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Monte Carlo 2017 counts for:
2017 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2017 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2017 FIA World Rally Championship 2 (for Teams and Drivers)
2017 FIA World Rally Championship 3 (for Teams and Drivers)
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| 558th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 1 of 13 |
| Official name: | Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo |
| Edition: | 85th |
| Date: | from Thursday 19-Jan-2017 to Sunday 22-Jan-2017 |
| Rally HQ: | Monte Carlo; Monaco |
| Clerk of the Course: | Christophe Allgeyer |
| Surface: | Tarmac/snow |
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| Entries: | 76 | |
| Starters: | 73 | |
| Finishers: | 54 | (74.0% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 17 | |
| Shortest: | 5.50 | km | (SS14 Luceram - Col St Roch 1) |
| Longest: | 38.94 | km | (SS7 Aspres les Corps - Chaillol 2) |
| Slowest: | 76.58 | km/h | (SS3 Agnieres en Devoluy - Le Motty 1) |
| Fastest: | 112.55 | km/h | (SS12 La Batie Montsaleon - Faye 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 382.65 | km | (27.6% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 355.90 | km | (25.7% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 1,029.20 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,385.10 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 39th win and 57th podium for Sebastien Ogier. |
| Second place was 58th podium for Jari-Matti Latvala. |
| Third place was 5th podium for Ott Tanak. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 83rd win and win and third place were 336th to 337th podiums for Ford. |
| | Second place was 145th podium for Toyota. |
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Ogier was cautious about his chances before the event but despite unfavourable running position at times, he was able to push hard enough to keep up with the leaders. Ogier was second when Neuville broke suspension and handed the lead and victory to him.
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Monte Carlo has never been kind to Latvala but this time steady start with new Toyota netted him second place after Neuville's accident and Tanak's engine problems.
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Sordo lost time with broken power steering in second day and didn't like varying grip. Despite these challenges he was fourth and while team mate Neuville led, it looked like Hyundai would bag a dream start.
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Citroen had the most difficult rally. Meeke damaged suspension on Friday and then retired for good after a road accident in Saturday. While Breen was faster in an old car, Lefebvre was Citroen's only scorer despite early clutch problems.
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Related links
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Rally Australia 2016
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Rally Sweden 2017
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