44th Tour de Corse




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Friday 29 September: Leg 1 Ajaccio - Ajaccio   
Start   Ajaccio 08.00
SS1     Vero - Pont d'Azzana                            18.22km 09.08
SS2     Lopigna - Sarrola                               29.96km 09.56
SS3     Bellevalle - Pietra Rossa                       20.84km 12.04
SS4     Filitosa - Bicchisano                           22.47km 12.49
SS5     Cuttoli - Peri                                  17.34km 15.02
SS6     Gare de Carbuccia - Tavera                      20.04km 15.40
Finish  Ajaccio 17.55
Total                                                  128.87km     

Saturday 30 September: Leg 2 Ajaccio - Ajaccio  
Start   Ajaccio 07.00
SS7     Morosaglia - Campile                            31.91km 09.48 
SS8     Taverna - Pont de Castirla                      16.14km 11.01 
SS9     Noceta - Muracciole                             16.60km 12.53
SS10    Feo - Col San Quilico                           24.06km 13.51
SS11    Pont Saint Laurent - Bustanico                  26.44km 15.52
SS12    Feo - Altiani                                   16.52km 16.40
Finish  Ajaccio 19.50
Total                                                  131.67km


Sunday 1 October: Leg 3 Ajaccio - Ajaccio   
Start   Ajaccio 06.30
SS13    Vero - Pont d'Azzana                            18.22km 07.38
SS14    Lopigna - Sarrola                               29.96km 08.26
SS15    Bellevalle - Pietra Rossa                       20.84km 10.34
SS16    Filitosa - Bicchisano                           22.47km 11.19
SS17    Cuttoli - Peri                                  17.34km 13.32
SS18    Gare de Carbuccia - Tavera                      20.04km 14.10
Finish  Ajaccio 16.15   
Total                                                  128.87km     

Rally Total                                            389.41km   




Results at End of Leg 1

1 Panizzi Peugeot 206 WRC 1:22:30,2 2 Delecour Peugeot 206 WRC 1:22:36,2 3 Sainz Ford Focus WRC 1:22:46,6 4 McRae Ford Focus WRC 1:22:51,1 5 Burns Subaru Impreza WRC 1:22:54,7 6 Makinen Mitsubishi Lancer 1:22:56,3 7 Jean-Joseph Subaru Impreza WRC 1:23:31,3 8 Gronholm Peugeot 206 WRC 1:23:42,4 9 Auriol Seat Cordoba WRC 1:24:01,4 10 Liatti Ford Focus WRC 1:24:05,9 Formula 2 1 Rousellot Renault Megane 1:25:45.1 2 Bugalski Citroen Saxo Kit Car 1:29:41.4 3 Puras Citroen Saxo Kit Car 1:31:47.0 Group N 1 Stohl Mitsu Lancer Evo VI 1:29:59,6 2 Gallie Mitsu Lancer Evo VI 1:30:20,3 3 Trelles Mitsu Lancer Evo VI 1:30:40,0 Teams Cup 1 Al-Wahaibi Subaru Impreza WRC 1:27:13,7 Arab World Rally Team 2 Yazici Toyota Corolla WRC 1:28:08,7 Team Atakan __________________________________________________________________ Stage Winners SS1 - Burns, SS2 - Panizzi, SS3 - Delecour, SS4 - Panizzi, SS5 - Panizzi, SS6 - Panizzi __________________________________________________________________ Leading Retirements SS1 Loix (Mitsubishi) - acccident 200M into stage SS1 Solberg (Subaru) - broken gear linkage SS3 Eriksson (Hyundai) - clutch __________________________________________________________________ SS 1, Vero-Pont d'Azzana 18.22km 1st Car: 09:08 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Burns Subaru Impreza WRC 12:49,6 2 Delecour Peugeot 206 WRC 12:52,1 3 McRae Ford Focus WRC 12:53,2 4 Panizzi Peugeot 206 WRC 12:53,7 5 Sainz Ford Focus WRC 12:53,8 __________________________________________________________________ SS 2, Lopigna-Sarrola 29.96km 1st Car: 09:56 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Panizzi Peugeot 206 WRC 19:48,9 2 Delecour Peugeot 206 WRC 19:49,8 3 McRae Ford Focus WRC 19:53,3 4 Burns Subaru Impreza WRC 19:54,5 5 Sainz Ford Focus WRC 19:55,0 __________________________________________________________________ SS 3, Bellevalle-Pietra Rossa 20.84km 1st Car: 12:04 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Delecour Peugeot 206 WRC 12:16,5 2 Makinen Mitsubishi Lancer 12:18,0 3 Panizzi Peugeot 206 WRC 12:18,6 4 Sainz Ford Focus WRC 12:18,8 5 Burns Subaru Impreza WRC 12:19,7 __________________________________________________________________ SS 4, Filitosa-Bicchisano 22.47km 1st Car: 12:49 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Panizzi Peugeot 206 WRC 14:07,1 2 Delecour Peugeot 206 WRC 14:07,8 3 Sainz Ford Focus WRC 14:08,9 4 McRae Ford Focus WRC 14:12,4 5 Makinen Mitsubishi Lancer 14:13,4 __________________________________________________________________ SS 5, Cuttoli-Peri 17.34km 1st Car: 15:02 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Panizzi Peugeot 206 WRC 11:30,1 2 Sainz Ford Focus WRC 11:31,0 3 Delecour Peugeot 206 WRC 11:31,1 4 McRae Ford Focus WRC 11:32,1 5 Burns Subaru Impreza WRC 11:33,7 __________________________________________________________________ SS 6, Gare de Carbuccia-Tavera 20.04km 1st Car: 15:40 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Panizzi Peugeot 206 WRC 11:51,8 2 Makinen Mitsubishi Lancer 11:57,3 3 McRae Ford Focus WRC 11:58,4 4 Delecour Peugeot 206 WRC 11:58,9 5 Sainz Ford Focus WRC 11:59,1

