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FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP - 2011 SEASON
Last year 26 drivers and 5 manufacturer teams earned point in the WRC Championship, with hundreds of more drivers participating.
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THE WRC 2011 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
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2011 FINAL SEASON DRIVER STANDINGS
AFTER WALES, NOVEMBER 13, 2011
ROUND 13 of 13
POS DRIVER NAT PTS 1 SEBASTIEN LOEB France 222 2 MIKKO HIRVONEN Finland 214 3 SEBASTIEN OGIER France 196 4 JARI-MATTI LATVALA Finland 172 5 PETTER SOLBERG Norway 110 6 MADS OSTBERG Norway 88 7 MATTHEW WILSON GB 63 8 DANIEL SORDO Spain 59 9 HENNING SOLBERG Norway 59 10 KIMI RAIKKONEN Finland 34 11 K. MEEKE GB 25 12 DENNIS KUIPERS Netherlands 21 13 FEDERICO VILLAGRA Argentina 20 14 KHALID AL QASSIMI UAE 15 15 OTT TANAK Estonia 15 16 JUHO HANNINEN Finland 14 17 E. NOVIKOP Russia 12 18 HAYDEN PADDON New Zealand 10 19 MARTIN PROKOP Czech 7 20 PER-GUNNAR ANDERSSON Sweden 6 21 MICHAL KOSCIUSZKO Poland 6 22 KEN BLOCK USA 6 23 ARMINDO ARAUJO Portugal 5 24 O. SALIUK Ukraine 4 25 P. VAN MERKSTEIJN JR Netherlands 2 26 B. GUERRA Mexico 2 27 P. CAMPANA France 2 28 BERNADO SOUSA Portugal 1 29 PATRIK FLODIN Sweden 1 |
POS CO-DRIVER NAT PTS 1 DANIEL ELENA M. Carlo 222 2 JARMO LEHTINEN Finland 214 2 JULIEN INGRASSIA France 193 4 MIIKKA ANTTILA Finland 146 5 CHRIS PATTERSON GB 110 6 JONAS ANDERSSON Sweden 70 7 C. DEL BARRIO Spain 57 8 SCOTT MARTIN GB 53 9 ILKA MINOR Germany 44 10 KAJ LINDSTROM Finland 34 11 FREDERIC MICLOTTE Belgium 17 12 JORGE PEREZ COMPANC Argentina 16 13 MICHAEL ORR GB 15 14 MIKKO MARKKULA Finland 14 15 PAUL NAGLE Ireland 13 16 J. KENNARD Australia 10 17 KULDAR SIKK Estonia 7 18 JAN TOMANEK Czech 7 19 EMIL AXELSSON Sweden 6 20 M. SZCZEPANIAK Poland 6 21 D. GIRAUDET France 6 22 A. GELSOMINO USA 4 23 J. DIAZ Argentina 4 24 P. CHEREPIN Ukraine 4 25 M. RAMALHO Mexico 4 26 BJORN DEGANDT Belgium 2 27 ERWIN MOMBAERTS Belgium 2 28 B. ROZADA Spain 2 29 S. DE CASTELLI France 2 30 A. COSTA Portugal 1 31 M. ANDERSSON Sweden 1 28 G. BERGSTEN Sweden 1 29 GALLI BERNACCHINI Italy 0 |
2011 FINAL SEASON MANUFACTURES STANDINGS
AFTER WALES, NOVEMBER 13, 2011
ROUND 13 of 13
1 CITROEN TOTAL WORLD RALLY TEAM 403 2 FORD ABU DHABI WORLD RALLY TEAM 376 3 M-SPORT STOBART FORD RALLY TEAM 178 4 PETTER SOLBERG WORLD RALLY TEAM 98 5 FERM POWER TOOLS WORLD RALLY TEAM 54 6 TEAM ABU DHABI 54 7 MUNCHIS FORD WORLD RALLY TEAM 38 8 MONSTER WORLD RALLY TEAM 27 9 VAN MERKSTEIJN MOTORSPORT 16 10 BRAZIL WORLD RALLY TEAM 7 5 ICE 1 RACING (Exluded) 0 |
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WALES RALLY GB
CARDIFF, WALES
NOVEMBER 10-13, 2011(Round 13)
JARI-MATTI LATVALA WINS IN WALES
The Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team crew of Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila today claimed their first victory of the 2011 FIA World Rally Championship season by winning Wales Rally GB, the final round of the series. The Finns had been battling hard with Sebastien Loeb but, following an accident on a road section, the Frenchman was forced into retirement. He and codriver Daniel Elena were nevertheless assured of the world title after the retirement of series rival Mikko Hirvonen on Friday, and the pair have claimed a record breaking eighth FIA World Rally Championship title with CITROEN.Second position on Wales Rally GB was taken by Mads Ostberg and Jonas Andersson, their second podium finish of the season, while Henning Solberg and Ilka Minor claimed third, making it a podium lock out for the Ford Fiesta RS WRC.
With neither Championship contenders scoring points, Loeb wins the title by eight points over Hirvonen, with Sebastien Ogier finishing third and Jari-Matti Latvala fourth. In the Manufacturers' Championship, the CITROEN Total World Rally Team secured the crown for the seventh time on the penultimate round in Spain. They finished 27 points ahead of Ford with the Stobart M-Sport Ford World Rally Team taking third.
Today's route was the shortest and took the crews over two loops of three stages in the Brecon Beacon mountains and over the Epynt military ranges, concluding with the 4.36 kilometre Monument Power Stage, in which the fastest three drivers in this single stage picked up additional Championship points. Here, Sebastien Ogier was fastest and picked up three points, with Dani Sordo and Latvala claiming two and one point respectively.
Latvala led the crews into the stages this morning and he and Loeb were battling hard for outright honours. However, on the road section after the first stage, the Frenchman was involved in an accident with another vehicle and damage to the radiator forced him out of the event. There were no injuries in either vehicle. As a consequence, Latvala could ease the pace over the following five stages. Mads Ostberg, nursing a minor engine problem, finished the season as he started it in Sweden; second, while Henning Solberg and Britain's Kris Meeke battled for third. Meeke, in fourth, was 1.8 seconds adrift going into the final stage, but a half spin cost him 11 seconds and the event's top Briton maintained fourth overall.
Wales Rally GB also marked the concluding round of the inaugural FIA WRC Academy Cup. After an exciting battle to the last stage, Ireland's Craig Breen claimed the title.
POS NO DRIVER GROUP TIME LAG FROM FIRST 1 4 J. LATVALA A0 3:27:03.5 2 6 M. OSTBERG A0 3:30:46.4 3:42.9 3 15 H. SOLBERG A0 3:34:08.6 7:05.1 4 52 K. MEEKE A0 3:34:15.8 7:12.3 5 5 M. WILSON A0 3:35:50.8 8:57.3 6 18 O. TANAK A0 3:36:10.6 9:27.1 7 10 E. NOVIKOV A0 3:36:51.2 9:47.7 8 9 D. KUIPERS A0 3:37:16.2 10:12.7 9 43 K. BLOCK A0 3:42:14.7 16:01.2 10 17 A. ARAUJO A0 3:44:05.1 17:01.6 11 2 S. OGIER A0 3:44:51.3 17:47.8 12 54 K. ABBRING A0 3:45:00.8 17:57.3 13 19 H. PADDON A0 3:45:55.1 18:51.6 14 21 P. FLODIN A0 3:49:32.2 22:28.7 15 26 M. SEMERAD A0 3:55:16.0 28:12.5 16 22 M. KOSCIUSZKO A0 4:01:26.9 34:43.4 17 35 N. FUCHS A0 4:02:18.7 35:15.2 18 33 D. TAGIROV A0 4:03:02.0 36:18.5 19 28 M. AL SHAMSI A0 4:03:53.4 36:49.9 20 37 D. SORDO A0 4:05:14.0 38:10.5 21 61 L. BERTELLI A0 4:03:41.0 38:17.5 22 51 M. PROKOP A0 4:06:46.7 39:43.2 23 72 J. MACCRONE A0 4:07:58.1 41:04.6 24 31 O. KIKIRESHKO A0 4:10:43.8 44:30.3 25 27 H. HUNT A0 4:13:48.8 46:55.3 26 30 O. SALIUK A0 4:15:08.5 48:05.0 27 60 M. BURRI A0 4:17:20.7 50:27.2 28 55 K. KRUUDA A0 4:17:53.1 50:59.6 29 59 P. NOBRE A0 4:19:36.0 53:32.5 30 66 G. DETTORI A0 4:21:59.1 54:55.6 31 64 L. HOELBLING A0 4:23:49.8 57:16.3 32 71 K. LEIGH A0 4:29:50.6 1:02:47.1 33 63 T. ERDI JUN A0 4:29:06.2 1:03:22.7 34 32 V. GORBAN A0 4:32:54.4 1:05:50.9 35 12 D. OLIVEIRA A0 4:29:58.5 1:10:05.0 36 75 T. JARDINE A0 4:35:35.4 1:11:41.9 37 76 J. ROWE A0 4:43:39.1 1:16:35.6 38 65 D. CATANIA A0 4:46:48.6 1:19:55.1 39 69 A. ULIANA A0 4:52:06.0 1:29:02.5 40 77 B. KIRVAN A0 5:05:49.8 1:39:16.3 RETIREMENTS NO DRIVER/ CAR CLASS CONTROL REASON 1 S. LOEB (F)/ CITROEN DS3 WRC A0 TC19 MECHANICAL 3 M. HIRVONEN (FIN)/ FORD Fiesta RS WRC A0 TC7A MECHANICAL 8 K. RAIKKONEN (FIN)/ CITROEN DS3 WRC A0 TC13 MECHANICAL 11 P. SOLBERG (N)/ CITROEN DS3 WRC A0 TC12 MECHANICAL 14 P. VAN MERKSTEIJN (NL)/ CITROEN DS3 WRC A0 SF5 OFF ROAD 24 J. NIKARA (FIN)/ MITSUBISHI Lancer Evolution A0 SF11 OFF ROAD 29 B. AL JABRI/ SUBARU Impreza A0 SF7 OFF ROAD 39 B. GUERRA (MEX)/ MITSUBISHI Lancer Evolution X A0 SF23 OFF ROAD 50 J. PRITCHARD (GB)/ SUBARU Impreza A0 SF16 MECHANICAL 53 M. THERMAN (FIN)/ MITSUBISHI Lancer Evolution X A0 TC16 MECHANICAL 57 S. WIEGAND (D)/ SKODA Fabia S2000 A0 TC19 ILLNESS 58 Y. AL RAJHI (SA)/ FORD Fiesta S2000 A0 SF21 MECHANICAL 62 E. EVANS (GB)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 TC19 MECHANICAL 67 N. PHILIPPOV (RUS)/ SUBARU Impreza A0 TC23 EXCLUDED 70 B. CUMISKEY (IRL)/ MITSUBISHI Lancer Evolution A0 TC3F ACADEMY F. 73 R. BRONKART (B)/ TOYOTA Yaris A0 TC17E MECHANICAL 74 G. NUCITA (I)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 TC17E MECHANICAL 101 A. FISHER (GB)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 TC17E ACADEMY F. 102 J. SUAREZ (E)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 TC17E ACADEMY F. 103 A. CRUGNOLA (I)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 TC17E ACADEMY F. 104 J. CERNY (CZ)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 SF12 MECHANICAL 105 M. NIINEMAE (EST)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 TC17E ACADEMY F. 106 B. REEVES (AUS)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 TC17E ACADEMY F. 108 E. KAUR (EST)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 TC17E ACADEMY F. 109 C. BREEN (IRL)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 TC17E ACADEMY F. 110 Y. LEMES (E)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 TC17E ACADEMY F. 112 S. KARYAKIN (RUS)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 TC17E ACADEMY F. 114 F. AHLIN (S)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 TC17E ACADEMY F. 115 M. TAYLOR (AUS)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 TC17E ACADEMY F. 116 C. RIEDEMANN (D)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 TC17E ACADEMY F. 118 T. VAN DER MAREL (NL)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 SS17 MECHANICAL 121 A. HAIGH-SMITH (ZA)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 TC17E ACADEMY F. 122 V. HUMMEL (D)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 TC17E ACADEMY F. 123 C. DUPLESSIS (USA)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 TC17E ACADEMY F. |
RALLY RACC - RALLY OF SPAIN
SALOU, SPAIN
OCTOBER 20-23, 2011(Round 12)
SEBASTIEN LOEB WINS IN SPAIN
"We have done a really good weekend but coming from three bad rallies I could not believe this result before we came to the end," said Loeb. "Mikko has taken a lot of points so we stay very close in the championship."
