2002 Cyprus Rally Explained

2002 Cyprus Rally
Native Name:	30th Cyprus Rally
Round:	5
Championship:	2002 World Rally Championship season
Previous Round:	2002 Rally Catalunya
Next Round:	2002 Rally Argentina
Country:	Cyprus
Rallybase:	Limassol
Startdate:	April 19, 2002
Enddate:	April 21, 2002
Stages:	20
Stagekm:	324.17
Overallkm:	1276.33
Surface:	Gravel
Driver1:	Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen
Team1:	Peugeot Total
Car1:	Peugeot 206 WRC
Teamsstart:	60
Teamsfinish:	32

The 2002 Cyprus Rally (formally the 30th Cyprus Rally) was the fifth round of the 2002 World Rally Championship. The race was held over three days between 19 April and 21 April 2002, and was won by Peugeot's Marcus Grönholm, his 9th win in the World Rally Championship.^[1]

Background

Entry list

No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Entrant	Car
*World Rally Championship manufacturer entries*
1	Richard Burns	Robert Reid	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC
2	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC
3	Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC
4	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '02
5	Colin McRae	Nicky Grist	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '02
6	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '02
7	François Delecour	Daniel Grataloup	Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC
8	Alister McRae	David Senior	Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC
9	Jani Paasonen	Arto Kapanen	Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC
10	Tommi Mäkinen	Kaj Lindström	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01
11	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02
14	Kenneth Eriksson	Tina Thörner	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2
15	Toni Gardemeister	Paavo Lukander	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2
16	Roman Kresta	Jan Tománek	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2
17	Armin Schwarz	Manfred Hiemer	Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team	Hyundai Accent WRC3
18	Freddy Loix	Sven Smeets	Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team	Hyundai Accent WRC3
19	Juha Kankkunen	Juha Repo	Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team	Hyundai Accent WRC3
*World Rally Championship entries*
23	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC
24	François Duval	Jean-Marc Fortin	François Duval	Ford Focus RS WRC '02
25		Stéphane Prévot		Peugeot 206 WRC
26		Klaus Wicha		Peugeot 206 WRC
27	Tomasz Kuchar	Maciej Szczepaniak	Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team	Hyundai Accent WRC3
28	Gabriel Pozzo	Daniel Stillo	Gabriel Pozzo	Škoda Octavia WRC
29	Janne Tuohino	Petri Vihavainen	Janne Tuohino	Ford Focus RS WRC '01
30	Manfred Stohl	Ilka Minor	Stohl Racing	Ford Focus RS WRC '01
31	Juuso Pykälistö	Esko Mertsalmi	Juuso Pykälistö	Toyota Corolla WRC
32	Ioannis Papadimitriou	Allan Harryman	Ioannis Papadimitriou	Subaru Impreza 555
103	Andreas Tsouloftas	Panayiotis Shialos	Andreas Tsouloftas	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
104	Chris Thomas	Andreas Christodoulides	Chris Thomas	Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '98
111	Kyriakos Kardanas	Costas Laos	Kyriakos Kardanas	Mitsubishi Carisma GT
113	Riccardo Errani	Stefano Casadio	Riccardo Errani	Subaru Impreza WRX
*PWRC entries*
51	Gustavo Trelles	Jorge Del Buono	Mauro Rally Tuning	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
52	Marcos Ligato	Rubén Garcia	Top Run SRL	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
53	Alessandro Fiorio	Enrico Cantoni	Ralliart Italia	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
54	Ramón Ferreyros	Diego Vallejo	Mauro Rally Tuning	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
55	Saulius Girdauskas	Žilvinas Sakalauskas	TDS Racing	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
57	Toshihiro Arai	Tony Sircombe	Spike Subaru Team	Subaru Impreza WRX
58	Luca Baldini	Marco Muzzarelli	Top Run SRL	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
59	Natalie Barratt	Roger Freeman	Natalie Barratt Rallysport	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
65	Beppo Harrach	Jutta Gebert	Stohl Racing	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
66	Dimitar Iliev	Petar Sivov	Mauro Rally Tuning	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
69	Bernt Kollevold	Ola Fløene	Kollevold Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
70	Giovanni Manfrinato	Claudio Condotta	Top Run SRL	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
71	Stefano Marrini	Tiziana Sandroni	Top Run SRL	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
73	Martin Rowe	Chris Wood	David Sutton Cars Ltd	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
74	Karamjit Singh	Allen Oh	Petronas EON Racing Team	Proton Pert
75	Kristian Sohlberg	Jukka Aho	Blue Rose Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
76	Pavel Valoušek	Pierangelo Scalvini	Jolly Club	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
77	Alfredo De Dominicis	Rudy Pollet	Ralliart Italy	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
Source:^[2]

Itinerary

All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3).

