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2002 Cyprus Rally

The 2002 Cyprus Rally (formally the 30th Cyprus Rally) was the fifth round of the 2002 World Rally Championship. The race was held over three days between 19 April and 21 April 2002, and was won by Peugeot's Marcus Grönholm, his 9th win in the World Rally Championship.[1]

2002 Cyprus Rally
30th Cyprus Rally
Round 5 of the 2002 World Rally Championship season
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Host country Cyprus
Rally baseLimassol
Dates runApril 19, 2002 – April 21, 2002
Stages20 (324.17 km; 201.43 miles)
Stage surfaceGravel
Overall distance1,276.33 km (793.07 miles)
Statistics
Crews60 at start, 32 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerFinland Marcus Grönholm
Finland Timo Rautiainen
France Peugeot Total
Peugeot 206 WRC

Background

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Entry list

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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   Harri Rovanperä   Risto Pietiläinen   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 '02 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
9   Jani Paasonen   Arto Kapanen   Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer WRC M
10   Tommi Mäkinen   Kaj Lindström   555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 P
11   Petter Solberg   Phil Mills   555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 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   Juha Kankkunen   Juha Repo   Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 M
World Rally Championship entries
23   Gilles Panizzi   Hervé Panizzi   Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC M
24   François Duval   Jean-Marc Fortin   François Duval Ford Focus RS WRC '02 P
25   Bruno Thiry   Stéphane Prévot   Peugeot Bastos Racing Peugeot 206 WRC M
26   Achim Mörtl   Klaus Wicha   Powerhorse World Rally Team Peugeot 206 WRC M
27   Tomasz Kuchar   Maciej Szczepaniak   Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 M
28   Gabriel Pozzo   Daniel Stillo   Gabriel Pozzo Škoda Octavia WRC —
29   Janne Tuohino   Petri Vihavainen   Janne Tuohino Ford Focus RS WRC '01 —
30   Manfred Stohl   Ilka Minor   Stohl Racing Ford Focus RS WRC '01 P
31   Juuso Pykälistö   Esko Mertsalmi   Juuso Pykälistö Toyota Corolla WRC —
32   Ioannis Papadimitriou   Allan Harryman   Ioannis Papadimitriou Subaru Impreza 555 P
103   Andreas Tsouloftas   Panayiotis Shialos   Andreas Tsouloftas Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI —
104   Chris Thomas   Andreas Christodoulides   Chris Thomas Subaru Impreza S5 WRC '98 —
111   Kyriakos Kardanas   Costas Laos   Kyriakos Kardanas Mitsubishi Carisma GT —
113   Riccardo Errani   Stefano Casadio   Riccardo Errani Subaru Impreza WRX —
PWRC entries
51   Gustavo Trelles   Jorge Del Buono   Mauro Rally Tuning Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI P
52   Marcos Ligato   Rubén Garcia   Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII —
53   Alessandro Fiorio   Enrico Cantoni   Ralliart Italia Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII —
54   Ramón Ferreyros   Diego Vallejo   Mauro Rally Tuning Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI —
55   Saulius Girdauskas   Žilvinas Sakalauskas   TDS Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI —
57   Toshihiro Arai   Tony Sircombe   Spike Subaru Team Subaru Impreza WRX —
58   Luca Baldini   Marco Muzzarelli   Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI —
59   Natalie Barratt   Roger Freeman   Natalie Barratt Rallysport 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 P
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 VI —
73   Martin Rowe   Chris Wood   David Sutton Cars Ltd Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII —
74   Karamjit Singh   Allen Oh   Petronas EON Racing Team Proton Pert —
75   Kristian Sohlberg   Jukka Aho   Blue Rose Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI —
76   Pavel Valoušek   Pierangelo Scalvini   Jolly Club Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII —
77   Alfredo De Dominicis   Rudy Pollet   Ralliart Italy Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII —
Source:[2]

Itinerary

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All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3).

