2007 Intercontinental Rally Challenge

The 2007 Intercontinental Rally Challenge was the second season of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. The season consisted of nine rounds and began on March 9, with the Safari Rally. The season ended on November 11 with the China Rally. Enrique García Ojeda won the title ahead of Nicolas Vouilloz and Andrea Navarra.

Calendar

Rd. Start date Finish date Rally Rally headquarters Surface Stages Distance
1 9 March 11 March 55th KCB Safari Rally Nairobi Gravel 19 294.28 km
2 11 May 13 May 36th Fiat Rally Pendik, Istanbul Gravel 19 249.85 km
3 22 June 24 June 43rd Belgium Ypres Westhoek Rally Ypres, West Flanders Asphalt 18 288.82 km
4 12 July 14 July 1st Rally Russia Vyborg, Leningrad Gravel 11 152.03 km
5 2 August 4 August 48th Rali Vinho da Madeira Funchal, Madeira Asphalt 19 285.68 km
6 24 August 26 August 37th Barum Rally Zlín Zlín, Zlín Region Asphalt 15 262.34 km
7 27 September 29 September 49th Rallye Sanremo Sanremo, Liguria Asphalt 10 217.48 km
8 25 October 27 October 48th Rallye International du Valais Martigny, Valais Asphalt 17 261.38 km
9 9 November 11 November 10th Rally China Longyou Longyou, Quzhou Gravel 16 223.37 km
Sources:[1]

Selected entries

Entrant Constructor Car Driver Co-driver Rounds
Abarth & Co. Spa Abarth Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 Andrea Navarra Guido D'Amore 1–4
Dario D'Esposito 5–8
Umberto Scandola Luigi Pirollo 1, 3
Guido D'Amore 7–8
Anton Alén Timo Alanne 2, 4, 6
Giandomenico Basso Mitia Dotta 5, 7
Fiat Motorsport Turkey Volkan Isik Kaan Özşenler 2–3, 5–6
H.F. Grifone SRL Corrado Fontana Renzo Casazza 3, 5–6
Cersanit Rally Team Michał Sołowow Maciek Baran 3, 6
Duindistel Pieter Tsjoen Eddy Chevaillier 3
Freddy Loix 5–8
Fiat Vodafone José Pedro Fontes Fernando Prata 5
Island Motorsport Renato Travaglia Lorenzo Granai 6–7
Scuderia Zero4 Piu Philippe Roux Eric Jordan 8
Ralliart Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX Hideaki Miyoshi Hakaru Ichino 1
Island Motorsport Renato Travaglia Lorenzo Granai 2–5
Boyla Automotorsport Dimitar Iliev Yanaki Yanakiev 2–3, 5–6
Cersanit Rally Team Michał Sołowow Maciek Baran 2
Duindistel Larry Cols Filip Goddé 3
Bob Colsoul Tom Colsoul 3
Melisa Debackere Isidoor Smets 3
Eddy Snaet Filip Deplancke 3
Prosport Andrey Zhigunov Igor Ter-Oganesiants 4
Andrey Lagunov Sergey Grudina 4
Dmitriy Lagunov Boris Kostyrko 4
Euro Oil Team Václav Pech Petr Uhel 6
Mediasport Czezh National Team Václav Arazim Julius Gal 6
Tescoma Rally Team Roman Kresta Petr Gross 6
Ralliart Italy Paolo Andreucci Anna Andreussi 7
Matteo Gamba Giancarla Guzzi 7
MRF Tyres Jussi Valimaki Jarkko Kalliolepo 9
Katsuhiko Taguchi Mark Stacey 9
Mitsubishi Lancer Team Brian Green Fleur Pedersen 9
Jixiang Wu Zhongqi Li 9
Fenghze Xie Tsung Yu Hsieh 9
Mitsubishi Lancer Wan Yu Team David Higgins Ieuan Thomas 9
Qingxian Hua Jian Zhang 9
Fan Fan Shu Fan 9
KST Rally Team Martin Rowe Dale Moscatt 9
Wu Ming Rally Team Lang Xu Yu Huang 9
Qinghong Li Hongyu Pan 9
Chunlei Shi Xin Shen 9
Dalbit Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8 Alastair Cavenagh Des Page-Morris 1
Triton Team Lee Rose Piers Daykin 1
KST Rally Team Hongjie Wei Hongwei Song 9
Aztek Motorsport Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 7 Asad Anwar Nick Patel 1
MRF Tyres Gaurav Gill Glenn MacNeall 9
Peugeot Sport España Peugeot Peugeot 207 S2000 Nicolas Vouilloz Nicolas Klinger 2–8
Enrique García Ojeda Jordi Barrabés 2–8
Peugeot Team Belux Bernd Casier Frédéric Miclotte 3, 5–8
Racing Lions SRL Luca Rossetti Matteo Chiarcossi 3, 7
Gilles Panizzi Xavier Panseri 7
Peugeot Total Hungaria János Tóth Bea Bahor 3, 6
Robert Tagai 7
Peugeot Sport Sweden Jimmy Joge Mattias Andersson 4
Mathias Gardman 6
Peugeot Total Bruno Magalhães Paulo Grave 5, 7
BSA Team Brice Tirabassi Fabrice Gordon 7
Julien Pressac Thibault Gorczyca 7
Lugano Racing Team Christian Jaquillard Christiane Jaquillard 8
Scuderia Zero4 Piu Citroën Citroën C2 S1600 Antonio Galli Paolo Brusadelli 8
PH Sport Simon Jean-Joseph Jacques Boyere 2–3, 5–6
Citroën C2 R2 4
Laurent Viana Isabelle Galmiche 6
JAS Motorsport Honda Honda Civic Type-R R3 Daniel Solà Oscar Sanchez 2–6
Carlos Del Barrio 7
Luca Betti Simone Cuneo 2
Giovanni Bernacchini 3–8
Belgian VW Club Volkswagen Volkswagen Polo S2000 Freddy Loix Robin Buysmans 3
ACE Racing Tomasz Czopik Glib Zagoriy 3

