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2002 Rally New Zealand

The 2002 Rally New Zealand (formally the 33rd Propecia Rally New Zealand) was the twelfth round of the 2002 World Rally Championship. The race, held from 4 to 6 October 2002, was won by Peugeot's Marcus Grönholm, his 11th win in the World Rally Championship.[1]

2002 Rally New Zealand
33rd Propecia Rally New Zealand
Round 12 of the 2002 World Rally Championship season
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Host country New Zealand
Rally baseAuckland
Dates runOctober 4, 2002 – October 6, 2002
Stages26 (411.40 km; 255.63 miles)
Stage surfaceGravel
Overall distance1,793.23 km (1,114.26 miles)
Statistics
Crews81 at start, 42 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerFinland Marcus Grönholm
Finland Timo Rautiainen
France Peugeot Total
Peugeot 206 WRC

Background edit

Entry list edit

No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Tyre
World Rally Championship manufacturer entries
1   Richard Burns   Robert Reid   Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC M
2   Marcus Grönholm   Timo Rautiainen   Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC M
3   Harri Rovanperä   Voitto Silander   Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC M
4   Carlos Sainz   Luis Moya   Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 P
5   Colin McRae   Nicky Grist   Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 P
6   Markko Märtin   Michael Park   Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 P
7   François Delecour   Daniel Grataloup   Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer WRC2 M
9   Jani Paasonen   Arto Kapanen   Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer WRC2 M
10   Tommi Mäkinen   Kaj Lindström   555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 P
11   Petter Solberg   Phil Mills   555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 P
14   Kenneth Eriksson   Tina Thörner   Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 M
15   Toni Gardemeister   Paavo Lukander   Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 M
17   Armin Schwarz   Manfred Hiemer   Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 M
18   Freddy Loix   Sven Smeets   Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 M
19   Juha Kankkunen   Juha Repo   Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 M
World Rally Championship entries
23   Gilles Panizzi   Hervé Panizzi   Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC M
32   Tomasz Kuchar   Maciej Szczepaniak   Tomasz Kuchar Toyota Corolla WRC M
105   Bruce Herbert   Robert Ryan   Rose City Cars Subaru Impreza STI N8 —
107   Geoff Argyle   Steve Smith   Racetech Seats Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6.5 —
108   Todd Bawden   Damon McLachlan   Ralliart New Zealand Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI —
109   Richard Mason   Hamish Fenemor   Racetech Seats Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V —
113   Andrew Hawkeswood   Samantha Haldane   Dayton Automotive Subaru Impreza WRX STI —
119   Glenn Smith   Colin Smith   Glenn Smith Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI —
120   Lewis Scott   Jane Black   Scott Rallying Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V —
121   Austen Jones   Bede O'Connor   Austen Jones Subaru Impreza WRX —
123   Clinton Anderson   Kelvin McCaughey   Racetech Seats Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI —
124   Wayne Parker   Brendan McKay   Palmerston North Rallysport Club Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V —
125   Natalie Barratt   Roger Freeman   Natalie Barratt Rallysport Hyundai Accent WRC —
126   Mike Turfus   Fleur Pedersen   Silverstone Rally Tyre Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI —
128   Brett Middleton   Andrew Benefield   Middleton Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRX STI —
129   David Ayling   Grant Kenny   ART Racing Subaru Impreza WRX STI —
133   Kerry Evans   Rocky Hudson   KEA Trailers Subaru Impreza —
135   Kingsley Jones   Len Fisher   Kingsley Jones Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III —
137   Rex Vizible   Dave Robb   Vizible Racing Subaru Impreza WRX STI —
138   Emma Gilmour   Toni Feaver   Emma Gilmour Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III —
140   Malcolm Stewart   Mike Fletcher   Malcolm Stewart Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6.5 —
143   Bruce Warburton   Colin Davies   Provision Subaru Impreza WRX —
144   Takemi Matsuno   Shunichi Washio   Team Fa Coat Subaru Impreza 555 —
147   David Langford-Smith   Stuart Roberts   Prolinks Inc. Ltd. Subaru Impreza WRX STI —
PWRC entries
52   Marcos Ligato   Rubén Garcia   Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII —
53   Alessandro Fiorio   Enrico Cantoni   Ralliart Italia Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII —
54   Ramón Ferreyros   Jorge Del Buono   Mauro Rally Tuning Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII —
57   Toshihiro Arai   Tony Sircombe   Spike Subaru Team Subaru Impreza WRX —
58   Luca Baldini   Marco Muzzarelli   Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI —
65   Beppo Harrach   Peter Müller   Stohl Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI —
66   Dimitar Iliev   Petar Sivov   Mauro Rally Tuning Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI —
69   Bernt Kollevold   Ola Fløene   Kollevold Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII —
70   Giovanni Manfrinato   Claudio Condotta   Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI —
71   Stefano Marrini   Tiziana Sandroni   Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII —
73   Martin Rowe   Chris Wood   David Sutton Cars Ltd Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII —
74   Karamjit Singh   Allen Oh   Petronas EON Racing Team Proton Pert —
75   Kristian Sohlberg   Jakke Honkanen   Mitsubishi Ralliart Finland Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII M
77   Alfredo De Dominicis   Rudy Pollet   Ralliart Italy Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII —
Source:[2]