POS NO DRIVER GROUP TIME LAG FROM FIRST 1 1 SEBASTIEN LOEB A0 4:05:39.3 2 3 M. HIRVONEN A0 4:07:46.2 2:06.9 3 4 J. LATVALA A0 4:06:11.7 2:32.4 4 37 D. SORDO A0 4:09:03.4 3:24.1 5 52 K. MEEKE A0 4:10:44.3 5:15.0 6 6 M. OSTBERG A0 4:11:33.5 5:54.2 7 16 E. NOVIKOV A0 4:15:01.1 9:31.8 8 15 H. SOLBERG A0 4:15:19.4 9:40.1 9 9 D. KUIPERS A0 4:16:53.1 11:13.8 10 25 J. HANNINEN A0 4:19:28.5 13:49.2 11 23 N. AL-ATTIYAH A0 4:19:43.4 14:04.1 12 10 K. AL QASSIMI A0 4:20:18.3 14:39.0 13 21 M. PROKOP A0 4:20:26.2 14:46.9 14 57 Y. LEMES A0 4:20:50.6 15:11.3 15 28 C. BREEN A0 4:21:48.7 16:09.4 16 7 F. VILLAGRA A0 4:22:55.9 17:36.6 17 14 P. VAN MERKSTEIJN A0 4:24:15.0 18:45.7 18 27 H. GASSNER JR A0 4:24:30.6 18:51.3 19 58 A. BURKART A0 4:25:35.7 19:56.4 20 56 C. RIEDEMANN A0 4:25:49.3 20:20.0 21 121 P. FLODIN A0 4:29:40.7 24:01.4 22 122 M. KOSCIUSZKO A0 4:29:42.7 24:03.4 23 60 J. MAURIN A0 4:34:53.7 29:24.4 24 139 B. GUERRA A0 4:39:26.2 33:46.9 25 12 D. OLIVEIRA A0 4:44:29.3 38:50.0 26 63 L. BERTELLI A0 4:47:22.8 41:43.5 27 22 O. TANAK A0 4:49:41.2 44:01.9 28 26 K. KRUUDA A0 4:50:29.9 44:50.6 29 129 B. AL JABRI A0 4:50:47.3 45:08.0 30 130 O. SALIUK A0 4:52:48.0 47:08.7 31 135 N. FUCHS A0 4:53:58.4 48:19.1 32 132 V. GORBAN A0 4:55:38.4 50:09.1 33 62 F. FONT A0 5:00:09.3 54:30.0 34 138 H. PADDON A0 4:56:34.1 55:24.8 35 131 A. KIKIRESHKO A0 5:06:37.2 1:01:07.9 36 126 M. SEMERAD A0 5:06:54.3 1:01:25.0 37 67 M. WOZNICZKO A0 5:07:44.5 1:02:05.2 38 124 C. LLINAS A0 5:07:57.8 1:02:28.5 39 128 M. AL SHAMSI A0 5:10:03.8 1:04:24.5 40 30 A. LLOVERA A0 5:12:07.6 1:06:28.3 41 69 R. STALMACH A0 5:14:09.8 1:08:30.5 42 64 P. NOBRE A0 5:23:41.3 1:18:22.0 43 71 L. PAPA A0 5:57:37.4 1:51:58.1 44 70 J. LODEIRO A0 6:02:03.8 1:56:24.5 RETIREMENTS NO DRIVER/ CAR CLASS CONTROL REASON 2 S. OGIER (F)/ CITROEN DS 3 WRC A0 SF17 MECHANICAL 5 M. WILSON (GB)/ FORD Fiesta RS WRC A0 SF17 OFF ROAD 8 K. RAIKKONEN (FIN)/ CITROEN DS 3 WRC A0 SF3 MECHANICAL 11 P. SOLBERG (N)/ CITROEN DS 3 WRC A0 SF1 MECHANICAL 17 A. ARAUJO (P)/ MINI John Cooper Works A0 SF13 MECHANICAL 24 B. SOUSA (P)/ FORD Fiesta S2000 A0 TC11 MECHANICAL 43 K. BLOCK (USA)/ FORD Fiesta RS WRC A0 SF13 MECHANICAL 59 X. PONS (E)/ MITSUBISHI Lancer Evo X A0 TC9 MECHANICAL 61 Y. AL RAJHI (SA)/ PEUGEOT 207 S2000 A0 SF16 MECHANICAL 66 F. PUJOL (E)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 SF2 MECHANICAL 123 G. LINARI (I)/ SUBARU Impreza A0 TC15 MECHANICAL 125 J. KETOMAKI (FIN)/ MITSUBISHI Lancer Evo X A0 TC2 MECHANICAL 127 H. HUNT (GB)/ CITROEN DS3 R3T A0 SF5 MECHANICAL 133 D. TAGIROV (RUS)/ SUBARU Impreza A0 SF7 MECHANICAL |
RALLYE DE FRANCE ALSACE
ALSACE, FRANCE
SEPTEMBER 29-OCTOBER 2, 2011(Round 11)
SEBASTIEN OGIER WINS RALLYE DE FRANCE
After a thrilling two way fight to the finish, the Citroen Total World Rally Team crew of Sebastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia clinched victory on their home round of the FIA World Rally Championship, Rallye de France. The Frenchmen finished just 6.3 seconds ahead of the MINI WRC Team crew of Dani Sordo and Carlos Del Barrio.Petter Solberg and Chris Patterson provisionally finished third. However, following a report by the FIA Technical Delegate, the crew was excluded from the event when it was deemed by the Stewards that the car weight did not comply with Appendix J Art. 255A-4. The crew will not be appealing the Decision.
As a consequence, Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen claim third position, significantly boosting their Championship chances. In the FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers, Sebastien Loeb's retirement and Hirvonen's additional points put the duo equal first in the standings with two rounds remaining. Sebastien Ogier is third, just three points adrift, setting up a three way battle for the 2011 FIA World Rally Championship title. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Citroen continues to lead but Ford has narrowed the gap to 54 points.
Today's route covered six stages but just 40.66 competitive kilometres over gravel-strewn Tarmac roads and in foggy conditions early this morning. The rally concluded with the Power Stage, run around the streets of Haguenau, where the fastest three drivers in this single stage picked up additional Championship points. Here, Jari-Matti Latvala claimed three additional points, with Sordo and Ogier picking up two and one point respectively.
Ogier and Sordo continued to fight throughout the day but the Spaniard simply ran out of kilometres to overhaul the Frenchman. It was nevertheless an impressive performance on only the MINI's fourth outing in the WRC. Once again, Ford's Jari-Matti Latvala sacrificed position for team mate Mikko Hirvonen. By dropping two minutes, Hirvonen was able to climb into fourth position before the final stage and was then elevated to third following the exclusion of Solberg. Latvala also demonstrated the pace of the Fiesta RS WRC on Tarmac today, setting four of the six fastest stage times to ultimately finish fourth. Dennis Kuipers had a career best result of fifth overall.
