2007 Rally Ireland

June 2022 2007 Rally Ireland 1st Rally Ireland 15 2007 World Rally Championship 2007 Rally Japan 2007 Wales Rally GB Republic of Ireland / Northern Ireland Benbulbenmount.jpg Benbulbin Mountain, in County Sligo, Ireland. Sligo, County Sligo, Republic of Ireland November 15 18 2007 20 328.43 1196.25 https://www.crash.net/wrc/preview/120118/1/preview-rally-ireland Preview: 2007 Rally Ireland Robert Wilkins 2007-11-13 Crash.net https://web.archive.org/web/20081123035440/http://www.crash.net/motorsport/wrc/feature/12241-10/preview_rally_ireland.html 2008-11-23 dead Tarmac FRA Sébastien Loeb FRA Citroën Total World Rally Team 84 66 thumb|250px|Marcus Grönholm retired. The 2007 Rally Ireland, the first Rally Ireland and fifteenth round of the 2007 World Rally Championship, was a motor rally held from 15 to 18 November. It took place over eight counties on both sides of the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The event started in Stormont, Belfast, and finished in Mullaghmore, County Sligo. Report The rally began with the first special stage in front of Stormont Castle in Belfast, which Marcus Grönholm won Thursday evening. The next day, in the fourth special stage, Grönholm hit a wall hard, and he and co-driver Timo Rautiainen were taken to hospital as a precaution. Both remained unhurt but withdrew from the rally. Citroën driver Sébastien Loeb took a step towards his fourth Drivers' World Championship title, retaking the lead in the drivers' standings. His advantage over his rival Grönholm, who retired on Friday after a serious accident, had been six points before the last round of the world championship. Mikko Hirvonen finished fourth, securing the second manufacturers' world championship title in a row for the Ford team. Jari-Matti Latvala was third, taking his first WRC podium. On Friday, Latvala edged out Hirvonen for third place. He held this position to the finish despite briefly going off the road on Saturday, losing a little time. Results Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points WRC 1. FRA Sébastien Loeb MCO Daniel Elena Citroën C4 WRC 3:01:39.2 0.0 10 2. ESP Dani Sordo ESP Marc Martí Citroën C4 WRC 3:02:32.6 53.4 8 3. FIN Jari-Matti Latvala FIN Miikka Anttila Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:03:27.4 1:48.2 6 4. FIN Mikko Hirvonen FIN Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Focus RS WRC 07 3:03:56.9 2:17.7 5 5. NOR Petter Solberg GBR Phil Mills Subaru Impreza WRC 07 3:04:35.0 2:55.8 4 6. GBR Guy Wilks GBR Phil Pugh Subaru Impreza WRC 3:07:37.1 5:57.9 3 7. GBR Matthew Wilson IRL Michael Orr Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:11:44.1 10:04.9 2 8. IRL Gareth McHale GBR Allan Harryman Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:12:47.5 11:08.3 1 PCWRC 1. (10.) GBR Niall McShea GBR Marshall Clarke Subaru Impreza 3:18:11.3 0.0 10 2. (11.) ARG Gabriel Pozzo ARG Daniel Stillo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 3:18:55.4 44.1 8 3. (17.) QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah GBR Chris Patterson Subaru Impreza C 07 3:22:42.4 4:31.1 6 4. (18.) ITA Simone Campedelli ITA Danilo Fappani Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 3:24:47.2 6:35.9 5 5. (20.) CZE Štěpán Vojtěch CZE Michal Ernst Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 3:26:45.4 8:34.1 4 6. (21.) JPN Fumio Nutahara GBR Daniel Barritt Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 3:27:32.8 9:21.5 3 7. (22.) IRL Colm Murphy IRL Ger Loughrey Subaru Impreza 3:27:34.6 9:23.3 2 8. (23.) GBR Philip Morrow GBR David Senior Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 3:28:46.9 10:35.6 1 Retirements IRL Eugene Donnelly - mechanical (SS4); FIN Marcus Grönholm - went off the road - hit