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2007 Rally New Zealand

Field	Value
name	2007 Rally New Zealand
native_name	37th Propecia Rally New Zealand
round	11
championship	2007 World Rally Championship
previous_round	2007 Rallye Deutschland
next_round	2007 Rally Catalunya
country
image	Cape Palliser coast.jpg
caption	Coast of New Zealand.
rallybase	Hamilton, New Zealand
startdate	31 August
enddate	2 September 2007
stages	18
stagekm	353.56
overallkm	1255.98
surface	Gravel
driver1	FIN Marcus Grönholm
team1	GBR BP Ford World Rally Team
teamsstart	68
teamsfinish	59

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.

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Results

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference
1.	FIN Marcus Grönholm	FIN Timo Rautiainen	Ford Focus RS WRC 07	3:52:53.9	0.0
2.	FRA Sébastien Loeb	MCO Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	3:52:54.2	0.3
3.	FIN Mikko Hirvonen	FIN Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC 07	3:54:36.7	1:42.8
4.	AUS Chris Atkinson	BEL Stéphane Prévot	Subaru Impreza WRC 07	3:55:26.2	2:32.3
5.	FIN Jari-Matti Latvala	FIN Ole Kristian Unnerud	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:55:30.8	2:36.9
6.	ESP Daniel Sordo	ESP Marc Marti	Citroën C4 WRC	3:56:35.9	3:42.0
7.	NOR Petter Solberg	GBR Phil Mills	Subaru Impreza WRC 07	3:56:48.6	3:54.7
8.	EST Urmo Aava	EST Kuldar Sikk	Mitsubishi Lancer WR05	4:02:10.2	9:16.3
1. (13.)	JPN Toshi Arai	NZL Tony Sircombe	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4:13:35.8	0.0
2. (14.)	GBR Niall McShea	GBR Gordon Noble	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4:13:38.4	2.6
3. (15.)	NZL Richard Mason	NZL Sara Randall	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4:14:46.0	1:10.2
4. (16.)	ARG Gabriel Pozzo	ARG Daniel Stillo	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9	4:14:48.9	1:13.1
5. (17.)	JPN Fumio Nutahara	GBR Daniel Barritt	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9	4:14:55.7	1:19.9
6. (18.)	PRT Armindo Araujo	PRT Miguel Ramalho	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9	4:15:16.0	1:40.2
7. (19.)	FIN Juho Hänninen	FIN Mikko Markkula	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9	4:15:46.9	2:11.1
8. (22.)	EST Martin Rauam	EST Kristo Kraag	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9	4:16:15.2	2:39.4

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	SS2	10:21	SS3	14:07	SS4	15:10	SS5	17:03	2
(1 Sep)	SS6	09:03	SS7	09:41	SS8	10:19	SS9	12:32	SS10	14:58	SS11	15:41	3
(2 Sep)	SS12	09:03	SS13	09:31	SS14	09:59	SS15	11:38	SS16	12:06	SS17	12:34	SS18	14:18
Pirongia West 1	18.30 km	FIN M. Grönholm	13:40.5	80.29 km/h	FIN M. Grönholm
Waitomo 1	43.88 km	FIN M. Grönholm	28:47.8	91.43 km/h
Pirongia West 2	18.30 km	FRA S. Loeb	13:32.4	81.09 km/h
Waitomo 2	43.88 km	FRA S. Loeb	28:20.4	92.9 km/h
Mystery Creek 1	3.14 km	AUS C. Atkinson	2:56.2	64.15 km/h
Port Waikato	17.21 km	FRA S. Loeb	9:33.2	108.09 km/h
Possum	13.88 km	FIN M. Grönholm	10:38.2	78.3 km/h
Franklin	31.57 km	FRA S. Loeb	21:15.7	89.09 km/h
Mystery Creek 2	3.14 km	FIN M. Grönholm	2:54.7	64.71 km/h
Te Akau South	31.92 km	FRA S. Loeb	18:25.0	103.99 km/h
Te Akau North	32.36 km	FRA S. Loeb	16:59.8	114.23 km/h	FRA S. Loeb
Maungatawhiri 1	5.34 km	FIN M. Grönholm	2:41.3	119.18 km/h	FIN M. Grönholm
Te Hutewai 1	11.22 km	FRA S. Loeb	7:54.3	85.16 km/h	FRA S. Loeb
Whaanga Coast 1	29.81 km	FRA S. Loeb	21:00.8	85.12 km/h
Maungatawhiri 2	5.34 km	FIN M. Grönholm	2:39.7	120.38 km/h
Te Hutewai 2	11.22 km	FIN M. Grönholm	7:43.0	87.24 km/h
Whaanga Coast 2	29.81 km	FIN M. Grönholm	20:32.1	87.1 km/h	FIN M. Grönholm
Mystery Creek 3	3.14 km	FRA S. Loeb	2:52.5	65.53 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	6	7	8	9	10	12	14	15	17	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
Finland Marcus Grönholm	3	1	2	2	4	2	1	1	1	4	1						90
France Sébastien Loeb	1	2	14	1	1	1	Ret	2	3	1	2						80
Finland Mikko Hirvonen	5	3	1	3	5	3	2	4	2	3	3						69
Spain Dani Sordo	2	12	25	4	3	6	3	24	Ret	Ret	6						31
Norway Petter Solberg	6	Ret	4	Ret	2	Ret	5	3	Ret	6	7						31
Norway Henning Solberg	14	4	3	9	9	5	4	5	5	14	9						28
Australia Chris Atkinson	4	8	19	5	Ret	7	10	6	4	15	4						25
Finland Jari-Matti Latvala	Ret	Ret	5	7	8	4	9	12	Ret	8	5						17
Finland Toni Gardemeister	7	6	Ret		DSQ		6			7							10
Sweden Daniel Carlsson		5	7		6		Ret										9
Austria Manfred Stohl	10	7	12	6	10	8	7	8	Ret	Ret	12						9
Belgium François Duval								Ret		2							8
Czech Republic Jan Kopecký	8	10	8		22		Ret	7	Ret	5							8
Italy Gigi Galli		13	6		7												5
Spain Xavier Pons	25	Ret	16						6	18	Ret						3
Estonia Urmo Aava			28		15		13	14	7	12	8						3
United Kingdom Matthew Wilson	12	Ret	26	8	12	30	12	10	10	9	10						1
Finland Juho Hänninen		DSQ	17			11	8	Ret	Ret		19						1
Norway Mads Østberg		9	37		Ret		Ret		8								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	159	2	113	3	60	4	55	5	35	6	6
BP Ford World Rally Team	10	16	18	14	9	14	18	15	18	11	16	-	-	-	-	-
Citroën Total World Rally Team	18	9	1	15	16	13	6	8	6	10	11	-	-	-	-	-
Subaru World Rally Team	8	2	5	4	8	2	5	9	5	5	7	-	-	-	-	-
Stobart VK M-Sport Ford	1	5	10	3	2	9	7	4	4	5	5	-	-	-	-	-
OMV Kronos	2	7	5	3	4	1	3	2	0	8	0	-	-	-	-	-
Munchi's Ford World Rally Team		0		0		0	0	1	5		0	-	-	-	-	-

References

"Closest wins". World Rally Archive.

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