Results of Rallye Deutschland (26. ADAC Rallye Deutschland), 10th round of 2007 World Rally Championship, run on August 17–19:
Report 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 Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points WRC 1. Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Citroën C4 WRC 3:27:27.5 0.0 10 2. François Duval Patrick Pivato Citroën Xsara WRC 3:27:47.8 20.3 8 3. Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Focus RS WRC 07 3:28:46.6 1:19.1 6 4. Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen Ford Focus RS WRC 07 3:29:04.0 1:36.5 5 5. Jan Kopecký Filip Schovánek Škoda Fabia WRC 3:30:34.6 3:07.1 4 6. Petter Solberg Phil Mills Subaru Impreza WRC 3:30:42.2 3:14.7 3 7. Toni Gardemeister Jakke Honkanen Citroën Xsara WRC 3:31:05.0 3:37.5 2 8. Jari-Matti Latvala Ole Kristian Unnerud Ford Focus RS WRC 06 3:32:56.8 5:29.3 1 JRC 1. (11.) Martin Prokop Jan Tománek Citroën C2 S1600 3:52:26.9 0.0 10 2. (12.) Urmo Aava Kuldar Sikk Suzuki Swift S1600 3:53:16.4 49.5 8 3. (14.) Conrad Rautenbach David Senior Citroën C2 S1600 3:54:42.8 2:15.9 6 4. (20.) Aaron Burkart Michael Kölbach Citroën C2 S1600 3:56:51.0 4:24.1 5 5. (25.) Jozef Béreš jun. Petr Starý Renault Clio S1600 4:01:16.5 8:49.6 4 6. (27.) Jaan Mölder jr. Katrin Becker Suzuki Swift S1600 4:01:49.3 9:22.4 3 7. (30.) Yoann Bonato Benjamin Boulloud Citroën C2 R2 4:05:32.5 13:05.6 2 8. (32.) Aigar Pärs Ken Järveoja Citroën C2 S1600 4:05:48.3 13:21.4 1
Retirements Michał Kościuszko - mechanical (SS1); Erik Wevers - mechanical (SS2); Thomas Schie - mechanical (SS4/5); Daniel Sordo - engine failure (SS6); Patrick Sandell - excluded (after SS6); Manfred Stohl - engine failure (SS9);
Special Stages All dates and times are CEST (UTC+2). LegStageTimeNameLengthWinnerTimeAvg. spd.Rally leader 1(17 Aug) SS1 10:13 Ruwertal / Fell 1 19.79 km S. Loeb 11:04.2 107.26 km/h S. Loeb SS2 11:26 Grafschaft Veldenz 1 23.40 km S. Loeb 13:12.4 106.31 km/h SS3 12:09 Schones Moselland 1 21.46 km F. Duval 12:22.9 103.99 km/h SS4 15:17 Ruwertal / Fell 2 19.79 km M. Hirvonen 11:34.2 102.63 km/h SS5 16:30 Gafschaft Veldenz 2 23.40 km F. Duval 13:30.6 103.92 km/h SS6 17:13 Schones Moselland 2 21.46 km C. Atkinson 12:18.5 104.61 km/h F. Duval 2(18 Aug) SS7 08:33 St Wendeler Land 1 16.37 km M. Hirvonen 8:52.6 110.65 km/h S. Loeb SS8 09:06 Bosenberg 1 19.00 km S. Loeb 10:39.5 106.96 km/h SS9 10:29 Erzweiler 1 16.51 km M. Grönholm 9:55.9 99.74 km/h SS10 11:02 Arena Panzerplatte 1 30.54 km S. Loeb 17:57.4 102.05 km/h SS11 14:45 St Wendeler Land 2 16.37 km M. Hirvonen 8:51.6 110.86 km/h SS12 15:18 Bosenberg 2 19.00 km C. Atkinson 10:27.4 109.02 km/h SS13 16:41 Erzweiler 2 16.51 km S. Loeb 9:45.5 101.51 km/h SS14 17:14 Arena Panzerplatte 2 30.54 km C. Atkinson 17:49.8 102.77 km/h 3(19 Aug) SS15 09:18 Dhrontal 1 11.14 km F. Duval 6:59.2 95.67 km/h SS16 09:46 Moselwein 1 18.70 km F. Duval 10:40.3 105.14 km/h SS17 11:11 SSS Circus Maximus Trier 4.36 km F. Duval 3:11.4 82.00 km/h SS18 13:24 Dhrontal 2 11.14 km F. Duval 6:53.4 97.01 km/h SS19 13:52 Moselwein 2 18.70 km F. Duval 10:32.7 106.40 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 80 2 Sébastien Loeb 1 2 14 1 1 1Ret 2 3 1 72 3 Mikko Hirvonen 5 3 1 3 5 3 2 4 2 3 63 4 Petter Solberg 6Ret 4Ret 2Ret 5 3Ret 6 29 5 Dani Sordo 2 12 25 4 3 6 3 24RetRet 28 Henning Solberg 14 4 3 9 9 5 4 5 5 14 28 7 Chris Atkinson 4 8 19 5Ret 7 10 6 4 15 20 8 Jari-Matti LatvalaRetRet 5 7 8 4 9 12Ret 8 13 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 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 6 183 16 Urmo Aava 28 15 13 14 7 122 17 Matthew Wilson 12Ret 26 8 12 30 12 10 10 9 1 Juho Hänninen DSQ 17 11 8RetRet 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 - - - - - - 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
External links
Results on official site - WRC.com Results on eWRC-results.com Results on RallyBase.nl