2014 Rallye de France-Alsace

The 2014 Rallye de France — Alsace was the eleventh round of the 2014 World Rally Championship season. The event was based in Strasbourg, France, and started on 3 October and finished on 5 October after eighteen special stages, totaling 303.6 competitive kilometres.

Rallye de France — Alsace 2014 5. Rallye de France-Alsace
Round 11 of the 2014 World Rally Championship season ← Previous event Next event →
Jari-Matti Latvala during Rally
Host country	France
Rally base	Strasbourg, France
Dates run	October 3 – October 5, 2014
Stages	18 (303.63 km; 188.67 miles)
Stage surface	Tarmac
Statistics
Crews	91 at start, 75 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila Volkswagen Motorsport

Finnish driver Jari-Matti Latvala won the rally for the first time and in doing so became the first non-French driver to win the Strasbourg-based rally since its inception in 2010. It was Latvala's fourth and final victory of the 2014 season. There were no classified WRC-3 competitors as all those who finished were excluded for homologation irregularities. However, they were counted for in the JWRC category.

Entry list

Notable entrants No. Entrant Class Driver Co-driver Car Tyre 1 Volkswagen Motorsport WRC Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Volkswagen Polo R WRC M 2 Volkswagen Motorsport WRC Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila Volkswagen Polo R WRC M 3 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT WRC Kris Meeke Paul Nagle Citroën DS3 WRC M 4 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT WRC Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson Citroën DS3 WRC M 5 M-Sport World Rally Team WRC Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 6 M-Sport World Rally Team WRC Elfyn Evans Daniel Barritt Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 7 Hyundai Shell World Rally Team WRC Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul Hyundai i20 WRC M 8 Hyundai Shell World Rally Team WRC Dani Sordo Marc Martí Hyundai i20 WRC M 9 Volkswagen Motorsport II WRC Andreas Mikkelsen Ola Fløene Volkswagen Polo R WRC M 10 RK M-Sport World Rally Team WRC Robert Kubica Maciek Szczepaniak Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 11 M-Sport World Rally Team WRC Dennis Kuipers Robin Buysmans Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 12 M-Sport World Rally Team WRC Yuriy Protasov Pavlo Cherepin Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 20 Hyundai Motorsport N WRC Bryan Bouffier Xavier Panseri Hyundai i20 WRC M 21 Jipocar Czech National Team WRC Martin Prokop Jan Tománek Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 22 Julien Maurin WRC Julien Maurin Nicolas Klinger Ford Fiesta RS WRC P 32 Pontus Tidemand WRC-2 Pontus Tidemand Patrik Barth Ford Fiesta R5 M 35 Bernardo Sousa WRC-2 Bernardo Sousa Hugo Magalhães Ford Fiesta RRC P 36 Top Teams by MY Racing WRC-2 Sébastien Chardonnet Thibault de la Haye Citroën DS3 R5 M 38 Jourdan Serderidis WRC-2 Jourdan Serderidis Frédéric Miclotte Ford Fiesta R5 M 39 Quentin Gilbert WRC-2 Quentin Gilbert Renaud Jamoul Ford Fiesta R5 P 40 C-Rally WRC-2 Jarosław Kołtun Ireneusz Pleskot Ford Fiesta R5 M 42 Top Run Srl WRC-2 Johan Heloïse Roberto Mometti Subaru Impreza WRX STi P 49 Martin McCormack WRC-2 Martin McCormack James Morgan Ford Fiesta R5 H 52 Simone Tempestini WRC-3 JWRC Simone Tempestini Dorin Pulpea Citroën DS3 R3T M 53 Aron Domzala WRC-3 JWRC Aron Domzala Szymon Gospodarczyk Citroën DS3 R3T M 55 Quentin Giordano WRC-3 JWRC Quentin Giordano Valentin Sarreaud Citroën DS3 R3T M 56 Styllex Slovak National Team WRC-3 JWRC Martin Koči Lukáš Kosta Citroën DS3 R3T M 57 Stéphane Lefebvre WRC-3 JWRC Stéphane Lefebvre Thomas Dubois Citroën DS3 R3T M 62 Alastair Fisher WRC-3 JWRC Alastair Fisher Gordon Noble Citroën DS3 R3T M 63 Wurmbrand Racing Team WRC-3 JWRC Kornél Lukács Márk Mesterházi Citroën DS3 R3T M 68 Rallye Jeunes FFSA WRC-3 JWRC Eric Camilli Maxime Vilmot Citroën DS3 R3T M 69 Frédéric Hauswald WRC-3 JWRC Frédéric Hauswald Olivier Ural Citroën DS3 R3T M 70 Rallye Jeunes FFSA WRC-3 JWRC Yohan Rossel Benoît Fulcrand Citroën DS3 R3T M 71 Alain Pyrame WRC-3 Alain Pyrame Vincent Varetz Renault Clio RS R3T P 73 Armando Pereira WRC Armando Pereira Damien Augustin Citroën DS3 WRC M

