1997

GBR

23 November - 25 November, 1997

Cheltenham

Championship

FIA World Rally Championship

round

14

Stages

26

Latest results

Overall

C. McRae

555 Subaru WRT

J. Kankkunen

Ford Motor Co Ltd

C. Sainz

Ford Motor Co Ltd

Event info

Classification

Standings

World Rally Champion

1997

GBR

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FIA World Rally Championship 1997 53. Network Q RAC Rally Classification

Results

Sessions:

Overall

SS1 Racecourse 1

CStage 1

SS2 Blenheim

CStage 2

SS3 Silverstone 1

CStage 3

SS4 Silverstone 2

CStage 4

SS5 Millbrook 1

CStage 5

SS6 Millbrook 2

CStage 6

SS7 Beechdale

CStage 7

SS8 Silverstone Superspecial

CStage 8

SS9 Donington 1

CStage 9

SS10 Donington 2

CStage 10

SS11 Racecourse 2

CStage 11

SS12 Radnor

CStage 12

SS13 Hafren

CStage 13

SS14 Pantperthog

CStage 14

SS15 Dyfi

CStage 15

SS16 Gartheiniog

CStage 16

SS17 Sweet Lamb

CStage 17

SS18 Myherin

CStage 18

SS19 St Gwynno

CStage 19

SS20 Tyle

CStage 20

SS21 Rhondda

CStage 21

SS22 Resolfen

CStage 22

SS23 Rheola

CStage 23

SS24 Argoed

CStage 24

SS25 Margam

CStage 25

SS26 Racecourse 3

CStage 26

Overall

Pos	№	Driver	Entrant	Group Class	Time	Gap	Interval
1	3	Colin McRae	555 Subaru WRT	A8	3:54:31.000
2	6	Juha Kankkunen	Ford Motor Co Ltd	A8	3:57:18.000	+ 2:47.000	+ 2:47.000
3	5	Carlos Sainz	Ford Motor Co Ltd	A8	3:58:24.000	+ 3:53.000	+ 1:06.000
4	2	Richard Burns	Mitsubishi Ralliart	A8	3:59:30.000	+ 4:59.000	+ 1:06.000
5	9	Marcus Grönholm	Toyota Motorsport GmbH	A8	4:00:43.000	+ 6:12.000	+ 1:13.000
6	1	Tommi Mäkinen	Mitsubishi Ralliart	A8	4:01:31.000	+ 7:00.000	+ 48.000
7	8	Piero Liatti	555 Subaru WRT	A8	4:03:11.000	+ 8:40.000	+ 1:40.000
8	11	Ari Vatanen	Motorsport Consultancy	A8	4:11:59.000	+ 17:28.000	+ 8:48.000
9	27	Harri Rovanperä	SEAT Sport	A7	4:17:34.000	+ 23:03.000	+ 5:35.000
10	16	Angelo Medeghini	Ford Motor Co Ltd	A8	4:18:06.000	+ 23:35.000	+ 32.000
11	48	Roger Duckworth		A8	4:21:51.000	+ 27:20.000	+ 3:45.000
12	29	Luís Climent	Mitsubishi Ralliart Germany	N4	4:22:12.000	+ 27:41.000	+ 21.000
13	50	Jeremy Easson		N4	4:23:27.000	+ 28:56.000	+ 1:15.000
14	14	Masao Kamioka		A8	4:25:24.000	+ 30:53.000	+ 1:57.000
15	35	Reece Jones		N4	4:26:22.000	+ 31:51.000	+ 58.000
16	17	Yukihiko Sakurai	Subaru Allstars	A8	4:28:38.000	+ 34:07.000	+ 2:16.000
17	38	Karamjit Singh	Petronas EON Racing Team	N4	4:29:06.000	+ 34:35.000	+ 28.000
18	51	Julian Porter		N4	4:30:34.000	+ 36:03.000	+ 1:28.000
