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Monte Carlo 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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| 532nd WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 1 of 13 |
| Official name: | Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo |
| Edition: | 83rd |
| Date: | from Thursday 22-Jan-2015 to Sunday 25-Jan-2015 |
| Rally HQ: | Monte Carlo; Monaco |
| Clerk of the Course: | Christophe Allgeyer |
| Surface: | Tarmac/snow |
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| Entries: | 96 | |
| Starters: | 94 | |
| Finishers: | 78 | (83.0% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 15 | |
| Shortest: | 10.16 | km | (SS13 Col St Jean - St Lauren 1) |
| Longest: | 51.70 | km | (SS10 Lardier et Valenca - Faye) |
| Slowest: | 80.46 | km/h | (SS1 Entrevaux - Rouaine) |
| Fastest: | 111.69 | km/h | (SS11 Prunieres - Embrun 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 355.48 | km | (25.7% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 335.55 | km | (24.3% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 1,047.60 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,383.15 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 25th win and 36th podium for Sebastien Ogier. |
| Second place was 48th podium for Jari-Matti Latvala. |
| Third place was 6th podium for Andreas Mikkelsen. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 24th win and triple win were 49th to 51st podiums for Volkswagen. |
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Ogier was not shaken by Loeb's lightning start, instead he chose steady approach over difficult stages and struck back later. Behind Ogier, team mates Latvala and Mikkelsen rounded up VW 1-2-3.
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Loeb made one-off appearance in one of his favourite rallies. He was fast initially and led until last stage of second day when he broke suspension. Eventually best Citroen was non-nominated Ostberg.
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Hyundai's were overshadowed by other teams and struggled to find any pace at all. Yet their steady approach paid off and in the end they were 5th and 6th, second best team after VW.
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Both young Ford drivers Evans and Tanak had encouraging start, being 3rd and 4th after SS3. But later their pace slowed and on stage 10 Tanak crashed while Evans lost time with damaged suspension.
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Note on Rally HQ
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Rally had two headquarters, one at Gap, France and another at Monte Carlo, Monaco.
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Related links
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Wales Rally GB 2014
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Rally Sweden 2015
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