Itinerary edit

All dates and times are NZST (UTC+12) from 4 to 5 October 2002 and NZDT (UTC+13) on 6 October 2002.

Date Time No. Stage name Distance
Leg 1 — 117.08 km
4 October 08:58 SS1 Te Akau North 32.37 km
11:06 SS2 Maungatawhiri 6.52 km
11:29 SS3 Te Papatapu 1 16.62 km
12:02 SS4 Whaanga Coast 29.60 km
13:53 SS5 Te Hutewai 11.15 km
14:21 SS6 Te Papatapu 2 16.62 km
19:00 SS7 Manukau Super 1 2.10 km
19:30 SS8 Manukau Super 2 2.10 km
Leg 2 — 204.13 km
5 October 09:13 SS9 Mititai Finish 20.15 km
09:51 SS10 Tokatoka 1 10.15 km
11:01 SS11 Parahi — Ararua 59.00 km
14:13 SS12 Batley 17.46 km
14:41 SS13 Waipu Gorge 11.24 km
14:59 SS14 Brooks 16.03 km
15:27 SS15 Paparoa Station 11.64 km
17:17 SS16 Cassidy 21.64 km
18:00 SS17 Mititai 26.67 km
18:43 SS18 Tokatoka 2 10.15 km
Leg 3 — 90.19 km
6 October 08:08 SS19 Otorohea Trig 4.62 km
08:31 SS20 Te Akau South 32.43 km
10:49 SS21 Ridge 1 8.53 km
11:05 SS22 Campbell 1 7.44 km
11:23 SS23 Ridge 2 8.53 km
11:39 SS24 Campbell 2 7.44 km
12:22 SS25 Fyfe 1 10.60 km
12:52 SS26 Fyfe 2 10.60 km
Source:[3]

Results edit

Overall edit

Pos. No. Driver Co-driver Team Car Time Difference Points
1 2   Marcus Grönholm   Timo Rautiainen   Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 3:58:45.4 10
2 3   Harri Rovanperä   Voitto Silander   Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:02:33.0 +3:47.6 6
3 10   Tommi Mäkinen   Kaj Lindström   555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 4:03:11.7 +4:26.3 4
4 4   Carlos Sainz   Luis Moya   Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 4:04:34.3 +5:48.9 3
5 19   Juha Kankkunen   Juha Repo   Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 4:05:55.6 +7:10.2 2
6 18   Freddy Loix   Sven Smeets   Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 4:06:37.9 +7:52.5 1
Source:[4]

World Rally Cars edit

Classification edit

Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class
1 1 2   Marcus Grönholm   Timo Rautiainen   Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 3:58:45.4 10
2 2 3   Harri Rovanperä   Voitto Silander   Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:02:33.0 +3:47.6 6
3 3 10   Tommi Mäkinen   Kaj Lindström   555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 4:03:11.7 +4:26.3 4
4 4 4   Carlos Sainz   Luis Moya   Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 4:04:34.3 +5:48.9 3
5 5 19   Juha Kankkunen   Juha Repo   Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 4:05:55.6 +7:10.2 2
6 6 18   Freddy Loix   Sven Smeets   Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 4:06:37.9 +7:52.5 1
8 7 15   Toni Gardemeister   Paavo Lukander   Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 4:07:41.5 +8:56.1 0
9 8 7   François Delecour   Daniel Grataloup   Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer WRC2 4:09:29.0 +10:43.6 0
10 9 17   Armin Schwarz   Manfred Hiemer   Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 4:10:20.2 +11:34.8 0
Retired SS25 11   Petter Solberg   Phil Mills   555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 Engine 0
Retired SS15 1   Richard Burns   Robert Reid   Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC Accident 0
Retired SS14 6   Markko Märtin   Michael Park   Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 Accident 0
Retired SS11 9   Jani Paasonen   Arto Kapanen   Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer WRC2 Accident 0
Retired SS4 5   Colin McRae   Nicky Grist   Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 Accident 0
Retired SS2 14   Kenneth Eriksson   Tina Thörner   Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 Accident 0
Source:[5]

