2002 Monte Carlo Rally

2002 Monte Carlo Rally
*70th Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo*
2002 Monte Carlo Rally; 70th Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo
Round 1 of the 2002 World Rally Championship season
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Host country	Monaco
Rally base	Monaco
Dates run	January 18, 2002 – January 20, 2002
Stages	15 (388.38 km; 241.33 miles)
Stage surface	Asphalt/snow
Overall distance	1,424.55 km (885.17 miles)
Statistics
Crews	55 at start, 26 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Tommi Mäkinen; Kaj Lindström; 555 Subaru World Rally Team; Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01

The 2002 Monte Carlo Rally (formally the 70th Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo) was the first round of the 2002 World Rally Championship. The race was held over three days between 18 January and 20 January 2002, and was won by Subaru's Tommi Mäkinen, his 24th win in the World Rally Championship. ^[1] Citroën's Sébastien Loeb, won the rally temporarily but received a two-minute time penalty due to an illegal tire change during the second day.

Background

Entry list

No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Entrant	Car	Tyre
World Rally Championship manufacturer entries
1	Richard Burns	Robert Reid	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
2	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
3	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
4	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	P
5	Colin McRae	Nicky Grist	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	P
6	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '01	P
7	François Delecour	Daniel Grataloup	Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC	M
8	Alister McRae	David Senior	Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC	M
10	Tommi Mäkinen	Kaj Lindström	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	P
11	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	P
14	Kenneth Eriksson	Tina Thörner	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2	M
15	Toni Gardemeister	Paavo Lukander	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2	M
16	Roman Kresta	Jan Tománek	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2	M
17	Armin Schwarz	Manfred Hiemer	Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team	Hyundai Accent WRC2	M
18	Freddy Loix	Sven Smeets	Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team	Hyundai Accent WRC2	M
World Rally Championship entries
20	Thomas Rådström	Denis Giraudet	Automobiles Citroën	Citroën Xsara WRC	M
21	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Automobiles Citroën	Citroën Xsara WRC	M
22	Philippe Bugalski	Jean-Paul Chiaroni	Automobiles Citroën	Citroën Xsara WRC	M
24	Didier Auriol	Jack Boyere	Didier Auriol	Toyota Corolla WRC	M
25	Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	Bozian Racing	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
26	Bruno Thiry	Stéphane Prévot	Bruno Thiry	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
27	Armin Kremer	Klaus Wicha	Armin Kremer	Ford Focus RS WRC '01	P
29	Manfred Stohl	Ilka Minor	Manfred Stohl	Toyota Corolla WRC	P
31	Olivier Burri	Christophe Hofmann	Olivier Burri	Peugeot 206 WRC	P
31	Richard Hein	Philippe Servol	Richard Hein	Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '98	—
33	Riccardo Errani	Stefano Casadio	Riccardo Errani	Škoda Octavia WRC	—
34	Marco Menegatto	Massimiliano Cerrai	Marco Menegatto	Toyota Corolla WRC	P
35	Emanuele Dati	Massimo Chiapponi	Emanuele Dati	Ford Focus RS WRC '99	P
JWRC entries
51	Andrea Dallavilla	Giovanni Bernacchini	Vieffe Corse SRL	Citroën Saxo S1600	M
52	Niall McShea	Michael Orr	Opel Motorsport	Opel Corsa S1600	M
53	Giandomenico Basso	Luigi Pirollo	Top Run SRL	Fiat Punto S1600	M
54	Martin Stenshorne	Clive Jenkins	Opel Motorsport	Opel Corsa S1600	M
55	François Duval	Jean-Marc Fortin	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Puma S1600	M
56	Jussi Välimäki	Tero Gardemeister	Citroën Sport	Citroën Saxo S1600	M
57	Alejandro Galanti	Xavier Amigó	Astra Racing	Ford Puma S1600	M
58	Christian Chemin	Simone Scattolin	Hawk Racing Club	Fiat Punto S1600	M
59	Juha Kangas	Mika Ovaskainen	Suzuki Sport	Suzuki Ignis S1600	M
60	Nicola Caldani	Sauro Farnocchia	Procar Rally Team	Peugeot 206 S1600	M
61	Gwyndaf Evans	Chris Patterson	MG Sport & Racing	MG ZR S1600	M
62	Janne Tuohino	Petri Vihavainen	Citroën Sport	Citroën Saxo S1600	M
63	Martin Rowe	Chris Wood	Astra Racing	Ford Puma S1600	M
64	Gianluigi Galli	Guido D'Amore	Top Run SRL	Fiat Punto S1600	M
65	Daniel Solà	David Moreno	Citroën Sport	Citroën Saxo S1600	M
66	Mirco Baldacci	Maurizio Barone	Vieffe Corse SRL	Citroën Saxo S1600	M
67	Daniel Carlsson	Per Karlsson	Astra Racing	Ford Puma S1600	M
68	Nikolaus Schelle	Gerhard Weiss	Suzuki Sport	Suzuki Ignis S1600	M
69	Kosti Katajamäki	Lasse Hirvijärvi	Volkswagen Racing	Volkswagen Polo S1600	M
70	Sven Haaf	Michael Kölbach	Citroën Sport	Citroën Saxo S1600	M
71	David Doppelreiter	Thomas Lettner	Schmidt Racing	Peugeot 206 S1600	M
72	Marc Blázquez	Oriol Julià	Astra Racing	Ford Puma S1600	M
73	Albert Lloverá	Marc Corral	Pronto Racing	Fiat Punto S1600	M
75	Kazuhiko Niwa	Kohei Kusaka	Suzuki Sport	Suzuki Ignis S1600	M
76	Alexander Foss	Claire Mole	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Puma S1600	M
77	Paco Roig	Joan Sureda	Fiat Auto España	Fiat Punto S1600	M
78	Roger Feghali	Nicola Arena	Astra Racing	Ford Puma S1600	M
Source:^[2]

