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2002 Rally Australia

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2002 Rally Australia
15th Telstra Rally Australia
Round 13 of the 2002 World Rally Championship season
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Host country Australia
Rally basePerth
Dates runOctober 31, 2002 – November 3, 2002
Stages24 (388.64 km; 241.49 miles)
Stage surfaceGravel
Overall distance1,571.98 km (976.78 miles)
Statistics
Crews69 at start, 37 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerFinland Marcus Grönholm
Finland Timo Rautiainen
France Peugeot Total
Peugeot 206 WRC

The 2002 Rally Australia (formally the 15th Telstra Rally Australia) was the thirteenth round of the 2002 World Rally Championship. The race was held over four days between 31 October and 3 November 2002, and was won by Peugeot's Marcus Grönholm, his 12th win in the World Rally Championship.[1]

Background

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Entry list

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No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Tyre
World Rally Championship manufacturer entries
1 United Kingdom Richard Burns United Kingdom Robert Reid France Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC M
2 Finland Marcus Grönholm Finland Timo Rautiainen France Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC M
3 Finland Harri Rovanperä Finland Voitto Silander France Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC M
4 Spain Carlos Sainz Spain Luis Moya United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 P
5 United Kingdom Colin McRae United Kingdom Derek Ringer United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 P
6 Estonia Markko Märtin United Kingdom Michael Park United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 P
7 France François Delecour France Daniel Grataloup Japan Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer WRC2 M
9 Finland Jani Paasonen Finland Arto Kapanen Japan Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer WRC2 M
10 Finland Tommi Mäkinen Finland Kaj Lindström Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 P
11 Norway Petter Solberg United Kingdom Phil Mills Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 P
14 Sweden Kenneth Eriksson Sweden Tina Thörner Czech Republic Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 M
15 Finland Toni Gardemeister Finland Paavo Lukander Czech Republic Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 M
17 Germany Armin Schwarz Germany Manfred Hiemer South Korea Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 M
18 Belgium Freddy Loix Belgium Sven Smeets South Korea Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 M
19 Finland Juha Kankkunen Finland Juha Repo South Korea Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 M
World Rally Championship entries
24 Belgium François Duval Belgium Jean-Marc Fortin United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 P
25 France Sébastien Loeb Monaco Daniel Elena France Piedrafita Sport Citroën Xsara WRC M
32 Poland Tomasz Kuchar Poland Maciej Szczepaniak Poland Tomasz Kuchar Toyota Corolla WRC M
104 United Kingdom Natalie Barratt United Kingdom Roger Freeman United Kingdom Natalie Barratt Rallysport Hyundai Accent WRC
114 Australia Mark Pedder Australia Toni Feaver Australia Pedders Suspension Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III
118 Australia Tolley Challis Australia Karl Francis Australia Racetech Seats Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V
122 Australia Michael Thompson Australia Gordon Klebba Australia Michael Thompson Subaru Impreza STI N8
125 Australia Craig Bignell Australia Joan Percival Australia Craig Bignell Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III
132 Australia Robert Whyatt Australia Malcolm Cox Australia Robert Whyatt Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III
137 Australia David Kendall Australia Jennifer Kendall-Stewart Australia David Kendall Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV
PWRC entries
52 Argentina Marcos Ligato Argentina Rubén Garcia Italy Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
53 Italy Alessandro Fiorio Italy Enrico Cantoni Italy Ralliart Italia Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
54 Peru Ramón Ferreyros Argentina Jorge Del Buono Italy Mauro Rally Tuning Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
57 Japan Toshihiro Arai New Zealand Tony Sircombe Japan Spike Subaru Team Subaru Impreza STI N8
65 Austria Beppo Harrach Austria Peter Müller Austria Stohl Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
69 Norway Bernt Kollevold Norway Ola Fløene Norway Kollevold Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
70 Italy Giovanni Manfrinato Italy Claudio Condotta Italy Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
71 Italy Stefano Marrini Italy Tiziana Sandroni Italy Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
73 United Kingdom Martin Rowe United Kingdom Chris Wood United Kingdom David Sutton Cars Ltd Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
74 Malaysia Karamjit Singh Malaysia Allen Oh Malaysia Petronas EON Racing Team Proton Pert
75 Finland Kristian Sohlberg Finland Jakke Honkanen Finland Blue Rose Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII M
77 Italy Alfredo De Dominicis Italy Nicola Arena Italy Ralliart Italy Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI
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Itinerary

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All dates and times are AWST (UTC+8).

