Norway 2007
IF SEBASTIEN LOEB DIDN'T WIN THIS INAUGURAL RUNNING OF THE NORWAY ROUND OF THE WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP THEN YOU WOULD EXPECT MARCUS GRONHOLM TO WIN. WOULDN'T YOU? MARCUS NEVER PUT A FOOT WRONG DURING THE WHOLE RALLY BUT HE WAS UPSTAGED BY A BRILLIANT DRIVE FROM HIS TEAM-MATE, MIKKO HIRVONEN, WHO WAS 'ON FIRE' FROM THE START AND KEPT THE LEAD THROUGHOUT. IT WAS A GOOD, CLOSE FIGHT BETWEEN THE THREE DRIVERS UNTIL LATE ON THE SECOND DAY WHEN SEBASTIEN WENT OFF INTO A SNOW BANK AND TOOK 15 MINUTES TO EXTRICATE THE CAR. THAT ENDED THE 3-WAY FIGHT (HE EVENTUALLY FINISHED 14TH) AND THE TWO FORD DRIVERS WERE LEFT TO FIGHT IT OUT BUT MIKKO NEVER LOOKED LIKE MAKING A MISTAKE (AND DIDN'T). PETTER SOLBERG AND HIS ELDER BROTHER, HENNING, ALSO HAD A GOOD TUSSLE WITH HENNING COMING OUT ON TOP TO TAKE HIS FIRST EVER WRC PODIUM PLACE IN 3RD. FORD THUS TOOK THE TOP THREE PLACES - A FEAT THEY LAST ACHIEVED IN 1979. A GOOD RALLY THAT SHOULD BE HERE TO STAY.
RESULT
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| 1.
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Mikko Hirvonen / BP-Ford
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| 2.
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Marcus Gronholm / BP-Ford
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| 3.
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Henning Solberg / Stobart Ford
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| 4.
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Petter Solberg / Subaru
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| 5.
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Jari-Matti Latvala / Stobart Ford
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| 6.
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Gigi Galli / Citroen
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| 7.
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Daniel Carlsson / OMV Citroen
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| 8.
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Jan Kopecky / Skoda
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CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
Drivers :
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| Marcus Grönholm
| 24
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| Mikko Hirvonen
| 20
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| Sebastien Loeb
| 18
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| Henning Solberg
| 11
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| Daniel Sordo
| 8
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| =Petter Solberg
| 8
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| Chris Atkinson
| 6
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| =Daniel Carlsson
| 6
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Constructors :
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| BP-Ford
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44
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| Citroën Total
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28
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| Stobart M-Sport Ford
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16
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| Subaru
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15
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| OMV Kronos Citroen
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14
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| Munchi's Ford
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0
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Rally Results posted by
David Little
19th February 2007
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