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Wales Rally GB 2015 counts for:
2015 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2015 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2015 FIA World Rally Championship 2 (for Teams and Drivers)
2015 FIA World Rally Championship 3 (for Teams and Drivers)
2015 FIA Junior WRC Championship for Drivers
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| 544th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 13 of 13 |
| Official name: | Wales Rally GB |
| Edition: | 71st |
| Date: | from Friday 13-Nov-2015 to Sunday 15-Nov-2015 |
| Rally HQ: | Deeside, Wales; United Kingdom |
| Clerk of the Course: | Fred Gallagher |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 79 | |
| Starters: | 69 | |
| Finishers: | 58 | (84.1% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 19 | |
| Shortest: | 2.06 | km | (SS13 Chirk Castle) |
| Longest: | 32.14 | km | (SS4 Hafren 2) |
| Slowest: | 79.49 | km/h | (SS13 Chirk Castle) |
| Fastest: | 108.94 | km/h | (SS17 Alwen) |
| Planned stage distance: | 310.15 | km | (21.1% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 310.15 | km | (21.1% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 1,159.14 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,469.29 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 32nd win and 45th podium for Sebastien Ogier. |
| Second place was 7th podium for Kris Meeke. |
| Third place was 14th podium for Andreas Mikkelsen. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 35th win and win and third place were 73rd to 74th podiums for Volkswagen. |
| | Second place was 235th podium for Citroen. |
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As Latvala went off in second stage, weather conditions became Ogier's primary worry. He had to balance between speed to keep Meeke and Mikkelsen behind and safe driving to get through to finish.
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Meeke finished relatively close to winner but Citroen wanted to finish second in the championship. So especially after Ostberg's misfortunes, Meeke was under pressure to finish and did not pressure Ogier.
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Sordo was promoted to team leader and repaid team with a solid drive. Though not spectacularly fast, his pace kept him close to Citroens and after Ostberg spun off, both Hyundais gained places but unfortunately Citroen still outscored them
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Home event for Elfyn Evans did not translate to speed. Puncture on first day deflated not only the tyre but also young man's spirit.
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Related links
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Rally Catalunya 2015
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Monte Carlo 2016
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