Date Time No. Stage name Distance
Leg 1 — 96.32 km
19 April 09:12 SS1 Platres — Kato Amiantos 1 11.60 km
09:55 SS2 Lagoudera — Kapouras 1 15.00 km
10:23 SS3 Kapouras — Agios Theodoros 1 21.56 km
13:30 SS4 Platres — Kato Amiantos 2 11.60 km
14:13 SS5 Lagoudera — Kapouras 2 15.00 km
14:41 SS6 Kapouras — Agios Theodoros 2 21.56 km
Leg 2 — 145.97 km
20 April 14:41 SS7 Prastio — Pachna 1 10.92 km
08:15 SS8 Platres — Saittas 1 11.25 km
08:58 SS9 Kourdali — Spilia 30.62 km
11:48 SS10 Prastio — Pachna 2 10.92 km
12:51 SS11 Platres — Saittas 2 11.25 km
13:26 SS12 Foini — Koilinia 1 29.88 km
16:56 SS13 Platres — Saittas 3 11.25 km
17:31 SS14 Foini — Koilinia 2 29.88 km
Leg 3 — 81.88 km
21 April 09:35 SS15 Vavatsinia — Mandra Kambiou 1 19.00 km
10:18 SS16 Macheras — Agioi Vavatsinias 1 12.80 km
10:56 SS17 Lageia — Kalavasos 1 9.14 km
13:46 SS18 Vavatsinia — Mandra Kambiou 2 19.00 km
14:29 SS19 Macheras — Agioi Vavatsinias 2 12.80 km
15:07 SS20 Lageia — Kalavasos 2 9.14 km
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Results

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Overall

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Pos. No. Driver Co-driver Team Car Time Difference Points
1 2   Marcus Grönholm   Timo Rautiainen   Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:21:25.7 10
2 1   Richard Burns   Robert Reid   Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:22:22.5 +56.8 6
3 10   Tommi Mäkinen   Kaj Lindström   555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 4:22:24.7 +59.0 4
4 3   Harri Rovanperä   Risto Pietiläinen   Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:22:44.4 +1:18.7 3
5 11   Petter Solberg   Phil Mills   555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 4:23:43.6 +2:17.9 2
6 5   Colin McRae   Nicky Grist   Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 4:24:11.2 +2:45.5 1
Source:[4]

World Rally Cars

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Classification

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Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class
1 1 2   Marcus Grönholm   Timo Rautiainen   Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:21:25.7 10
2 2 1   Richard Burns   Robert Reid   Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:22:22.5 +56.8 6
3 3 10   Tommi Mäkinen   Kaj Lindström   555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S7 WRC '01 4:22:24.7 +59.0 4
4 4 3   Harri Rovanperä   Risto Pietiläinen   Peugeot Total Peugeot 206 WRC 4:22:44.4 +1:18.7 3
5 5 11   Petter Solberg   Phil Mills   555 Subaru World Rally Team Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 4:23:43.6 +2:17.9 2
6 6 5   Colin McRae   Nicky Grist   Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 4:24:11.2 +2:45.5 1
7 7 17   Armin Schwarz   Manfred Hiemer   Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 4:24:13.1 +2:47.4 0
8 8 6   Markko Märtin   Michael Park   Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 4:25:48.3 +4:22.6 0
9 9 14   Kenneth Eriksson   Tina Thörner   Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 4:28:43.4 +7:17.7 0
11 10 4   Carlos Sainz   Luis Moya   Ford Motor Co. Ltd. Ford Focus RS WRC '02 4:30:19.7 +8:54.0 0
13 11 7   François Delecour   Daniel Grataloup   Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 4:33:43.0 +12:17.3 0
15 12 15   Toni Gardemeister   Paavo Lukander   Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 4:43:37.7 +22:12.0 0
Retired SS12 8   Alister McRae   David Senior   Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer WRC Transmission 0
Retired SS12 16   Roman Kresta   Jan Tománek   Škoda Motorsport Škoda Octavia WRC Evo2 Accident 0
Retired SS12 18   Freddy Loix   Sven Smeets   Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 Gearbox 0
Retired SS7 9   Jani Paasonen   Arto Kapanen   Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer WRC Accident 0
Retired SS5 19   Juha Kankkunen   Juha Repo   Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team Hyundai Accent WRC3 Oil leak 0
Source:[5]

