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Standing
BEFORE Rally:
1
Gronholm, Peugeot, 21 points
2
Panizzi, Peugeot, 20 points
3
Burns, Peugeot, 13 points
4
Makinen, Subaru, 10 points
=4
Sainz, Ford, 10 points
6
Loeb, Citroen, 6 points
=6
Rovanpera, Peugeot, 6 points
8
McRae, Ford, 5 points
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CYPRUS WORLD RALLY
(30TH; 3RD YEAR IN WRC)
FINAL
LEG, SUNDAY, APRIL 20:
GRONHOLM
WINS
AFTER FORDS SUFFER POWER
STEERING PROBLEM
- Marcus Gronholm/Peugeot
took over the lead from McRae in SS16. All 4 Ford cars driven by Colin McRae,
Carlos Sainz, Markko Martin and privateer Touhino had power steering fault.
- McRae and Martin both rolled
their cars in SS16; McRae lost 47 seconds and eventually finished 6th.
- world champion Richard
Burns finished 2nd; Makinen 3rd
- this is Peugeot's 4th consecutive
1, 2 finish which gives it a commanding lead in the manufacturer standing
LEG
2, SATURDAY, APRIL 19: HEAVY RAIN, HAIL, THUNDERSTORM
COLIN McRAE LEADS
- heavy rain, hail and storm
tuned the second day into muddy treacherous condition which forced cancellation
of the last stage
- Colin McRae led all day
and extended his lead over Gronholm from about 7 seconds after Day 1 to over 26
seconds
- 4 world rally champions
are front runners with Colin McRae (95 world champion) leading from Gronholm(2000
champion), Makinen(96-99 world champion, and the current world champion Richard
Burns
- Stage 14 cancelled due
to dangerus road condition caused by heavy storm
- 21 year old Francois Duval/Ford
Focus retired due to failing oil pressure
- 1 COLIN McRAE,
FORD FOCUS
- 2 MARCUS GRONHOLM,
PEUGEOT 206 +26.2s
- 3 TOMMI MAKINEN,
SUBARU IMPREZA
- 4 RICHARD BURNS,
PEUGEOT 206
- OUT: DUVAL, A
McRAE, F LOIX, J PAASONEN
LEG
1, FRIDAY, APRIL 19: SUNNY,
CLEAR SKIES
McRAE / FORD LEADS
- After 6 stages, Ford dominates
top 6 places; each of the 3 Ford drivers had stage wins
- 1 COLIN McRAE,
FORD FOCUS
- 2 MARCUS GRONHOLM,
PEUGEOT 206 +6.7s
- 3 MARKKO MARTIN,
FORD FOCUS
- 4 FRANCOIS DUVAL,
FORD FOCUS
- 5 TOMMI MAKINEN,
SUBARU IMPREZA
- 6 K ERIKSSON,
SKODA
- 2001 winner: Colin McRae
/ Grist, Ford Focus
- 2000 winner: Carlos Sainz
/ Moya, Ford Focus
- SURFACE: rough broken gravel
- TERRAIN: tight twisty mountain
stages
Peugeot has dominated the world
rally so far this year by winning the last 3. Top 3 places in the championship
standing are all Peugeot drivers led by 2000 champion Marcus Gronholm followed
by asphalt specialist Gilles Panizzi then the reigning champion Richard Burns.
ADDITIONAL DRIVERS RACING
IN CYPRUS:
- world champion Juha Kankkunnen
will drive Hyundai
- Jani Paasonen will drive
Mitsubishi
CITROEN WILL MISS CYPRUS
- to concentrate on testing
LAST
YEAR IN CYPRUS: Peugeots failed score any points while Ford Focus finished
1st and 3rd.
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LEG
3 RESULT
8
special stages
SS15-SS22
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Sunday, APRIL 21, 2002:
after SS19
- 1 MARCUS GRONHOLM, PEUGEOT
206
- 2 RICHARD BURNS, PEUGEOT
+56.8s
- 3 TOMMI MAKINEN, SUBARU
IMPREZA +59s
- 4 HARRI ROVANPERA, PEUGEOT
+1m 18s
- 5 PETTER SOLBERG, SUBARU
+2m 17s
- 6 COLIN McRAE, FORD FOCUS
+2m 45s
- 7 ARMON SWARTZ, HYUNDAI
- 8 MARKKO MARTIN, FORD FOCUS
- 9 KENNETH ERIKSSON, SKODA
- 10 GILLES PANIZZI, PEUGEOT
- INCIDENTS:
- Colin McRae rolled his
Ford
- Markko Martin
- rolled his Ford
- Petter Solberg rolled his
Subaru
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LEG
2 RESULT
6
special stages
SS7-SS14
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Saturday APRIL 20, 2002:
SS14 CANCELLED
DUE TO POOR ROAD CONDITION
- 1 COLIN McRAE, FORD FOCUS
- 2 MARCUS GRONHOLM, PEUGEOT
206 +26.2s
- 3 TOMMI MAKINEN, SUBARU
IMPREZA +1m 44s
- 4 RICHARD BURNS, PEUGEOT
+1m 55s
- 5 HARRI ROVANPERA, PEUGEOT
+2m 4s
- 6 MARKKO MARTIN, FORD FOCU
+2m 14s
- 7 KENNETH ERIKSSON, SKODA
- 8 PETTER SOLBERG, SUBARU
- 9 ARMON SWARTZ, HYUNDAI
- 10 STOHL,
FORD
- OUT: DUVAL, LOIX, A McRAE
- GROUP N
LEADER: Karamjit, Proton
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LEG
1 RESULT
6special
stages
SS1-SS6
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Friday APRIL 19, 2002:
FINAL AFTER 6 STAGES
- 1 COLIN McRAE, FORD FOCUS
- 2 MARCUS GRONHOLM, PEUGEOT
206 +6.9s
- 3 MARKKO MARTIN, FORD FOCUS
+14s
- 4 FRANCOIS DUVAL, FORD
FOCUS +16.9s
- 5 TOMMI MAKINEN, SUBARU
IMPREZA +32.5s
- 6 KENNETH ERIKSSON, SKODA
+54.7s
- 7 FREDDY LOIX, HYUNDAI
ACCENT
- 8 HARRI ROVANPERA, PEUGEOT
- 9 RICHARD BURNS, PEUGEOT
- 10 ARMON SWARTZ, HYUNDAI
- INCIDENTS:
- Carlos Sainz/Ford damaged
his drive shaft in SS1 and lost time;
- Gilles Panizzi rolled his
Peugeot in SS3 and lost about 4 minutes
- Juha Kankkunen/Hyundai
retired with sump damage in SS5
- Petter Solberg/Subaru damaged
differential and lost time
- GROUP N
LEADER: Manfrinato,
Mitsubishi Lancer
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