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2007 Rally de Portugal

Field	Value
name	2007 Rally de Portugal
native_name	41º Vodafone Rally de Portugal
round	5
championship	2007 World Rally Championship
previous_round	2007 Rally México
next_round	2007 Rally Argentina
country
image	Sébastien Loeb - 2007 Rally Portugal.jpg
caption	Eventual winner Sébastien Loeb during the rally.
rallybase	Faro, Portugal
startdate	March 29
enddate	April 1, 2007
stages	18
stagekm	357.1
overallkm	1009.31
surface	Gravel
driver1	FRA Sébastien Loeb
team1	FRA Citroën Total World Rally Team
teamsstart	80
teamsfinish	61

The 2007 Vodafone Rally de Portugal was the 41st Rally de Portugal and the fifth round of the 2007 World Rally Championship season. It took place between March 30–April 1, 2007 and consisted of 18 special stages. 61 drivers finished the rally and the winner was Citroën's Sébastien Loeb, followed by Subaru's Petter Solberg and Citroën's Dani Sordo.

All Ford Focus RS WRC 06 drivers were given five-minute time penalties, because the glass used in the cars' rear side windows was 0.5 mm too thin. This dropped Marcus Grönholm from second to fourth, Mikko Hirvonen from third to fifth, Jari-Matti Latvala from sixth to eighth and Henning Solberg from ninth to 11th.

Results

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference
1.	FRA Sébastien Loeb	MCO Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	3:53:33.1	0.0
2.	NOR Petter Solberg	GBR Phil Mills	Subaru Impreza WRC	3:56:47.0	3:13.9
3.	ESP Daniel Sordo	ESP Marc Marti	Citroën C4 WRC	3:58:38.4	5:05.3
4.	FIN Marcus Grönholm	FIN Timo Rautiainen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:59:10.2 [1]	5:37.1
5.	FIN Mikko Hirvonen	FIN Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	4:00:41.2 [1]	7:08.1
6.	SWE Daniel Carlsson	FRA Denis Giraudet	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:01:46.3	8:13.2
7.	ITA Gian-Luigi Galli	ITA Giovanni Bernacchni	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:03:12.7	9:39.6
8.	FIN Jari-Matti Latvala	FIN Miikka Anttila	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	4:04:18.0 [1]	10:44.9
[1] — All Ford Focus RS WRC 06 drivers were given five-minute time penalties due to 0.5 mm too thin rear side windows.
1. (14.)	SWE Per-Gunner Andersson	SWE Jonas Andersson	Suzuki Swift S1600	4:22:43.4	0.0
2. (15.)	EST Urmo Aava	EST Kuldar Sikk	Suzuki Swift S1600	4:22:47.1	3.7
3. (18.)	SVK Jozef Béreš jun.	CZE Petr Starý	Renault Clio S1600	4:30:32.3	7:48.9
4. (21.)	EST Jaan Mölder jr.	DEU Katrin Becker	Suzuki Swift S1600	4:34.39.9	11:56.5
5. (22.)	ITA Andrea Cortinovis	ITA Flavio Zanella	Renault Clio S1600	4:37.37.2	14:53.8
6. (26.)	ESP Manuel Rueda	ESP Borja Rozada	Renault Clio R3	4:43:38.1	20:54.7
7. (30.)	IRL Shaun Gallagher	GBR Clive Jenkins	Citroën C2 S1600	4:49:23.3	26:39.9
8. (32.)	LTU Vilius Rožukas	LTU Audrius Šošas	Suzuki Swift S1600	4:55:58.3 [2]	33:14.9
	[2] — Drivers using SupeRally

Retirements

ARG Luís Pérez Companc - retired before SS1;
ARG Juan Pablo Raies - retired before SS1;
GBR Guy Wilks - rolled (SS3);
CZE Martin Prokop - mechanical (SS5);
NOR Mads Østberg - retired after first leg (SS7/8);
FIN Toni Gardemeister - excluded for driving on three wheels.
POL Michał Kościuszko - went off the road (SS9);
AUS Chris Atkinson - went off the road (SS10);

Special Stages

All dates and times are WEST (UTC+1).