Drivers standings

  • The best seven scores from each driver count towards the championship.
Pos Driver SAF
TUR
YPR
RUS
MAD
ZLI
SAN
VAL
CHN
 Pts 
1 Enrique García Ojeda 3 2 2 4 2 6 2 47
2 Nicolas Vouilloz 1 Ret 3 10 1 3 1 42
3 Andrea Navarra 3 2 3 4 Ret 7 10 Ret 32
4 Luca Rossetti 1 1 20
5 Giandomenico Basso 1 2 18
6 Umberto Scandola Ret 5 4 3 15
7 Anton Alén 4 1 Ret 15
8 Bernd Casier 4 6 5 14 Ret 13
9 David Higgins 2 10
10 Bruno Magalhães 3 Ret 8
11 Lang Xu 3 8
12 Hideaki Miyoshi 4 8
13 Václav Pech 3 6
14 Martin Rowe 6 6
15 Asad Answar 7 6
16 Freddy Loix Ret Ret Ret 11 4 5
17 Roman Kresta 4 5
18 José Pedro Fontes 5 5
19 Brian Green 7 5
20 Sammy Aslam 8 5
21 Renato Travaglia 5 13 Ret Ret 8 Ret 5
22 Marco Cavigioli 16 21 5 15 Ret 20 4
23 Paolo Andreucci 5 4
24 Luca Betti 21 Ret Ret Ret 22 30 9 4
25 Qingxian Hua 9 4
26 Robert Gow 19 4
27 Simon Jean-Joseph 8 10 11 8 10 4
28 Volkan Isik 6 Ret 14 13 3
29 Václav Arazim 6 3
30 Corrado Fontana Ret 7 Ret 3
31 Patrick Snijers 7 3
32 Andrey Zhigunov 7 3
33 Philippe Roux 10 3
34 Shinichiro Karakama 10 3
35 Navraj Hans 25 3
36 Tomasz Czopik 7 11 Ret 2
37 Dimitar Iliev Ret 8 Ret Ret 2
38 Boris Fedotov 8 2
39 Gilles Panizzi 8 2
40 Jean-Philippe Radoux 11 2
41 Chunlei Shi 11 2
42 Gergely Szabo 9 17 1
43 Alexandre Camacho 9 1
44 Devis Cremona 12 1
45 Fenghze Xie 12 1
Pos Driver SAF
TUR
YPR
RUS
MAD
ZLI
SAN
VAL
CHN
 Pts 
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

References

  1. ^ "IRC 2007 calendar". eWRC. Retrieved 1 April 2025.