Special stages edit

Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Class leaders
Leg 1 (4 Oct) SS1 Te Akau North 32.37 km   Richard Burns Peugeot 206 WRC 17:50.4   Richard Burns
SS2 Maungatawhiri 6.52 km   Richard Burns
  Harri Rovanperä 		Peugeot 206 WRC
Peugeot 206 WRC 		3:41.3
SS3 Te Papatapu 1 16.62 km   Richard Burns Peugeot 206 WRC 11:05.2
SS4 Whaanga Coast 29.60 km   Richard Burns Peugeot 206 WRC 21:27.0
SS5 Te Hutewai 11.15 km   Jani Paasonen Mitsubishi Lancer WRC2 7:59.8
SS6 Te Papatapu 2 16.62 km   Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 10:37.7
SS7 Manukau Super 1 2.10 km   Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 1:21.3
SS8 Manukau Super 2 2.10 km   Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 1:20.8
Leg 2 (5 Oct) SS9 Mititai Finish 20.15 km   Richard Burns Peugeot 206 WRC 10:05.2
SS10 Tokatoka 1 10.15 km   Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 5:09.9
SS11 Parahi — Ararua 59.00 km   Richard Burns Peugeot 206 WRC 33:37.7
SS12 Batley 17.46 km   Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 9:36.4
SS13 Waipu Gorge 11.24 km   Richard Burns Peugeot 206 WRC 6:25.5
SS14 Brooks 16.03 km   Richard Burns Peugeot 206 WRC 9:37.1
SS15 Paparoa Station 11.64 km   Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 6:11.9   Marcus Grönholm
SS16 Cassidy 21.64 km   Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 12:16.0
SS17 Mititai 26.67 km   Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 13:32.8
SS18 Tokatoka 2 10.15 km   Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 5:18.4
Leg 3 (6 Oct) SS19 Otorohea Trig 4.62 km   Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 3:05.6
SS20 Te Akau South 32.43 km   Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 18:43.3
SS21 Ridge 1 8.53 km   Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 4:45.8
SS22 Campbell 1 7.44 km   Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 3:55.8
SS23 Ridge 2 8.53 km   Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 4:43.4
SS24 Campbell 2 7.44 km   Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 3:52.9
SS25 Fyfe 1 10.60 km   Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 5:47.4
SS26 Fyfe 2 10.60 km   Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 5:40.1

Championship standings edit

  • Bold text indicates 2002 World Champions.
Pos. Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships Manufacturers' championships
Move Driver Points Move Co-driver Points Move Manufacturer Points
1     Marcus Grönholm 67     Timo Rautiainen 67     Peugeot Total 147
2     Richard Burns 34     Robert Reid 34     Ford Motor Co. Ltd. 89
3     Colin McRae 33     Nicky Grist 33     555 Subaru World Rally Team 50
4     Gilles Panizzi 31     Hervé Panizzi 31     Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart 9
5     Carlos Sainz 29     Luis Moya 29   1   Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team 9

