2002 Cyprus Rally

2002 Cyprus Rally
30th Cyprus Rally
Round 5 of the 2002 World Rally Championship season
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Host country Cyprus
Rally baseLimassol
Dates runApril 19, 2002 – April 21, 2002
Stages20 (324.17 km; 201.43 miles)
Stage surfaceGravel
Overall distance1,276.33 km (793.07 miles)
Statistics
Crews60 at start, 32 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner Marcus Grönholm
Timo Rautiainen
Peugeot Total
Peugeot 206 WRC

The 2002 Cyprus Rally (formally the 30th Cyprus Rally) was the fifth round of the 2002 World Rally Championship. The race was held over three days between 19 April and 21 April 2002, and was won by Peugeot's Marcus Grönholm, his 9th win in the World Rally Championship.[1]

Background

Entry list

No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Tyre
World Rally Championship manufacturer entries
1 Richard Burns Robert Reid Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC M
2 Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC M
3 Harri Rovanperä Risto Pietiläinen Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC M
4 Carlos Sainz Luis Moya Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 P
5 Colin McRae Nicky Grist Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 P
6 Markko Märtin Michael Park Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 P
7 François Delecour Daniel Grataloup Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer WRC M
8 Alister McRae David Senior Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer WRC M
9 Jani Paasonen Arto Kapanen Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer WRC M
10 Tommi Mäkinen Kaj Lindström 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 P
11 Petter Solberg Phil Mills 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 P
14 Kenneth Eriksson Tina Thörner Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 M
15 Toni Gardemeister Paavo Lukander Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 M
16 Roman Kresta Jan Tománek Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 M
17 Armin Schwarz Manfred Hiemer Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 M
18 Freddy Loix Sven Smeets Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 M
19 Juha Kankkunen Juha Repo Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 M
World Rally Championship entries
23 Gilles Panizzi Hervé Panizzi Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC M
24 François Duval Jean-Marc Fortin François Duval Ford Focus RS WRC '02 P
25 Bruno Thiry Stéphane Prévot Peugeot Bastos Racing Peugeot 206 WRC M
26 Achim Mörtl Klaus Wicha Powerhorse World Rally Team Peugeot 206 WRC M
27 Tomasz Kuchar Maciej Szczepaniak Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 M
28 Gabriel Pozzo Daniel Stillo Gabriel Pozzo Škoda Octavia WRC —
29 Janne Tuohino Petri Vihavainen Janne Tuohino Ford Focus RS WRC '01 —
30 Manfred Stohl Ilka Minor Stohl Racing Ford Focus RS WRC '01 P
31 Juuso Pykälistö Esko Mertsalmi Juuso Pykälistö Toyota Corolla WRC —
32 Ioannis Papadimitriou Allan Harryman Ioannis Papadimitriou Subaru Impreza 555 P
103 Andreas Tsouloftas Panayiotis Shialos Andreas Tsouloftas Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI —
104 Chris Thomas Andreas Christodoulides Chris Thomas Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '98 —
111 Kyriakos Kardanas Costas Laos Kyriakos Kardanas Mitsubishi Carisma GT —
113 Riccardo Errani Stefano Casadio Riccardo Errani Subaru Impreza WRX —
PWRC entries
51 Gustavo Trelles Jorge Del Buono Mauro Rally Tuning Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI P
52 Marcos Ligato Rubén Garcia Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII —
53 Alessandro Fiorio Enrico Cantoni Ralliart Italia Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII —
54 Ramón Ferreyros Diego Vallejo Mauro Rally Tuning Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI —
55 Saulius Girdauskas Žilvinas Sakalauskas TDS Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI —
57 Toshihiro Arai Tony Sircombe Spike Subaru Team Subaru Impreza WRX —
58 Luca Baldini Marco Muzzarelli Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI —
59 Natalie Barratt Roger Freeman Natalie Barratt Rallysport Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI —
65 Beppo Harrach Jutta Gebert Stohl Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI —
66 Dimitar Iliev Petar Sivov Mauro Rally Tuning Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII P
69 Bernt Kollevold Ola Fløene Kollevold Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI —
70 Giovanni Manfrinato Claudio Condotta Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI —
71 Stefano Marrini Tiziana Sandroni Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI —
73 Martin Rowe Chris Wood David Sutton Cars Ltd Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII —
74 Karamjit Singh Allen Oh Petronas EON Racing Team Proton Pert —
75 Kristian Sohlberg Jukka Aho Blue Rose Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI —
76 Pavel Valoušek Pierangelo Scalvini Jolly Club Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII —
77 Alfredo De Dominicis Rudy Pollet Ralliart Italy Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII —
Source:[2]

Itinerary

All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3).

