2007 Rally de Portugal

Template:Template other The 2007 Vodafone Rally de Portugal was the 41st Rally de Portugal and the fifth round of the 2007 World Rally Championship season. It took place between March 30–April 1, 2007 and consisted of 18 special stages. 61 drivers finished the rally and the winner was Citroën's Sébastien Loeb, followed by Subaru's Petter Solberg and Citroën's Dani Sordo.

All Ford Focus RS WRC 06 drivers were given five-minute time penalties, because the glass used in the cars' rear side windows was 0.5 mm too thin. This dropped Marcus Grönholm from second to fourth, Mikko Hirvonen from third to fifth, Jari-Matti Latvala from sixth to eighth and Henning Solberg from ninth to 11th.

Results

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
WRC
1.	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Loeb	Template:Flagicon Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	3:53:33.1	0.0	10
2.	Template:Flagicon Petter Solberg	Template:Flagicon Phil Mills	Subaru Impreza WRC	3:56:47.0	3:13.9	8
3.	Template:Flagicon Daniel Sordo	Template:Flagicon Marc Marti	Citroën C4 WRC	3:58:38.4	5:05.3	6
4.	Template:Flagicon Marcus Grönholm	Template:Flagicon Timo Rautiainen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:59:10.2 [1]	5:37.1	5
5.	Template:Flagicon Mikko Hirvonen	Template:Flagicon Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	4:00:41.2 [1]	7:08.1	4
6.	Template:Flagicon Daniel Carlsson	Template:Flagicon Denis Giraudet	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:01:46.3	8:13.2	3
7.	Template:Flagicon Gian-Luigi Galli	Template:Flagicon Giovanni Bernacchni	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:03:12.7	9:39.6	2
8.	Template:Flagicon Jari-Matti Latvala	Template:Flagicon Miikka Anttila	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	4:04:18.0 [1]	10:44.9	1
[1] — All Ford Focus RS WRC 06 drivers were given five-minute time penalties due to 0.5 mm too thin rear side windows.
JRC
1. (14.)	Template:Flagicon Per-Gunner Andersson	Template:Flagicon Jonas Andersson	Suzuki Swift S1600	4:22:43.4	0.0	10
2. (15.)	Template:Flagicon Urmo Aava	Template:Flagicon Kuldar Sikk	Suzuki Swift S1600	4:22:47.1	3.7	8
3. (18.)	Template:Flagicon Jozef Béreš jun.	Template:Flagicon Petr Starý	Renault Clio S1600	4:30:32.3	7:48.9	6
4. (21.)	Template:Flagicon Jaan Mölder jr.	Template:Flagicon Katrin Becker	Suzuki Swift S1600	4:34.39.9	11:56.5	5
5. (22.)	Template:Flagicon Andrea Cortinovis	Template:Flagicon Flavio Zanella	Renault Clio S1600	4:37.37.2	14:53.8	4
6. (26.)	Template:Flagicon Manuel Rueda	Template:Flagicon Borja Rozada	Renault Clio R3	4:43:38.1	20:54.7	3
7. (30.)	Template:Flagicon Shaun Gallagher	Template:Flagicon Clive Jenkins	Citroën C2 S1600	4:49:23.3	26:39.9	2
8. (32.)	Template:Flagicon Vilius Rožukas	Template:Flagicon Audrius Šošas	Suzuki Swift S1600	4:55:58.3 [2]	33:14.9	1
				[2] — Drivers using SupeRally

Retirements

• Template:Flagicon Luís Pérez Companc - retired before SS1;
• Template:Flagicon Juan Pablo Raies - retired before SS1;
• Template:Flagicon Guy Wilks - rolled (SS3);
• Template:Flagicon Martin Prokop - mechanical (SS5);
• Template:Flagicon Mads Østberg - retired after first leg (SS7/8);
• Template:Flagicon Toni Gardemeister - excluded for driving on three wheels.
• Template:Flagicon Michał Kościuszko - went off the road (SS9);
• Template:Flagicon Chris Atkinson - went off the road (SS10);

Special Stages

All dates and times are WEST (UTC+1).