Date Time No. Stage name Distance
Leg 1 — 135.68 km
31 October 18:42 SS1 Langley Park Super 1 2.20 km
1 November 09:43 SS2 Harvey Weir 6.97 km
10:06 SS3 Stirling West 15.89 km
11:01 SS4 Murray River 1 20.44 km
13:00 SS5 Brunswick 16.63 km
13:34 SS6 Stirling East 38.93 km
15:53 SS7 Murray Pines South 11.98 km
16:12 SS8 Murray River 2 20.44 km
19:29 SS9 Langley Park Super 2 2.20 km
Leg 2 — 147.27 km
2 November 08:41 SS10 Kevs 9.56 km
09:20 SS11 Beraking 26.46 km
10:11 SS12 Helena South 1 18.43 km
12:29 SS13 York Railway 5.30 km
13:03 SS14 Muresk 1 6.81 km
13:14 SS15 Muresk 2 6.81 km
14:41 SS16 Flynns Short 19.98 km
16:05 SS17 Helena North 28.87 km
16:38 SS18 Helena South 2 18.43 km
17:03 SS19 Atkins 4.42 km
19:49 SS20 Langley Park Super 3 2.20 km
Leg 3 — 105.69 km
3 November 09:00 SS21 Bannister Central 5.63 km
09:18 SS22 Bannister South 28.65 km
11:32 SS23 Bannister West 34.57 km
12:40 SS24 Bannister North 36.84 km
Source:[3]

Results

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Overall

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Pos. No. Driver Co-driver Team Car Time Difference Points
1 2 Finland Marcus Grönholm Finland Timo Rautiainen France Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 3:35:56.5 10
2 3 Finland Harri Rovanperä Finland Voitto Silander France Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 3:36:53.8 +57.3 6
3 11 Norway Petter Solberg United Kingdom Phil Mills Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 3:37:25.2 +1:28.7 4
4 4 Spain Carlos Sainz Spain Luis Moya United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 3:39:05.5 +3:09.0 3
5 6 Estonia Markko Märtin United Kingdom Michael Park United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 3:42:18.0 +6:21.5 2
6 15 Finland Toni Gardemeister Finland Paavo Lukander Czech Republic Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 3:43:08.1 +7:11.6 1
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World Rally Cars

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Classification

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Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class
1 1 2 Finland Marcus Grönholm Finland Timo Rautiainen France Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 3:35:56.5 10
2 2 3 Finland Harri Rovanperä Finland Voitto Silander France Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 3:36:53.8 +57.3 6
3 3 11 Norway Petter Solberg United Kingdom Phil Mills Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 3:37:25.2 +1:28.7 4
4 4 4 Spain Carlos Sainz Spain Luis Moya United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 3:39:05.5 +3:09.0 3
5 5 6 Estonia Markko Märtin United Kingdom Michael Park United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 3:42:18.0 +6:21.5 2
6 6 15 Finland Toni Gardemeister Finland Paavo Lukander Czech Republic Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 3:43:08.1 +7:11.6 1
8 7 14 Sweden Kenneth Eriksson Sweden Tina Thörner Czech Republic Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo3 3:48:42.9 +12:46.4 0
9 8 9 Finland Jani Paasonen Finland Arto Kapanen Japan Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer WRC2 3:49:22.0 +13:25.5 0
Retired SS24 10 Finland Tommi Mäkinen Finland Kaj Lindström Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 Excluded - car weight 0
Retired SS24 19 Finland Juha Kankkunen Finland Juha Repo South Korea Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 Engine 0
Retired SS15 5 United Kingdom Colin McRae United Kingdom Derek Ringer United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 Radiator 0
Retired SS8 17 Germany Armin Schwarz Germany Manfred Hiemer South Korea Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 Engine 0
Retired SS7 1 United Kingdom Richard Burns United Kingdom Robert Reid France Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC Clutch 0
Retired SS7 7 France François Delecour France Daniel Grataloup Japan Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer WRC2 Accident 0
Retired SS6 18 Belgium Freddy Loix Belgium Sven Smeets South Korea Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 Accident 0
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Special stages