Itinerary

All dates and times are CET (UTC+1).

Date	Time	No.	Stage name	Distance
Leg 1 — 157.70 km
18 January	09:48	SS1	Selonnet — Turriers 1	28.74 km
	11:06	SS2	Sisteron — Thoard 1	36.73 km
	13:39	SS3	Selonnet — Turriers 2	28.74 km
	14:57	SS4	Sisteron — Thoard 2	36.73 km
	18:25	SS5	Puget Théniers — Toudon 1	26.76 km
Leg 2 — 131.88 km
19 January	10:08	SS6	Pont de Clans — Villars sur Var	12.08 km
	10:51	SS7	Puget Théniers — Toudon 2	26.76 km
	13:49	SS8	Coaraze — Loda 1	23.05 km
	14:32	SS9	La Bollène — Turini — Moulinet 1	23.47 km
	18:09	SS10	Coaraze — Loda 2	23.05 km
	18:56	SS11	La Bollène — Turini — Moulinet 2	23.47 km
Leg 3 — 98.80 km
20 January	09:13	SS12	Sospel — Turini — La Bollène 1	32.85 km
	10:08	SS13	Loda — Lucéram 1	16.55 km
	12:33	SS14	Sospel — Turini — La Bollène 2	32.85 km
	13:28	SS15	Loda — Lucéram 2	16.55 km
Source:^[3]

Results

Overall

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1	10	Tommi Mäkinen	Kaj Lindström	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	3:59:30.7		10
2	21	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Automobiles Citroën	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:00:44.8	+1:14.1	6
3	4	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	4:00:46.4	+1:15.7	4
4	5	Colin McRae	Nicky Grist	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	4:01:28.7	+1:58.0	3
5	2	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	4:01:38.1	+2:07.4	2
6	11	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	4:02:00.3	+2:29.6	1
Source:^[4]

World Rally Cars

Classification

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1	1	10	Tommi Mäkinen	Kaj Lindström	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	3:59:30.7		10
3	2	4	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	4:00:46.4	+1:15.7	4
4	3	5	Colin McRae	Nicky Grist	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	4:01:28.7	+1:58.0	3
5	4	2	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	4:01:38.1	+2:07.4	2
6	5	11	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	4:02:00.3	+2:29.6	1
7	6	3	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	4:02:50.8	+3:20.1	0
8	7	1	Richard Burns	Robert Reid	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	4:03:47.1	+4:16.4	0
9	8	7	François Delecour	Daniel Grataloup	Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC	4:05:06.4	+5:35.7	0
10	9	15	Toni Gardemeister	Paavo Lukander	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2	4:06:13.1	+6:42.4	0
12	10	6	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '01	4:07:33.0	+8:02.3	0
13	11	14	Kenneth Eriksson	Tina Thörner	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2	4:09:40.5	+10:09.8	0
14	12	8	Alister McRae	David Senior	Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC	4:10:58.3	+11:27.6	0
Retired SS7		16	Roman Kresta	Jan Tománek	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2	Accident		0
Retired SS4		17	Armin Schwarz	Manfred Hiemer	Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team	Hyundai Accent WRC2	Accident		0
Retired SS3		18	Freddy Loix	Sven Smeets	Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team	Hyundai Accent WRC2	Accident		0
Source:^[5]