19	44	Stephanie Simmonite		A8	4:32:18.000	+ 37:47.000	+ 1:44.000
20	23	Robbie Head	Renault Dealer Rallying UK	A7	4:33:13.000	+ 38:42.000	+ 55.000
21	70	Pernilla Walfridsson	Helmia Motorsport	N4	4:33:54.000	+ 39:23.000	+ 41.000
22	62	Neil Wearden		A6	4:34:24.000	+ 39:53.000	+ 30.000
23	25	Per Svan		A7	4:35:06.000	+ 40:35.000	+ 42.000
24	107	Karsten Richardt		N4	4:35:28.000	+ 40:57.000	+ 22.000
25	64	Theo Bengry		A8	4:35:45.000	+ 41:14.000	+ 17.000
26	77	Hamed Al Wahaibi		N4	4:36:36.000	+ 42:05.000	+ 51.000
27	54	Jeffrey Panton	Toyota Team Jamaica	A8	4:36:43.000	+ 42:12.000	+ 7.000
28	72	Simon Redhead		N4	4:39:02.000	+ 44:31.000	+ 2:19.000
29	73	Gary Smith		A8	4:44:30.000	+ 49:59.000	+ 5:28.000
30	74	Gavin Cox		N4	4:45:21.000	+ 50:50.000	+ 51.000
31	31	David Higgins		A7	4:50:16.000	+ 55:45.000	+ 4:55.000
32	32	Jimmy McRae		A6	4:51:10.000	+ 56:39.000	+ 54.000
33	79	Mark Perrott		N3	4:51:31.000	+ 57:00.000	+ 21.000
34	57	Ian Joel		A8	4:51:35.000	+ 57:04.000	+ 4.000
35	91	Don Whitehurst		A6	4:52:26.000	+ 57:55.000	+ 51.000
36	101	John Robson		A6	4:52:37.000	+ 58:06.000	+ 11.000
37	87	Gary Adam		N4	4:52:57.000	+ 58:26.000	+ 20.000
38	67	David Wood		A8	4:53:34.000	+ 59:03.000	+ 37.000
39	123	Peter Woodhead		N4	4:54:51.000	+ 1:00:20.000	+ 1:17.000
40	86	Graham Middleton		A7	4:55:51.000	+ 1:01:20.000	+ 1:00.000
41	136	Olaf Dobberkau		N3	4:57:05.000	+ 1:02:34.000	+ 1:14.000
42	61	Pete Littler		A7	4:57:12.000	+ 1:02:41.000	+ 7.000
43	111	Stephen Wedgbury		N2	4:57:23.000	+ 1:02:52.000	+ 11.000
44	98	Vincent Bristow		N4	4:58:42.000	+ 1:04:11.000	+ 1:19.000
45	66	Roger Davies		N4	4:59:01.000	+ 1:04:30.000	+ 19.000
46	96	Gary Cooper		N4	5:01:09.000	+ 1:06:38.000	+ 2:08.000
47	142	Tim Hookway		N1	5:01:11.000	+ 1:06:40.000	+ 2.000
48	69	Richie Holfeld	Ralliart Co-ordsport	N4	5:01:39.000	+ 1:07:08.000	+ 28.000
49	106	Mark Jasper		N4	5:01:43.000	+ 1:07:12.000	+ 4.000
50	118	Colin Barber		N3	5:02:34.000	+ 1:08:03.000	+ 51.000
51	94	Gerolamo Pelli		A7	5:02:44.000	+ 1:08:13.000	+ 10.000
52	119	Guy Anderson		A7	5:03:39.000	+ 1:09:08.000	+ 55.000
53	41	Aleksandr Zheludov	Gazprom Rally Team	A8	5:04:21.000	+ 1:09:50.000	+ 42.000
54	143	Leslie Andrew		N3	5:05:06.000	+ 1:10:35.000	+ 45.000
55	149	Daniel Harper		A5	5:05:08.000	+ 1:10:37.000	+ 2.000
56	139	Paul Thomas		N3	5:05:43.000	+ 1:11:12.000	+ 35.000
57	85	Simon Chapman		A7	5:05:46.000	+ 1:11:15.000	+ 3.000
58	53	Masahiro Takasaki	Nissan Motorsports Europe	A5	5:06:11.000	+ 1:11:40.000	+ 25.000
