THURSDAY, JUNE 29 8:00am Shakedown 4,90km4:00pm Start ceremony, Mikolajki7:08pm SS1 Mikolajki Arena 2,50km

FRIDAY, JUNE 30 6:25am Tyre change, Mikolajki 15min7:15am SS2 Chmielewo 6,52km9:00am SS3 Wieliczki 15,96km9:55am SS4 Swietajno 19,60km

10:40am SS5 Stare-Juchy 13,50km12:40pm Service/Tyre change, Mikolajki 30min1:45pm SS6 Chmielewo 6,52km3:30pm SS7 Wieliczki 15,96km4:25pm SS8 Swietajno 19,60km5:10pm SS9 Stare-Juchy 13,50km7:08pm SS10 Mikolajki Arena 2,507:28pm Service, Mikolajki 45min

SATURDAY, JULY 17:27am Service/Tyre change, Mikolajki 15min8:08am SS11 Baranowo 15,55km9:20am SS12 Pozezdrze 24,28km10:45am SS13 Goldap 14,75km11:35am SS14 Kruklanki 19,58km1:12pm Service/Tyre change, Mikolajki 30min2:08pm SS15 Baranowo 15,55km3:20pm SS16 Pozezdrze 24,28km4:45pm SS17 Goldap 14,75km5:35pm SS18 Kruklanki 19,58km7:30pm SS19 Mikolajki Arena 2,50km7:50pm Service, Mikolajki 45min

SUNDAY, JULY 26:40am Service/Tyre change, Mikolajki 15min8:10am SS20 Orzysz 11,15km9:08am SS21 Paprotki 18,68km10:45am SS22 Orzysz 11,15km12:18pm SS23 Paprotki 18,68km1:40pm Service, Mikolajki 10min2:30pm Podium, Mikolajki TI

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74th RUNNING 2017 FIA WRC: ROUND 8

Rally Poland

49 entries

1422,36km including 326,64km

divided into 23 stages

one of the sport’s longest-standing events

Michelin has a factory in Olsztyn, less than 100km from Mikolajki

Michelin has won the past three Rally Polands to have counted

towards the WRC. It also won the 2012 event (an ERC qualifier) with

Lappi (Skoda).

Jacques Morelli,

Manager of Michelin Motorsport’s WRC

programme

“Rally Poland’s stages are very fast and the ground is

quite sandy, so they are not too hard-wearing. As a result,

the nominated tyre is the soft-compound version of the

Michelin LTX Force. That said, the roads are covered with

loose gravel which penalises the first crews on the road.

The weather could be wet, however, and rain would hand

a distinct advantage to the early runners.”

RALLY POLANDAlong with the Rallye Monte-Carlo, Rally Poland

is one of the sport’s longest-standing events

It is being organised for the 74th time this year

The inaugural Rally Poland in 1921 was a 600km run from Warsaw to Białowieza

The event has been based in Poland’s Masurian Lake District since 2005

Rally Poland counted towards the European Rally Championship from 1974 to 2008

The 4,500km route of the 1939 event looped the entire country

Rally Poland is one of the fastest rounds on the WRC calendar: the winners’ average

speed in 2015 was 121.4kph

MISCELLANEOUS

The Masurian Lake District is a favourite holiday destination for Varsovians

Goldap runs close to the Russian border and the Kaliningrad enclave, famous for its amber production

Masuria once belonged to Prussia. Germany handed it back to Poland in compliance

with the terms of the Yalta Conference

There are some 4,000 lakes in Masuria

TEAMS / DRIVERS

Andreas Mikkelsen is standing in for Kris Meeke in the N°7 Citroën C3 WRC/Michelin

World Rally Car debut for Finn Teemu Suninen (Ford Fiesta RS WRC)

FORMATDistance: 1,422.63km, including 326.64km divided into 23 stages

Pozezdrze (24.28km) and Orzisz (11.15km) are new

Baranowo (15.55km) and Wieliczki (15.96km) have been modified

Goldap (14.75km) and Stare-Juchy (13.50km) are identical to 2016

The Mikolajki Arena super-special is a mixed-surface stage (gravel/asphalt)

Goldap passes close to Poland’s border with Russia

Rally Poland features extremely fast and generally narrow stages that crisscross fields.

