2014 Tour de Corse

2014 Tour de Corse
31. Internationale Jänner Rallye 2014

Round 11 of 11 of the 2014 European Rally Championship

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Host country  France
Rally base Corsica Ajaccio
Dates run 7 9 November 2014
Stages 11
Stage surface Asphalt
Results
Overall winner France Stéphane Sarrazin
First Motorsport
Crews 50 at start, 36 at finish

The 2014 Tour de Corse was the 11th and final round of the 2014 European Rally Championship season, held on the island of Corsica from 7–9 November 2014.

Report

The title fight was meant to go down to the wire here at Corsica between Škoda team-mates Esapekka Lappi and Sepp Wiegand. But, a fire following a testing crash for Wiegand made Lappi the champion by default.[1]

Lappi, pleased to have been crowned the newest European Rally Champion before the event had even begun, was hoping to add to his tally of wins. It was not to be, though, as the Finn crashed on Stage 6, ending his rally.

Ex-Formula 1 driver Stéphane Sarrazin led the majority of the rally, having won most of the stages to take a dominating win, ahead of his compatriot Bryan Bouffier. This was the second time this year a Formula One driver had won in the ERC as Robert Kubica had won the season-opening Internationale Jänner Rallye.

Vitaliy Pushkar was crowned ERC Production Cup champion after the withdrawals of his nearest rivals Keith Cronin and Martin Hudec. Andrea Crugnola won the Junior class but this wasn't enough to stop Stéphane Lefebvre from clinching the title, while Zoltán Bessenyey retained the 2WD title. Eric Camilli also received the McRae Flat Out Award for the first time.

Results

Pos No Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time/Retired Points
1 10 France Stéphane Sarrazin France Jacques-Julien Renucci First Motorsport Ford Fiesta RRC 2:36:48.4 39
2 2 France Bryan Bouffier France Xavier Panseri M-Sport Ltd. Ford Fiesta RRC 2:37:07.3 30
3 7 Netherlands Kevin Abbring United Kingdom Sebastian Marshall Peugeot Rally Academy Peugeot 208 T16 2:38:26.6 25
4 19 France Eric Camilli France Benjamin Veillas BP Team Peugeot 208 T16 2:39:12.5 20
5 14 France Romain Dumas France Denis Giraudet RD Rallye Team Porsche 997 GT3 RS 4.0 RGT 2:42:30.3 14
6 9 Portugal Bruno Magalhães Portugal Carlos Magalhães Delta Rally Peugeot 208 T16 2:43:18.3 10
7 18 France Jean-Matthieu Leandri France Fabrice Gordon First Motorsport Ford Fiesta R5 2:44:21.9 9
8 12 Czech Republic Jaromír Tarabus Czech Republic Daniel Trunkát Czech National Team Škoda Fabia S2000 2:44:39.7 4
9 39 France Pierre-Antoine Guglielmi France Jean Noël Vesperini Renault Sport Technologies Renault Clio R3 2:47:07.4 2
10 38 Switzerland Laurent Reuche Switzerland Jean Deriaz Renault Sport Technologies Renault Clio RS R3T 2:50:09.4 1
Did not finish
SS10 11 France Julien Maurin France Nicolas Klinger Team 2B Yacco Ford Fiesta R5 Mechanical 3
SS5 1 Republic of Ireland Craig Breen United Kingdom Scott Martin Peugeot Rally Academy Peugeot 208 T16 Transmission
SS6 4 Finland Esapekka Lappi Finland Janne Ferm Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia S2000 Accident

References

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