2007 Swedish Rally Explained

2007 Swedish Rally
Native Name:56th Uddeholm Swedish Rally
Round:2
Championship:2007 World Rally Championship
Previous Round:2007 Monte Carlo Rally
Next Round:2007 Rally Norway
Rallybase:Karlstad, Sweden
Startdate:8
Enddate:11 February 2007
Stages:20
Stagekm:341.2
Overallkm:1730.36
Surface:Ice / Snow-covered gravel
Driver1: Marcus Grönholm
Team1: BP Ford World Rally Team
Teamsstart:58
Teamsfinish:45

The 56th Uddeholm Swedish Rally, second round of the 2007 World Rally Championship season took place between 9 and 11 February 2007.

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Results

Pos.DriverCo-driverCarTimeDifferencePoints
WRC
1. Marcus Grönholm Timo RautiainenFord Focus RS WRC 063:08:40.70.010
2. Sébastien Loeb Daniel ElenaCitroën C4 WRC3:09:34.553.88
3. Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo LehtinenFord Focus RS WRC 063:10:22.21:41.56
4. Henning Solberg Cato MenkerudFord Focus RS WRC 063:10:50.52:09.85
5. Daniel Carlsson Denis GiraudetCitroën Xsara WRC3:14:55.23:37.84
6. Toni Gardemeister Jakke HonkanenMitsubishi Lancer WR053:12:34.93:54.23
7. Manfred Stohl Ilka MinorCitroën Xsara WRC3:13:53.25:12.52
8. Chris Atkinson Glenn MacNeallSubaru Impreza WRC063:14:55.46:14.71
PCWRC
DSQ [1] Juho Hänninen Mikko MarkkulaMitsubishi Lancer Evo 93:23:01.80.0-
1. (16.) Oscar Svedlund Björn NilssonSubaru Impreza WRX STI3:25:29.22:27.410
2. (17.) Anton Alén Timo AlanneSubaru Impreza WRX STI3:26:07.83:06.08
3. (18.) Kristian Sohlberg Risto PietiläinenSubaru Impreza WRX STI3:27:11.94:10.16
4. (20.) Armindo Araújo Miguel RamalhoMitsubishi Lancer Evo 93:30:07.77:05.95
5. (22.) Fumio Nutahara Daniel BarrittMitsubishi Lancer Evo 93:30:34.97:33.14
6. (23.) Toshi Arai Tony SircombeSubaru Impreza WRX STI3:33:29.710:27.93
7. (27.) Nasser Al-Attiyah Chris PattersonSubaru Impreza WRX STI3:45:19.0 [2]22:17.22
8. (29.) Fabio Frisiero Simone ScattolinMitsubishi Lancer Evo 93:50:02.927:01.11
[1] - Juho Hänninen was disqualified after technical check - fuel tank was not homologated.[1] [2] - Drivers using SupeRally.

Retirements

Special Stages

All dates and times are CET (UTC+1).

LegStageTimeNameLengthWinnerTimeAvg. spd.Rally leader
1
(8 Feb
-
9 Feb)
SS108:03Karlstad Super Speci1.89 km T. Gardemeister1:31.974.04 km/h T. Gardemeister
SS208:43Likenas 121.78 km P. Solberg12:40.6103.09 km/halign=left rowspan="3" P. Solberg
SS310:06Hara 111.31 km G. Galli6:22.6106.42 km/h
SS410:44Torntorp 119.20 km S. Loeb9:56.8115.82 km/h
SS513:27Likenas 221.78 km M. Grönholm12:21.5105.74 km/halign=left rowspan="16" M. Grönholm
SS614:49Hara 211.31 km M. Grönholm6:10.1110.01 km/h
SS715:28Vargasen 124.62 km S. Loeb13:57.7105.8 km/h
SS816:46Hagfors Sprint 11.87 km M. Grönholm2:00.056.1 km/h
2
(10 Feb)
SS908:03Lesjofors10.48 km S. Loeb5:45.1109.32 km/h
SS1008:43Liljendal34.54 km M. Grönholm17:50.3116.18 km/h
SS1111:13Torntorp 219.20 km M. Grönholm9:35.0120.21 km/h
SS1211:45Vargasen 224.62 km M. Grönholm13:17.9111.08 km/h
SS1314:28Fredriksberg24.75 km M. Grönholm13:54.4106.78 km/h
SS1415:33Lejen26.46 km M. Grönholm14:41.8108.02 km/h
SS1516:51Hagfors Sprint 21.87 km M. Østberg1:59.356.43 km/h
3
(11 Feb)
SS1608:18Bačka 130.95 km C. Atkinson16:31.6112.36 km/h
SS1709:15Malta 111.25 km H. Solberg5:42.2118.35 km/h
SS1810:54Bačka 230.95 km M. Grönholm16:30.0112.55 km/h
SS1911:57Malta 211.25 km M. Grönholm5:44.1117.7 km/h
SS2014:00Karlstad Super Speci1.89 km M. Grönholm1:40.767.57 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 Sébastien Loeb1218
2 Marcus Grönholm3116
3 Mikko Hirvonen5310
4 Dani Sordo2128
5 Chris Atkinson486
6 Henning Solberg1445
Toni Gardemeister765
8 Daniel Carlsson54
9 Petter Solberg6Ret3
10 Manfred Stohl1072
11 Jan Kopecký8101
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
1Citroën Total World Rally Team18 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -27
2BP Ford World Rally Team10 16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -26
3Subaru World Rally Team8 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -10
4OMV Kronos2 7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -9
5Stobart VK M-Sport Ford1 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -6
6Munchi's Ford World Rally Team0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -0

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: PWRC: Hanninen excluded, Svedlund inherits win. . https://archive.today/20121220012841/http://www.crash.net/news_view~cid~4~id~143144.htm . dead . 2012-12-20 . crash.net . 2007-09-26 .