Date Time No. Stage name Distance
Leg 1 — 96.32 km
19 April 09:12 SS1 Platres — Kato Amiantos 1 11.60 km
09:55 SS2 Lagoudera — Kapouras 1 15.00 km
10:23 SS3 Kapouras — Agios Theodoros 1 21.56 km
13:30 SS4 Platres — Kato Amiantos 2 11.60 km
14:13 SS5 Lagoudera — Kapouras 2 15.00 km
14:41 SS6 Kapouras — Agios Theodoros 2 21.56 km
Leg 2 — 145.97 km
20 April 14:41 SS7 Prastio — Pachna 1 10.92 km
08:15 SS8 Platres — Saittas 1 11.25 km
08:58 SS9 Kourdali — Spilia 30.62 km
11:48 SS10 Prastio — Pachna 2 10.92 km
12:51 SS11 Platres — Saittas 2 11.25 km
13:26 SS12 Foini — Koilinia 1 29.88 km
16:56 SS13 Platres — Saittas 3 11.25 km
17:31 SS14 Foini — Koilinia 2 29.88 km
Leg 3 — 81.88 km
21 April 09:35 SS15 Vavatsinia — Mandra Kambiou 1 19.00 km
10:18 SS16 Macheras — Agioi Vavatsinias 1 12.80 km
10:56 SS17 Lageia — Kalavasos 1 9.14 km
13:46 SS18 Vavatsinia — Mandra Kambiou 2 19.00 km
14:29 SS19 Macheras — Agioi Vavatsinias 2 12.80 km
15:07 SS20 Lageia — Kalavasos 2 9.14 km
Source:[3]

Results

Overall

Pos. No. Driver Co-driver Team Car Time Difference Points
1 2 Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:21:25.7 10
2 1 Richard Burns Robert Reid Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:22:22.5 +56.8 6
3 10 Tommi Mäkinen Kaj Lindström 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 4:22:24.7 +59.0 4
4 3 Harri Rovanperä Risto Pietiläinen Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:22:44.4 +1:18.7 3
5 11 Petter Solberg Phil Mills 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 4:23:43.6 +2:17.9 2
6 5 Colin McRae Nicky Grist Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 4:24:11.2 +2:45.5 1
Source:[4]

World Rally Cars

Classification

Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class
1 1 2 Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:21:25.7 10
2 2 1 Richard Burns Robert Reid Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:22:22.5 +56.8 6
3 3 10 Tommi Mäkinen Kaj Lindström 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 4:22:24.7 +59.0 4
4 4 3 Harri Rovanperä Risto Pietiläinen Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:22:44.4 +1:18.7 3
5 5 11 Petter Solberg Phil Mills 555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 4:23:43.6 +2:17.9 2
6 6 5 Colin McRae Nicky Grist Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 4:24:11.2 +2:45.5 1
7 7 17 Armin Schwarz Manfred Hiemer Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 4:24:13.1 +2:47.4 0
8 8 6 Markko Märtin Michael Park Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 4:25:48.3 +4:22.6 0
9 9 14 Kenneth Eriksson Tina Thörner Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 4:28:43.4 +7:17.7 0
11 10 4 Carlos Sainz Luis Moya Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 4:30:19.7 +8:54.0 0
13 11 7 François Delecour Daniel Grataloup Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 4:33:43.0 +12:17.3 0
15 12 15 Toni Gardemeister Paavo Lukander Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 4:43:37.7 +22:12.0 0
Retired SS12 8 Alister McRae David Senior Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer WRC Transmission 0
Retired SS12 16 Roman Kresta Jan Tománek Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 Accident 0
Retired SS12 18 Freddy Loix Sven Smeets Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 Gearbox 0
Retired SS7 9 Jani Paasonen Arto Kapanen Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer WRC Accident 0
Retired SS5 19 Juha Kankkunen Juha Repo Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 Oil leak 0
Source:[5]

