2007 Rally d'Italia Sardegna

2007 Rally d'Italia Sardegna 4º Supermag Rally Italia Sardinia
Round 7 of the 2007 World Rally Championship ← Previous event Next event →
Typical gravel road on Sardinia.
Host country	Italy
Rally base	Olbia, Italy
Dates run	May 18 – 20 2007
Stages	18 (342.86 km; 213.04 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Overall distance	1,061.84 km (659.80 miles)
Statistics
Crews	82 at start, 67 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Marcus Grönholm BP Ford World Rally Team

Results of Rally d'Italia Sardegna (4º Supermag Rally Italia Sardinia), 7th round of 2007 World Rally Championship, was run on May 18–20:

Results

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
WRC
1.	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:48:42.0	0.0	10
2.	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:49:11.2	29.2	8
3.	Daniel Sordo	Marc Marti	Citroën C4 WRC	3:50:03.8	1:21.8	6
4.	Henning Solberg	Cato Menkerud	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:50:18.6	1:36.6	5
5.	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Subaru Impreza WRC 07	3:51:16.2	2:34.2	4
6.	Toni Gardemeister	Jakke Honkanen	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC05	3:53:44.1	5:02.1	3
7.	Manfred Stohl	Ilka Minor	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:54:10.6	5:28.6	2
8.	Juho Hänninen	Mikko Markkula	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC05	3:58:13.7	9:31.7	1
JWRC
1. (13.)	Urmo Aava	Kuldar Sikk	Suzuki Swift S1600	4:15:03.9	0.0	10
2. (14.)	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Jonas Andersson	Suzuki Swift S1600	4:16:13.3	1:09.4	8
3. (16.)	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Citroën C2 S1600	4:21:26.7	6:22.8	6
4. (18.)	Aaron Burkart	Michael Kölbach	Citroën C2 S1600	4:24:13.8	9:09.9	5
5. (19.)	Jaan Mölder jr.	Katrin Becker	Suzuki Swift S1600	4:24:44.2	9:40.3	4
6. (25.)	Jozef Béreš jun.	Petr Starý	Renault Clio S1600	4:30:15.0	15:11.1	3
7. (29.)	Bryan Bouffier	Matthieu Baumel	Citroën C2 R2	4:35:02.8	19:58.9	2
8. (31.)	Patrik Sandell	Emil Axelsson	Renault Clio 16S	4:37:43.1 ^[1]	22:39.2	1
				^[1] — Drivers using SuperRally

Retirements

• Daniel Carlsson - withdrew right after official rally start, before SS1;
• Gareth MacHale - stopped in stage (SS8);
• Mads Østberg - stopped in stage (SS8);
• Luís Pérez Companc - went off the road (SS8);
• Jan Kopecký - steering problems (SS12);
• Sébastien Loeb - went off the road (SS13);

Special Stages

All dates and times are CEST (UTC+2).

Leg	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
1 (18 May)	SS1	09:43	Crastazza 1	31.12 km	J. Latvala	21:27.8	86.99 km/h	J. Latvala
	SS2	10:58	Terranova 1	21.20 km	S.Loeb	15:14.9	83.42 km/h
	SS3	11:34	Monte Olia 1	20.36 km	H. Solberg	14:52.7	82.11 km/h
	SS4	14:53	Crastazza 2	31.12 km	M. Grönholm	20:51.9	89.49 km/h	M. Grönholm
	SS5	16:08	Terranova 2	21.20 km	S.Loeb	14:44.9	86.25 km/h
	SS6	16:44	Monte Olia 2	20.36 km	S.Loeb	14:30.9	84.16 km/h	S.Loeb
2 (19 May)	SS7	09:25	Loelle 1	22.56 km	S.Loeb	13:40.6	98.97 km/h
	SS8	10:25	Monte Lerno 1	29.30 km	S.Loeb	19:23.3	90.67 km/h
	SS9	11:10	Su Filigosu 1	19.47 km	S.Loeb	12:36.3	92.68 km/h
	SS10	14:45	Loelle 2	22.56 km	M. Grönholm	13:31.6	100.07 km/h
	SS11	15:45	Mento Lerno 2	29.30 km	S.Loeb	18:58.7	92.63 km/h
	SS12	16:30	Su Filigosu 2	19.47 km	M. Grönholm	12:19.3	94.81 km/h
3 (20 May)	SS13	07:55	S. Giovanni 1	10.65 km	M. Hirvonen	7:21.9	86.76 km/h	M. Grönholm
	SS14	09:06	Monte Nuragone 1	7.67 km	H. Solberg	5:37.3	81.86 km/h
	SS15	09:50	Braniatogghiu 1	9.30 km	M. Hirvonen	4:38.0	120.43 km/h
	SS16	10:57	S. Giovanni 2	10.65 km	D. Sordo	7:06.4	89.92 km/h
	SS17	12:08	Monte Nuragone 2	7.67 km	H. Solberg	5:29.4	83.83 km/h
	SS18	12:52	Braniatogghiu 2	9.30 km	M. Hirvonen	4:31.3	123.41 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 55 2 Sébastien Loeb 1 2 14 1 1 1 Ret 48 3 Mikko Hirvonen 5 3 1 3 5 3 2 44 4 Dani Sordo 2 12 25 4 3 6 3 28 5 Petter Solberg 6 Ret 4 Ret 2 Ret 5 20 Henning Solberg 14 4 3 9 11 5 4 20 7 Chris Atkinson 4 8 19 5 Ret 7 10 12 Jari-Matti Latvala Ret Ret 5 7 8 4 9 12 9 Daniel Carlsson 5 7 6 Ret 9 10 Toni Gardemeister 7 6 Ret DSQ 6 8 Manfred Stohl 10 7 12 6 10 8 7 8 12 Gigi Galli 13 6 7 5 13 Jan Kopecký 8 10 8 22 Ret 2 14 Matthew Wilson 12 Ret 26 8 12 30 12 1 Juho Hänninen DSQ 17 11 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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	99
2	Citroën Total World Rally Team	18	9	1	15	16	13	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	78
3	Stobart VK M-Sport Ford	1	5	10	3	2	9	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	37
4	Subaru World Rally Team	8	2	5	4	8	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	34
5	OMV Kronos	2	7	5	3	4	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25
6	Munchi's Ford World Rally Team		0		0		0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0

External links

• Results on official site - WRC.com
• Results on eWRC-results.com
• Results on RallyBase.nl