2002 Tour de Corse

The 2002 Tour de Corse (formally the 46th Tour de Corse - Rallye de France) was the third round of the 2002 World Rally Championship. The race was held over three days between 8 March and 10 March 2002, and was won by Peugeot's Gilles Panizzi, his 4th win in the World Rally Championship. ^[1]

2002 Tour de Corse 46th Tour de Corse - Rallye de France
Round 3 of the 2002 World Rally Championship season ← Previous event Next event →
Host country	France
Rally base	Ajaccio
Dates run	March 8, 2002 – March 10, 2002
Stages	16 (357.70 km; 222.26 miles)
Stage surface	Asphalt
Overall distance	937.83 km (582.74 miles)
Statistics
Crews	61 at start, 37 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Gilles Panizzi Hervé Panizzi Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC

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 S8 WRC '02	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 WRC3	M
18	Freddy Loix	Sven Smeets	Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team	Hyundai Accent WRC3	M
19	Tomasz Kuchar	Maciej Szczepaniak	Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team	Hyundai Accent WRC3	M
World Rally Championship entries
23	François Duval	Jean-Marc Fortin	François Duval	Ford Focus RS WRC '01	P
24	Harri Rovanperä	Risto Pietiläinen	Bozian Racing	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
25	Philippe Bugalski	Jean-Paul Chiaroni	Piedrafita Sport	Citroën Xsara WRC	M
26	Bruno Thiry	Stéphane Prévot	Peugeot Team Belgium	Peugeot 206 WRC	—
27	Achim Mörtl	Klaus Wicha	Powerhorse World Rally Team	Peugeot 206 WRC	M
32	Stanislav Gryazin	Dmitriy Eremeev	Stanislav Gryazin	Toyota Corolla WRC	—
33	Benoît Rousselot	Gilles Mondésir	Benoît Rousselot	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	—
101	Jean-Claude Torre	Patrick de la Foata	Jean-Claude Torre	Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '99	—
103	Riccardo Errani	Stefano Casadio	Riccardo Errani	Škoda Octavia WRC	—
PWRC entries
51	Gustavo Trelles	Jorge Del Buono	Mauro Rally Tuning	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	—
54	Ramón Ferreyros	Diego Vallejo	Mauro Rally Tuning	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	—
55	Hamed Al-Wahaibi	Michael Orr	Oman Arab World Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	—
58	Luca Baldini	Marco Muzzarelli	Top Run SRL	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	—
60	Ben Briant	Jayson Brown	Petronas EON Racing Team	Proton Pert	—
62	Norberto Cangani	Eros di Prima	Top Run SRL	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	—
65	Beppo Harrach	Jutta Gebert	Stohl Racing	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	—
66	Dimitar Iliev	Petar Sivov	Mauro Rally Tuning	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	—
69	Bernt Kollevold	Ola Fløene	Kollevold Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	—
70	Giovanni Manfrinato	Claudio Condotta	Top Run SRL	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	—
71	Stefano Marrini	Tiziana Sandroni	Top Run SRL	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	—
72	Joakim Roman	Ingrid Mitakidou	Milbrooks World Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	—
73	Martin Rowe	Chris Wood	David Sutton Cars Ltd	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	—
75	Kristian Sohlberg	Jukka Aho	Blue Rose Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	—
77	Alfredo De Dominicis	Rudy Pollet	Ralliart Italy	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	—
Source:[2]

Itinerary

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

Date	Time	No.	Stage name	Distance
Leg 1 — 95.47 km
8 March	08:15	SS1	Cuttoli — Peri 1	17.72 km
	09:44	SS2	Ocana — Radicale 1	11.65 km
	11:55	SS3	Petreto — Ampaza 1	36.73 km
	14:04	SS4	Cuttoli — Peri 2	17.72 km
	14:52	SS5	Ocana — Radicale 2	11.65 km
Leg 2 — 150.23 km
9 March	09:24	SS6	Petreto — Ampaza 2	36.73 km
	11:40	SS7	Gare de Carbuccia — Gare d'Ucciani 1	10.66 km
	12:05	SS8	Vero — Pont d'Azzana 1	18.28 km
	12:47	SS9	Lopigna — Sarrola 1	27.81 km
	15:01	SS10	Gare de Carbuccia — Gare d'Ucciani 2	10.66 km
	15:26	SS11	Vero — Pont d'Azzana 2	18.28 km
	16:05	SS12	Lopigna — Sarrola 2	27.81 km
Leg 3 — 112.00 km
10 March	09:29	SS13	Penitencier Coti Chiavari — Pietra Rossa 1	24.21 km
	10:05	SS14	Pont de Calzola — Agosta Plage 1	31.79 km
	12:07	SS15	Penitencier Coti Chiavari — Pietra Rossa 2	24.21 km
	12:43	SS16	Pont de Calzola — Agosta Plage 2	31.79 km
Source:[3]

