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MARCUS
GRONHOLM and Timo Rautiainen have won the Rally New Zealand
and the 2002 World Rally Championship!
Peugeot
have also won the Manufacturers Championship with their eighth
maximum score of the season. Gronholm and Rautiainen took
the lead of the event after team-mates Richard Burns and Robert
Reid rolled out on stage fifteen. The pair were nearing the
end of the stage when they slid wide on a fourth gear right-hand
corner. With a left-hand corner almost immediately after it
the car was sent into the air, over a fence and cartwheeled
into the trees. Neither Burns nor Reid were injured in the
incident.
Harri
Rovanpera and Risto Pietilainen finished second ahead of Tommi
Makinen and Kaj Lindstrom in third.
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1
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M.
Gronholm / T. Rautiainen |
Peugeot
206 WRC |
3hrs 58mins 45.4secs |
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2
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H.
Rovanpera / R. Pietilainen |
Peugeot
206 WRC |
4hrs 02mins 33.0secs |
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3
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T.
Makinen / K. Lindstrom |
Subaru
Impreza WRC |
4hrs 03mins 11.7secs |
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4
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C.
Sainz / L. Moya |
Ford
Focus WRC |
4hrs 04mins 34.3secs |
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5
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J.
Kankkunen / J. Repo |
Hyundai
Accent WRC |
4hrs 05mins 55.6secs |
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6
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F.
Loix / S. Smeets |
Hyundai
Accent WRC |
4hrs 06mins 37.9secs |
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7
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G.
Panizzi / H. Panizzi |
Peugeot
206 WRC |
4hrs 07mins 09.9secs |
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8
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T.
Gardemeister / P. Lukander |
Skoda
Octavia WRC |
4hrs 07mins 41.5secs |
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9
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F.
Delecour / D. Grataloup |
Mitsubishi
Lancer WRC |
4hrs 09mins 19.0secs |
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10
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A.
Schwarz / M. Hiemer |
Hyundai
Accent WRC |
4hrs 10mins 20.2secs |
Leg
One Stage Notes
- Kenneth
Eriksson retired when he went off the road on
stage two.
- Marcus
Gronholm lost time with hydraulic problems.
- Colin
McRae retired on stage four when he went off the
road due to a misheard pacenote.
- Carlos
Sainz spun on stage four.
-
Carlos Sainz hit a barrier on stage eight.
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Leg
Two Stage Notes
- Jani
Paasonen rolled out of the event on stage eleven.
- Markko
Martin retired on stage fourteen when he slid
off the road.
- Richard
Burns retired after rolling whilst in fifth gear
on stage fifteen.
- Tommi
Makinen lost time with a spin on stage fifteen.
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- Harri
Rovanpera lost time with a hydraulic problem on stage
24.
- Carlos
Sainz hit a tree on stage 24.
- Petter
Solberg retired from third position on stage 25 with
a blown engine.
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