POS NO DRIVER GROUP TIME LAG FROM FIRST 1 2 SEBASTIEN OGIER A0 3:06:20.4 2 37 D. SORDO A0 3:06:26.7 6.3 3 3 M. HIRVONEN A0 3:09:37.0 3:26.6 4 4 J. LATVALA A0 3:07:40.7 3:30.3 5 9 D. KUIPERS A0 3:13:02.4 6:42.0 6 15 H. SOLBERG A0 3:13:28.7 7:08.3 7 6 M. OSTBERG A0 3:14:18.7 7:58.3 8 43 KEN BLOCK A0 3:14:45.9 8:25.5 9 55 P. CAMPANA A0 3:14:59.1 8:38.7 10 5 M. WILSON A0 3:16:21.2 10:00.8 11 22 O. TANAK A0 3:17:52.1 11:31.7 12 10 K. AL QASSIMI A0 3:18:48.6 12:28.2 13 28 E. BRYNILDSEN A0 3:20:25.8 14:05.4 14 21 M. PROKOP A0 3:20:32.8 14:12.4 15 24 B. SOUSA A0 3:22:27.0 16:06.6 16 76 E. EVANS A0 3:32:40.8 26:20.4 17 57 M. BURRI A0 3:32:41.7 26:21.3 18 72 Y. CLAIRAY A0 3:33:02.0 27:11.6 19 71 M. MCCORMACK A0 3:31:34.9 28:24.5 20 61 J. SCHMITT A0 3:40:22.9 34:02.5 21 70 T. COLNEY A0 3:42:11.6 35:51.2 22 60 E. MEYER A0 3:42:15.6 35:55.2 23 54 E. NOVIKOV A0 3:45:46.2 39:25.8 24 74 S. GOBALET A0 3:45:50.4 39:30.0 25 75 S. DROXLER A0 3:47:32.4 41:12.0 26 25 J. HANNINEN A0 3:49:21.6 43:01.2 27 49 J. MAURIN A0 3:49:26.1 43:05.7 28 62 E. LAFONT A0 3:50:38.1 45:17.7 29 67 O. COURTOIS A0 3:57:36.2 51:15.8 30 69 Q. GIORDANO A0 3:57:41.2 51:30.8 31 68 Y. MULLER A0 3:57:34.2 52:13.8 32 58 T. JONES A0 4:00:32.6 54:12.2 33 64 S. RIEHL A0 4:04:56.5 58:56.1 34 56 Y. AL RAJHI A0 4:12:41.3 1:06:20.9 RETIREMENTS NO DRIVER/ CAR CLASS CONTROL REASON 1 S. LOEB (F)/ CITROEN DS3 WRC A0 SF3 MECHANICAL 8 K. RAIKKONEN (FIN)/ CITROEN DS3 WRC A0 TC3 MECHANICAL 11 P. SOLBERG (N)/ CITROEN DS3 WRC A0 TC0 EXCLUDED 12 D. OLIVEIRA (BR)/ MINI John Cooper Works A0 SF15 MECHANICAL 14 P. VAN MERKSTEIJN (NL)/ CITROEN DS3 WRC A0 TC8D MECHANICAL 17 A. ARAUJO (P)/ MINI John Cooper Works A0 SF18 MECHANICAL 23 N. AL-ATTIYAH (Q)/ FORD Fiesta S2000 A0 TC11 MECHANICAL 27 H. GASSNER JR (D)/ SKODA Fabia S2000 A0 SF9 MECHANICAL 29 F. TURAN (H)/ FORD Fiesta S2000 A0 TC1 MECHANICAL 52 K. MEEKE (GB)/ MINI John Cooper Works A0 SF13 MECHANICAL 59 D. RECEVEUR (CH)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 TC17D MECHANICAL 63 J. FRITSCH (F)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 TC8D MECHANICAL 65 M. DEPASSORIO (F)/ RENAULT Clio R3 A0 TC17D MECHANICAL 66 P. MACKERER (F)/ RENAULT Clio Ragnotti A0 TC17D 101 A. FISHER (GB)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 TC17D 102 J. SUAREZ (E)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 TC17D 103 A. CRUGNOLA (I)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 SF12 MECHANICAL 104 J. CERNY (CZ)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 SF10 MECHANICAL 105 M. NIINEMAE (EST)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 TC17D 106 B. REEVES (AUS)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 SS16 MECHANICAL 108 E. KAUR (EST)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 SF13 MECHANICAL 109 C. BREEN (IRL)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 SF10 MECHANICAL 110 Y. LEMES (E)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 TC17D 112 S. KARYAKIN (RUS)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 SF12 MECHANICAL 114 F. AHLIN (S)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 TC17D 115 M. TAYLOR (AUS)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 TC17D 116 C. RIEDEMANN (D)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 SF13 MECHANICAL 118 T. VAN DER MAREL (NL)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 TC17D 120 S. WIEGAND (D)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 TC17D 121 A. HAIGH-SMITH (ZA)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 SF2 OFF ROAD |
RALLY AUSTRALIA
COFFS HARBOUR, NEW SOUTH WALES
SEPTEMBER 8-11, 2011(Round 10)
MIKKO HIRVONEN WINS RALLY AUSTRALIA
Mikko Hirvonen said this after the race, "We did talk about this at the start of the year that we [Latvala] could be equal as long as we fought for Championship points. Unfortunately Jari-Matti has had a difficult season so that really helped me this week that he slowed down and let me take the lead. So big thanks to him."He added, "It was more important just to have a good result here especially since it's been a tough season; we won in Sweden and it's been very close after that and we didn't know if we could pull it off so it was very important especially after what happened on Friday that we could still control things, and now getting a one- two is very good for everybody. Hopefully it helps us all in the future.
POS NO DRIVER GROUP TIME LAG FROM FIRST 1 3 M. HIRVONEN A0 3:35:59.0 2 4 J. LATVALA A0 3:36:13.7 14.7 3 11 P. SOLBERG A0 3:36:43.8 44.8 4 5 M. WILSON A0 3:44:44.2 8:45.2 5 10 K. AL QASSIMI A0 3:48:32.3 12:33.3 6 38 H. PADDON A0 3:53:08.3 17:29.3 7 22 M. KOSCIUSZKO A0 3:54:50.3 19:01.3 8 30 O. SALIUK A0 3:57:07.5 21:08.5 9 39 B. GUERRA A0 3:58:47.9 22:48.9 10 1 S. LOEB A0 4:06:01.9 30:02.9 11 2 S. OGIER A0 4:05:18.4 30:19.4 12 32 V. GORBAN A0 4:06:21.1 30:22.1 13 14 P. VAN MERKSTEIJN A0 4:08:20.0 32:21.0 14 15 H. SOLBERG A0 4:08:22.7 32:23.7 15 51 J. SPENCER A0 4:10:35.1 34:36.1 16 23 G. LINARI A0 4:14:49.2 38:50.2 17 24 B. REEVES A0 4:15:29.2 41:20.2 18 49 N. QUINN A0 4:16:43.6 41:54.6 19 43 K. BLOCK A0 4:18:00.9 42:01.9 20 27 H. HUNT A0 4:24:30.9 49:41.9 21 29 B. AL JABRI A0 4:29:41.2 53:42.2 22 52 R. VLAD A0 4:37:11.6 1:01:12.5 23 53 A. COPPIN A0 4:36:13.1 1:03:34.9 24 28 M. AL SHAMSI A0 5:17:05.8 1:41:06.8 RETIREMENTS NO DRIVER/ CAR CLASS CONTROL REASON 6 E. NOVIKOV (RUS)/ FORD Fiesta RS WRC A0 SF22 OFF ROAD 12 D. OLIVEIRA (BR)/ MINI John Cooper Works WRC A0 SF22 MECHANICAL 25 J. KETOMÄKI (FIN)/ MITSUBISHI Lancer Evo IX A0 SF22 31 A. KIKIRESHKO (UA)/ MITSUBISHI Lancer Evo IX A0 SF12 MECHANICAL 50 L. GOTCH (AUS)/ SUBARU Impreza WRX STi A0 SF15 MECHANICAL |
ADAC RALLYE DEUTSCHLAND
TRIER, GERMANY
AUGUST 18-21, 2011(Round 9)
DANI SORDO - ADAC RALLYE DEUTSCHLAND, AUGUST 21, 2011
PODIUM THIRD PLACE FINISH
Photo courtesy:BMW AG
SEBASTIEN OGIER WINS ADAC RALLYE DEUTSCHLAND
Sebastien Ogier and co-driver Julien Ingrassia drove their Citroen DS3 WRC World Rally car to victory in Germany.Sebastien Leob came in second with Dani Sordo getting 3rd.
MINI GETS FIRST PODIUM
Trier, 21st August, 2011. A podium position on the ADAC Rally Germany was the reward for the MINI WRC Team after Dani Sordo (ES) and Carlos del Barrio (ES) finished third in their number 37 MINI John Cooper Works WRC after a flawless drive. It also looked as if their team mates, Kris Meeke (GB) and Paul Nagle (IR), were set to make it to the finish in Trier, but then on the penultimate stage an electrical gremlin struck and the car stopped while they were still fighting for fourth.Sordo had a rally long battle with the Ford of Mikko Hirvonen (FI) and after 19 stages and 359.59 kilometres of competition finished 48.1 secs ahead of him. For Kris he started the final day in fourth ahead of Petter Solberg (NO) in his Citroen. Despite a rear puncture on the first stage of the day, Meeke only lost 1.1 secs to Solberg. However, on the second one what Meeke described as an 'optimistic' pace note saw him have an excursion into the vineyards and drop to fifth. Despite this he started a fight back, but then when the car stopped on stage 18 the battle with Solberg was over.
It was only 11 months ago on the 15th September that the MINI rally car first turned a wheel in testing in Portugal. In that time the team has competed on only three World Rally Championship events and made it to the podium on its first tarmac event. While this may be the team's first podium, for the second time this season it has been awarded the Abu Dhabi Spirit of the Rally Award for Sordo's great drive.