Production World Rally Championship edit

Classification edit

Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class
14 1 75   Kristian Sohlberg   Jakke Honkanen   Mitsubishi Ralliart Finland Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4:18:20.5 10
15 2 73   Martin Rowe   Chris Wood   David Sutton Cars Ltd Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4:18:38.8 +18.3 6
18 3 70   Giovanni Manfrinato   Claudio Condotta   Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 4:21:17.7 +2:57.2 4
20 4 53   Alessandro Fiorio   Enrico Cantoni   Ralliart Italia Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4:21:36.2 +3:15.7 3
23 5 52   Marcos Ligato   Rubén Garcia   Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4:22:38.4 +4:17.9 2
38 6 69   Bernt Kollevold   Ola Fløene   Kollevold Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4:52:08.3 +33:47.8 1
Retired SS24 58   Luca Baldini   Marco Muzzarelli   Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Engine 0
Retired SS14 66   Dimitar Iliev   Petar Sivov   Mauro Rally Tuning Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Accident 0
Retired SS11 54   Ramón Ferreyros   Jorge Del Buono   Mauro Rally Tuning Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Engine 0
Retired SS11 71   Stefano Marrini   Tiziana Sandroni   Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Accident 0
Retired SS4 65   Beppo Harrach   Peter Müller   Stohl Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Accident 0
Retired SS4 77   Alfredo De Dominicis   Rudy Pollet   Ralliart Italy Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Accident 0
Retired SS3 57   Toshihiro Arai   Tony Sircombe   Spike Subaru Team Subaru Impreza WRX Accident 0
Retired SS3 74   Karamjit Singh   Allen Oh   Petronas EON Racing Team Proton Pert Accident 0
Source:[6]

Special stages edit

Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Class leaders
Leg 1 (4 Oct) SS1 Te Akau North 32.37 km   Marcos Ligato Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 18:53.2   Marcos Ligato
SS2 Maungatawhiri 6.52 km   Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza WRX 3:51.9
SS3 Te Papatapu 1 16.62 km   Kristian Sohlberg Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 11:36.0
SS4 Whaanga Coast 29.60 km   Giovanni Manfrinato Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 22:21.2   Giovanni Manfrinato
SS5 Te Hutewai 11.15 km   Giovanni Manfrinato
  Kristian Sohlberg 		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 		8:20.2
SS6 Te Papatapu 2 16.62 km   Kristian Sohlberg Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 11:17.6   Kristian Sohlberg
SS7 Manukau Super 1 2.10 km   Marcos Ligato Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 1:28.7
SS8 Manukau Super 2 2.10 km   Kristian Sohlberg Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 1:27.2
Leg 2 (5 Oct) SS9 Mititai Finish 20.15 km   Marcos Ligato Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 11:03.2
SS10 Tokatoka 1 10.15 km   Marcos Ligato Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 5:38.9
SS11 Parahi — Ararua 59.00 km   Marcos Ligato Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 36:16.1
SS12 Batley 17.46 km   Marcos Ligato Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 10:27.5
SS13 Waipu Gorge 11.24 km   Marcos Ligato Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 6:58.6
SS14 Brooks 16.03 km   Marcos Ligato Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 10:26.0
SS15 Paparoa Station 11.64 km   Kristian Sohlberg Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 6:44.7
SS16 Cassidy 21.64 km   Martin Rowe Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 13:26.8
SS17 Mititai 26.67 km   Kristian Sohlberg Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 14:56.7
SS18 Tokatoka 2 10.15 km   Kristian Sohlberg Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 5:53.7
Leg 3 (6 Oct) SS19 Otorohea Trig 4.62 km   Marcos Ligato Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 3:18.4
SS20 Te Akau South 32.43 km   Marcos Ligato Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 20:07.0
SS21 Ridge 1 8.53 km   Marcos Ligato Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 5:07.7
SS22 Campbell 1 7.44 km   Martin Rowe Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4:14.0
SS23 Ridge 2 8.53 km   Martin Rowe Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 5:06.3
SS24 Campbell 2 7.44 km   Martin Rowe Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4:10.1
SS25 Fyfe 1 10.60 km   Marcos Ligato
  Kristian Sohlberg 		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 		6:11.7
SS26 Fyfe 2 10.60 km   Alessandro Fiorio Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 6:03.2

Championship standings edit

Pos. Drivers' championships
Move Driver Points
1     Karamjit Singh 28
2   1   Kristian Sohlberg 26
3   1   Ramón Ferreyros 20
4     Alessandro Fiorio 16
5     Toshihiro Arai 12

References edit

  1. ^ "Rally New Zealand". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
  2. ^ "Rally New Zealand 2002 Entry List". ewrc-results.com.com. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Rally New Zealand 2002 Itinerary". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Rally New Zealand 2002 Final Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Rally New Zealand 2002 WRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Rally New Zealand 2002 PWRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 20 January 2022.

External links edit

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