2014 Rally Australia

2014 Coates Hire Rally Australia 23rd Rally Australia
Round 10 of the 2014 World Rally Championship season ← Previous event Next event →
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Host country	Australia
Rally base	Coffs Harbour, Australia
Dates run	September 12 – September 14, 2014
Stages	20 (304.34 km; 189.11 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Statistics
Crews	27 at start, 23 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Volkswagen Motorsport

The 2014 Coates Hire Rally Australia was the tenth round of the 2014 World Rally Championship season. The event was based in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, and started on 12 September and finished on 14 September after twenty special stages, totaling 304.3 competitive kilometres.

French driver Sébastien Ogier won the Rally Australia for the second time, taking his sixth victory of the 2014 season. Volkswagen completed a podium lockout by having all three cars finishing in podium positions at the end of the rally.

Entry list

Entry List No. Entrant Class Driver Co-driver Car Tyre 1 Volkswagen Motorsport WRC Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Volkswagen Polo R WRC M 2 Volkswagen Motorsport WRC Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila Volkswagen Polo R WRC M 3 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT WRC Kris Meeke Paul Nagle Citroën DS3 WRC M 4 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT WRC Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson Citroën DS3 WRC M 5 M-Sport World Rally Team WRC Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 6 M-Sport World Rally Team WRC Elfyn Evans Daniel Barritt Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 7 Hyundai Shell World Rally Team WRC Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul Hyundai i20 WRC M 8 Hyundai Shell World Rally Team WRC Chris Atkinson Stéphane Prévot Hyundai i20 WRC M 9 Volkswagen Motorsport II WRC Andreas Mikkelsen Ola Fløene Volkswagen Polo R WRC M 10 RK M-Sport World Rally Team WRC Robert Kubica Maciej Szczepaniak Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 20 Hyundai Motorsport N WRC Hayden Paddon John Kennard Hyundai i20 WRC M 31 Yazeed Racing WRC-2 Yazeed Al-Rajhi Michael Orr Ford Fiesta RRC M 32 Yuriy Protasov WRC-2 Yuriy Protasov Pavlo Cherepin Ford Fiesta RRC M 33 www.Rallyproject.com srl WRC-2 Massimiliano Rendina Mario Pizzuti Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X P 34 Drive Dmack WRC-2 Ott Tänak Raigo Mőlder Ford Fiesta R5 D 35 Drive DMACK WRC-2 Jari Ketomaa Kaj Lindström Ford Fiesta R5 D 36 Nasser Al-Attiyah WRC-2 Nasser Al-Attiyah Giovanni Bernacchini Ford Fiesta RRC M 37 FWRT s.r.l. WRC-2 Lorenzo Bertelli Mitia Dotta Ford Fiesta RRC P 38 Jourdan Serderidis WRC-2 Jourdan Serderidis Frédéric Miclotte Ford Fiesta R5 D 45 Bosowa Rally Team WRC-2 Subhan Aksa Nicola Arena Ford Fiesta RRC M

Icon Class WRC WRC entries eligible to score manufacturer points WRC WRC entries ineligible to score manufacturer points WRC-2 Registered to take part in WRC-2 championship

Results

Event standings

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Class	Time	Difference	Points
Overall classification
1	1	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	2:53:18.0	0.0	27
2	2	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	2:53:24.8	+6.8	21
3	9	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	Volkswagen Motorsport II	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	2:54:36.0	+1:18.0	15
4	3	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	2:55:02.0	+1:44.0	13
5	5	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	2:55:11.6	+1:53.6	10
6	20	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Hyundai Motorsport N	Hyundai i20 WRC	WRC	2:56:14.2	+2:56.2	8
7	7	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai Shell World Rally Team	Hyundai i20 WRC	WRC	2:57:46.2	+4:28.2	6
8	6	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	2:58:28.0	+5:10.0	4
9	10	Robert Kubica	Maciek Szczepaniak	RK M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	2:59:57.8	+6:39.8	2
10	8	Chris Atkinson	Stéphane Prévot	Hyundai Shell World Rally Team	Hyundai i20 WRC	WRC	3:02:47.4	+9:29.4	1
WRC-2 standings
1 (11.)	36	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Giovanni Bernacchini	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Ford Fiesta RRC	WRC-2	3:05:11.1	0.0	25
2 (12.)	35	Jari Ketomaa	Kaj Lindström	Drive Dmack	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	3:07:01.5	+1:50.4	18
3 (13.)	32	Yuriy Protasov	Pavlo Cherepin	Yuriy Protasov	Ford Fiesta RRC	WRC-2	3:07:48.1	+2:37.0	15
4 (14.)	37	Lorenzo Bertelli	Mitia Dotta	FWRT s.r.l.	Ford Fiesta RRC	WRC-2	3:08:14.1	+3:03.0	12
5 (15.)	45	Subhan Aksa	Nicola Arena	Bosowa Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RRC	WRC-2	3:11:51.3	+6:40.2	10
6 (23.)	33	Massimiliano Rendina	Mario Pizzuti	www.Rallyproject.com srl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	WRC-2	4:16:05.9	+1:10:54.8	8

