2007 Rallye Deutschland

Results of Rallye Deutschland (26. ADAC Rallye Deutschland), 10th round of 2007 World Rally Championship, run on August 17–19:

2007 Rallye Deutschland
26. ADAC Rallye Deutschland
Round 10 of the 2007 World Rally Championship
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View of Trier, rally base.
Host country Germany
Rally baseTrier, Germany
Dates runAugust 17 – 19 2007
Stages19 (356.27 km; 221.38 miles)
Stage surfaceAsphalt
Overall distance1,227.04 km (762.45 miles)
Statistics
Crews102 at start, 88 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerFrance Sébastien Loeb
France Citroën Total World Rally Team

Report edit

Sébastien Loeb had won the Rallye Deutschland for the sixth time in a row, something no other driver had managed to do before. In the Drivers' World Championship, the defending champion gained five points over the leading Marcus Grönholm, who lost two places on Sunday due to a driving error, when a cow along the route disturbed Grönholm's concentration, damaging the rear of the car very badly and ended up fourth after her teammate Mikko Hirvonen.

François Duval drove a flawless rally and secured second place overall. The privateer was able to win all five special stages on Sunday and worked his way up to second place in the final kilometers of the "Moselwein 2" stage (SS19). In the end, he was only 20.3 seconds short of Loeb.

Surprising information was the end of career by Jakke Honkanen, the Gardemeister pilot, who unexpectedly announced it immediately after the end of the rally, while still at the PKC.

Results edit

Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points
WRC
1.   Sébastien Loeb   Daniel Elena Citroën C4 WRC 3:27:27.5 0.0 10
2.   François Duval   Patrick Pivato Citroën Xsara WRC 3:27:47.8 20.3 8
3.   Mikko Hirvonen   Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Focus RS WRC 07 3:28:46.6 1:19.1 6
4.   Marcus Grönholm   Timo Rautiainen Ford Focus RS WRC 07 3:29:04.0 1:36.5 5
5.   Jan Kopecký   Filip Schovánek Škoda Fabia WRC 3:30:34.6 3:07.1 4
6.   Petter Solberg   Phil Mills Subaru Impreza WRC 3:30:42.2 3:14.7 3
7.   Toni Gardemeister   Jakke Honkanen Citroën Xsara WRC 3:31:05.0 3:37.5 2
8.   Jari-Matti Latvala   Ole Kristian Unnerud Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:32:56.8 5:29.3 1
JRC
1. (11.)   Martin Prokop   Jan Tománek Citroën C2 S1600 3:52:26.9 0.0 10
2. (12.)   Urmo Aava   Kuldar Sikk Suzuki Swift S1600 3:53:16.4 49.5 8
3. (14.)   Conrad Rautenbach   David Senior Citroën C2 S1600 3:54:42.8 2:15.9 6
4. (20.)   Aaron Burkart   Michael Kölbach Citroën C2 S1600 3:56:51.0 4:24.1 5
5. (25.)   Jozef Béreš jun.   Petr Starý Renault Clio S1600 4:01:16.5 8:49.6 4
6. (27.)   Jaan Mölder jr.   Katrin Becker Suzuki Swift S1600 4:01:49.3 9:22.4 3
7. (30.)   Yoann Bonato   Benjamin Boulloud Citroën C2 R2 4:05:32.5 13:05.6 2
8. (32.)   Aigar Pärs   Ken Järveoja Citroën C2 S1600 4:05:48.3 13:21.4 1

Retirements edit

Special Stages edit

All dates and times are CEST (UTC+2).