Results

Overall

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1	3	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	3:54:40.3		10
2	2	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	3:55:20.8	+40.5	6
3	1	Richard Burns	Robert Reid	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	3:55:32.7	+52.4	4
4	25	Philippe Bugalski	Jean-Paul Chiaroni	Piedrafita Sport	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:56:42.5	+2:02.2	3
5	11	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	3:57:08.5	+2:28.2	2
6	4	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	3:57:13.1	+2:32.8	1
Source:[4]

World Rally Cars

Classification

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class
1	1	3	Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	3:54:40.3		10
2	2	2	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	3:55:20.8	+40.5	6
3	3	1	Richard Burns	Robert Reid	Peugeot Total	Peugeot 206 WRC	3:55:32.7	+52.4	4
5	4	11	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	3:57:08.5	+2:28.2	2
6	5	4	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	3:57:13.1	+2:32.8	1
7	6	7	François Delecour	Daniel Grataloup	Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC	3:59:48.1	+5:07.8	0
8	7	6	Markko Märtin	Michael Park	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '01	4:00:00.3	+5:20.0	0
9	8	18	Freddy Loix	Sven Smeets	Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team	Hyundai Accent WRC3	4:00:54.1	+6:13.8	0
10	9	8	Alister McRae	David Senior	Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi Lancer WRC	4:01:12.8	+6:32.5	0
12	10	15	Toni Gardemeister	Paavo Lukander	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2	4:02:06.0	+7:25.7	0
13	11	17	Armin Schwarz	Manfred Hiemer	Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team	Hyundai Accent WRC3	4:02:42.3	+8:02.0	0
14	12	16	Roman Kresta	Jan Tománek	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2	4:10:22.9	+15:42.6	0
Retired SS15		5	Colin McRae	Nicky Grist	Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	Accident		0
Retired SS14		14	Kenneth Eriksson	Tina Thörner	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2	Differential		0
Retired SS10		10	Tommi Mäkinen	Kaj Lindström	555 Subaru World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02	Accident		0
Retired SS2		19	Tomasz Kuchar	Maciej Szczepaniak	Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team	Hyundai Accent WRC3	Brakes		0
Source:[5]

Special stages

Day	Stage	Stage name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Class leaders
Leg 1 (8 Mar)	SS1	Cuttoli — Peri 1	17.72 km	Gilles Panizzi	Peugeot 206 WRC	11:33.3	Gilles Panizzi
	SS2	Ocana — Radicale 1	11.65 km	Gilles Panizzi	Peugeot 206 WRC	7:26.1
	SS3	Petreto — Ampaza 1	36.73 km	Gilles Panizzi	Peugeot 206 WRC	23:45.0
	SS4	Cuttoli — Peri 2	17.72 km	Gilles Panizzi	Peugeot 206 WRC	11:33.0
	SS5	Ocana — Radicale 2	11.65 km	Marcus Grönholm	Peugeot 206 WRC	7:57.8
Leg 2 (9 Mar)	SS6	Petreto — Ampaza 2	36.73 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	24:29.2
	SS7	Gare de Carbuccia — Gare d'Ucciani 1	10.66 km	Gilles Panizzi	Peugeot 206 WRC	7:28.2
	SS8	Vero — Pont d'Azzana 1	18.28 km	Gilles Panizzi	Peugeot 206 WRC	13:01.7
	SS9	Lopigna — Sarrola 1	27.81 km	Richard Burns	Peugeot 206 WRC	18:11.6
	SS10	Gare de Carbuccia — Gare d'Ucciani 2	10.66 km	Petter Solberg	Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01	7:55.4
	SS11	Vero — Pont d'Azzana 2	18.28 km	Gilles Panizzi	Peugeot 206 WRC	13:11.0
	SS12	Lopigna — Sarrola 2	27.81 km	Gilles Panizzi	Peugeot 206 WRC	18:17.6
Leg 3 (10 Mar)	SS13	Penitencier Coti Chiavari — Pietra Rossa 1	24.21 km	Colin McRae	Ford Focus RS WRC '02	15:11.1
	SS14	Pont de Calzola — Agosta Plage 1	31.79 km	Richard Burns	Peugeot 206 WRC	19:23.9
	SS15	Penitencier Coti Chiavari — Pietra Rossa 2	24.21 km	Marcus Grönholm Gilles Panizzi	Peugeot 206 WRC Peugeot 206 WRC	15:10.4
	SS16	Pont de Calzola — Agosta Plage 2	31.79 km	Philippe Bugalski	Citroën Xsara WRC	19:09.4

