Host country New Zealand Stage surface Gravel | Rally base Hamilton, New Zealand | |
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Dates run 31 August – 2 September 2007 Stages 18 (353.56 km; 219.69 mi) Overall distance 1,255.98 km (780.43 mi) | ||
The 2007 Rally New Zealand (37th Propecia Rally New Zealand), 11th round of 2007 World Rally Championship, was run on 31 August - 2 September. After a tight battle for three days, Marcus Grönholm beat Sébastien Loeb for the win by 0.3 seconds, making it the second closest finish in WRC history (after 2011 Jordan Rally's 0.2s). This was the closest finish in the history of the World Rally Championship. The previous record was held by the 1998 Rally de Portugal, in which Colin McRae took the win 2.1 seconds ahead of Carlos Sainz.
References
2007 Rally New Zealand Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA