2014 Rallye de France-Alsace

Rallye de France — Alsace 2014
*5. Rallye de France-Alsace*
Rallye de France — Alsace 2014; 5. Rallye de France-Alsace
Round 11 of the 2014 World Rally Championship season
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	Jari-Matti Latvala during Rally
Host country	France
Rally base	Strasbourg, France
Dates run	October 3 – October 5, 2014
Stages	18 (303.63 km; 188.67 miles)
Stage surface	Tarmac
Statistics
Crews	91 at start, 75 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Jari-Matti Latvala; Miikka Anttila; Volkswagen Motorsport

The 2014 Rallye de France — Alsace was the eleventh round of the 2014 World Rally Championship season. The event was based in Strasbourg, France, and started on 3 October and finished on 5 October after eighteen special stages, totaling 303.6 competitive kilometres.

Finnish driver Jari-Matti Latvala won the rally for the first time and in doing so became the first non-French driver to win the Strasbourg-based rally since its inception in 2010. It was Latvala's fourth and final victory of the 2014 season. There were no classified WRC-3 competitors as all those who finished were excluded for homologation irregularities. However, they were counted for in the JWRC category.

Entry list

Notable entrants
No.	Entrant	Class	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Tyre
1	Volkswagen Motorsport	WRC	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	M
2	Volkswagen Motorsport	WRC	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	M
3	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	WRC	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën DS3 WRC	M
4	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	WRC	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Citroën DS3 WRC	M
5	M-Sport World Rally Team	WRC	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
6	M-Sport World Rally Team	WRC	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
7	Hyundai Shell World Rally Team	WRC	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 WRC	M
8	Hyundai Shell World Rally Team	WRC	Dani Sordo	Marc Martí	Hyundai i20 WRC	M
9	Volkswagen Motorsport II	WRC	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	M
10	RK M-Sport World Rally Team	WRC	Robert Kubica	Maciek Szczepaniak	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
11	M-Sport World Rally Team	WRC	Dennis Kuipers	Robin Buysmans	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
12	M-Sport World Rally Team	WRC	Yuriy Protasov	Pavlo Cherepin	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
20	Hyundai Motorsport N	WRC	Bryan Bouffier	Xavier Panseri	Hyundai i20 WRC	M
21	Jipocar Czech National Team	WRC	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
22	Julien Maurin	WRC	Julien Maurin	Nicolas Klinger	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	P
32	Pontus Tidemand	WRC-2	Pontus Tidemand	Patrik Barth	Ford Fiesta R5	M
35	Bernardo Sousa	WRC-2	Bernardo Sousa	Hugo Magalhães	Ford Fiesta RRC	P
36	Top Teams by MY Racing	WRC-2	Sébastien Chardonnet	Thibault de la Haye	Citroën DS3 R5	M
38	Jourdan Serderidis	WRC-2	Jourdan Serderidis	Frédéric Miclotte	Ford Fiesta R5	M
39	Quentin Gilbert	WRC-2	Quentin Gilbert	Renaud Jamoul	Ford Fiesta R5	P
40	C-Rally	WRC-2	Jarosław Kołtun	Ireneusz Pleskot	Ford Fiesta R5	M
42	Top Run Srl	WRC-2	Johan Heloïse	Roberto Mometti	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	P
49	Martin McCormack	WRC-2	Martin McCormack	James Morgan	Ford Fiesta R5	H
52	Simone Tempestini	WRC-3 JWRC	Simone Tempestini	Dorin Pulpea	Citroën DS3 R3T	M
53	Aron Domzala	WRC-3 JWRC	Aron Domzala	Szymon Gospodarczyk	Citroën DS3 R3T	M
55	Quentin Giordano	WRC-3 JWRC	Quentin Giordano	Valentin Sarreaud	Citroën DS3 R3T	M
56	Styllex Slovak National Team	WRC-3 JWRC	Martin Koči	Lukáš Kosta	Citroën DS3 R3T	M
57	Stéphane Lefebvre	WRC-3 JWRC	Stéphane Lefebvre	Thomas Dubois	Citroën DS3 R3T	M
62	Alastair Fisher	WRC-3 JWRC	Alastair Fisher	Gordon Noble	Citroën DS3 R3T	M
63	Wurmbrand Racing Team	WRC-3 JWRC	Kornél Lukács	Márk Mesterházi	Citroën DS3 R3T	M
68	Rallye Jeunes FFSA	WRC-3 JWRC	Eric Camilli	Maxime Vilmot	Citroën DS3 R3T	M
69	Frédéric Hauswald	WRC-3 JWRC	Frédéric Hauswald	Olivier Ural	Citroën DS3 R3T	M
70	Rallye Jeunes FFSA	WRC-3 JWRC	Yohan Rossel	Benoît Fulcrand	Citroën DS3 R3T	M
71	Alain Pyrame	WRC-3	Alain Pyrame	Vincent Varetz	Renault Clio RS R3T	P
73	Armando Pereira	WRC	Armando Pereira	Damien Augustin	Citroën DS3 WRC	M

