2014 Rally Australia

2014 Coates Hire Rally Australia 23rd Rally Australia
Round 10 of the 2014 World Rally Championship season ← Previous event Next event →
Host country	Australia
Rally base	Coffs Harbour, Australia
Dates run	September 12 – September 14, 2014
Stages	20 (304.34 km; 189.11 mi)
Stage surface	Gravel
Results
Overall winner	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Volkswagen Motorsport
Crews	27 at start, 23 at finish

The 2014 Coates Hire Rally Australia was the tenth round of the 2014 World Rally Championship season. The event was based in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, and started on 12 September and finished on 14 September after twenty special stages, totaling 304.3 competitive kilometres.

French driver Sébastien Ogier won the Rally Australia for the second time, taking his sixth victory of the 2014 season. Volkswagen completed a podium lockout by having all three cars finishing in podium positions at the end of the rally.

Entry list

Entry List No. Entrant Class Driver Co-driver Car Tyre 1 Volkswagen Motorsport WRC Ogier, SébastienSébastien Ogier Ingrassia, JulienJulien Ingrassia Volkswagen Polo R WRC M 2 Volkswagen Motorsport WRC Latvala, Jari-MattiJari-Matti Latvala Anttila, MiikkaMiikka Anttila Volkswagen Polo R WRC M 3 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT WRC Meeke, KrisKris Meeke Nagle, PaulPaul Nagle Citroën DS3 WRC M 4 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT WRC Østberg, MadsMads Østberg Andersson, JonasJonas Andersson Citroën DS3 WRC M 5 M-Sport World Rally Team WRC Hirvonen, MikkoMikko Hirvonen Lehtinen, JarmoJarmo Lehtinen Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 6 M-Sport World Rally Team WRC Evans, ElfynElfyn Evans Barritt, DanielDaniel Barritt Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 7 Hyundai Shell World Rally Team WRC Neuville, ThierryThierry Neuville Gilsoul, NicolasNicolas Gilsoul Hyundai i20 WRC M 8 Hyundai Shell World Rally Team WRC Atkinson, ChrisChris Atkinson Prévot, StéphaneStéphane Prévot Hyundai i20 WRC M 9 Volkswagen Motorsport II WRC Mikkelsen, AndreasAndreas Mikkelsen Fløene, OlaOla Fløene Volkswagen Polo R WRC M 10 RK M-Sport World Rally Team WRC Kubica, RobertRobert Kubica Szczepaniak, MaciejMaciej Szczepaniak Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 20 Hyundai Motorsport N WRC Paddon, HaydenHayden Paddon Kennard, JohnJohn Kennard Hyundai i20 WRC M 31 Yazeed Racing WRC-2 Al-Rajhi, YazeedYazeed Al-Rajhi Orr, MichaelMichael Orr Ford Fiesta RRC M 32 Yuriy Protasov WRC-2 Protasov, YuriyYuriy Protasov Cherepin, PavloPavlo Cherepin Ford Fiesta RRC M 33 www.Rallyproject.com srl WRC-2 Rendina, MassimilianoMassimiliano Rendina Pizzuti, MarioMario Pizzuti Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X P 34 Drive Dmack WRC-2 Tänak, OttOtt Tänak Mőlder, RaigoRaigo Mőlder Ford Fiesta R5 D 35 Drive DMACK WRC-2 Ketomaa, JariJari Ketomaa Lindström, KajKaj Lindström Ford Fiesta R5 D 36 Nasser Al-Attiyah WRC-2 Al-Attiyah, NasserNasser Al-Attiyah Bernacchini, GiovanniGiovanni Bernacchini Ford Fiesta RRC M 37 FWRT s.r.l. WRC-2 Lorenzo Bertelli Mitia Dotta Ford Fiesta RRC P 38 Jourdan Serderidis WRC-2 Serderidis, JourdanJourdan Serderidis Miclotte, FrédéricFrédéric Miclotte Ford Fiesta R5 D 45 Bosowa Rally Team WRC-2 Aksa, SubhanSubhan Aksa Arena, NicolaNicola Arena Ford Fiesta RRC M

Icon Class WRC WRC entries eligible to score manufacturer points WRC WRC entries ineligible to score manufacturer points WRC-2 Registered to take part in WRC-2 championship

