2007 Rally Finland
{{Infobox rally
|name = 2007 Rally Finland
|native_name = 57th Neste Oil Rally Finland
|round = 9
|championship = 2007 World Rally Championship
|previous_round = 2007 Acropolis Rally
|next_round = 2007 Rallye Deutschland
|country = {{FIN}}
|image = 2007 Rally Finland podium 14.JPG
|caption = Celebrations on the podium.
|rallybase = Jyväskylä, Finland
|startdate = August 2
|enddate = 5 2007
|stages = 23
|stagekm = 360.34
|overallkm = 1375.15
|surface = Gravel
|driver1 = {{flagicon|Finland}} Marcus Grönholm
|team1 = {{flagicon|GBR}} BP Ford World Rally Team
|teamsstart = 97
|teamsfinish = 70
}}
The 57th Neste Oil Rally Finland was the 9th round of the 2007 World Rally Championship. It was run on 2–5 August 2007 and based in Jyväskylä, Finland.
Results
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| Pos.
! Driver ! Co-driver ! Car ! Time ! Difference ! Points |
|---|
| colspan="7" style="border-bottom: 2px solid LightSteelBlue;"| WRC |
| 1.
|align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} Marcus Grönholm |align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} Timo Rautiainen |align=left| Ford Focus RS WRC 07 | 2:57:26.1 | 0.0 ! 10 |
| 2.
|align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} Mikko Hirvonen |align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} Jarmo Lehtinen |align=left| Ford Focus RS WRC 07 | 2:57:50.3 | 24.2 ! 8 |
| 3.
|align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Loeb |align=left| {{flagicon|MCO}} Daniel Elena |align=left| Citroën C4 WRC | 2:58:36.0 | 1:09.9 ! 6 |
| 4.
|align=left| {{flagicon|AUS}} Chris Atkinson |align=left| {{flagicon|BEL}} Stéphane Prévot |align=left| Subaru Impreza WRC 07 | 3:00:28.9 | 3:02.8 ! 5 |
| 5.
|align=left| {{flagicon|NOR}} Henning Solberg |align=left| {{flagicon|NOR}} Cato Menkerud |align=left| Ford Focus RS WRC 06 | 3:01:55.5 | 4:29.4 ! 4 |
| 6.
|align=left| {{flagicon|ESP}} Xavier Pons |align=left| {{flagicon|ESP}} Xavier Amigo |align=left| Subaru Impreza WRC | 3:04:26.6 | 7:00.5 ! 3 |
| 7.
|align=left| {{flagicon|EST}} Urmo Aava |align=left| {{flagicon|EST}} Kuldar Sikk |align=left| Mitsubishi Lancer WRC05 | 3:05:05.7 | 7:39.6 ! 2 |
| 8.
|align=left| {{flagicon|NOR}} Mads Østberg |align=left| {{flagicon|NOR}} Ole Kristian Unnerud |align=left| Subaru Impreza WRC | 3:06:58.0 | 9:31.9 ! 1 |
| colspan="7" style="border-bottom: 2px solid LightSteelBlue;"| JRC |
| 1. (18.)
|align="left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Patrik Sandell |align="left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Emil Axelsson |align="left"| Renault Clio R3 | 3:25:14.5 | 0.0 ! 10 |
| 2. (19.)
|align="left"| {{flagicon|FIN}} Kalle Pinomäki |align="left"| {{flagicon|FIN}} Tuomo Nikkola |align="left"| Renault Clio R3 | 3:26:33.6 | 1:19.1 ! 8 |
| 3. (22.)
|align="left"| {{flagicon|POL}} Michał Kościuszko |align="left"| {{flagicon|POL}} Maciej Szczepaniak |align="left"| Renault Clio S1600 | 3:29:28.2 | 4:13.7 ! 6 |
| 4. (23.)
|align="left"| {{flagicon|ZWE}} Conrad Rautenbach |align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} David Senior |align="left"| Citroën C2 S1600 | 3:29:46.3 | 4:31.8 ! 5 |
| 5. (25.)
