2016 Rally Australia

The 2016 Rally Australia (formally the 25. Kennards Hire Rally Australia 2016) was the thirteenth and final round of the 2016 World Rally Championship. The race was held over four days between 17 November and 20 November 2016, and was based in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Volkswagen's Andreas Mikkelsen won the race, his third win in the World Rally Championship.

2016 Rally Australia 25. Kennards Hire Rally Australia 2016
Round 13 of the 2016 World Rally Championship ← Previous event
Rally base	Coffs Harbour
Dates run	17 – 20 November 2016
Stages	23 (283.36 km; 176.07 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Overall results
Overall winner	Andreas Mikkelsen Anders Jæger Volkswagen Motorsport II

Overall standings

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Class	Time	Difference	Points
Overall classification
1	9	Andreas Mikkelsen	Anders Jæger	Volkswagen Motorsport II	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	2:46:05.7		25
2	1	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	2:46:20.6	+14.9	21
3	3	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai Motorsport	Hyundai i20 WRC	WRC	2:47:18.3	+1:12.6	17
4	4	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Hyundai Motorsport	Hyundai i20 WRC	WRC	2:47:32.4	+1:26.7	12
5	20	Dani Sordo	Marc Martí	Hyundai Motorsport N	Hyundai i20 WRC	WRC	2:47:34.0	+1:28.3	11
6	5	Mads Østberg	Ola Fløene	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	2:47:47.2	+1:41.5	8
7	12	Ott Tänak	Raigo Mõlder	DMACK World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	2:49:10.0	+3:04.3	6
8	31	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia R5	WRC-2	2:53:38.0	+7:32.3	4
9	2	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	2:54:02.6	+7:56.9	2
10	37	Lorenzo Bertelli	Simone Scattolin	FWRT s.r.l.	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	2:54:05.8	+8:00.1	1

Special stages

Day	Stage	Name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Rally leader
Leg 1	SS1	Utungun 1	7.88 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	4:55.9	Andreas Mikkelsen
	SS2	Bakers Creek 1	16.75 km	Hayden Paddon	Hyundai i20 WRC	10:05.5	Hayden Paddon
	SS3	Northbank 1	8.42 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	5:49.3	Andreas Mikkelsen
	SS4	Newry16 1	10.49 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	6:22.6
	SS5	Raceway SSS 1	1.37 km	Thierry Neuville Andreas Mikkelsen	Hyundai i20 WRC Volkswagen Polo R WRC	1:17.6
	SS6	Utungun 2	7.88 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	4:50.5
	SS7	Bakers Creek 2	16.75 km	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 WRC	9:48.8
	SS8	Northbank 2	8.42 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	5:37.5
	SS9	Newry16 2	10.49 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	6:13.8
	SS10	Coffs SSS 1	1.27 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	1:02.4
	SS11	Coffs SSS 2	1.27 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	1:02.0
Leg 2	SS12	Nambucca 1	50.80 km	Hayden Paddon	Hyundai i20 WRC	28:38.6
	SS13	Valla16 1	14.84 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	8:37.1
	SS14	Raceway SSS 2	1.37 km	Sébastien Ogier Andreas Mikkelsen Dani Sordo	Volkswagen Polo R WRC Volkswagen Polo R WRC Hyundai i20 WRC	1:16.8
	SS15	Nambucca 2	50.80 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	28:07.0
	SS16	Valla16 2	14.84 km	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 WRC	8:31.5
	SS17	Coffs SSS 3	1.27 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	1:01.7
	SS18	Coffs SSS 4	1.27 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	1:01.3
Leg 3	SS19	Settles Reverse 1	6.20 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3:06.5
	SS20	Bucca16	31.90 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	17:22.5
	SS21	Wedding Bells16 1	6.44 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3:40.8
	SS22	Settles Reverse 2	6.20 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3:05.1
	SS23	Wedding Bells16 2 (Power Stage)	6.44 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3:36.8

Power Stage

The "Power stage" was a 6.44 km (4.00 mi) stage at the end of the rally.

Pos	Driver	Car	Time	Diff.	Pts
1	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3:36.8	0.0	3
2	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 WRC	3:38.0	+1.2	2
3	Dani Sordo	Hyundai i20 WRC	3:39.5	+2.7	1