The 2002 Cyprus Rally (formally the 30th Cyprus Rally) was the fifth round of the 2002 World Rally Championship. The race was held over three days between 19 April and 21 April 2002, and was won by Peugeot's Marcus Grönholm, his 9th win in the World Rally Championship.
Background Entry list No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant CarTyre World Rally Championship manufacturer entries 1 Richard Burns Robert Reid Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 2 Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 3 Harri Rovanperä Risto Pietiläinen Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4 Carlos Sainz Luis Moya Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 5 Colin McRae Nicky Grist Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 6 Markko Märtin Michael Park Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 7 François Delecour Daniel Grataloup Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 8 Alister McRae David Senior Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 9 Jani Paasonen Arto Kapanen Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 10 Tommi Mäkinen Kaj Lindström 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 11 Petter Solberg Phil Mills 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 14 Kenneth Eriksson Tina Thörner Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 15 Toni Gardemeister Paavo Lukander Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 16 Roman Kresta Jan Tománek Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 17 Armin Schwarz Manfred Hiemer Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 18 Freddy Loix Sven Smeets Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 19 Juha Kankkunen Juha Repo Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 World Rally Championship entries 23 Gilles Panizzi Hervé Panizzi Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 24 François Duval Jean-Marc Fortin François Duval Ford Focus RS WRC '02 25 Bruno Thiry Stéphane Prévot Peugeot Bastos Racing Peugeot 206 WRC 26 Achim Mörtl Klaus Wicha Powerhorse World Rally Team Peugeot 206 WRC 27 Tomasz Kuchar Maciej Szczepaniak Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 28 Gabriel Pozzo Daniel Stillo Gabriel Pozzo Škoda Octavia WRC 29 Janne Tuohino Petri Vihavainen Janne Tuohino Ford Focus RS WRC '01 30 Manfred Stohl Ilka Minor Stohl Racing Ford Focus RS WRC '01 31 Juuso Pykälistö Esko Mertsalmi Juuso Pykälistö Toyota Corolla WRC 32 Ioannis Papadimitriou Allan Harryman Ioannis Papadimitriou Subaru Impreza 555 103 Andreas Tsouloftas Panayiotis Shialos Andreas Tsouloftas Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 104 Chris Thomas Andreas Christodoulides Chris Thomas Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '98 111 Kyriakos Kardanas Costas Laos Kyriakos Kardanas Mitsubishi Carisma GT 113 Riccardo Errani Stefano Casadio Riccardo Errani Subaru Impreza WRX PWRC entries 51 Gustavo Trelles Jorge Del Buono Mauro Rally Tuning Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 52 Marcos Ligato Rubén García Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 53 Alessandro Fiorio Enrico Cantoni Ralliart Italia Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 54 Ramón Ferreyros Diego Vallejo Mauro Rally Tuning Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 55 Saulius Girdauskas Žilvinas Sakalauskas TDS Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 57 Toshihiro Arai Tony Sircombe Spike Subaru Team Subaru Impreza WRX 58 Luca Baldini Marco Muzzarelli Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 59 Natalie Barratt Roger Freeman Natalie Barratt Rallysport Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 65 Beppo Harrach Jutta Gebert Stohl Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 66 Dimitar Iliev Petar Sivov Mauro Rally Tuning Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 69 Bernt Kollevold Ola Fløene Kollevold Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 70 Giovanni Manfrinato Claudio Condotta Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 71 Stefano Marrini Tiziana Sandroni Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 73 Martin Rowe Chris Wood David Sutton Cars Ltd Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 74 Karamjit Singh Allen Oh Petronas EON Racing Team Proton Pert 75 Kristian Sohlberg Jukka Aho Blue Rose Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 76 Pavel Valoušek Pierangelo Scalvini Jolly Club Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 77 Alfredo De Dominicis Rudy Pollet Ralliart Italy Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Source:
