Propecia Rally of New Zealand





ITINERARY

Leg 1 - Friday 14th July  (612.99 km)

SS 1  08:18  Te Akau North      32.37km 
SS 2  10:26  Maungatawhiri      6.52km 
SS 3  10:49  Te Papatapu 1      16.75km 
SS 4  11:22  Te Hutewai 11.     32.00km 
SS 5  12:53  Whaanga Coast      29.52km 
SS 6  13:36  Te Papatapu 2      16.75km 
SS 7  18:15  Manukau Super 1    2.10km 
SS 8  18:45  Manukau Super 2    2.10km 

 
Leg 2  - Saturday 15 July (581.42 km)

SS 9   09:28  Waipu Gorge 1     11.24km 
SS 10  09:46  Brooks 1          16.03km 
SS 11  10:14  Paparoa Station 1 11.64km 
SS 12  11:37  Parahi/Ararua     59.00km 
SS 13  14:20  Cassidy           20.12km 
SS 14  15:13  Batley            19.82km 
SS 15  16:16  Waipu Gorge 2     11.24km 
SS 16  16:34  Brooks 2          16.03km 
SS 17  17:02  Paparoa Station 2 11.64km 

 
Leg 3 - Sunday 16 July  (424.35 km)

SS 18  09:18  Te Akau South     31.24km 
SS 19  11:26  Ridge 1           8.53km 
SS 20  11:39  Campbell 1        7.44km 
SS 21  11:57  Ridge 2           8.53km 
SS 22  12:10  Campbell 2        7.44km 
SS 23  12:53  Fyfe 1            8.00km 
SS 24  13:06  Fyfe 2            8.00km 

15:30 Finish in Manukau 




Entry List (Top 30)

1 Makinen/Mannisenmaki (FIN) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo A8 2 Loix/Smeets (B) Mitsubishi Carisma GT A8 3 Burns/Reid (GB) Subaru Impreza WRC2000 A8 4 Kankkunen/Repo (FIN) Subaru Impreza WRC2000 A8 5 Mcrae/Grist (GB) Ford Focus WRC A8 6 Sainz/Moya (E) Ford Focus WRC A8 7 Auriol/Giraudet (F) Seat Córdoba WRC E2 A8 8 Gardemeister/Lukander (FIN) Seat Córdoba WRC E2 A8 9 Delecour/Grataloup (F) Peugeot 206 WRC A8 10 Gronholm/Rautiainen (FIN) Peugeot 206 WRC A8 14 Eriksson/Parmander (S) Hyundai Accent WRC A8 15 Mcrae/Senior (GB) Hyundai Accent WRC A8 16 Solberg/Mills (N/GB) Ford Focus WRC A8 17 Bourne/Vincent (NZ) Subaru Impreza WRC98 A8 18 Arai/Freeman (J/GB) Subaru Impreza WRC99 A8 19 Taguchi/Ringer (J/GB) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI A8 20 Trelles/Del Buono (ROU/RA) Mitsubishi Carisma GT N4 21 Stohl/Muller (A) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI N4 22 Al Wahaibi/Sircombe (OM/NZ) Subaru Impreza N4 23 Papadimitriou/Petropoulos(GR)Subaru Impreza A8 24 Menzi/Galindo (RA) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI N4 25 Pozzo/Ortiz (RA) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI N4 26 Mendez/Muzio (ROU) Mitsubishi Carisma Evo VI N4 27 Nutahara/Hayashi (J) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI N4 28 Argyle/Fallon (NZ) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI A8 29 Herbert/Ryan (NZ) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI A8 30 McAndrew/Boyle (NZ) Subaru Impreza A8

