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Rally Poland 2016 counts for:
2016 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2016 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2016 FIA World Rally Championship 2 (for Teams and Drivers)
2016 FIA World Rally Championship 3 (for Teams and Drivers)
2016 FIA Junior WRC Championship for Drivers
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| 551st WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 7 of 14 |
| Official name: | PZM Rally Poland - Rajd Polski |
| Edition: | 73rd |
| Date: | from Thursday 30-Jun-2016 to Sunday 3-Jul-2016 |
| Rally HQ: | Mikolajki, North-East Poland; Poland |
| Clerk of the Course: | Jaroslaw Noworol |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 67 | |
| Starters: | 64 | |
| Finishers: | 48 | (75.0% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 21 | |
| Shortest: | 2.50 | km | (SS1 SSS Mikolajki Arena 1) |
| Longest: | 25.27 | km | (SS14 Stanczyki 2) |
| Slowest: | 84.75 | km/h | (SS1 SSS Mikolajki Arena 1) |
| Fastest: | 128.12 | km/h | (SS8 Swietajno 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 306.10 | km | (24.4% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 306.10 | km | (24.4% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 947.19 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,253.29 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 2nd win and 18th podium for Andreas Mikkelsen. |
| Second place was 3rd podium for Ott Tanak. |
| Third place was 4th podium for Hayden Paddon. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 39th win and 86th podium for Volkswagen. |
| | Second place was 334th podium for Ford. |
| | Third place was 13th podium for Hyundai. |
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Mikkelsen inherited the win after Tanak's puncture. But even before that he had been able to keep Paddon at bay and maintain pressure on Tanak.
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Tanak dominated the rally from stage 8 until almost to the finish but slow puncture on penultimate stage cost him 40 seconds - and his first rally win. Until then, both his and DMack tyres' performance had been astonishing.
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Paddon rounded out the podium of young drivers despite losing most of his advantage over team-mate Neuville in closing stages and hence, almost his position as well.
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Citroen made a rare appearance and this time only with Craig Breen (pictured) and Stephane Lefebvre. Latter scored his first stage win and both finished in top-10.
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Related links
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Sardinia 2016
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Rally Finland 2016
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