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Kennards Hire Rally Australia 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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| 570th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 13 of 13 |
| Official name: | Kennards Hire Rally Australia |
| Edition: | 26th |
| Date: | from Friday 17-Nov-2017 to Sunday 19-Nov-2017 |
| Rally HQ: | Coffs Harbour, New South Wales; Australia |
| Clerk of the Course: | Wayne Kenny |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 34 | |
| Starters: | 33 | |
| Finishers: | 25 | (75.8% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 21 | |
| Shortest: | 1.27 | km | (SS7 Destination NSW SSS 1) |
| Longest: | 48.89 | km | (SS9 Nambucca17) |
| Slowest: | 65.50 | km/h | (SS11 Raceway SSS) |
| Fastest: | 126.70 | km/h | (SS6 Sherwood 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 318.33 | km | (34.7% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 287.53 | km | (31.4% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 629.22 | km |
| Total distance: | 916.75 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 6th win and 27th podium for Thierry Neuville. |
| Second place was 11th podium for Ott Tanak. |
| Third place was 6th podium for Hayden Paddon. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 7th win and win and third place were 31st to 32nd podiums for Hyundai. |
| | Second place was 354th podium for Ford. |
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Huyndai held lead for the whole rally, first with Mikkelsen who was forced him out by double puncture and just one spare on second day. Team-mate Neuville (pictured) inherited the lead and held it until the end despite torrential rain slowing him down.
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By the final day, Tanak was leading M-Sport Ford and third, keeping his eye on Latvala and second place. Heavy rain slowed both drivers ahead of him but still gap for second was too large before Latvala's final stage off elevated Ott to 2nd overall.
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Toyota was running two cars and Lappi (pictured) with less experience was both cautious, slow and eventually finished sixth. Latvala couldn't challenge for the win but was solidly in second place when he went off in Power Stage and retired for good.
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Citroen's bad year didn't end any better. Both Lefebvre and Breen retired on final day due to offs while Meeke (pictured) had to give up on second day due to broken suspension. His final day saw him elevated to 7th overall due to other drivers' mistakes but far behind everyone else.
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Related links
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Wales Rally GB 2017
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Monte Carlo 2018
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