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2007 Rally Finland 57th Neste Oil Rally Finland
Round 9 of the 2007 World Rally Championship ← Previous event Next event →
Celebrations on the podium.
Host country	Finland
Rally base	Jyväskylä, Finland
Dates run	August 2 – 5 2007
Stages	23 (360.34 km; 223.90 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Overall distance	1,375.15 km (854.48 miles)
Statistics
Crews	97 at start, 70 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Marcus Grönholm BP Ford World Rally Team

The 57th Neste Oil Rally Finland was the 9th round of the 2007 World Rally Championship. It was run on 2–5 August 2007 and based in Jyväskylä, Finland.

Results

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
WRC
1.	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Ford Focus RS WRC 07	2:57:26.1	0.0	10
2.	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC 07	2:57:50.3	24.2	8
3.	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	2:58:36.0	1:09.9	6
4.	Chris Atkinson	Stéphane Prévot	Subaru Impreza WRC 07	3:00:28.9	3:02.8	5
5.	Henning Solberg	Cato Menkerud	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:01:55.5	4:29.4	4
6.	Xavier Pons	Xavier Amigo	Subaru Impreza WRC	3:04:26.6	7:00.5	3
7.	Urmo Aava	Kuldar Sikk	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC05	3:05:05.7	7:39.6	2
8.	Mads Østberg	Ole Kristian Unnerud	Subaru Impreza WRC	3:06:58.0	9:31.9	1
JRC
1. (18.)	Patrik Sandell	Emil Axelsson	Renault Clio R3	3:25:14.5	0.0	10
2. (19.)	Kalle Pinomäki	Tuomo Nikkola	Renault Clio R3	3:26:33.6	1:19.1	8
3. (22.)	Michał Kościuszko	Maciej Szczepaniak	Renault Clio S1600	3:29:28.2	4:13.7	6
4. (23.)	Conrad Rautenbach	David Senior	Citroën C2 S1600	3:29:46.3	4:31.8	5
5. (25.)	Tapio Suominen	Jarno Ottman	Suzuki Swift S1600	3:31:00.9	5:46.4	4
6. (30.)	Vilius Rožukas	Audrius Šošas	Suzuki Swift S1600	3:34:29.0	9:14.5	3
7. (32.)	Alessandro Bettega	Simone Scattolin	Ford Fiesta S1600	3:37:43.0	12:28.5	2
8. (33.)	Yoann Bonato	Benjamin Boulloud	Citroën C2 R2	3:38:20.3	13:05.8	1
				— Drivers using SupeRally

Retirements

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (July 2012)

• Kristian Sohlberg - rolled (SS2);
• Jari-Matti Latvala - went off the road - damaged rollcage (SS7);
• Manfred Stohl - rolled (SS13)
• Gareth Jones - went off the road (SS13)
• Juho Hänninen - mechanical (SS14)
• Daniel Sordo - engine failure (SS15)
• Petter Solberg - steering problems (SS15/16)
• Jan Kopecký - went off the road (SS21)