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Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Class leaders
Leg 1 (31 Oct) SS1 Langley Park Super 1 2.20 km Norway Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 1:28.7 Norway Petter Solberg
Leg 1 (1 Nov) SS2 Harvey Weir 6.97 km Belgium Freddy Loix Hyundai Accent WRC3 4:00.7
SS3 Stirling West 15.89 km Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 9:19.9 Finland Marcus Grönholm
SS4 Murray River 1 20.44 km Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 12:15.0
SS5 Brunswick 16.63 km Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 9:08.7
SS6 Stirling East 38.93 km Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 22:44.9
SS7 Murray Pines South 11.98 km Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 6:29.5
SS8 Murray River 2 20.44 km Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 11:47.8
SS9 Langley Park Super 2 2.20 km Finland Harri Rovanperä Peugeot 206 WRC 1:28.3
Leg 2 (2 Nov) SS10 Kevs 9.56 km Norway Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 5:51.8
SS11 Beraking 26.46 km Finland Harri Rovanperä Peugeot 206 WRC 14:23.3
SS12 Helena South 1 18.43 km Finland Harri Rovanperä Peugeot 206 WRC 9:28.9
SS13 York Railway 5.30 km Finland Harri Rovanperä
United Kingdom Colin McRae
Peugeot 206 WRC
Ford Focus RS WRC '02
2:32.3
SS14 Muresk 1 6.81 km Finland Tommi Mäkinen Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 3:24.9
SS15 Muresk 2 6.81 km Finland Harri Rovanperä
Spain Carlos Sainz
Peugeot 206 WRC
Ford Focus RS WRC '02
3:24.0
SS16 Flynns Short 19.98 km Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 11:33.8
SS17 Helena North 28.87 km Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 16:20.7
SS18 Helena South 2 18.43 km Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 9:20.7
SS19 Atkins 4.42 km Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 2:58.2
SS20 Langley Park Super 3 2.20 km Norway Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 1:27.6
Leg 3 (3 Nov) SS21 Bannister Central 5.63 km Finland Harri Rovanperä Peugeot 206 WRC 3:22.4
SS22 Bannister South 28.65 km Finland Harri Rovanperä Peugeot 206 WRC 16:07.3
SS23 Bannister West 34.57 km Finland Harri Rovanperä Peugeot 206 WRC 17:09.2
SS24 Bannister North 36.84 km Finland Marcus Grönholm Peugeot 206 WRC 19:15.7

Championship standings

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  • Bold text indicates 2002 World Champions.
Pos. Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships Manufacturers' championships
Move Driver Points Move Co-driver Points Move Manufacturer Points
1 Finland Marcus Grönholm 77 Finland Timo Rautiainen 77 France Peugeot Total 163
2 United Kingdom Richard Burns 34 United Kingdom Robert Reid 34 United Kingdom Ford Motor Co. Ltd. 94
3 United Kingdom Colin McRae 33 United Kingdom Nicky Grist 33 Japan 555 Subaru World Rally Team 54
4 1 Spain Carlos Sainz 32 1 Spain Luis Moya 32 2 Czech Republic Škoda Motorsport 9
5 1 France Gilles Panizzi 31 1 France Hervé Panizzi 31 1 Japan Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart 9

