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2009 WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS AFTER:
WALES, October 25, 2009, Round 12 of 12
POS DRIVER NAT POINTS
1 Sebastian Loeb France 93
2 Mikko Hirvonen Finland 92
3 Dani Sordo Spain 64
4 Jari-Matti Latvala Finland 41
5 Petter Solberg Norway 35
6 Henning Solberg Norway 33
7 Matthew Wilson Great Britain 28
8 Sebastien Ogier France 24
9 Federico Villagra Agentina 16
10 Conrad Rautenbach Zimbabwe 9
11 Mads Ostberg Norway 7
12 Khalid Al-Qassimi UAE 6
13 Evgeny Novikov Russia 4
13 Chris Atkinson Australia 4
13 Matti Rantanen Finland 4
16 Krzysztof Holowczyc Poland 3
17 Jari Ketomaa Finland 2
18 Nasser Al-Attiyah Qatar 1
18 Urmo Aava Estonia 1
18 J. Marchetto Argentina 1
18 Lambros Athanassoulas Greece 1
2009 MANUFACTURES STANDINGS AFTER:
WALES, October 25, 2009, Round 12 of 12
1 CITROEN TOTAL WORLD RALLY TEAM 167
2 BP FORD ABU DHABI WORLD RALLY TEAM 140
3 STOBART VK M-SPORT FORD RALLY TEAM 80
4 CITROEN JUNIOR RALLY TEAM 47
5 MUNCHI'S FORD WORLD RALLY TEAM 23
WALES RALLY, GB (October 23 - 25, 2009)
LOEB TAKES HIS SIXTH WORLD RALLY TITLE
The Citroen Total World Rally Team crew of Sebastien Loeb and Daniel Elena won the Rally of Great Britain today and in doing so have claimed a record breaking sixth FIA World Rally Championship title. After a dramatic closing four stages, Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen narrowly clinched the runner up spot, just one second ahead of Dani Sordo and Marc Marti.
At the end of a season dominated by Loeb and Hirvonen, the Frenchman won the title by a single point after one of the closest battles. At the beginning of the year, Loeb looked to have the upper hand, winning the first five events. However, Hirvonen bounced back in the second half of the season to win four consecutive rallies and hold the Championship lead going into the final round of the series. He ultimately finished second to Loeb and Dani Sordo maintained third. Citroen claimed the FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers on the penultimate round in Spain.
Today was the shortest of the three day event and covered just 79.84 competitive kilometres. In the opening stage Hirvonen took the advantage and then slashed the deficit to Loeb to 18.2 seconds after the first loop of stages. However, in the penultimate stage the Finn's bonnet flew up after a jump and he was forced to stop and remove it, losing over a minute and any hope of a final stage battle. As a consequence, he and third placed Sordo reached the finish separated by one second.
Petter Solberg claimed fourth with brother Henning fifth. Sebastien Ogier, previously fifth, rolled into retirement in the penultimate stage. Britain's Matthew Wilson finished sixth ahead of Jari-Matti Latvala and Conrad Rautenbach.
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RALLY GB FINAL RESULTS
POS NO DRIVER TIME LAG FROM FIRST
1 1 Sebastien LOEB 3:16:25.4
2 3 Mikko HIRVONEN 3:17:31.5 +1:06.1
3 2 Dani SORDO 3:17:32.5 +1:07.1
4 11 Petter SOLBERG 3:17:53.5 +1:28.1
5 6 Henning SOLBERG 3:22:53.4 +6:28.0
6 5 Matthew WILSON 3:24:11.4 +7:46.0
7 4 Jari-Matti LATVALA 3:28:37.3 +12:11.9
8 8 Conrad RAUTENBACH 3:30:53.2 +14:27.8
