2007 Wales Rally GB

Report

Sébastien Loeb became world champion for the fourth time in a row. He had thus equaled Tommi Mäkinen's record. Third place at the season finale in Wales was enough for the Citroën driver. Loeb started the last world championship race of the season six points ahead of his rival Marcus Grönholm. Grönholm was able to make up two points with second place, and in the end Loeb had a four-point lead in the drivers' standings.

Rally won Grönholm teammate Mikko Hirvonen. He took the lead with four special stage best times on Friday. Hirvonen was 15.2 seconds clear of second-placed Gronholm to secure his fourth WRC win of his career.

Subaru driver Petter Solberg came fourth behind the leading trio. He was able to conclude such a season with moderate success in a reasonably forgiving manner. Fourth place and his teammate Chris Atkinson's seventh place secured Subaru third place in the Manufacturers' Championship ahead of the Stobart team. Days two and three were dominated by young M-Sport driver Jari-Matti Latvala, who had already been confirmed as a driver for Ford for next year. However, since he had lost almost ten minutes on the first day due to a broken windshield wiper, he was only able to finish tenth.

Results

Retirements

• ARG Gabriel Pozzo - retired (SS6);
• POL Michał Sołowow - retired (SS6);
• ROU Claudiu David - mechanical (SS7);
• ZWE Conrad Rautenbach - went off the road (SS8);
• NOR Andreas Mikkelsen - went off the road (SS9);
• GBR Stuart Jones - crashed (SS12);
• POL Leszek Kuzaj - did not start leg 3 (SS13/14);
• NZL Hayden Paddon - did not start leg 3 (SS13/14);
• CYP Spyros Pavlides - mechanical (SS14);
• RUS Yevgeni Vertunov - mechanical (SS14);
• ARG Luís Pérez Companc - went off the road (SS14/15);
• SWE Patrik Flodin - mechanical (SS6);

Special Stages

All dates and times are GMT (UTC).

Final championship standings

Drivers' championship

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Manufacturers' championship