2007 Intercontinental Rally Challenge

The 2007 Intercontinental Rally Challenge was the second season of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. The season consisted of nine rounds and began on March 9, with the Safari Rally. The season ended on November 11 with the China Rally. Enrique García Ojeda won the title ahead of Nicolas Vouilloz and Andrea Navarra.

Calendar

Round	Dates	Event title	Surface
1	March 9–3	Safari Rally	Gravel
2	May 11–13	Rally of Turkey	Gravel
3	June 22–24	Belgium Ypres Westhoek Rally	Asphalt
4	July 12–14	Rally Russia	Gravel
5	August 2–4	Rali Vinho da Madeira	Asphalt
6	August 24–26	Barum Rally Zlín	Asphalt
7	September 27–29	Rallye San Remo	Asphalt
8	October 25–27	Rallye International du Valais	Asphalt
9	November 9–11	China Rally	Gravel

Selected entries

Entrant	Constructor	Car	Driver	Co-driver	Rounds
Abarth & Co. Spa	Abarth	Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000	Andrea Navarra	Guido D'Amore	1–4
			Andrea Navarra	Dario D'Esposito	5–8
			Umberto Scandola	Luigi Pirollo	1, 3
			Umberto Scandola	Guido D'Amore	7–8
			Anton Alén	Timo Alanne	2, 4, 6
			Giandomenico Basso	Mitia Dotta	5, 7
Fiat Motorsport Turkey			Volkan Isik	Kaan Özşenler	2–3, 5–6
H.F. Grifone SRL			Corrado Fontana	Renzo Casazza	3, 5–6
Cersanit Rally Team			Michał Sołowow	Maciek Baran	3, 6
Autostal Duindistel			Pieter Tsjoen	Eddy Chevaillier	3
Autostal Duindistel			Freddy Loix	Eddy Chevaillier	5–8
Fiat Vodafone			José Pedro Fontes	Fernando Prata	5
Island Motorsport			Renato Travaglia	Lorenzo Granai	6–7
Zero4Piu			Philippe Roux	Eric Jordan	8
Ralliart	Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	Hideaki Miyoshi	Hakaru Ichino	1
Island Motorsport			Renato Travaglia	Lorenzo Granai	2–5
Boyla Automotorsport			Dimitar Iliev	Yanaki Yanakiev	2–3, 5–6
Cersanit Rally Team			Michał Sołowow	Maciek Baran	2
Autostal Duindistel			Larry Cols	Filip Goddé	3
			Bob Colsoul	Tom Colsoul	3
			Melisa Debackere	Isidoor Smets	3
			Eddy Snaet	Filip Deplancke	3
Prosport			Andrey Zhigunov	Igor Ter-Oganesiants	4
			Andrey Lagunov	Sergey Grudina	4
			Dmitriy Lagunov	Boris Kostyrko	4
Euro Oil Team			Vaclav Pech	Petr Uhel	6
Mediasport Czezh National Team			Vaclav Arazim	Julius Gal	6
Tescoma Rally Team			Roman Kresta	Petr Gross	6
Ralliart Italy			Paolo Andreucci	Anna Andreussi	7
Ralliart Italy			Matteo Gamba	Giancarla Guzzi	7
MRF Tyres			Jussi Valimaki	Jarkko Kalliolepo	9
MRF Tyres			Katsuhiko Taguchi	Mark Stacey	9
Mitsubishi Lancer Team			Brian Green	Fleur Pedersen	9
			Jixiang Wu	Zhongqi Li	9
			Fenghze Xie	Tsung Yu Hsieh	9
Mitsubishi Lancer Wan Yu Team			David Higgins	Ieuan Thomas	9
			Qingxian Hua	Jian Zhang	9
			Fan Fan	Shu Fan	9
KST Rally Team			Martin Rowe	Dale Moscatt	9
KST Rally Team			Hongjie Wei	Hongwei Song	9
Wu Ming Rally Team			Lang Xu	Yu Huang	9
Wu Ming Rally Team			Qinghong Li	Hongyu Pan	9
Peugeot Sport España	Peugeot	Peugeot 207 S2000	Nicolas Vouilloz	Nicolas Klinger	2–8
Peugeot Sport España			Enrique García Ojeda	Jordi Barrabés	2–8
Peugeot Team Belux			Bernd Casier	Frédéric Miclotte	3, 5–8
Racing Lions SRL			Luca Rossetti	Matteo Chiarcossi	3, 7
Racing Lions SRL			Gilles Panizzi	Xavier Panseri	7
Peugeot Total Hungaria			János Tóth	Bea Bahor	3, 6
Peugeot Total Hungaria			János Tóth	Robert Tagai	7
Peugeot Sport Sweden			Jimmy Joge	Mattias Andersson	4
Peugeot Sport Sweden			Jimmy Joge	Mathias Gardman	6
Peugeot Total			Bruno Magalhães	Paulo Grave	5, 7
BSA Team			Brice Tirabassi	Fabrice Gordon	7
BSA Team			Julien Pressac	Thibault Gorczyca	7
Lugano Racing Team			Christian Jaquillard	Christiane Jaquillard	8
PH Sport	Citroën	Citroën C2 S1600	Simon Jean-Joseph	Jacques Boyere	2–3, 5–6
		Citroën C2 R2	Simon Jean-Joseph	Jacques Boyere	4
		Citroën C2 R2	Laurent Viana	Isabelle Galmiche	6
JAS Motorsport	Honda	Honda Civic Type-R R3	Daniel Solà	Oscar Sanchez	2–6
			Daniel Solà	Carlos Del Barrio	7
			Luca Betti	Simone Cuneo	2
			Luca Betti	Giovanni Bernacchini	3–8
Belgian VW Club	Volkswagen	Volkswagen Polo S2000	Freddy Loix	Robin Buysmans	3
ACE Racing	Volkswagen	Volkswagen Polo S2000	Tomasz Czopik	Glib Zagoriy	3