Results End of Leg 2

1 Delecour Peugeot 206 WRC 2:37:16,8 2 Panizzi Peugeot 206 WRC 2:37:17,0 3 Sainz Ford Focus WRC 2:37:42,7 4 Burns Subaru Impreza WRC 2:38:46,7 5 Gronholm Peugeot 206 WRC 2:39:23,6 6 Liatti Ford Focus WRC 2:39:47,3 7 Jean-Joseph Subaru Impreza WRC 2:39:48.9 8 Auriol Seat Cordoba WRC 2:40:15,6 9 Makinen Mitsubishi Lancer 2:41:39,9 10 Loeb Toyota Corolla WRC 2:42:24,5 Formula 2 1 Rousellot Renault Megane 2:44:19,2 2 Bugalski Citroen Saxo Kit Car 2:50:26,0 3 Puras Citroen Saxo Kit Car 2:53:01,4 Group N 1 Stohl Mitsu Lancer Evo VI 2:50:08,2 2 Trelles Mitsu Lancer Evo VI 2:51:19,3 3 Hideg Mitsu Lancer Evo V 2:53:09,7 Teams Cup 1 Yazici Toyota Corolla WRC 2:46:08,1 Team Atakan 2 Al-Wahaibi Subaru Impreza WRC 2:46:13,2 Arab World Rally Team __________________________________________________________________ Stage Winners SS7 - Panizzi, SS8 - cancelled, SS9 - Panizzi, SS10 - cancelled, SS11 - Delecour, SS12 - Delecour __________________________________________________________________ Leading Retirements SS1 Loix (Mitsubishi) - acccident 200M into stage SS1 Solberg (Subaru) - broken gear linkage SS3 Eriksson (Hyundai) - clutch SS9 Galli(Grp N Mitsubishi) - accident SS10 McRae (Ford) - accident __________________________________________________________________ SS 7, Morasaglia-Campile 31.91 km 1st Car: 09:48 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Panizzi Peugeot 206 WRC 21:02,8 2 Delecour Peugeot 206 WRC 21:05,7 3 McRae Ford Focus WRC 21:14,6 4 Sainz Ford Focus WRC 21:17,4 5 Gronholm Peugeot 206 WRC 21:23,1 __________________________________________________________________ SS 8, Taverna-Pont de Castirla 16.14 km 1st Car: 11:01 Cancelled due to large number of spectators __________________________________________________________________ SS 9, Noceta-Muracciole 16.60 km 1st Car: 12:53 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Panizzi Peugeot 206 WRC 10:10,6 2 Sainz Ford Focus WRC 10:11,1 3 Delecour Peugeot 206 WRC 10:12,4 4 McRae Ford Focus WRC 10:17,2 5 Liatti Ford Focus WRC 10:17,8 __________________________________________________________________ SS 10, Feo-Col San Quilico 24.06 km 1st Car: 13:51 Stage cancelled following Colin McRae's accident __________________________________________________________________ SS 11, Pont Saint Laurent-Bustanico 26.44 km 1st Car: 17:12 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Delecour Peugeot 206 WRC 17:30,9 2 Panizzi Peugeot 206 WRC 17:31,9 3 Sainz Ford Focus WRC 17:33,9 4 Makinen Mitsubishi Lancer 17:39,3 5 Gronholm Peugeot 206 WRC 17:44,0 __________________________________________________________________ SS 12, Feo-Altiani 16.52 km 1st Car: 18:00 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Delecour Peugeot 206 WRC 10:26,3 2 Sainz Ford Focus WRC 10:31,5 3 Liatti Ford Focus WRC 10:35,4 4 Makinen Mitsubishi Lancer 10:35,8 5 Gronholm Peugeot 206 WRC 10:35,9

