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Kennards Hire Rally Australia 2016 counts for:
2016 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2016 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2016 FIA World Rally Championship 2 (for Teams and Drivers)
2016 FIA World Rally Championship 3 (for Teams and Drivers)
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| 557th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 14 of 14 |
| Official name: | Kennards Hire Rally Australia |
| Edition: | 25th |
| Date: | from Friday 18-Nov-2016 to Sunday 20-Nov-2016 |
| Rally HQ: | Coffs Harbour, New South Wales; Australia |
| Clerk of the Course: | Wayne Kenny |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 36 | |
| Starters: | 32 | |
| Finishers: | 25 | (78.1% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 23 | |
| Shortest: | 1.27 | km | (SS10 Destination NSW SSS 1) |
| Longest: | 50.80 | km | (SS15 Nambucca 2) |
| Slowest: | 63.56 | km/h | (SS5 Raceway SSS 1) |
| Fastest: | 120.58 | km/h | (SS22 Settles Reverse 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 283.36 | km | (28.0% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 283.36 | km | (28.0% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 727.53 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,010.89 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 3rd win and 20th podium for Andreas Mikkelsen. |
| Second place was 56th podium for Sebastien Ogier. |
| Third place was 19th podium for Thierry Neuville. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 44th win and 1-2 win were 93rd to 94th podiums for Volkswagen. |
| | Third place was 20th podium for Hyundai. |
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Mikkelsen was fastest from the word go and initially he battled hard with Paddon. On second day Andreas fought to retain his lead but at the end of the day lead over Ogier had shrunk to mere seconds. Ogier's charge in final day resulted a spin and Andreas won in his final rally with VW.
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Thierry was second on the road and suffered from sweeping. Also, he drove with second place in championship in mind and as it looked likely that Mikkelsen would win, Thierry would need the third place. When Paddon went wide and destroyed his tyres, third place was Thierry's.
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Ostberg was relatively slow despite his good road position and his final position was just fifth in a rally that may be his last for top team.
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Related links
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Wales Rally GB 2016
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Monte Carlo 2017
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