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Rally Australia 1997 counts for:
1997 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
1997 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
1997 FIA 2-Litre World Rally Cup for Manufacturers
1997 FIA Cup for Drivers of Production Cars
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| 291st WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 13 of 14 |
| Official name: | API Rally Australia |
| Edition: | 10th |
| Date: | from Thursday 30-Oct-1997 to Sunday 2-Nov-1997 |
| Rally HQ: | Perth, Western Australia; Australia |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 87 | |
| Starters: | 87 | |
| Finishers: | 49 | (56.3% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 24 | |
| Shortest: | 2.20 | km | (SS1 Langley Park Super 1) |
| Longest: | 35.48 | km | (SS15 Stirling East) |
| Slowest: | 83.37 | km/h | (SS20 Langley Park Super 3) |
| Fastest: | 117.30 | km/h | (SS7 Muresk 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 421.42 | km | (27.6% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 421.42 | km | (27.6% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 1,105.47 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,526.89 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 12th win and 19th podium for Colin McRae. |
| Second place was 17th podium for Tommi Makinen. |
| Third place was 37th podium for Didier Auriol. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 19th win and 48th podium for Subaru. |
| | Second place was 47th podium for Mitsubishi. |
| | Third place was 115th podium for Toyota. |
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