End of Leg 3 Result

1 Panizzi Peugeot 206 WRC 4:02:14,2 2 Delecour Peugeot 206 WRC 4:02:47,7 3 Sainz Ford Focus WRC 4:03:26,8 4 Burns Subaru Impreza WRC 4:03:45,1 5 Gronholm Peugeot 206 WRC 4:04:11,3 6 Liatti Ford Focus WRC 4:05:08,0 7 Jean-Joseph Subaru Impreza WRC 4:05:23,7 8 Auriol Seat Cordoba WRC 4:05:44,9 9 Loeb Toyota Corolla WRC 4:09:07,4 10 Morel Peugeot 206 WRC 4:09:34,6 Formula 2 1 Rousellot Renault Megane 4:13:51,3 2 Manzagol Peugeot 306 Maxi 4:17:53,3 3 Bugalski Citroen Saxo Kit Car 4:22:13,1 Group N 1 Stohl Mitsu Lancer Evo VI 4:22:28,0 2 Trelles Mitsu Lancer Evo VI 4:23:00,6 3 Santoni Mitsu Lancer Evo V 4:25:33,3 Teams Cup 1 Al-Wahaibi Subaru Impreza WRC 4:17:04,9 Arab World Rally Team __________________________________________________________________ Provisional FIA World Championship Points FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers (unofficial positions after 11 of 14 rounds): Gronholm (FIN) 46 Burns (GB) 44 McRae (GB) 42 Sainz (E) 41 Makinen (FIN) 28 Kankkunen (FIN) 18 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers (unofficial positions after 11 of 14 rounds): Ford 83 Peugeot 74 Subaru 69 Mitsubishi 35 Skoda 8 SEAT 8 Hyundai 5 FIA Cup for Drivers of Production Cars (unofficial positions after 11 of 14 rounds): Stohl (A) 58 Trelles (ROU) 48 Paasonen (FIN) 21 Pozzo (RA) 22 Menzi (I) 16 Campos (P) 13 Pykalisto (FIN) 12 Ferreyros (PE) 12 FIA Teams' Cup (unofficial positions after 11 of 14 rounds): Spike Subaru Rally Team 36 Toyota Team Saudi Arabia 32 F.Dor Rally Team 26 Arab World Rally Team 20 Team Ataken 13 Wisja TV Turning Point Rally Team 10 __________________________________________________________________ Stage Winners SS13 - Panizzi, SS14 - Delecour, SS15 - Burns, SS16 - Burns, SS17 - Gronholm, SS18 - Sainz __________________________________________________________________ Leading Retirements SS1 Loix (Mitsubishi) - acccident 200M into stage SS1 Solberg (Subaru) - broken gear linkage SS3 Eriksson (Hyundai) - clutch SS9 Galli(Grp N Mitsubishi) - accident SS10 McRae (Ford) - accident SS13 Makinen (Mitsubishi) - accident SS13 Yazici (Toyota) - accident/suspension __________________________________________________________________ SS 13, Vero-Pont d'Azzana 18.22 km 1st Car: 07:38 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Panizzi Peugeot 206 WRC 13:01,4 2 Gronholm Peugeot 206 WRC 13:06,2 3 Delecour Peugeot 206 WRC 13:08,0 4 Sainz Ford Focus WRC 13:13,6 5 Jean-Joseph Subaru Impreza WRC 13:14,5 __________________________________________________________________ SS 14, Lopigna-Sarrola 29.96 km 1st Car: 08:26 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Delecour Peugeot 206 WRC 20:17,1 2 Panizzi Peugeot 206 WRC 20:22,6 3 Gronholm Peugeot 206 WRC 20:30,7 4 Burns Subaru Impreza WRC 20:37,0 5 Auriol Seat Cordoba WRC 20:38,0 __________________________________________________________________ SS 15, Bellevalle-Pietra Rossa 20.84 km 1st Car: 10:34 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Burns Subaru Impreza WRC 12:19,2 2 Gronholm Peugeot 206 WRC 12:20,3 3 Delecour Peugeot 206 WRC 12:20,7 4 Sainz Ford Focus WRC 12:21,5 5 Liatti Ford Focus WRC 12:21,6 __________________________________________________________________ SS 16, Filitosa-Bicchisano 22.47 km 1st Car: 11:19 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Burns Subaru Impreza WRC 14:03,5 2 Sainz Ford Focus WRC 14:07,7 3 Panizzi Peugeot 206 WRC 14:09,8 4 Liatti Ford Focus WRC 14:10,1 5 Jean-Joseph Subaru Impreza WRC 14:10,4 __________________________________________________________________ SS 17, Cuttoli-Peri 17.34 km 1st Car: 13:32 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Gronholm Peugeot 206 WRC 11:31,1 2 Burns Subaru Impreza WRC 11:32,2 3 Sainz Ford Focus WRC 11:33,8 4 Liatti Ford Focus WRC 11:36,1 5 Panizzi Peugeot 206 WRC 11:36,3 __________________________________________________________________ SS 18, Gare de Carbuccia-Tavera 20.04 km 1st Car: 14:10 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Sainz Ford Focus WRC 12:55,8 2 Auriol Seat Cordoba WRC 12:56,1 3 Burns Subaru Impreza WRC 12:58,7 4 Gronholm Peugeot 206 WRC 13:05,3 5 Liatti Ford Focus WRC 13:05,4 __________________________________________________________________