Leg	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader	1
(29 Mar
30 Mar)	SS1	17:35	SS2	10:27	SS3	11:27	SS4	12:15	SS5	14:44	SS6	15:44	SS7	16:32	2
(31 Mar)	SS8	09:48	SS9	10:37	SS10	11:32	SS11	14:50	SS12	15:39	SS13	16:34	3
(1 Apr)	SS14	08:07	SS15	08:39	SS16	11:42	SS17	12:14	SS18	14:00
SSS Estadio Algarve	2.20 km	FIN M. Grönholm	2:05.8	62.96 km/h	FIN M. Grönholm
Tavira 1	19.92 km	FIN M. Hirvonen	14:07.5	84.62 km/h
Serra de Tavira 1	24.37 km	FIN M. Grönholm	16:30.1	88.61 km/h
S. Bras de Alportel 1	16.70 km	FRA S. Loeb	11:24.3	87.86 km/h
Tavira 2	19.92 km	FIN M. Grönholm	13:52.3	86.16 km/h
Serra de Tavira 2	24.37 km	FRA S. Loeb	16:10.2	90.43 km/h
S. Bras de Alportel 2	16.70 km	FRA S. Loeb	11:10.6	89.65 km/h	FRA S. Loeb
Silves / Ourique 1	30.69 km	FRA S. Loeb	21:36.5	85.22 km/h
Ourique 1	24.87 km	FRA S. Loeb	14:59.9	99.49 km/h
Almodóvar 1	20.88 km	FRA S. Loeb	11:40.5	107.31 km/h
Silves / Ourique 2	30.69 km	FRA S. Loeb	20:16.0	90.86 km/h
Ourique 2	24.87 km	FRA S. Loeb	14:35.0	102.32 km/h
Almodóvar 2	20.88 km	FRA S. Loeb	11:38.6	107.6 km/h
Loule / Almodóvar 1	17.60 km	FIN M. Hirvonen	11:18.0	93.45 km/h
Loule 1	22.70 km	FRA S. Loeb	14:09.3	96.22 km/h
Loule / Almodóvar 2	17.60 km	FIN M. Grönholm	11:11.1	94.41 km/h
Loule 2	22.70 km	FIN M. Grönholm	14:02.0	97.05 km/h
Estadio Algarve 2	2.20 km	FRA S. Loeb	2:06.8	62.46 km/h

Championship standings after the event

Drivers' championship

Pos	Driver	MON
Monaco	SWE
Sweden	NOR
Norway	MEX
Mexico	POR
Portugal	ARG
Argentina	ITA
Italy	GRC
Greece	FIN
Finland	GER
Germany	NZL
New Zealand	ESP
Spain	FRA
France	JPN
Japan	IRL
Ireland	GBR
United Kingdom	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	13	14	Pos	Driver	MON
Monaco	SWE
Sweden	NOR
Norway	MEX
Mexico	POR
Portugal	ARG
Argentina	ITA
Italy	GRC
Greece	FIN
Finland	GER
Germany	NZL
New Zealand	ESP
Spain	FRA
France	JPN
Japan	IRL
Ireland	GBR
United Kingdom	Pts
France Sébastien Loeb	1	2	14	1	1												38
Finland Marcus Grönholm	3	1	2	2	4												37
Finland Mikko Hirvonen	5	3	1	3	5												30
Spain Dani Sordo	2	12	25	4	3												19
Norway Petter Solberg	6	Ret	4	Ret	2												16
Norway Henning Solberg	14	4	3	9	11												11
Australia Chris Atkinson	4	8	19	5	Ret												10
Sweden Daniel Carlsson		5	7		6												9
Finland Jari-Matti Latvala	Ret	Ret	5	7	8												7
Finland Toni Gardemeister	7	6	Ret		DSQ												5
Austria Manfred Stohl	10	7	12	6	10												5
Italy Gigi Galli		13	6		7												5
Czech Republic Jan Kopecký	8	10	8		22												2
United Kingdom Matthew Wilson	12	Ret	26	8	12												1

Manufacturers' championship

Rank	Manufacturer	Event	Total
points	MON
Monaco	SWE
Sweden	NOR
Norway	MEX
Mexico	POR
Portugal	ARG
Argentina	ITA
Italy	GRC
Greece	FIN
Finland	GER
Germany	NZL
New Zealand	ESP
Spain	FRA
France	JPN
Japan	IRL
Ireland	GBR
United Kingdom	1	67	2	59	3	27	4	21	21	6	0
BP Ford World Rally Team	10	16	18	14	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Citroën Total World Rally Team	18	9	1	15	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Subaru World Rally Team	8	2	5	4	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stobart VK M-Sport Ford	1	5	10	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
OMV Kronos	2	7	5	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Munchi's Ford World Rally Team		0		0		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

References

"Time penalty dashes Grönholm's chances in Rally of Portugal". [[Helsingin Sanomat]].
"Gardemeister excluded". Crash.net.

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