59	115	Danny Fois		A8	5:07:29.000	+ 1:12:58.000	+ 1:18.000
60	75	Paul Dyas		N4	5:08:56.000	+ 1:14:25.000	+ 1:27.000
61	129	Graeme Presswell		A7	5:10:34.000	+ 1:16:03.000	+ 1:38.000
62	112	Bob Bean		N2	5:11:14.000	+ 1:16:43.000	+ 40.000
63	121	David Nutter		A7	5:12:11.000	+ 1:17:40.000	+ 57.000
64	148	Nigel Griffiths		A8	5:12:34.000	+ 1:18:03.000	+ 23.000
65	159	Dafydd Larcombe		A6	5:12:37.000	+ 1:18:06.000	+ 3.000
66	144	Nigel Heath		N4	5:12:43.000	+ 1:18:12.000	+ 6.000
67	174	David Johnson		N2	5:13:13.000	+ 1:18:42.000	+ 30.000
68	105	Keith Robathan		A8	5:13:27.000	+ 1:18:56.000	+ 14.000
69	154	Stéphane Gaillard		N3	5:14:03.000	+ 1:19:32.000	+ 36.000
70	153	Rupert Hopcraft		A5	5:16:08.000	+ 1:21:37.000	+ 2:05.000
71	90	José Barbara		N4	5:17:02.000	+ 1:22:31.000	+ 54.000
72	133	Graham Coffey		N4	5:17:16.000	+ 1:22:45.000	+ 14.000
73	166	Rory McNeile		N1	5:19:56.000	+ 1:25:25.000	+ 2:40.000
74	109	Ryoji Naka		N4	5:20:32.000	+ 1:26:01.000	+ 36.000
75	176	Nick Pollitt		A7	5:20:39.000	+ 1:26:08.000	+ 7.000
76	145	Tim Ferris		N1	5:21:54.000	+ 1:27:23.000	+ 1:15.000
77	151	Tim Green		N1	5:22:21.000	+ 1:27:50.000	+ 27.000
78	152	Stephen Chamberlain		A5	5:23:11.000	+ 1:28:40.000	+ 50.000
79	131	Nick Barrow		A5	5:23:54.000	+ 1:29:23.000	+ 43.000
80	167	Barry Strong		N2	5:24:31.000	+ 1:30:00.000	+ 37.000
81	122	Tom Walster		N4	5:25:49.000	+ 1:31:18.000	+ 1:18.000
82	175	Steve Nicholls		N3	5:31:12.000	+ 1:36:41.000	+ 5:23.000
83	164	Trevor Godwin		N1	5:32:18.000	+ 1:37:47.000	+ 1:06.000
84	157	Pierluigi Comelli		N2	5:43:37.000	+ 1:49:06.000	+ 11:19.000
85	161	Mauro Zamparutti		N3	5:47:47.000	+ 1:53:16.000	+ 4:10.000
86	156	Philippe Gobert		N1	5:50:26.000	+ 1:55:55.000	+ 2:39.000
87	165	Janie Eaton		N1	5:54:34.000	+ 2:00:03.000	+ 4:08.000
88	163	Melissa Heijink		N1	5:55:21.000	+ 2:00:50.000	+ 47.000
89	158	John ODonnell		N1	6:00:59.000	+ 2:06:28.000	+ 5:38.000
90	137	Paul Cooper		N2	6:03:12.000	+ 2:08:41.000	+ 2:13.000
91	155	Lisa Parish		A7	6:19:32.000	+ 2:25:01.000	+ 16:20.000
92	130	Michel Cagnet		A6	6:30:30.000	+ 2:35:59.000	+ 10:58.000
EXC	124	Martin Healer		A8	5:59:26.000
DNF	132	Chris Tilly		A7	5:51:29.000
DNF	177	Avon Cayzer		N3	5:44:15.000
DNF	116	David Hutchinson		A7	4:51:09.000
DNF	52	Geoff Smith		A8	4:39:22.000
EXC	21	Alister McRae	S.B.G. Sport	A7	4:11:58.000
DNF	162	Michael Plant		N1	5:27:39.000
DNF	150	David Blades		N1	4:41:04.000
DNF	104	Innes Marlow		A8	4:39:00.000