Special stages

Day	Stage	Stage name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Class leaders
Leg 1 (18 Jan)	SS1	Selonnet — Turriers 1	28.74 km	Carlos Sainz	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	17:54.3	Carlos Sainz
	SS2	Sisteron — Thoard 1	36.73 km	Stage cancelled			Carlos Sainz
	SS3	Selonnet — Turriers 2	28.74 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	17:15.9	Tommi Mäkinen
	SS4	Sisteron — Thoard 2	36.73 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	23:41.1	Sébastien Loeb
	SS5	Puget Théniers — Toudon 1	26.76 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	17:44.7
Leg 2 (19 Jan)	SS6	Pont de Clans — Villars sur Var	12.08 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	9:44.5
	SS7	Puget Théniers — Toudon 2	26.76 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	17:30.7
	SS8	Coaraze — Loda 1	23.05 km	Tommi Mäkinen	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	15:56.6
	SS9	La Bollène — Turini — Moulinet 1	23.47 km	Tommi Mäkinen	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	15:58.6
	SS10	Coaraze — Loda 2	23.05 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	16:08.2
	SS11	La Bollène — Turini — Moulinet 2	23.47 km	Tommi Mäkinen	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	16:21.4	Tommi Mäkinen
Leg 3 (20 Jan)	SS12	Sospel — Turini — La Bollène 1	32.85 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	22:38.4
	SS13	Loda — Lucéram 1	16.55 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën Xsara WRC	12:03.9
	SS14	Sospel — Turini — La Bollène 2	32.85 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	22:02.2
	SS15	Loda — Lucéram 2	16.55 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	11:52.7

Championship standings

Pos.	Drivers' championships			Co-drivers' championships			Manufacturers' championships
Pos.	Move	Driver	Points	Move	Co-driver	Points	Move	Manufacturer	Points
1		Tommi Mäkinen	10		Kaj Lindström	10		555 Subaru World Rally Team	12
2		Sébastien Loeb	6		Daniel Elena	6		Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	10
3		Carlos Sainz	4		Luis Moya	4		Peugeot Total	4
4		Colin McRae	3		Nicky Grist	3		Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	0
5		Marcus Grönholm	2		Timo Rautiainen	2		Škoda Motorsport	0

Junior World Rally Championship

Classification

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
17	1	55	François Duval	Jean-Marc Fortin	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Puma S1600	4:25:06.2		10
18	2	60	Nicola Caldani	Sauro Farnocchia	Procar Rally Team	Peugeot 206 S1600	4:29:21.1	+4:14.9	6
19	3	78	Roger Feghali	Nicola Arena	Astra Racing	Ford Puma S1600	4:32:16.6	+7:10.4	4
20	4	67	Daniel Carlsson	Per Karlsson	Astra Racing	Ford Puma S1600	4:32:30.3	+7:24.1	3
21	5	71	David Doppelreiter	Thomas Lettner	Schmidt Racing	Peugeot 206 S1600	4:34:53.8	+9:47.6	2
22	6	68	Nikolaus Schelle	Gerhard Weiss	Suzuki Sport	Suzuki Ignis S1600	4:34:56.6	+9:50.4	1
24	7	76	Alexander Foss	Claire Mole	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Puma S1600	4:42:36.5	+17:30.3	0
25	8	57	Alejandro Galanti	Xavier Amigó	Astra Racing	Ford Puma S1600	4:51:08.0	+26:01.8	0
26	9	59	Juha Kangas	Mika Ovaskainen	Suzuki Sport	Suzuki Ignis S1600	4:51:54.2	+26:48.0	0
Retired SS14		72	Marc Blázquez	Oriol Julià	Astra Racing	Ford Puma S1600	Brakes		0
Retired SS13		73	Albert Lloverá	Marc Corral	Pronto Racing	Fiat Punto S1600	Accident		0
Retired SS10		63	Martin Rowe	Chris Wood	Astra Racing	Ford Puma S1600	Alternator		0
Retired SS10		64	Gianluigi Galli	Guido D'Amore	Top Run SRL	Fiat Punto S1600	Accident		0
Retired SS7		58	Christian Chemin	Simone Scattolin	Hawk Racing Club	Fiat Punto S1600	Engine		0
Retired SS6		54	Martin Stenshorne	Clive Jenkins	Opel Motorsport	Opel Corsa S1600	Accident		0
Retired SS4		53	Giandomenico Basso	Luigi Pirollo	Top Run SRL	Fiat Punto S1600	Accident		0
Retired SS4		62	Janne Tuohino	Petri Vihavainen	Citroën Sport	Citroën Saxo S1600	Clutch		0
Retired SS4		65	Daniel Solà	David Moreno	Citroën Sport	Citroën Saxo S1600	Clutch		0
Retired SS4		66	Mirco Baldacci	Maurizio Barone	Vieffe Corse SRL	Citroën Saxo S1600	Clutch		0
Retired SS3		61	Gwyndaf Evans	Chris Patterson	MG Sport & Racing	MG ZR S1600	Accident		0
Retired SS3		69	Kosti Katajamäki	Lasse Hirvijärvi	Volkswagen Racing	Volkswagen Polo S1600	Accident		0
Retired SS3		70	Sven Haaf	Michael Kölbach	Citroën Sport	Citroën Saxo S1600	Transmission		0
Retired SS1		51	Andrea Dallavilla	Giovanni Bernacchini	Vieffe Corse SRL	Citroën Saxo S1600	Clutch		0
Retired SS1		52	Niall McShea	Michael Orr	Opel Motorsport	Opel Corsa S1600	Accident		0
Retired SS1		56	Jussi Välimäki	Tero Gardemeister	Citroën Sport	Citroën Saxo S1600	Clutch		0
Retired SS1		75	Kazuhiko Niwa	Kohei Kusaka	Suzuki Sport	Suzuki Ignis S1600	Alternator		0
Retired SS1		77	Paco Roig	Joan Sureda	Fiat Auto España	Fiat Punto S1600	Accident		0
Source:^[6]

