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2007 Rally Japan

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2007 Rally Japan
4th Rally Japan
Round 14 of the 2007 World Rally Championship
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Rally winner Mikko Hirvonen.
Host country Japan
Rally baseObihiro, Hokkaidō, Japan
Dates runOctober 26 – 28 2007
Stages27 (350.19 km; 217.60 miles)
Stage surfaceGravel
Overall distance1,575.79 km (979.15 miles)
Statistics
Crews84 at start, 73 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerFinland Mikko Hirvonen
United Kingdom BP Ford World Rally Team
Ford Focus RS WRC 07

The 2007 Rally Japan was the 14th round of the 2007 World Rally Championship. It took place between 26 and 28 October 2007.

Report

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Ford Mikko Hirvonen took the lead on Friday afternoon after overtaking Jari-Matti Latvala. Hirvonen then led the rally to the end. After team-mate Marcus Grönholm had already retired on Friday morning, the task was to keep Sébastien Loeb behind and thereby take points from him in the Drivers' World Championship. Hirvonen did that with success, he put the three-time world champion under pressure and fought an exciting battle for the top with him.

The situation changed on Saturday afternoon. Loeb was also eliminated after his co-driver Daniel Elena misread a pace note. Third-placed Latvala, who had led the rally at the start, also had to retire after an accident. Both later started again under the Rallye 2 regulations. So Hirvonen had a new pursuer Daniel Sordo. However, Hirvonen's lead was already large enough for him to control the rally. In the end, Hirvonen had a 37.4 second lead over Sordo. Loeb won four special stages on Sunday, after which he finally had to retire due to oil pressure problems.[1]

Results

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Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points
WRC
1. Finland Mikko Hirvonen Finland Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Focus RS WRC 07 3:23:57.6 0.0 10
2. Spain Daniel Sordo Spain Marc Marti Citroën C4 WRC 3:24:35.0 37.4 8
3. Norway Henning Solberg Norway Cato Menkerud Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:28:31.3 4:33.7 6
4. United Kingdom Matthew Wilson United Kingdom Michael Orr Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:30:35.5 6:37.9 5
5. Argentina Luís Pérez Companc Argentina Jose Maria Volta Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:30:38.0 6:40.4 4
6. Austria Manfred Stohl Austria Ilka Minor Citroën Xsara WRC 3:31:01.9 7:04.3 3
7. Argentina Federico Villagra Argentina José Luis Díaz Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:35:12.9 11:15.3 2
8. Japan Katsuhiko Taguchi Australia Mark Stacey Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 3:44:37.7 20:40.1 1
PWRC
1. (9.) Argentina Gabriel Pozzo Argentina Daniel Stillo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 3:45:50.6 0.0 10
2. (11.) Poland Leszek Kuzaj United Kingdom Craig Parry Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3:48:30.7 2:40.1 8
3. (12.) Japan Takuma Kamada Japan Naoki Kase Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3:48:39.0 2:48.4 6
4. (17.) Russia Yevgeni Vertunov Russia Georgi Troshkin Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3:50:41.7 4:51.1 5
5. (19.) United Kingdom Mark Higgins United Kingdom Scott Martin Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 3:51:23.3 5:32.7 4
6. (21.) Sweden Patrik Flodin Sweden Maria Andersson Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3:58:39.6 12:49.0 3
7. (23.) Finland Juho Hänninen Finland Mikko Markkula Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 4:03:12.4 17:21.8 2
8. (10.) Japan Yoshio Ikemachi Japan Sadatoshi Ando Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:03:48.7 17:58.1 1

Retirements

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Special Stages

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All dates and times are JST (UTC+9).

Leg Stage Time Name Length Winner Time Avg. spd. Rally leader
1
(26 Oct)
SS1 07:33 Pawse Kamuy reverse 1 9.03 km Finland J. Latvala 4:48.9 112.5 km/h Finland J. Latvala
SS2 08:13 Cup Kamuy 1 13.95 km Finland M. Grönholm 8:29.7 98.5 km/h
SS3 08:36 Kimun Kamuy 1 26.03 km France S. Loeb 13:56.0 112.1 km/h Finland M. Grönholm
SS4 09:29 Rikubetsu 1 2.73 km Spain D. Sordo 2:05.4 78.4 km/h Finland J. Latvala
SS5 13:35 Pawse Kamuy reverse 2 9.03 km Finland J. Latvala 4:39.1 116.5 km/h
SS6 14:15 Cup Kamuy 13.95 km Finland M. Hirvonen 8:09.0 102.7 km/h Finland M. Hirvonen
SS7 14:38 Kimun Kamuy 2 26.03 km Finland M. Hirvonen 13:26.7 116.2 km/h
SS8 15:31 Rikubetsu 2 2.73 km Spain D. Sordo 2:04.2 79.1 km/h
SS9 17:44 Obihiro 1 1.35 km Portugal A. Araujo 1:18.5 61.9 km/h
SS10 17:54 Obihiro 2 1.35 km Spain X. Pons 1:16.8 63.3 km/h
2
(27 Oct)
SS11 07:13 Rikubetsu 3 2.73 km France S. Loeb 2:06.8 77.5 km/h
SS12 07:44 Puray 1 34.96 km Finland M. Hirvonen 19:28.3 107.7 km/h
SS13 08:23 Niueo 1 20.75 km Spain D. Sordo 12:31.3 99.4 km/h
SS14 09:01 Sipirkakim 1 22.43 km Norway P. Solberg 12:13.1 110.1 km/h
SS15 13:44 Rikubetsu 4 2.73 km Norway P. Solberg 2:05.6 78.2 km/h
SS16 14:15 Puray 2 34.96 km Norway P. Solberg 19:01.0 110.3 km/h
SS17 14:54 Niueo 2 20.75 km Spain D. Sordo 12:17.5 101.3 km/h
SS18 15:47 Sipirkakim Short 4.67 km Norway P. Solberg 2:42.4 103.5 km/h
SS19 17:57 Obihiro 3 1.35 km Argentina F. Villagra 1:21.4 59.7 km/h
SS20 18:07 Obihiro 4 1.35 km Argentina F. Villagra 1:22.0 59.3 km/h
3
(28 Oct)
SS21 07:06 Rera Kamuy 1 8.76 km France S. Loeb 5:10.1 101.7 km/h
SS22 07:29 Panke Nikorpet 1 17.04 km Spain D. Sordo 9:35.0 106.7 km/h
SS23 08:09 Penke 1 22.19 km France S. Loeb 13:23.8 99.4 km/h
SS24 11:35 Rera Kamuy 2 8.76 km France S. Loeb 5:02.5 104.3 km/h
SS25 11:58 Panke Nikorpet 2 17.04 km France S. Loeb 9:17.9 110.0 km/h
SS26 12:38 Penke 2 22.19 km Spain D. Sordo 13:05.4 101.7 km/h
SS27 14:33 Obihiro 5 1.35 km Argentina F. Villagra 1:23.6 58.1 km/h