Special stages

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Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Class leaders
Leg 1 (19 Apr) SS1 Platres — Kato Amiantos 1 11.60 km   Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC '02 9:20.8   Colin McRae
SS2 Lagoudera — Kapouras 1 15.00 km   François Duval Ford Focus RS WRC '02 14:18.5   François Duval
SS3 Kapouras — Agios Theodoros 1 21.56 km   Markko Märtin Ford Focus RS WRC '02 20:16.6   Markko Märtin
SS4 Platres — Kato Amiantos 2 11.60 km   Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 9:21.7   Colin McRae
SS5 Lagoudera — Kapouras 2 15.00 km   Tommi Mäkinen Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '01 14:11.7
SS6 Kapouras — Agios Theodoros 2 21.56 km   Colin McRae Ford Focus RS WRC '02 19:51.5
Leg 2 (20 Apr) SS7 Prastio — Pachna 1 10.92 km   Carlos Sainz Ford Focus RS WRC '02 6:29.0
SS8 Platres — Saittas 1 11.25 km   Carlos Sainz Ford Focus RS WRC '02 9:21.2
SS9 Kourdali — Spilia 30.62 km   Tommi Mäkinen Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '01 29:21.8
SS10 Prastio — Pachna 2 10.92 km   Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 6:14.3
SS11 Platres — Saittas 2 11.25 km   Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 9:02.7
SS12 Foini — Koilinia 1 29.88 km   Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 29:31.3
SS13 Platres — Saittas 3 11.25 km   Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 9:24.6
SS14 Foini — Koilinia 2 29.88 km Stage cancelled
Leg 3 (21 Apr) SS15 Vavatsinia — Mandra Kambiou 1 19.00 km   Harri Rovanperä Peugeot 206 WRC 16:34.9
SS16 Macheras — Agioi Vavatsinias 1 12.80 km   Tommi Mäkinen Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '01 10:55.8   Marcus Grönholm
SS17 Lageia — Kalavasos 1 9.14 km   Tommi Mäkinen Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '01 7:41.0
SS18 Vavatsinia — Mandra Kambiou 2 19.00 km   Petter Solberg Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '02 17:02.1
SS19 Macheras — Agioi Vavatsinias 2 12.80 km   Tommi Mäkinen Subaru Impreza S8 WRC '01 11:16.7
SS20 Lageia — Kalavasos 2 9.14 km   Richard Burns Peugeot 206 WRC 7:37.3

Championship standings

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Pos. Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships Manufacturers' championships
Move Driver Points Move Co-driver Points Move Manufacturer Points
1     Marcus Grönholm 31     Timo Rautiainen 31     Peugeot Total 68
2     Gilles Panizzi 20     Hervé Panizzi 20   1   555 Subaru World Rally Team 27
3     Richard Burns 19     Robert Reid 19   1   Ford Motor Co. Ltd. 27
4     Tommi Mäkinen 14     Kaj Lindström 14     Marlboro Mitsubishi Ralliart 6
5   2   Harri Rovanperä 9   2   Risto Pietiläinen 9     Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team 2

Production World Rally Championship

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Classification

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Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class
1 1 74   Karamjit Singh   Allen Oh   Petronas EON Racing Team Proton Pert 4:52:17.9 10
2 2 51   Gustavo Trelles   Jorge Del Buono   Mauro Rally Tuning Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 4:57:59.4 +5:41.5 6
3 3 58   Luca Baldini   Marco Muzzarelli   Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 4:59:10.7 +6:52.8 4
4 4 66   Dimitar Iliev   Petar Sivov   Mauro Rally Tuning Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 5:00:06.0 +7:48.1 3
5 5 55   Saulius Girdauskas   Žilvinas Sakalauskas   TDS Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 5:03:08.5 +10:50.6 2
6 6 69   Bernt Kollevold   Ola Fløene   Kollevold Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 5:10:37.3 +18:19.4 1
7 7 59   Natalie Barratt   Roger Freeman   Natalie Barratt Rallysport Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 5:23:21.8 +31:03.9 0
8 8 65   Beppo Harrach   Jutta Gebert   Stohl Racing Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 5:43:08.2 +50:50.3 0
Retired SS12 71   Stefano Marrini   Tiziana Sandroni   Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Accident damage 0
Retired SS9 70   Giovanni Manfrinato   Claudio Condotta   Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Accident damage 0
Retired SS9 76   Pavel Valoušek   Pierangelo Scalvini   Jolly Club Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Mechanical 0
Retired SS6 54   Ramón Ferreyros   Diego Vallejo   Mauro Rally Tuning Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Accident 0
Retired SS5 75   Kristian Sohlberg   Jukka Aho   Blue Rose Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI Suspension 0
Retired SS5 77   Alfredo De Dominicis   Rudy Pollet   Ralliart Italy Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Radiator 0
Retired SS4 52   Marcos Ligato   Rubén Garcia   Top Run SRL Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Engine 0
Retired SS2 53   Alessandro Fiorio   Enrico Cantoni   Ralliart Italia Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Radiator 0
Retired SS1 57   Toshihiro Arai   Tony Sircombe   Spike Subaru Team Subaru Impreza WRX Mechanical 0
Retired SS1 73   Martin Rowe   Chris Wood   David Sutton Cars Ltd Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII Accident 0
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Special stages