Icon	Class
WRC	WRC entries eligible to score manufacturer points
WRC	Major entry ineligible to score manufacturer points
WRC-2	Registered to take part in WRC-2 championship
WRC-3	Registered to take part in WRC-3 championship
JWRC	Registered to take part in Junior World Rally championship

Results

Event standings

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Class	Time	Difference	Points
Overall classification
1	2	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	2:38:19.1	0.0	26
2	9	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	Volkswagen Motorsport II	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	2:39:03.9	+44.8	18
3	3	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	2:39:24.4	+1:05.3	15
4	8	Dani Sordo	Marc Martí	Hyundai Shell World Rally Team	Hyundai i20 WRC	WRC	2:40:07.8	+1:48.7	12
5	5	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	2:40:19.8	+2:00.7	10
6	6	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	2:41:19.9	+3:00.8	10
7	4	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	2:41:21.6	+3:02.5	6
8	7	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai Shell World Rally Team	Hyundai i20 WRC	WRC	2:42:27.5	+4:08.4	4
9	20	Bryan Bouffier	Xavier Panseri	Hyundai Motorsport N	Hyundai i20 WRC	WRC	2:42:32.0	+4:12.9	2
10	21	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Jipocar Czech National Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	2:44:26.6	+6:07.5	1
13	1	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	2:46:55.2	+8:36.1	3
WRC-2 standings
1 (15.)	39	Quentin Gilbert	Renaud Jamoul	Quentin Gilbert	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	2:48:56.8	0.0	25
2 (17.)	35	Bernardo Sousa	Hugo Magalhães	Bernardo Sousa	Ford Fiesta RRC	WRC-2	2:49:04.9	+8.1	18
3 (18.)	36	Sébastien Chardonnet	Thibault de la Haye	Top Teams by MY Racing	Citroën DS3 R5	WRC-2	2:51:04.1	+2:07.3	15
4 (23.)	32	Pontus Tidemand	Patrik Barth	Pontus Tidemand	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	3:04:32.1	+15:35.3	12
5 (40.)	40	Jarosław Kołtun	Ireneusz Pleskot	C-Rally	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	3:18:24.1	+29:27.3	10
6 (42.)	42	Johan Heloïse	Roberto Mometti	Top Run Srl	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	WRC-2	3:20:33.5	+31:36.7	8
7 (53.)	38	Jourdan Serderidis	Frédéric Miclotte	Jourdan Serderidis	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	3:32:37.9	+43:41.1	6
JWRC standings
1	62	Alastair Fisher	Gordon Noble	Alastair Fisher	Citroën DS3 R3T	JWRC	2:57:06.5	0.0	25
2	68	Eric Camilli	Maxime Vilmot	Rallye Jeunes FFSA	Citroën DS3 R3T	JWRC	2:57:57.4	+50.9	18
3	55	Quentin Giordano	Valentin Sarreaud	Quentin Giordano	Citroën DS3 R3T	JWRC	2:58:27.5	+1:21.0	15
4	57	Stéphane Lefebvre	Thomas Dubois	Stéphane Lefebvre	Citroën DS3 R3T	JWRC	2:58:48.5	+1:42.0	12
5	70	Yohan Rossel	Benoît Fulcrand	Rallye Jeunes FFSA	Citroën DS3 R3T	JWRC	3:00:15.3	+3:08.8	10
6	53	Aron Domzala	Szymon Gospodarczyk	Arom Domzala	Citroën DS3 R3T	JWRC	3:14:11.6	+17:05.1	8
7	57	Martin Koči	Lukáš Kostka	Styllex Slovak National Team	Citroën DS3 R3T	JWRC	3:14:23.3	+17:16.8	6
Source: [1]