Special stages

Day	Stage	Stage name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Class leaders
Leg 1 (18 Jan)	SS1	Selonnet — Turriers 1	28.74 km	Daniel Solà	Citroën Saxo S1600	19:35.7	Daniel Solà
	SS2	Sisteron — Thoard 1	36.73 km	Stage cancelled			Daniel Solà
	SS3	Selonnet — Turriers 2	28.74 km	François Duval	Ford Puma S1600	18:48.6	François Duval
	SS4	Sisteron — Thoard 2	36.73 km	Gianluigi Galli	Fiat Punto S1600	26:17.7	Gianluigi Galli
	SS5	Puget Théniers — Toudon 1	26.76 km	Gianluigi Galli	Fiat Punto S1600	19:52.0
Leg 2 (19 Jan)	SS6	Pont de Clans — Villars sur Var	12.08 km	François Duval	Ford Puma S1600	10:21.6
	SS7	Puget Théniers — Toudon 2	26.76 km	Gianluigi Galli	Fiat Punto S1600	19:03.1
	SS8	Coaraze — Loda 1	23.05 km	Gianluigi Galli	Fiat Punto S1600	17:12.0
	SS9	La Bollène — Turini — Moulinet 1	23.47 km	Gianluigi Galli	Fiat Punto S1600	17:22.6
	SS10	Coaraze — Loda 2	23.05 km	Daniel Carlsson	Ford Puma S1600	18:18.6	François Duval
	SS11	La Bollène — Turini — Moulinet 2	23.47 km	Nicola Caldani	Peugeot 206 S1600	18:26.1
Leg 3 (20 Jan)	SS12	Sospel — Turini — La Bollène 1	32.85 km	Nicola Caldani	Peugeot 206 S1600	24:41.0
	SS13	Loda — Lucéram 1	16.55 km	François Duval	Ford Puma S1600	13:34.3
	SS14	Sospel — Turini — La Bollène 2	32.85 km	Nicola Caldani	Peugeot 206 S1600	24:30.5
	SS15	Loda — Lucéram 2	16.55 km	Daniel Carlsson	Ford Puma S1600	13:15.8

Championship standings

Pos.	Drivers' championships
Pos.	Move	Driver	Points
1		François Duval	10
2		Nicola Caldani	6
3		Roger Feghali	4
4		Daniel Carlsson	3
5		David Doppelreiter	2

References

^ "Monte Carlo Rally". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
^ "Rally Monte-Carlo 2002 Entry List". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
^ "Rally Monte-Carlo 2002 Itinerary". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
^ "Rally Monte-Carlo 2002 Final Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
^ "Rally Monte-Carlo 2002 WRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
^ "Rally Monte-Carlo 2002 JWRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 22 November 2021.

External links

Official website of the World Rally Championship

[2002-MonteCarlo-1] "Monte Carlo Rally". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2021-11-21.

[rmcdrivers_2002-2] "Rally Monte-Carlo 2002 Entry List". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 21 November 2021.

[rmcitinerary_2002-3] "Rally Monte-Carlo 2002 Itinerary". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 22 November 2021.

[rmcoverall_2002-4] "Rally Monte-Carlo 2002 Final Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 22 November 2021.

[rmcwrc_2002-5] "Rally Monte-Carlo 2002 WRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 22 November 2021.

[rmcjwrc_2002-6] "Rally Monte-Carlo 2002 JWRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 22 November 2021.

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