ARG Rally Argentina(4–6 May) — Results and report1FRA Sébastien LoebCitroën C4 WRC2:52:03.8 23 370.36 km 70 412FIN Marcus GrönholmFord Focus RS WRC 062:52:40.53FIN Mikko HirvonenFord Focus RS WRC 062:54:19.0 7 ITA Rally d'Italia Sardegna(18–20 May) — Results and report1FIN Marcus GrönholmFord Focus RS WRC 063:48:42.0 18 342.86 km 82 672FIN Mikko HirvonenFord Focus RS WRC 063:49:11.23ESP Daniel SordoCitroën C4 WRC3:50:03.8 8 GRC Acropolis Rally(1–3 June) — Results and report1FIN Marcus Grönholm Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:49:22.6 21 334.44 km 64 492FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 3:50:01.23NOR Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza WRC2007 3:50:56.7 9 FIN Rally Finland(3–5 August) — Results and report1 FIN Marcus Grönholm Ford Focus RS WRC 07 2:57:26.1 23 360.34 km 97 702 FIN Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 07 2:57:50.33 FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 2:58:36.0 10 DEU Rallye Deutschland(17–19 August) — Results and report1 FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 3:27:27.5 19 356.27 km 102 882 BEL François Duval Citroën Xsara WRC 3:27:47.83 FIN Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 07 3:28:46.6 11 NZL Rally New Zealand(31 August – 2 September) — Results and report1 FIN Marcus Grönholm Ford Focus RS WRC 07 3:52:53.9 18 353.56 km 68 59 2 FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 3:52:54.23 FIN Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 07 3:54:36.7 12 ESP Rally Catalunya(5–7 October) — Results and report1 FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 3:22:50.5 18 352.87 km 81 652 ESP Daniel Sordo Citroën C4 WRC 3:23:04.33 FIN Marcus Grönholm Ford Focus RS WRC 07 3:23:30.3 13 FRA Tour de Corse(12–14 October) — Results and report1 FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 3:28:31.5 16 359.32 km 74 602 FIN Marcus Grönholm Ford Focus RS WRC 07 3:28:55.23 ESP Daniel Sordo Citroën C4 WRC 3:29:15.8 14 JPN Rally Japan(26–28 October) — Results and report1 FIN Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 07 3:23:57.6 27 350.19 km 85 722 ESP Daniel Sordo Citroën C4 WRC 3:24:35.03 NOR Henning Solberg Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:28:31.3 15 IRL/GBR Rally Ireland(16–18 November) — Results and report1 FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 3:01:39.2 20 328.72 km 84 662 ESP Daniel Sordo Citroën C4 WRC 3:02:32.63 FIN Jari-Matti Latvala Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:03:27.4 16 GBR Wales Rally GB(30 November – 2 December) — Results and report1 FIN Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 07 3:22:50.9 17 359.54 km 84 662 FIN Marcus Grönholm Ford Focus RS WRC 07 3:23:06.13 FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 3:24:23.9 Statistics Rnd Event Dates Surface Stages Length Starters Finishers Winner Avg. speed 1 FRA/MCO Monte Carlo Rally 19–21 January Tarmac/Ice 15 328.54 km 47 39 FRA S. Loeb 103.50 km/h 2 SWE Swedish Rally 9–11 February Snow 20 342.09 km 58 43 FIN M. Grönholm 108.79 km/h 3 NOR Rally Norway 16–18 February Snow 18 355.99 km 74 63 FIN M. Hirvonen 102.55 km/h 4 MEX Rally Mexico 9–11 March Gravel 20 366.06 km 47 36 FRA S. Loeb 96.24 km/h 5 PRT Rally Portugal 30 March – 1 April Gravel 