2007 Rally Finland Explained

2007 Rally Finland
Native Name:57th Neste Oil Rally Finland
Round:9
Championship:2007 World Rally Championship
Previous Round:2007 Acropolis Rally
Next Round:2007 Rallye Deutschland
Rallybase:Jyväskylä, Finland
Startdate:August 2
Enddate:5 2007
Stages:23
Stagekm:360.34
Overallkm:1375.15
Surface:Gravel
Driver1: Marcus Grönholm
Team1: BP Ford World Rally Team
Teamsstart:97
Teamsfinish:70

The 57th Neste Oil Rally Finland was the 9th round of the 2007 World Rally Championship. It was run on 2–5 August 2007 and based in Jyväskylä, Finland.

Results

Pos.DriverCo-driverCarTimeDifferencePoints
WRC
1. Marcus Grönholm Timo RautiainenFord Focus RS WRC 072:57:26.10.010
2. Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo LehtinenFord Focus RS WRC 072:57:50.324.28
3. Sébastien Loeb Daniel ElenaCitroën C4 WRC2:58:36.01:09.96
4. Chris Atkinson Stéphane PrévotSubaru Impreza WRC 073:00:28.93:02.85
5. Henning Solberg Cato MenkerudFord Focus RS WRC 063:01:55.54:29.44
6. Xavier Pons Xavier AmigoSubaru Impreza WRC3:04:26.67:00.53
7. Urmo Aava Kuldar SikkMitsubishi Lancer WRC053:05:05.77:39.62
8. Mads Østberg Ole Kristian UnnerudSubaru Impreza WRC3:06:58.09:31.91
JRC
1. (18.) Patrik Sandell Emil AxelssonRenault Clio R33:25:14.50.010
2. (19.) Kalle Pinomäki Tuomo NikkolaRenault Clio R33:26:33.61:19.18
3. (22.) Michał Kościuszko Maciej SzczepaniakRenault Clio S16003:29:28.24:13.76
4. (23.) Conrad Rautenbach David SeniorCitroën C2 S16003:29:46.34:31.85
5. (25.) Tapio Suominen Jarno OttmanSuzuki Swift S16003:31:00.95:46.44
6. (30.) Vilius Rožukas Audrius ŠošasSuzuki Swift S16003:34:29.0 [1]9:14.53
7. (32.) Alessandro Bettega Simone ScattolinFord Fiesta S16003:37:43.0 [1]12:28.52
8. (33.) Yoann Bonato Benjamin BoulloudCitroën C2 R23:38:20.313:05.81
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Retirements

Special Stages

LegStageTime (EEST)NameLengthWinnerTimeAvg. spd.Rally leader
1
(2/3 Aug)
SS120:00Killeri 12.50 km C. Atkinson1:20.6111.66 km/h C. Atkinson
SS207:54Vellipohja 117.20 km J. Latvala8:18.7124.16 km/h J. Latvala
SS308:50Mökkiperä 113.72 km M. Grönholm6:47.5121.21 km/h M. Grönholm
SS409:29Palsankylä 113.31 km M. Hirvonen6:47.4117.61 km/h M. Hirvonen
SS512:06Vellipohja 217.20 km M. Grönholm8:10.1126.34 km/halign=left rowspan=19 M. Grönholm
SS613:02Mökkiperä 213.72 km M. Hirvonen
M. Grönholm
6:42.7122.65 km/h
SS713:41Palsankylä 213.31 km M. Grönholm6:36.1120.97 km/h
SS816:21Urria9.96 km M. Grönholm4:36.6129.63 km/h
SS916:51Lautaperä8.69 km M. Grönholm3:56.7132.17 km/h
SS1017:29Jukojärvi22.25 km M. Grönholm10:35.6126.02 km/h
SS1120:00Killeri 22.50 km M. Grönholm1:20.7111.52 km/h
2
(4 Aug)
SS1207:17Kaipolanvuori13.46 km S. Loeb6:53.4117.21 km/h
SS1308:30Juupajoki22.13 km M. Grönholm11:19.3117.28 km/h
SS1409:14Ouninpohja 133.00 km M. Grönholm15:35.3127.02 km/h
SS1512:15Leustu21.27 km M. Grönholm10:12.6124.99 km/h
SS1613:24Ouninpohja 233.00 km M. Grönholm15:19.8129.16 km/h
SS1715:10Ehikki 114.88 km M. Grönholm6:52.2129.96 km/h
SS1816:23Himos18.55 km M. Grönholm10:09.8109.51 km/h
SS1917:19Ehikki 214.88 km M. Hirvonen6:47.4131.49 km/h
SS2017:54Surkee14.89 km M. Hirvonen8:13.6108.6 km/h
3
(5 Aug)
SS2110:15Valkola10.38 km M. Grönholm5:35.9111.25 km/h
SS2211:07Lankamaa22.82 km M. Grönholm11:07.2123.13 km/h
SS2312:22Ruuhimäki7.53 km M. Grönholm3:57.8113.99 km/h

Championship standings after the event

Drivers' championship

PosDriverMON
SWE
NOR
MEX
POR
ARG
ITA
GRC
FIN
GER
NZL
ESP
FRA
JPN
IRL
GBR
 Pts 
1 Marcus Grönholm31224211175
2 Sébastien Loeb1214111Ret2362
3 Mikko Hirvonen53135324257
4 Dani Sordo21225436324Ret28
Henning Solberg1443911545528
6 Petter Solberg6Ret4Ret2Ret53Ret26
7 Chris Atkinson48195Ret7106420
8 Jari-Matti LatvalaRetRet5784912Ret12
9 Daniel Carlsson576Ret9
Manfred Stohl10712610878Ret9
11 Toni Gardemeister76RetDSQ68
12 Gigi Galli13675
13 Jan Kopecký810822Ret7Ret4
14 Xavier Pons25Ret1663
15 Urmo Aava2815131472
16 Matthew Wilson12Ret26812301210101
Juho HänninenDSQ17118RetRet1
Mads Østberg937RetRet81
PosDriverMON
SWE
NOR
MEX
POR
ARG
ITA
GRC
FIN
GER
NZL
ESP
FRA
JPN
IRL
GBR
 Pts 

Manufacturers' championship

RankManufacturerEventTotal
points
MON
SWE
NOR
MEX
POR
ARG
ITA
GRC
FIN
GER
NZL
ESP
FRA
JPN
IRL
GBR
1BP Ford World Rally Team10 16 18 14 9 14 18 15 18 - - - - - - -132
2Citroën Total World Rally Team18 9 1 15 16 13 6 8 6 - - - - - - -92
3Subaru World Rally Team8 2 5 4 8 2 5 9 5 - - - - - - -48
4Stobart VK M-Sport Ford1 5 10 3 2 9 7 4 4 - - - - - - -45
52 7 5 3 4 1 3 2 0 - - - - - - -27
60 0 0 0 1 5 - - - - - - -6

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