Special stages

Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Class leaders
Leg 1 (19 Apr) SS1 Platres — Kato Amiantos 1 11.60 km Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC '02 9:20.8 Colin McRae
SS2 Lagoudera — Kapouras 1 15.00 km François Duval Ford Focus RS WRC '02 14:18.5 François Duval
SS3 Kapouras — Agios Theodoros 1 21.56 km Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '02 20:16.6 Markko Märtin
SS4 Platres — Kato Amiantos 2 11.60 km Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 9:21.7 Colin McRae
SS5 Lagoudera — Kapouras 2 15.00 km Tommi Mäkinen Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '01 14:11.7
SS6 Kapouras — Agios Theodoros 2 21.56 km Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC '02 19:51.5
Leg 2 (20 Apr) SS7 Prastio — Pachna 1 10.92 km Carlos Sainz Ford Focus RS WRC '02 6:29.0
SS8 Platres — Saittas 1 11.25 km Carlos Sainz Ford Focus RS WRC '02 9:21.2
SS9 Kourdali — Spilia 30.62 km Tommi Mäkinen Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '01 29:21.8
SS10 Prastio — Pachna 2 10.92 km Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 6:14.3
SS11 Platres — Saittas 2 11.25 km Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 9:02.7
SS12 Foini — Koilinia 1 29.88 km Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 29:31.3
SS13 Platres — Saittas 3 11.25 km Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 9:24.6
SS14 Foini — Koilinia 2 29.88 km Stage cancelled
Leg 3 (21 Apr) SS15 Vavatsinia — Mandra Kambiou 1 19.00 km Harri Rovanperä Peugeot 206 WRC 16:34.9
SS16 Macheras — Agioi Vavatsinias 1 12.80 km Tommi Mäkinen Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '01 10:55.8 Marcus Grönholm
SS17 Lageia — Kalavasos 1 9.14 km Tommi Mäkinen Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '01 7:41.0
SS18 Vavatsinia — Mandra Kambiou 2 19.00 km Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 17:02.1
SS19 Macheras — Agioi Vavatsinias 2 12.80 km Tommi Mäkinen Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '01 11:16.7
SS20 Lageia — Kalavasos 2 9.14 km Richard Burns Peugeot 206 WRC 7:37.3

Championship standings

Pos. Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships Manufacturers' championships
Move Driver Points Move Co-driver Points Move Manufacturer Points
1 Marcus Grönholm 31 Timo Rautiainen 31 Peugeot Total 68
2 Gilles Panizzi 20 Hervé Panizzi 20 1 555 Subaru World Rally Team 27
3 Richard Burns 19 Robert Reid 19 1 Ford Motor Co. Ltd. 27
4 Tommi Mäkinen 14 Kaj Lindström 14 Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart 6
5 2 Harri Rovanperä 9 2 Risto Pietiläinen 9 Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team 2

