2017 Rally Australia Explained

The 2017 Rally Australia (formally the 26. Kennards Hire Rally Australia 2017) was the 13th and final round of the 2017 World Rally Championship. The rally was held over three days between 17 November and 19 November 2017, and was based in Coffs Harbour, Australia. Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul were the rally winners.^[1]

Entry list

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Key Icon Class WRC WRC in WRC Trophy

Classification

Event standings

		Driver		Entrant	Car		Time	Difference
1	5		Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai Motorsport	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC	2:35:44.8	0.0	0.0
2	2	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC	2:36:07.3	+22.5	+22.5
3	4	Hayden Paddon	Sebastian Marshall	Hyundai Motorsport	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC	2:36:43.9	+59.1	+36.6
4	1	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC	2:38:12.5	+2:27.7	+1:28.6
5	3	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC	2:38:50.4	+3:05.6	+37.9
6	11	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	WRC	2:39:34.3	+3:49.5	+43.9
7	9	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën C3 WRC	WRC	2:58:43.2	+22:58.4	+19:08.9
8	68	Nathan Quinn	Ben Searcy	Nathan Quinn	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX		3:00:48.2	+25:03.4	+2:05.0
9	61	Richie Dalton	John Allen	Richie Dalton	Škoda Fabia R5	WRC-2	3:01:24.4	+25:39.6	+36.2
10	71	Dean Herridge	Samuel Hill	Dean Herridge	Subaru Impreza STI		3:05:37.1	+29:52.3	+4:12.7
Source:[3]

Special stages

Day	Stage	Name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Rally Leader
Leg 1	SS1					5:17.2
	SS2					9:56.3
	SS3					12:51.1
	SS4					5:14.0
	SS5					9:48.8
	SS6					12:38.1
	SS7					1:02.4
	SS8					1:00.9
Leg 2	SS9					26:53.6
	SS10					12:10.7
	SS11					1:15.3
	SS12					17:44.8
	SS13					6:42.4
	SS14			Stage cancelled
	SS15					1:02.3
	SS16					1:01.8
Leg 3	SS17					5:23.1
	SS18					16:57.4
	SS19					3:55.5
	SS20			Stage cancelled
	SS21

Notes and References

1. News: Sunday in Australia: Neuville Secures Fourth Win. wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 19 November 2018. 31 October 2018.
2. News: Rally Australia 2017 Entry List. 20 October 2017. 18 November 2017. rallyaustralia.com.au.
3. News: Rally Australia Results. 7 November 2019.