POS NO DRIVER GROUP TIME LAG FROM FIRST 1 2 S. OGIER A0 3:32:15.9 2 1 S. LOEB A0 3:32:55.7 39.8 3 37 D. SORDO A0 3:34:11.5 1:55.6 4 3 M. HIRVONEN A0 3:34:59.6 2:43.7 5 11 P. SOLBERG A0 3:36:03.9 3:48.0 6 8 K. RAIKKONEN A0 3:39:40.5 7:24.6 7 15 H. SOLBERG A0 3:40:01.8 7:45.9 8 17 A. ARAUJO A0 3:41:45.7 9:29.8 9 14 P. VAN MERKSTEIJN A0 3:42:17.5 10:01.6 10 9 D. KUIPERS A0 3:42:24.9 10:09.0 11 5 M. WILSON A0 3:43:47.6 11:31.7 12 22 O. TANAK A0 3:46:04.8 13:48.9 13 20 H. WEIJS JR. A0 3:46:59.3 14:43.4 14 4 J. LATVALA A0 3:49:36.3 17:20.4 15 19 C. RIEDEMANN A0 3:50:15.0 18:09.1 16 23 N. AL-ATTIYAH A0 3:51:43.4 19:27.5 17 43 K. BLOCK A0 3:52:01.5 19:45.6 18 55 P. CAMPANA A0 3:52:42.2 20:26.3 19 29 F. TURAN A0 3:54:08.1 21:52.2 20 25 J. HANNINEN A0 3:57:21.9 25:26.0 21 56 H. GASSNER A0 3:59:56.4 27:40.5 22 26 K. KRUUDA A0 4:00:56.6 28:40.7 23 16 A. BURKART A0 4:01:35.9 29:20.0 24 60 M. BURRI A0 4:05:17.8 33:01.9 25 59 C. MOHE A0 4:08:06.1 35:50.2 26 61 J. DE WINKEL A0 4:08:11.2 35:55.3 27 51 P. FLODIN A0 4:10:20.5 38:04.6 28 63 J. PRITCHARD A0 4:10:53.0 38:37.1 29 68 E. BOLAND A0 4:11:36.2 40:20.3 30 21 M. PROKOP A0 4:12:50.9 40:35.0 31 82 E. MOREE A0 4:13:16.2 41:00.3 32 27 H. GASSNER JR A0 4:19:04.2 46:48.3 33 64 H. VOSSEN A0 4:18:35.0 47:29.1 34 65 R. PRITZL A0 4:20:31.4 48:15.5 35 24 B. SOUSA A0 4:20:46.7 48:40.8 36 74 W. IHLE A0 4:22:53.8 50:37.9 37 71 T. KURKA A0 4:23:45.2 52:09.3 38 70 J. DEPPING A0 4:26:55.7 54:39.8 39 50 F. HERBOLD A0 4:27:00.5 54:44.6 40 54 E. VAN LOON A0 4:28:17.0 56:01.1 41 87 H. SAGEL A0 4:34:45.3 1:02:29.4 42 81 J. MELICHAREK A0 4:39:05.4 1:06:49.5 43 90 M. GRIEBEL A0 4:39:44.0 1:07:28.1 44 86 J. WECKER A0 4:44:59.8 1:12:43.9 45 88 T. WEIGERT A0 4:51:12.1 1:18:56.2 46 77 J. HOHLHEIMER A0 4:57:08.9 1:24:53.0 47 89 C. HICKETHIER A0 5:03:49.3 1:32:43.4 48 92 C. BACHLE A0 5:17:47.1 1:45:31.2 RETIREMENTS NO DRIVER/ CAR CLASS CONTROL REASON 6 M. OSTBERG (N)/ FORD Fiesta RS WRC A0 SF16 MECHANICAL 12 D. OLIVEIRA (BR)/ MINI John Cooper Works A0 SF18 MECHANICAL 18 R. KUIPERS (NL)/ FORD Fiesta RS WRC A0 TC14B MECHANICAL 52 K. MEEKE (GB)/ MINI John Cooper Works A0 SF18 MECHANICAL 53 B. TEN BRINKE (NL)/ SKODA Fabia S2000 A0 SF18 MECHANICAL 57 S. WALLENWEIN (D)/ SUBARU Impreza A0 SF16 MECHANICAL 62 T. ERDI JUN. (H)/ MITSUBISHI Lancer Evo IX A0 TC3C MECHANICAL 66 D. RIEBENSAHM (D)/ MITSUBISHI Lancer Evo IX A0 TC15 MECHANICAL 67 Y. AL RAJHI (SA)/ PEUGEOT 207 S2000 A0 SF10 MECHANICAL 69 M. ABENDROTH (D)/ MITSUBISHI Lancer Evo IX A0 SF1 MECHANICAL 73 P. OTTOSSON (S)/ CITROEN C2 R2 A0 SF11 MECHANICAL 75 M. MUSCHIOL (D)/ RENAULT Clio Ragnotti A0 TC10A MECHANICAL 76 J. MACCRONE (GB)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 SF9 MECHANICAL 78 S. SCHWINN (D)/ PEUGEOT 207 Sport R3T A0 TC6E MECHANICAL 79 J. TOMASTIK (CZ)/ MITSUBISHI Lancer Evo IX A0 SF4 MECHANICAL 80 M. VAN IERSEL (NL)/ MITSUBISHI Lancer Evo X A0 TC6E MECHANICAL 83 M. LISKA (CZ)/ MITSUBISHI Lancer Evo X A0 TC14E MECHANICAL 101 A. FISHER (GB)/ FORD Fiesta R 2 A0 TC14E 102 J. SUAREZ (E)/ FORD Fiesta R 2 A0 TC14E 103 A. CRUGNOLA (I)/ FORD Fiesta R 2 A0 TC14E 104 J. CERNY (CZ)/ FORD Fiesta R 2 A0 TC14E 105 M. NIINEMAE (EST)/ FORD Fiesta R 2 A0 TC14E 106 B. REEVES (AUS)/ FORD Fiesta R 2 A0 TC14E 108 E. KAUR (EST)/ FORD Fiesta R 2 A0 TC14E 109 C. BREEN (IRL)/ FORD Fiesta R 2 A0 TC14E 110 Y. LEMES (E)/ FORD Fiesta R 2 A0 TC14E 112 S. KARYAKIN (RUS)/ FORD Fiesta R 2 A0 TC14E 113 M. BALDONI (RA)/ FORD Fiesta R 2 A0 SF14 MECHANICAL 114 F. AHLIN (S)/ FORD Fiesta R 2 A0 TC14E 115 M. TAYLOR (AUS)/ FORD Fiesta R 2 A0 TC14E 118 T. VAN DER MAREL (NL)/ FORD Fiesta R 2 A0 TC14E 120 S. WIEGAND (D)/ FORD Fiesta R 2 A0 TC14E |
NESTE OIL RALLY OF FINLAND
JYVASKYLA, FINLAND
JULY 28 - 30, 2011(Round 8)
JULY 30, 2011 - MINI WRC TEAM - DANI SORDO IN RALLY FINLAND
Photo credit: © BMW AG
SEBASTIEN LOEB TAKES THE NESTE OIL RALLY OF FINLAND
After being asked at the post race press conference - "Sebastien, congratulations on win number 66 of your career and your second win in Finland. You battled at the front this weekend; do you feel this is one of your best victories?"Sebastien Loeb responded - "For sure, I don't know if it's the best, but it's not far from it. It's an amazing feeling, Finland is always special. It's what I always say, it's the most difficult to win in the season. This year we had a great fight with Seb (Ogier) and Jari-Matti (Latvala) - every stage was very, very fast. Every evening they came behind, but maybe it was a good thing I had to be first on the road. Sometimes it was no problem, sometimes it dried up and there was more gravel. I didn't know if I would win until two or three stages from the end - always we had some hope, but it was big pressure and difficult. Finally, we won and it's a great feeling."
POS NO DRIVER GROUP TIME LAG FROM FIRST 1 1 S. LOEB A0 2:39:37.0 2 4 J. LATVALA A0 2:39:45.1 8.1 3 2 S. OGIER A0 2:39:49.8 12.8 4 3 M. HIRVONEN A0 2:40:46.1 1:09.1 5 11 P. SOLBERG A0 2:40:53.2 1:16.2 6 6 M. OSTBERG A0 2:41:04.8 1:27.8 7 15 H. SOLBERG A0 2:43:02.5 3:25.5 8 5 M. WILSON A0 2:43:30.2 3:53.2 9 8 K. RAIKKONEN A0 2:43:36.8 3:59.8 10 25 J. HANNINEN A0 2:44:50.7 5:13.7 11 9 D. KUIPERS A0 2:47:18.3 7:41.3 12 21 M. PROKOP A0 2:47:28.4 7:51.4 13 22 O. TANAK A0 2:48:29.0 8:52.0 14 10 K. AL QASSIMI A0 2:49:24.8 9:47.8 15 55 P. ANDERSSON A0 2:49:31.7 9:54.7 16 27 H. GASSNER JR A0 2:50:43.3 11:06.3 17 29 F. TURAN A0 2:51:01.9 11:24.9 18 60 A. NEIKSANS A0 2:51:37.9 12:00.9 19 138 H. PADDON A0 2:51:57.2 12:20.2 20 17 A. ARAUJO A0 2:52:30.0 12:53.0 21 124 J. NIKARA A0 2:52:37.4 13:00.4 22 121 P. FLODIN A0 2:53:04.9 13:27.9 23 125 J. KETOMAKI A0 2:53:10.4 13:33.4 24 24 B. SOUSA A0 2:53:30.1 13:53.1 25 122 M. KOSCIUSZKO A0 2:54:09.8 14:32.8 26 150 M. PAJUNEN A0 2:54:47.9 15:10.9 27 26 K. KRUUDA A0 2:56:20.8 16:43.8 28 57 M. ESKELINEN A0 2:57:01.1 17:24.1 29 56 M. LEHESSAARI A0 2:57:02.1 17:25.1 30 61 S. PARN A0 2:57:49.4 18:12.4 31 58 A. LAIVOLA A0 2:58:28.6 18:51.6 32 71 E. LAPPI A0 2:58:38.4 19:01.4 33 64 P. LEHTOVIRTA A0 2:59:02.4 19:25.4 34 73 J. KORHONEN A0 2:59:16.8 19:39.8 35 49 J. SALO A0 3:02:26.8 22:49.8 36 93 A. VILLANUEVA A0 3:03:18.5 23:41.5 37 66 K. HAMALAINEN A0 3:03:34.6 23:57.6 38 63 M. TURKKI A0 3:03:55.9 24:18.9 39 65 K. BURGER A0 3:04:09.5 24:32.5 40 132 V. GORBAN A0 3:05:06.0 25:29.0 41 72 K. PINOMAKI A0 3:05:26.2 25:49.2 42 88 J. PASANEN A0 3:06:52.0 27:15.0 43 83 K. YRITYS A0 3:08:54.6 29:17.6 44 69 R. SHAYMIEV A0 3:10:04.3 30:27.3 45 94 J. PAKARINEN A0 3:10:05.2 30:28.2 46 80 J. VIRTANEN A0 3:10:31.6 30:54.6 47 85 K. KIVINIEMI A0 3:11:29.8 31:52.8 48 96 K. HYTONEN A0 3:11:49.6 32:12.6 49 12 D. OLIVEIRA A0 3:13:38.6 34:01.6 50 152 S. JOKINEN A0 3:13:41.6 34:04.6 51 131 A. KIKIRESHKO A0 3:14:03.0 34:26.0 52 133 D. TAGIROV A0 3:14:31.4 34:54.4 53 153 J. BERG A0 3:15:03.1 35:26.1 54 76 N. NIEMINEN A0 3:15:37.4 36:00.4 55 91 A. ZIVIAN A0 3:16:20.1 36:43.1 56 95 A. KIRVESMAKI A0 3:17:03.2 37:26.2 57 75 T. TUKIAINEN A0 3:19:04.5 39:27.5 58 98 I. KARISTE A0 3:21:51.9 42:14.9 59 100 S. VALME A0 3:26:44.5 47:07.5 60 156 F. DE SANCTIS A0 3:29:40.7 50:03.7 61 86 N. VEIKKANEN A0 3:32:55.7 53:18.7 62 51 M. THERMAN A0 3:42:42.2 1:03:05.2 63 162 J. SIIKONEN A0 3:45:25.1 1:05:48.1 64 158 S. PYHALA A0 3:45:35.6 1:05:58.6 65 89 O. ORTFELDT A0 3:55:45.3 1:16:08.3 66 77 S. PLANGI A0 4:02:30.5 1:22:53.5 RETIREMENTS NO DRIVER/ CAR CLASS CONTROL REASON 16 E. NOVIKOV (RUS)/ FORD Fiesta RS WRC A0 TC16A MECHANICAL 18 M. RANTANEN (FIN)/ MINI John Cooper Works WRC A0 SF2 MECHANICAL 19 J. KETOMAA (FIN)/ FORD Fiesta RS WRC A0 SF8 MECHANICAL 28 E. BRYNILDSEN (N)/ SKODA Fabia S2000 A0 SF4 MECHANICAL 30 A. LLOVERA (AND)/ FIAT Abarth Grande Punto A0 TC3A MECHANICAL 37 D. SORDO (E)/ MINI John Cooper Works WRC A0 TC21A MECHANICAL 50 J. LINDROOS (FIN)/ SKODA Fabia S2000 A0 SF8 MECHANICAL 52 K. MEEKE (GB)/ MINI John