Results

Event standings

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Class	Time	Difference	Points
Overall classification
1	1	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	2:53:18.0	0.0	27
2	2	Jari-Matti Latvala	Mikka Anttila	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	2:53:24.8	+6.8	21
3	9	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	Volkswagen Motorsport II	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	2:54:36.0	+1:18.0	15
4	3	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	2:55:02.0	+1:44.0	13
5	5	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	2:55:11.6	+1:53.6	10
6	20	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Hyundai Motorsport N	Hyundai i20 WRC	WRC	2:56:14.2	+2:56.2	8
7	7	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai Shell World Rally Team	Hyundai i20 WRC	WRC	2:57:46.2	+4:28.2	6
8	6	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	2:58:28.0	+5:10.0	4
9	10	Robert Kubica	Maciek Szczepaniak	RK M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	2:59:57.8	+6:39.8	2
10	8	Chris Atkinson	Stéphane Prévot	Hyundai Shell World Rally Team	Hyundai i20 WRC	WRC	3:02:47.4	+9:29.4	1
WRC-2 standings
1 (11.)	36	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Giovanni Bernacchini	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Ford Fiesta RRC	WRC-2	3:05:11.1	0.0	25
2 (12.)	35	Jari Ketomaa	Kaj Lindström	Drive Dmack	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	3:07:01.5	+1:50.4	18
3 (13.)	32	Yuriy Protasov	Pavlo Cherepin	Yuriy Protasov	Ford Fiesta RRC	WRC-2	3:07:48.1	+2:37.0	15
4 (14.)	37	Lorenzo Bertelli	Mitia Dotta	FWRT s.r.l.	Ford Fiesta RRC	WRC-2	3:08:14.1	+3:03.0	12
5 (15.)	45	Subhan Aksa	Nicola Arena	Bosowa Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RRC	WRC-2	3:11:51.3	+6:40.2	10
6 (23.)	33	Massimiliano Rendina	Mario Pizzuti	www.Rallyproject.com srl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	WRC-2	4:16:05.9	+1:10:54.8	8

Special stages

Day	Stage	Name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Rally leader
Leg 1 (12 Sep)	SS1	Hydes Creek 1	10.73 km	Ogier, SébastienSébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	6:26.6	Ogier, SébastienSébastien Ogier
	SS2	Bellingen 1	10.72 km	Meeke, KrisKris Meeke	Citroën DS3 WRC	6:26.2
	SS3	Newry 1	24.91 km	Meeke, KrisKris Meeke	Citroën DS3 WRC	14:46.1	Meeke, KrisKris Meeke
	SS4	Hydes Creek 2	10.73 km	Ogier, SébastienSébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	6:19.9
	SS5	Bellingen 2	10.72 km	Latvala, Jari-MattiJari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	6:15.9
	SS6	Newry 2	24.91 km	Latvala, Jari-MattiJari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	14:22.7
	SS7	SSS 1	1.56 km	Ogier, SébastienSébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	1:37.2	Latvala, Jari-MattiJari-Matti Latvala
	SS8	SSS 2	1.56 km	Ogier, SébastienSébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	1:35.6	Ogier, SébastienSébastien Ogier
Leg 2 (13 Sep)	SS9	Nambucca 1	48.92 km	Latvala, Jari-MattiJari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	27:01.6	Latvala, Jari-MattiJari-Matti Latvala
	SS10	Valla 1	8.96 km	Latvala, Jari-MattiJari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	4:23.7
	SS11	Nambucca 2	48.92 km	Ogier, SébastienSébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	26:39.4	Ogier, SébastienSébastien Ogier
	SS12	Valla 2	8.96 km	Ogier, SébastienSébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	4:19.8
	SS13	SSS 3	1.56 km	Ogier, SébastienSébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	1:40.8
	SS14	SSS 4	1.56 km	Ogier, SébastienSébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	1:39.7
Leg 3 (14 Sep)	SS15	Shipmans 1	24.72 km	Latvala, Jari-MattiJari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	12:46.9
	SS16	Bucca 1	10.86 km	Ogier, SébastienSébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	6:38.2
	SS17	Wedding Bells 1	9.23 km	Meeke, KrisKris Meeke	Citroën DS3 WRC	5:26.0
	SS18	Shipmans 2	24.72 km	Ogier, SébastienSébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	12:32.7
	SS19	Bucca 2	10.86 km	Latvala, Jari-MattiJari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	6:29.4
	SS20	Wedding Bells 2 (Power Stage)	9.23 km	Latvala, Jari-MattiJari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	5:20.7

Power Stage

The "Power stage" was a 9.23 km (5.74 mi) stage at the end of the rally.

Pos	Driver	Car	Time	Diff.	Pts
1	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	5:20.7	0.0	3
2	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	5:21.9	+1.2	2
3	Kris Meeke	Citroën DS3 WRC	5:24.5	+3.8	1

Standings after the rally

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Sebastien Ogier 214 2 Jari-Matti Latvala 164 3 Andreas Mikkelsen 125 4 Mikko Hirvonen 83 5 Thierry Neuville 79

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos. Manufacturer Points 1 Volkswagen Motorsport 348 2 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT 154 3 M-Sport World Rally Team 146 4 Hyundai Shell World Rally Team 141 5 Volkswagen Motorsport II 109

Other

WRC2 Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Lorenzo Bertelli 93 2 Yuriy Protasov 90 3 Jari Ketomaa 90 4 Nasser Al-Attiyah 85 5 Ott Tänak 78

WRC3 Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Stéphane Lefebvre 79 2 Christian Riedemann 46 3 Quentin Giordano 46 4 Martin Koči 45 5 Alastair Fisher 40

Junior WRC Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Stéphane Lefebvre 81 2 Martin Koči 52 3 Quentin Giordano 49 4 Christian Riedemann 46 5 Alastair Fisher 42

References