2007 European Rally Championship

The 2007 European Rally Championship season was the 55th season of the FIA European Rally Championship. French driver Simon Jean-Joseph won his second European rally championship title despite not winning any of the 10 events.

Calendar and winners

The calendar of the 2007 European rally championship season consisted of 10 events.^[1]

Round	Date	Event	Winner ERC
1	19–21 April	31st Rally 1000 Miglia	Dimitar Iliev
2	11–12 Mayl	36th Fiat Rally Istanbul	Nicolas Vouilloz
3	24–26 May	34th INA Croatia Delta Rally	Juraj Šebalj
4	8–10 June	64th Platinum Rally Poland	Renato Travaglia
5	22–23 June	43rd Belgium Ypres Westhoek Rally	Enrique García Ojeda
6	6–8 July	38th Rally Bulgaria	Dimitar Iliev
7	2–4 August	48th Rally Vinho da Madeira	Enrique García Ojeda
8	24–26 August	37th Barum Rally Zlín	Nicolas Vouilloz
9	5–7 October	32nd ELPA Rally	Volkan Işık
10	19–21 October	42nd Rallye Antibes Côte d'Azur	Renato Travaglia

Championship standings

For the final classification in a rally, the winner was awarded 10 points, the runner-up 8 and the third placed driver 6. Drivers ranked 4 to 8 got 5–4–3–2–1 point(s). Additionally, the top three of every leg got 3–2–1 point(s). Only drivers who participated in least 6 events qualified for the championship ranking.^[2]

Pos. Driver Points 1 Simon Jean-Joseph Ret 7 3 6 4 2 3 5 2 2 64 2 Volkan Işık Ret 5 Ret 3 Ret 5 5 6 1 3 57 3 Renato Travaglia Ret 4 1 6 Ret Ret 4 Ret 1 54 4 Michał Sołowow 2 Ret 4 2 7 6 Ret 3 4 46 5 Dimitar Iliev 1 Ret 2 3 1 Ret Ret Ret Ret 43 6 Corrado Fontana Ret 5 Ret 4 2 Ret Ret 25 7 Krum Donchev Ret 9 7 3 4 5 19 8 Tomasz Czopik Ret 6 6 5 5 Ret 16 9 Antonín Tlusťák Ret Ret Ret 4 8 8 7 Not enough events to qualify for championship Enrique García Ojeda 3 1 1 2 (51) Nicolas Vouilloz 1 Ret 4 1 (40) Andrea Navarra 2 2 Ret 3 (26) Juraj Šebalj 1 7 Ret (15)

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

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