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Day Stage Stage name Length Winner Car Time Class leaders
Leg 1 (19 Apr) SS1 Platres — Kato Amiantos 1 11.60 km   Karamjit Singh Proton Pert 10:09.3   Karamjit Singh
SS2 Lagoudera — Kapouras 1 15.00 km   Marcos Ligato Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 15:26.4
SS3 Kapouras — Agios Theodoros 1 21.56 km   Ramón Ferreyros Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 21:31.8
SS4 Platres — Kato Amiantos 2 11.60 km   Giovanni Manfrinato Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 10:10.3
SS5 Lagoudera — Kapouras 2 15.00 km   Giovanni Manfrinato Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 15:23.6
SS6 Kapouras — Agios Theodoros 2 21.56 km   Giovanni Manfrinato Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 21:14.9   Giovanni Manfrinato
Leg 2 (20 Apr) SS7 Prastio — Pachna 1 10.92 km   Giovanni Manfrinato Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 7:12.4
SS8 Platres — Saittas 1 11.25 km   Karamjit Singh Proton Pert 10:14.6   Karamjit Singh
SS9 Kourdali — Spilia 30.62 km   Karamjit Singh Proton Pert 33:04.5
SS10 Prastio — Pachna 2 10.92 km   Gustavo Trelles Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 6:58.4
SS11 Platres — Saittas 2 11.25 km   Karamjit Singh Proton Pert 10:44.0
SS12 Foini — Koilinia 1 29.88 km   Saulius Girdauskas Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 34:49.3
SS13 Platres — Saittas 3 11.25 km   Karamjit Singh Proton Pert 10:58.0
SS14 Foini — Koilinia 2 29.88 km Stage cancelled
Leg 3 (21 Apr) SS15 Vavatsinia — Mandra Kambiou 1 19.00 km   Gustavo Trelles Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 18:20.3
SS16 Macheras — Agioi Vavatsinias 1 12.80 km   Gustavo Trelles Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 12:26.7
SS17 Lageia — Kalavasos 1 9.14 km   Gustavo Trelles Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 8:27.7
SS18 Vavatsinia — Mandra Kambiou 2 19.00 km   Gustavo Trelles Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 19:45.0
SS19 Macheras — Agioi Vavatsinias 2 12.80 km   Beppo Harrach Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 13:23.4
SS20 Lageia — Kalavasos 2 9.14 km   Karamjit Singh Proton Pert 8:31.0

Championship standings

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Pos. Drivers' championships
Move Driver Points
1     Kristian Sohlberg 10
2     Ramón Ferreyros 10
3     Karamjit Singh 10
4     Dimitar Iliev 9
5   3   Gustavo Trelles 9

References

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  1. ^ "Cyprus Rally". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 2021-11-29.
  2. ^ "Cyprus Rally 2002 Entry List". ewrc-results.com.com. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Cyprus Rally 2002 Itinerary". juwra.com. Independent WRC archive. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Cyprus Rally 2002 Final Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Cyprus Rally 2002 WRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Cyprus Rally 2002 PWRC Results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
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