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Coates Hire Rally Australia 2015 counts for:
2015 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2015 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2015 FIA World Rally Championship 2 (for Teams and Drivers)
2015 FIA World Rally Championship 3 (for Teams and Drivers)
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| 541st WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 10 of 13 |
| Official name: | Coates Hire Rally Australia |
| Edition: | 24th |
| Date: | from Friday 11-Sep-2015 to Sunday 13-Sep-2015 |
| Rally HQ: | Coffs Harbour, New South Wales; Australia |
| Clerk of the Course: | Adrian Stafford |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 28 | |
| Starters: | 26 | |
| Finishers: | 22 | (84.6% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 17 | |
| Shortest: | 6.40 | km | (SS15 Settles Road) |
| Longest: | 50.80 | km | (SS11 Nambucca 2) |
| Slowest: | 85.72 | km/h | (SS3 Northbank 1) |
| Fastest: | 123.47 | km/h | (SS15 Settles Road) |
| Planned stage distance: | 311.36 | km | (30.4% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 311.36 | km | (30.4% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 712.34 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,023.70 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 31st win and 44th podium for Sebastien Ogier. |
| Second place was 52nd podium for Jari-Matti Latvala. |
| Third place was 6th podium for Kris Meeke. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 32nd win and 1-2 win were 67th to 68th podiums for Volkswagen. |
| | Third place was 234th podium for Citroen. |
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Ogier's quest for third title ended with a win, his seventh of the season (out of ten rallies). He suffered from sweeping, dropping well down the order initially but then again did not suffer from dust in the forests.
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Meeke gained lead from Sordo, lost it to Latvala at the end of Day 1, regained it only to lose it to Ogier for good. Despite suffering from poor visibility due to dust, he kept his cool and finished on podium.
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Hyundai switched local man Paddon to main team and Sordo to second team. Initially it was Sordo who used swept roads to full effect and led but fell back with gearbox and brake problems. Paddon had no such problems and was best Hyundai at the end.
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M-Sport Fords suffered from lack of experience, this being second time in Australia for both of the team's drivers. Evans was lost throughout the weekend and while Tanak fared little better, team had little reason for joy.
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Related links
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Deutschland 2015
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Tour de Corse 2015
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