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Wales Rally GB 2007 counts for:
2007 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2007 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2007 FIA Production Car World Championship (for drivers)
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| 439th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 16 of 16 |
| Official name: | Wales Rally GB |
| Edition: | 63rd |
| Date: | from Friday 30-Nov-2007 to Sunday 2-Dec-2007 |
| Rally HQ: | Cardiff, Wales; United Kingdom |
| Clerk of the Course: | Fred Gallagher |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 114 | |
| Starters: | 108 | |
| Finishers: | 86 | (79.6% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 17 | |
| Shortest: | 1.10 | km | (SS13 Cardiff) |
| Longest: | 28.89 | km | (SS16 Brechfa 2) |
| Slowest: | 62.07 | km/h | (SS13 Cardiff) |
| Fastest: | 117.17 | km/h | (SS2 Resolfen 1) |
| Planned stage distance: | 359.54 | km | (28.3% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 359.54 | km | (28.3% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 912.40 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,271.94 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 4th win and 19th podium for Mikko Hirvonen. |
| Second place was 61st podium for Marcus Gronholm. |
| Third place was 60th podium for Sebastien Loeb. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 64th win and 1-2 win were 232nd to 233rd podiums for Ford. |
| | Third place was 102nd podium for Citroen. |
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Hirvonen took an early lead in the foggy conditions of the first day and kept his advantage to the end. Note Ford's enormous suspension travel.
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Latvala was closing on Loeb when his windscreen wipers failed on final stage of the first day. After that, he won almost all remaining stages and fought back to 10th.
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Did I already mention the fog? Conditions of the first day were incredible, to say the least.
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Related links
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Rally Ireland 2007
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Monte Carlo 2008
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