|align="left"| {{flagicon|FIN}} Tapio Suominen |align="left"| {{flagicon|FIN}} Jarno Ottman |align="left"| Suzuki Swift S1600 | 3:31:00.9 | 5:46.4 ! 4 |
| 6. (30.)
|align="left"| {{flagicon|LTU}} Vilius Rožukas |align="left"| {{flagicon|LTU}} Audrius Šošas |align="left"| Suzuki Swift S1600 | 3:34:29.0 [1] | 9:14.5 ! 3 |
| 7. (32.)
|align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} Alessandro Bettega |align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} Simone Scattolin |align="left"| Ford Fiesta S1600 | 3:37:43.0 [1] | 12:28.5 ! 2 |
| 8. (33.)
|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Yoann Bonato |align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Benjamin Boulloud |align="left"| Citroën C2 R2 | 3:38:20.3 | 13:05.8 ! 1 |
| colspan="4"|
|colspan="2" align="left"| [1] — Drivers using SupeRally ! |
Retirements
File:Milos Komljenovic Rally Finland 2007.jpg had to retire after a bad landing from a jump on SS7.]]
{{expand list|date=July 2012}}
- {{flagicon|FIN}} Kristian Sohlberg - rolled (SS2);
- {{flagicon|FIN}} Jari-Matti Latvala - went off the road - damaged rollcage (SS7);
- {{flagicon|AUT}} Manfred Stohl - rolled (SS13)
- {{flagicon|GBR}} Gareth Jones - went off the road (SS13)
- {{flagicon|FIN}} Juho Hänninen - mechanical (SS14)
- {{flagicon|ESP}} Daniel Sordo - engine failure (SS15)
- {{flagicon|NOR}} Petter Solberg - steering problems (SS15/16)
- {{flagicon|CZE}} Jan Kopecký - went off the road (SS21)
Special Stages
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 90%; max-width: 950px;" |
| Leg
!Stage !Time (EEST) !Name !Length !Winner !Time !Avg. spd. !Rally leader |
|---|
| rowspan=11| 1 (2/3 Aug) ! SS1 ! 20:00 |align=left| Killeri 1 | 2.50 km |align=left| {{flagicon|AUS}} C. Atkinson | 1:20.6 | 111.66 km/h |align=left| {{flagicon|AUS}} C. Atkinson |
| SS2
! 07:54 |align=left| Vellipohja 1 | 17.20 km |align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} J. Latvala | 8:18.7 | 124.16 km/h |align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} J. Latvala |
| SS3
! 08:50 |align=left| Mökkiperä 1 | 13.72 km |align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} M. Grönholm | 6:47.5 | 121.21 km/h |align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} M. Grönholm |
| SS4
! 09:29 |align=left| Palsankylä 1 | 13.31 km |align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} M. Hirvonen | 6:47.4 | 117.61 km/h |align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} M. Hirvonen |
| SS5
! 12:06 |align=left| Vellipohja 2 | 17.20 km |align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} M. Grönholm | 8:10.1 | 126.34 km/h |align=left rowspan=19| {{flagicon|FIN}} M. Grönholm |
| SS6
! 13:02 |align=left| Mökkiperä 2 | 13.72 km |align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} M. Hirvonen | 6:42.7 | 122.65 km/h |
| SS7
! 13:41 |align=left| Palsankylä 2 | 13.31 km |align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} M. Grönholm | 6:36.1 | 120.97 km/h |
| SS8
! 16:21 |align=left| Urria | 9.96 km |align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} M. Grönholm | 4:36.6 | 129.63 km/h |
| SS9
! 16:51 |align=left| Lautaperä | 8.69 km |align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} M. Grönholm | 3:56.7 | 132.17 km/h |
| SS10
! 17:29 |align=left| Jukojärvi | 22.25 km |align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} M. Grönholm | 10:35.6 | 126.02 km/h |
| SS11
! 20:00 |align=left| Killeri 2 | 2.50 km |align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} M. Grönholm | 1:20.7 | 111.52 km/h |
| rowspan=9| 2 (4 Aug) ! SS12 ! 07:17 |align=left| Kaipolanvuori | 13.46 km |align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} S. Loeb | 6:53.4 | 117.21 km/h |
| SS13
! 08:30 |align=left| Juupajoki | 22.13 km |align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} M. Grönholm | 11:19.3 | 117.28 km/h |
| SS14
! 09:14 |align=left| Ouninpohja 1 | 33.00 km |align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} M. Grönholm | 15:35.3 | 127.02 km/h |
| SS15
! 12:15 |align=left| Leustu | 21.27 km |align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} M. Grönholm | 10:12.6 | 124.99 km/h |
| SS16
! 13:24 |align=left| Ouninpohja 2 | 33.00 km |align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} M. Grönholm | 15:19.8 | 129.16 km/h |
| SS17
! 15:10 |align=left| Ehikki 1 | 14.88 km |align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} M. Grönholm | 6:52.2 | 129.96 km/h |
| SS18
! 16:23 |align=left| Himos | 18.55 km |align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} M. Grönholm | 10:09.8 | 109.51 km/h |
| SS19
! 17:19 |align=left| Ehikki 2 | 14.88 km |align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} M. Hirvonen | 6:47.4 | 131.49 km/h |
| SS20
! 17:54 |align=left| Surkee | 14.89 km |align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} M. Hirvonen | 8:13.6 | 108.6 km/h |
| rowspan=3| 3 (5 Aug) ! SS21 ! 10:15 |align=left| Valkola | 10.38 km |align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} M. Grönholm | 5:35.9 | 111.25 km/h |
| SS22
! 11:07 |align=left| Lankamaa | 22.82 km |align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} M. Grönholm | 11:07.2 | 123.13 km/h |
| SS23
! 12:22 |align=left| Ruuhimäki | 7.53 km |align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} M. Grönholm | 3:57.8 | 113.99 km/h |
Championship standings after the event
=Drivers' championship=
| {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center;" |
| valign="top"
!valign="middle"| Pos !valign="middle"| Driver ! MON ! SWE ! NOR ! MEX ! POR ! ARG ! ITA ! GRC ! FIN ! GER ! NZL ! ESP ! FRA ! JPN ! IRL ! GBR !valign="middle"| Pts |
| 1
|align=left| {{flagicon|Finland}} Marcus Grönholm |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1 |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2 |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 4 |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1 | | | | | | | |align="right"| 75 |
|---|
| 2
|align=left| {{flagicon|France}} Sébastien Loeb |style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1 |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 14 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1 |style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2 |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3 | | | | | | | |align="right"| 62 |
| 3
|align=left| {{flagicon|Finland}} Mikko Hirvonen |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 5 |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3 |style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1 |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 5 |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3 |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 4 |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2 | | | | | | | |align="right"| 57 |
| rowspan=2| 4
|align=left| {{flagicon|Spain}} Dani Sordo |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 12 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 25 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 4 |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6 |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 24 |style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret | | | | | | | |align="right"| 28 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|Norway}} Henning Solberg
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| 14 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 4 |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 9 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 11 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 5 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 4 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 5 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 5 | | | | | | | |align="right"| 28 |
| 6
|align=left| {{flagicon|Norway}} Petter Solberg |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6 |style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 4 |style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret |style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2 |style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 5 |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3 |style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret | | | | | | | |align="right"| 26 |
| 7
|align=left| {{flagicon|Australia}} Chris Atkinson |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 4 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 8 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 19 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 5 |style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 7 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 10 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 4 | | | | | | | |align="right"| 20 |
| 8
|align=left| {{flagicon|Finland}} Jari-Matti Latvala |style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret |style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 5 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 7 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 8 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 4 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 9 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 12 |style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret | | | | | | | |align="right"| 12 |
| rowspan=2| 9
|align=left| {{flagicon|Sweden}} Daniel Carlsson | |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 5 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 7 | |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6 | |style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret | | | | | | | | | |align="right"| 9 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|Austria}} Manfred Stohl
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| 10 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 7 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 12 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 10 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 8 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 7 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 8 |style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret | | | | | | | |align="right"| 9 |