Date	Time	No.	Stage name	Distance
*Leg 1 - 96.32 km*
19 April	09:12	SS1	Platres - Kato Amiantos 1	11.60 km
	09:55	SS2	Lagoudera - Kapouras 1	15.00 km
	10:23	SS3	Kapouras - Agios Theodoros 1	21.56 km
	13:30	SS4	Platres - Kato Amiantos 2	11.60 km
	14:13	SS5	Lagoudera - Kapouras 2	15.00 km
	14:41	SS6	Kapouras - Agios Theodoros 2	21.56 km
*Leg 2 - 145.97 km*
20 April	14:41	SS7	Prastio - Pachna 1	10.92 km
	08:15	SS8	Platres - Saittas 1	11.25 km
	08:58	SS9	Kourdali - Spilia	30.62 km
	11:48	SS10	Prastio - Pachna 2	10.92 km
	12:51	SS11	Platres - Saittas 2	11.25 km
	13:26	SS12	Foini - Koilinia 1	29.88 km
	16:56	SS13	Platres - Saittas 3	11.25 km
	17:31	SS14	Foini - Koilinia 2	29.88 km
*Leg 3 - 81.88 km*
21 April	09:35	SS15	Vavatsinia - Mandra Kambiou 1	19.00 km
	10:18	SS16	Macheras - Agioi Vavatsinias 1	12.80 km
	10:56	SS17	Lageia - Kalavasos 1	9.14 km
	13:46	SS18	Vavatsinia - Mandra Kambiou 2	19.00 km
	14:29	SS19	Macheras - Agioi Vavatsinias 2	12.80 km
	15:07	SS20	Lageia - Kalavasos 2	9.14 km
Source:^[3]

Results

Overall

		Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Time		Points
1	2	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	4:21:25.7		10
2	1	Richard Burns	Robert Reid	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	4:22:22.5	+56.8	6
3	10	Tommi Mäkinen	Kaj Lindström	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	4:22:24.7	+59.0	4
4	3	Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	4:22:44.4	+1:18.7	3
5	11	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02	4:23:43.6	+2:17.9	2
6	5	Colin McRae	Nicky Grist	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	4:24:11.2	+2:45.5	1
Source:^[4]

World Rally Cars

Classification

Position			Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time		Points
Event	Class		Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time		Points
1	1	2	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	4:21:25.7		10
2	2	1	Richard Burns	Robert Reid	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	4:22:22.5	+56.8	6
3	3	10	Tommi Mäkinen	Kaj Lindström	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	4:22:24.7	+59.0	4
4	4	3	Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	4:22:44.4	+1:18.7	3
5	5	11	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02	4:23:43.6	+2:17.9	2
6	6	5	Colin McRae	Nicky Grist	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	4:24:11.2	+2:45.5	1
7	7	17	Armin Schwarz	Manfred Hiemer	Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team	Hyundai Accent WRC3	4:24:13.1	+2:47.4	0
8	8	6	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	4:25:48.3	+4:22.6	0
9	9	14	Kenneth Eriksson	Tina Thörner	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2	4:28:43.4	+7:17.7	0
11	10	4	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	4:30:19.7	+8:54.0	0
13	11	7	François Delecour	Daniel Grataloup	Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC	4:33:43.0	+12:17.3	0
15	12	15	Toni Gardemeister	Paavo Lukander	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2	4:43:37.7	+22:12.0	0
Retired SS12		8	Alister McRae	David Senior	Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC	Transmission		0
Retired SS12		16	Roman Kresta	Jan Tománek	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2	Accident		0
Retired SS12		18	Freddy Loix	Sven Smeets	Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team	Hyundai Accent WRC3	Gearbox		0
Retired SS7		9	Jani Paasonen	Arto Kapanen	Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC	Accident		0
Retired SS5		19	Juha Kankkunen	Juha Repo	Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team	Hyundai Accent WRC3	Oil leak		0
Source:^[5]

