2007 Rally New Zealand

2007 Rally New Zealand
*37th Propecia Rally New Zealand*
2007 Rally New Zealand; 37th Propecia Rally New Zealand
Round 11 of the 2007 World Rally Championship
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	Coast of New Zealand.
Host country	New Zealand
Rally base	Hamilton, New Zealand
Dates run	31 August – 2 September 2007
Stages	18 (353.56 km; 219.69 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Overall distance	1,255.98 km (780.43 miles)
Statistics
Crews	68 at start, 59 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Marcus Grönholm; BP Ford World Rally Team

The 2007 Rally New Zealand (37th Propecia Rally New Zealand), 11th round of 2007 World Rally Championship, was run on 31 August to 2 September. After a tight battle for three days, Marcus Grönholm beat Sébastien Loeb for the win by 0.3 seconds, making it the second-closest finish in WRC history (after 2011 Jordan Rally's 0.2s). This was the closest finish in the history of the World Rally Championship. The previous record was held by the 1998 Rally de Portugal, in which Colin McRae took the win 2.1 seconds ahead of Carlos Sainz.^[1]

Results

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
WRC
1.	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Ford Focus RS WRC 07	3:52:53.9	0.0	10
2.	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	3:52:54.2	0.3	8
3.	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC 07	3:54:36.7	1:42.8	6
4.	Chris Atkinson	Stéphane Prévot	Subaru Impreza WRC 07	3:55:26.2	2:32.3	5
5.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Ole Kristian Unnerud	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:55:30.8	2:36.9	4
6.	Daniel Sordo	Marc Marti	Citroën C4 WRC	3:56:35.9	3:42.0	3
7.	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Subaru Impreza WRC 07	3:56:48.6	3:54.7	2
8.	Urmo Aava	Kuldar Sikk	Mitsubishi Lancer WR05	4:02:10.2	9:16.3	1
PCWRC
1. (13.)	Toshi Arai	Tony Sircombe	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4:13:35.8	0.0	10
2. (14.)	Niall McShea	Gordon Noble	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4:13:38.4	2.6	8
3. (15.)	Richard Mason	Sara Randall	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4:14:46.0	1:10.2	6
4. (16.)	Gabriel Pozzo	Daniel Stillo	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9	4:14:48.9	1:13.1	5
5. (17.)	Fumio Nutahara	Daniel Barritt	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9	4:14:55.7	1:19.9	4
6. (18.)	Armindo Araujo	Miguel Ramalho	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9	4:15:16.0	1:40.2	3
7. (19.)	Juho Hänninen	Mikko Markkula	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9	4:15:46.9	2:11.1	2
8. (22.)	Martin Rauam	Kristo Kraag	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9	4:16:15.2	2:39.4	1

All dates and times are NZST (UTC+12).

Leg	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
1 (31 Aug)	SS1	09:18	Pirongia West 1	18.30 km	M. Grönholm	13:40.5	80.29 km/h	M. Grönholm
	SS2	10:21	Waitomo 1	43.88 km	M. Grönholm	28:47.8	91.43 km/h
	SS3	14:07	Pirongia West 2	18.30 km	S. Loeb	13:32.4	81.09 km/h
	SS4	15:10	Waitomo 2	43.88 km	S. Loeb	28:20.4	92.9 km/h
	SS5	17:03	Mystery Creek 1	3.14 km	C. Atkinson	2:56.2	64.15 km/h
2 (1 Sep)	SS6	09:03	Port Waikato	17.21 km	S. Loeb	9:33.2	108.09 km/h
	SS7	09:41	Possum	13.88 km	M. Grönholm	10:38.2	78.3 km/h
	SS8	10:19	Franklin	31.57 km	S. Loeb	21:15.7	89.09 km/h
	SS9	12:32	Mystery Creek 2	3.14 km	M. Grönholm	2:54.7	64.71 km/h
	SS10	14:58	Te Akau South	31.92 km	S. Loeb	18:25.0	103.99 km/h
	SS11	15:41	Te Akau North	32.36 km	S. Loeb	16:59.8	114.23 km/h	S. Loeb
3 (2 Sep)	SS12	09:03	Maungatawhiri 1	5.34 km	M. Grönholm	2:41.3	119.18 km/h	M. Grönholm
	SS13	09:31	Te Hutewai 1	11.22 km	S. Loeb	7:54.3	85.16 km/h	S. Loeb
	SS14	09:59	Whaanga Coast 1	29.81 km	S. Loeb	21:00.8	85.12 km/h
	SS15	11:38	Maungatawhiri 2	5.34 km	M. Grönholm	2:39.7	120.38 km/h
	SS16	12:06	Te Hutewai 2	11.22 km	M. Grönholm	7:43.0	87.24 km/h
	SS17	12:34	Whaanga Coast 2	29.81 km	M. Grönholm	20:32.1	87.1 km/h	M. Grönholm
	SS18	14:18	Mystery Creek 3	3.14 km	S. Loeb	2:52.5	65.53 km/h	M. Grönholm

