2007 Rallye Deutschland

Results of Rallye Deutschland (26. ADAC Rallye Deutschland), 10th round of 2007 World Rally Championship, run on August 17–19:

2007 Rallye Deutschland 26. ADAC Rallye Deutschland
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View of Trier, rally base.
Host country	Germany
Rally base	Trier, Germany
Dates run	August 17 – 19 2007
Stages	19 (356.27 km; 221.38 miles)
Stage surface	Asphalt
Overall distance	1,227.04 km (762.45 miles)
Statistics
Crews	102 at start, 88 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total World Rally Team

Report

Sébastien Loeb had won the Rallye Deutschland for the sixth time in a row, something no other driver had managed to do before. In the Drivers' World Championship, the defending champion gained five points over the leading Marcus Grönholm, who lost two places on Sunday due to a driving error, when a cow along the route disturbed Grönholm's concentration, damaging the rear of the car very badly and ended up fourth after her teammate Mikko Hirvonen.

François Duval drove a flawless rally and secured second place overall. The privateer was able to win all five special stages on Sunday and worked his way up to second place in the final kilometers of the "Moselwein 2" stage (SS19). In the end, he was only 20.3 seconds short of Loeb.

Surprising information was the end of career by Jakke Honkanen, the Gardemeister pilot, who unexpectedly announced it immediately after the end of the rally, while still at the PKC.

Results

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
WRC
1.	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	3:27:27.5	0.0	10
2.	François Duval	Patrick Pivato	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:27:47.8	20.3	8
3.	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC 07	3:28:46.6	1:19.1	6
4.	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Ford Focus RS WRC 07	3:29:04.0	1:36.5	5
5.	Jan Kopecký	Filip Schovánek	Škoda Fabia WRC	3:30:34.6	3:07.1	4
6.	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Subaru Impreza WRC	3:30:42.2	3:14.7	3
7.	Toni Gardemeister	Jakke Honkanen	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:31:05.0	3:37.5	2
8.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Ole Kristian Unnerud	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:32:56.8	5:29.3	1
JRC
1. (11.)	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Citroën C2 S1600	3:52:26.9	0.0	10
2. (12.)	Urmo Aava	Kuldar Sikk	Suzuki Swift S1600	3:53:16.4	49.5	8
3. (14.)	Conrad Rautenbach	David Senior	Citroën C2 S1600	3:54:42.8	2:15.9	6
4. (20.)	Aaron Burkart	Michael Kölbach	Citroën C2 S1600	3:56:51.0	4:24.1	5
5. (25.)	Jozef Béreš jun.	Petr Starý	Renault Clio S1600	4:01:16.5	8:49.6	4
6. (27.)	Jaan Mölder jr.	Katrin Becker	Suzuki Swift S1600	4:01:49.3	9:22.4	3
7. (30.)	Yoann Bonato	Benjamin Boulloud	Citroën C2 R2	4:05:32.5	13:05.6	2
8. (32.)	Aigar Pärs	Ken Järveoja	Citroën C2 S1600	4:05:48.3	13:21.4	1

Retirements

• Michał Kościuszko - mechanical (SS1);
• Erik Wevers - mechanical (SS2);
• Thomas Schie - mechanical (SS4/5);
• Daniel Sordo - engine failure (SS6);
• Patrick Sandell - excluded (after SS6);
• Manfred Stohl - engine failure (SS9);

Special Stages

All dates and times are CEST (UTC+2).