18 357.10 km 80 61 FRA S. Loeb 91.74 km/h 6 ARG Rally Argentina 3–6 May Gravel 23 370.36 km 70 41 FRA S. Loeb 86.57 km/h 7 ITA Rally d'Italia Sardegna 18–20 May Gravel 18 342.86 km 82 67 FIN M. Grönholm 89.95 km/h 8 GRC Acropolis Rally 31 May – 3 June Gravel 21 334.44 km 64 49 FIN M. Grönholm 87.48 km/h 9 FIN Rally Finland 2–5 August Gravel 23 360.34 km 97 70 FIN M. Grönholm 121.85 km/h 10 DEU Rallye Deutschland 17–19 August Tarmac 19 356.27 km 102 88 FRA S. Loeb 103.04 km/h 11 NZL Rally New Zealand 31 August – 2 September Gravel 18 353.56 km 68 59 FIN M. Grönholm 91.09 km/h 12 ESP Rally Catalunya 5–7 October Tarmac 18 352.87 km 81 65 FRA S. Loeb 104.38 km/h 13 FRA Tour de Corse 12–14 October Tarmac 16 359.32 km 74 60 FRA S. Loeb 98.18 km/h 14 JPN Rally Japan 26–28 October Gravel 27 350.19 km 85 72 FIN M. Hirvonen 103.02 km/h 15 IRL/GBR Rally Ireland 15–18 November Tarmac 20 328.72 km 84 66 FRA S. Loeb 108.58 km/h 16 GBR Wales Rally GB 30 November – 2 December Gravel 17 359.54 km 108 86 FIN M. Hirvonen 106.35 km/h Season results summary Drivers' championship Pos. Position Driver MONMCO SWESWE NORNOR MEXMEX PORPRT ARGARG ITAITA GRCGRC FINFIN GERDEU NZLNZL ESPESP FRAFRA JPNJPN IRLIRL GBRGBR  Pts 2007 FIA WRC Drivers Championship Standings Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile http://www.fia.com/sport/Championships/WRC/2007/Standings/drivers.html 2011-11-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20120721074750/http://www.fia.com/sport/Championships/WRC/2007/Standings/drivers.html July 21, 2012 dead mdy-all 1 FRA Sébastien Loeb 1 2 14 1 1 1Ret 2 3 1 2 1 1Ret 1 3 116 2 FIN Marcus Grönholm 3 1 2 2 4 2 1 1 1 4 1 3 2RetRet 2 112 3 FIN Mikko Hirvonen 5 3 1 3 5 3 2 4 2 3 3 4 13 1 4 1 99 4 ESP Daniel Sordo 2 12 25 4 3 6 3 24RetRet 6 2 3 2 2 5 65 5 NOR Petter Solberg 6Ret 4Ret 2Ret 5 3Ret 6 7 6 5 16 5 4 47 6 NOR Henning Solberg 14 4 3 9 11 5 4 5 5 13 9 10 9 3 16 15 34 7 AUS Chris Atkinson 4 8 19 5Ret 7 10 6 4 15 4 8 6Ret 42 7 31 8 FIN Jari-Matti LatvalaRetRet 5 7 8 4 9 12Ret 8 5 7 4 26 3 10 30 9 AUT Manfred Stohl 10 7 12 6 9 8 7 8RetRet 12Ret 14 6Ret 8 13 10 BEL François DuvalRet 2 5Ret DNS 12 11 GBR Matthew Wilson 12Ret 26 8 12 30 12 10 10 9 10 11Ret 4 7 6 11 12 CZE Jan Kopecký 8 10 8 22Ret 7Ret 5Ret 7 12 10 13 FIN Toni Gardemeister 7 6Ret DSQ 6DNS 7 10 14 SWE Daniel Carlsson 5 7 6RetDNS 9 15 ITA Gianluigi Galli 13 6 7DNSDNS 5 16 ARG Luís Pérez Companc 15 19DNS 28Ret 11 11 23Ret 5Ret 4 17 ESP Xavier Pons 25Ret 16DNS 6 18Ret 9 8 36Ret 9 4 18 GBR Guy WilksRetRet 9 9 10 6 13 3 19 EST Urmo Aava 28 15 13 14 7 12 8 18Ret 18 3 20 ARG Federico Villagra 9 11 32 14 11 13 7 18 2 21 NOR Mads Østberg 9 37RetRet 8 11 1 22 IRL Gareth MacHale 11Ret 13Ret 8 1 23 FIN Juho Hänninen DSQ 17 11 8RetRet 19 23 24 1 24 JPN Katsuhiko Taguchi 8 1 Pos. Position Driver MONMCO SWESWE NORNOR MEXMEX PORPRT ARGARG ITAITA GRCGRC FINFIN GERDEU NZLNZL ESPESP FRAFRA JPNJPN IRLIRL GBRGBR  Pts  Sébastien Loeb secured the drivers' championship title in Wales.Peacock Anthony True grit: Loeb lands fourth world title https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/dec/03/motorsports.sport The Guardian 3 December 2007 9 April 2024 Manufacturers' championship Pos. Position Manufacturer No. Car number MONMCO SWESWE NORNOR MEXMEX PORPRT ARGARG ITAITA GREGRC