the wall (SS4); ESP Xavier Pons - mechanical - engine (SS4); AUT Andreas Aigner - went off the road (SS7); GBR Kris Meeke - mechanical (SS9); IRL Andrew Nesbitt - went off the road (SS11); GBR Gareth Jones - mechanical (SS11); IRL Ray Breen - went off the road (SS11); IRL Tim McNulty - mechanical (SS12); AUT Manfred Stohl - mechanical (SS13); GBR Mark Higgins - rolled (SS16); POL Leszek Kuzaj - mechanical (SS16); SWE Patrik Flodin - mechanical (SS17); POR Armindo Araújo - went off the road (SS19); Special Stages All dates and times are GMT (UTC). LegStageTimeNameLengthWinnerTimeAvg. spd.Rally leader1(15/16 Nov) SSS1 19:00 (15-Nov) GBR Stormont 1.82 km FIN M. Grönholm 1:30.8 72.16 km/h FIN M. Grönholm SS2 08:05 (16-Nov) IRE Geevagh 1 11.47 km FRA S. Loeb 6:05.7 112.92 km/h FRA S. Loeb SS3 08:33 IRE Arigna 1 27.89 km ESP D. Sordo 15:44.0 106.36 km/h SS4 09:24 IRE Lough Gill 1 20.56 km ESP D. Sordo 10:54.7 113.05 km/h ESP D. Sordo SS5 11:29 IRE Geevagh 2 11.47 km FRA S. Loeb 6:22.0 108.09 km/h FRA S. Loeb SS6 11:57 IRE Arigna 2 27.89 km FRA S. Loeb 16:09.6 103.55 km/h SS7 12:48 IRE Lough Gill 2 20.56 km ESP D. Sordo 10:55.5 112.92 km/h SS8 15:01 IRE Glenboy 22.25 km FRA S. Loeb 11:56.0 111.87 km/h SS9 15:54 IRE Bencroy 15.43 km ESP D. Sordo 8:21.3 110.81 km/h SS10 16:19 IRE Drumshanbo 8.65 km FRA S. Loeb 5:00.3 103.70 km/h2(17 Nov) SS11 8:13 GBR Sloughan Glen 1 20.95 km FRA S. Loeb 11:37.7 108.10 km/h SS12 09:08 GBR Ballinamallard 1 17.95 km FRA S. Loeb 9:35.9 112.21 km/h SS13 09:51 GBR Tempo 1 13.46 km FRA S. Loeb 7:31.6 107.30 km/h SS14 14:04 GBR Sloughan Glen 2 20.95 km AUS C. Atkinson 11:25.7 109.99 km/h SS15 14:59 GBR Ballinamallard 2 17.95 km FRA S. Loeb 9:30.7 113.23 km/h SS16 15:42 GBR Tempo 2 13.46 km FIN J-M. Latvala 7:28.9 107.94 km/h3(18 Nov) SS17 09:03 GBR Murley 24.70 km FIN M. Hirvonen 13:19.9 111.16 km/h SS18 09:51 GBR Fardross 14.77 km FIN M. Hirvonen 8:49.8 100.36 km/h SS19 11:39 IRE Donegal Bay 14.06 km FIN J-M. Latvala 7:00.9 120.26 km/h SS20 13:08 IRE Mullaghmore 2.38 km NOR P. Solberg 1:16.9 111.42 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 France Sébastien Loeb 1 2 14 1 1 1Ret 2 3 1 2 1 1Ret 1 110 2 Finland Marcus Grönholm 3 1 2 2 4 2 1 1 1 4 1 3 2RetRet 104 3 Finland Mikko Hirvonen 5 3 1 3 5 3 2 4 2 3 3 4 13 1 4 89 4 Spain Dani Sordo 2 12 25 4 3 6 3 24RetRet 6 2 3 2 2 61 5 Norway Petter Solberg 6Ret 4Ret 2Ret 5 3Ret 6 7 6 5Ret 5 42 6 Norway Henning Solberg 14 4 3 9 9 5 4 5 5 14 9 10 9 3 16 34 7 Finland Jari-Matti LatvalaRetRet 5 7 8 4 9 12Ret 8 5 7 4 26 3 30 8 Australia Chris Atkinson 4 8 19 5Ret 7 10 6 4 15 4 8 6Ret 42 29 9 Belgium François DuvalRet 2 5Ret 12 Austria Manfred Stohl 10 7 12 6 10 8 7 8RetRet 12Ret 14 6Ret 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 7 8 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 36Ret4 18 United Kingdom Guy WilksRetRet 9 9 10 6 3 Estonia Urmo Aava 28 15 13 14 7 12 8 18Ret 183 20 Argentina Federico VillagraDNS 9 11 32 14 11 13 7 2 21 Finland Juho Hänninen DSQ 17 11 8RetRet 19 23 24 1 Norway Mads Østberg 9 37RetRet 8 1 Japan Katsuhiko Taguchi 8 1 Ireland Gareth MacHale 11Ret 13Ret 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 5 - 194 2 Citroën Total World Rally Team 18 9 1 15 16 13 6 8 6 10 11 18 16 8 18 - 173 3 Stobart VK M-Sport Ford 1 5 10 3 2 9 7 4 4 5 5 2 7 7 9 - 80 4 Subaru World Rally Team 8 2 5 4 8 2 5 9 5 5 7 4 7 2 6 - 79 5 OMV Kronos 2 7 5 3 4 1 3 2 0 8 0 4 0 4 0 - 43 6 Munchi's Ford World Rally Team 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 8 - 14 References External links Results on the official site: WRC.com Stage Time List on rallyireland.org Results on eWRC.com Results at Jonkka's World Rally Archive Ireland Category:Rally Ireland Rally Ireland Rally Ireland Category:November 2007 in Ireland