DNF	15	Krzysztof Holowczyc	Mobil 1 Stomil Olsztyn	A8	3:52:26.000
DNF	43	Steve Hill		N4	4:00:06.000
DNF	18	Mark Higgins	Nissan Motorsports Europe	A7	3:58:53.000
DNF	36	Olli Harkki		N4	3:57:08.000
DNF	168	Peter Gretton		A5	4:49:45.000
DNF	138	Debbie Gilliver		N2	4:37:58.000
DNF	37	Jason Sharpe		A7	3:55:28.000
DNF	92	Brian Bell		N4	3:52:02.000
DNF	30	Martin Rowe	Renault Dealer Rallying UK	A7	3:36:55.000
DNF	126	Emlyn Wynne		N4	3:51:01.000
DNF	147	Peter Beards		A7	3:41:31.000
DNF	83	Jane Gunningham		N4	3:29:46.000
DNF	80	Tony Jardine		N4	3:25:46.000
DNF	71	Vince Wetton		N4	3:22:12.000
DNF	45	Marcus Dodd		A8	3:05:49.000
DNF	12	Grégoire De Mévius	Belgacom Turbo Team	A8	2:57:16.000
DNF	172	Trevor Humphrey		N4	3:22:34.000
DNF	160	Anna Tait		N2	3:17:46.000
DNF	173	Clive Bailye		N1	3:13:26.000
DNF	68	Nick Foster		N4	2:55:44.000
DNF	33	Kris Rosenberger	Mitsubishi Ralliart Germany	N4	2:46:30.000
DNF	125	Andy Gwynne		A6	2:53:14.000
WIT	56	Hiroshi Nishiyama		N4	2:50:22.000
DNF	42	Brian Lyall		A8	2:44:17.000
DNF	84	Paul Snell		N4	2:26:19.000
DNF	34	Bernard Munster	East Belgian Racing Team	A6	2:25:54.000
DNF	22	Gwyndaf Evans		A7	2:14:33.000
DNF	20	Andrea Navarra		A8	2:12:49.000
DNF	10	Bruno Thiry	Gazprom Rally Team	A8	1:47:17.000
DNF	7	Didier Auriol	Toyota Motorsport GmbH	A8	1:47:17.000
DNF	120	Will Clarke		A7	1:58:21.000
DNF	81	Bob Ceen		N4	1:52:31.000
DNF	58	Richard Gough		A8	1:46:21.000
DNF	171	Ian Titterton		A7	1:44:03.000
DNF	117	Richard Worts		A6	1:40:58.000
DNF	113	Geoff Jones	Nissan Motorsports Europe	A5	1:40:35.000
DNF	127	Richard Roberts		N3	1:40:16.000
DNF	65	John Leckie		A8	1:38:35.000
DNF	108	Ivars Caune	Subaru Team Latvia	N4	1:36:45.000
DNF	39	Per Eklund		A8	1:34:44.000
DNF	59	Mike Rimmer		N4	1:24:18.000
DNF	47	Kjell Olofsson		A8	1:23:44.000
DNF	49	Sandy Dalgarno		A8	1:21:09.000
DNF	134	Andy Senior		N3	47:26.000
DNF	170	Richard Phillipson		N3	47:23.000
DNF	82	Ian Gwynne		A8	42:04.000
DNF	146	Les Allfrey		N1	43:15.000
DNF	88	Steve Hunt		A8	41:31.000
DNF	114	Paul Lockett		A7	33:41.000
DNF	103	Paul Griffiths		A7	32:30.000
DNF	169	Joachim Müller-Wende		A6	44:39.000
DNF	89	Jeff Williams		A8	29:14.000
DNF	46	Saku Vierimaa		A8	27:57.000
DNF	78	Stuart Egglestone		N3	27:08.000
DNF	60	David Humphreys		A8	21:09.000
DNF	140	Rodney Bennett		A8	13:17.000
DNF	63	Glyn Jones		A8	12:09.000
DNF	102	Phillip Morgan		A7	6:00.000
DNF	24	Oriol Gómez	SEAT Sport	A7	5:49.000
DNF	128	Edward Roberts		A8	4:40.000
DNF	4	Kenneth Eriksson	555 Subaru WRT	A8	3:54:31.000