2007 Rally México

Car rally 2007 Rally México 21º Corona Rally México 4 2007 World Rally Championship 2007 Rally Norway 2007 Rally de Portugal León, Mexico March 9 11 2007 20 366.06 849.55 Gravel FRA Sébastien Loeb FRA Citroën Total World Rally Team 47 36 The 21º Corona Rally México, the fourth round of the 2007 World Rally Championship season, took place between March 9–11 2007. The rally consisted of 20 special stages, of which five were super specials. The event was won by Citroën's Sébastien Loeb, followed by Ford drivers Marcus Grönholm and Mikko Hirvonen. The drivers' championship leaders, Grönholm and Hirvonen, were the first drivers on road and lost time as they had to sweep the loose gravel. They were followed by Loeb, who was able to keep close to Subaru's Petter Solberg, who benefited from his better starting position during the first three stages. However, Solberg, in the new Subaru Impreza WRC 07, had to retire at the start of SS6 giving the lead to Loeb.Solberg loses lead in Mexico Autosport http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/57177 2007-03-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20070328190357/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/57177 28 March 2007 live After the first day, Ford identified and fixed a sensory fault in Grönholm's car.Ford identify sensor fault Autosport http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/57188 2007-03-11 The problem had caused lack of engine power and troubled the Finn: "In the morning, I was sweeping. In the afternoon, I was sleeping".Loeb makes most of Solberg slip RTÉ http://www.rte.ie/sport/2007/0310/mexico.html 2007-03-11 The second leg saw Grönholm quickly climb to second place, but Loeb continued setting top times and extended his lead to Grönholm from 43 to 60 seconds. Hirvonen, Chris Atkinson and Dani Sordo battled for the third place. Hirvonen was the fastest driver on the final day and secured the last podium position, ahead of Sordo, Atkinson, Manfred Stohl, Jari-Matti Latvala and Matthew Wilson. Loeb took the win 55.8 seconds clear of Grönholm.Loeb wins in Mexico Eurosport http://www.eurosport.com/rally/mexico-rally/2007/sport_sto1113615.shtml 2007-03-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20070313195411/http://www.eurosport.com/rally/mexico-rally/2007/sport_sto1113615.shtml 13 March 2007 live __TOC__ Results Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points WRC 1. FRA Sébastien Loeb MCO Daniel Elena Citroën C4 WRC 3:48:13.3 0.0 10 2. FIN Marcus Grönholm FIN Timo Rautiainen Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:49:09.1 55.8 8 3. FIN Mikko Hirvonen FIN Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:49:41.0 1:27.7 6 4. ESP Daniel Sordo ESP Marc Marti Citroën C4 WRC 3:49:57.0 1:43.7 5 5. AUS Chris Atkinson AUS Glenn MacNeall Subaru Impreza WRC 07 3:50:37.4 2:24.1 4 6. AUTManfred Stohl AUT Ilka Minor Citroën Xsara WRC 3:51:58.8 3:45.5 3 7. FIN Jari-Matti Latvala FIN Miikka Anttila Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:52:24.1 4:10.8 2 8. GBR Matthew Wilson GBR Michael Orr Ford Focus RS WRC 06 4:00:35.9 12:22.6 1 PCWRC 1. (10.) GBR Mark Higgins GBR Scott Martin Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 4:08:44.5 0.0 10 2. (11.) JPN Toshi Arai NZL Tony Sircombe Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:10:05.4 1:20.9 8 3. (13.) FIN Kristian Sohlberg FIN Risto Pietiläinen Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:11:15.2 2:30.7 6 4. (14.) SMR Mirco Baldacci ITA Giovanni