2017 Michelin FIA WRC

Rally Poland2017 one of the sport’s longest-standing events

THURSDAY, JUNE 29 8:00am Shakedown 4,90km JUNE 29 4:00pm Start ceremony, Mikolajki 7:08pm SS1 Mikolajki Arena 2,50km FRIDAY, JUNE 30 »J U LY 2 6:25am Tyre change, Mikolajki 15min - 7:15am SS2 Chmielewo 6,52km 74th RUNNING 9:00am SS3 Wieliczki 15,96km 2017 FIA WRC: ROUND 8 9:55am SS4 Swietajno 19,60km 10:40am SS5 Stare-Juchy 13,50km 12:40pm Service/Tyre change, Mikolajki 30min 1:45pm SS6 Chmielewo 6,52km TIMETABLE 3:30pm SS7 Wieliczki 15,96km 49 4:25pm SS8 Swietajno 19,60km 5:10pm SS9 Stare-Juchy 13,50km entries 7:08pm SS10 Mikolajki Arena 2,50 7:28pm Service, Mikolajki 45min SATURDAY, JULY 1 1422,36km 7:27am Service/Tyre change, Mikolajki 15min including 326,64km 8:08am SS11 Baranowo 15,55km divided into 23 stages 9:20am SS12 Pozezdrze 24,28km 10:45am SS13 Goldap 14,75km 11:35am SS14 Kruklanki 19,58km 1:12pm Service/Tyre change, Mikolajki 30min 2:08pm SS15 Baranowo 15,55km 3:20pm SS16 Pozezdrze 24,28km 4:45pm SS17 Goldap 14,75km 5:35pm SS18 Kruklanki 19,58km 7:30pm SS19 Mikolajki Arena 2,50km 7:50pm Service, Mikolajki 45min SUNDAY, JULY 2 6:40am Service/Tyre change, Mikolajki 15min 8:10am SS20 Orzysz 11,15km

9:08am SS21 Paprotki 18,68km SOURCE: WRC.COM - INFORMATION SUBJECT CHANGE TO 10:45am SS22 Orzysz 11,15km 12:18pm SS23 Paprotki 18,68km 1:40pm Service, Mikolajki 10min

2:30pm Podium, Mikolajki TIME (GMT +2) -

 FORMAT Jacques Morelli, Distance: 1,422.63km, including Manager of Michelin Motorsport’s WRC 326.64km divided into 23 stages programme Pozezdrze (24.28km) and Orzisz (11.15km) “’s stages are very fast and the ground is are new quite sandy, so they are not too hard-wearing. As a result, Baranowo (15.55km) and Wieliczki the nominated tyre is the soft-compound version of the (15.96km) have been modified Michelin LTX Force. That said, the roads are covered with Goldap (14.75km) and Stare-Juchy loose gravel which penalises the first crews on the road. (13.50km) are identical to 2016 The weather could be wet, however, and rain would hand The Mikolajki Arena super-special is a a distinct advantage to the early runners.” mixed-surface stage (gravel/asphalt) Goldap passes close to Poland’s border with Russia Rally Poland features extremely fast and MICHELIN TYRES FOR 2017 RALLY poland generally narrow stages that crisscross fields. There are no big jumps as in Finland, but there are plenty of highly tricky blind crests. wrc : The roads tend to be carpeted with a thin MICHELIN LTX Force top-coating of loose gravel which the first cars on the road sweep aside. Running order 3 WRC quota: S5 H4 consequently plays a big role. 28 tyres from a (soft) (HARD) total allocation of 28 softs and 16 hards RALLY POLAND 3 1462 tyres available first choice «joker» tyre Along with the Rallye Monte-Carlo, Rally Poland is one of the sport’s longest-standing events It is being organised for the 74th time this year MICHELIN The inaugural Rally Poland in 1921 was a 600km run from Warsaw to Białowiez˙a AND RALLY poland The event has been based in Poland’s Masurian Lake District since 2005 Michelin has a factory in Olsztyn, less than 100km from Mikolajki Rally Poland counted towards the European Rally Michelin has won the past three Rally Polands to have counted Championship from 1974 to 2008 towards the WRC. It also won the 2012 event (an ERC qualifier)with The 4,500km route of the 1939 event looped the entire country Lappi (Skoda). Rally Poland is one of the fastest rounds on the WRC calendar: the winners’ average speed in 2015 was 121.4kph