Cooper Works WRC A0 TC20 MECHANICAL 53 R. KUIPERS (NL)/ FORD Fiesta RS WRC A0 SF17 OFF ROAD 54 A. MIKKELSEN (N)/ SKODA Fabia S2000 A0 TC18 MECHANICAL 59 J. SALOMAA (FIN)/ MITSUBISHI Lancer Evolution A0 TC14 MECHANICAL 67 E. CHERKASOV (RUS)/ SUBARU Impreza WRX STi A0 SF2 MECHANICAL 68 T. PULKKINEN (FIN)/ SUBARU Impreza WRX STi A0 TC18 MECHANICAL 74 E. EVANS (GB)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 TC20 MECHANICAL 78 M. KANGUR (EST)/ HONDA Civic Type-R R3 A0 SF14 OFF ROAD 81 P. NOBRE (BR)/ MITSUBISHI Lancer Evolution X A0 SF19 OFF ROAD 82 J. KOMSI (FIN)/ MITSUBISHI Lancer Evolution A0 SF18 MECHANICAL 84 F. LARSEN (N)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 SF2 MECHANICAL 87 C. DAHLSTROM (FIN)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 SF7 MECHANICAL 90 Z. SZABO (H)/ MITSUBISHI Lancer Evolution IX A0 SF14 MECHANICAL 97 T. WEURLANDER (FIN)/ CITROEN C2 R2 A0 TC3C MECHANICAL 99 P. ITKONEN (FIN)/ CITROEN C2 R2 A0 SF12 MECHANICAL 101 A. FISHER (GB)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 TC8 MECHANICAL 102 J. SUAREZ (E)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 TC19 103 A. CRUGNOLA (I)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 SF12 OFF ROAD 104 J. CERNY (CZ)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 TC19 105 M. NIINEMAE (EST)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 TC19 106 B. REEVES (AUS)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 TC19 108 E. KAUR (EST)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 TC19 109 C. BREEN (IRL)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 TC19 110 Y. LEMES (E)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 TC19 111 V. HENRIKSSON (S)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 SF6 MECHANICAL 112 S. KARYAKIN (RUS)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 TC19 113 M. BALDONI (RA)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 TC14 MECHANICAL 114 F. AHLIN (S)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 SF7 MECHANICAL 115 M. TAYLOR (AUS)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 TC19 116 C. RIEDEMANN (D)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 TC19 118 T. VAN DER MAREL (NL)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 TC19 126 M. SEMERAD (CZ)/ MITSUBISHI Lancer Evolution A0 SF4 MECHANICAL 127 H. HUNT (GB)/ CITROEN DS3 R3 A0 TC11D MECHANICAL 128 M. AL SHAMSI ()/ SUBARU Impreza WRX STi A0 SF17 OFF ROAD 129 B. AL JABRI ()/ SUBARU Impreza WRX STi A0 SF1 MECHANICAL 130 O. SALIUK (UA)/ MITSUBISHI Lancer Evolution A0 SF4 OFF ROAD 135 N. FUCHS (PE)/ MITSUBISHI Lancer Evolution X A0 SF14 MECHANICAL 139 B. GUERRA (MEX)/ MITSUBISHI Lancer Evolution A0 SF17 MECHANICAL 149 R. TAHKO (FIN)/ MITSUBISHI Lancer Evolution X A0 SF4 MECHANICAL 151 C. COVI (I)/ SUBARU Impreza WRX STi A0 TC11D MECHANICAL 154 I. PASTILA (FIN)/ CITROEN Saxo VTS A0 SF12 OFF ROAD 155 R. KAISANLAHTI (FIN)/ FORD Fiesta R2 A0 SF1 MECHANICAL 159 M. KORTELAINEN (FIN)/ SUZUKI Swift Sport A0 SF22 MECHANICAL 160 K. KOSKELAINEN (FIN)/ SKODA Felicia A0 SF5 MECHANICAL 161 P. VUORIO (FIN)/ SKODA Fabia A0 SF1 MECHANICAL |
ACROPOLIS RALLY OF GREECE
LOUTRAKI, GREECE
JUNE 16 - 19, 2011(Round 7)
SEBASTIEN OGIER WINS ACROPOLIS RALLY OF GREECE
The Citroen Total World Rally Team crew of Sebastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia today won the Acropolis Rally of Greece, the seventh round of the FIA World Rally Championship. The French crew finished 10.5 seconds ahead of team-mates Sebastien Loeb and Daniel Elena, with the Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team pairing of Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen third.In the FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers, Loeb extends his lead and has a 17 point advantage over Hirvonen. Ogier has however closed the gap and is just four points adrift of the Finn in third position. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Citroen's maximum points haul sees it pull out a 55 point lead over Ford.
The final day of competition took the crews into the hills east of Loutraki for two identical loops of two stages before rounding off the event with the Power Stage, in which additional points are awarded to the fastest three drivers through this single stage. Here, Ogier claimed honours and an additional three points, with Loeb and Hirvonen taking two and one point extra respectively.
Loeb started the day with the advantage but was immediately overhauled by Ogier, by a mere one tenth of a second. Ogier reclaimed the advantage after the third stage and from there inched out his advantage to a winning margin of 10.5 seconds. Hirvonen, who started fourth, passed Solberg in the opening stage, leaving the Norwegian to claim fourth. Jari-Matti Latvala finally managed to climb into ninth position after losing time on Friday with a transmission problem, and then on Saturday more time with a broken turbo.
POS NO DRIVER GROUP TIME LAG FROM FIRST 1 2 SEBASTIEN OGIER A0 4:04:44.3 2 1 SEBASTIEN LOEB A0 4:04:54.8 10.5 3 3 MIKKO HIRVONEN A0 4:04:57.8 13.5 4 11 PETTER SOLBERG A0 4:05:23.1 38.8 5 15 HENNING SOLBERG A0 4:09:59.0 5:24.7 6 5 MATTHEW WILSON A0 4:11:39.0 6:54.7 7 8 KIMI RAIKKONEN A0 4:13:13.7 8:29.4 8 25 JUHO HANNINEN A0 4:16:19.0 11:34.7 9 4 JARI-MATTI LATVALA A0 4:17:33.1 13:08.8 10 9 DENNIS KUIPERS A0 4:19:54.4 15:10.1 11 24 BERNADO SOUSA A0 4:21:13.6 16:29.3 12 6 MADS OSTBERG A0 4:22:01.7 17:17.4 13 29 F. TURAN A0 4:22:36.3 17:52.0 14 27 H. GASSNER JR A0 4:23:27.7 18:43.4 15 21 MARTIN PROKOP A0 4:25:07.4 20:33.1 16 23 NASSER AL-ATTIYAH A0 4:25:43.9 21:39.6 17 16 R. KUIPERS A0 4:35:56.7 31:12.4 18 28 E. BRYNILDSEN A0 4:36:21.5 32:57.2 19 19 L. ATHANASSOULAS A0 4:39:58.7 35:24.4 20 18 E. NOVIKOV A0 4:46:31.7 41:47.4 21 53 N. KONDRAKHIN A0 4:46:46.6 42:02.3 22 51 D. PSILLOS A0 4:47:37.7 42:53.4 23 26 K. KRUUDA A0 5:04:02.1 1:01:37.8 24 30 A. LLOVERA A0 5:10:50.5 1:06:06.2 25 59 P. KONSTANTAKOS A0 5:12:38.6 1:07:54.3 26 54 P. NOBRE A0 5:13:33.0 1:08:48.7 27 62 H. KALTSOUNIS A0 5:15:22.2 1:10:57.9 28 57 I. ZOUNIS A0 5:32:30.1 1:29:25.8 29 58 TERRASINO A0 5:39:54.9 1:35:10.6 30 56 C. COVI A0 5:42:00.8 1:37:16.5 31 64 N. MOSCHOPOULOS A0 5:48:37.4 1:44:03.1 32 63 P. SEMERARO A0 5:49:25.4 1:44:41.1 33 60 E. WEISS A0 5:53:12.9 1:48:28.6 34 55 N. HALIVELAKIS A0 6:01:38.8 1:58:24.5 35 61 M. HONDA A0 6:06:56.1 2:02:11.8 RETIREMENTS NO DRIVER/ CAR CLASS CONTROL REASON 7 FEDERICO VILLAGRA (RA)/ FORD Fiesta RS WRC A0 TC17 MECHANICAL 12 D. OLIVEIRA (BR)/ MINI John Cooper Works A0 SF14 MECHANICAL 14 P. VAN MERKSTEIJN (NL)/ CITROEN DS3 WRC A0 SF3 OFF ROAD 17 A. ARAUJO (P)/ MINI John Cooper Works A0 TC9C MECHANICAL 20 P. VAN MERKESTEIJN (NL)/ CITROEN DS3 WRC A0 TC6E MECHANICAL 22 O. TANAK (EST)/ FORD Fiesta S2000 A0 TC8 MECHANICAL |
RALLY ARGENTINA
CORDOBA-VILLA CARLOS PAZ, ARGENTINA
MAY 26 - 29, 2011(Round 6)
SEBASTIEN LOEB GETS THIRD WIN OF 2011
Sebastien Loeb and Daniel Elena fought back from a one minute penalty on Friday to take victory in Rally Argentina today, their sixth win in South America. After a close-fought and dramatic battle that saw the podium positions decided on the final stage of the rally, Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen claimed second, just 2.3 seconds adrift, with Sebastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia third.The final day of competition was the shortest, but kicked off with one of the longest stages of the season - the 48.21 kilometre run from Ascochinga to Agua de Oro. Three short stages followed, concluding with the 3.90 kilometre Power Stage, in which additional points are awarded to the fastest three drivers through this single stage. Here, Petter Solberg claimed three additional points, with Hirvonen and Loeb taking an additional two and one point respectively.
