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Rally Ireland 2007 counts for:
2007 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2007 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2007 FIA Production Car World Rally Championship (for drivers)
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| 438th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 15 of 16 |
| Official name: | Rally Ireland |
| Edition: | 3rd |
| Date: | from Thursday 15-Nov-2007 to Sunday 18-Nov-2007 |
| Rally HQ: | Sligo, Connacht; Ireland |
| Clerk of the Course: | Tom Walsh |
| Surface: | Tarmac |
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| Entries: | 93 | |
| Starters: | 84 | |
| Finishers: | 66 | (78.6% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 20 | |
| Shortest: | 1.82 | km | (SS1 Stormont Super Special) |
| Longest: | 27.90 | km | (SS6 Arigna 2) |
| Slowest: | 72.16 | km/h | (SS1 Stormont Super Special) |
| Fastest: | 120.26 | km/h | (SS19 Donegal Bay) |
| Planned stage distance: | 328.72 | km | (27.8% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 328.72 | km | (27.8% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 853.91 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,182.63 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 36th win and 59th podium for Sebastien Loeb. |
| Second place was 11th podium for Daniel Sordo Castillo. |
| Third place was 1st podium for Jari-Matti Latvala. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 42nd win and 1-2 win were 100th to 101st podiums for Citroen. |
| | Third place was 231st podium for Ford. |
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Under demanding weather and road conditions and in unfamiliar terrain, Sebastien Loeb did exactly what he needed to do to keep his title hopes on track.
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Jari-Matti Latvala scored his career best result and first podium finish, maintaining good speed despite conditions that saw many top names go off or lose time.
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Related links
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Rally Japan 2007
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Wales Rally GB 2007
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