Rallye de France — Alsace 2014 5. Rallye de France-Alsace | |||
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Round 11 of the 2014 World Rally Championship season
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Host country | France | ||
Rally base | Strasbourg, France | ||
Dates run | October 3 – October 5, 2014 | ||
Stages | 18 (303.63 km; 188.67 miles) | ||
Stage surface | Tarmac | ||
Results | |||
Overall winner | Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila Volkswagen Motorsport | ||
Crews | 91 at start, 75 at finish |
The 2014 Rallye de France — Alsace was the eleventh round of the 2014 World Rally Championship season. The event was based in Strasbourg, France, and started on 3 October and finished on 5 October after eighteen special stages, totaling 303.6 competitive kilometres.
Finnish driver Jari-Matti Latvala won the rally for the first time and in doing so became the first non-French driver to win the Strasbourg-based rally since its inception in 2010. It was Latvala's fourth and final victory of the 2014 season. There were no classified WRC-3 competitors as all those who finished were excluded for homologation irregularities. However, they were counted for in the JWRC category.
Pos. | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Team | Car | Class | Time | Difference | Points |
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Overall classification | |||||||||
1 | 2 | Jari-Matti Latvala | Miikka Anttila | Volkswagen Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | WRC | 2:38:19.1 | 0.0 | 26 |
2 | 9 | Andreas Mikkelsen | Ola Fløene | Volkswagen Motorsport II | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | WRC | 2:39:03.9 | +44.8 | 18 |
3 | 3 | Kris Meeke | Paul Nagle | Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT | Citroën DS3 WRC | WRC | 2:39:24.4 | +1:05.3 | 15 |
4 | 8 | Dani Sordo | Marc Martí | Hyundai Shell World Rally Team | Hyundai i20 WRC | WRC | 2:40:07.8 | +1:48.7 | 12 |
5 | 5 | Mikko Hirvonen | Jarmo Lehtinen | M-Sport World Rally Team | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | WRC | 2:40:19.8 | +2:00.7 | 10 |
6 | 6 | Elfyn Evans | Daniel Barritt | M-Sport World Rally Team | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | WRC | 2:41:19.9 | +3:00.8 | 10 |
7 | 4 | Mads Østberg | Jonas Andersson | Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT | Citroën DS3 WRC | WRC | 2:41:21.6 | +3:02.5 | 6 |
8 | 7 | Thierry Neuville | Nicolas Gilsoul | Hyundai Shell World Rally Team | Hyundai i20 WRC | WRC | 2:42:27.5 | +4:08.4 | 4 |
9 | 20 | Bryan Bouffier | Xavier Panseri | Hyundai Motorsport N | Hyundai i20 WRC | WRC | 2:42:32.0 | +4:12.9 | 2 |
10 | 21 | Martin Prokop | Jan Tománek | Jipocar Czech National Team | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | WRC | 2:44:26.6 | +6:07.5 | 1 |
13 | 1 | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Volkswagen Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | WRC | 2:46:55.2 | +8:36.1 | 3 |
WRC-2 standings | |||||||||
1 (15.) | 39 | Quentin Gilbert | Renaud Jamoul | Quentin Gilbert | Ford Fiesta R5 | WRC-2 | 2:48:56.8 | 0.0 | 25 |
2 (17.) | 35 | Bernardo Sousa | Hugo Magalhães | Bernardo Sousa | Ford Fiesta RRC | WRC-2 | 2:49:04.9 | +8.1 | 18 |
3 (18.) | 36 | Sébastien Chardonnet | Thibault de la Haye | Top Teams by MY Racing | Citroën DS3 R5 | WRC-2 | 2:51:04.1 | +2:07.3 | 15 |
4 (23.) | 32 | Pontus Tidemand | Patrik Barth | Pontus Tidemand | Ford Fiesta R5 | WRC-2 | 3:04:32.1 | +15:35.3 | 12 |
5 (40.) | 40 | Jarosław Kołtun | Ireneusz Pleskot | C-Rally | Ford Fiesta R5 | WRC-2 | 3:18:24.1 | +29:27.3 | 10 |
6 (42.) | 42 | Johan Heloïse | Roberto Mometti | Top Run Srl | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | WRC-2 | 3:20:33.5 | +31:36.7 | 8 |
7 (53.) | 38 | Jourdan Serderidis | Frédéric Miclotte | Jourdan Serderidis | Ford Fiesta R5 | WRC-2 | 3:32:37.9 | +43:41.1 | 6 |
