2002 Tour de Corse

2002 Tour de Corse
*46th Tour de Corse - Rallye de France*
2002 Tour de Corse; 46th Tour de Corse - Rallye de France
Round 3 of the 2002 World Rally Championship season
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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

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]

Background[edit]

Entry list[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Overall[edit]

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[edit]

Classification[edit]

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
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[edit]

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[edit]

Pos.	Drivers' championships			Co-drivers' championships			Manufacturers' championships
Pos.	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[edit]

Classification[edit]

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
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[edit]

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[edit]

Pos.	Drivers' championships
Pos.	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

References[edit]

^ "Tour de Corse". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
^ "Tour de Corse 2002 Entry List". ewrc-results.com.com. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
^ "Tour de Corse 2002 Itinerary". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
^ "Tour de Corse 2002 Final Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
^ "Tour de Corse 2002 WRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
^ "Tour de Corse 2002 PWRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 24 November 2021.

External links[edit]

Official website of the World Rally Championship

[2002-Corsica-1] "Tour de Corse". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2021-11-23.

[fradrivers_2002-2] "Tour de Corse 2002 Entry List". ewrc-results.com.com. Retrieved 23 November 2021.

[fraitinerary_2002-3] "Tour de Corse 2002 Itinerary". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 23 November 2021.

[fraoverall_2002-4] "Tour de Corse 2002 Final Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 23 November 2021.

[frawrc_2002-5] "Tour de Corse 2002 WRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 23 November 2021.

[frapwrc_2002-6] "Tour de Corse 2002 PWRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 24 November 2021.

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