9 39 Eyvind BRYNILDSEN 3:38:48.1 +22:22.7
10 47 Armindo ARAUJO 3:40:44.2 +24:18.8
11 31 Martin PROKOP 3:40:57.0 +24:31.6
12 17 Steve PEREZ 3:41:04.7 +24:39.3
13 16 Aaron BURKART 3:41:21.9 +24:56.5
14 33 Toshi ARAI 3:42:36.0 +26:10.6
15 64 Martin SEMERAD 3:43:40.3 +27:14.9
16 32 Bernardo SOUSA 3:44:05.0 +27:39.6
17 66 Dennis KUIPERS 3:44:43.0 +28:17.6
18 65 Mark TAPPER 3:45:10.4 +28:45.0
19 67 Mattias THERMAN 3:53:02.8 +36:37.4
20 15 Khalid AL QASSIMI 3:53:55.6 +37:30.2
21 45 Patrik FLODIN 3:54:15.5 +37:50.1
22 46 Patrik SANDELL 3:55:03.4 +38:38.0
23 74 Trond LYSENG 3:55:42.4 +39:17.0
24 61 Nico THOMAS 3:55:48.5 +39:23.1
25 68 Rene KUIPERS 3:56:21.3 +39:55.9
26 48 Hermann GASSNER JUNIOR 3:57:27.0 +41:01.6
27 38 Gabor MAYER 4:00:42.6 +44:17.2
28 73 Egon KAUR 4:01:24.6 +44:59.2
29 62 Jon WILLIAMS 4:02:44.2 +46:18.8
30 83 Tomaz KAUCIC 4:02:54.8 +46:29.4
31 72 Wug UTTING 4:03:15.9 +46:50.5
32 78 Paulo NOBRE 4:07:03.6 +50:38.2
33 69 Peter STEPHENSON 4:07:42.4 +51:17.0
34 71 Eamonn BOLAND 4:07:43.7 +51:18.3
35 81 Patrick ANGLADE 4:07:47.9 +51:22.5
36 63 Jarkko NIKARA 4:08:12.1 +51:46.7
37 77 Giuseppe DETTORI 4:10:21.3 +53:55.9
38 37 Frederic SAUVAN 4:10:51.6 +54:26.2
39 79 Emre YURDAKUL 4:10:54.0 +54:28.6
40 76 Craig BREEN 4:13:03.4 +56:38.0
41 70 Daniel SIGUROARSON 4:15:03.3 +58:37.9
42 84 Bader AL JABRI 4:18:13.1 +1:01:47.7
43 90 Sander PARN 4:21:23.6 +1:04:58.2
44 87 Tom CAVE 4:29:52.0 +1:13:26.6
45 91 Siim PLANGI 4:32:43.0 +1:16:17.6
46 95 Kit LEIGH 4:33:43.2 +1:17:17.7
47 80 Burcu CETINKAYA 4:34:05.6 +1:17:40.2
48 92 Mattei LOIC 4:41:27.2 +1:25:01.8
49 93 Jean-Thierry VACHERON 4:49:02.0 +1:32:36.6
50 82 Davide CATANIA 4:56:19.6 +1:39:54.2
51 94 Kenneth TREACY 5:13:58.7 +1:57:33.3
RETIREMENTS
NO DRIVER/ CAR CLASS CONTROL REASON
12 Sebastien OGIER (F)/ Citroen C4 WRC A8 16 MECHANICAL
14 Mads OSTBERG (N)/ Subaru Impreza WRC 08 A8 14A MECHANICAL
36 Egoi Eder VALDES LOPEZ (E)/ Subaru WRX STi N4 7 MECHANICAL
39 Eyvind BRYNILDSEN (N)/ Skoda Fabia S2000 N4 16C EXCLUDED
40 Dave WESTON (GB)/ Subaru Impreza N4 16 MECHANICAL
44 David SENIOR (GB)/ Subaru Impreza N4 1 WITHDRAWN
49 Giorgio BACCO (I)/Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution N4 14 MECHANICAL
50 Nasser AL-ATTIYAH (QA)/ Subaru Impreza N4 15 OFF ROAD
85 Ahmed AL MANSOORI (UAE)/ Ford Fiesta ST N3 10 MECHANICAL
86 Majed AL SHAMSI (UAE)/ Ford Fiesta ST N3 8 MECHANICAL
88 Atte ALANEN (FIN)/ Ford Fiesta ST N3 9 MECHANICAL
89 Tom HAINES (GB)/ Subaru Impreza N4 11 MECHANICAL
MOVISTAR RACC RALLYE DE ESPANA (October 2 - 4, 2009)
LOEB WINS RALLY DE ESPANA
Frenchman Sebastien Loeb cruised through the final stage of the Rally de Espana today to take victory in his Citroen C4 WRC and ensure his fight for a sixth World Rally Championship title will go to the final, decisive round in Great Britain later this month.
"This one was tough," insisted Loeb, "because Dani was pushing very hard at the start, so we tried to fight, but we knew also that we mustn't make any mistakes just fighting together - it was so important for us to finish. But we were really confident. It was really a pleasure to drive again on tarmac - for me it's been a long time since we did it. And the result now should be perfect, I'm really happy, I enjoyed it a lot."
