2017 Rally Poland Explained

2017 Rally Poland
Native Name:	74th Rally Poland 2017
Round:	8
Championship:	2017 World Rally Championship
Previous Round:	2017 Rally d'Italia
Next Round:	2017 Rally Finland
Rallybase:	Mikołajki
Startdate:	29 June
Enddate:	2 July 2017^[1]
Stages:	22
Stagekm:	318.74
Surface:	Gravel
Driver1:	Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul
Team1:	Hyundai Motorsport
Teamsstart:	49
Teamsfinish:	40

The 2017 Rally Poland was the eighth round of the 2017 World Rally Championship and was the 74th running of the Rally Poland. Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul won the rally.^[2]

Ole Christian Veiby won the WRC-2 category for the first time, with WRC-2 championship leader Pontus Tidemand finishing second.^[3]

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 WRC-3 Registered to take part in WRC-3 championship JWRC Registered to take part in Junior World Rally championship

Classification

Event standings

		Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Class	Time		Points
Overall classification
1	5					WRC	2:40:46.1	0.0
2	4					WRC	2:42:10.0	+1:23.9	18
3	1	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia			WRC	2:43:06.9	+2:20.8
4	6					WRC	2:43:33.5	+2:47.4	12
5	9					WRC	2:43:57.9	+3:11.8
6	15					WRC	2:44:02.9	+3:16.8	8
7	14					WRC	2:44:25.7	+3:39.6	6
8	3					WRC	2:45:25.2	+4:39.1	4
9	7					WRC	2:45:29.6	+4:43.5
10	11					WRC	2:45:39.8	+4:53.7	1
20	10					WRC	3:08:47.1	+28:01.0
WRC-2 standings
1 (12.)	34					WRC-2	2:53:39.3		25
2 (13.)	31						2:54:12.2	+32.9	18
3 (15.)	40					WRC-2	2:57:59.6	+4:20.3	15
4 (17.)	32					WRC-2	3:00:44.2	+7:04.9	12
5 (18.)	44					WRC-2	3:01:02.2	+7:22.9	10
6 (19.)	42					WRC-2	3:01:56.2	+8:16.9	8
7 (22.)	35					WRC-2	3:15:38.3	+21:59.0	6
8 (23.)	43					WRC-2	3:15:58.2	+22:18.9	4
9 (32.)	36					WRC-2	3:29:50.0	+36:10.7	2
	33					WRC-2	3:52:33.7	+58:54.4	1
Source:^[5]

Special stages

Day	Stage	Name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Rally Leader
Leg 1	SS1					1:44.4
	SS2					3:22.9
	SS3					7:33.0
	SS4					9:47.3
	SS5					6:54.8
	SS6			Stage cancelled
	SS7					7:47.9
	SS8					10:03.3
	SS9					7:07.4
	SS10					1:44.3
Leg 2	SS11					8:02.2
	SS12					10:39.8
	SS13					7:24.1
	SS14					10:08.5
	SS15					7:47.9
	SS16					10:23.4
	SS17					7:20.8
	SS18					10:02.1
	SS19					1:44.4
Leg 3	SS20					6:10.3
	SS21					8:58.1
	SS22					6:02.6
	SS23

Notes and References

1. News: 74th Rally Poland Itinerary. rajdpolski.pl. Rajd Polski. 15 May 2017. 2 July 2017.
2. News: Victory for Neuville. wrc.com. WRC. 2 July 2017. 2 July 2017.
3. News: Maiden win for Veiby. wrc.com. WRC. 2 July 2017. 2 July 2017.
4. News: 74th Rally Poland Entry List. rajdpolski.pl. Rajd Polski. 6 June 2017. 2 July 2017.
5. News: Rally Poland Final Results. ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results. 2 July 2017. 4 July 2017.