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Rallye de France Alsace 2014 counts for:
2014 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2014 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2014 FIA World Rally Championship 2 (for Teams and Drivers)
2014 FIA World Rally Championship 3 (for Teams and Drivers)
2014 FIA Junior WRC Championship for Drivers
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| 529th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 11 of 13 |
| Official name: | Rallye de France - Alsace |
| Edition: | 5th |
| Date: | from Friday 3-Oct-2014 to Sunday 5-Oct-2014 |
| Rally HQ: | Strasbourg, Alsace; France |
| Clerk of the Course: | Patrick Bouteiller |
| Surface: | Tarmac |
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| Entries: | 97 | |
| Starters: | 89 | |
| Finishers: | 68 | (76.4% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 18 | |
| Shortest: | 4.67 | km | (SS7 Strasbourg) |
| Longest: | 34.34 | km | (SS5 Vosges - Pays d'Ormont 2) |
| Slowest: | 78.09 | km/h | (SS7 Strasbourg) |
| Fastest: | 125.57 | km/h | (SS12 Soultzeren - Le Grand Hohnack 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 303.63 | km | (24.6% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 303.63 | km | (24.6% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 929.31 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,232.94 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 12th win and 46th podium for Jari-Matti Latvala. |
| Second place was 5th podium for Andreas Mikkelsen. |
| Third place was 4th podium for Kris Meeke. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 21st win and 1-2 win were 44th to 45th podiums for Volkswagen. |
| | Third place was 228th podium for Citroen. |
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This time Latvala kept his held cool and maintained his lead until the end, finally scoring that elusive first tarmac win.
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After Ogier lost minutes with faulty gearbox sensor, Latvala was left to lead and Mikkelsen to follow. While Latvala pulled away, Mikkelsen sensibly settled for second.
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Early on Meeke tried to fight the leading Volkswagens but very soon found out that it was futile. Third was a good result as he once again was best non-VW.
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Sordo was fastest of the Hyundais which suffered from setup problems and mechanical maladies. He lost fourth place to Kubica but got it back when Pole went off in power stage.
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Even though Hirvonen finished higher than his team mate, Evans was clearly faster. He had faulty alternator and had to push car back to service, incurring penalty which dropped him in the results.
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Related links
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Rally Australia 2014
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Rally Catalunya 2014
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