FINFIN GERDEU NZLNZL ESPESP FRAFRA JPNJPN IRLIRL GBRGBR Points 1 GBR BP Ford World Rally Team 3 3 1 2 2 4 2 1 1 1 4 1 3 2 Ret Ret 2 212 4 5 3 1 3 5 3 2 4 2 3 3 4 8 1 4 1 2 FRA Citroën Total World Rally Team 1 1 2 8 1 1 1 Ret 2 3 1 2 1 1 Ret 1 3 183 2 2 8 10 4 3 6 3 10 Ret Ret 6 2 3 2 2 5 3 JPN Subaru World Rally Team 7 6 Ret 4 Ret 2 Ret 5 3 Ret 5 7 6 5 7 5 4 87 8 4 7 9 5 Ret 7 8 6 4 8 4 8 6 Ret 7 6 4 GBR Stobart VK M-Sport Ford 9 Ret Ret 5 7 7 4 7 9 Ret 6 5 7 4 8 3 8 81 10 8 4 3 8 9 5 4 5 5 7 8 9 7 3 6 9 5 BEL OMV Kronos 5 7 6 7 6 8 8 6 7 Ret Ret 10 Ret 9 5 Ret 7 45 6 5 6 6 Ret 2 5 Ret 6 ARG Munchi's Ford World Rally Team 11 9 10 10 Ret 8 6 11 Ret 4 Ret 14 12 Ret 9 9 9 11 7 9 10 6 10 Pos. Position Manufacturer No. Car number MONMCO SWESWE NORNOR MEXMEX PORPRT ARGARG ITAITA GREGRC FINFIN GERDEU NZLNZL ESPESP FRAFRA JPNJPN IRLIRL GBRGBR Points Ford secured the manufacturers' championship in Ireland.Ford wins Back-to-back WRC Titles https://www.autoindustriya.com/racing-news/ford-wins-back-to-back-wrc-titles.html AutoIndustriya.com 27 November 2007 9 April 2024 PWRC Pos. Position Driver SWESWE MEXMEX ARGARG GRCGRC NZLNZL JPNJPN IRLIRL GBRGBR  Pts 2007 FIA Production WRC Drivers Championship Standings Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile http://www.fia.com/sport/Championships/WRC/2007/Standings/production.html 2011-11-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20120721074805/http://www.fia.com/sport/Championships/WRC/2007/Standings/production.html July 21, 2012 dead mdy-all 1 JPN Toshihiro Arai 6 2 2 1 1 10 39 2 ARG Gabriel Pozzo 4 7 4 1 2 Ret 30 3 GBR Mark Higgins Ret 1 4 5 Ret 3 25 4 GBR Niall McShea 6 2 1 21 5 FIN Juho Hänninen Ret 3 Ret 7 7 2 18 6 SMR Mirco Baldacci 10 4 Ret 3 15 6 14 7 JPN Fumio Nutahara 5 7 Ret 5 Ret 6 13 8 FIN Kristian Sohlberg 3 3 Ret Ret 12 9 QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah 7 Ret Ret 5 3 12 10 SWE Oscar Svedlund 1 10 11 ARG Federico Villagra 1 10 12 GBR Guy Wilks 1 10 13 AUT Andreas Aigner 9 11 7 2 9 10 Pos. Position Driver SWESWE MEXMEX ARGARG GRCGRC NZLNZL JPNJPN IRLIRL GBRGBR Pts JWRC Drivers' championship Pos. Position Driver NORNOR PORPRT ITAITA FINFIN GERDEU ESPESP FRAFRA  Pts  1 SWE Per-Gunnar Andersson 1 1 2 1 443 2 EST Urmo Aava 3 2 1 2 3 Ret38 3 CZE Martin Prokop Ret 3 Ret 1 2 134 4 SVK Jozef Béreš jun. 3 6 Ret 5 4 226 5 EST Jaan Mölder jr. 4 4 5 13 6 620 6 SWE Patrik Sandell 2 15 8 1 Ret Ret19 7 DEU Aaron Burkart 5 4 14 4 7 718 8 ZWE Conrad Rautenbach 10 Ret 4 3 5 816 9 FRA Yoann Bonato 8 7 8 310 10 ITA Andrea Cortinovis 7 5 14 12 Ret 69 11 FIN Kalle Pinomäki 10 9 Ret 2 9 Ret8 12 POL Michal Kosciuszko Ret 12 3 Ret Ret 96 13 LTU Vilius Rožukas jun. 11 8 9 6 11 144 14 FIN Tapio Suominen 54 15 FRA Arnaud Augoyard 54 16 NOR Trond Svenkerud 63 17 ESP Manuel Rueda 6 Ret 123 18 IRL Shaun Gallagher 8 7 10 11 10 103 19 ITA Alessandro Bettega 9 Ret Ret 7 92 20 FRA Bryan Bouffier 72 21 EST Aigar Pärs 12 14 Ret Ret 8 Ret1 - LUX Gilles Schammel 16 11 Ret 14 12 Ret0 - SRB Miloš Komljenović 12 13 Ret 17 13 120 Pos. Position Driver NORNOR PORPRT ITAITA FINFIN GERDEU ESPESP FRAFRA Pts References 30em External links FIA World Rally Championship 2007 at ewrc-results.com Season 2007 at World Rally Archive * Category:World Rally Championship seasons World Rally Championship