The 2007 Vodafone Rally de Portugal was the 41st Rally de Portugal and the fifth round of the 2007 World Rally Championship season. It took place between March 30–April 1, 2007 and consisted of 18 special stages. 61 drivers finished the rally and the winner was Citroën's Sébastien Loeb, followed by Subaru's Petter Solberg and Citroën's Dani Sordo.
All Ford Focus RS WRC 06 drivers were given five-minute time penalties, because the glass used in the cars' rear side windows was 0.5 mm too thin. This dropped Marcus Grönholm from second to fourth, Mikko Hirvonen from third to fifth, Jari-Matti Latvala from sixth to eighth and Henning Solberg from ninth to 11th.
Results Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points WRC 1. Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Citroën C4 WRC 3:53:33.1 0.0 10 2. Petter Solberg Phil Mills Subaru Impreza WRC 3:56:47.0 3:13.9 8 3. Daniel Sordo Marc Marti Citroën C4 WRC 3:58:38.4 5:05.3 6 4. Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:59:10.2 5:37.1 5 5. Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Focus RS WRC 06 4:00:41.2 7:08.1 4 6. Daniel Carlsson Denis Giraudet Citroën Xsara WRC 4:01:46.3 8:13.2 3 7. Gian-Luigi Galli Giovanni Bernacchni Citroën Xsara WRC 4:03:12.7 9:39.6 2 8. Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila Ford Focus RS WRC 06 4:04:18.0 10:44.9 1 — All Ford Focus RS WRC 06 drivers were given five-minute time penalties due to 0.5 mm too thin rear side windows. JRC 1. (14.) Per-Gunner Andersson Jonas Andersson Suzuki Swift S1600 4:22:43.4 0.0 10 2. (15.) Urmo Aava Kuldar Sikk Suzuki Swift S1600 4:22:47.1 3.7 8 3. (18.) Jozef Béreš jun. Petr Starý Renault Clio S1600 4:30:32.3 7:48.9 6 4. (21.) Jaan Mölder jr. Katrin Becker Suzuki Swift S1600 4:34.39.9 11:56.5 5 5. (22.) Andrea Cortinovis Flavio Zanella Renault Clio S1600 4:37.37.2 14:53.8 4 6. (26.) Manuel Rueda Borja Rozada Renault Clio R3 4:43:38.1 20:54.7 3 7. (30.) Shaun Gallagher Clive Jenkins Citroën C2 S1600 4:49:23.3 26:39.9 2 8. (32.) Vilius Rožukas Audrius Šošas Suzuki Swift S1600 4:55:58.3 33:14.9 1 — Drivers using SupeRally
Retirements Luís Pérez Companc - retired before SS1; Juan Pablo Raies - retired before SS1; Guy Wilks - rolled (SS3); Martin Prokop - mechanical (SS5); Mads Østberg - retired after first leg (SS7/8); Toni Gardemeister - excluded for driving on three wheels. Michał Kościuszko - went off the road (SS9); Chris Atkinson - went off the road (SS10);
Special Stages All dates and times are WEST (UTC+1). LegStageTimeNameLengthWinnerTimeAvg. spd.Rally leader1(29 Mar-30 Mar) SS1 17:35 SSS Estadio Algarve 2.20 km M. Grönholm 2:05.8 62.96 km/h M. Grönholm SS2 10:27 Tavira 1 19.92 km M. Hirvonen 14:07.5 84.62 km/h SS3 11:27 Serra de Tavira 1 24.37 km M. Grönholm 16:30.1 88.61 km/h SS4 12:15 S. Bras de Alportel 1 16.70 km S. Loeb 11:24.3 87.86 km/h SS5 14:44 Tavira 2 19.92 km M. Grönholm 13:52.3 86.16 km/h SS6 15:44 Serra de Tavira 2 24.37 km S. Loeb 16:10.2 90.43 km/h SS7 16:32 S. Bras de Alportel 2 16.70 km S. Loeb 11:10.6 89.65 km/h S. Loeb2(31 Mar) SS8 09:48 Silves / Ourique 1 30.69 km S. Loeb 21:36.5 85.22 km/h SS9 10:37 Ourique 1 24.87 km S. Loeb 14:59.9 99.49 km/h SS10 11:32 Almodóvar 1 20.88 km S. Loeb 11:40.5 107.31 km/h SS11 14:50 Silves / Ourique 2 30.69 km S. Loeb 20:16.0 90.86 km/h SS12 15:39 Ourique 2 24.87 km S. Loeb 14:35.0 102.32 km/h SS13 16:34 Almodóvar 2 20.88 km S. Loeb 11:38.6 107.6 km/h3(1 Apr) SS14 08:07 Loule / Almodóvar 1 17.60 km M. Hirvonen 11:18.0 93.45 km/h SS15 08:39 Loule 1 22.70 km S. Loeb 14:09.3 96.22 km/h SS16 11:42 Loule / Almodóvar 2 17.60 km M. Grönholm 11:11.1 94.41 km/h SS17 12:14 Loule 2 22.70 km M. Grönholm 14:02.0 97.05 km/h SS18 14:00 Estadio Algarve 2 2.20 km S. Loeb 2:06.8 62.46 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 Sébastien Loeb 1 2 14 1 1 38 2 Marcus Grönholm 3 1 2 2 4 37 3 Mikko Hirvonen 5 3 1 3 5 30 4 Dani Sordo 2 12 25 4 3 19 5 Petter Solberg 6Ret 4Ret 2 16 6 Henning Solberg 14 4 3 9 11 11 7 Chris Atkinson 4 8 19 5Ret 10 8 Daniel Carlsson 5 7 6 9 9 Jari-Matti LatvalaRetRet 5 7 8 7 10 Toni Gardemeister 7 6Ret DSQ 5 Manfred Stohl 10 7 12 6 10 5 Gigi Galli 13 6 7 5 13 Jan Kopecký 8 10 8 22 2 14 Matthew Wilson 12Ret 26 8 12 1 Pos Driver MON SWE NOR MEX POR ARG ITA GRC FIN GER NZL ESP FRA JPN IRL GBR Pts
Manufacturers' championship Rank Manufacturer Event Totalpoints 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 - - - - - - - - - - - 67 2 Citroën Total World Rally Team 18 9 1 15 16 - - - - - - - - - - - 59 3 Subaru World Rally Team 8 2 5 4 8 - - - - - - - - - - - 27 4 Stobart VK M-Sport Ford 1 5 10 3 2 - - - - - - - - - - - 21 OMV Kronos 2 7 5 3 4 - - - - - - - - - - - 21 6 Munchi's Ford World Rally Team 0 0 - - - - - - - - - - - 0
References
External links
Results on official site - WRC.com Results on eWRC-results.com Results on RallyBase.nl