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42nd season of the World Rally Championship From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2014 FIA World Rally Championship was the 42nd season of the World Rally Championship, a rallying championship recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile as the highest class of international rallying. Teams and drivers contested thirteen rallies across four continents, competing for the FIA World Rally Championships for Drivers and Manufacturers. The WRC-2, WRC-3 and Junior WRC championships all ran in support of the premier championship.
The 2014 season saw Hyundai return to the championship as a manufacturer for the first time since the 2003 season.[1] The Rally of Poland returned to the calendar after a five-year absence, replacing the Acropolis Rally.[2]
Sébastien Ogier and his team, Volkswagen Motorsport, secured both Drivers and Manufacturers title for a second consecutive time. Ogier secured the title with a round to spare by winning in Rally de Catalunya, Ogier's teammate Jari-Matti Latvala and Volkswagen Motorsport II's Andreas Mikkelsen finished the championship in second and third.[3] The Citroën World Rally Team was second at the Manufacturers' Championship.
The 2014 calendar was announced at a meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council in Croatia on 27 September 2013.[4] The 2014 championship was contested over thirteen rounds in Europe, the Americas and Oceania.
Round | Dates | Rally name | Rally headquarters | Surface |
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1 | 16–18 January | Monte Carlo Rally | Gap, Hautes-Alpes, France | Mixed |
2 | 5–8 February | Rally Sweden | Hagfors, Värmland | Snow |
3 | 6–9 March | Rally Mexico | León, Guanajuato | Gravel |
4 | 3–6 April | Rally de Portugal | Faro, Algarve | Gravel |
5 | 8–11 May | Rally Argentina | Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba | Gravel |
6 | 6–8 June | Rally Italia Sardegna | Alghero, Sardinia | Gravel |
7 | 27–29 June | Rally Poland | Mikołajki, Warmia-Masuria | Gravel |
8 | 31 July–3 August | Rally Finland | Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi | Gravel |
9 | 22–24 August | Rallye Deutschland | Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate | Tarmac |
10 | 12–14 September | Rally Australia | Coffs Harbour, New South Wales | Gravel |
11 | 3–5 October | Rallye de France Alsace | Strasbourg, Alsace | Tarmac |
12 | 24–26 October | Rally de Catalunya | Salou, Tarragona | Mixed |
13 | 14–16 November | Wales Rally GB | Deeside, Flintshire | Gravel |
The following teams and drivers are scheduled to compete in the World Rally Championship during the 2014 season:
Round | Rally name | Podium finishers | Statistics | |||||||
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Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Stages | Length | Starters | Finishers | ||
1 | Monte Carlo Rally (15–18 January) — Results and report |
1 | 1 | Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia |
Volkswagen Motorsport (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) |
3:55:14.4 | (15)1a 14 |
(383.88 km)1b 360.48 km |
62 | 40 |
2 | 11 | Bryan Bouffier Xavier Panseri |
M-Sport WRT (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) |
3:56:33.3 | ||||||
3 | 3 | Kris Meeke Paul Nagle |
Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT (Citroën DS3 WRC) |
3:57:08.7 | ||||||
The first round of the season was run in difficult conditions, with heavy rain making for a slippery surface and low visibility. Former Formula One driver Robert Kubica took an early lead, but fell behind on the first leg when he made the wrong tyre choice. French privateer Bryan Bouffier – who won the event in 2011, when it was a round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge – took control and led the field at the end of the first day. Bouffier came under pressure from reigning World Champion Sébastien Ogier on the second day, and ultimately lost the lead when he spun during the afternoon stages, whilst Kubica crashed out. Ogier's rally was not without incident, with the Volkswagen driver surviving several close encounters with walls as he tried to recover from a poor start. Ogier went on to win the rally by over a minute, with Bouffier second and Kris Meeke finishing third. Hyundai's return to the World Rally Championship started and ended poorly as Thierry Neuville crashed heavily on the first stage and teammate Dani Sordo was forced to retire with a suspected electrical fault.