Production World Rally Championship

Classification

Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class
1 1 74 Karamjit Singh Allen Oh Petronas EON Racing Team Proton Pert 4:52:17.9 10
2 2 51 Gustavo Trelles Jorge Del Buono Mauro Rally Tuning Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 4:57:59.4 +5:41.5 6
3 3 58 Luca Baldini Marco Muzzarelli Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 4:59:10.7 +6:52.8 4
4 4 66 Dimitar Iliev Petar Sivov Mauro Rally Tuning Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 5:00:06.0 +7:48.1 3
5 5 55 Saulius Girdauskas Žilvinas Sakalauskas TDS Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 5:03:08.5 +10:50.6 2
6 6 69 Bernt Kollevold Ola Fløene Kollevold Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 5:10:37.3 +18:19.4 1
7 7 59 Natalie Barratt Roger Freeman Natalie Barratt Rallysport Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 5:23:21.8 +31:03.9 0
8 8 65 Beppo Harrach Jutta Gebert Stohl Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 5:43:08.2 +50:50.3 0
Retired SS12 71 Stefano Marrini Tiziana Sandroni Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Accident damage 0
Retired SS9 70 Giovanni Manfrinato Claudio Condotta Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Accident damage 0
Retired SS9 76 Pavel Valoušek Pierangelo Scalvini Jolly Club Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Mechanical 0
Retired SS6 54 Ramón Ferreyros Diego Vallejo Mauro Rally Tuning Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Accident 0
Retired SS5 75 Kristian Sohlberg Jukka Aho Blue Rose Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Suspension 0
Retired SS5 77 Alfredo De Dominicis Rudy Pollet Ralliart Italy Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Radiator 0
Retired SS4 52 Marcos Ligato Rubén Garcia Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Engine 0
Retired SS2 53 Alessandro Fiorio Enrico Cantoni Ralliart Italia Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Radiator 0
Retired SS1 57 Toshihiro Arai Tony Sircombe Spike Subaru Team Subaru Impreza WRX Mechanical 0
Retired SS1 73 Martin Rowe Chris Wood David Sutton Cars Ltd Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Accident 0
Source:[6]

Special stages

Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Class leaders
Leg 1 (19 Apr) SS1 Platres — Kato Amiantos 1 11.60 km Karamjit Singh Proton Pert 10:09.3 Karamjit Singh
SS2 Lagoudera — Kapouras 1 15.00 km Marcos Ligato Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 15:26.4
SS3 Kapouras — Agios Theodoros 1 21.56 km Ramón Ferreyros Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 21:31.8
SS4 Platres — Kato Amiantos 2 11.60 km Giovanni Manfrinato Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 10:10.3
SS5 Lagoudera — Kapouras 2 15.00 km Giovanni Manfrinato Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 15:23.6
SS6 Kapouras — Agios Theodoros 2 21.56 km Giovanni Manfrinato Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 21:14.9 Giovanni Manfrinato
Leg 2 (20 Apr) SS7 Prastio — Pachna 1 10.92 km Giovanni Manfrinato Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 7:12.4
SS8 Platres — Saittas 1 11.25 km Karamjit Singh Proton Pert 10:14.6 Karamjit Singh
SS9 Kourdali — Spilia 30.62 km Karamjit Singh Proton Pert 33:04.5
SS10 Prastio — Pachna 2 10.92 km Gustavo Trelles Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 6:58.4
SS11 Platres — Saittas 2 11.25 km Karamjit Singh Proton Pert 10:44.0
SS12 Foini — Koilinia 1 29.88 km Saulius Girdauskas Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 34:49.3
SS13 Platres — Saittas 3 11.25 km Karamjit Singh Proton Pert 10:58.0
SS14 Foini — Koilinia 2 29.88 km Stage cancelled
Leg 3 (21 Apr) SS15 Vavatsinia — Mandra Kambiou 1 19.00 km Gustavo Trelles Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 18:20.3
SS16 Macheras — Agioi Vavatsinias 1 12.80 km Gustavo Trelles Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 12:26.7
SS17 Lageia — Kalavasos 1 9.14 km Gustavo Trelles Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 8:27.7
SS18 Vavatsinia — Mandra Kambiou 2 19.00 km Gustavo Trelles Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 19:45.0
SS19 Macheras — Agioi Vavatsinias 2 12.80 km Beppo Harrach Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 13:23.4
SS20 Lageia — Kalavasos 2 9.14 km Karamjit Singh Proton Pert 8:31.0

Championship standings

Pos. Drivers' championships
Move Driver Points
1 Kristian Sohlberg 10
2 Ramón Ferreyros 10
3 Karamjit Singh 10
4 Dimitar Iliev 9
5 3 Gustavo Trelles 9

References

  1. ^ "Cyprus Rally". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
  2. ^ "Cyprus Rally 2002 Entry List". ewrc-results.com.com. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Cyprus Rally 2002 Itinerary". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Cyprus Rally 2002 Final Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Cyprus Rally 2002 WRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Cyprus Rally 2002 PWRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
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