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Rally Poland 2014 counts for:
2014 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2014 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2014 FIA World Rally Championship 2 (for Teams and Drivers)
2014 FIA World Rally Championship 3 (for Teams and Drivers)
2014 FIA Junior WRC Championship for Drivers
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| 525th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 7 of 13 |
| Official name: | Lotos Rally Poland - Rajd Polski |
| Edition: | 71st |
| Date: | from Thursday 26-Jun-2014 to Sunday 29-Jun-2014 |
| Rally HQ: | Mikolajki, North-East Poland; Poland |
| Clerk of the Course: | Jaroslaw Noworol |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 71 | |
| Starters: | 68 | |
| Finishers: | 52 | (76.5% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 24 | |
| Shortest: | 2.50 | km | (SS3 SSS Mikolajki Arena 1) |
| Longest: | 35.17 | km | (SS19 Goldap 2) |
| Slowest: | 82.72 | km/h | (SS20 SSS Mikolajki Arena 3) |
| Fastest: | 136.88 | km/h | (SS9 Wieliczki 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 335.10 | km | (20.8% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 304.21 | km | (18.9% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 1,308.86 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,613.07 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 21st win and 31st podium for Sebastien Ogier. |
| Second place was 2nd podium for Andreas Mikkelsen. |
| Third place was 9th podium for Thierry Neuville. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 18th win and 1-2 win were 36th to 37th podiums for Volkswagen. |
| | Third place was 2nd podium for Hyundai. |
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This time road conditions did not hamper Ogier and he was on speed from the word go. Surprisingly he did not pull away immediately but had a tight battle with Mikkelsen.
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Is it my turn to win, yet? Unfortunately no, Mikkelsen led rally in four separate occasions but eventually his battle with Ogier was in vain and Andreas finished second.
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Neuville was as low as 10th at the end of second day but climbed to third overall during next - the longest - day after persistent drive and problems for other drivers.
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Related links
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Sardinia 2014
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Rally Finland 2014
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