Special Stages

Leg	Stage	Time (EEST)	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
1 (2/3 Aug)	SS1	20:00	Killeri 1	2.50 km	C. Atkinson	1:20.6	111.66 km/h	C. Atkinson
	SS2	07:54	Vellipohja 1	17.20 km	J. Latvala	8:18.7	124.16 km/h	J. Latvala
	SS3	08:50	Mökkiperä 1	13.72 km	M. Grönholm	6:47.5	121.21 km/h	M. Grönholm
	SS4	09:29	Palsankylä 1	13.31 km	M. Hirvonen	6:47.4	117.61 km/h	M. Hirvonen
	SS5	12:06	Vellipohja 2	17.20 km	M. Grönholm	8:10.1	126.34 km/h	M. Grönholm
	SS6	13:02	Mökkiperä 2	13.72 km	M. Hirvonen M. Grönholm	6:42.7	122.65 km/h
	SS7	13:41	Palsankylä 2	13.31 km	M. Grönholm	6:36.1	120.97 km/h
	SS8	16:21	Urria	9.96 km	M. Grönholm	4:36.6	129.63 km/h
	SS9	16:51	Lautaperä	8.69 km	M. Grönholm	3:56.7	132.17 km/h
	SS10	17:29	Jukojärvi	22.25 km	M. Grönholm	10:35.6	126.02 km/h
	SS11	20:00	Killeri 2	2.50 km	M. Grönholm	1:20.7	111.52 km/h
2 (4 Aug)	SS12	07:17	Kaipolanvuori	13.46 km	S. Loeb	6:53.4	117.21 km/h
	SS13	08:30	Juupajoki	22.13 km	M. Grönholm	11:19.3	117.28 km/h
	SS14	09:14	Ouninpohja 1	33.00 km	M. Grönholm	15:35.3	127.02 km/h
	SS15	12:15	Leustu	21.27 km	M. Grönholm	10:12.6	124.99 km/h
	SS16	13:24	Ouninpohja 2	33.00 km	M. Grönholm	15:19.8	129.16 km/h
	SS17	15:10	Ehikki 1	14.88 km	M. Grönholm	6:52.2	129.96 km/h
	SS18	16:23	Himos	18.55 km	M. Grönholm	10:09.8	109.51 km/h
	SS19	17:19	Ehikki 2	14.88 km	M. Hirvonen	6:47.4	131.49 km/h
	SS20	17:54	Surkee	14.89 km	M. Hirvonen	8:13.6	108.6 km/h
3 (5 Aug)	SS21	10:15	Valkola	10.38 km	M. Grönholm	5:35.9	111.25 km/h
	SS22	11:07	Lankamaa	22.82 km	M. Grönholm	11:07.2	123.13 km/h
	SS23	12:22	Ruuhimäki	7.53 km	M. Grönholm	3:57.8	113.99 km/h

Championship standings after the event

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver MON SWE NOR MEX POR ARG ITA GRC FIN GER NZL ESP FRA JPN IRL GBR  Pts  1 Marcus Grönholm 3 1 2 2 4 2 1 1 1 75 2 Sébastien Loeb 1 2 14 1 1 1 Ret 2 3 62 3 Mikko Hirvonen 5 3 1 3 5 3 2 4 2 57 4 Dani Sordo 2 12 25 4 3 6 3 24 Ret 28 Henning Solberg 14 4 3 9 11 5 4 5 5 28 6 Petter Solberg 6 Ret 4 Ret 2 Ret 5 3 Ret 26 7 Chris Atkinson 4 8 19 5 Ret 7 10 6 4 20 8 Jari-Matti Latvala Ret Ret 5 7 8 4 9 12 Ret 12 9 Daniel Carlsson 5 7 6 Ret 9 Manfred Stohl 10 7 12 6 10 8 7 8 Ret 9 11 Toni Gardemeister 7 6 Ret DSQ 6 8 12 Gigi Galli 13 6 7 5 13 Jan Kopecký 8 10 8 22 Ret 7 Ret 4 14 Xavier Pons 25 Ret 16 6 3 15 Urmo Aava 28 15 13 14 7 2 16 Matthew Wilson 12 Ret 26 8 12 30 12 10 10 1 Juho Hänninen DSQ 17 11 8 Ret Ret 1 Mads Østberg 9 37 Ret Ret 8 1 Pos Driver MON SWE NOR MEX POR ARG ITA GRC FIN GER NZL ESP FRA JPN IRL GBR  Pts

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

Manufacturers' championship

Rank	Manufacturer	Event																Total points
		MON	SWE	NOR	MEX	POR	ARG	ITA	GRC	FIN	GER	NZL	ESP	FRA	JPN	IRL	GBR
1	BP Ford World Rally Team	10	16	18	14	9	14	18	15	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	132
2	Citroën Total World Rally Team	18	9	1	15	16	13	6	8	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	92
3	Subaru World Rally Team	8	2	5	4	8	2	5	9	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	48
4	Stobart VK M-Sport Ford	1	5	10	3	2	9	7	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	45
5	OMV Kronos	2	7	5	3	4	1	3	2	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	27
6	Munchi's Ford World Rally Team		0		0		0	0	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6

External links

• Results on official site - WRC.com
• Results on eWRC-results.com
• Results on RallyBase.nl

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