Championship standings

Pos.		Drivers' championships				Co-drivers' championships				Manufacturers' championships
		Move	Driver	Points		Move	Co-driver	Points		Move	Manufacturer	Points
1			Marcus Grönholm	18			Timo Rautiainen	18			Peugeot Total	36
2			Gilles Panizzi	10			Hervé Panizzi	10			Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	20
3		1	Tommi Mäkinen	10		1	Kaj Lindström	10			555 Subaru World Rally Team	16
4		1	Carlos Sainz	9		1	Luis Moya	9			Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart	5
5		2	Richard Burns	7		2	Robert Reid	7			Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team	1

Production World Rally Championship

Classification

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class
17	1	54	Ramón Ferreyros	Diego Vallejo	Mauro Rally Tuning	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	4:17:24.9		10
19	2	66	Dimitar Iliev	Petar Sivov	Mauro Rally Tuning	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	4:20:36.8	+3:11.9	6
21	3	73	Martin Rowe	Chris Wood	David Sutton Cars Ltd	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	4:24:48.3	+7:23.4	4
22	4	51	Gustavo Trelles	Jorge Del Buono	Mauro Rally Tuning	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	4:26:35.6	+9:10.7	3
23	5	65	Beppo Harrach	Jutta Gebert	Stohl Racing	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	4:29:36.2	+12:11.3	2
24	6	71	Stefano Marrini	Tiziana Sandroni	Top Run SRL	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	4:31:40.5	+14:15.6	1
26	7	72	Joakim Roman	Ingrid Mitakidou	Milbrooks World Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	4:34:28.9	+17:04.0	0
28	8	69	Bernt Kollevold	Ola Fløene	Kollevold Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	4:34:41.4	+17:16.5	0
29	9	58	Luca Baldini	Marco Muzzarelli	Top Run SRL	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	4:36:33.4	+19:08.5	0
Retired SS10		55	Hamed Al-Wahaibi	Michael Orr	Oman Arab World Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	Accident on road section		0
Retired SS9		62	Norberto Cangani	Eros di Prima	Top Run SRL	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	Accident		0
Retired SS7		60	Ben Briant	Jayson Brown	Petronas EON Racing Team	Proton Pert	Mechanical		0
Retired SS4		70	Giovanni Manfrinato	Claudio Condotta	Top Run SRL	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	Accident		0
Retired SS4		77	Alfredo De Dominicis	Rudy Pollet	Ralliart Italy	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	Electrical		0
Retired SS3		75	Kristian Sohlberg	Jukka Aho	Blue Rose Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI	Accident		0
Source:[6]

Special stages

Day	Stage	Stage name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Class leaders
Leg 1 (8 Mar)	SS1	Cuttoli — Peri 1	17.72 km	Ramón Ferreyros	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	12:42.8	Ramón Ferreyros
	SS2	Ocana — Radicale 1	11.65 km	Hamed Al-Wahaibi	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	8:11.8
	SS3	Petreto — Ampaza 1	36.73 km	Ramón Ferreyros	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	25:46.9
	SS4	Cuttoli — Peri 2	17.72 km	Ramón Ferreyros	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	12:46.0
	SS5	Ocana — Radicale 2	11.65 km	Hamed Al-Wahaibi	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	8:22.6
Leg 2 (9 Mar)	SS6	Petreto — Ampaza 2	36.73 km	Ramón Ferreyros	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	26:39.4
	SS7	Gare de Carbuccia — Gare d'Ucciani 1	10.66 km	Hamed Al-Wahaibi	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	8:06.0
	SS8	Vero — Pont d'Azzana 1	18.28 km	Ramón Ferreyros	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	14:14.0
	SS9	Lopigna — Sarrola 1	27.81 km	Ramón Ferreyros	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	20:05.4
	SS10	Gare de Carbuccia — Gare d'Ucciani 2	10.66 km	Dimitar Iliev	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	8:25.1
	SS11	Vero — Pont d'Azzana 2	18.28 km	Ramón Ferreyros	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	14:43.5
	SS12	Lopigna — Sarrola 2	27.81 km	Ramón Ferreyros	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	20:35.3
Leg 3 (10 Mar)	SS13	Penitencier Coti Chiavari — Pietra Rossa 1	24.21 km	Gustavo Trelles	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	16:56.9
	SS14	Pont de Calzola — Agosta Plage 1	31.79 km	Gustavo Trelles	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	21:28.1
	SS15	Penitencier Coti Chiavari — Pietra Rossa 2	24.21 km	Notional stage time
	SS16	Pont de Calzola — Agosta Plage 2	31.79 km	Gustavo Trelles	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	21:15.6

Championship standings

Pos.	Drivers' championships
	Move	Driver	Points
1		Kristian Sohlberg	10
2		Ramón Ferreyros	10
3	1	Toshihiro Arai	6
4		Dimitar Iliev	6
5	1	Martin Rowe	5