There are no big jumps as in Finland, but there are plenty of highly tricky blind crests. The roads tend to be carpeted with a thin top-coating of loose gravel which the first

cars on the road sweep aside. Running order consequently plays a big role.

MICHELIN AND RALLY poland

MICHELIN TYRES FOR 2017 RALLY poland

wrc :

MICHELIN LTX Force

3 WRC quota: 28 tyres from a total allocation of 28 softs and 16 hards

3 1462 tyres available

S5 (soft)

first choice

H4 (HARD)

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THE FULL ENTRY LIST HERE

M-SPORT WORLD RALLY TEAM WRC

# 1 OGIER Sébastien / INGRASSIA Julien FRA / FRA FORD FIESTA WRC

M-SPORT WORLD RALLY TEAM WRC

# 2 TANAK Ott / JARVEOJA Martin EST / EST FORD FIESTA WRC

M-SPORT WORLD RALLY TEAM WRC

# 3 EVANS Elfyn / BARRITT Daniel GBR / GBRFORD FIESTA WRC

HYUNDAI MOTORSPORT WRC

# 4 PADDON Hayden / MARSHALL Seb NZL / GBR HYUNDAI i20 COUPE WRC

HYUNDAI MOTORSPORT WRC

# 5 NEUVILLE Thierry / GILSOUL Nicolas BEL / BEL HYUNDAI i20 COUPE WRC

HYUNDAI MOTORSPORT WRC

# 6 SORDO Dani / MARTI Marc ESP / ESP HYUNDAI i20 COUPE WRC

CITROEN TOTAL ABU DHABI WRT WRC

# 7 MIKKELSEN Andreas / JAEGER Anders NOR / NOR CITROEN C3 WRC

CITROEN TOTAL ABU DHABI WRT WRC

# 8 BREEN Craig / MARTIN Scott IRL / GBR CITROEN C3 WRC

CITROEN TOTAL ABU DHABI WRT WRC

# 9 LEFEBVRE Stéphane / MOREAU Gabin FRA / FRA CITROEN C3 WRC

TOYOTA GAZOO RACING WRC WRC

# 10 LATVALA Jari-Matti / ANTTILA Miikka FIN / FIN TOYOTA YARIS WRC

TOYOTA GAZOO RACING WRC WRC

# 11 HANNINEN Juho / LINDSTROM Kaj FIN / FIN TOYOTA YARIS WRC

TOYOTA GAZOO RACING WRC WRC

# 12 LAPPI Esapekka / FERM Janne FIN / FIN TOYOTA YARIS WRC

M-SPORT WORLD RALLY TEAM WRC

# 14 OSTBERG Mads / FLOENE Ola NOR / NOR FORD FIESTA WRC

M-SPORT WORLD RALLY TEAM WRC

# 15 SUNINEN Teemu / MARKKULA Mikko FIN / FIN FORD FIESTA RS WRC

EUROLAMP WRT WRC

# 21 GORBAN Valeriy / LARENS Sergei UKR / EST BMW-Mini John Cooper Works

JOURDAN SERDERIDIS WRC

# 22 SERDERIDIS Jourdan / VANNESTE Lara GRC / BEL CITROEN C3 WRC

JEAN-MICHEL RAOUX WRC

# 23 RAOUX Jean-Michel / MAGAT Laurent FRA / FRA CITROEN C3 WRC

FLASHBACK TO 2016 WINNERS: Andreas Mikkelsen/Anders Jaeger (Volkswagen Polo R WRC/Michelin)

STAGE WINNERS: Tanak 9 – Paddon, Mikkelsen, Ogier 3 – Latvala 2 – Neuville, Lefebvre 1

LEADERS: ES1 Neuville – ES2 Tanak – ES3 à 7 Mikkelsen – ES8 à 19 Tanak – ES20 à 21 Mikkelsen