Icon Class WRC WRC entries eligible to score manufacturer points WRC Major entry ineligible to score manufacturer points WRC-2 Registered to take part in WRC-2 championship WRC-3 Registered to take part in WRC-3 championship JWRC Registered to take part in Junior World Rally championship

Results

Event standings

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Class	Time	Difference	Points
Overall classification
1	2	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	2:38:19.1	0.0	26
2	9	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	Volkswagen Motorsport II	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	2:39:03.9	+44.8	18
3	3	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	2:39:24.4	+1:05.3	15
4	8	Dani Sordo	Marc Martí	Hyundai Shell World Rally Team	Hyundai i20 WRC	WRC	2:40:07.8	+1:48.7	12
5	5	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	2:40:19.8	+2:00.7	10
6	6	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	2:41:19.9	+3:00.8	10
7	4	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	2:41:21.6	+3:02.5	6
8	7	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai Shell World Rally Team	Hyundai i20 WRC	WRC	2:42:27.5	+4:08.4	4
9	20	Bryan Bouffier	Xavier Panseri	Hyundai Motorsport N	Hyundai i20 WRC	WRC	2:42:32.0	+4:12.9	2
10	21	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Jipocar Czech National Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	2:44:26.6	+6:07.5	1
13	1	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	2:46:55.2	+8:36.1	3
WRC-2 standings
1 (15.)	39	Quentin Gilbert	Renaud Jamoul	Quentin Gilbert	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	2:48:56.8	0.0	25
2 (17.)	35	Bernardo Sousa	Hugo Magalhães	Bernardo Sousa	Ford Fiesta RRC	WRC-2	2:49:04.9	+8.1	18
3 (18.)	36	Sébastien Chardonnet	Thibault de la Haye	Top Teams by MY Racing	Citroën DS3 R5	WRC-2	2:51:04.1	+2:07.3	15
4 (23.)	32	Pontus Tidemand	Patrik Barth	Pontus Tidemand	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	3:04:32.1	+15:35.3	12
5 (40.)	40	Jarosław Kołtun	Ireneusz Pleskot	C-Rally	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	3:18:24.1	+29:27.3	10
6 (42.)	42	Johan Heloïse	Roberto Mometti	Top Run Srl	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	WRC-2	3:20:33.5	+31:36.7	8
7 (53.)	38	Jourdan Serderidis	Frédéric Miclotte	Jourdan Serderidis	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	3:32:37.9	+43:41.1	6
JWRC standings
1	62	Alastair Fisher	Gordon Noble	Alastair Fisher	Citroën DS3 R3T	JWRC	2:57:06.5	0.0	25
2	68	Eric Camilli	Maxime Vilmot	Rallye Jeunes FFSA	Citroën DS3 R3T	JWRC	2:57:57.4	+50.9	18
3	55	Quentin Giordano	Valentin Sarreaud	Quentin Giordano	Citroën DS3 R3T	JWRC	2:58:27.5	+1:21.0	15
4	57	Stéphane Lefebvre	Thomas Dubois	Stéphane Lefebvre	Citroën DS3 R3T	JWRC	2:58:48.5	+1:42.0	12
5	70	Yohan Rossel	Benoît Fulcrand	Rallye Jeunes FFSA	Citroën DS3 R3T	JWRC	3:00:15.3	+3:08.8	10
6	53	Aron Domzala	Szymon Gospodarczyk	Arom Domzala	Citroën DS3 R3T	JWRC	3:14:11.6	+17:05.1	8
7	57	Martin Koči	Lukáš Kostka	Styllex Slovak National Team	Citroën DS3 R3T	JWRC	3:14:23.3	+17:16.8	6
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Special stages

