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The 2007 Rally Ireland, the first Rally Ireland and fifteenth round of the 2007 World Rally Championship, was a motor rally run from 15 to 18 November. It took place over eight counties on both sides of the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Event started in Stormont, Belfast and finished in Mullaghmore, County Sligo.

2007 Rally Ireland
1st Rally Ireland
Round 15 of the 2007 World Rally Championship
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Benbulbin Mountain, in County Sligo, Ireland.
Host countryIreland / Northern Ireland
Rally baseSligo, County Sligo, Republic of Ireland
Dates runNovember 15 – 18 2007
Stages20 (328.43 km; 204.08 miles)
Stage surfaceTarmac
Overall distance1,196.25 km (743.32 miles)[1]
Statistics
Crews84 at start, 66 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerFrance Sébastien Loeb
France Citroën Total World Rally Team
Marcus Grönholm retired.

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The rally began with the first special stage in front of Stormont Castle in Belfast, which Marcus Grönholm won on Thursday evening. The next day, in the fourth special stage, Grönholm hit a wall hard, and he and co-driver Timo Rautiainen were taken to hospital as a precaution. Both remained unhurt, but withdrew from the rally.

Citroën driver Sébastien Loeb took a step towards his fourth Drivers' World Championship title, taking the lead again in the drivers' standings. His advantage over his rival Grönholm, who retired on Friday after a serious accident, had been six points before the last round of the world championship. Mikko Hirvonen finished fourth, securing the second manufacturers' world championship title in a row for the Ford team.

Jari-Matti Latvala was third, taking his first WRC podium. Latvala edged out Hirvonen from third place on Friday. He was able to hold this position to the finish despite briefly going off the road on Saturday, losing a little time.

Results

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Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points
WRC
1. France  Sébastien Loeb Monaco  Daniel Elena Citroën C4 WRC 3:01:39.2 0.0 10
2. Spain  Dani Sordo Spain  Marc Martí Citroën C4 WRC 3:02:32.6 53.4 8
3. Finland  Jari-Matti Latvala Finland  Miikka Anttila Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:03:27.4 1:48.2 6
4. Finland  Mikko Hirvonen Finland  Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Focus RS WRC 07 3:03:56.9 2:17.7 5
5. Norway  Petter Solberg United Kingdom  Phil Mills Subaru Impreza WRC 07 3:04:35.0 2:55.8 4
6. United Kingdom  Guy Wilks United Kingdom  Phil Pugh Subaru Impreza WRC 3:07:37.1 5:57.9 3
7. United Kingdom  Matthew Wilson Republic of Ireland  Michael Orr Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:11:44.1 10:04.9 2
8. Republic of Ireland  Gareth McHale United Kingdom  Allan Harryman Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:12:47.5 11:08.3 1
PCWRC
1. (10.) United Kingdom  Niall McShea United Kingdom  Marshall Clarke Subaru Impreza 3:18:11.3 0.0 10
2. (11.) Argentina  Gabriel Pozzo Argentina  Daniel Stillo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 3:18:55.4 44.1 8
3. (17.) Qatar  Nasser Al-Attiyah United Kingdom  Chris Patterson Subaru Impreza C 07 3:22:42.4 4:31.1 6
4. (18.) Italy  Simone Campedelli Italy  Danilo Fappani Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 3:24:47.2 6:35.9 5
5. (20.) Czech Republic  Štěpán Vojtěch Czech Republic  Michal Ernst Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 3:26:45.4 8:34.1 4
6. (21.) Japan  Fumio Nutahara United Kingdom  Daniel Barritt Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 3:27:32.8 9:21.5 3
7. (22.) Republic of Ireland  Colm Murphy Republic of Ireland  Ger Loughrey Subaru Impreza 3:27:34.6 9:23.3 2
8. (23.) United Kingdom  Philip Morrow United Kingdom  David Senior Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 3:28:46.9 10:35.6 1

Retirements

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Special Stages

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All dates and times are GMT (UTC).