Agnese Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:12:51.9 4:07.4 5 5. (15.) USA Travis Pastrana USA Christian Edstrom Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:16:53.2 8:08.7 4 6. (16.) CZE Štěpán Vojtěch CZE Michal Ernst Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 4:25:43.3 [1] 16:58.8 3 7. (18.) JPN Fumio Nutahara GBR Daniel Barritt Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 4:26:02.5 17:18.0 2 8. (20.) CYP Spyros Pavlides FRA Denis Giraudet Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:34:23.7 25:39.2 1 [1] — Drivers using SupeRally Retirements QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah - mechanical (SS2/3); NOR Petter Solberg - no oil pressure (SS5/6); MEX Francisco Name - retired between leg 1 and 2 (before SS8); EST Martin Rauam - gearbox failure (SS9); IRL Gareth MacHale - damaged suspension (SS13); POL Leszek Kuzaj - mechanical (SS13); Special Stages All dates and times are CST (UTC-6). LegStageTimeNameLengthWinnerTimeAvg. spd.Rally leader1(9 Mar) SS1 08:28 Alfaro 1 23.50 km NOR P. Solberg 14:03.5 100.3 km/h NOR P. Solberg SS2 09:51 Ortega 1 29.65 km NOR P. Solberg 17:28.7 101.78 km/h SS3 10:34 El Cubilete 1 17.87 km NOR P. Solberg 9:45.6 109.86 km/h SS4 13:02 Alfaro 2 23.50 km FRA S. Loeb 13:47.0 102.3 km/h SS5 14:25 Ortega 2 29.65 km AUT M. Stohl 16:58.2 104.83 km/h SS6 15:08 El Cubilete 2 17.87 km FRA S. Loeb 9:37.5 111.4 km/h FRA S. Loeb SS7 16:29 Super Special 1 2.21 km FIN M. Grönholm 1:42.6 77.54 km/h SS8 16:33 Super Special 2 2.21 km AUS C. Atkinson 1:42.0 78.0 km/h2(10 Mar) SS9 08:19 Ibarilla 1 30.20 km FRA S. Loeb 18:17.3 99.08 km/h SS10 09:42 Duarte 1 23.51 km FRA S. Loeb 17:55.0 78.73 km/h SS11 10:33 Derramadero 1 23.27 km FIN M. Grönholm 14:01.6 99.54 km/h SS12 13:07 Ibarilla 2 30.20 km FRA S. Loeb 18:02.6 100.42 km/h SS13 14:30 Duarte 2 23.51 km FIN M. Grönholm 17:32.2 80.48 km/h SS14 15:21 Derramadero 2 23.27 km FRA S. Loeb 13:49.4 101.0 km/h SS15 16:35 Super Special 3 2.21 km ESP D. Sordo 1:44.6 76.06 km/h SS16 16:39 Super Special 4 2.21 km FIN M. Grönholm 1:43.6 76.8 km/h3(11 Mar) SS17 08:23 Leon 16.29 km FIN M. Hirvonen 10:35.8 92.24 km/h SS18 08:54 Guanajuatito 23.34 km FIN M. Grönholm 15:12.3 92.1 km/h SS19 10:17 Comanjilla 18.10 km FIN M. Hirvonen 10:17.6 105.51 km/h SS20 11:28 Super Special 5 4.42 km FIN M. Grönholm 3:23.6 78.15 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 32 2 France Sébastien Loeb 1 2 14 1 28 3 Finland Mikko Hirvonen 5 3 1 3 26 4 Spain Dani Sordo 2 12 25 4 13 5 Norway Henning Solberg 14 4 3 9 11 6 Australia Chris Atkinson 4 8 19 5 10 7 Norway Petter Solberg 6Ret 4Ret 8 8 Sweden Daniel Carlsson 5 7 6 Finland Jari-Matti LatvalaRetRet 5 7 6 10 Finland Toni Gardemeister 7 6Ret 5 Austria Manfred Stohl 10 7 12 6 5 12 Italy Gigi Galli 13 6 3 13 Czech Republic Jan Kopecký 8 10 8 2 14 United Kingdom Matthew Wilson 12Ret 26 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 - - - - - - - - - - - - 58 2 Citroën Total World Rally Team 18 9 1 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - 43 3 Stobart VK M-Sport Ford 1 5 10 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - 19 Subaru World Rally Team 8 2 5 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - 19 5 OMV Kronos 2 7 5 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - 17 6 Munchi's Ford World Rally Team 0 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 References External links Results on official site - WRC.com Results on eWRC-results.com Results on RallyBase.nl Mexico Category:Rally Mexico Rally