2007 Tour de Corse

2007 Tour de Corse 51ème Tour de Corse - Rallye de France
Round 13 of the 2007 World Rally Championship ← Previous event Next event →
Twisty French mountain pass
Host country	France
Rally base	Ajaccio, France
Dates run	October 12 – 14 2007
Stages	16 (359.32 km; 223.27 miles)
Stage surface	Tarmac
Overall distance	1,117.2 km (694.2 miles)
Results
Overall winner	Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total World Rally Team Citroën C4 WRC
Crews	74 at start, 57 at finish

Results of Tour de Corse (51ème Tour de Corse - Rallye de France), 13th round of 2007 World Rally Championship, run on October 12–14. Citroën's Sébastien Loeb won the race, his 35th win in the World Rally Championship. The rally was the first for the Suzuki World Rally Team's to make its debut in the SX4 WRC car.

Results

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
WRC
1.	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	3:28:31.5	0.0	10
2.	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Ford Focus RS WRC 07	3:28:55.2	23.7	8
3.	Daniel Sordo	Marc Marti	Citroën C4 WRC	3:29:15.8	44.3	6
4.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:31:02.0	2:30.5	5
5.	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Subaru Impreza WRC07	3:31:13.6	2:42.1	4
6.	Chris Atkinson	Stéphane Prévot	Subaru Impreza WRC07	3:32:25.3	3:53.8	3
7.	Jan Kopecký	Filip Schovánek	Škoda Fabia WRC	3:36:34.4	8:02.9	2
8.	Xavier Pons	Xavier Amigo	Subaru Impreza WRC	3:38:05.7	9:34.2	1
JRC
1. (17.)	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Citroën C2 S1600	3:52:31.0	0.0	10
2. (18.)	Jozef Béreš jun.	Petr Starý	Renault Clio S1600	3:52:43.5	12.5	8
3. (19.)	Yoann Bonato	Benjamin Boulloud	Citroën C2 R2	3:53:45.2	1:14.2	6
4. (20.)	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Jonas Andersson	Suzuki Swift S1600	3:54:49.0	2:18.0	5
5. (23.)	Arnaud Augoyard	Nicolas Baudin	Renault Clio R3	3:57:39.2	5:08.2	4
6. (24.)	Andrea Cortinovis	Flavio Zanella	Renault Clio S1600	3:58:44.0	6:13.0	3
7. (25.)	Aaron Burkart	Michael Kölbach	Citroën C2 S1600	3:58:44.1	6:13.1	2
8. (26.)	Conrad Rautenbach	David Senior	Citroën C2 S1600	3:59:01.1	6:30.1	1

Retirements

• Aigar Pärs - went off the road (OS6);
• Gilles Schammel - mechanical (OS6);
• Urmo Aava - went off the road (OS8);
• François Duval - mechanical (OS12);
• Andreas Mikkelsen - excluded (OS12);
• Matthew Wilson - mechanical (OS15);

Special Stages

All dates and times are CEST (UTC+2).

Leg	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
1 (12 Oct)	SS1	08:38	Monti Rossu - Pila Canale 1	18.10 km	CANCELLED	-	-	-
	SS2	09:46	Belvedere - Bocca Albitrina 1	16.62 km	M. Grönholm	9:14.8	107.8 km/h	M. Grönholm
	SS3	10:44	Arbellara - Aullene 1	27.42 km	M. Grönholm	15:34.6	105.6 km/h
	SS4	14:02	Monti Rossu - Pila Canale 2	18.10 km	S. Loeb	9:59.0	108.8 km/h
	SS5	15:10	Belvedere - Bocca Albitrina 2	16.62 km	S. Loeb	9:12.1	108.4 km/h	S. Loeb
	SS6	16:08	Arbellara - Aullene 2	27.42 km	S. Loeb	15:25.1	106.7 km/h
2 (13 Oct)	SS7	08:58	Carbuccia - Scalella 1	21.88 km	S. Loeb	14:15.1	92.1 km/h
	SS8	10:31	Calcatoggio - Plage du Liamone 1	26.55 km	S. Loeb	17:47.3	89.6 km/h
	SS9	11:29	Vico - Col St Roch 1	13.04 km	S. Loeb	8:39.6	90.3 km/h
	SS10	14:22	Carbuccia - Scalella 2	21.88 km	D. Sordo	14:19.7	91.6 km/h
	SS11	15:55	Calcatoggio - Plage du Liamone 2	26.55 km	S. Loeb	17:48.3	89.5 km/h
	SS12	16:53	Vico - Col St Roch 2	13.04 km	S. Loeb	8:38.6	90.5 km/h
3 (14 Oct)	SS13	08:53	Penitencier Coti - Pietra Rossa 1	24.24 km	S. Loeb	14:38.7	99.3 km/h
	SS14	09:36	Pont de Calzola - Agosta 1	31.81 km	D. Sordo	18:54.6	100.9 km/h
	SS15	12:19	Penitencier Coti - Pietra Rossa 2	24.24 km	D. Sordo	14:40.5	99.1 km/h
	SS16	13:02	Pont de Calzola - Agosta 2	31.81 km	D. Sordo	18:56.0	100.8 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 4 1 3 2 104 2 Sébastien Loeb 1 2 14 1 1 1 Ret 2 3 1 2 1 1 100 3 Mikko Hirvonen 5 3 1 3 5 3 2 4 2 3 3 4 13 74 4 Dani Sordo 2 12 25 4 3 6 3 24 Ret Ret 6 2 3 45 5 Petter Solberg 6 Ret 4 Ret 2 Ret 5 3 Ret 6 7 6 5 38 6 Chris Atkinson 4 8 19 5 Ret 7 10 6 4 15 4 8 6 29 7 Henning Solberg 14 4 3 9 9 5 4 5 5 14 9 10 9 28 8 Jari-Matti Latvala Ret Ret 5 7 8 4 9 12 Ret 8 5 7 4 24 9 François Duval Ret 2 5 Ret 12 10 Jan Kopecký 8 10 8 22 Ret 7 Ret 5 Ret 7 10 Toni Gardemeister 7 6 Ret DSQ 6 7 10 12 Daniel Carlsson 5 7 6 Ret 9 Manfred Stohl 10 7 12 6 10 8 7 8 Ret Ret 12 Ret 14 9 14 Gigi Galli 13 6 7 5 15 Xavier Pons 25 Ret 16 6 18 Ret 9 8 4 16 Urmo Aava 28 15 13 14 7 12 8 18 Ret 3 17 Matthew Wilson 12 Ret 26 8 12 30 12 10 10 9 10 11 Ret 1 Juho Hänninen DSQ 17 11 8 Ret Ret 19 23 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 Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from 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	14	9	14	18	15	18	11	16	11	9	-	-	-	179
2	Citroën Total World Rally Team	18	9	1	15	16	13	6	8	6	10	11	18	16	-	-	-	147
3	Subaru World Rally Team	8	2	5	4	8	2	5	9	5	5	7	4	7	-	-	-	71
4	Stobart VK M-Sport Ford	1	5	10	3	2	9	7	4	4	5	5	2	7	-	-	-	64
5	OMV Kronos	2	7	5	3	4	1	3	2	0	8	0	4	0	-	-	-	39
6	Munchi's Ford World Rally Team		0		0		0	0	1	5		0	0		-	-	-	6

External links

• Results on the official site: WRC.com
• Results on eWRC-results.com
• Results at Jonkka's World Rally Archive

This page was last edited on 29 January 2023, at 23:47