Pos	Driver	MON	SWE	NOR	MEX	POR	ARG	ITA	GRC	FIN	GER	NZL	ESP	FRA	JPN	IRL	GBR	Pts
1	Marcus Grönholm	3	1	2	2	4	2	1	1	1	4	1						90
2	Sébastien Loeb	1	2	14	1	1	1	Ret	2	3	1	2						80
3	Mikko Hirvonen	5	3	1	3	5	3	2	4	2	3	3						69
4	Dani Sordo	2	12	25	4	3	6	3	24	Ret	Ret	6						31
4	Petter Solberg	6	Ret	4	Ret	2	Ret	5	3	Ret	6	7						31
6	Henning Solberg	14	4	3	9	9	5	4	5	5	14	9						28
7	Chris Atkinson	4	8	19	5	Ret	7	10	6	4	15	4						25
8	Jari-Matti Latvala	Ret	Ret	5	7	8	4	9	12	Ret	8	5						17
9	Toni Gardemeister	7	6	Ret		DSQ		6			7							10
10	Daniel Carlsson		5	7		6		Ret										9
10	Manfred Stohl	10	7	12	6	10	8	7	8	Ret	Ret	12						9
12	François Duval								Ret		2							8
12	Jan Kopecký	8	10	8		22		Ret	7	Ret	5							8
14	Gigi Galli		13	6		7												5
15	Xavier Pons	25	Ret	16						6	18	Ret						3
15	Urmo Aava			28		15		13	14	7	12	8						3
17	Matthew Wilson	12	Ret	26	8	12	30	12	10	10	9	10						1
	Juho Hänninen		DSQ	17			11	8	Ret	Ret		19						1
	Mads Østberg		9	37		Ret		Ret		8								1
Pos	Driver	MON	SWE	NOR	MEX	POR	ARG	ITA	GRC	FIN	GER	NZL	ESP	FRA	JPN	IRL	GBR	Pts

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Excluded (EX)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Cancelled (C)
Blank	Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

Rank	Manufacturer	Event																Total points
Rank	Manufacturer	MON	SWE	NOR	MEX	POR	ARG	ITA	GRC	FIN	GER	NZL	ESP	FRA	JPN	IRL	GBR	Total points
1	BP Ford World Rally Team	10	16	18	14	9	14	18	15	18	11	16	-	-	-	-	-	159
2	Citroën Total World Rally Team	18	9	1	15	16	13	6	8	6	10	11	-	-	-	-	-	113
3	Subaru World Rally Team	8	2	5	4	8	2	5	9	5	5	7	-	-	-	-	-	60
4	Stobart VK M-Sport Ford	1	5	10	3	2	9	7	4	4	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	55
5	OMV Kronos	2	7	5	3	4	1	3	2	0	8	0	-	-	-	-	-	35
6	Munchi's Ford World Rally Team		0		0		0	0	1	5		0	-	-	-	-	-	6