Production World Rally Championship

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Classification

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Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class
14 1 57 Japan Toshihiro Arai New Zealand Tony Sircombe Japan Spike Subaru Team Subaru Impreza STI N8 3:58:09.5 10
17 2 53 Italy Alessandro Fiorio Italy Enrico Cantoni Italy Ralliart Italia Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 3:59:52.7 +1:43.2 6
18 3 74 Malaysia Karamjit Singh Malaysia Allen Oh Malaysia Petronas EON Racing Team Proton Pert 4:00:06.4 +1:56.9 4
20 4 54 Peru Ramón Ferreyros Argentina Jorge Del Buono Italy Mauro Rally Tuning Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4:00:23.9 +2:14.4 3
21 5 73 United Kingdom Martin Rowe United Kingdom Chris Wood United Kingdom David Sutton Cars Ltd Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4:01:45.1 +3:35.6 2
23 6 69 Norway Bernt Kollevold Norway Ola Fløene Norway Kollevold Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4:11:10.0 +13:00.5 1
24 7 77 Italy Alfredo De Dominicis Italy Nicola Arena Italy Ralliart Italy Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 4:11:24.9 +13:15.4 0
36 8 71 Italy Stefano Marrini Italy Tiziana Sandroni Italy Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4:53:00.0 +54:50.5 0
Retired SS14 75 Finland Kristian Sohlberg Finland Jakke Honkanen Finland Blue Rose Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Suspension 0
Retired SS6 65 Austria Beppo Harrach Austria Peter Müller Austria Stohl Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Turbo 0
Retired SS5 52 Argentina Marcos Ligato Argentina Rubén Garcia Italy Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Gearbox 0
Retired SS4 70 Italy Giovanni Manfrinato Italy Claudio Condotta Italy Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Suspension 0
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Special stages

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Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Class leaders
Leg 1 (31 Oct) SS1 Langley Park Super 1 2.20 km Japan Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza STI N8 1:36.4 Japan Toshihiro Arai
Leg 1 (1 Nov) SS2 Harvey Weir 6.97 km Argentina Marcos Ligato Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 4:13.0 Argentina Marcos Ligato
SS3 Stirling West 15.89 km Finland Kristian Sohlberg Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 10:10.2 Malaysia Karamjit Singh
Finland Kristian Sohlberg
SS4 Murray River 1 20.44 km Argentina Marcos Ligato Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 13:10.6 Argentina Marcos Ligato
SS5 Brunswick 16.63 km Japan Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza STI N8 10:07.7 Finland Kristian Sohlberg
SS6 Stirling East 38.93 km United Kingdom Martin Rowe Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 24:36.8 Japan Toshihiro Arai
SS7 Murray Pines South 11.98 km Notional stage time
SS8 Murray River 2 20.44 km Malaysia Karamjit Singh Proton Pert 12:56.0 Malaysia Karamjit Singh
SS9 Langley Park Super 2 2.20 km United Kingdom Martin Rowe Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 1:37.5
Leg 2 (2 Nov) SS10 Kevs 9.56 km United Kingdom Martin Rowe Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 6:24.6
SS11 Beraking 26.46 km Japan Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza STI N8 15:50.5
SS12 Helena South 1 18.43 km Japan Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza STI N8 10:18.2 Italy Alessandro Fiorio
SS13 York Railway 5.30 km Finland Kristian Sohlberg Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 2:49.4
SS14 Muresk 1 6.81 km Japan Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza STI N8 3:53.3
SS15 Muresk 2 6.81 km Japan Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza STI N8 3:49.8 Japan Toshihiro Arai
SS16 Flynns Short 19.98 km Japan Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza STI N8 12:31.2
SS17 Helena North 28.87 km Japan Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza STI N8 17:54.5
SS18 Helena South 2 18.43 km Japan Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza STI N8 10:11.8
SS19 Atkins 4.42 km Japan Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza STI N8 3:10.7
SS20 Langley Park Super 3 2.20 km Italy Alessandro Fiorio
Japan Toshihiro Arai
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII
Subaru Impreza STI N8
1:34.7
Leg 3 (3 Nov) SS21 Bannister Central 5.63 km Japan Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza STI N8 3:44.2
SS22 Bannister South 28.65 km Japan Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza STI N8 18:04.0
SS23 Bannister West 34.57 km United Kingdom Martin Rowe Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 19:12.5
SS24 Bannister North 36.84 km Japan Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza STI N8 21:30.9

Championship standings

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  • Bold text indicates 2002 World Champions.
Pos. Drivers' championships
Move Driver Points
1 Malaysia Karamjit Singh 32
2 1 Finland Kristian Sohlberg 26
3 Peru Ramón Ferreyros 23
4 1 Japan Toshihiro Arai 22
5 1 Italy Alessandro Fiorio 22

References

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  1. ^ "Rally Australia". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
  2. ^ "Rally Australia 2002 Entry List". ewrc-results.com.com. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Rally Australia 2002 Itinerary". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Rally Australia 2002 Final Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Rally Australia 2002 WRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Rally Australia 2002 PWRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
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