Round | Rally name | Podium finishers | Statistics | |||||||
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Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Stages | Length | Starters | Finishers | ||
2 | Rally Sweden (5–8 February) — Results and report |
1 | 2 | Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila |
Volkswagen Motorsport (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) |
3:00:31.1 | (24)2a 23 |
(323.54 km)2b 312.22 km |
39 | 30 |
2 | 9 | Andreas Mikkelsen Mikko Markkula |
Volkswagen Motorsport II (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) |
3:01:24.7 | ||||||
3 | 4 | Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson |
Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT (Citroën DS3 WRC) |
3:01:30.6 | ||||||
Round | Rally name | Podium finishers | Statistics | |||||||
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Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Stages | Length | Starters | Finishers | ||
3 | Rally Mexico (6–9 March) — Results and report |
1 | 1 | Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia |
Volkswagen Motorsport (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) |
4:27:41.8 | 21 | 401.77 km | 26 | 23 |
2 | 2 | Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila |
Volkswagen Motorsport (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) |
4:28:54.4 | ||||||
3 | 7 | Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul |
Hyundai Shell World Rally Team (Hyundai i20 WRC) |
4:33:10.4 | ||||||
Round | Rally name | Podium finishers | Statistics | |||||||
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Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Stages | Length | Starters | Finishers | ||
4 | Rally Portugal (3–6 April) — Results and report |
1 | 1 | Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia |
Volkswagen Motorsport (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) |
3:33:20.4 | 16 | 339.46 km | 84 | 60 |
2 | 5 | Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen |
M-Sport WRT (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) |
3:34:03.6 | ||||||
3 | 4 | Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson |
Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT (Citroën DS3 WRC) |
3:34:32.8 | ||||||
WRC leader Sébastien Ogier was the first on the road in the first leg, but his disadvantage was decreased since in the days before the rally it rained, and the Algarve roads were a combination of dry and a little moist tracks, which led to difficulties for drivers to choose the right tire compound. Sébastien Ogier led the rally since Lisbon SSS until the last stage of the first leg (SS7), finishing behind Mikko Hirvonen (1st) and Ott Tänak. In the middle Dani Sordo was in the lead after winning SS2 and SS3 with his Hyundai i20 WRC. In the 2nd leg Sébastien Ogier imposed a demonic pace retaking the lead and quickly pulled out of Mikko Hirvonen. Mads Østberg finished in the podium last place. Dani Sordo after a promising start, retired at the beginning of the last day (due to mechanical when he was heading do start SS14) when he was in overall fourth place. This rally was marked by the high number of crashes between the top drivers: Jari-Matti Latvala, Kris Meeke, Elfyn Evans and Robert Kubica (who would crash again in 2nd leg).
Round | Rally name | Podium finishers | Statistics | |||||||
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Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Stages | Length | Starters | Finishers | ||
5 | Rally Argentina (8–11 May) — Results and report |
1 | 2 | Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila |
Volkswagen Motorsport (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) |
4:41:24.8 | 14 | 405.10 km | 29 | 23 |
2 | 1 | Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia |
Volkswagen Motorsport (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) |
4:42:51.7 | ||||||
3 | 3 | Kris Meeke Paul Nagle |
Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT (Citroën DS3 WRC) |
4:47:19.5 | ||||||
Round | Rally name | Podium finishers | Statistics | |||||||
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Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Stages | Length | Starters | Finishers | ||
6 | Rally Italia Sardegna (6–8 June) — Results and report |
1 | 1 | Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia |
Volkswagen Motorsport (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) |
4:02:37.8 | 17 | 364.54 km | 57 | 39 |
2 | 4 | Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson |
Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT (Citroën DS3 WRC) |
4:04:00.9 | ||||||
3 | 2 | Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila |
Volkswagen Motorsport (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) |
4:04:10.6 | ||||||
Round | Rally name | Podium finishers | Statistics | |||||||
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Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Stages | Length | Starters | Finishers | ||
7 | Rally Poland (27–29 June) — Results and report |
1 | 1 | Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia |
Volkswagen Motorsport (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) |
2:34:02.0 | 24 | 336,64 km | 68 | 52 |
2 | 9 | Andreas Mikkelsen Ola Fløene |
Volkswagen Motorsport II (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) |
2:35:09.7 | ||||||
3 | 7 | Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul |
Hyundai Shell World Rally Team (Hyundai i20 WRC) |
2:36:15.5 | ||||||
Round | Rally name | Podium finishers | Statistics | |||||||
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Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Stages | Length | Starters | Finishers | ||
8 | Rally Finland (1–3 August) — Results and report |
1 | 2 | Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila |
Volkswagen Motorsport (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) |
2:57:23.2 | 26 | 360,94 km | 77 | 54 |
2 | 1 | Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia |
Volkswagen Motorsport (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) |
2:57:26.8 | ||||||
3 | 3 | Kris Meeke Paul Nagle |
Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT (Citroën DS3 WRC) |
2:58:13.8 | ||||||
Round | Rally name | Podium finishers | Statistics | |||||||
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Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Stages | Length | Starters | Finishers | ||
9 | Rallye Deutschland (22–24 August) — Results and report |
1 | 7 | Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul |
Hyundai Shell World Rally Team (Hyundai i20 WRC) |
3:07:20.2 | 18 | 324,31 km | 85 | 63 |
2 | 8 | Dani Sordo Marc Martí |
Hyundai Shell World Rally Team (Hyundai i20 WRC) |
3:08:00.9 | ||||||
3 | 9 | Andreas Mikkelsen Ola Fløene |
Volkswagen Motorsport II (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) |
3:08:18.2 | ||||||
Round | Rally name | Podium finishers | Statistics | |||||||
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Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Stages | Length | Starters | Finishers | ||
10 | Rally Australia (12–14 September) — Results and report |
1 | 1 | Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia |
Volkswagen Motorsport (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) |
2:53:18.0 | 20 | 304,34 km | 27 | 23 |
2 | 2 | Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila |
Volkswagen Motorsport (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) |
2:53:24.8 | ||||||
3 | 9 | Andreas Mikkelsen Ola Fløene |
Volkswagen Motorsport II (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) |
2:54:36.0 | ||||||
Round | Rally name | Podium finishers | Statistics | |||||||
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Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Stages | Length | Starters | Finishers | ||
11 | Rallye de France Alsace (3–5 October) — Results and report |
1 | 2 | Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila |
Volkswagen Motorsport (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) |
2:38:19.1 | 18 | 303,63 km | 91 | 75 |
2 | 9 | Andreas Mikkelsen Ola Fløene |
Volkswagen Motorsport II (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) |
2:39:03.9 | ||||||
3 | 3 | Kris Meeke Paul Nagle |
Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT (Citroën DS3 WRC) |
2:39:24.4 | ||||||
Round | Rally name | Podium finishers | Statistics | |||||||
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Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Stages | Length | Starters | Finishers | ||
12 | Rally de Catalunya (24–26 October) — Results and report |
1 | 1 | Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia |
Volkswagen Motorsport (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) |
3:46:44.6 | 17 | 372,96 km | 65 | 56 |
2 | 2 | Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila |
Volkswagen Motorsport (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) |
3:46:55.9 | ||||||
3 | 5 | Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen |
M-Sport WRT (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) |
3:48:26.8 | ||||||
Round | Rally name | Podium finishers | Statistics | |||||||
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Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Stages | Length | Starters | Finishers | ||
13 | Wales Rally GB (14–16 November) — Results and report |
1 | 1 | Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia |
Volkswagen Motorsport (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) |
3:03:08.2 | 17 | 305,64 km | 63 | 53 |
2 | 5 | Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen |
M-Sport WRT (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) |
3:03:45.8 | ||||||
3 | 4 | Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson |
Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT (Citroën DS3 WRC) |
3:04:11.8 | ||||||
Notes:
Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers. There are also three bonus points awarded to the winner of the Power Stage, two points for second place and one for third.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
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