2007 Rally Finland

2007 Rally Finland; 57th Neste Oil Rally Finland
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	Celebrations on the podium.
Host country	Finland
Rally base	Jyväskylä, Finland
Dates run	August 2 – 5 2007
Stages	23 (360.34 km; 223.90 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Overall distance	1,375.15 km (854.48 miles)
Results
Overall winner	Marcus Grönholm; BP Ford World Rally Team
Crews	97 at start, 70 at finish

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

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
WRC
1.	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Ford Focus RS WRC 07	2:57:26.1	0.0	10
2.	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC 07	2:57:50.3	24.2	8
3.	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	2:58:36.0	1:09.9	6
4.	Chris Atkinson	Stéphane Prévot	Subaru Impreza WRC 07	3:00:28.9	3:02.8	5
5.	Henning Solberg	Cato Menkerud	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:01:55.5	4:29.4	4
6.	Xavier Pons	Xavier Amigo	Subaru Impreza WRC	3:04:26.6	7:00.5	3
7.	Urmo Aava	Kuldar Sikk	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC05	3:05:05.7	7:39.6	2
8.	Mads Østberg	Ole Kristian Unnerud	Subaru Impreza WRC	3:06:58.0	9:31.9	1
JRC
1. (18.)	Patrik Sandell	Emil Axelsson	Renault Clio R3	3:25:14.5	0.0	10
2. (19.)	Kalle Pinomäki	Tuomo Nikkola	Renault Clio R3	3:26:33.6	1:19.1	8
3. (22.)	Michał Kościuszko	Maciej Szczepaniak	Renault Clio S1600	3:29:28.2	4:13.7	6
4. (23.)	Conrad Rautenbach	David Senior	Citroën C2 S1600	3:29:46.3	4:31.8	5
5. (25.)	Tapio Suominen	Jarno Ottman	Suzuki Swift S1600	3:31:00.9	5:46.4	4
6. (30.)	Vilius Rožukas	Audrius Šošas	Suzuki Swift S1600	3:34:29.0 ^[1]	9:14.5	3
7. (32.)	Alessandro Bettega	Simone Scattolin	Ford Fiesta S1600	3:37:43.0 ^[1]	12:28.5	2
8. (33.)	Yoann Bonato	Benjamin Boulloud	Citroën C2 R2	3:38:20.3	13:05.8	1
				^[1] — Drivers using SupeRally

Retirements

Milos Komljenovic had to retire after a bad landing from a jump on SS7.

Kristian Sohlberg - rolled (SS2);
Jari-Matti Latvala - went off the road - damaged rollcage (SS7);
Manfred Stohl - rolled (SS13)
Gareth Jones - went off the road (SS13)
Juho Hänninen - mechanical (SS14)
Daniel Sordo - engine failure (SS15)
Petter Solberg - steering problems (SS15/16)
Jan Kopecký - went off the road (SS21)

Special Stages

Leg	Stage	Time (EEST)	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
1 (2/3 Aug)	SS1	20:00	Killeri 1	2.50 km	C. Atkinson	1:20.6	111.66 km/h	C. Atkinson
	SS2	07:54	Vellipohja 1	17.20 km	J. Latvala	8:18.7	124.16 km/h	J. Latvala
	SS3	08:50	Mökkiperä 1	13.72 km	M. Grönholm	6:47.5	121.21 km/h	M. Grönholm
	SS4	09:29	Palsankylä 1	13.31 km	M. Hirvonen	6:47.4	117.61 km/h	M. Hirvonen
	SS5	12:06	Vellipohja 2	17.20 km	M. Grönholm	8:10.1	126.34 km/h	M. Grönholm
	SS6	13:02	Mökkiperä 2	13.72 km	M. Hirvonen M. Grönholm	6:42.7	122.65 km/h
	SS7	13:41	Palsankylä 2	13.31 km	M. Grönholm	6:36.1	120.97 km/h
	SS8	16:21	Urria	9.96 km	M. Grönholm	4:36.6	129.63 km/h
	SS9	16:51	Lautaperä	8.69 km	M. Grönholm	3:56.7	132.17 km/h
	SS10	17:29	Jukojärvi	22.25 km	M. Grönholm	10:35.6	126.02 km/h
	SS11	20:00	Killeri 2	2.50 km	M. Grönholm	1:20.7	111.52 km/h
2 (4 Aug)	SS12	07:17	Kaipolanvuori	13.46 km	S. Loeb	6:53.4	117.21 km/h
	SS13	08:30	Juupajoki	22.13 km	M. Grönholm	11:19.3	117.28 km/h
	SS14	09:14	Ouninpohja 1	33.00 km	M. Grönholm	15:35.3	127.02 km/h
	SS15	12:15	Leustu	21.27 km	M. Grönholm	10:12.6	124.99 km/h
	SS16	13:24	Ouninpohja 2	33.00 km	M. Grönholm	15:19.8	129.16 km/h
	SS17	15:10	Ehikki 1	14.88 km	M. Grönholm	6:52.2	129.96 km/h
	SS18	16:23	Himos	18.55 km	M. Grönholm	10:09.8	109.51 km/h
	SS19	17:19	Ehikki 2	14.88 km	M. Hirvonen	6:47.4	131.49 km/h
	SS20	17:54	Surkee	14.89 km	M. Hirvonen	8:13.6	108.6 km/h
3 (5 Aug)	SS21	10:15	Valkola	10.38 km	M. Grönholm	5:35.9	111.25 km/h
	SS22	11:07	Lankamaa	22.82 km	M. Grönholm	11:07.2	123.13 km/h
	SS23	12:22	Ruuhimäki	7.53 km	M. Grönholm	3:57.8	113.99 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	2	4	2	1	1	1								75
2	Sébastien Loeb	1	2	14	1	1	1	Ret	2	3								62
3	Mikko Hirvonen	5	3	1	3	5	3	2	4	2								57
4	Dani Sordo	2	12	25	4	3	6	3	24	Ret								28
4	Henning Solberg	14	4	3	9	11	5	4	5	5								28
6	Petter Solberg	6	Ret	4	Ret	2	Ret	5	3	Ret								26
7	Chris Atkinson	4	8	19	5	Ret	7	10	6	4								20
8	Jari-Matti Latvala	Ret	Ret	5	7	8	4	9	12	Ret								12
9	Daniel Carlsson		5	7		6		Ret										9
9	Manfred Stohl	10	7	12	6	10	8	7	8	Ret								9
11	Toni Gardemeister	7	6	Ret		DSQ		6										8
12	Gigi Galli		13	6		7												5
13	Jan Kopecký	8	10	8		22		Ret	7	Ret								4
14	Xavier Pons	25	Ret	16						6								3
15	Urmo Aava			28		15		13	14	7								2
16	Matthew Wilson	12	Ret	26	8	12	30	12	10	10								1
	Juho Hänninen		DSQ	17			11	8	Ret	Ret								1
	Mads Østberg		9	37		Ret		Ret		8								1
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	14	9	14	18	15	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	132
2	Citroën Total World Rally Team	18	9	1	15	16	13	6	8	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	92
3	Subaru World Rally Team	8	2	5	4	8	2	5	9	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	48
4	Stobart VK M-Sport Ford	1	5	10	3	2	9	7	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45
5	OMV Kronos	2	7	5	3	4	1	3	2	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	27
6	Munchi's Ford World Rally Team		0		0		0	0	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6

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