2014 Rally Catalunya

2014 Rally Catalunya
*50. RallyRACC Catalunya – Costa Daurada*
2014 Rally Catalunya; 50. RallyRACC Catalunya – Costa Daurada
Round 12 of the 2014 World Rally Championship season
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	Sébastien Ogier & Julien Ingrassia celebrates wins Podium
Host country	Spain
Rally base	Salou, Catalonia, Spain
Dates run	October 23 – October 26, 2014
Stages	17 (372.96 km; 231.75 miles)
Stage surface	Tarmac and gravel
Statistics
Crews	65 at start, 56 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Sébastien Ogier; Julien Ingrassia; Volkswagen Motorsport

The 2014 RallyRACC Catalunya — Costa Daurada was the twelfth round of the 2014 World Rally Championship season. The event was based in Salou, Catalonia, and started on 23 October and finished on 26 October after seventeen special stages, totaling just under 373 competitive kilometres.

French driver Sébastien Ogier won the rally for the second time and in doing so became the 2014 World Rally Championship Drivers champion with a round to spare. It was Ogier's second consecutive WRC title since joining Volkswagen in 2013.

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
12	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	WRC	Khalid Al Qassimi	Chris Patterson	Citroën DS3 WRC	M
14	M-Sport World Rally Team	WRC	Yuriy Protasov	Pavlo Cherepin	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
15	M-Sport World Rally Team	WRC	Ken Block	Alex Gelsomino	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	P
20	Hyundai Motorsport N	WRC	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Hyundai i20 WRC	M
21	Jipocar Czech National Team	WRC	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
32	Nasser Al-Attiyah	WRC-2	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Giovanni Bernacchini	Ford Fiesta RRC	M
35	Karl Kruuda	WRC-2	Karl Kruuda	Martin Järveoja	Ford Fiesta S2000	M
36	Bernardo Sousa	WRC-2	Bernardo Sousa	Hugo Magalhães	Ford Fiesta RRC	P
38	Eurolamp World Rally Team	WRC-2	Valeriy Gorban	Volodymyr Korsia	Mini John Cooper Works S2000	P
39	Robert Barrable	WRC-2	Robert Barrable	Stuart Loudon	Ford Fiesta R5	M
40	Top Teams by MY Racing	WRC-2	Sébastien Chardonnet	Thibault de la Haye	Citroën DS3 R5	M
41	Nicolás Fuchs	WRC-2	Nicolás Fuchs	Fernando Mussano	Ford Fiesta R5	D
42	Jourdan Serderidis	WRC-2	Jourdan Serderidis	Frédéric Miclotte	Ford Fiesta R5	M
43	Julien Maurin	WRC-2	Julien Maurin	Nicolas Klinger	Ford Fiesta R5	P
44	BAS Motorsport Srl	WRC-2	Benito Guerra, Jr.	Borja Rozada	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	M
57	Stéphane Lefebvre	WRC-2	Stéphane Lefebvre	Thomas Dubois	Citroën DS3 R5	M
67	Abu Dhabi Racing	WRC-3	Mohamed Al Mutawaa	Stephen McAuley	Citroën DS3 R3T	M
72	Juan Carlos Alonso	WRC-2	Juan Carlos Alonso	Juan Pablo Monasterolo	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	D