Special stages

Day	Stage	Stage name	Length	Winner	Car	Time
Leg 1 (19 Apr)	SS1	Platres - Kato Amiantos 1	11.60 km	Colin McRae	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	9:20.8	Colin McRae
	SS2	Lagoudera - Kapouras 1	15.00 km	François Duval	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	14:18.5	François Duval
	SS3	Kapouras - Agios Theodoros 1	21.56 km	Markko Märtin	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	20:16.6	Markko Märtin
	SS4	Platres - Kato Amiantos 2	11.60 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02	9:21.7	Colin McRae
	SS5	Lagoudera - Kapouras 2	15.00 km	Tommi Mäkinen	Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '01	14:11.7
	SS6	Kapouras - Agios Theodoros 2	21.56 km	Colin McRae	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	19:51.5
Leg 2 (20 Apr)	SS7	Prastio - Pachna 1	10.92 km	Carlos Sainz	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	6:29.0
	SS8	Platres - Saittas 1	11.25 km	Carlos Sainz	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	9:21.2
	SS9	Kourdali - Spilia	30.62 km	Tommi Mäkinen	Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '01	29:21.8
	SS10	Prastio - Pachna 2	10.92 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02	6:14.3
	SS11	Platres - Saittas 2	11.25 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02	9:02.7
	SS12	Foini - Koilinia 1	29.88 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02	29:31.3
	SS13	Platres - Saittas 3	11.25 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02	9:24.6
	SS14	Foini - Koilinia 2	29.88 km	Stage cancelled
Leg 3 (21 Apr)	SS15	Vavatsinia - Mandra Kambiou 1	19.00 km	Harri Rovanperä	Peugeot 206 WRC	16:34.9
	SS16	Macheras - Agioi Vavatsinias 1	12.80 km	Tommi Mäkinen	Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '01	10:55.8	Marcus Grönholm
	SS17	Lageia - Kalavasos 1	9.14 km	Tommi Mäkinen	Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '01	7:41.0
	SS18	Vavatsinia - Mandra Kambiou 2	19.00 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02	17:02.1
	SS19	Macheras - Agioi Vavatsinias 2	12.80 km	Tommi Mäkinen	Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '01	11:16.7
	SS20	Lageia - Kalavasos 2	9.14 km	Richard Burns	Peugeot 206 WRC	7:37.3

Championship standings

	Drivers' championships			Co-drivers' championships			Manufacturers' championships
	Move	Driver	Points	Move	Co-driver	Points	Move	Manufacturer	Points
1		Marcus Grönholm	31		Timo Rautiainen	31		Peugeot Total	68
2		Gilles Panizzi	20		Hervé Panizzi	20	1	555 Subaru World Rally Team	27
3		Richard Burns	19		Robert Reid	19	1	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	27
4		Tommi Mäkinen	14		Kaj Lindström	14		Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	6
5	2	Harri Rovanperä	9	2	Risto Pietiläinen	9		Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team	2

Production World Rally Championship

Classification

Position			Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time		Points
Event	Class		Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time		Points
1	1	74	Karamjit Singh	Allen Oh	Petronas EON Racing Team	Proton Pert	4:52:17.9		10
2	2	51	Gustavo Trelles	Jorge Del Buono	Mauro Rally Tuning	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	4:57:59.4	+5:41.5	6
3	3	58	Luca Baldini	Marco Muzzarelli	Top Run SRL	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	4:59:10.7	+6:52.8	4
4	4	66	Dimitar Iliev	Petar Sivov	Mauro Rally Tuning	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	5:00:06.0	+7:48.1	3
5	5	55	Saulius Girdauskas	Žilvinas Sakalauskas	TDS Racing	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	5:03:08.5	+10:50.6	2
6	6	69	Bernt Kollevold	Ola Fløene	Kollevold Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	5:10:37.3	+18:19.4	1
7	7	59	Natalie Barratt	Roger Freeman	Natalie Barratt Rallysport	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	5:23:21.8	+31:03.9	0
8	8	65	Beppo Harrach	Jutta Gebert	Stohl Racing	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	5:43:08.2	+50:50.3	0
Retired SS12		71	Stefano Marrini	Tiziana Sandroni	Top Run SRL	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	Accident damage		0
Retired SS9		70	Giovanni Manfrinato	Claudio Condotta	Top Run SRL	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	Accident damage		0
Retired SS9		76	Pavel Valoušek	Pierangelo Scalvini	Jolly Club	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	Mechanical		0
Retired SS6		54	Ramón Ferreyros	Diego Vallejo	Mauro Rally Tuning	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	Accident		0
Retired SS5		75	Kristian Sohlberg	Jukka Aho	Blue Rose Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	Suspension		0
Retired SS5		77	Alfredo De Dominicis	Rudy Pollet	Ralliart Italy	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	Radiator		0
Retired SS4		52	Marcos Ligato	Rubén Garcia	Top Run SRL	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	Engine		0
Retired SS2		53	Alessandro Fiorio	Enrico Cantoni	Ralliart Italia	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	Radiator		0
Retired SS1		57	Toshihiro Arai	Tony Sircombe	Spike Subaru Team	Subaru Impreza WRX	Mechanical		0
Retired SS1		73	Martin Rowe	Chris Wood	David Sutton Cars Ltd	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	Accident		0
Source:^[6]