Leg	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
1 (17 Aug)	SS1	10:13	Ruwertal / Fell 1	19.79 km	S. Loeb	11:04.2	107.26 km/h	S. Loeb
	SS2	11:26	Grafschaft Veldenz 1	23.40 km	S. Loeb	13:12.4	106.31 km/h
	SS3	12:09	Schones Moselland 1	21.46 km	F. Duval	12:22.9	103.99 km/h
	SS4	15:17	Ruwertal / Fell 2	19.79 km	M. Hirvonen	11:34.2	102.63 km/h
	SS5	16:30	Gafschaft Veldenz 2	23.40 km	F. Duval	13:30.6	103.92 km/h
	SS6	17:13	Schones Moselland 2	21.46 km	C. Atkinson	12:18.5	104.61 km/h	F. Duval
2 (18 Aug)	SS7	08:33	St Wendeler Land 1	16.37 km	M. Hirvonen	8:52.6	110.65 km/h	S. Loeb
	SS8	09:06	Bosenberg 1	19.00 km	S. Loeb	10:39.5	106.96 km/h
	SS9	10:29	Erzweiler 1	16.51 km	M. Grönholm	9:55.9	99.74 km/h
	SS10	11:02	Arena Panzerplatte 1	30.54 km	S. Loeb	17:57.4	102.05 km/h
	SS11	14:45	St Wendeler Land 2	16.37 km	M. Hirvonen	8:51.6	110.86 km/h
	SS12	15:18	Bosenberg 2	19.00 km	C. Atkinson	10:27.4	109.02 km/h
	SS13	16:41	Erzweiler 2	16.51 km	S. Loeb	9:45.5	101.51 km/h
	SS14	17:14	Arena Panzerplatte 2	30.54 km	C. Atkinson	17:49.8	102.77 km/h
3 (19 Aug)	SS15	09:18	Dhrontal 1	11.14 km	F. Duval	6:59.2	95.67 km/h
	SS16	09:46	Moselwein 1	18.70 km	F. Duval	10:40.3	105.14 km/h
	SS17	11:11	SSS Circus Maximus Trier	4.36 km	F. Duval	3:11.4	82.00 km/h
	SS18	13:24	Dhrontal 2	11.14 km	F. Duval	6:53.4	97.01 km/h
	SS19	13:52	Moselwein 2	18.70 km	F. Duval	10:32.7	106.40 km/h

Championship standings after the event

Drivers' championship

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 80 2 Sébastien Loeb 1 2 14 1 1 1 Ret 2 3 1 72 3 Mikko Hirvonen 5 3 1 3 5 3 2 4 2 3 63 4 Petter Solberg 6 Ret 4 Ret 2 Ret 5 3 Ret 6 29 5 Dani Sordo 2 12 25 4 3 6 3 24 Ret Ret 28 Henning Solberg 14 4 3 9 9 5 4 5 5 14 28 7 Chris Atkinson 4 8 19 5 Ret 7 10 6 4 15 20 8 Jari-Matti Latvala Ret Ret 5 7 8 4 9 12 Ret 8 13 9 Toni Gardemeister 7 6 Ret DSQ 6 7 10 10 Daniel Carlsson 5 7 6 Ret 9 Manfred Stohl 10 7 12 6 10 8 7 8 Ret Ret 9 12 François Duval Ret 2 8 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 3 16 Urmo Aava 28 15 13 14 7 12 2 17 Matthew Wilson 12 Ret 26 8 12 30 12 10 10 9 1 Juho Hänninen DSQ 17 11 8 Ret Ret 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 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

Rank	Manufacturer	Event																Total points
		MON	SWE	NOR	MEX	POR	ARG	ITA	GRC	FIN	GER	NZL	ESP	FRA	JPN	IRL	GBR
1	BP Ford World Rally Team	10	16	18	14	9	14	18	15	18	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	143
2	Citroën Total World Rally Team	18	9	1	15	16	13	6	8	6	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	102
3	Subaru World Rally Team	8	2	5	4	8	2	5	9	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	53
4	Stobart VK M-Sport Ford	1	5	10	3	2	9	7	4	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	50
5	OMV Kronos	2	7	5	3	4	1	3	2	0	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	35
6	Munchi's Ford World Rally Team		0		0		0	0	1	5		-	-	-	-	-	-	6

External links

• Results on official site - WRC.com
• Results on eWRC-results.com
• Results on RallyBase.nl