2014 Tour de Corse

2014 Tour de Corse
31. Internationale Jänner Rallye 2014
Round 11 of 11 of the 2014 European Rally Championship
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Host country France
Rally baseAjaccio
Dates run7 – 9 November 2014
Stages11
Stage surfaceAsphalt
Statistics
Crews50 at start, 36 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerFrance Stéphane Sarrazin
First Motorsport

The 2014 Tour de Corse was the 11th and final round of the 2014 European Rally Championship season, held on the island of Corsica from 7–9 November 2014.

Report

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The title fight was meant to go down to the wire between Škoda teammates Esapekka Lappi and Sepp Wiegand. A fire following a crash during testing made Lappi champion by default.[1]

Lappi, was pleased to have been crowned the newest European Rally Champion before the event had started, and hoped to add to his tally of wins. This did not come to fruition, with the Finn crashing out of Stage 6,[2] ending his participation in the rally.

Ex-Formula 1 driver Stéphane Sarrazin led the majority of the rally,[3] having won most of the stages to take a dominating win, ahead of his compatriot Bryan Bouffier. It was the second time that year that a Formula One driver had won in ERC, as Robert Kubica had won the season-opening Internationale Jänner Rallye.

Vitaliy Pushkar was crowned ERC Production Cup champion after the withdrawal of his nearest rivals Keith Cronin and Martin Hudec. Andrea Crugnola won the Junior class but this was not enough to stop Stéphane Lefebvre from clinching the title, while Zoltán Bessenyey retained the 2WD title. Eric Camilli also received the McRae Flat Out Award for the first time.

Results

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Pos No Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time/Retired Points
1 10 France Stéphane Sarrazin France Jacques-Julien Renucci First Motorsport Ford Fiesta RRC 2:36:48.4 39
2 2 France Bryan Bouffier France Xavier Panseri M-Sport Ltd. Ford Fiesta RRC 2:37:07.3 30
3 7 Netherlands Kevin Abbring United Kingdom Sebastian Marshall Peugeot Rally Academy Peugeot 208 T16 2:38:26.6 25
4 19 France Eric Camilli France Benjamin Veillas BP Team Peugeot 208 T16 2:39:12.5 20
5 14 France Romain Dumas France Denis Giraudet RD Rallye Team Porsche 997 GT3 RS 4.0 RGT 2:42:30.3 14
6 9 Portugal Bruno Magalhães Portugal Carlos Magalhães Delta Rally Peugeot 208 T16 2:43:18.3 10
7 18 France Jean-Matthieu Leandri France Fabrice Gordon First Motorsport Ford Fiesta R5 2:44:21.9 9
8 12 Czech Republic Jaromír Tarabus Czech Republic Daniel Trunkát Czech National Team Škoda Fabia S2000 2:44:39.7 4
9 39 France Pierre-Antoine Guglielmi France Jean Noël Vesperini Renault Sport Technologies Renault Clio R3 2:47:07.4 2
10 38 Switzerland Laurent Reuche Switzerland Jean Deriaz Renault Sport Technologies Renault Clio RS R3T 2:50:09.4 1
Did not finish
SS10 11 France Julien Maurin France Nicolas Klinger Team 2B Yacco Ford Fiesta R5 Mechanical 3
SS5 1 Republic of Ireland Craig Breen United Kingdom Scott Martin Peugeot Rally Academy Peugeot 208 T16 Transmission
SS6 4 Finland Esapekka Lappi Finland Janne Ferm Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia S2000 Accident

References

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  1. ^ "Lappi becomes 2014 ERC champion after Wiegand test crash and fire".
  2. ^ "Sarrazin the Corsica winner, Lappi the ERC Champion". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 2014-11-08. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  3. ^ Shacki. "Final results Tour de Corse 2014". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 2024-04-19.