2007 Rally de Portugal

2007 Rally de Portugal
41º Vodafone Rally de Portugal
Round 5 of the 2007 World Rally Championship
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Eventual winner Sébastien Loeb during the rally.
Host country Portugal
Rally baseFaro, Portugal
Dates runMarch 29 – April 1, 2007
Stages18 (357.1 km; 221.9 miles)
Stage surfaceGravel
Overall distance1,009.31 km (627.16 miles)
Statistics
Crews80 at start, 61 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerFrance Sébastien Loeb
France Citroën Total World Rally Team

The 2007 Vodafone Rally de Portugal was the 41st Rally de Portugal and the fifth round of the 2007 World Rally Championship season. It took place between March 30–April 1, 2007 and consisted of 18 special stages. 61 drivers finished the rally and the winner was Citroën's Sébastien Loeb, followed by Subaru's Petter Solberg and Citroën's Dani Sordo.

All Ford Focus RS WRC 06 drivers were given five-minute time penalties, because the glass used in the cars' rear side windows was 0.5 mm too thin. This dropped Marcus Grönholm from second to fourth, Mikko Hirvonen from third to fifth, Jari-Matti Latvala from sixth to eighth and Henning Solberg from ninth to 11th.[1]

  1. ^ "Time penalty dashes Grönholm's chances in Rally of Portugal". Helsingin Sanomat. Retrieved 2007-05-28.