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

Rd.	Start date	Finish date	Rally	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages	Distance
1	9 March	11 March	55th KCB Safari Rally	Nairobi	Gravel	19	294.28 km
2	11 May	13 May	36th Fiat Rally of Turkey	Pendik, Istanbul	Gravel	19	249.85 km
3	22 June	24 June	43rd Belgium Ypres Westhoek Rally	Ypres, West Flanders	Asphalt	18	288.82 km
4	12 July	14 July	1st Rally Russia	Vyborg, Leningrad	Gravel	11	152.03 km
5	2 August	4 August	48th Rali Vinho da Madeira	Funchal, Madeira	Asphalt	19	285.68 km
6	24 August	26 August	37th Barum Rally Zlín	Zlín, Zlín Region	Asphalt	15	262.34 km
7	27 September	29 September	49th Rallye Sanremo	Sanremo, Liguria	Asphalt	10	217.48 km
8	25 October	27 October	48th Rallye International du Valais	Martigny, Valais	Asphalt	17	261.38 km
9	9 November	11 November	10th Rally China Longyou	Longyou, Quzhou	Gravel	16	223.37 km
Sources:^[1]

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
Duindistel			Pieter Tsjoen	Eddy Chevaillier	3
Duindistel			Freddy Loix	Eddy Chevaillier	5–8
Fiat Vodafone			José Pedro Fontes	Fernando Prata	5
Island Motorsport			Renato Travaglia	Lorenzo Granai	6–7
Scuderia Zero4 Piu			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
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			Václav Pech	Petr Uhel	6
Mediasport Czezh National Team			Václav 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
Wu Ming Rally Team			Lang Xu	Yu Huang	9
			Qinghong Li	Hongyu Pan	9
			Chunlei Shi	Xin Shen	9
Dalbit Team		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8	Alastair Cavenagh	Des Page-Morris	1
Triton Team			Lee Rose	Piers Daykin	1
KST Rally Team			Hongjie Wei	Hongwei Song	9
Aztek Motorsport		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 7	Asad Anwar	Nick Patel	1
MRF Tyres		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 7	Gaurav Gill	Glenn MacNeall	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
Scuderia Zero4 Piu	Citroën	Citroën C2 S1600	Antonio Galli	Paolo Brusadelli	8
PH Sport		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)

Manufacturers standings

Source:^[2]

Pos	Driver	SAF	TUR	YPR	RUS	MAD	ZLI	SAN	VAL	CHN	Pts
1	Peugeot	0	16	18	14	14	18	16	18	0	114
2	Abarth	10	13	10	15	15	0	13	11	0	87
3	Mitsubishi	14	6	5	7	0	11	4	0	18	65
4	Honda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	7
5	Citroën	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	4
Pos	Driver	SAF	TUR	YPR	RUS	MAD	ZLI	SAN	VAL	CHN	Pts

References

↑ "IRC 2007 calendar". eWRC. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
↑ "2007 season results". IRC series. Archived from the original on 16 December 2007. Retrieved 20 August 2025.

[1] "IRC 2007 calendar". eWRC. Retrieved 1 April 2025.

[2] "2007 season results". IRC series. Archived from the original on 16 December 2007. Retrieved 20 August 2025.

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Calendar

Selected entries

Drivers standings

Manufacturers standings

References