| 11
|align=left| {{flagicon|Finland}} Toni Gardemeister |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 7 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6 |style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret | |style="background:#000000; color:white;"| DSQ | |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6 | | | | | | | | | |align="right"| 8 |
| 12
|align=left| {{flagicon|Italy}} Gigi Galli | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 13 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6 | |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |align="right"| 5 |
| 13
|align=left| {{flagicon|Czech Republic}} Jan Kopecký |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 8 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 10 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 8 | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 22 | |style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 7 |style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret | | | | | | | |align="right"| 4 |
| 14
|align=left| {{flagicon|Spain}} Xavier Pons |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 25 |style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 16 | | | | | |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 6 | | | | | | | |align="right"|3 |
| 15
|align=left| {{flagicon|Estonia}} Urmo Aava | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 28 | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 15 | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 13 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 14 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 7 | | | | | | | |align="right"|2 |
| rowspan=3| 16
|align=left| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Matthew Wilson |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 12 |style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 26 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 8 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 12 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 30 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 12 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 10 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 10 | | | | | | | |align="right"| 1 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|Finland}} Juho Hänninen
| |style="background:#000000; color:white;"| DSQ |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 17 | | |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 11 |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 8 |style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret |style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret | | | | | | | |align="right"| 1 |
| align=left| {{flagicon|Norway}} Mads Østberg
| |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 9 |style="background:#cfcfff;"| 37 | |style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret | |style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret | |style="background:#dfffdf;"| 8 | | | | | | | |align="right"| 1 |
| valign="top"
!valign="middle"| Pos !valign="middle"| Driver ! MON ! SWE ! NOR ! MEX ! POR ! ARG ! ITA ! GRC ! FIN ! GER ! NZL ! ESP ! FRA ! JPN ! IRL ! GBR !valign="middle"| Pts |
|valign="top"|
{{WRC driver results legend}}
|}
=Manufacturers' championship=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;" |
| rowspan=2 | Rank
! rowspan=2 style="width:16em" | Manufacturer ! colspan=16 | Event ! rowspan=2 | Total |
|---|
| valign="top"
! MON ! SWE ! NOR ! MEX ! POR ! ARG ! ITA ! GRC ! FIN ! GER ! NZL ! ESP ! FRA ! JPN ! IRL ! GBR |
| 1
|align=left| BP Ford World Rally Team | 10 || 16 || 18 || 14 || 9 || 14 || 18 || 15 || 18 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - ! 132 |
| 2
|align=left| Citroën Total World Rally Team | 18 || 9 || 1 || 15 || 16 || 13 || 6 || 8 || 6 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - ! 92 |
| 3
|align=left| Subaru World Rally Team | 8 || 2 || 5 || 4 || 8 || 2 || 5 || 9 || 5 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - ! 48 |
| 4
|align=left| Stobart VK M-Sport Ford | 1 || 5 || 10 || 3 || 2 || 9 || 7 || 4 || 4 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - ! 45 |
| 5
|align=left| OMV Kronos | 2 || 7 || 5 || 3 || 4 || 1 || 3 || 2 || 0 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - ! 27 |
| 6
|align="left"| Munchi's Ford World Rally Team | || 0 || || 0 || || 0 || 0 || 1 || 5 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - ! 6 |
External links
{{commons category}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927195626/http://www.wrc.com/page/StageTimes/0,,10111~2007071,00.html Results] on official site - [http://www.wrc.com/ WRC.com]
- [https://www.ewrc-results.com/final/25-neste-oil-rally-finland-2007/ Results] on [http://www.ewrc-results.com eWRC-results.com]
- [http://rallybase.nl/index.php?type=result&rallyid=445 Results] on [http://www.rallybase.nl/ RallyBase.nl]
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