2017 Rally Catalunya Explained

2017 Rally Catalunya
Native Name:	53. RallyRACC Catalunya – Costa Daurada 2017
Round:	11
Championship:	2017 World Rally Championship
Previous Round:	2017 Rallye Deutschland
Next Round:	2017 Wales Rally GB
Rallybase:	Salou
Startdate:	5
Enddate:	8 October 2017
Stages:	19
Stagekm:	312.02
Surface:	Tarmac and gravel
Driver1:	Kris Meeke Paul Nagle
Team1:	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT
Teamsstart:	70
Teamsfinish:	53

The 2017 Rally Catalunya was the eleventh round of the 2017 World Rally Championship and was the 53rd running of the Rally de España. The rally was won by Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle, their fifth win in the World Rally Championship and first win on tarmac.^[1]

Teemu Suninen and Mikko Markkula won the WRC-2 category, their first win of the season.^[2]

Entry list

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Key Icon Class WRC WRC entries eligible to score manufacturer points WRC Major entry ineligible to WRC Registered to score points in WRC Trophy

Classification

Event standings

		Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Class	Time		Points
Overall classification
1	7					WRC	3:01:21.1	0.0
2	1	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia			WRC	3:01:49.1	+28.0
3	2					WRC	3:01:54.1	+33.0
4	11					WRC	3:02:15.2	+54.1
5	14					WRC	3:03:47.3	+2:26.2	10
6	8					WRC	3:04:04.1	+2:43.0	8
7	3					WRC	3:05:58.5	+4:37.4	6
8	32					WRC-2	3:09:43.8	+8:22.7	4
9	31					WRC-2	3:10:15.6	+8:54.5	2
10	83						3:10:25.9	+9:04.8	1
15	6					WRC	3:15:40.4	+14:19.3
WRC-2 standings
1 (8.)	32						3:09:43.8	0.0	25
2 (9.)	31					WRC-2	3:10:15.6	+31.8	18
	34					WRC-2	3:14:22.7	+4:38.9	15
Source:^[4]

Special stages

Day	Stage	Name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Rally Leader
Leg 1	SS1					7:16.7
	SS2					4:04.5
	SS3					24:55.0
	SS4					7:08.1
	SS5					3:57.7
	SS6					24:18.9
Leg 2	SS7					12:22.0
	SS8					10:54.6
	SS9					7:25.3
	SS10					12:25.3
	SS11					10:59.6
	SS12					7:30.0
	SS13					2:33.8
Leg 3	SS14					4:00.9
	SS15					10:20.2
	SS16					8:09.5
	SS17					3:58.6
	SS18					10:19.5
	SS19

Notes and References

1. Web site: Meeke nets win. wrc.com. 14 October 2017.
2. Web site: Suninen breaks season duck. wrc.com. 14 October 2017.
3. Web site: 2017 Rally de España Entry List. rallyracc.com. 14 October 2017.
4. News: Final Results Rally de España 2017. ewrc-results. 14 October 2017. 14 October 2017.