2007 Rallye Deutschland

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.	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Loeb	Template:Flagicon Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	3:27:27.5	0.0	10
2.	Template:Flagicon François Duval	Template:Flagicon Patrick Pivato	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:27:47.8	20.3	8
3.	Template:Flagicon Mikko Hirvonen	Template:Flagicon Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC 07	3:28:46.6	1:19.1	6
4.	Template:Flagicon Marcus Grönholm	Template:Flagicon Timo Rautiainen	Ford Focus RS WRC 07	3:29:04.0	1:36.5	5
5.	Template:Flagicon Jan Kopecký	Template:Flagicon Filip Schovánek	Škoda Fabia WRC	3:30:34.6	3:07.1	4
6.	Template:Flagicon Petter Solberg	Template:Flagicon Phil Mills	Subaru Impreza WRC	3:30:42.2	3:14.7	3
7.	Template:Flagicon Toni Gardemeister	Template:Flagicon Jakke Honkanen	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:31:05.0	3:37.5	2
8.	Template:Flagicon Jari-Matti Latvala	Template:Flagicon Ole Kristian Unnerud	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:32:56.8	5:29.3	1
JRC
1. (11.)	Template:Flagicon Martin Prokop	Template:Flagicon Jan Tománek	Citroën C2 S1600	3:52:26.9	0.0	10
2. (12.)	Template:Flagicon Urmo Aava	Template:Flagicon Kuldar Sikk	Suzuki Swift S1600	3:53:16.4	49.5	8
3. (14.)	Template:Flagicon Conrad Rautenbach	Template:Flagicon David Senior	Citroën C2 S1600	3:54:42.8	2:15.9	6
4. (20.)	Template:Flagicon Aaron Burkart	Template:Flagicon Michael Kölbach	Citroën C2 S1600	3:56:51.0	4:24.1	5
5. (25.)	Template:Flagicon Jozef Béreš jun.	Template:Flagicon Petr Starý	Renault Clio S1600	4:01:16.5	8:49.6	4
6. (27.)	Template:Flagicon Jaan Mölder jr.	Template:Flagicon Katrin Becker	Suzuki Swift S1600	4:01:49.3	9:22.4	3
7. (30.)	Template:Flagicon Yoann Bonato	Template:Flagicon Benjamin Boulloud	Citroën C2 R2	4:05:32.5	13:05.6	2
8. (32.)	Template:Flagicon Aigar Pärs	Template:Flagicon Ken Järveoja	Citroën C2 S1600	4:05:48.3	13:21.4	1

Retirements

• Template:Flagicon Michał Kościuszko - mechanical (SS1);
• Template:Flagicon Erik Wevers - mechanical (SS2);
• Template:Flagicon Thomas Schie - mechanical (SS4/5);
• Template:Flagicon Daniel Sordo - engine failure (SS6);
• Template:Flagicon Patrick Sandell - excluded (after SS6);
• Template:Flagicon Manfred Stohl - engine failure (SS9);

Special Stages

All dates and times are CEST (UTC+2).

Leg	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
1 (17 Aug)	SS1	10:13	Ruwertal / Fell 1	19.79 km	Template:Flagicon S. Loeb	11:04.2	107.26 km/h	Template:Flagicon S. Loeb
	SS2	11:26	Grafschaft Veldenz 1	23.40 km	Template:Flagicon S. Loeb	13:12.4	106.31 km/h
	SS3	12:09	Schones Moselland 1	21.46 km	Template:Flagicon F. Duval	12:22.9	103.99 km/h
	SS4	15:17	Ruwertal / Fell 2	19.79 km	Template:Flagicon M. Hirvonen	11:34.2	102.63 km/h
	SS5	16:30	Gafschaft Veldenz 2	23.40 km	Template:Flagicon F. Duval	13:30.6	103.92 km/h
	SS6	17:13	Schones Moselland 2	21.46 km	Template:Flagicon C. Atkinson	12:18.5	104.61 km/h	Template:Flagicon F. Duval
2 (18 Aug)	SS7	08:33	St Wendeler Land 1	16.37 km	Template:Flagicon M. Hirvonen	8:52.6	110.65 km/h	Template:Flagicon S. Loeb
	SS8	09:06	Bosenberg 1	19.00 km	Template:Flagicon S. Loeb	10:39.5	106.96 km/h
	SS9	10:29	Erzweiler 1	16.51 km	Template:Flagicon M. Grönholm	9:55.9	99.74 km/h
	SS10	11:02	Arena Panzerplatte 1	30.54 km	Template:Flagicon S. Loeb	17:57.4	102.05 km/h
	SS11	14:45	St Wendeler Land 2	16.37 km	Template:Flagicon M. Hirvonen	8:51.6	110.86 km/h
	SS12	15:18	Bosenberg 2	19.00 km	Template:Flagicon C. Atkinson	10:27.4	109.02 km/h
	SS13	16:41	Erzweiler 2	16.51 km	Template:Flagicon S. Loeb	9:45.5	101.51 km/h
	SS14	17:14	Arena Panzerplatte 2	30.54 km	Template:Flagicon C. Atkinson	17:49.8	102.77 km/h
3 (19 Aug)	SS15	09:18	Dhrontal 1	11.14 km	Template:Flagicon F. Duval	6:59.2	95.67 km/h
	SS16	09:46	Moselwein 1	18.70 km	Template:Flagicon F. Duval	10:40.3	105.14 km/h
	SS17	11:11	SSS Circus Maximus Trier	4.36 km	Template:Flagicon F. Duval	3:11.4	82.00 km/h
	SS18	13:24	Dhrontal 2	11.14 km	Template:Flagicon F. Duval	6:53.4	97.01 km/h
	SS19	13:52	Moselwein 2	18.70 km	Template:Flagicon F. Duval	10:32.7	106.40 km/h

