2007 Rally Norway

2007 Rally Norway; 2nd Rally Norway
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	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 miles)
Stage surface	Ice/snow-covered gravel
Overall distance	1,127.61 km (700.66 miles)
Results
Overall winner	Mikko Hirvonen ; BP Ford World Rally Team
Crews	74 at start, 64 at finish

Last updated March 03, 2019

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.

Rally Norway is the Norwegian rally which has been part of the WRC calendar in 2007 and 2009. This rally and Rally Sweden are the only two rallies part of the WRC calendar which are mainly held on snow, with the Monte Carlo Rally also featuring snow on some years. Like the Swedish rally, its stages take place in forest tracks, although tracks in the Norwegian rally are much narrower.

Hamar[²hɑːmɑr](listen) is a town in Hamar Municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Hedmarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Hamar. The municipality of Hamar was separated from Vang as a town and municipality of its own in 1849. Vang was merged back into Hamar on 1 January 1992.

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 Anttila	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);

Guy Wilks is a British rally driver. Wilks started rallying at the age of 19, but currently drives for JRM in the FIA World Rallycross Championship. In 2011 Wilks drove for Peugeot UK in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. In 2012 he did not compete.

Toni Gardemeister is a Finnish professional rally driver in the World Rally Championship. After previously competing for SEAT's, Mitsubishi's, Škoda's and Ford's factory teams, as well as for privateer teams, he joined the Suzuki World Rally Team for the 2008 season.

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
5	Petter Solberg	6	Ret	4														8
7	Chris Atkinson	4	8	19														6
7	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
12	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

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

Manufacturers' championship

Rank	Manufacturer	Event																Total points
Rank	Manufacturer	MON	SWE	NOR	MEX	POR	ARG	ITA	GRC	FIN	GER	NZL	ESP	FRA	JPN	IRL	GBR	Total points
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

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