Day	Stage	Name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Rally leader
Leg 1 (3 Oct)	SS1	Col de la Charbonnière 1	11.11 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	5:34.9	Jari-Matti Latvala
	SS2	Vosges - Pays d'Ormont 1	34.34 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	18:33.5	Andreas Mikkelsen
	SS3	Pays de Salm 1	9.59 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	4:54.6	Jari-Matti Latvala
	SS4	Col de la Charbonnière 2	11.11 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	5:35.3
	SS5	Vosges - Pays d'Ormont 2	34.34 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	18:31.5
	SS6	Pays de Salm 2	9.59 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	4:53.2
	SS7	Strasbourg	4.67 km	Dani Sordo Andreas Mikkelsen	Hyundai i20 WRC Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3:35.3
Leg 2 (4 Oct)	SS8	Valée de Munster 1	18.90 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	9:13.1
	SS9	Soultzeren - Le Grand Hohnack 1	19.93 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	9:33.4
	SS10	Pays Welche - Riquewihr 1	21.49 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	12:04.7
	SS11	Valée de Munster 2	18.90 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	9:06.9
	SS12	Soultzeren - Le Grand Hohnack 2	19.93 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	9:31.4
	SS13	Pays Welche - Riquewihr 2	21.49 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	11:56.9
	SS14	Mulhouse	4.86 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3:22.8
Leg 3 (5 Oct)	SS15	Foret de la Petite - Pierre 1	12.33 km	Robert Kubica	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	6:10.5
	SS16	Foret de Saverne 1	19.36 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	9:26.9
	SS17	Foret de la Petite - Pierre 2	12.33 km	Mads Østberg	Citroën DS3 WRC	6:07.2
	SS18	Foret de Saverne 2 (Power Stage)	19.36 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	9:20.8

Power Stage

The "Power stage" was a 19.36 km (12.03 mi) stage at the end of the rally.

Pos	Driver	Car	Time	Diff.	Pts
1	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	9:20.8	0.0	3
2	Elfyn Evans	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	9:30.3	+9.5	2
3	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	9:33.7	+12.9	1

Standings after the rally

WRC

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Sebastien Ogier 217 2 Jari-Matti Latvala 190 3 Andreas Mikkelsen 143 4 Mikko Hirvonen 93 5 Thierry Neuville 83

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos. Manufacturer Points 1 Volkswagen Motorsport 373 2 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT 175 3 M-Sport World Rally Team 164 4 Hyundai Shell World Rally Team 157 5 Volkswagen Motorsport II 127

Other

WRC2 Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Lorenzo Bertelli 93 2 Yuriy Protasov 90 3 Jari Ketomaa 90 4 Nasser Al-Attiyah 85 5 Ott Tänak 78

WRC3 Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Stéphane Lefebvre 79 2 Christian Riedemann 46 3 Quentin Giordano 46 4 Martin Koči 45 5 Alastair Fisher 40

Junior WRC Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Stéphane Lefebvre 93 2 Alastair Fisher 67 3 Quentin Giordano 64 4 Martin Koči 52 5 Christian Riedemann 46