Special stages

Day	Stage	Name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Rally leader
Leg 1 (3 Oct)	SS1	Col de la Charbonnière 1	11.11 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	5:34.9	Jari-Matti Latvala
	SS2	Vosges - Pays d'Ormont 1	34.34 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	18:33.5	Andreas Mikkelsen
	SS3	Pays de Salm 1	9.59 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	4:54.6	Jari-Matti Latvala
	SS4	Col de la Charbonnière 2	11.11 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	5:35.3
	SS5	Vosges - Pays d'Ormont 2	34.34 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	18:31.5
	SS6	Pays de Salm 2	9.59 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	4:53.2
	SS7	Strasbourg	4.67 km	Dani Sordo Andreas Mikkelsen	Hyundai i20 WRC Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3:35.3
Leg 2 (4 Oct)	SS8	Valée de Munster 1	18.90 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	9:13.1
	SS9	Soultzeren - Le Grand Hohnack 1	19.93 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	9:33.4
	SS10	Pays Welche - Riquewihr 1	21.49 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	12:04.7
	SS11	Valée de Munster 2	18.90 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	9:06.9
	SS12	Soultzeren - Le Grand Hohnack 2	19.93 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	9:31.4
	SS13	Pays Welche - Riquewihr 2	21.49 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	11:56.9
	SS14	Mulhouse	4.86 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3:22.8
Leg 3 (5 Oct)	SS15	Foret de la Petite - Pierre 1	12.33 km	Robert Kubica	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	6:10.5
	SS16	Foret de Saverne 1	19.36 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	9:26.9
	SS17	Foret de la Petite - Pierre 2	12.33 km	Mads Østberg	Citroën DS3 WRC	6:07.2
	SS18	Foret de Saverne 2 (Power Stage)	19.36 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	9:20.8

Power Stage

The "Power stage" was a 19.36 km (12.03 mi) stage at the end of the rally.

Pos	Driver	Car	Time	Diff.	Pts
1	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	9:20.8	0.0	3
2	Elfyn Evans	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	9:30.3	+9.5	2
3	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	9:33.7	+12.9	1

Standings after the rally

WRC

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Sebastien Ogier	217
2	Jari-Matti Latvala	190
3	Andreas Mikkelsen	143
4	Mikko Hirvonen	93
5	Thierry Neuville	83

Manufacturers' Championship standings

Pos.	Manufacturer	Points
1	Volkswagen Motorsport	373
2	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	175
3	M-Sport World Rally Team	164
4	Hyundai Shell World Rally Team	157
5	Volkswagen Motorsport II	127

Other

WRC2 Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Lorenzo Bertelli	93
2	Yuriy Protasov	90
3	Jari Ketomaa	90
4	Nasser Al-Attiyah	85
5	Ott Tänak	78

WRC3 Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Stéphane Lefebvre	79
2	Christian Riedemann	46
3	Quentin Giordano	46
4	Martin Koči	45
5	Alastair Fisher	40

Junior WRC Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Stéphane Lefebvre	93
2	Alastair Fisher	67
3	Quentin Giordano	64
4	Martin Koči	52
5	Christian Riedemann	46

References