Itinerary All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3). Date Time No. Stage name Distance Leg 1 — 96.32 km 19 April 09:12 SS1 Platres — Kato Amiantos 1 11.60 km 09:55 SS2 Lagoudera — Kapouras 1 15.00 km 10:23 SS3 Kapouras — Agios Theodoros 1 21.56 km 13:30 SS4 Platres — Kato Amiantos 2 11.60 km 14:13 SS5 Lagoudera — Kapouras 2 15.00 km 14:41 SS6 Kapouras — Agios Theodoros 2 21.56 km Leg 2 — 145.97 km 20 April 14:41 SS7 Prastio — Pachna 1 10.92 km 08:15 SS8 Platres — Saittas 1 11.25 km 08:58 SS9 Kourdali — Spilia 30.62 km 11:48 SS10 Prastio — Pachna 2 10.92 km 12:51 SS11 Platres — Saittas 2 11.25 km 13:26 SS12 Foini — Koilinia 1 29.88 km 16:56 SS13 Platres — Saittas 3 11.25 km 17:31 SS14 Foini — Koilinia 2 29.88 km Leg 3 — 81.88 km 21 April 09:35 SS15 Vavatsinia — Mandra Kambiou 1 19.00 km 10:18 SS16 Macheras — Agioi Vavatsinias 1 12.80 km 10:56 SS17 Lageia — Kalavasos 1 9.14 km 13:46 SS18 Vavatsinia — Mandra Kambiou 2 19.00 km 14:29 SS19 Macheras — Agioi Vavatsinias 2 12.80 km 15:07 SS20 Lageia — Kalavasos 2 9.14 km Source:
Results Overall Driver Co-driver Team Car Time Points 1 2 Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:21:25.7 10 2 1 Richard Burns Robert Reid Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:22:22.5 +56.86 3 10 Tommi Mäkinen Kaj Lindström 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 4:22:24.7 +59.04 4 3 Harri Rovanperä Risto Pietiläinen Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:22:44.4 +1:18.73 5 11 Petter Solberg Phil Mills 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 4:23:43.6 +2:17.92 6 5 Colin McRae Nicky Grist Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 4:24:11.2 +2:45.51 Source:
World Rally Cars Classification Position Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Points Event Class 1 1 2 Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:21:25.7 10 2 2 1 Richard Burns Robert Reid Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:22:22.5 +56.86 3 3 10 Tommi Mäkinen Kaj Lindström 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 4:22:24.7 +59.04 4 4 3 Harri Rovanperä Risto Pietiläinen Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:22:44.4 +1:18.73 5 5 11 Petter Solberg Phil Mills 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 4:23:43.6 +2:17.92 6 6 5 Colin McRae Nicky Grist Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 4:24:11.2 +2:45.51 7 7 17 Armin Schwarz Manfred Hiemer Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 4:24:13.1 +2:47.40 8 8 6 Markko Märtin Michael Park Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 4:25:48.3 +4:22.60 9 9 14 Kenneth Eriksson Tina Thörner Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 4:28:43.4 +7:17.70 11 10 4 Carlos Sainz Luis Moya Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 4:30:19.7 +8:54.00 13 11 7 François Delecour Daniel Grataloup Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 4:33:43.0 +12:17.30 15 12 15 Toni Gardemeister Paavo Lukander Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 4:43:37.7 +22:12.00 Retired SS12 8 Alister McRae David Senior Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer WRC Transmission 0 Retired SS12 16 Roman Kresta Jan Tománek Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 Accident 0 Retired SS12 18 Freddy Loix Sven Smeets Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 Gearbox 0 Retired SS7 9 Jani Paasonen Arto Kapanen Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer WRC Accident 0 Retired SS5 19 Juha Kankkunen Juha Repo Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 Oil leak 0 Source:
Special stages Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Leg 1 (19 Apr) SS1 Platres — Kato Amiantos 1 11.60 km Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC '02 9:20.8 Colin McRae SS2 Lagoudera — Kapouras 1 15.00 km François Duval Ford Focus RS WRC '02 14:18.5 François Duval SS3 Kapouras — Agios Theodoros 1 21.56 km Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '02 20:16.6 Markko Märtin SS4 Platres — Kato Amiantos 2 11.60 km Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 9:21.7 Colin McRae SS5 Lagoudera — Kapouras 2 15.00 km Tommi Mäkinen Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '01 14:11.7 SS6 Kapouras — Agios Theodoros 2 21.56 km Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC '02 19:51.5 Leg 2 (20 Apr) SS7 Prastio — Pachna 1 10.92 km Carlos Sainz Ford Focus RS WRC '02 6:29.0 SS8 Platres — Saittas 1 11.25 km Carlos Sainz Ford Focus RS WRC '02 9:21.2 SS9 Kourdali — Spilia 30.62 km Tommi Mäkinen Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '01 29:21.8 SS10 Prastio — Pachna 2 10.92 km Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 6:14.3 SS11 Platres — Saittas 2 11.25 km Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 9:02.7 SS12 Foini — Koilinia 1 29.88 km Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 29:31.3 SS13 Platres — Saittas 3 11.25 km Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 9:24.6 SS14 Foini — Koilinia 2 29.88 km Stage cancelled Leg 3 (21 Apr) SS15 Vavatsinia — Mandra Kambiou 1 19.00 km Harri Rovanperä Peugeot 206 WRC 16:34.9 SS16 Macheras — Agioi Vavatsinias 1 12.80 km Tommi Mäkinen Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '01 10:55.8 Marcus Grönholm SS17 Lageia — Kalavasos 1 9.14 km Tommi Mäkinen Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '01 7:41.0 SS18 Vavatsinia — Mandra Kambiou 2 19.00 km Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 17:02.1 SS19 Macheras — Agioi Vavatsinias 2 12.80 km Tommi Mäkinen Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '01 11:16.7 SS20 Lageia — Kalavasos 2 9.14 km Richard Burns Peugeot 206 WRC 7:37.3
Championship standings Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships Manufacturers' championshipsMoveDriverPointsMoveCo-driverPointsMoveManufacturerPoints 1 Marcus Grönholm 31 Timo Rautiainen 31 Peugeot Total 68 2 Gilles Panizzi 20 Hervé Panizzi 20 1 555 Subaru World Rally Team 27 3 Richard Burns 19 Robert Reid 19 1 Ford Motor Co. Ltd. 27 4 Tommi Mäkinen 14 Kaj Lindström 14 Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart 6 5 2 Harri Rovanperä 9 2 Risto Pietiläinen 9 Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team 2
Production World Rally Championship Classification Position Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Points Event Class 1 1 74 Karamjit Singh Allen Oh Petronas EON Racing Team Proton Pert 4:52:17.9 10 2 2 51 Gustavo Trelles Jorge Del Buono Mauro Rally Tuning Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 4:57:59.4 +5:41.56 3 3 58 Luca Baldini Marco Muzzarelli Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 4:59:10.7 +6:52.84 4 4 66 Dimitar Iliev Petar Sivov Mauro Rally Tuning Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 5:00:06.0 +7:48.13 5 5 55 Saulius Girdauskas Žilvinas Sakalauskas TDS Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 5:03:08.5 +10:50.62 6 6 69 Bernt Kollevold Ola Fløene Kollevold Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 5:10:37.3 +18:19.41 7 7 59 Natalie Barratt Roger Freeman Natalie Barratt Rallysport Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 5:23:21.8 +31:03.90 8 8 65 Beppo Harrach Jutta Gebert Stohl Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 5:43:08.2 +50:50.30 Retired SS12 71 Stefano Marrini Tiziana Sandroni Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Accident damage 0 Retired SS9 70 Giovanni Manfrinato Claudio Condotta Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Accident damage 0 Retired SS9 76 Pavel Valoušek Pierangelo Scalvini Jolly Club Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Mechanical 0 Retired SS6 54 Ramón Ferreyros Diego Vallejo Mauro Rally Tuning Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Accident 0 Retired SS5 75 Kristian Sohlberg Jukka Aho Blue Rose Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Suspension 0 Retired SS5 77 Alfredo De Dominicis Rudy Pollet Ralliart Italy Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Radiator 0 Retired SS4 52 Marcos Ligato Rubén García Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Engine 0 Retired SS2 53 Alessandro Fiorio Enrico Cantoni Ralliart Italia Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Radiator 0 Retired SS1 57 Toshihiro Arai Tony Sircombe Spike Subaru Team Subaru Impreza WRX Mechanical 0 Retired SS1 73 Martin Rowe Chris Wood David Sutton Cars Ltd Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Accident 0 Source:
Special stages