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 Entrant Driver Co-driver Car 1 WRC 2 WRC 3 WRC 4 WRC 5 WRC 6 WRC 7 WRC 8 WRC 9 WRC 10 WRC 20 WRC 31 WRC-2 32 WRC-2 33 WRC-2 34 WRC-2 35 WRC-2 36 WRC-2 37 WRC-2 38 WRC-2 45 WRC-2 Icon Class WRC WRC entries eligible toscore manufacturer points WRC WRC entries ineligible toscore manufacturer points WRC-2 Registered to take part inWRC-2 championship

Results

Event standings Driver Co-driver Team Car Class Time Points Overall classification 1 1 Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Volkswagen Motorsport Volkswagen Polo R WRC WRC 2:53:18.0 0.0 2 2 Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila Volkswagen Motorsport Volkswagen Polo R WRC WRC 2:53:24.8 +6.8 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 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 DayStageNameLengthWinnerCarTimeRally leader Leg 1(12 Sep) SS1 Hydes Creek 1 10.73 km 6:26.6 SS2 Bellingen 1 10.72 km 6:26.2 SS3 Newry 1 24.91 km 14:46.1 SS4 Hydes Creek 2 10.73 km 6:19.9 SS5 Bellingen 2 10.72 km 6:15.9 SS6 Newry 2 24.91 km 14:22.7 SS7 SSS 1 1.56 km 1:37.2 SS8 SSS 2 1.56 km 1:35.6 Leg 2(13 Sep) SS9 Nambucca 1 48.92 km 27:01.6 SS10 Valla 1 8.96 km 4:23.7 SS11 Nambucca 2 48.92 km 26:39.4 SS12 Valla 2 8.96 km 4:19.8 SS13 SSS 3 1.56 km 1:40.8 SS14 SSS 4 1.56 km 1:39.7 Leg 3(14 Sep) SS15 Shipmans 1 24.72 km 12:46.9 SS16 Bucca 1 10.86 km 6:38.2 SS17 Wedding Bells 1 9.23 km 5:26.0 SS18 Shipmans 2 24.72 km 12:32.7 SS19 Bucca 2 10.86 km 6:29.4 SS20 Wedding Bells 2 (Power Stage) 9.23 km 5:20.7

Power Stage The "Power stage" was a stage at the end of the rally. PosDriverCarTimeDiff.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 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 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 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 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 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