3 The Polo R WRC equalled the highest number of WRC wins on Michelin rubber previously posted by the Lancia Delta (38)

3 First WRC stage victory for Lefebvre WRC

Rally Monte-Carlo

19/01 > 22/01

Sweden

9/02 > 12/02

Mexico

9/03 > 12/03

France

6/04 > 9/04

Argentina

27/04 > 30/04

Portugal

18/05 > 21/05

Italia

8/06 > 11/06

Poland

29/06 > 2/07Finland

27/07 > 30/07Germany

17/08 > 20/08

Spain

5/10 > 8/10Great Britain 26/10 > 29/10

Australia

16/11 > 19/11POINTS

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Drivers STANDINGS

Manufacturers

WRC2 drivers

1. M-Sport World Rally Team 234 pts

2. Hyundai Motorsport 194 pts

3. Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 143 pts

4. Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT 97 pts

1. Pontus TIDEMAND 100 pts

2. Teemu SUNINEN 54 pts

3. Eric CAMILLI 52 pts

4. Andreas MIKKELSEN 50 pts

5. Jan KOPECKY 49 pts

Sébastien OGIER 25 (1)

15+4 (3)

18+4 (2)

18+4 (2)

12+2 (4)

25+1 (1)

10+3 (5) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 141

Thierry NEUVILLE 5

(15)3

(13)15+5 (3)

25+1 (1)

25+5 (1)

18+4 (2)

15+2 (3) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 123

Ott TANAK 15 (3)

18 (2)

12+3 (4) (11)

15+3 (3)

12+5 (4)

25 (1) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 108

Jari-Matti LATVALA 18 (2)

25+5 (1)

8+2 (6)

12+5 (4)

10+1 (5)

2 (9)

18+1 (2) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 107

Dani SORDO 12+1 (4)

12 (4)

4+1 (8)

15+2 (3)

4 (8)

15 (3)

4 (12) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 70

Elfyn EVANS 8+2 (6)

8 (6)

2 (9) (21)

18+4 (2)

8+3 (6) (R) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 53

Craig BREEN 10 (5)

10 (5) (-) 10+3

(5) (R) 10 (5) (25) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 43

Hayden PADDON (R) 6+1 (7)

10 (5)

8 (6)

8 (6) (R) (R) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 33

Juho HÄNNINEN 3

(16) (23) 6 (7) (R) 6

(7)6

(7)8

(6) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 29

Kris MEEKE (R) 2 (12)

25 (1) (R) (R) (18) (R) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 27

Esapekka LAPPI (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 1+2 (10)

12+5 (4) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 20

Andreas MIKKELSEN 6

(7) (-) (-) 6 (7) (-) (R) 4

(8) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) (-) 16

michelinmotorsport.com

THE 2017 WRC

REGULATIONS

New-

generation

World Rally

Cars

More powerful (380hp),

25kg lighter, active

central differential, new

aerodynamic package

Start orders

Day 1 in 2017 Drivers’

championship order, then

reverse order of overnight

classification

Manufacturers

can nominate

up to three cars

with the two best-placed cars

to score Manufacturer points.

points

1st, 25 points • 2nd, 18 points

3rd 15 points • 4th, 12 points

5th, 10 points • 6th, 8 points

7th, 6 points • 8th, 4 points

9th, 2 points • 10th, 1 point

Power Stage

points

1st, 5 points • 2nd, 4 points

3rd, 3 points • 4th, 2 points

5th, 1 point.

2017 seasonMichelin WRC range

ASPHALT TYRES : michelin pILOT SPORT

GRAVEL TYRES : michelin LTX FORCE

SNOW/ICE TYRE : michelin X-ICE

NORTH

WINTRY ASPHALT: michelin

ALPIN 4

H5 (hard compound)

H4 (hard compound)

S5 (soft compound)

S5 (soft compound)

X-Ice North 3

Size : 20/65-18Conditions: dry stages

Size : 17/65-15Conditions: rough, rocky,

abrasive surfaces

Size : 20/65-18Conditions: wet, cold conditions

Size : 17/65-15Conditions: smooth, loose

surfaces, mudSize : 15/65-15

Conditions: ice and/or snow

non-studded

SS5 (super soft compound)studded

FW3 (Full Wet)

Size : 18/65-18Conditions: showers, standing

water or heavy rain

Size : 20/65-18Conditions: icy, frosty, damp,

cold conditions

Size : 18/65-18Conditions: ice and/or snow