2017 Rally Australia

2017 Rally Australia 26. Kennards Hire Rally Australia 2017
Round 13 of the 2017 World Rally Championship ← Previous event
Top 3 crews on the podium
Host country	Australia
Rally base	Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
Dates run	17 – 19 November 2017
Stages	21 (318.16 km; 197.70 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Results
Overall winner	Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul Hyundai Motorsport
Crews	33 at start, 25 at finish

The 2017 Rally Australia (formally the 26. Kennards Hire Rally Australia 2017) was the 13th and final round of the 2017 World Rally Championship. The rally was held over three days between 17 November and 19 November 2017, and was based in Coffs Harbour, Australia. Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul were the rally winners.^[1]

Entry list[]

Notable entrants No. Entrant Class Driver Co-driver Car Tyre 1 M-Sport World Rally Team WRC Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Ford Fiesta WRC M 2 M-Sport World Rally Team WRC Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Ford Fiesta WRC M 3 M-Sport World Rally Team WRC Elfyn Evans Daniel Barritt Ford Fiesta WRC D 4 Hyundai Motorsport WRC Hayden Paddon Sebastian Marshall Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC M 5 Hyundai Motorsport WRC Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC M 6 Hyundai Motorsport WRC Andreas Mikkelsen Anders Jæger Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC M 7 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT WRC Stéphane Lefebvre Citroën C3 WRC M 8 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT WRC Craig Breen Scott Martin Citroën C3 WRC M 9 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT WRC Kris Meeke Paul Nagle Citroën C3 WRC M 10 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT WRC Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila Toyota Yaris WRC M 11 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT WRC Esapekka Lappi Janne Ferm Toyota Yaris WRC M 21 Jourdan Serderidis WRC Jourdan Serderidis Citroën DS3 WRC M 31 Kalle Rovanperä WRC-2 Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Ford Fiesta R5 M Source:[2]

Key Icon Class WRC WRC entries eligible to score manufacturer points WRC Registered to score points in WRC Trophy WRC-2 Registered to take part in WRC-2 championship

Classification[]

Event standings[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Class	Time	Difference
								to 1st	to prev.
1	5	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai Motorsport	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC	2:35:44.8	0.0	0.0
2	2	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC	2:36:07.3	+22.5	+22.5
3	4	Hayden Paddon	Sebastian Marshall	Hyundai Motorsport	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC	2:36:43.9	+59.1	+36.6
4	1	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC	2:38:12.5	+2:27.7	+1:28.6
5	3	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC	2:38:50.4	+3:05.6	+37.9
6	11	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	WRC	2:39:34.3	+3:49.5	+43.9
7	9	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën C3 WRC	WRC	2:58:43.2	+22:58.4	+19:08.9
8	68	Nathan Quinn	Ben Searcy	Nathan Quinn	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	N/A	3:00:48.2	+25:03.4	+2:05.0
9	61	Richie Dalton	John Allen	Richie Dalton	Škoda Fabia R5	WRC-2	3:01:24.4	+25:39.6	+36.2
10	71	Dean Herridge	Samuel Hill	Dean Herridge	Subaru Impreza STI	N/A	3:05:37.1	+29:52.3	+4:12.7
Source:[3]

Special stages[]

Day	Stage	Name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Rally Leader
Leg 1	SS1	Pilbara 1	9.71 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	5:17.2	Andreas Mikkelsen
	SS2	Eastbank 1	18.92 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	9:56.3
	SS3	Sherwood 1	26.59 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	12:51.1
	SS4	Pilbara 2	9.71 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	5:14.0
	SS5	Eastbank 2	18.92 km	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	9:48.8
	SS6	Sherwood 2	26.59 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	12:38.1
	SS7	SSS Destination NSW 1	1.27 km	Ott Tänak Thierry Neuville	Ford Fiesta WRC Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	1:02.4
	SS8	SSS Destination NSW 2	1.27 km	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	1:00.9
Leg 2	SS9	Nambucca	48.89 km	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	26:53.6
	SS10	Newry 1	20.86 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Toyota Yaris WRC	12:10.7	Thierry Neuville
	SS11	SSS Raceway	1.37 km	Ott Tänak	Ford Fiesta WRC	1:15.3
	SS12	Welshs Creek	33.49 km	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	17:44.8
	SS13	Argents Hill	12.33 km	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	6:42.4
	SS14	Newry 2	20.86 km	Stage cancelled
	SS15	SSS Destination NSW 3	1.27 km	Thierry Neuville Craig Breen	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC Citroën C3 WRC	1:02.3	Thierry Neuville
	SS16	SSS Destination NSW 4	1.27 km	Ott Tänak	Ford Fiesta WRC	1:01.8
Leg 3	SS17	Pilbara Reverse 1	10.03 km	Elfyn Evans	Ford Fiesta WRC	5:23.1
	SS18	Bucca	31.90 km	Hayden Paddon	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	16:57.4
	SS19	Wedding Bells 1	6.44 km	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	3:55.5
	SS20	Pilbara Reverse 2	10.03 km	Stage cancelled
	SS21	Wedding Bells 2 [Power Stage]	6.44 km	Sébastien Ogier	Ford Fiesta WRC	3:32.6	Thierry Neuville

Power Stage[]

The Power Stage was a 10.12 km (6.3 mi) stage at the end of the rally.

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Diff.	Pts.
1	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Ford Fiesta WRC	3:32.6		5
2	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	Ford Fiesta WRC	3:32.7	+0.1	4
3	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Toyota Yaris WRC	3:34.3	+1.6	3
4	Andreas Mikkelsen	Anders Jæger	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	3:34.7	+2.1	2
5	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën C3 WRC	3:35.1	+2.5	1

Championship standings after the rally[]

• Bold text indicates 2017 World Champions.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Sébastien Ogier 232 2 Thierry Neuville 208 3 Ott Tänak 191 4 Jari-Matti Latvala 136 5 Elfyn Evans 128

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos. Manufacturer Points 1 M-Sport World Rally Team 428 2 Hyundai Motorsport 345 3 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 251 4 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT 218

References[]

• 26. Kennards Hire Rally Australia 2017 ewrc-results.com

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2017 Rally Australia.

• The official website of the World Rally Championship