Leg Stage Time Name Length Winner Time Avg. spd. Rally leader
1
(17 Aug)
SS1 10:13 Ruwertal / Fell 1 19.79 km   S. Loeb 11:04.2 107.26 km/h   S. Loeb
SS2 11:26 Grafschaft Veldenz 1 23.40 km   S. Loeb 13:12.4 106.31 km/h
SS3 12:09 Schones Moselland 1 21.46 km   F. Duval 12:22.9 103.99 km/h
SS4 15:17 Ruwertal / Fell 2 19.79 km   M. Hirvonen 11:34.2 102.63 km/h
SS5 16:30 Gafschaft Veldenz 2 23.40 km   F. Duval 13:30.6 103.92 km/h
SS6 17:13 Schones Moselland 2 21.46 km   C. Atkinson 12:18.5 104.61 km/h   F. Duval
2
(18 Aug)
SS7 08:33 St Wendeler Land 1 16.37 km   M. Hirvonen 8:52.6 110.65 km/h   S. Loeb
SS8 09:06 Bosenberg 1 19.00 km   S. Loeb 10:39.5 106.96 km/h
SS9 10:29 Erzweiler 1 16.51 km   M. Grönholm 9:55.9 99.74 km/h
SS10 11:02 Arena Panzerplatte 1 30.54 km   S. Loeb 17:57.4 102.05 km/h
SS11 14:45 St Wendeler Land 2 16.37 km   M. Hirvonen 8:51.6 110.86 km/h
SS12 15:18 Bosenberg 2 19.00 km   C. Atkinson 10:27.4 109.02 km/h
SS13 16:41 Erzweiler 2 16.51 km   S. Loeb 9:45.5 101.51 km/h
SS14 17:14 Arena Panzerplatte 2 30.54 km   C. Atkinson 17:49.8 102.77 km/h
3
(19 Aug)
SS15 09:18 Dhrontal 1 11.14 km   F. Duval 6:59.2 95.67 km/h
SS16 09:46 Moselwein 1 18.70 km   F. Duval 10:40.3 105.14 km/h
SS17 11:11 SSS Circus Maximus Trier 4.36 km   F. Duval 3:11.4 82.00 km/h
SS18 13:24 Dhrontal 2 11.14 km   F. Duval 6:53.4 97.01 km/h
SS19 13:52 Moselwein 2 18.70 km   F. Duval 10:32.7 106.40 km/h

Championship standings after the event edit

Drivers' championship edit

Pos Driver MON
 
SWE
 
NOR
 
MEX
 
POR
 
ARG
 
ITA
 
GRC
 
FIN
 
GER
 
NZL
 
ESP
 
FRA
 
JPN
 
IRL
 
GBR
 
 Pts 
1   Marcus Grönholm 3 1 2 2 4 2 1 1 1 4 80
2   Sébastien Loeb 1 2 14 1 1 1 Ret 2 3 1 72
3   Mikko Hirvonen 5 3 1 3 5 3 2 4 2 3 63
4   Petter Solberg 6 Ret 4 Ret 2 Ret 5 3 Ret 6 29
5   Dani Sordo 2 12 25 4 3 6 3 24 Ret Ret 28
  Henning Solberg 14 4 3 9 9 5 4 5 5 14 28
7   Chris Atkinson 4 8 19 5 Ret 7 10 6 4 15 20
8   Jari-Matti Latvala Ret Ret 5 7 8 4 9 12 Ret 8 13
9   Toni Gardemeister 7 6 Ret DSQ 6 7 10
10   Daniel Carlsson 5 7 6 Ret 9
  Manfred Stohl 10 7 12 6 10 8 7 8 Ret Ret 9
12   François Duval Ret 2 8
  Jan Kopecký 8 10 8 22 Ret 7 Ret 5 8
14   Gigi Galli 13 6 7 5
15   Xavier Pons 25 Ret 16 6 18 3
16   Urmo Aava 28 15 13 14 7 12 2
17   Matthew Wilson 12 Ret 26 8 12 30 12 10 10 9 1
  Juho Hänninen DSQ 17 11 8 Ret Ret 1
  Mads Østberg 9 37 Ret Ret 8 1
Pos Driver MON
 
SWE
 
NOR
 
MEX
 
POR
 
ARG
 
ITA
 
GRC
 
FIN
 
GER
 
NZL
 
ESP
 
FRA
 
JPN
 
IRL
 
GBR
 
 Pts 
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Manufacturers' championship edit

Rank Manufacturer Event Total
points
MON
 
SWE
 
NOR
 
MEX
 
POR
 
ARG
 
ITA
 
GRC
 
FIN
 
GER
 
NZL
 
ESP
 
FRA
 
JPN
 
IRL
 
GBR
 
1 BP Ford World Rally Team 10 16 18 14 9 14 18 15 18 11 - - - - - - 143
2 Citroën Total World Rally Team 18 9 1 15 16 13 6 8 6 10 - - - - - - 102
3 Subaru World Rally Team 8 2 5 4 8 2 5 9 5 5 - - - - - - 53
4 Stobart VK M-Sport Ford 1 5 10 3 2 9 7 4 4 5 - - - - - - 50
5 OMV Kronos 2 7 5 3 4 1 3 2 0 8 - - - - - - 35
6 Munchi's Ford World Rally Team 0 0 0 0 1 5 - - - - - - 6

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