2017 Wales Rally GB

2017 Wales Rally GB
*73. Dayinsure Wales Rally GB 2017*
2017 Wales Rally GB; 73. Dayinsure Wales Rally GB 2017
Round 12 of the 2017 World Rally Championship
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Host country	United Kingdom
Rally base	Deeside
Dates run	26 – 29 October 2017
Stages	21 (304.36 km; 189.12 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Results
Overall winner	Elfyn Evans; Daniel Barritt; M-Sport World Rally Team
Crews	75 at start, 65 at finish

The 2017 Wales Rally (formally the 73. Dayinsure Wales Rally GB) was the 12th round of the 2017 World Rally Championship. The rally was being held over four days between 26 October and 29 October 2017, and was based in Deeside, United Kingdom. Britons Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt won the rally on their home soil, which marked their first success in the WRC.^[1]

Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia finished the rally in third position which was enough to seal the drivers' title.^[2] M-Sport secured their first manufacturers' championship as a private team and its first since winning with Ford in 2007.^[3]

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	Khalid Al Qassimi	Chris Patterson	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	Juho Hänninen	Kaj Lindström	Toyota Yaris WRC	M
12	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	WRC	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Toyota Yaris WRC	M
14	M-Sport World Rally Team	WRC	Mads Østberg	Emil Axelsson	Ford Fiesta WRC	M
15	Jourdan Serderidis	WRC	Jourdan Serderidis		Citroën DS3 WRC	M
16	Hyundai Motorsport	WRC	Dani Sordo	Marc Martí	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	M
20	Yazeed Racing	WRC	Yazeed Al-Rajhi		Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
86		WRC			Ford Fiesta RS WRC	P
Source:^[4]

Key
Icon	Class
WRC	WRC entries eligible to score manufacturer points
WRC	Major entry ineligible to score manufacturer points
WRC	Registered to score points in WRC Trophy
WRC-2	Registered to take part in WRC-2 championship
WRC-3	Registered to take part in WRC-3 championship

Classification[]

Event standings[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Class	Time	Difference	Points
Overall classification
1	3	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC	2:57:00.6	0.0	25
2	5	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai Motorsport	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC	2:57:37.9	+37.3	23
3	1	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC	2:57:45.8	+45.2	17
4	6	Andreas Mikkelsen	Anders Jæger	Hyundai Motorsport	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC	2:57:50.4	+49.8	13
5	10	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	WRC	2:57:50.9	+50.3	13
6	2	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC	2:58:02.9	+1:02.3	8
7	9	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën C3 WRC	WRC	2:58:21.1	+1:20.5	10
8	4	Hayden Paddon	Sebastian Marshall	Hyundai Motorsport	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC	2:59:16.9	+2:16.3	4
9	12	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	WRC	2:59:47.1	+2:46.5	2
10	16	Dani Sordo	Marc Martí	Hyundai Motorsport	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC	3:00:51.1	+3:50.5	1
WRC-2 standings
1 (11.)	31	Pontus Tidemand	Jonas Andersson	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5	WRC-2	3:07:12.2	0.0	25
2 (12.)	32	Eric Camilli	Benjamin Veillas	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	3:09:06.6	+1:54.4	18
3 (13.)	41	Tom Cave			Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	3:09:15.5	+2:03.3	15
Source:^[5]

Special stages[]

Day	Stage	Name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Rally Leader
Leg 1	SS1	Visit Conwy Tir Prince	1.49 km	Sébastien Ogier	Ford Fiesta WRC	1:09.7	Sébastien Ogier
	SS2	Myherin 1	20.28 km	Elfyn Evans	Ford Fiesta WRC	11:01.6	Elfyn Evans
	SS3	Sweet Lamb 1	4.24 km	Ott Tänak	Ford Fiesta WRC	2:44.4
	SS4	Hafren 1	35.14 km	Elfyn Evans	Ford Fiesta WRC	20:25.3
	SS5	Myherin 2	20.28 km	Elfyn Evans	Ford Fiesta WRC	10:52.3
	SS6	Sweet Lamb 2	4.24 km	Sébastien Ogier	Ford Fiesta WRC	2:41.6
	SS7	Hafren 2	35.14 km	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	20:22.3
Leg 2	SS8	Aberhirnant 1	13.91 km	Elfyn Evans	Ford Fiesta WRC	7:30.2
	SS9	Dyfnant 1	17.91 km	Elfyn Evans	Ford Fiesta WRC	10:15.5
	SS10	Gartheiniog 1	12.61 km	Elfyn Evans	Ford Fiesta WRC	7:30.5
	SS11	Dyfi 1	25.86 km	Elfyn Evans	Ford Fiesta WRC	15:02.6
	SS12	Gartheiniog 2	12.61 km	Elfyn Evans	Ford Fiesta WRC	7:35.1
	SS13	Dyfi 2	25.86 km	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	15:21.2
	SS14	Cholmondeley Castle	1.80 km	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	1:07.5
	SS15	Aberhirnant 2	13.91 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Toyota Yaris WRC	7:58.0
	SS16	Dyfnant 2	17.91 km	Elfyn Evans	Ford Fiesta WRC	10:26.1
Leg 3	SS17	Alwen 1	10.41 km	Ott Tänak	Ford Fiesta WRC	5:32.2
	SS18	Brenig 1	6.43 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	4:04.0
	SS19	Gwydir	7.49 km	Thierry Neuville Jari-Matti Latvala	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC Toyota Yaris WRC	4:51.1
	SS20	Alwen 2	10.41 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	5:34.5
	SS21	Brenig 2 [Power Stage]	6.43 km	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	4:01.2

Power Stage[]

The Power Stage was a 6.43 km (4.0 mi) stage at the end of the rally.

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Diff.	Pts.
1	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	4:01.2		5
2	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën C3 WRC	4:02.7	+1.5	4
3	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Yaris WRC	4:02.8	+1.6	3
4	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Ford Fiesta WRC	4:03.1	+1.9	2
5	Andreas Mikkelsen	Anders Jæger	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	4:03.2	+2.0	1

Championship standings after the rally[]

Bold text indicates 2017 World Champions.

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos.	Driver	Points
	1	Sébastien Ogier	215
1	2	Thierry Neuville	183
1	3	Ott Tänak	169
	4	Jari-Matti Latvala	136
1	5	Elfyn Evans	118

Manufacturers' Championship standings

Pos.	Manufacturer	Points
1	M-Sport World Rally Team	398
2	Hyundai Motorsport	305
3	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	241
4	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	210

References[]

^ "Evans: 'Nobody was getting in the way'". wrc.com. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
^ "Ogier seals title". wrc.com. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
^ "Rally GB: Ogier seals title as dominant Evans claims first win". www.autosport.com. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
^ "2017 Wales Rally GB Entry List". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
^ "Final Results Rally Wales 2017". ewrc-results. 29 October 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.

External links[]

[1] "Evans: 'Nobody was getting in the way'". wrc.com. Retrieved 31 October 2017.

[2] "Ogier seals title". wrc.com. Retrieved 31 October 2017.

[3] "Rally GB: Ogier seals title as dominant Evans claims first win". www.autosport.com. Retrieved 24 June 2021.

[Entry_List-4] "2017 Wales Rally GB Entry List". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 October 2017.

[5] "Final Results Rally Wales 2017". ewrc-results. 29 October 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.

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