Result End of Leg 1

1 Delecour Peugeot 206 1:16:36.2 2 Solberg Ford Focus 1:16:45.9 3 Gronholm Peugeot 206 1:16:49.4 4 Sainz Ford Focus 1:17:06.3 5 Kankkunen Subaru Impreza 1:17:28.1 6 McRae Ford Focus 1:17:35.8 7 Eriksson Hyundai Accent 1:17:36.3 8 Burns Subaru Impreza 1:17:42.9 9 Makinen Mitsu Lancer 1:18:00.8 10 Auriol Seat Cordoba 1:18:14.1 Group N 1 Crocker Subaru Impreza 1:18:58.9 2 Stohl Mitsu Lancer 1:19:34.5 3 Al-Wahaibi Subaru Impreza 1:19:53.4 Teams Cup 1 Spike Subaru Team Arai Subaru Impreza 1:19:17.4 2 Arab World Rally Team Al-Wahaibi Subaru Impreza 1:19:53.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Stage Winners SS1 - Delecour, SS2 - Solberg, SS3 - Gronholm, SS4 - Solberg, SS5 - Delecour, SS6 - Delecour, SS7 - C.McRae, SS8 - C.McRae ------------------------------------------------------------------ Leading Retirements Gardmeister (Seat Cordoba WRC) - accident 14km into SS1 Taguchi (Mitsu Lancer Evo VI) - accident on SS1 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 1, Te Akau North 32.37km 1st Car: 08:18 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Delecour Peugeot 206 18:08.1 2 Gronholm Peugeot 206 18:10.6 3 McRae Ford Focus 18:16.5 4 Sainz Ford Focus 18:17.9 5 Solberg Ford Focus 18:19.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 2, Maungatawhiri 6.52km 1st Car: 10:26 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Solberg Ford Focus 3:41.7 2 Sainz Ford Focus 3:42.6 3 Gronholm Peugeot 206 3:43.1 4 Delecour Peugeot 206 3:43.9 5 McRae Ford Focus 3:44.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 3, Te Papatapu 1 16.75km 1st Car: 10:49 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Gronholm Peugeot 206 11:13.6 2 Delecour Peugeot 206 11:13.9 3 Solberg Ford Focus 11:15.3 4 Eriksson Hyundai Accent 11:15.4 5 Sainz Ford Focus 11:16.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 4, Te Hutewai 11. 32.00km 1st Car: 11:22 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Solberg Ford Focus 8:06.3 2 Eriksson Hyundai Accent 8:11.4 3 McRae Ford Focus 8:12.9 4 Kankkunen Subaru Impreza 8:13.3 5 Gronholm Peugeot 206 8:13.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 5, Whaanga Coast 29.52km 1st Car: 12:53 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Delecour Peugeot 206 21:23.7 2 Solberg Ford Focus 21:29.0 3 Gronholm Peugeot 206 21:34.9 4 Sainz Ford Focus 21:36.0 5 Eriksson Hyundai Accent 21:36.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 6, Te Papatapu 2 16.75km 1st Car: 13:36 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Delecour Peugeot 206 11:04.2 2 Burns Subaru Impreza 11:05.4 3 Gronholm Peugeot 206 11:05.5 4 Kankkunen Subaru Impreza 11:05.9 5 Solberg Ford Focus 11:08.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 7, Manukau Super 1 2.10km 1st Car: 18:15 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 McRae Ford Focus 1:22.3 2 Sainz Ford Focus 1:22.6 3 Burns Subaru Impreza 1:23.4 4 Kankkunen Subaru Impreza 1:23.8 5 Solberg Ford Focus 1:23.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 8, Manukau Super 2 2.10km 1st Car: 18:45 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 McRae Ford Focus 1:20.5 2 Solberg Ford Focus 1:22.6 3 Burns Subaru Impreza 1:22.8 3 Kankkunen Subaru Impreza 1:22.8 3 Sainz Ford Focus 1:22.8

End of Leg 2 Result

1 Gronholm Peugeot 206 2:59:58.6 2 McRae Ford Focus 3:00:21.5 3 Burns Subaru Impreza 3:00:36.0 4 Sainz Ford Focus 3:01:08.8 5 Kankkunen Subaru Impreza 3:01:37.6 6 Solberg Ford Focus 3:02:48.9 7 Eriksson Hyundai Accent 3:03:05.4 8 Makinen Mitsu Lancer 3:03:13.9 9 A.McRae Hyundai Accent 3:03:27.5 10 Bourne Subaru Impreza 3:05:54.0 Group N 1 Stohl Mitsu Lancer 3:09:44.4 2 Crocker Subaru Impreza 3:10:05.4 3 Trelles Mitsu Lancer 3:10:35.2 Teams Cup 1 Arab World Rally Team Al-Wahaibi Subaru Impreza 3:14:50.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Stage Winners SS9 - Burns, SS10 - Burns, SS11 - Burns, SS12 - McRae, SS13 - McRae, SS14 - McRae, SS15 - Gronholm, SS16 - Gronholm, SS17 - Gronholm ------------------------------------------------------------------ Leading Retirements SS16 Auriol, Seat Cordoba WRC Went off road SS14 Loix, Mitsubishi Carisma GT Mechanical SS14 Arai, Subaru Impreza Lost wheel SS11 Delecour, Peugeot 206 Gearbox ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 9, Waipu Gorge 1 11.24km 1st Car: 09:28 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Burns Subaru Impreza 6:32.8 2 McRae Ford Focus 6:35.1 3 Gronholm Peugeot 206 6:35.2 4 Sainz Ford Focus 6:38.2 5 Kankkunen Subaru Impreza 6:39.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 10, Brooks 1 16.03km 1st Car: 09:46 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Burns Subaru Impreza 9:49.9 2 McRae Ford Focus 9:52.7 3 Gronholm Peugeot 206 9:56.8 4 Kankkunen Subaru Impreza 9:59.8 5 Sainz Ford Focus 10:00.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 11, Paparoa Station 1 11.64km 1st Car: 10:14 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Burns Subaru Impreza 6:18.5 2 McRae Ford Focus 6:20.1 3 Gronholm Peugeot 206 6:21.7 4 Kankkunen Subaru Impreza 6:22.7 5 Sainz Ford Focus 6:25.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 12, Parahi/Ararua 59.00km 1st Car: 11:37 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Burns Subaru Impreza 34:04.5 2 McRae Ford Focus 34:11.2 3 Gronholm Peugeot 206 34:26.7 4 Kankkunen Subaru Impreza 34:42.9 5 Sainz Ford Focus 34:43.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 13, Cassidy 20.12km 1st Car: 14:20 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 McRae Ford Focus 11:35.9 2 Gronholm Peugeot 206 11:40.2 3 Kankkunen Subaru Impreza 11:47.5 4 Sainz Ford Focus 11:48.8 5 Burns Subaru Impreza 11:53.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 14, Batley 19.82km 1st Car: 15:13 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 McRae Ford Focus 11:09.0 2 Burns Subaru Impreza 11:12.0 3 Gronholm Peugeot 206 11:13.4 4 Sainz Ford Focus 11:17.2 5 Kankkunen Subaru Impreza 11:23.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 15, Waipu Gorge 2 11.24km 1st Car: 16:16 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Gronholm Peugeot 206 6:33.9 2 Burns Subaru Impreza 6:36.2 3 McRae Ford Focus 6:37.0 4 Kankkunen Subaru Impreza 6:37.6 5 Sainz Ford Focus 6:39.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 16, Brooks 2 16.03km 1st Car: 16:34 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Gronholm Peugeot 206 9:56.8 2 Burns Subaru Impreza 9:58.3 3 McRae Ford Focus 9:59.5 4 Sainz Ford Focus 10:02.8 5 Kankkunen Subaru Impreza 10:05.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 17, Paparoa Station 2 11.64km 1st Car: 17:02 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Gronholm Peugeot 206 6:24.5 2 McRae Ford Focus 6:25.2 3 Burns Subaru Impreza 6:27.0 4 Sainz Ford Focus 6:27.5 5 Kankkunen Subaru Impreza 6:30.7

