2007 Rally New Zealand

The 2007 Rally New Zealand (37th Propecia Rally New Zealand), 11th round of 2007 World Rally Championship, was run on 31 August to 2 September. After a tight battle for three days, Marcus Grönholm beat Sébastien Loeb for the win by 0.3 seconds, making it the second-closest finish in WRC history (after 2011 Jordan Rally's 0.2s). This was the closest finish in the history of the World Rally Championship. The previous record was held by the 1998 Rally de Portugal, in which Colin McRae took the win 2.1 seconds ahead of Carlos Sainz.

2007 Rally New Zealand 37th Propecia Rally New Zealand
Round 11 of the 2007 World Rally Championship ← Previous event Next event →
Coast of New Zealand.
Host country	New Zealand
Rally base	Hamilton, New Zealand
Dates run	31 August – 2 September 2007
Stages	18 (353.56 km; 219.69 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Overall distance	1,255.98 km (780.43 miles)
Statistics
Crews	68 at start, 59 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Marcus Grönholm BP Ford World Rally Team

Results

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
WRC
1.	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Ford Focus RS WRC 07	3:52:53.9	0.0	10
2.	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	3:52:54.2	0.3	8
3.	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC 07	3:54:36.7	1:42.8	6
4.	Chris Atkinson	Stéphane Prévot	Subaru Impreza WRC 07	3:55:26.2	2:32.3	5
5.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Ole Kristian Unnerud	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:55:30.8	2:36.9	4
6.	Daniel Sordo	Marc Marti	Citroën C4 WRC	3:56:35.9	3:42.0	3
7.	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Subaru Impreza WRC 07	3:56:48.6	3:54.7	2
8.	Urmo Aava	Kuldar Sikk	Mitsubishi Lancer WR05	4:02:10.2	9:16.3	1
PCWRC
1. (13.)	Toshi Arai	Tony Sircombe	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4:13:35.8	0.0	10
2. (14.)	Niall McShea	Gordon Noble	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4:13:38.4	2.6	8
3. (15.)	Richard Mason	Sara Randall	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4:14:46.0	1:10.2	6
4. (16.)	Gabriel Pozzo	Daniel Stillo	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9	4:14:48.9	1:13.1	5
5. (17.)	Fumio Nutahara	Daniel Barritt	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9	4:14:55.7	1:19.9	4
6. (18.)	Armindo Araujo	Miguel Ramalho	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9	4:15:16.0	1:40.2	3
7. (19.)	Juho Hänninen	Mikko Markkula	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9	4:15:46.9	2:11.1	2
8. (22.)	Martin Rauam	Kristo Kraag	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9	4:16:15.2	2:39.4	1

Special Stages

All dates and times are NZST (UTC+12).

Leg	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
1 (31 Aug)	SS1	09:18	Pirongia West 1	18.30 km	M. Grönholm	13:40.5	80.29 km/h	M. Grönholm
	SS2	10:21	Waitomo 1	43.88 km	M. Grönholm	28:47.8	91.43 km/h
	SS3	14:07	Pirongia West 2	18.30 km	S. Loeb	13:32.4	81.09 km/h
	SS4	15:10	Waitomo 2	43.88 km	S. Loeb	28:20.4	92.9 km/h
	SS5	17:03	Mystery Creek 1	3.14 km	C. Atkinson	2:56.2	64.15 km/h
2 (1 Sep)	SS6	09:03	Port Waikato	17.21 km	S. Loeb	9:33.2	108.09 km/h
	SS7	09:41	Possum	13.88 km	M. Grönholm	10:38.2	78.3 km/h
	SS8	10:19	Franklin	31.57 km	S. Loeb	21:15.7	89.09 km/h
	SS9	12:32	Mystery Creek 2	3.14 km	M. Grönholm	2:54.7	64.71 km/h
	SS10	14:58	Te Akau South	31.92 km	S. Loeb	18:25.0	103.99 km/h
	SS11	15:41	Te Akau North	32.36 km	S. Loeb	16:59.8	114.23 km/h	S. Loeb
3 (2 Sep)	SS12	09:03	Maungatawhiri 1	5.34 km	M. Grönholm	2:41.3	119.18 km/h	M. Grönholm
	SS13	09:31	Te Hutewai 1	11.22 km	S. Loeb	7:54.3	85.16 km/h	S. Loeb
	SS14	09:59	Whaanga Coast 1	29.81 km	S. Loeb	21:00.8	85.12 km/h
	SS15	11:38	Maungatawhiri 2	5.34 km	M. Grönholm	2:39.7	120.38 km/h
	SS16	12:06	Te Hutewai 2	11.22 km	M. Grönholm	7:43.0	87.24 km/h
	SS17	12:34	Whaanga Coast 2	29.81 km	M. Grönholm	20:32.1	87.1 km/h	M. Grönholm
	SS18	14:18	Mystery Creek 3	3.14 km	S. Loeb	2:52.5	65.53 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 90 2 Sébastien Loeb 1 2 14 1 1 1 Ret 2 3 1 2 80 3 Mikko Hirvonen 5 3 1 3 5 3 2 4 2 3 3 69 4 Dani Sordo 2 12 25 4 3 6 3 24 Ret Ret 6 31 Petter Solberg 6 Ret 4 Ret 2 Ret 5 3 Ret 6 7 31 6 Henning Solberg 14 4 3 9 9 5 4 5 5 14 9 28 7 Chris Atkinson 4 8 19 5 Ret 7 10 6 4 15 4 25 8 Jari-Matti Latvala Ret Ret 5 7 8 4 9 12 Ret 8 5 17 9 Toni Gardemeister 7 6 Ret DSQ 6 7 10 10 Daniel Carlsson 5 7 6 Ret 9 Manfred Stohl 10 7 12 6 10 8 7 8 Ret Ret 12 9 12 François Duval Ret 2 8 Jan Kopecký 8 10 8 22 Ret 7 Ret 5 8 14 Gigi Galli 13 6 7 5 15 Xavier Pons 25 Ret 16 6 18 Ret 3 Urmo Aava 28 15 13 14 7 12 8 3 17 Matthew Wilson 12 Ret 26 8 12 30 12 10 10 9 10 1 Juho Hänninen DSQ 17 11 8 Ret Ret 19 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	-	-	-	-	-	159
2	Citroën Total World Rally Team	18	9	1	15	16	13	6	8	6	10	11	-	-	-	-	-	113
3	Subaru World Rally Team	8	2	5	4	8	2	5	9	5	5	7	-	-	-	-	-	60
4	Stobart VK M-Sport Ford	1	5	10	3	2	9	7	4	4	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	55
5	OMV Kronos	2	7	5	3	4	1	3	2	0	8	0	-	-	-	-	-	35
6	Munchi's Ford World Rally Team		0		0		0	0	1	5		0	-	-	-	-	-	6

External links

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