Special stages

Day	Stage	Name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Rally leader
Leg 1 (12 Sep)	SS1	Hydes Creek 1	10.73 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	6:26.6	Sébastien Ogier
	SS2	Bellingen 1	10.72 km	Kris Meeke	Citroën DS3 WRC	6:26.2
	SS3	Newry 1	24.91 km	Kris Meeke	Citroën DS3 WRC	14:46.1	Kris Meeke
	SS4	Hydes Creek 2	10.73 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	6:19.9
	SS5	Bellingen 2	10.72 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	6:15.9
	SS6	Newry 2	24.91 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	14:22.7
	SS7	SSS 1	1.56 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	1:37.2	Jari-Matti Latvala
	SS8	SSS 2	1.56 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	1:35.6	Sébastien Ogier
Leg 2 (13 Sep)	SS9	Nambucca 1	48.92 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	27:01.6	Jari-Matti Latvala
	SS10	Valla 1	8.96 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	4:23.7
	SS11	Nambucca 2	48.92 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	26:39.4	Sébastien Ogier
	SS12	Valla 2	8.96 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	4:19.8
	SS13	SSS 3	1.56 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	1:40.8
	SS14	SSS 4	1.56 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	1:39.7
Leg 3 (14 Sep)	SS15	Shipmans 1	24.72 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	12:46.9
	SS16	Bucca 1	10.86 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	6:38.2
	SS17	Wedding Bells 1	9.23 km	Kris Meeke	Citroën DS3 WRC	5:26.0
	SS18	Shipmans 2	24.72 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	12:32.7
	SS19	Bucca 2	10.86 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	6:29.4
	SS20	Wedding Bells 2 (Power Stage)	9.23 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	5:20.7

Power Stage

The "Power stage" was a 9.23 km (5.74 mi) stage at the end of the rally.

Pos	Driver	Car	Time	Diff.	Pts
1	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	5:20.7	0.0	3
2	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	5:21.9	+1.2	2
3	Kris Meeke	Citroën DS3 WRC	5:24.5	+3.8	1

Standings after the rally

WRC

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Sebastien Ogier	214
2	Jari-Matti Latvala	164
3	Andreas Mikkelsen	125
4	Mikko Hirvonen	83
5	Thierry Neuville	79

Manufacturers' Championship standings

Pos.	Manufacturer	Points
1	Volkswagen Motorsport	348
2	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	154
3	M-Sport World Rally Team	146
4	Hyundai Shell World Rally Team	141
5	Volkswagen Motorsport II	109

Other

WRC2 Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Lorenzo Bertelli	93
2	Yuriy Protasov	90
3	Jari Ketomaa	90
4	Nasser Al-Attiyah	85
5	Ott Tänak	78

WRC3 Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Stéphane Lefebvre	79
2	Christian Riedemann	46
3	Quentin Giordano	46
4	Martin Koči	45
5	Alastair Fisher	40

Junior WRC Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Stéphane Lefebvre	81
2	Martin Koči	52
3	Quentin Giordano	49
4	Christian Riedemann	46
5	Alastair Fisher	42

References

• Results – juwra.com/World Rally Archive
• Results – ewrc-results.com