Championship standings after the event

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver MON Template:Flagicon SWE Template:Flagicon NOR Template:Flagicon MEX Template:Flagicon POR Template:Flagicon ARG Template:Flagicon ITA Template:Flagicon GRC Template:Flagicon FIN Template:Flagicon GER Template:Flagicon NZL Template:Flagicon ESP Template:Flagicon FRA Template:Flagicon JPN Template:Flagicon IRL Template:Flagicon GBR Template:Flagicon  Pts  1 Template:Flagicon Marcus Grönholm 3 1 2 2 4 2 1 1 1 4 80 2 Template:Flagicon Sébastien Loeb 1 2 14 1 1 1 Ret 2 3 1 72 3 Template:Flagicon Mikko Hirvonen 5 3 1 3 5 3 2 4 2 3 63 4 Template:Flagicon Petter Solberg 6 Ret 4 Ret 2 Ret 5 3 Ret 6 29 5 Template:Flagicon Dani Sordo 2 12 25 4 3 6 3 24 Ret Ret 28 Template:Flagicon Henning Solberg 14 4 3 9 9 5 4 5 5 14 28 7 Template:Flagicon Chris Atkinson 4 8 19 5 Ret 7 10 6 4 15 20 8 Template:Flagicon Jari-Matti Latvala Ret Ret 5 7 8 4 9 12 Ret 8 13 9 Template:Flagicon Toni Gardemeister 7 6 Ret DSQ 6 7 10 10 Template:Flagicon Daniel Carlsson 5 7 6 Ret 9 Template:Flagicon Manfred Stohl 10 7 12 6 10 8 7 8 Ret Ret 9 12 Template:Flagicon François Duval Ret 2 8 Template:Flagicon Jan Kopecký 8 10 8 22 Ret 7 Ret 5 8 14 Template:Flagicon Gigi Galli 13 6 7 5 15 Template:Flagicon Xavier Pons 25 Ret 16 6 18 3 16 Template:Flagicon Urmo Aava 28 15 13 14 7 12 2 17 Template:Flagicon Matthew Wilson 12 Ret 26 8 12 30 12 10 10 9 1 Template:Flagicon Juho Hänninen DSQ 17 11 8 Ret Ret 1 Template:Flagicon Mads Østberg 9 37 Ret Ret 8 1 Pos Driver MON Template:Flagicon SWE Template:Flagicon NOR Template:Flagicon MEX Template:Flagicon POR Template:Flagicon ARG Template:Flagicon ITA Template:Flagicon GRC Template:Flagicon FIN Template:Flagicon GER Template:Flagicon NZL Template:Flagicon ESP Template:Flagicon FRA Template:Flagicon JPN Template:Flagicon IRL Template:Flagicon GBR Template:Flagicon  Pts

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

Manufacturers' championship

Rank	Manufacturer	Event																Total points
		MON Template:Flagicon	SWE Template:Flagicon	NOR Template:Flagicon	MEX Template:Flagicon	POR Template:Flagicon	ARG Template:Flagicon	ITA Template:Flagicon	GRC Template:Flagicon	FIN Template:Flagicon	GER Template:Flagicon	NZL Template:Flagicon	ESP Template:Flagicon	FRA Template:Flagicon	JPN Template:Flagicon	IRL Template:Flagicon	GBR Template:Flagicon
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