2007 Rally México Explained

2007 Rally México
Native Name:21º Corona Rally México
Round:4
Championship:2007 World Rally Championship
Previous Round:2007 Rally Norway
Next Round:2007 Rally de Portugal
Rallybase:León, Mexico
Startdate:March 9
Enddate:11 2007
Stages:20
Stagekm:366.06
Overallkm:849.55
Surface:Gravel
Driver1: Sébastien Loeb
Team1: Citroën Total World Rally Team
Teamsstart:47
Teamsfinish: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.[1] After the first day, Ford identified and fixed a sensory fault in Grönholm's car.[2] The problem had caused lack of engine power and troubled the Finn: "In the morning, I was sweeping. In the afternoon, I was sleeping".[3] 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.[4] __TOC__

Results

Pos.DriverCo-driverCarTimeDifferencePoints
WRC
1. Sébastien Loeb Daniel ElenaCitroën C4 WRC3:48:13.3 0.010
2. Marcus Grönholm Timo RautiainenFord Focus RS WRC 063:49:09.155.88
3. Jarmo LehtinenFord Focus RS WRC 063:49:41.01:27.76
4. Daniel Sordo Marc MartiCitroën C4 WRC3:49:57.01:43.75
5. Chris Atkinson Glenn MacNeallSubaru Impreza WRC 073:50:37.4 2:24.14
6.Manfred Stohl Ilka MinorCitroën Xsara WRC3:51:58.83:45.53
7. Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka AnttilaFord Focus RS WRC 063:52:24.14:10.82
8. Matthew Wilson Michael OrrFord Focus RS WRC 064:00:35.912:22.61
PCWRC
1. (10.) Mark Higgins Scott MartinMitsubishi Lancer Evo 94:08:44.50.010
2. (11.) Toshi Arai Tony SircombeSubaru Impreza WRX STI4:10:05.41:20.98
3. (13.) Kristian Sohlberg Risto PietiläinenSubaru Impreza WRX STI4:11:15.22:30.76
4. (14.) Mirco Baldacci Giovanni AgneseSubaru Impreza WRX STI4:12:51.94:07.45
5. (15.) Travis Pastrana Christian EdstromSubaru Impreza WRX STI4:16:53.28:08.74
6. (16.) Štěpán Vojtěch Michal ErnstMitsubishi Lancer Evo 94:25:43.3 [1]16:58.83
7. (18.) Fumio Nutahara Daniel BarrittMitsubishi Lancer Evo 94:26:02.517:18.02
8. (20.) Spyros Pavlides Denis GiraudetSubaru Impreza WRX STI4:34:23.725:39.21
[1] - Drivers using SupeRally

Retirements

Special Stages

All dates and times are CST (UTC-6).

LegStageTimeNameLengthWinnerTimeAvg. spd.Rally leader
1
(9 Mar)		SS108:28Alfaro 123.50 km P. Solberg14:03.5100.3 km/halign=left rowspan="5" P. Solberg
SS209:51Ortega 129.65 km P. Solberg17:28.7101.78 km/h
SS310:34El Cubilete 117.87 km P. Solberg9:45.6109.86 km/h
SS413:02Alfaro 223.50 km S. Loeb13:47.0102.3 km/h
SS514:25Ortega 229.65 km M. Stohl16:58.2104.83 km/h
SS615:08El Cubilete 217.87 km S. Loeb9:37.5111.4 km/halign=left rowspan="15" S. Loeb
SS716:29Super Special 12.21 km M. Grönholm1:42.677.54 km/h
SS816:33Super Special 22.21 km C. Atkinson1:42.078.0 km/h
2
(10 Mar)		SS908:19Ibarilla 130.20 km S. Loeb18:17.399.08 km/h
SS1009:42Duarte 123.51 km S. Loeb17:55.078.73 km/h
SS1110:33Derramadero 123.27 km M. Grönholm14:01.699.54 km/h
SS1213:07Ibarilla 230.20 km S. Loeb18:02.6100.42 km/h
SS1314:30Duarte 223.51 km M. Grönholm17:32.280.48 km/h
SS1415:21Derramadero 223.27 km S. Loeb13:49.4101.0 km/h
SS1516:35Super Special 32.21 km D. Sordo1:44.676.06 km/h
SS1616:39Super Special 42.21 km M. Grönholm1:43.676.8 km/h
3
(11 Mar)		SS1708:23Leon16.29 km M. Hirvonen10:35.892.24 km/h
SS1808:54 Guanajuatito23.34 km M. Grönholm15:12.392.1 km/h
SS1910:17Comanjilla18.10 km M. Hirvonen10:17.6105.51 km/h
SS2011:28Super Special 54.42 km M. Grönholm3:23.678.15 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 Grönholm312232
2 Sébastien Loeb1214128
3 Mikko Hirvonen531326
4 Dani Sordo21225413
5 Henning Solberg1443911
6 Chris Atkinson4819510
7 Petter Solberg6Ret4Ret8
8 Daniel Carlsson576
Jari-Matti LatvalaRetRet576
10 Toni Gardemeister76Ret5
Manfred Stohl1071265
12 Gigi Galli1363
13 Jan Kopecký81082
14 Matthew Wilson12Ret2681
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 - - - - - - - - - - - -58
2Citroën Total World Rally Team18 9 1 15 - - - - - - - - - - - -43
3Stobart VK M-Sport Ford1 5 10 3 - - - - - - - - - - - -19
Subaru World Rally Team8 2 5 4 - - - - - - - - - - - -19
52 7 5 3 - - - - - - - - - - - -17
60 0 - - - - - - - - - - - -0

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Solberg loses lead in Mexico . . 2007-03-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20070328190357/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/57177. 28 March 2007 . live.
  2. Web site: Ford identify sensor fault . . 2007-03-11.
  3. Web site: Loeb makes most of Solberg slip . . 2007-03-11.
  4. Web site: Loeb wins in Mexico . . 2007-03-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20070313195411/http://www.eurosport.com/rally/mexico-rally/2007/sport_sto1113615.shtml. 13 March 2007 . live.

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