2007 Rally Norway

2007 Rally Norway 2nd Rally Norway
Round 3 of the 2007 World Rally Championship ← Previous event Next event →
Henning Solberg driving his Ford Focus RS WRC 06.
Host country	Norway
Rally base	Hamar, Norway
Dates run	February 16 – 18 2007
Stages	18 (358.72 km; 222.90 mi)
Stage surface	Ice/snow-covered gravel
Overall distance	1,127.61 km (700.66 mi)
Results
Overall winner	Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford World Rally Team
Crews	74 at start, 64 at finish
Picture gallery on Wikimedia Commons

Rally Norway 2007, the third round of the 2007 World Rally Championship season, was held on February 16 – 18 2007. Race headquarters were located in the town of Hamar.

Results

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
WRC
1.	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:28:17.0	0.0	10
2.	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:28:26.5	9.5	8
3.	Henning Solberg	Cato Menkerud	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:32:01.6	3:44.6	6
4.	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Subaru Impreza WRC06	3:32:18.1	4:01.1	5
5.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Antilla	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:33:47.7	5:30.7	4
6.	Gian-Luigi Galli	Giovanni Bernacchini	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:35:22.2	7:05.2	3
7.	Daniel Carlsson	Denis Giraudet	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:37:40.7	9:23.7	2
8.	Jan Kopecký	Filip Schovánek	Škoda Fabia WRC	3:40:06.9	11:49.9	1
J-WRC
1. (18.)	Per-Gunner Andersson	Jonas Andersson	Suzuki Swift S1600	3:49:37.9	0.0	10
2. (21.)	Patrik Sandell	Emil Axelsson	Renault Clio R3	3:57:11.6	7:33.7	8
3. (28.)	Urmo Aava	Kuldar Sikk	Suzuki Swift S1600	4:04:50.3 ^[1]	15:12.4	6
4. (31.)	Jaan Mölder jr.	Katrin Becker	Suzuki Swift S1600	4:08:41.0	19:03.1	5
5. (38.)	Aaron Burkart	Timo Gottschalk	Citroën C2 S1600	4:13:22.6	23:44.7	4
6. (39.)	Trond Svenkerud	Kay Ødegård	Ford Fiesta ST	4:18:03.9	28:26.0	3
7. (41.)	Andrea Cortinovis	Flavio Zanella	Renault Clio S1600	4:19:02.9 ^[1]	29:25.0	2
8. (44.)	Shaun Gallagher	Clive Jenkins	Citroën C2 R2	4:25:57.8	36:19.9	1
				^[1] — Drivers using SupeRally

Retirements

• Guy Wilks - went off the road (SS9);
• Toni Gardemeister - engine failure (after SS14);

Special Stages

Leg	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
1 (16 Feb)	SS1	07:43	Loten 1	30.30 km	M. Hirvonen	16:14.1	111.98 km/h	M. Hirvonen
	SS2	08:34	Haslemoen	11.92 km	S. Loeb	8:08.4	87.86 km/h
	SS3	11:24	Loten 2	30.30 km	M. Hirvonen	16:09.9	112.47 km/h
	SS4	12:30	Grue	14.36 km	S. Loeb	7:31.8	114.42 km/h
	SS5	13:52	Opaker	14.64 km	J. Latvala	7:59.8	109.85 km/h
	SS6	14:36	Kongsvinger	14.60 km	S. Loeb	9:44.5	89.92 km/h
	SS7	15:30	Finnskogen	21.29 km	S. Loeb	12:42.3	100.54 km/h
	SS8	16:33	Kirkanaer	6.75 km	S. Loeb	5:48.9	69.65 km/h
2 (17 Feb)	SS9	08:09	Eleverum 1	44.27 km	M. Hirvonen	24:40.3	107.66 km/h
	SS10	09:23	Terningmoen	12.71 km	D. Sordo	7:59.1	95.5 km/h
	SS11	12:05	Mountain 1	24.36 km	M. Hirvonen	14:01.8	104.18 km/h
	SS12	13:06	Lillehammar	5.98 km	M. Grönholm	4:33.9	78.6 km/h
	SS13	14:00	Ringsaker 1	27.30 km	M. Grönholm	16:29.7	99.3 km/h
	SS14	15:10	Hamar 1	1.14 km	M. Grönholm	1:13.8	55.61 km/h
3 (18 Feb)	SS15	08:08	Mountain 2	24.36 km	S. Loeb	13:18.2	109.87 km/h
	SS16	08:55	Ringsaker 2	27.30 km	H. Solberg	15:28.6	105.84 km/h
	SS17	10:05	Hamar 2	1.14 km	X. Pons S. Loeb P. Solberg	1:11.8	57.16 km/h
	SS18	12:14	Eleverum 2	44.27 km	M. Grönholm	24:10.3	109.89 km/h

Championship standings after the event

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver MON SWE NOR MEX POR ARG ITA GRC FIN GER NZL ESP FRA JPN IRL GBR  Pts  1 Marcus Grönholm 3 1 2 24 2 Mikko Hirvonen 5 3 1 20 3 Sébastien Loeb 1 2 14 18 4 Henning Solberg 14 4 3 11 5 Dani Sordo 2 12 25 8 Petter Solberg 6 Ret 4 8 7 Chris Atkinson 4 8 19 6 Daniel Carlsson 5 7 6 9 Toni Gardemeister 7 6 Ret 5 10 Jari-Matti Latvala Ret Ret 5 4 11 Gigi Galli 13 6 3 12 Manfred Stohl 10 7 12 2 Jan Kopecký 8 10 8 2 Pos Driver MON SWE NOR MEX POR ARG ITA GRC FIN GER NZL ESP FRA JPN IRL GBR  Pts

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

Manufacturers' championship

Rank	Manufacturer	Event																Total points
		MON	SWE	NOR	MEX	POR	ARG	ITA	GRC	FIN	GER	NZL	ESP	FRA	JPN	IRL	GBR
1	BP Ford World Rally Team	10	16	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	44
2	Citroën Total World Rally Team	18	9	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	28
3	Stobart VK M-Sport Ford	1	5	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16
4	Subaru World Rally Team	8	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15
5	OMV Kronos	2	7	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14
6	Munchi's Ford World Rally Team		0		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0

External links

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