Sunday morning, Ogier started the day with a 43.7 second advantage and was comfortably maintaining his lead in the long opening stage until rolling just a kilometre from the end. The Frenchman also broke the power steering and was forced to carry on like this for the remaining three stages. He ultimately lost his lead in the final stage of the rally, overhauled by both Loeb and Hirvonen. Petter Solberg claimed fourth, he too experiencing power steering problems in the closing stages.
POS NO DRIVER GROUP TIME LAG FROM FIRST 1 1 SEBASTIEN LOEB A0 4:02:56.9 2 3 MIKKO HIRVONEN A0 4:03:59.3 2.4 3 2 SEBASTIEN OGIER A0 4:04:04.2 7.3 4 11 PETTER SOLBERG A0 4:04:29.5 32.6 5 6 MADS OSTBERG A0 4:09:13.7 5:16.8 6 7 FEDERICO VILLAGRA A0 4:10:45.4 6:48.5 7 4 JARI-MATTI LATVALA A0 4:13:21.4 11:34.5 8 5 MATTHEW WILSON A0 4:17:29.6 13:32.7 9 38 HAYDEN PADDON A0 4:29:30.7 25:43.8 10 21 PATRIK FLODIN A0 4:36:51.1 33:34.1 11 33 D. TAGIROV A0 4:42:37.6 39:10.7 12 35 N. FUCHS A0 4:46:03.1 43:56.2 13 53 R. ORLANDINI A0 4:48:46.1 47:39.2 14 26 M. SEMERAD A0 4:51:56.5 47:59.6 15 39 B. GUERRA A0 4:49:47.1 49:00.2 16 50 E. CAMPOS A0 4:54:07.5 50:20.6 17 23 G. LINARI A0 4:55:52.7 52:55.8 18 43 K. BLOCK A0 4:56:26.8 53:19.9 19 34 Y. PROTASOV A0 4:57:25.5 53:28.6 20 22 M. KOSCIUSZKO A0 4:58:04.7 54:07.8 21 27 H. HUNT A0 5:04:14.3 1:01:17.4 22 65 G. SUAREZ A0 5:32:29.9 1:29:43.0 23 75 P. PELAEZ A0 5:44:59.8 1:44:02.9 24 72 C. CUEVAS A0 6:19:48.5 2:15:51.6 25 78 M. DURANTE A0 6:27:12.9 2:24:16.0 26 71 G. BOTTAZZINI A0 6:27:59.6 2:25:12.7 27 76 F. CLEMENTE A0 7:01:20.1 2:59:03.2 RETIREMENTS NO DRIVER/ CAR CLASS CONTROL REASON 12 D. OLIVEIRA (BR)/ MINI John Cooper Works A0 SF8 MECHANICAL 14 P. VAN MERKSTEIJN (NL)/ CITROEN DS3 WRC A0 TC6 MECHANICAL 49 A. LEVY (RA)/ MITSUBISHI Lancer Evo IX A0 SF11 MECHANICAL 52 A. KREMER (D)/ MITSUBISHI Lancer Evo X A0 SF16 MECHANICAL 73 C. CASTRO (RA)/ RENAULT Clio A0 SF16 MECHANICAL 77 P. SINITO (RA)/ PEUGEOT 206 A0 SF16 MECHANICAL |
RALLY D'ITALIA SARDEGNA
OLBIA, SARDINIA, ITALY
MAY 5 - 8, 2011(Round 5)
SEBASTIEN LOEB GETS SECOND WIN OF 2011
The Citroen Total World Rally Team crew of Sebastien Loeb and Daniel Elena claimed their fourth victory in Rally Italia Sardegna today. The crew outpaced their rivals and finished 11.2 seconds ahead of the Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team pairing of Mikko Hirvonen/Jarmo Lehtinen, with Petter Solberg and Chris Atkinson coming home in third position, their first podium of the season.In the FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers, Loeb extends his lead and heads Hirvonen by seven points. Sebastien Ogier and Jari-Matti Latvala are third and fourth respectively. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Citroen also heads the leaderboard with a 17 point advantage over Ford.
The final day of competition in Sardinia covered just four stages and 65.58 competitive kilometres concluding with the Power Stage, in which additional points are awarded to the fastest three drivers through this single stage. Hirvonen took honours in the stage, claiming an additional three points, while Latvala and Loeb took more points for finishing second and third respectively.
Loeb started the day with a 20.2 second lead and was never seriously challenged throughout the final day. Behind him, the battle for second position raged, until Sebastien Ogier dropped back to fourth after hitting a rock and breaking the rear suspension in SS17. As a consequence, Solberg climbed to third leaving Ogier to take fourth. Mads Ostberg claimed fifth with Dani Sordo taking points in the debut competitive outing of the MINI John Cooper Works WRC. Ott Tanak took seventh, also claiming victory in the FIA Super 2000 World Rally Championship.
LOEB REJOICES AFTER ITALY WIN
"Leading from nearly the start that's really a good job," said Loeb. "Mikko was pushing very hard behind so we really had to take big risks all the time. We lost time in some places because of the cleaning but we took it back in some other places. It was really a hard fight but I did not believe at the start of the rally that I could make it like this."
POS NO DRIVER GROUP TIME LAG FROM FIRST 1 1 S. LOEB A0 3:45:40.9 2 3 M. HIRVONEN A0 3:45:52.1 11.2 3 11 P. SOLBERG A0 3:46:04.7 23.8 4 2 S. OGIER A0 3:47:12.4 1:31.5 5 6 M. OSTBERG A0 3:48:23.5 2:42.6 6 37 D. SORDO A0 3:49:08.5 3:27.6 7 22 O. TANAK A0 3:52:51.8 7:10.9 8 25 J. HANNINEN A0 3:53:18.5 7:37.6 9 5 M. WILSON A0 3:53:41.3 8:00.4 10 23 N. AL ATTIYAH A0 3:58:14.7 12:33.8 11 17 A. ARAUJO A0 3:58:50.6 13:09.7 12 10 K. AL QASSIMI A0 3:59:22.8 13:41.9 13 18 E. NOVIKOV A0 3:59:53.1 14:12.2 14 21 M. PROKOP S A0 3:56:29.1 15:28.2 15 16 P. ANDERSSON A0 4:04:26.9 18:46.0 16 27 H. GASSNER JR. A0 4:06:23.4 20:42.5 17 7 F. VILLAGRA A0 4:14:00.5 28:19.6 18 4 J. LATVALA A0 4:19:27.8 33:46.9 19 51 P. FLODIN A0 4:20:48.6 35:17.7 20 59 N. KONDRAKHIN A0 4:21:56.3 36:15.4 21 26 K. KRUUDA A0 4:22:45.6 37:04.7 22 57 G. LINARI A0 4:25:34.6 39:53.7 23 60 F. MARRONE A0 4:31:21.5 45:50.6 24 29 F. TURAN A0 4:35:09.8 49:28.9 25 19 R. KUIPERS A0 4:35:56.6 50:15.6 26 65 L. BERTELLI A0 4:41:03.8 57:22.9 27 66 D. CATANIA A0 4:47:58.1 1:02:17.2 28 63 T. ERDI JUN A0 4:58:41.2 1:13:10.3 29 12 D. OLIVEIRA A0 4:58:54.0 1:13:23.1 30 55 J. SALO A0 5:04:26.7 1:18:45.8 31 64 R. BARBERO A0 5:20:44.5 1:35:03.6 32 67 R. DONADIO A0 5:38:56.1 1:53:15.2 RETIREMENTS NO DRIVER/ CAR CLASS CONTROL REASON 9 D. KUIPERS (NL)/ FORD FIESTA RS WRC A0 TC17 MECHANICAL 14 P. VAN MERKSTEIJN (NL)/ CITROEN DS 3 WRC A0 TC11A MECHANICAL 15 H. SOLBERG (N)/ FORD FIESTA RS WRC A0 TC8D WITHDRAWN 20 P. VAN MERKESTEIJN (S) (NL)/ CITROEN DS 3 WRC A0 TC8D WITHDRAWN 24 B. SOUSA (P)/ FORD FIESTA S2000 A0 TC17 MECHANICAL 28 E. BRYNILDSEN (N)/ SKODA FABIA S2000 A0 TC8D WITHDRAWN 30 A. LLOVERA (AND)/ FIAT ABARTH GRANDE PUNTO A0 TC8D WITHDRAWN 52 K. MEEKE (GB)/ MINI JOHN COOPER WORKS A0 TC14D MECHANICAL 53 M. RANTANEN (FIN)/ MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO X-R4 A0 TC8D WITHDRAWN 54 Y. AL RAJHI (SA)/ PEUGEOT 207 S2000 A0 SF17 MECHANICAL 56 J. KETOMAA (FIN)/ MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO X A0 TC0 WITHDRAWN 58 F. FRISIERO (I)/ MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO IX A0 TC16 MECHANICAL 62 C. COVI (I)/ SUBARU IMPREZA WRX A0 TC8D WITHDRAWN 100 C. WARD (S)/ FORD FIESTA R2 A0 TC8D WITHDRAWN 101 A. FISHER (GB)/ FORD FIESTA R2 A0 TC8D WITHDRAWN 102 J. SUAREZ (E)/ FORD FIESTA R2 A0 TC8D WITHDRAWN 103 A. CRUGNOLA (I)/ FORD FIESTA R2 A0 TC14D WITHDRAWN 104 J. CERNY (CZ)/ FORD FIESTA R2 A0 TC14D WITHDRAWN 105 M. NINEMAE (EST)/ FORD FIESTA R2 A0 TC14D WITHDRAWN 106 B. REEVES (AUS)/ FORD FIESTA R2 A0 TC14D WITHDRAWN 108 E. KAUR (EST)/ FORD FIESTA R2 A0 TC14D WITHDRAWN 109 C. BREEN (IRL)/ FORD FIESTA R2 A0 TC14D WITHDRAWN 110 Y. LEMES (E)/ FORD FIESTA R2 A0 TC8D WITHDRAWN 111 V. HENRIKSSON (S)/ FORD FIESTA R2 A0 TC8D WITHDRAWN 112 S. KARYAKIN (RUS)/ FORD FIESTA R2 A0 SF10 MECHANICAL 113 M. BALDONI (RA)/ FORD FIESTA R2 A0 TC14D WITHDRAWN 114 F. AHLIN (S)/ FORD FIESTA R2 A0 TC14D WITHDRAWN 115 M. TAYLOR (AUS)/ FORD FIESTA R2 A0 SF10 MECHANICAL 116 C. RIEDEMANN (D)/ FORD FIESTA R2 A0 SF9 MECHANICAL 118 T. VAN DER MAREL (NL)/ FORD FIESTA R2 A0 TC8D WITHDRAWN 119 M. BRUNELLO (I)/ FORD FIESTA R2 A0 SF10 MECHANICAL |
JORDAN RALLY
APRIL 14 - 16, 2011(Round 4)
JORDAN RALLY
This is Jordan's third appearance on the WRC calendar. This World Rally Championship race is a popular all gravel event based in the Dead Sea Centre Resort.
