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2007 Monte Carlo Rally; 75ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo
	Round 1 of the 2007 World Rally Championship
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Host country	Monaco
Rally base	Monte Carlo
Dates run	January 18, 2007 – January 21, 2007
Stages	15 (328.54 km)
Stage surface	Tarmac / Ice
Overall distance	1185.02 km
Results
Overall winner	Sébastien Loeb; Citroën Total World Rally Team
Teams	47 at start, 39 at finish
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The 75ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo (75th Monte-Carlo Rally), the first round of the 2007 World Rally Championship season, took place between January 19 and 21, 2007.

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The rally returned to the Vercors and Ardèche regions of France for the first time since 1997, & for the first time in the rally's history. The Col de Turini will not be used in this year of the Monte Carlo Rally. Due to the popularity of the rally concerns arose about spectator safety, after the shakedown stage was cancelled due to spectator crowding. The rally has some returns and new faces, namely the return of Citroën with the highly developed C4 WRC with drivers Sébastien Loeb and Dani Sordo. BP Ford returned to defend their manufacturers' title in 2006 with the same team of Marcus Grönholm and Mikko Hirvonen. The Subaru World Rally Team also returned with the same 2006 team of Petter Solberg and Chris Atkinson. In addition to the BP Ford Team, Stobart VK M-Sport Ford return with previous drivers Matthew Wilson and Jari-Matti Latvala as well as Henning Solberg that joins from OMV Peugeot. Another Ford team has been entered under the team name of Munchi's Ford World Rally Team with drivers Luis Perez Companc and fellow Argentine Juan Pablo Raies, they will contest 10 rallies in 2007.

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
WRC
1.	Sebastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	3:10:27.4	0.0	10
2.	Daniel Sordo	Marc Marti	Citroën C4 WRC	3:11:05.6	38.2	8
3.	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:11:50.2	1:22.8	6
4.	Chris Atkinson	Glenn McNeall	Subaru Impreza WRC06	3:12:55.5	2:28.1	5
5.	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC 06	3:12:55.7	2:28.3	4
6.	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Subaru Impreza WRC06	3:13:39.4	3:12.0	3
7.	Toni Gardemeister	Jakke Honkanen	Mitsubishi Lancer WR05	3:14:05.5	3:38.1	2
8.	Jan Kopecky	Filip Schovanek	Škoda Fabia WRC	3:15:06.8	4:39.4	1

Leg	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
1 (18 Jan)	SS1	19:16	St Jean En Royans	28.52 km	S. Loeb	13:58.7	122.42 km/h	S. Loeb
1 (18 Jan)	SS2	20:06	La Cime Du Mas	17.87 km	S. Loeb	9:31.2	112.63 km/h
2 (19 Jan)	SS3	08:19	St Pierreville 1	46.20 km	D. Sordo	29:43.4	93.26 km/h
	SS4	10:13	Burzet 1	16.47 km	S. Loeb	9:39.3	102.35 km/h
	SS5	10:59	St Martial 1	12.81 km	D. Sordo	8:00.7	95.94 km/h
	SS6	15:17	St Pierreville 2	46.20 km	S. Loeb	28:29.7	97.28 km/h
	SS7	17:11	Burzet 2	16.47 km	D. Sordo	9:43.2	101.67 km/h
	SS8	17:57	St Martial 2	12.81 km	S. Loeb	8:16.4	92.9 km/h
3 (20 Jan - 21 Jan)	SS9	07:31	Labatie D'Andaure 1	19.67 km	S. Loeb	10:47.2	109.41 km/h
	SS10	08:13	St Bonnet 1	25.93 km	C. Atkinson	12:42.7	122.39 km/h
	SS11	09:38	Lamastre 1	18.76 km	M. Hirvonen	11:46.9	95.54 km/h
	SS12	13:03	Labatie D'Andaure 2	19.67 km	M. Hirvonen	10:45.1	109.77 km/h
	SS13	13:45	St Bonnet 2	25.93 km	C. Atkinson	12:32.4	124.07 km/h
	SS14	15:10	Lamastre 2	18.76 km	M. Hirvonen	11:30.5	97.81 km/h
	SS15	09:00	Monaco	2.79 km	C. Atkinson	1:49.9	91.39 km/h

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish (top 8)
Blue	Non-points finish
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Injured or ill (Inj)
	Excluded (EX)
	Suspended (SUS)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Rank	Manufacturer	Event																Total points
Rank	Manufacturer	MON	SWE	NOR	MEX	POR	ARG	ITA	GRC	FIN	GER	NZL	ESP	FRA	JPN	IRL	GBR	Total points
1	Citroën Total World Rally Team	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18
2	BP Ford World Rally Team	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
3	Subaru World Rally Team	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
4	OMV Kronos	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
5	Stobart VK M-Sport Ford	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
6	Munchi's Ford World Rally Team	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0