2007 Intercontinental Rally Challenge Explained

The 2007 Intercontinental Rally Challenge was the second season of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. The season consisted of nine rounds and began on March 9, with the Safari Rally. The season ended on November 11 with the China Rally. Enrique García Ojeda won the title ahead of Nicolas Vouilloz and Andrea Navarra.

Calendar

RoundDatesEvent titleSurface
1March 9–3 Gravel
2May 11–13 Gravel
3June 22–24 Asphalt
4July 12–14 Gravel
5August 2–4 Asphalt
6August 24–26 Asphalt
7September 27–29 Asphalt
8October 25–27 Asphalt
9November 9–11 Gravel

Selected entries

EntrantConstructorCarDriverCo-driverRounds
Abarth & Co. SpaAbarthFiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 Andrea Navarra Guido D'Amore1–4
Dario D'Esposito5–8
Umberto Scandola Luigi Pirollo1, 3
Guido D'Amore7–8
Anton Alén Timo Alanne2, 4, 6
Giandomenico Basso Mitia Dotta5, 7
Fiat Motorsport Turkey Volkan Isik Kaan Özşenler2–3, 5–6
H.F. Grifone SRL Corrado Fontana Renzo Casazza3, 5–6
Cersanit Rally Team Michał Sołowow Maciek Baran3, 6
Autostal Duindistel Pieter Tsjoen Eddy Chevaillier3
Freddy Loix5–8
Fiat Vodafone José Pedro Fontes Fernando Prata5
Island Motorsport Renato Travaglia Lorenzo Granai6–7
Zero4Piu Philippe Roux Eric Jordan8
RalliartMitsubishi RalliartMitsubishi Lancer Evo IX Hideaki Miyoshi Hakaru Ichino1
Island Motorsport Renato Travaglia Lorenzo Granai2–5
Boyla Automotorsport Dimitar Iliev Yanaki Yanakiev2–3, 5–6
Cersanit Rally Team Michał Sołowow Maciek Baran2
Autostal Duindistel Larry Cols Filip Goddé3
Bob Colsoul Tom Colsoul3
Melisa Debackere Isidoor Smets3
Eddy Snaet Filip Deplancke3
Prosport Andrey Zhigunov Igor Ter-Oganesiants4
Andrey Lagunov Sergey Grudina4
Dmitriy Lagunov Boris Kostyrko4
Euro Oil Team Vaclav Pech Petr Uhel6
Mediasport Czezh National Team Vaclav Arazim Julius Gal6
Tescoma Rally Team Roman Kresta Petr Gross6
Ralliart Italy Paolo Andreucci Anna Andreussi7
Matteo Gamba Giancarla Guzzi7
MRF Tyres Jussi Valimaki Jarkko Kalliolepo9
Katsuhiko Taguchi Mark Stacey9
Mitsubishi Lancer Team Brian Green Fleur Pedersen9
Jixiang Wu Zhongqi Li9
Fenghze Xie Tsung Yu Hsieh9
Mitsubishi Lancer Wan Yu Team David Higgins Ieuan Thomas9
Qingxian Hua Jian Zhang9
Fan Fan Shu Fan9
KST Rally Team Martin Rowe Dale Moscatt9
Hongjie Wei Hongwei Song9
Wu Ming Rally Team Lang Xu Yu Huang9
Qinghong Li Hongyu Pan9
Peugeot Sport EspañaPeugeotPeugeot 207 S2000 Nicolas Vouilloz Nicolas Klinger2–8
Enrique García Ojeda Jordi Barrabés2–8
Peugeot Team Belux Bernd Casier Frédéric Miclotte3, 5–8
Racing Lions SRL Luca Rossetti Matteo Chiarcossi3, 7
Gilles Panizzi Xavier Panseri7
Peugeot Total Hungaria János Tóth Bea Bahor3, 6
Robert Tagai7
Peugeot Sport Sweden Jimmy Joge Mattias Andersson4
Mathias Gardman6
Peugeot Total Bruno Magalhães Paulo Grave5, 7
BSA Team Brice Tirabassi Fabrice Gordon7
Julien Pressac Thibault Gorczyca7
Lugano Racing Team Christian Jaquillard Christiane Jaquillard8
PH SportCitroënCitroën C2 S1600 Simon Jean-Joseph Jacques Boyere2–3, 5–6
Citroën C2 R24
Laurent Viana Isabelle Galmiche6
JAS MotorsportHondaHonda Civic Type-R R3 Daniel Solà Oscar Sanchez 2–6
Carlos Del Barrio7
Luca Betti Simone Cuneo2
Giovanni Bernacchini3–8
Belgian VW ClubVolkswagenVolkswagen Polo S2000 Freddy Loix Robin Buysmans3
ACE Racing Tomasz Czopik Glib Zagoriy3

Drivers standings

PosDriverSAF
TUR
YPR
RUS
MAD
ZLI
SAN
VAL
CHN
 Pts 
1 Enrique García Ojeda322426247
2 Nicolas Vouilloz1Ret31013142
3 Andrea Navarra3234Ret710Ret32
4 Luca Rossetti1120
5 Giandomenico Basso1218
6 Umberto ScandolaRet54315
7 Anton Alén41Ret15
8 Bernd Casier46514Ret13
9 David Higgins210
10 Bruno Magalhães3Ret8
11 Lang Xu38
12 Hideaki Miyoshi48
13 Václav Pech36
14 Martin Rowe66
15 Asad Answar76
16 Freddy LoixRetRetRet1145
17 Roman Kresta45
18 José Pedro Fontes55
19 Brian Green75
20 Sammy Aslam85
21 Renato Travaglia513RetRet8Ret5
22 Marco Cavigioli1621515Ret204
23 Paolo Andreucci54
24 Luca Betti21RetRetRet223094
25 Qingxian Hua94
26 Robert Gow194
27 Simon Jean-Joseph810118104
28 Volkan Isik6Ret14133
29 Václav Arazim63
30 Corrado FontanaRet7Ret3
31 Patrick Snijers73
32 Andrey Zhigunov73
33 Philippe Roux103
34 Shinichiro Karakama103
35 Navraj Hans253
36 Tomasz Czopik711Ret2
37 Dimitar IlievRet8RetRet2
38 Boris Fedotov82
39 Gilles Panizzi82
40 Jean-Philippe Radoux112
41 Chunlei Shi112
42 Gergely Szabo9171
43 Alexandre Camacho91
44 Devis Cremona121
45 Fenghze Xie121
PosDriverSAF
TUR
YPR
RUS
MAD
ZLI
SAN
VAL
CHN
 Pts