Special stages

Day	Stage	Stage name	Length	Winner	Car	Time
Leg 1 (19 Apr)	SS1	Platres - Kato Amiantos 1	11.60 km	Karamjit Singh	Proton Pert	10:09.3	Karamjit Singh
	SS2	Lagoudera - Kapouras 1	15.00 km	Marcos Ligato	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	15:26.4
	SS3	Kapouras - Agios Theodoros 1	21.56 km	Ramón Ferreyros	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	21:31.8
	SS4	Platres - Kato Amiantos 2	11.60 km	Giovanni Manfrinato	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	10:10.3
	SS5	Lagoudera - Kapouras 2	15.00 km	Giovanni Manfrinato	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	15:23.6
	SS6	Kapouras - Agios Theodoros 2	21.56 km	Giovanni Manfrinato	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	21:14.9	Giovanni Manfrinato
Leg 2 (20 Apr)	SS7	Prastio - Pachna 1	10.92 km	Giovanni Manfrinato	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	7:12.4	Giovanni Manfrinato
	SS8	Platres - Saittas 1	11.25 km	Karamjit Singh	Proton Pert	10:14.6	Karamjit Singh
	SS9	Kourdali - Spilia	30.62 km	Karamjit Singh	Proton Pert	33:04.5
	SS10	Prastio - Pachna 2	10.92 km	Gustavo Trelles	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	6:58.4
	SS11	Platres - Saittas 2	11.25 km	Karamjit Singh	Proton Pert	10:44.0
	SS12	Foini - Koilinia 1	29.88 km	Saulius Girdauskas	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	34:49.3
	SS13	Platres - Saittas 3	11.25 km	Karamjit Singh	Proton Pert	10:58.0
	SS14	Foini - Koilinia 2	29.88 km	Stage cancelled
Leg 3 (21 Apr)	SS15	Vavatsinia - Mandra Kambiou 1	19.00 km	Gustavo Trelles	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	18:20.3
	SS16	Macheras - Agioi Vavatsinias 1	12.80 km	Gustavo Trelles	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	12:26.7
	SS17	Lageia - Kalavasos 1	9.14 km	Gustavo Trelles	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	8:27.7
	SS18	Vavatsinia - Mandra Kambiou 2	19.00 km	Gustavo Trelles	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	19:45.0
	SS19	Macheras - Agioi Vavatsinias 2	12.80 km	Beppo Harrach	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	13:23.4
	SS20	Lageia - Kalavasos 2	9.14 km	Karamjit Singh	Proton Pert	8:31.0

Championship standings

	Drivers' championships
	Move	Driver	Points
1		Kristian Sohlberg	10
2		Ramón Ferreyros	10
3		Karamjit Singh	10
4		Dimitar Iliev	9
5	3	Gustavo Trelles	9

External links

Official website of the World Rally Championship

Notes and References

Web site: Cyprus Rally. juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. 2021-11-29.
Web site: Cyprus Rally 2002 Entry List. ewrc-results.com.com. 29 November 2021.
Web site: Cyprus Rally 2002 Itinerary. juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. 29 November 2021.
Web site: Cyprus Rally 2002 Final Results. ewrc-results.com. 29 November 2021.
Web site: Cyprus Rally 2002 WRC Results. ewrc-results.com. 29 November 2021.
Web site: Cyprus Rally 2002 PWRC Results. ewrc-results.com. 2 December 2021.