2007 Rally México

The 21º Corona Rally México, the fourth round of the 2007 World Rally Championship season, took place between March 9–11 2007. The rally consisted of 20 special stages, of which five were super specials. The event was won by Citroën's Sébastien Loeb, followed by Ford drivers Marcus Grönholm and Mikko Hirvonen.

The drivers' championship leaders, Grönholm and Hirvonen, were the first drivers on road and lost time as they had to sweep the loose gravel. They were followed by Loeb, who was able to keep close to Subaru's Petter Solberg, who benefited from his better starting position during the first three stages. However, Solberg, in the new Subaru Impreza WRC 07, had to retire at the start of SS6 giving the lead to Loeb. After the first day, Ford identified and fixed a sensory fault in Grönholm's car. The problem had caused lack of engine power and troubled the Finn: "In the morning, I was sweeping. In the afternoon, I was sleeping". The second leg saw Grönholm quickly climb to second place, but Loeb continued setting top times and extended his lead to Grönholm from 43 to 60 seconds. Hirvonen, Chris Atkinson and Dani Sordo battled for the third place. Hirvonen was the fastest driver on the final day and secured the last podium position, ahead of Sordo, Atkinson, Manfred Stohl, Jari-Matti Latvala and Matthew Wilson. Loeb took the win 55.8 seconds clear of Grönholm.

Results

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
WRC
1.	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Loeb	Template:Flagicon Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	3:48:13.3	0.0	10
2.	Template:Flagicon Marcus Grönholm	Template:Flagicon Timo Rautiainen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:49:09.1	55.8	8
3.	Template:Flagicon Mikko Hirvonen	Template:Flagicon Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:49:41.0	1:27.7	6
4.	Template:Flagicon Daniel Sordo	Template:Flagicon Marc Marti	Citroën C4 WRC	3:49:57.0	1:43.7	5
5.	Template:Flagicon Chris Atkinson	Template:Flagicon Glenn MacNeall	Subaru Impreza WRC 07	3:50:37.4	2:24.1	4
6.	Template:FlagiconManfred Stohl	Template:Flagicon Ilka Minor	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:51:58.8	3:45.5	3
7.	Template:Flagicon Jari-Matti Latvala	Template:Flagicon Miikka Anttila	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:52:24.1	4:10.8	2
8.	Template:Flagicon Matthew Wilson	Template:Flagicon Michael Orr	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	4:00:35.9	12:22.6	1
PCWRC
1. (10.)	Template:Flagicon Mark Higgins	Template:Flagicon Scott Martin	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9	4:08:44.5	0.0	10
2. (11.)	Template:Flagicon Toshi Arai	Template:Flagicon Tony Sircombe	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4:10:05.4	1:20.9	8
3. (13.)	Template:Flagicon Kristian Sohlberg	Template:Flagicon Risto Pietiläinen	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4:11:15.2	2:30.7	6
4. (14.)	Template:Flagicon Mirco Baldacci	Template:Flagicon Giovanni Agnese	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4:12:51.9	4:07.4	5
5. (15.)	Template:Flagicon Travis Pastrana	Template:Flagicon Christian Edstrom	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4:16:53.2	8:08.7	4
6. (16.)	Template:Flagicon Štěpán Vojtěch	Template:Flagicon Michal Ernst	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9	4:25:43.3 [1]	16:58.8	3
7. (18.)	Template:Flagicon Fumio Nutahara	Template:Flagicon Daniel Barritt	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9	4:26:02.5	17:18.0	2
8. (20.)	Template:Flagicon Spyros Pavlides	Template:Flagicon Denis Giraudet	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4:34:23.7	25:39.2	1
				[1] — Drivers using SupeRally

Retirements

• Template:Flagicon Nasser Al-Attiyah - mechanical (SS2/3);
• Template:Flagicon Petter Solberg - no oil pressure (SS5/6);
• Template:Flagicon Francisco Name - retired between leg 1 and 2 (before SS8);
• Template:Flagicon Martin Rauam - gearbox failure (SS9);
• Template:Flagicon Gareth MacHale - damaged suspension (SS13);
• Template:Flagicon Leszek Kuzaj - mechanical (SS13);

Special Stages

All dates and times are CST (UTC-6).