MISCELLANEOUS The Masurian Lake District is a favourite holiday destination for Varsovians Goldap runs close to the Russian border and the Kaliningrad enclave, famous for its amber production Masuria once belonged to Prussia. Germany handed it back to Poland in compliance with the terms of the Yalta Conference There are some 4,000 lakes in Masuria

TEAMS / DRIVERS is standing in for in the N°7 Citroën C3 WRC/Michelin debut for Finn (Ford Fiesta RS WRC)

 M-SPORT WORLD RALLY TEAM WRC # 1 OGIER Sébastien / INGRASSIA Julien FRA / FRA FORD FIESTA WRC

M-SPORT WORLD RALLY TEAM WRC # 2 TANAK Ott / JARVEOJA Martin EST / EST FORD FIESTA WRC

M-SPORT WORLD RALLY TEAM WRC # 3 EVANS Elfyn / BARRITT Daniel GBR / GBR FORD FIESTA WRC

HYUNDAI MOTORSPORT WRC # 4 PADDON Hayden / MARSHALL Seb NZL / GBR HYUNDAI i20 COUPE WRC

HYUNDAI MOTORSPORT WRC # 5 NEUVILLE Thierry / GILSOUL Nicolas BEL / BEL HYUNDAI i20 COUPE WRC

HYUNDAI MOTORSPORT WRC # 6 SORDO Dani / MARTI Marc ESP / ESP HYUNDAI i20 COUPE WRC

CITROEN TOTAL ABU DHABI WRT WRC # 7 MIKKELSEN Andreas / JAEGER Anders NOR / NOR CITROEN C3 WRC

WRC Entry List CITROEN TOTAL ABU DHABI WRT # 8 BREEN Craig / MARTIN Scott IRL / GBR CITROEN C3 WRC

CITROEN TOTAL ABU DHABI WRT WRC # 9 LEFEBVRE Stéphane / MOREAU Gabin FRA / FRA CITROEN C3 WRC

TOYOTA GAZOO RACING WRC WRC # 10 LATVALA Jari-Matti / ANTTILA Miikka FIN / FIN TOYOTA YARIS WRC FLASHBACK

TOYOTA GAZOO RACING WRC WRC TO 2016 # 11 HANNINEN Juho / LINDSTROM Kaj FIN / FIN WINNERS: TOYOTA YARIS WRC Andreas Mikkelsen/Anders Jaeger TOYOTA GAZOO RACING WRC WRC (Volkswagen Polo R WRC/Michelin) # 12 LAPPI Esapekka / FERM Janne FIN / FIN TOYOTA YARIS WRC

M-SPORT WORLD RALLY TEAM WRC # 14 OSTBERG Mads / FLOENE Ola NOR / NOR FORD FIESTA WRC

M-SPORT WORLD RALLY TEAM WRC STAGE WINNERS: # 15 SUNINEN Teemu / MARKKULA Mikko FIN / FIN FORD FIESTA RS WRC Tanak 9 – Paddon, Mikkelsen, Ogier 3 – Latvala 2 – Neuville, Lefebvre 1 EUROLAMP WRT WRC LEADERS: # 21 GORBAN Valeriy / LARENS Sergei UKR / EST BMW-Mini John Cooper Works ES1 Neuville – ES2 Tanak – ES3 à 7 Mikkelsen – ES8 à 19 Tanak – WRC JOURDAN SERDERIDIS ES20 à 21 Mikkelsen # 22 SERDERIDIS Jourdan / VANNESTE Lara GRC / BEL CITROEN C3 WRC 3 The Polo R WRC equalled the highest number of WRC wins JEAN-MICHEL RAOUX WRC on Michelin rubber previously # 23 RAOUX Jean-Michel / MAGAT Laurent FRA / FRA posted by the Lancia Delta (38) CITROEN C3 WRC 3 First WRC stage victory for Lefebvre WRC  THE FULL ENTRY LIST HERE​