Leg Stage Time Name Length Winner Time Avg. spd. Rally leader
1
(15/16 Nov)
SSS1 19:00 (15-Nov) United Kingdom  Stormont 1.82 km Finland  M. Grönholm 1:30.8 72.16 km/h Finland  M. Grönholm
SS2 08:05 (16-Nov) Republic of Ireland  Geevagh 1 11.47 km France  S. Loeb 6:05.7 112.92 km/h France  S. Loeb
SS3 08:33 Republic of Ireland  Arigna 1 27.89 km Spain  D. Sordo 15:44.0 106.36 km/h
SS4 09:24 Republic of Ireland  Lough Gill 1 20.56 km Spain  D. Sordo 10:54.7 113.05 km/h Spain  D. Sordo
SS5 11:29 Republic of Ireland  Geevagh 2 11.47 km France  S. Loeb 6:22.0 108.09 km/h France  S. Loeb
SS6 11:57 Republic of Ireland  Arigna 2 27.89 km France  S. Loeb 16:09.6 103.55 km/h
SS7 12:48 Republic of Ireland  Lough Gill 2 20.56 km Spain  D. Sordo 10:55.5 112.92 km/h
SS8 15:01 Republic of Ireland  Glenboy 22.25 km France  S. Loeb 11:56.0 111.87 km/h
SS9 15:54 Republic of Ireland  Bencroy 15.43 km Spain  D. Sordo 8:21.3 110.81 km/h
SS10 16:19 Republic of Ireland  Drumshanbo 8.65 km France  S. Loeb 5:00.3 103.70 km/h
2
(17 Nov)
SS11 8:13 United Kingdom  Sloughan Glen 1 20.95 km France  S. Loeb 11:37.7 108.10 km/h
SS12 09:08 United Kingdom  Ballinamallard 1 17.95 km France  S. Loeb 9:35.9 112.21 km/h
SS13 09:51 United Kingdom  Tempo 1 13.46 km France  S. Loeb 7:31.6 107.30 km/h
SS14 14:04 United Kingdom  Sloughan Glen 2 20.95 km Australia  C. Atkinson 11:25.7 109.99 km/h
SS15 14:59 United Kingdom  Ballinamallard 2 17.95 km France  S. Loeb 9:30.7 113.23 km/h
SS16 15:42 United Kingdom  Tempo 2 13.46 km Finland  J-M. Latvala 7:28.9 107.94 km/h
3
(18 Nov)
SS17 09:03 United Kingdom  Murley 24.70 km Finland  M. Hirvonen 13:19.9 111.16 km/h
SS18 09:51 United Kingdom  Fardross 14.77 km Finland  M. Hirvonen 8:49.8 100.36 km/h
SS19 11:39 Republic of Ireland  Donegal Bay 14.06 km Finland  J-M. Latvala 7:00.9 120.26 km/h
SS20 13:08 Republic of Ireland  Mullaghmore 2.38 km Norway  P. Solberg 1:16.9 111.42 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 France  Sébastien Loeb 1 2 14 1 1 1 Ret 2 3 1 2 1 1 Ret 1 110
2 Finland  Marcus Grönholm 3 1 2 2 4 2 1 1 1 4 1 3 2 Ret Ret 104
3 Finland  Mikko Hirvonen 5 3 1 3 5 3 2 4 2 3 3 4 13 1 4 89
4 Spain  Dani Sordo 2 12 25 4 3 6 3 24 Ret Ret 6 2 3 2 2 61
5 Norway  Petter Solberg 6 Ret 4 Ret 2 Ret 5 3 Ret 6 7 6 5 Ret 5 42
6 Norway  Henning Solberg 14 4 3 9 9 5 4 5 5 14 9 10 9 3 16 34
7 Finland  Jari-Matti Latvala Ret Ret 5 7 8 4 9 12 Ret 8 5 7 4 26 3 30
8 Australia  Chris Atkinson 4 8 19 5 Ret 7 10 6 4 15 4 8 6 Ret 42 29
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 Ret 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 7 8
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 Ret 4
18 United Kingdom  Guy Wilks Ret Ret 9 9 10 6 3
Estonia  Urmo Aava 28 15 13 14 7 12 8 18 Ret 18 3
20 Argentina  Federico Villagra DNS 9 11 32 14 11 13 7 2
21 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
Republic of Ireland  Gareth MacHale 11 Ret 13 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 16 11 9 10 5 - 194
2 Citroën Total World Rally Team 18 9 1 15 16 13 6 8 6 10 11 18 16 8 18 - 173
3 Stobart VK M-Sport Ford 1 5 10 3 2 9 7 4 4 5 5 2 7 7 9 - 80
4 Subaru World Rally Team 8 2 5 4 8 2 5 9 5 5 7 4 7 2 6 - 79
5 OMV Kronos 2 7 5 3 4 1 3 2 0 8 0 4 0 4 0 - 43
6 Munchi's Ford World Rally Team 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 8 - 14

References

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  1. ^ Wilkins, Robert (2007-11-13). "Preview: 2007 Rally Ireland". Crash.net. Archived from the original on 2008-11-23.
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