End of Leg 3 Result

1 Gronholm Peugeot 206 3:45:13.4 2 McRae Ford Focus 3:45:27.9 3 Sainz Ford Focus 3:46:31.8 4 Solberg Ford Focus 3:48:14.1 5 Eriksson Hyundai Accent 3:48:26.1 6 Bourne Subaru Impreza 3:52:08.0 7 Stohl Mitsu Lancer 3:57:05.4 8 Crocker Subaru Impreza 3:57:14.6 9 Argyle Mitsu Lancer 3:58:00.8 10 Trelles Mitsu Lancer 3:58:51.7 Group N 1 Stohl Mitsu Lancer 3:57:05.4 2 Crocker Subaru Impreza 3:57:14.6 3 Trelles Mitsu Lancer 3:58:51.7 Teams Cup 1 Arab World Rally Team Al-Wahaibi Subaru Impreza 4:03:44.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Provisional FIA World Championship Points FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers (unofficial positions after 8 of 14 rounds): Burns (GB) 38 Gronholm (FIN) 34 McRae (GB) 30 Sainz (E) 27 Makinen (FIN) 23 Kankkunen (FIN) 18 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers (unofficial positions after 8 of 14 rounds): Subaru 58 Ford 57 Peugeot 41 Mitsubishi 29 Skoda 8 SEAT 7 Hyundai 4 FIA Cup for Drivers of Production Cars (unofficial positions after 8 of 14 rounds): Stohl (A) 41 Trelles (ROU) 32 Pozzo (RA) 16 Campos (P) 13 Menzi (I) 12 Paasonen (FIN) 11 FIA Teams' Cup (unofficial positions after 8 of 14 rounds): Spike Subaru Rally Team 26 Toyota Team Saudi Arabia 22 F.Dor Rally Team 20 Team Ataken 13 Wisja TV Turning Point Rally Team 10 Arab World Rally Team 10 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Stage Winners SS18 - A.McRae, SS19 - Burns, SS20 - McRae, SS21 - McRae, SS22 - McRae, SS23 - McRae, SS24 - Solberg ------------------------------------------------------------------ Leading Retirements SS20 Burns, Subaru Impreza Engine SS20 Kankkunen, Subaru Impreza Engine SS18 Makinen, Mitsubishi Lancer Accident SS18 A.McRae, Hyundai Accent Differential ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 18, Te Akau South 31.24km 1st Car: 09:18 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 A.McRae Hyundai Accent 18:46.3 2 Solberg Ford Focus 18:51.9 3 Eriksson Hyundai Accent 18:52.1 4 McRae Ford Focus 18:53.6 5 Sainz Ford Focus 18:57.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 19, Ridge 1 8.53km 1st Car: 11:26 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Burns Subaru Impreza 4:46.3 2 Gronholm Peugeot 206 4:50.7 3 Kankkunen Subaru Impreza 4:52.7 4 Sainz Ford Focus 4:53.8 5 Eriksson Hyundai Accent 4:57.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 20, Campbell 1 7.44km 1st Car: 11:39 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 McRae Ford Focus 3:55.9 2 Burns Subaru Impreza 3:58.0 3 Gronholm Peugeot 206 3:59.1 4 Sainz Ford Focus 3:59.6 5 Eriksson Hyundai Accent 4:02.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 21, Ridge 2 8.53km 1st Car: 11:57 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 McRae Ford Focus 4:45.4 2 Gronholm Peugeot 206 4:46.2 3 Eriksson Hyundai Accent 4:49.1 4 Sainz Ford Focus 4:49.8 5 Solberg Ford Focus 4:51.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 22, Campbell 2 7.44km 1st Car: 12:10 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 McRae Ford Focus 3:51.8 2 Gronholm Peugeot 206 3:54.7 3 Sainz Ford Focus 3:56.6 4 Solberg Ford Focus 3:57.3 5 Eriksson Hyundai Accent 3:57.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 23, Fyfe 1 8.00km 1st Car: 12:53 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 McRae Ford Focus 4:21.8 2 Gronholm Peugeot 206 4:22.9 3 Solberg Ford Focus 4:23.4 4 Eriksson Hyundai Accent 4:23.6 5 Sainz Ford Focus 4:25.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------ SS 24, Fyfe 2 8.00km 1st Car: 13:06 Stage Pos/ Driver/ Car/ Stage Time 1 Solberg Ford Focus 4:17.7 2 McRae Ford Focus 4:18.6 3 Eriksson Hyundai Accent 4:19.1 4 Gronholm Peugeot 206 4:19.7 5 Sainz Ford Focus 4:20.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------