Championship standings after the event

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Drivers' championship

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Pos Driver MON
Monaco
SWE
Sweden
NOR
Norway
MEX
Mexico
POR
Portugal
ARG
Argentina
ITA
Italy
GRC
Greece
FIN
Finland
GER
Germany
NZL
New Zealand
ESP
Spain
FRA
France
JPN
Japan
IRL
Republic of Ireland
GBR
United Kingdom
 Pts 
1 Finland Marcus Grönholm 3 1 2 2 4 2 1 1 1 4 1 3 2 Ret 104
2 France Sébastien Loeb 1 2 14 1 1 1 Ret 2 3 1 2 1 1 Ret 100
3 Finland Mikko Hirvonen 5 3 1 3 5 3 2 4 2 3 3 4 13 1 84
4 Spain Dani Sordo 2 12 25 4 3 6 3 24 Ret Ret 6 2 3 2 53
5 Norway Petter Solberg 6 Ret 4 Ret 2 Ret 5 3 Ret 6 7 6 5 Ret 38
6 Norway Henning Solberg 14 4 3 9 9 5 4 5 5 14 9 10 9 3 34
7 Australia Chris Atkinson 4 8 19 5 Ret 7 10 6 4 15 4 8 6 Ret 29
8 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala Ret Ret 5 7 8 4 9 12 Ret 8 5 7 4 26 24
9 Belgium François Duval Ret 2 5 Ret 12
Austria Manfred Stohl 10 7 12 6 10 8 7 8 Ret Ret 12 Ret 14 6 12
11 Czech Republic Jan Kopecký 8 10 8 22 Ret 7 Ret 5 Ret 7 10
Finland Toni Gardemeister 7 6 Ret DSQ 6 7 10
13 Sweden Daniel Carlsson 5 7 6 Ret 9
14 United Kingdom Matthew Wilson 12 Ret 26 8 12 30 12 10 10 9 10 11 Ret 4 6
15 Italy Gigi Galli 13 6 7 5
16 Argentina Luís Pérez Companc 15 19 DNS 28 Ret 11 11 23 Ret 5 4
Spain Xavier Pons 25 Ret 16 6 18 Ret 9 8 36 4
18 Estonia Urmo Aava 28 15 13 14 7 12 8 18 Ret 18 3
19 Argentina Federico Villagra DNS 9 11 32 14 11 13 7 2
20 Finland Juho Hänninen DSQ 17 11 8 Ret Ret 19 23 24 1
Norway Mads Østberg 9 37 Ret Ret 8 1
Japan Katsuhiko Taguchi 8 1
Pos Driver MON
Monaco
SWE
Sweden
NOR
Norway
MEX
Mexico
POR
Portugal
ARG
Argentina
ITA
Italy
GRC
Greece
FIN
Finland
GER
Germany
NZL
New Zealand
ESP
Spain
FRA
France
JPN
Japan
IRL
Republic of Ireland
GBR
United Kingdom
 Pts 
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Manufacturers' championship

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Rank Manufacturer Event Total
points
MON
Monaco
SWE
Sweden
NOR
Norway
MEX
Mexico
POR
Portugal
ARG
Argentina
ITA
Italy
GRC
Greece
FIN
Finland
GER
Germany
NZL
New Zealand
ESP
Spain
FRA
France
JPN
Japan
IRL
Republic of Ireland
GBR
United Kingdom
1 BP Ford World Rally Team 10 16 18 14 9 14 18 15 18 11 16 11 9 10 - - 189
2 Citroën Total World Rally Team 18 9 1 15 16 13 6 8 6 10 11 18 16 8 - - 155
3 Subaru World Rally Team 8 2 5 4 8 2 5 9 5 5 7 4 7 2 - - 73
4 Stobart VK M-Sport Ford 1 5 10 3 2 9 7 4 4 5 5 2 7 7 - - 71
5 OMV Kronos 2 7 5 3 4 1 3 2 0 8 0 4 0 4 - - 43
6 Munchi's Ford World Rally Team 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 8 - - 14

References

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  1. ^ "Hirvonen cruises to Rally Japan win". Autosport.com. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
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