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

Results

Event standings

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Class	Time	Difference	Points
Overall classification
1	1	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	3:46:44.6	0.0	25
2	2	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	3:46:55.9	+11.3	21
3	5	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	3:48:26.8	+1:42.2	15
4	4	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	3:48:57.9	+2:13.3	12
5	8	Dani Sordo	Marc Martí	Hyundai Shell World Rally Team	Hyundai i20 WRC	WRC	3:49:06.8	+2:22.2	10
6	7	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai Shell World Rally Team	Hyundai i20 WRC	WRC	3:50:45.6	+4:01.0	8
7	9	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	Volkswagen Motorsport II	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	3:50:47.5	+4:02.9	7
8	21	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Jipocar Czech National Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	3:54:51.4	+8:06.8	4
9	20	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Hyundai Motorsport N	Hyundai i20 WRC	WRC	3:55:57.0	+9:12.4	2
10	32	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Giovanni Bernacchini	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Ford Fiesta RRC	WRC-2	3:59:24.4	+12:39.8	1
19	3	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	4:14:20.6	+27:36.0	2
WRC-2 standings
1 (10.)	32	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Giovanni Bernacchini	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Ford Fiesta RRC	WRC-2	3:59:24.4	0.0	25
2 (13.)	43	Julien Maurin	Nicolas Klinger	Julien Maurin	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	3:59:59.4	+35.0	18
3 (16.)	39	Robert Barrable	Stuart Loudon	Robert Barrable	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	4:03:56.9	+4:32.5	15
4 (18.)	44	Benito Guerra, Jr.	Borja Rozada	BAS Motorsport Srl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	WRC-2	4:12:10.5	+12:46.1	12
5 (21.)	41	Nicolás Fuchs	Fernando Mussano	Nicolás Fuchs	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	4:17:42.6	+18:18.2	10
6 (23.)	38	Valeriy Gorban	Volodymyr Korsia	Eurolamp World Rally Team	Mini John Cooper Works S2000	WRC-2	4:21:21.0	+21:56.6	8
7 (24.)	35	Karl Kruuda	Martin Järveoja	Karl Kruuda	Ford Fiesta S2000	WRC-2	4:21:24.1	+21:59.7	6
8 (40.)	42	Jourdan Serderidis	Frédéric Miclotte	Jourdan Serderidis	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	4:41:22.5	+41:58.1	4
WRC-3 standings
1 (47.)	67	Mohamed Al Mutawaa	Stephen McAuley	Abu Dhabi Racing	Citroën DS3 R3T	WRC-3	4:51:22.6	0.0	25
Source: [1]

Special stages

Day	Stage	Name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Rally leader
Leg 1 (23/24 Oct)	SS1	Barcelona	3.20 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3:39.1	Andreas Mikkelsen
	SS2	Gandesa 1	7.00 km	Kris Meeke	Citroën DS3 WRC	4:26.3	Andreas Mikkelsen
	SS3	Pesells 1	26.59 km	Hayden Paddon	Hyundai i20 WRC	15:26.6	Thierry Neuville
	SS4	Terra Alta 1	35.68 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	23:26.1	Sébastien Ogier
	SS5	Gandesa 2	7.00 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	4:23.0
	SS6	Pesells 2	26.59 km	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 WRC	14:43.3
	SS7	Terra Alta 2	35.68 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	22:46.1
Leg 2 (25 Oct)	SS8	Tivissa	3.96 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	2:25.6
	SS9	Escaladei 1	50.00 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	29:14.4
	SS10	Colldejou 1	26.48 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	15:41.6
	SS11	Escaladei 2	50.00 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	29:17.9
	SS12	Colldejou 2	26.48 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	15:40.6
	SS13	Salou	2.24 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	2:36.4
Leg 3 (26 Oct)	SS14	La Mussara 1	20.48 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	11:08.3
	SS15	Riudecanyes 1	15.55 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	10:00.1
	SS16	La Mussara 2	20.48 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	11:05.6
	SS17	Riudecanyes 2 (Power Stage)	15.55 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	10:00.1

Power Stage

The "Power stage" was a 15.55 km (9.66 mi) stage at the end of the rally.

Pos	Driver	Car	Time	Diff.	Pts
1	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	10:00.1	0.0	3
2	Kris Meeke	Citroën DS3 WRC	10:01.8	+1.7	2
3	Andreas Mikkelsen	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	10:02.0	+1.9	1

Standings after the rally

WRC

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Sebastien Ogier	242
2	Jari-Matti Latvala	211
3	Andreas Mikkelsen	150
4	Mikko Hirvonen	108
5	Mads Østberg	92

Manufacturers' Championship standings

Pos.	Manufacturer	Points
1	Volkswagen Motorsport	416
2	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	187
3	M-Sport World Rally Team	180
4	Hyundai Shell World Rally Team	175
5	Volkswagen Motorsport II	133

Other

WRC2 Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Nasser Al-Attiyah	110
2	Lorenzo Bertelli	93
3	Yuriy Protasov	90
4	Jari Ketomaa	90
5	Karl Kruuda	80

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