SEBASTIEN OGIER WINS JORDAN RALLY
"Incredible," said Ogier. "An incredible day. I had to push like hell today. It's an amazing feeling. Jari-Matti was so fast today. I'm so happy to end like this. It's an amazing feeling, Jari-Matti was so fast today and I had to drive flat out. I'm so happy to end like this."He added "We were full on it but I definitely gave it the best shot I had," said Hirvonen, who takes two bonus points to add to his fourth place overall. "I'm a little bit disappointed with the overall result because yesterday I struggled, but today was better."
POS NO DRIVER GROUP TIME LAG FROM FIRST 1 2 SEBASTIEN OGIER A0 2:48:28.2 2 4 JARI-MATTI LATVALA A0 2:48:28.4 0.2 3 1 SEBASTIEN LOEB A0 2:48:55.9 27.7 4 3 MIKKO HIRVONEN A0 2:51:12.9 2:44.7 5 15 MATTHEW WILSON A0 2:54:13.1 5:44.9 6 8 KIMI RAIKKONEN A0 2:54:43.1 6:14.9 7 7 FEDERICO VILLAGRA A0 2:57:46.9 9:18.7 8 10 KHALID AL QASSIMI A0 2:58:11.9 9:43.7 9 9 DENNIS KUIPERS A0 3:02:55.7 14:27.5 10 24 BERNADO SOUSA A0 3:03:33.7 15:05.5 11 26 KARL KRUUDA A0 3:03:55.4 15:27.2 12 27 HERMAN GASSNER JR A0 3:05:55.8 17:27.6 13 6 MADS OSTBERG A0 3:06:03.9 17:35.7 14 5 HENNING SOLBERG A0 3:10:29.9 22:01.7 15 55 NICOLAS AMIOUNI A0 3:18:36.4 30:08.2 16 52 RASHID ALKETBI A0 3:20:42.9 32:14.7 17 30 ALBERT LLOVERA A0 3:21:07.2 32:39.0 18 28 EYVIND BRYNILDSEN A0 3:26:55.2 38:27.0 19 12 DANIEL OLIVEIRA A0 3:26:57.3 38:29.1 20 53 MAZAN TANTASH A0 3:38:57.9 50:29.7 21 54 MICHEL SALEH A0 3:43:06.1 54:37.9 22 57 NANCY AL-MAJALI A0 3:56:24.3 1:07:56.1 23 59 MIRZA HATK A0 4:24:01.4 1:35:33.2 RETIREMENTS NO DRIVER/ CAR CLASS CONTROL REASON 11 PETTER SOLBERG (N)/ CITROEN DS3 WRC A0 SF17 OFF ROAD 14 PETER VAN MERKSTEIJN (NL)/ CITROEN DS3 WRC A0 SF15 MECHANICAL 23 NASSER AL-ATTIYAH (Q)/ FORD Fiesta S2000 A0 SF13 MECHANICAL 29 FRIGYES TURAN (H)/ FORD Fiesta S2000 A0 SF19 MECHANICAL 49 AMMAR HIJAZI (HKJ)/ SKODA Fabia S2000 A0 TC6E WITHDRAWN 51 SOYROS PAVLIDES (CY)/ FORD Fiesta S2000 A0 SF11 MECHANICAL |
VODAFONE RALLY DE PORTUGAL
MARCH 24 - 27, 2011(Round 3)
RALLY PORTUGAL
Portugal's stages, include a mixture of open roads and technical and narrow sections, and are characterised by their abrasive surface. This puts the main onus on tire wear.
SEBASTIEN OGIER WINS RALLY PORTUGAL
By winning the Vodafone Rally de Portugal, Sebastien Ogier claimed his third victory since breaking into the world championship's top division three years ago.Driving a Citroen DS3 WRC, Ogier with co driver Julien Ingrassia produced stellar performance to get their second successive triumph on the tire destroying gravel stages of the Algarve.
After the rally, Ogier said: "I'm very happy, we had the perfect weekend, the car was perfect and Julien was perfect. I would like to dedicate this victory to all the team who prepared a perfect car. They showed trust in me since the start of the season and following my mistake in Mexico. It is the best way to come back. It is a long way to go in the championship but I'm in a better position."
POS NO DRIVER GROUP TIME LAG FROM FIRST 1 2 SEBASTIEN OGIER A0 4:10:53.4 2 1 SEBASTIEN LOEB A0 4:11:25.2 31.8 3 4 JARI-MATTI LATVALA A0 4:14:15.5 3:22.1 4 3 MIKKO HIRVONEN A0 4:17:09.7 6:16.3 5 15 MATTHEW WILSON A0 4:18:41.9 7:48.5 6 11 PETTER SOLBERG A0 4:21:10.8 10:17.4 7 8 KIMI RAIKKONEN A0 4:21:47.5 10:54.1 8 7 FEDERICO VILLAGRA A0 4:22:32.2 11:38.8 9 5 HENNING SOLBERG A0 4:25:09.8 14:16.4 10 9 DENNIS KUIPERS A0 4:28:48.0 17:54.6 11 38 HAYDEN PADDON A3 4:33:33.4 22:40.0 12 18 BRUNO MAGALHAES A2 4:34:55.4 24:02.0 13 52 KARL KRUUDA A2 4:37:16.9 26:23.5 14 10 KHALID AL QASSIMI A0 4:38:03.5 27:10.1 15 25 JUKKA KETOMAKI A3 4:41:13.3 30:19.9 16 26 MARTIN SEMERAD A3 4:42:46.0 31:52.6 17 56 ALEXANDER VILLANUEVA A3 4:45:46.9 34:53.5 18 39 BENITO GUERRA A3 4:44:42.7 36:19.3 19 32 VALEERIY GORBAN A3 4:47:16.7 36:23.3 20 30 OLEKSANDR SALIUK A3 4:48:10.9 37:17.5 21 55 P. MEIRELES A3 4:50:24.6 39:31.2 22 14 PETER VAN MERKSTEIJN A0 4:50:33.0 39:39.6 23 20 B. TEN BRINKE A2 4:52:05.2 41:11.8 24 22 MICHAL KOSCIUSZKO A3 4:53:02.0 42:08.6 25 59 J. MARTINEZ BARREIRO A3 4:53:18.2 42:24.8 26 28 MALED AL SHAMSI A3 4:54:17.3 43:23.9 27 53 S. PAVLIDES A2 4:54:23.3 43:29.9 28 29 B. AL JABRI A3 4:59:28.7 51:05.3 29 21 PATRIK FLODIN A3 5:01:17.1 52:03.7 30 31 A. KIKIRESHKO A3 5:04:58.8 55:25.4 31 6 MADS OSTBERG A0 5:10:22.8 59:29.4 32 33 D. TAGIROV A3 5:10:49.0 1:00:05.6 33 66 J. SILVA A5 5:11:27.5 1:00:34.1 34 62 R. LOUSADO A3 5:13:15.5 1:02:32.1 35 27 H. HUNT A5 5:14:46.9 1:04:13.5 36 19 E. VAN LOON A2 5:17:56.5 1:07:03.1 37 61 J. RAMOS A3 5:58:49.8 1:47:56.4 38 65 P. NETO A5 6:17:50.6 2:06:57.2 RETIREMENTS NO DRIVER/ CAR CLASS CONTROL REASON 12 DANIEL OLIVEIRA (BRA)/ Mini John Cooper Works A1 17 MECHANICAL 16 BERNADO SOUSA (PRT)/ Ford Fiesta RS WRC A0 7D WITHDRAWN 17 ARMINDO ARAUJO (PRT)/ Mini John Cooper Works A1 12 MECHANICAL 23 G. LINARI (ITA)/ Subaru Impreza STI A3 17 MECHANICAL 24 ANDERS GRONDAL (NOR)/ Subaru Impreza STI A3 12 MECHANICAL 34 YURIY PROTASOV (UKR)/ Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X A3 13D WITHDRAWN 35 NICOLAS FUCHS (PER)/ Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X A3 15 WITHDRAWN 43 KEN BLOCK (USA)/ Ford Fiesta RS WRC A0 1 WITHDRAWN 49 R. MOURA (PRT)/ Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX A3 13D WITHDRAWN 54 Y. AL RAJHI (SAL)/ Peugeot 207 S2000 A2 9 MECHANICAL 57 F. DE SANCTIS (ITA)/ Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX A3 7D WITHDRAWN 58 N. KONDRAKHIN (RUS)/ Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX A3 13D WITHDRAWN 60 EDUARDO VEIGA (PRT)/ Mitsubishi Lancer Evo A3 15 WITHDRAWN 63 P. FREIRE (PRT)/ Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII A3 15 MECHANICAL 64 I. NOGUEIRA (PRT)/ Citroen DS3 R3T A5 7D WITHDRAWN 100 C. WARD (SWE)/ Ford Fiesta R2 A6 7D WITHDRAWN 101 ALASTAIR FISHER (GBR)/ Ford Fiesta R2 A6 13D WRC ACADEMY 102 JOSE SUAREZ (ESP)/ Ford Fiesta R2 A6 9 MECHANICAL 103 ANDREA CRUGNOLA (ITA)/ Ford Fiesta R2 A6 13D WRC ACADEMY 104 JAN CERNY (CZE)/ Ford Fiesta R2 A6 9 MECHANICAL 105 MIKO-OVE NIINEMAE (EST)/ Ford Fiesta R2 A6 13 MECHANICAL 106 B. REEVES (AUS)/ Ford Fiesta R2 A6 13D WRC ACADEMY 107 S. CHARDONNET (FRA)/ Ford Fiesta R2 A6 13D WRC ACADEMY 108 EGON KAUR (EST)/ Ford Fiesta R2 A6 13D WRC ACADEMY 109 C. BREEN (IRL)/ Ford Fiesta R2 A6 10 MECHANICAL 110 YERAY LEMES (ESP)/ Ford Fiesta R2 A6 10 MECHANICAL 111 V. HENRIKSSON (SWE)/ Ford Fiesta R2 A6 13D WRC ACADEMY 112 S. KARYAKIN (EST)/ Ford Fiesta R2 A6 13 MECHANICAL 113 MMIGUEL BALDONI (ARG)/ Ford Fiesta R2 A6 13D WRC ACADEMY 114 F. AHLIN (SWE)/ Ford Fiesta R2 A6 12 MECHANICAL 115 MOLLY TAYLOR (AUS)/ Ford Fiesta R2 A6 13D WRC ACADEMY 116 C. RIEDEMANN (DEU)/ Ford Fiesta R2 A6 13D WRC ACADEMY 117 P. KNOF (DEU)/ Ford Fiesta R2 A6 13D WRC ACADEMY 118 TIMO VAN DR MAREL (NLD)/ Ford Fiesta R2 A6 13D WRC ACADEMY 119 MATTEO BRUNELLO (ITA)/ Ford Fiesta R2 A6 13D WRC ACADEMY |
