The 2007 Rally New Zealand (37th Propecia Rally New Zealand), 11th round of 2007 World Rally Championship, was run on 31 August to 2 September. After a tight battle for three days, Marcus Grönholm beat Sébastien Loeb for the win by 0.3 seconds, making it the second-closest finish in WRC history (after 2011 Jordan Rally's 0.2s). This was the closest finish in the history of the World Rally Championship. The previous record was held by the 1998 Rally de Portugal, in which Colin McRae took the win 2.1 seconds ahead of Carlos Sainz.
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Results Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points WRC 1. Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen Ford Focus RS WRC 07 3:52:53.9 0.0 10 2. Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Citroën C4 WRC 3:52:54.2 0.3 8 3. Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Focus RS WRC 07 3:54:36.7 1:42.8 6 4. Chris Atkinson Stéphane Prévot Subaru Impreza WRC 07 3:55:26.2 2:32.3 5 5. Jari-Matti Latvala Ole Kristian Unnerud Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:55:30.8 2:36.9 4 6. Daniel Sordo Marc Marti Citroën C4 WRC 3:56:35.9 3:42.0 3 7. Petter Solberg Phil Mills Subaru Impreza WRC 07 3:56:48.6 3:54.7 2 8. Urmo Aava Kuldar Sikk Mitsubishi Lancer WR05 4:02:10.2 9:16.3 1 PCWRC 1. (13.) Toshi Arai Tony Sircombe Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:13:35.8 0.0 10 2. (14.) Niall McShea Gordon Noble Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:13:38.4 2.6 8 3. (15.) Richard Mason Sara Randall Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:14:46.0 1:10.2 6 4. (16.) Gabriel Pozzo Daniel Stillo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 4:14:48.9 1:13.1 5 5. (17.) Fumio Nutahara Daniel Barritt Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 4:14:55.7 1:19.9 4 6. (18.) Armindo Araujo Miguel Ramalho Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 4:15:16.0 1:40.2 3 7. (19.) Juho Hänninen Mikko Markkula Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 4:15:46.9 2:11.1 2 8. (22.) Martin Rauam Kristo Kraag Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 4:16:15.2 2:39.4 1
Special Stages All dates and times are NZST (UTC+12). LegStageTimeNameLengthWinnerTimeAvg. spd.Rally leader1(31 Aug) SS1 09:18 Pirongia West 1 18.30 km M. Grönholm 13:40.5 80.29 km/h M. Grönholm SS2 10:21 Waitomo 1 43.88 km M. Grönholm 28:47.8 91.43 km/h SS3 14:07 Pirongia West 2 18.30 km S. Loeb 13:32.4 81.09 km/h SS4 15:10 Waitomo 2 43.88 km S. Loeb 28:20.4 92.9 km/h SS5 17:03 Mystery Creek 1 3.14 km C. Atkinson 2:56.2 64.15 km/h2(1 Sep) SS6 09:03 Port Waikato 17.21 km S. Loeb 9:33.2 108.09 km/h SS7 09:41 Possum 13.88 km M. Grönholm 10:38.2 78.3 km/h SS8 10:19 Franklin 31.57 km S. Loeb 21:15.7 89.09 km/h SS9 12:32 Mystery Creek 2 3.14 km M. Grönholm 2:54.7 64.71 km/h SS10 14:58 Te Akau South 31.92 km S. Loeb 18:25.0 103.99 km/h SS11 15:41 Te Akau North 32.36 km S. Loeb 16:59.8 114.23 km/h S. Loeb3(2 Sep) SS12 09:03 Maungatawhiri 1 5.34 km M. Grönholm 2:41.3 119.18 km/h M. Grönholm SS13 09:31 Te Hutewai 1 11.22 km S. Loeb 7:54.3 85.16 km/h S. Loeb SS14 09:59 Whaanga Coast 1 29.81 km S. Loeb 21:00.8 85.12 km/h SS15 11:38 Maungatawhiri 2 5.34 km M. Grönholm 2:39.7 120.38 km/h SS16 12:06 Te Hutewai 2 11.22 km M. Grönholm 7:43.0 87.24 km/h SS17 12:34 Whaanga Coast 2 29.81 km M. Grönholm 20:32.1 87.1 km/h M. Grönholm SS18 14:18 Mystery Creek 3 3.14 km S. Loeb 2:52.5 65.53 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 1 90 2 Sébastien Loeb 1 2 14 1 1 1Ret 2 3 1 2 80 3 Mikko Hirvonen 5 3 1 3 5 3 2 4 2 3 3 69 4 Dani Sordo 2 12 25 4 3 6 3 24RetRet 6 31 Petter Solberg 6Ret 4Ret 2Ret 5 3Ret 6 7 31 6 Henning Solberg 14 4 3 9 9 5 4 5 5 14 9 28 7 Chris Atkinson 4 8 19 5Ret 7 10 6 4 15 4 25 8 Jari-Matti LatvalaRetRet 5 7 8 4 9 12Ret 8 5 17 9 Toni Gardemeister 7 6Ret DSQ 6 7 10 10 Daniel Carlsson 5 7 6Ret 9 Manfred Stohl 10 7 12 6 10 8 7 8RetRet 12 9 12 François DuvalRet 2 8 Jan Kopecký 8 10 8 22Ret 7Ret 5 8 14 Gigi Galli 13 6 7 5 15 Xavier Pons 25Ret 16 6 18Ret3 Urmo Aava 28 15 13 14 7 12 83 17 Matthew Wilson 12Ret 26 8 12 30 12 10 10 9 10 1 Juho Hänninen DSQ 17 11 8RetRet 19 1 Mads Østberg 9 37RetRet 8 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 14 18 15 18 11 16 - - - - - 159 2 Citroën Total World Rally Team 18 9 1 15 16 13 6 8 6 10 11 - - - - - 113 3 Subaru World Rally Team 8 2 5 4 8 2 5 9 5 5 7 - - - - - 60 4 Stobart VK M-Sport Ford 1 5 10 3 2 9 7 4 4 5 5 - - - - - 55 5 OMV Kronos 2 7 5 3 4 1 3 2 0 8 0 - - - - - 35 6 Munchi's Ford World Rally Team 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 - - - - - 6
References
External links Results on the official site: WRC.com Results on eWRC-results.com Results at Jonkka's World Rally Archive