Leg	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
1 (9 Mar)	SS1	08:28	Alfaro 1	23.50 km	Template:Flagicon P. Solberg	14:03.5	100.3 km/h	Template:Flagicon P. Solberg
	SS2	09:51	Ortega 1	29.65 km	Template:Flagicon P. Solberg	17:28.7	101.78 km/h
	SS3	10:34	El Cubilete 1	17.87 km	Template:Flagicon P. Solberg	9:45.6	109.86 km/h
	SS4	13:02	Alfaro 2	23.50 km	Template:Flagicon S. Loeb	13:47.0	102.3 km/h
	SS5	14:25	Ortega 2	29.65 km	Template:Flagicon M. Stohl	16:58.2	104.83 km/h
	SS6	15:08	El Cubilete 2	17.87 km	Template:Flagicon S. Loeb	9:37.5	111.4 km/h	Template:Flagicon S. Loeb
	SS7	16:29	Super Special 1	2.21 km	Template:Flagicon M. Grönholm	1:42.6	77.54 km/h
	SS8	16:33	Super Special 2	2.21 km	Template:Flagicon C. Atkinson	1:42.0	78.0 km/h
2 (10 Mar)	SS9	08:19	Ibarilla 1	30.20 km	Template:Flagicon S. Loeb	18:17.3	99.08 km/h
	SS10	09:42	Duarte 1	23.51 km	Template:Flagicon S. Loeb	17:55.0	78.73 km/h
	SS11	10:33	Derramadero 1	23.27 km	Template:Flagicon M. Grönholm	14:01.6	99.54 km/h
	SS12	13:07	Ibarilla 2	30.20 km	Template:Flagicon S. Loeb	18:02.6	100.42 km/h
	SS13	14:30	Duarte 2	23.51 km	Template:Flagicon M. Grönholm	17:32.2	80.48 km/h
	SS14	15:21	Derramadero 2	23.27 km	Template:Flagicon S. Loeb	13:49.4	101.0 km/h
	SS15	16:35	Super Special 3	2.21 km	Template:Flagicon D. Sordo	1:44.6	76.06 km/h
	SS16	16:39	Super Special 4	2.21 km	Template:Flagicon M. Grönholm	1:43.6	76.8 km/h
3 (11 Mar)	SS17	08:23	Leon	16.29 km	Template:Flagicon M. Hirvonen	10:35.8	92.24 km/h
	SS18	08:54	Guanajuatito	23.34 km	Template:Flagicon M. Grönholm	15:12.3	92.1 km/h
	SS19	10:17	Comanjilla	18.10 km	Template:Flagicon M. Hirvonen	10:17.6	105.51 km/h
	SS20	11:28	Super Special 5	4.42 km	Template:Flagicon M. Grönholm	3:23.6	78.15 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 32 2 Template:Flagicon Sébastien Loeb 1 2 14 1 28 3 Template:Flagicon Mikko Hirvonen 5 3 1 3 26 4 Template:Flagicon Dani Sordo 2 12 25 4 13 5 Template:Flagicon Henning Solberg 14 4 3 9 11 6 Template:Flagicon Chris Atkinson 4 8 19 5 10 7 Template:Flagicon Petter Solberg 6 Ret 4 Ret 8 8 Template:Flagicon Daniel Carlsson 5 7 6 Template:Flagicon Jari-Matti Latvala Ret Ret 5 7 6 10 Template:Flagicon Toni Gardemeister 7 6 Ret 5 Template:Flagicon Manfred Stohl 10 7 12 6 5 12 Template:Flagicon Gigi Galli 13 6 3 13 Template:Flagicon Jan Kopecký 8 10 8 2 14 Template:Flagicon Matthew Wilson 12 Ret 26 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	58
2	Citroën Total World Rally Team	18	9	1	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	43
3	Stobart VK M-Sport Ford	1	5	10	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19
	Subaru World Rally Team	8	2	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19
5	OMV Kronos	2	7	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17
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