RALLY GUANAJUATO MEXICO
MARCH 3 - 6, 2011(Round 2)
RALLY MEXICO
This is the seventh year Rally Mexico has been included on the FIA World Rally Championship calendar. Based in Leon, the fifth largest city in Mexico, the event remains one of the most compact on the calendar, and is unique in that the elevation of the stages takes the crews to 2,737 metres above sea level, providing additional challenges for man and machinery.
SEBASTIEN LOEB WINS MEXICO RALLY
Reigning FIA World Rally Champions Sebastien Loeb and Daniel Elena claimed their first win of the season today, taking their fifth victory in Rally Guanajuato Mexico, the second round of the FIA World Rally Championship. After yet more dramatic action over the closing stages, Ford's Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen finished second with team mates Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila third.In the FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers, Hirvonen continues to lead the series with a nine point advantage over Loeb. Latvala is third, a further six points adrift. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Ford Abu Dhabi leads by 26 points ahead of the Citroen Total World Rally Team.
The final day of the event took in just three stages and 62 competitive kilometres, concluding with the 8.28 kilometre Guanajuato Power Stage which rewarded the three fastest drivers through this single stage with additional Championship points. Mikko Hirvonen was quickest, claiming an additional three points. Remarkably Loeb and Petter Solberg finished the stage joint second, which resulted in Loeb taking the position when times were calculated back to a thousandth of a second.
The drama started early this morning in the first stage when rally leader Sebastien Ogier went off the road with victory in sight. The Frenchman damaged the front left wheel of the DS3 WRC and was forced into retirement after an impressive drive all weekend. In the following stage Henning Solberg had a problem with the alternator belt, and in the final Power Stage Federico Villagra was forced to slow due to a broken drive shaft. All other crews returned to Leon without problems.
POS NO DRIVER GROUP TIME LAG FROM FIRST
1 1 SEBASTIEN LOEB A0 3:53:17.0
2 3 MIKKO HIRVONEN A0 3:54:55.4 1:38.4
3 4 JARI-MATTI LATVALA A0 3:55:40.9 2:23.9
4 11 PETTER SOLBERG A0 4:00:35.4 7:18.4
5 6 MADS OSTBERG A0 4:02:00.5 8:43.5
6 5 HENNING SOLBERG A0 4:03:07.0 9:50.0
7 23 NASSER AL-ATTIYAH A2 4:06:38.5 13:21.5
8 21 MARTIN PROKOP A2 4:06:52.0 13:35.0
9 25 J. HANNINEN A2 4:08:05.7 14:48.7
10 7 FEDERICO VILLAGRA A0 4:41:34.2 48:17.2
11 22 OTT TANAK A2 4:46:59.8 53:42.8
12 52 BENITO GUERRA A3 4:55:14.6 1:01:57.6
13 43 KEN BLOCK A0 4:57:21.7 1:04:04.7
14 54 F. NAME A3 4:59:38.2 1:06:21.2
15 55 M. JOURDAIN A3 5:01:11.7 1:07:54.7
16 26 KARLOAS KRUUDA A2 5:06:17.4 1:13:00.4
17 56 JUAN CARLOS SARMIENTO A6 5:39:44.7 1:46:27.7
18 57 LUIS ORDUNA A6 5:55:51.9 2:06:24.9
RETIREMENTS
NO DRIVER/ CAR CLASS CONTROL REASON
9 DENNIS KUIPERS (NL)/ Ford Fiesta RS WRC A0 11 OFF ROAD
15 MATTHEW WILSON (GB)/ Ford Fiesta RS WRC A0 11 MECHANICAL
51 EVGENY NOVIKOV (RUS)/ Ford Fiesta RS WRC A0 13
58 GUILLERMO FONSECA (MEX)/ Peugeot 206 A6 6
SEBASTIEN OGIER/ Citroen DS3 WRC A0 CRASH
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RALLY SWEDEN, SWEDEN
FEBUARY 10 - 13, 2011(Round 1)
HIRVONEN WINS RALLY SWEDEN
"It's absolutely fantastic," said Mikko Hirvonen, who was co-driven by countryman Jarmo Lehtinen, after the rally. "It's so nice to win the first rally in the new Fiesta also. I have to say I was really nervous before the start of the last stage but now I am really happy to have made such a good start to the season."
KEN BLOCK COMES IN 14TH-HIS THOUGHTS
"I have to say it was the most frustrating event I have come to in two or three years. I knew the rally would be difficult but I did not know the handicap I had. I enjoyed it. I got the percentage of loss on each stage down to a semi acceptable level. I hope to go back next year and do better."
POS NO DRIVER GROUP TIME LAG FROM FIRST 1 3 MIKKO HIRVONEN A1 3:23:56.6 2 6 MADS OSTBERG A1 3:24:03.1 6.5 3 4 JARI-MATTI LATVALA A1 3:24:30.6 34.0 4 2 SEBASTIEN OGIER A1 3:24:44.3 47.7 5 11 PETTER SOLBERG A1 3:25:27.8 1:31.2 6 1 SEBASTIEN LOEB A1 3:26:26.9 2:30.3 7 16 PER-GUNNAR ANDERSSON A1 3:30:18.6 6:22.0 8 8 KIMI RAIKKONEN A1 3:30:58.9 7:02.3 9 15 MATTHEW WILSON A1 3:34:08.1 10:11.5 10 10 KHALID AL QASSIMI A1 3:34:27.7 10:31.1 11 18 PATRICK SANDELL A2 3:36:21.1 12:24.5 12 19 MARTIN PROKOP A2 3:37:39.7 13:43.1 13 9 DENNIS KUIPERS A1 3:37:54.3 13:57.7 14 43 KEN BLOCK A1 3:40:48.4 16:51.8 15 51 CRAIG BREEN A2 3:42:29.3 18:32.7 16 26 MARTIN SEMERAD A3 3:46:59.8 23:03.2 17 54 RICHARD GORANSSON A3 3:50:36.5 26:39.9 18 53 ARI LAIVOLA A2 3:52:10.1 28:13.5 19 34 Y. PROTASOV A3 3:52:17.1 28:20.5 20 64 FREDRIK AHLIN A6 3:53:11.9 29:15.3 21 35 NICHOLAS FUCHS A3 3:53:43.9 29:47.3 22 32 V. GORBAN A3 3:53:49.3 29:52.7 23 17 RENE KUIPERS A2 4:15:43.4 51:46.8 RETIREMENTS NO DRIVER/ CAR CLASS CONTROL REASON 5 H. SOLBERG (NOR)/ Ford Fiesta RS WRC A1 8 OFF ROAD 20 E. BRYNILDSEN (NOR)/ Skoda Fabia S2000 A2 8 MECHANICAL 21 P. FLODIN (SWE)/ Subaru Impreza STI A3 7D EXCLUDED 24 A. GRONDAL (NOR)/ Subaru Impreza STI A3 12 MECHANICAL 25 J. KETOMAKI (FIN)/ Mitusbishi Lancer Evo X A3 3 MECHANICAL 29 B. AL JABRI (ARE)/ Subaru Impreza STI A3 5 MECHANICAL 31 A. KIKIRESHKO (UKR)/ Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX A3 20 OFF ROAD 37 R. TRIVINO (ESP)/ Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X A3 1 EXCLUDED 58 J. ROMAN (SWE)/ Subaru Impreza STI A3 21 ELECTRICAL 61 O. ORTFELDT (SWE)/ Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX A3 7G MEDICAL 66 M. KANGUR (EST)/ Honda Civic Type-r R3 A5 4E MECHANICAL |
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