Leg	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
1 (29 Mar - 30 Mar)	SS1	17:35	SSS Estadio Algarve	2.20 km	Template:Flagicon M. Grönholm	2:05.8	62.96 km/h	Template:Flagicon M. Grönholm
	SS2	10:27	Tavira 1	19.92 km	Template:Flagicon M. Hirvonen	14:07.5	84.62 km/h
	SS3	11:27	Serra de Tavira 1	24.37 km	Template:Flagicon M. Grönholm	16:30.1	88.61 km/h
	SS4	12:15	S. Bras de Alportel 1	16.70 km	Template:Flagicon S. Loeb	11:24.3	87.86 km/h
	SS5	14:44	Tavira 2	19.92 km	Template:Flagicon M. Grönholm	13:52.3	86.16 km/h
	SS6	15:44	Serra de Tavira 2	24.37 km	Template:Flagicon S. Loeb	16:10.2	90.43 km/h
	SS7	16:32	S. Bras de Alportel 2	16.70 km	Template:Flagicon S. Loeb	11:10.6	89.65 km/h	Template:Flagicon S. Loeb
2 (31 Mar)	SS8	09:48	Silves / Ourique 1	30.69 km	Template:Flagicon S. Loeb	21:36.5	85.22 km/h
	SS9	10:37	Ourique 1	24.87 km	Template:Flagicon S. Loeb	14:59.9	99.49 km/h
	SS10	11:32	Almodóvar 1	20.88 km	Template:Flagicon S. Loeb	11:40.5	107.31 km/h
	SS11	14:50	Silves / Ourique 2	30.69 km	Template:Flagicon S. Loeb	20:16.0	90.86 km/h
	SS12	15:39	Ourique 2	24.87 km	Template:Flagicon S. Loeb	14:35.0	102.32 km/h
	SS13	16:34	Almodóvar 2	20.88 km	Template:Flagicon S. Loeb	11:38.6	107.6 km/h
3 (1 Apr)	SS14	08:07	Loule / Almodóvar 1	17.60 km	Template:Flagicon M. Hirvonen	11:18.0	93.45 km/h
	SS15	08:39	Loule 1	22.70 km	Template:Flagicon S. Loeb	14:09.3	96.22 km/h
	SS16	11:42	Loule / Almodóvar 2	17.60 km	Template:Flagicon M. Grönholm	11:11.1	94.41 km/h
	SS17	12:14	Loule 2	22.70 km	Template:Flagicon M. Grönholm	14:02.0	97.05 km/h
	SS18	14:00	Estadio Algarve 2	2.20 km	Template:Flagicon S. Loeb	2:06.8	62.46 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 Sébastien Loeb 1 2 14 1 1 38 2 Template:Flagicon Marcus Grönholm 3 1 2 2 4 37 3 Template:Flagicon Mikko Hirvonen 5 3 1 3 5 30 4 Template:Flagicon Dani Sordo 2 12 25 4 3 19 5 Template:Flagicon Petter Solberg 6 Ret 4 Ret 2 16 6 Template:Flagicon Henning Solberg 14 4 3 9 11 11 7 Template:Flagicon Chris Atkinson 4 8 19 5 Ret 10 8 Template:Flagicon Daniel Carlsson 5 7 6 9 9 Template:Flagicon Jari-Matti Latvala Ret Ret 5 7 8 7 10 Template:Flagicon Toni Gardemeister 7 6 Ret DSQ 5 Template:Flagicon Manfred Stohl 10 7 12 6 10 5 Template:Flagicon Gigi Galli 13 6 7 5 13 Template:Flagicon Jan Kopecký 8 10 8 22 2 14 Template:Flagicon Matthew Wilson 12 Ret 26 8 12 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	67
2	Citroën Total World Rally Team	18	9	1	15	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	59
3	Subaru World Rally Team	8	2	5	4	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	27
4	Stobart VK M-Sport Ford	1	5	10	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21
	OMV Kronos	2	7	5	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21
6	Munchi's Ford World Rally Team		0		0		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0

External links

• Results on official site - WRC.com
• Results on eWRC-results.com
• Results on RallyBase.nl