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2007 Rallye Deutschland

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2007 Rallye Deutschland
26. ADAC Rallye Deutschland
Round 10 of the 2007 World Rally Championship
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View of Trier, rally base.
Host country Germany
Rally baseTrier, Germany
Dates runAugust 17 – 19 2007
Stages19 (356.27 km; 221.38 miles)
Stage surfaceAsphalt
Overall distance1,227.04 km (762.45 miles)
Statistics
Crews102 at start, 88 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerFrance Sébastien Loeb
France Citroën Total World Rally Team

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

Report

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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

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

Retirements

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Special Stages

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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 France S. Loeb 11:04.2 107.26 km/h France S. Loeb
SS2 11:26 Grafschaft Veldenz 1 23.40 km France S. Loeb 13:12.4 106.31 km/h
SS3 12:09 Schones Moselland 1 21.46 km Belgium F. Duval 12:22.9 103.99 km/h
SS4 15:17 Ruwertal / Fell 2 19.79 km Finland M. Hirvonen 11:34.2 102.63 km/h
SS5 16:30 Gafschaft Veldenz 2 23.40 km Belgium F. Duval 13:30.6 103.92 km/h
SS6 17:13 Schones Moselland 2 21.46 km Australia C. Atkinson 12:18.5 104.61 km/h Belgium F. Duval
2
(18 Aug)
SS7 08:33 St Wendeler Land 1 16.37 km Finland M. Hirvonen 8:52.6 110.65 km/h France S. Loeb
SS8 09:06 Bosenberg 1 19.00 km France S. Loeb 10:39.5 106.96 km/h
SS9 10:29 Erzweiler 1 16.51 km Finland M. Grönholm 9:55.9 99.74 km/h
SS10 11:02 Arena Panzerplatte 1 30.54 km France S. Loeb 17:57.4 102.05 km/h
SS11 14:45 St Wendeler Land 2 16.37 km Finland M. Hirvonen 8:51.6 110.86 km/h
SS12 15:18 Bosenberg 2 19.00 km Australia C. Atkinson 10:27.4 109.02 km/h
SS13 16:41 Erzweiler 2 16.51 km France S. Loeb 9:45.5 101.51 km/h
SS14 17:14 Arena Panzerplatte 2 30.54 km Australia C. Atkinson 17:49.8 102.77 km/h
3
(19 Aug)
SS15 09:18 Dhrontal 1 11.14 km Belgium F. Duval 6:59.2 95.67 km/h
SS16 09:46 Moselwein 1 18.70 km Belgium F. Duval 10:40.3 105.14 km/h
SS17 11:11 SSS Circus Maximus Trier 4.36 km Belgium F. Duval 3:11.4 82.00 km/h
SS18 13:24 Dhrontal 2 11.14 km Belgium F. Duval 6:53.4 97.01 km/h
SS19 13:52 Moselwein 2 18.70 km Belgium F. Duval 10:32.7 106.40 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 80
2 France Sébastien Loeb 1 2 14 1 1 1 Ret 2 3 1 72
3 Finland Mikko Hirvonen 5 3 1 3 5 3 2 4 2 3 63
4 Norway Petter Solberg 6 Ret 4 Ret 2 Ret 5 3 Ret 6 29
5 Spain Dani Sordo 2 12 25 4 3 6 3 24 Ret Ret 28
Norway Henning Solberg 14 4 3 9 9 5 4 5 5 14 28
7 Australia Chris Atkinson 4 8 19 5 Ret 7 10 6 4 15 20
8 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala Ret Ret 5 7 8 4 9 12 Ret 8 13
9 Finland Toni Gardemeister 7 6 Ret DSQ 6 7 10
10 Sweden Daniel Carlsson 5 7 6 Ret 9
Austria Manfred Stohl 10 7 12 6 10 8 7 8 Ret Ret 9
12 Belgium François Duval Ret 2 8
Czech Republic Jan Kopecký 8 10 8 22 Ret 7 Ret 5 8
14 Italy Gigi Galli 13 6 7 5
15 Spain Xavier Pons 25 Ret 16 6 18 3
16 Estonia Urmo Aava 28 15 13 14 7 12 2
17 United Kingdom Matthew Wilson 12 Ret 26 8 12 30 12 10 10 9 1
Finland Juho Hänninen DSQ 17 11 8 Ret Ret 1
Norway Mads Østberg 9 37 Ret Ret 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 - - - - - - 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
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