 Drivers STANDINGS

Rally Monte-Carlo Sweden Mexico France Argentina Portugal Italia Poland Finland Germany Spain Great Britain Australia POINTS 19/01 > 22/01 9/02 > 12/02 9/03 > 12/03 6/04 > 9/04 27/04 > 30/04 18/05 > 21/05 8/06 > 11/06 29/06 > 2/07 27/07 > 30/07 17/08 > 20/08 5/10 > 8/10 26/10 > 29/10 16/11 > 19/11

1 25 15+4 18+4 18+4 12+2 25+1 10+3 Sébastien OGIER (1) (3) (2) (2) (4) (1) (5) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 141

2 5 3 15+5 25+1 25+5 18+4 15+2 (15) (13) (3) (1) (1) (2) (3) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 123

3 15 18 12+3 15+3 12+5 25 Ott TANAK (3) (2) (4) (11) (3) (4) (1) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 108

4 18 25+5 8+2 12+5 10+1 2 18+1 Jari-Matti LATVALA (2) (1) (6) (4) (5) (9) (2) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 107

5 12+1 12 4+1 15+2 4 15 4 (4) (4) (8) (3) (8) (3) (12) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 70

6 8+2 8 2 18+4 8+3 (6) (6) (9) (21) (2) (6) (R) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 53

7 10 10 10+3 10 (5) (5) (-) (5) (R) (5) (25) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 43

8 6+1 10 8 8 (R) (7) (5) (6) (6) (R) (R) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 33

9 3 6 6 6 8 Juho HÄNNINEN (16) (23) (7) (R) (7) (7) (6) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 29

10 2 25 Kris MEEKE (R) (12) (1) (R) (R) (18) (R) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 27

11 1+2 12+5 (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (10) (4) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 20

12 6 6 4 Andreas MIKKELSEN (7) (-) (-) (7) (-) (R) (8) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 16

WRC2 drivers

1. 100 pts

2. Teemu SUNINEN 54 pts

3. 52 pts

4. Andreas MIKKELSEN 50 pts

5. Jan KOPECKY 49 pts

Manufacturers 1. M-Sport World Rally Team 234 pts 2. Hyundai Motorsport 194 pts 3. Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 143 pts 4. Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT 97 pts

 Michelin WRC range THE 2017 WRC 2017 season REGULATIONS

New- generation

ASPHALT TYRES : WINTRY World Rally michelin pILOT SPORT ASPHALT: Cars michelin ALPIN 4 More powerful (380hp), 25kg lighter, active

central differential, new

aerodynamic package

Start orders

H5 (hard compound) S5 (soft compound) Day 1 in 2017 Drivers’ Size : 20/65-18 Size : 20/65-18 Conditions: dry stages Conditions: wet, cold conditions non-studded championship order, then

reverse order of overnight

classification

Manufacturers can nominate up to three cars SS5 (super soft compound) FW3 (Full Wet) studded Size : 20/65-18 Size : 18/65-18 with the two best-placed cars Conditions: icy, frosty, damp, Conditions: showers, standing Size : 18/65-18 cold conditions water or heavy rain Conditions: ice and/or snow to score Manufacturer points.

points

1st, 25 points • 2nd, 18 points GRAVEL TYRES : SNOW/ICE TYRE : rd th michelin LTX FORCE michelin X-ICE 3 15 points • 4 , 12 points NORTH 5th, 10 points • 6th, 8 points

7th, 6 points • 8th, 4 points

9th, 2 points • 10th, 1 point

Power Stage points

1st, 5 points • 2nd, 4 points H4 (hard compound) S5 (soft compound) Size : 17/65-15 Size : 17/65-15 X-Ice North 3 3rd, 3 points • 4th, 2 points Conditions: rough, rocky, Conditions: smooth, loose Size : 15/65-15 abrasive surfaces surfaces, mud Conditions: ice and/or snow 5th, 1 point.

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