2017 Wales Rally GB

2017 Wales Rally GB
73. Dayinsure Wales Rally GB 2017
Round 12 of the 2017 World Rally Championship
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Host country United Kingdom
Rally baseWales Deeside
Dates run26 – 29 October 2017
Stages21 (304.36 km; 189.12 miles)
Stage surfaceGravel
Statistics
Crews75 at start, 65 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerUnited Kingdom Elfyn Evans
United Kingdom Daniel Barritt
United Kingdom M-Sport World Rally Team

The 2017 Wales Rally (formally the 73. Dayinsure Wales Rally GB) was the 12th round of the 2017 World Rally Championship. The rally was being held over four days between 26 October and 29 October 2017, and was based in Deeside, United Kingdom. Britons Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt won the rally on their home soil, which marked their first success in the WRC.[1]

Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia finished the rally in third position which was enough to seal the drivers' title.[2] M-Sport secured their first manufacturers' championship as a private team and its first since winning with Ford in 2007.[3]

  1. ^ "Evans: 'Nobody was getting in the way'". wrc.com. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Ogier seals title". wrc.com. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Rally GB: Ogier seals title as dominant Evans claims first win". www.autosport.com. Retrieved 24 June 2021.

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