Drivers standings

The best seven scores from each driver count towards the championship.

Pos	Driver	SAF	TUR	YPR	RUS	MAD	ZLI	SAN	VAL	CHN	Pts
1	Enrique García Ojeda		3	2	2	4	2	6	2		47
2	Nicolas Vouilloz		1	Ret	3	10	1	3	1		42
3	Andrea Navarra	3	2	3	4	Ret	7	10	Ret		32
4	Luca Rossetti			1				1			20
5	Giandomenico Basso					1		2			18
6	Umberto Scandola	Ret		5				4	3		15
7	Anton Alén		4		1		Ret				15
8	Bernd Casier			4		6	5	14	Ret		13
9	David Higgins									2	10
10	Bruno Magalhães					3		Ret			8
11	Lang Xu									3	8
12	Hideaki Miyoshi	4									8
13	Václav Pech						3				6
14	Martin Rowe									6	6
15	Asad Answar	7									6
16	Freddy Loix			Ret		Ret	Ret	11	4		5
17	Roman Kresta						4				5
18	José Pedro Fontes					5					5
19	Brian Green									7	5
20	Sammy Aslam	8									5
21	Renato Travaglia		5	13	Ret	Ret	8	Ret			5
22	Marco Cavigioli		16	21	5	15	Ret	20			4
23	Paolo Andreucci							5			4
24	Luca Betti		21	Ret	Ret	Ret	22	30	9		4
25	Qingxian Hua									9	4
26	Robert Gow	19									4
27	Simon Jean-Joseph		8	10	11	8	10				4
28	Volkan Isik		6	Ret		14	13				3
29	Václav Arazim						6				3
30	Corrado Fontana			Ret		7	Ret				3
31	Patrick Snijers			7							3
32	Andrey Zhigunov				7						3
33	Philippe Roux								10		3
34	Shinichiro Karakama									10	3
35	Navraj Hans	25									3
36	Tomasz Czopik		7	11		Ret					2
37	Dimitar Iliev		Ret	8		Ret	Ret				2
38	Boris Fedotov				8						2
39	Gilles Panizzi							8			2
40	Jean-Philippe Radoux								11		2
41	Chunlei Shi									11	2
42	Gergely Szabo				9		17				1
43	Alexandre Camacho					9					1
44	Devis Cremona								12		1
45	Fenghze Xie									12	1
Pos	Driver	SAF	TUR	YPR	RUS	MAD	ZLI	SAN	VAL	CHN	Pts

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Excluded (EX)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Cancelled (C)
Blank	Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

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