JWRC standings | |||||||||
1 | 62 | Alastair Fisher | Gordon Noble | Alastair Fisher | Citroën DS3 R3T | JWRC | 2:57:06.5 | 0.0 | 25 |
2 | 68 | Eric Camilli | Maxime Vilmot | Rallye Jeunes FFSA | Citroën DS3 R3T | JWRC | 2:57:57.4 | +50.9 | 18 |
3 | 55 | Quentin Giordano | Valentin Sarreaud | Quentin Giordano | Citroën DS3 R3T | JWRC | 2:58:27.5 | +1:21.0 | 15 |
4 | 57 | Stéphane Lefebvre | Thomas Dubois | Stéphane Lefebvre | Citroën DS3 R3T | JWRC | 2:58:48.5 | +1:42.0 | 12 |
5 | 70 | Yohan Rossel | Benoît Fulcrand | Rallye Jeunes FFSA | Citroën DS3 R3T | JWRC | 3:00:15.3 | +3:08.8 | 10 |
6 | 53 | Aron Domzala | Szymon Gospodarczyk | Arom Domzala | Citroën DS3 R3T | JWRC | 3:14:11.6 | +17:05.1 | 8 |
7 | 57 | Martin Koči | Lukáš Kostka | Styllex Slovak National Team | Citroën DS3 R3T | JWRC | 3:14:23.3 | +17:16.8 | 6 |
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Day | Stage | Name | Length | Winner | Car | Time | Rally leader |
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Leg 1 (3 Oct) | SS1 | Col de la Charbonnière 1 | 11.11 km | Jari-Matti Latvala | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 5:34.9 | Jari-Matti Latvala |
SS2 | Vosges - Pays d'Ormont 1 | 34.34 km | Andreas Mikkelsen | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 18:33.5 | Andreas Mikkelsen | |
SS3 | Pays de Salm 1 | 9.59 km | Jari-Matti Latvala | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 4:54.6 | Jari-Matti Latvala | |
SS4 | Col de la Charbonnière 2 | 11.11 km | Andreas Mikkelsen | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 5:35.3 | ||
SS5 | Vosges - Pays d'Ormont 2 | 34.34 km | Jari-Matti Latvala | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 18:31.5 | ||
SS6 | Pays de Salm 2 | 9.59 km | Jari-Matti Latvala | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 4:53.2 | ||
SS7 | Strasbourg | 4.67 km | Dani Sordo Andreas Mikkelsen | Hyundai i20 WRC Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 3:35.3 | ||
Leg 2 (4 Oct) | SS8 | Valée de Munster 1 | 18.90 km | Jari-Matti Latvala | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 9:13.1 | |
SS9 | Soultzeren - Le Grand Hohnack 1 | 19.93 km | Jari-Matti Latvala | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 9:33.4 | ||
SS10 | Pays Welche - Riquewihr 1 | 21.49 km | Jari-Matti Latvala | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 12:04.7 | ||
SS11 | Valée de Munster 2 | 18.90 km | Jari-Matti Latvala | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 9:06.9 | ||
SS12 | Soultzeren - Le Grand Hohnack 2 | 19.93 km | Sébastien Ogier | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 9:31.4 | ||
SS13 | Pays Welche - Riquewihr 2 | 21.49 km | Sébastien Ogier | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 11:56.9 | ||
SS14 | Mulhouse | 4.86 km | Jari-Matti Latvala | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 3:22.8 | ||
Leg 3 (5 Oct) | SS15 | Foret de la Petite - Pierre 1 | 12.33 km | Robert Kubica | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 6:10.5 | |
SS16 | Foret de Saverne 1 | 19.36 km | Sébastien Ogier | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 9:26.9 | ||
SS17 | Foret de la Petite - Pierre 2 | 12.33 km | Mads Østberg | Citroën DS3 WRC | 6:07.2 | ||
SS18 | Foret de Saverne 2 (Power Stage) | 19.36 km | Sébastien Ogier | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 9:20.8 |
The "Power stage" was a 19.36 km (12.03 mi) stage at the end of the rally.
Pos | Driver | Car | Time | Diff. | Pts |
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1 | Sébastien Ogier | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 9:20.8 | 0.0 | 3 |
2 | Elfyn Evans | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 9:30.3 | +9.5 | 2 |
3 | Jari-Matti Latvala | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 9:33.7 | +12.9 | 1 |
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