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RALLY ESPANA FINAL RESULTS
POS NO DRIVER TIME LAG FROM FIRST
1 1 Sebastien LOEB 3:22:14.7
2 2 Daniel SORDO 3:22:26.7 +12.0
3 3 Mikko HIRVONEN 3:23:08.8 +54.1
4 11 Petter SOLBERG 3:23:27.1 +1:12.4
5 12 Sebastien OGIER 3:23:56.3 +1:41.6
6 4 Jari-Matti LATVALA 3:25:04.5 +2:49.8
7 5 Matthew WILSON 3:29:30.2 +7:15.5
8 9 Federico VILLAGRA 3:30:42.8 +8:28.1
9 6 Henning SOLBERG 3:31:22.3 +9:07.6
10 66 Dany SNOBECK 3:33:10.7 +10:56.0
11 8 Conrad RAUTENBACH 3:33:22.3 +11:07.6
12 36 Hans WEIJS 3:40:35.5 +18:20.8
13 74 Eyvind BRYNILDSEN 3:41:22.7 +19:08.0
14 14 Khalid AL QASSIMI 3:41:26.0 +19:11.3
15 93 . ASI 3:41:43.9 +19:29.2
16 78 Hermann GASSNER JUN 3:44:18.2 +22:03.5
17 63 Jarkko NIKARA 3:45:20.5 +23:05.8
18 33 Simone BERTOLOTTI 3:45:24.6 +23:09.9
19 59 Jordi MARTI 3:46:58.3 +24:43.6
20 67 Graham COFFEY 3:48:24.4 +26:09.7
21 81 Víctor SENRA 3:49:14.8 +27:00.1
22 69 Francesco PARLI 3:51:30.9 +29:16.2
23 84 Bernt KOLLEVOLD 3:51:46.1 +29:31.4
24 92 Eamonn BOLAND 3:52:10.0 +29:55.3
25 101 Lambros ATHANASSOULAS 3:52:26.3 +30:11.6
26 91 Ludvik OTTO 3:54:26.3 +32:11.6
27 37 Kevin ABBRING 3:55:38.1 +33:23.4
28 71 Edwin KELETI 3:57:49.6 +35:34.9
29 103 Fernando BARCENA 3:58:49.2 +36:34.5
30 80 Benito GUERRA 3:59:23.0 +37:08.3
31 97 Anthony MARTIN 3:59:43.1 +37:28.4
32 86 Alex BERCIANOS 3:59:46.2 +37:31.5
33 87 Jonathan PEREZ 4:00:42.9 +38:28.2
34 110 Patrick ANGLADE 4:01:07.7 +38:53.0
35 105 Claudio MARENCO 4:03:39.7 +41:25.0
36 98 Craig BREEN 4:05:21.3 +43:06.6
37 31 Aaron Nicolai BURKART 4:06:48.5 +44:33.8
38 109 Gilles GILARDONI 4:07:07.6 +44:52.9
39 113 Ahmed AL MANSOORI 4:10:01.5 +47:46.8
40 72 Joan BALCELLS 4:10:22.9 +48:08.2
41 114 Timo KANKKUNEN 4:11:49.8 +49:35.1
42 77 Albert LLOVERA 4:16:27.1 +54:12.4
43 102 Guillem CASTANEDA 4:16:48.6 +54:33.9
44 62 Jon WILLIAMS 4:18:06.0 +55:51.3
45 99 Emre YURDAKUL 4:18:53.4 +56:38.7
46 116 Lilian VIALLE 4:19:22.7 +57:08.0
47 106 Toni GIBERT 4:21:38.3 +59:23.6
48 112 Majed AL SHAMSI 4:26:54.4 +1:04:39.7
49 115 Loris Antonio PAPA 4:27:06.6 +1:04:51.9
50 95 Josep Lluis DIEGO 4:32:20.2 +1:10:05.5
51 107 Gregory MOREELS 4:36:13.2 +1:13:58.4
52 117 Paolo SEMERARO 4:48:05.5 +1:25:50.8
RETIREMENTS
NO DRIVER/ CAR CLASS CONTROL REASON
7 Evgeny NOVIKOV (RUS)/ CITROEN C4 A8 13 Off the track
10 Paul BIRD (GB)/ FORD Focus RS WRC 08 A8 15 Off the track
38 Martin PROKOP (CZ)/ CITROEN C2 S1600 A6 10
39 Mark WALLENWEIN (D)/ RENAULT Clio R3 R3 4 Off the track
61 Nicos THOMAS (CY)/ MITSUBISHI Lancer Evo X N4 6 Mechanical
64 Martin SEMERAD (CZ)/ MITSUBISHI Lancer Evo X N4 13 Mechanical
65 Mark TAPPER (NZ)/ MITSUBISHI Lancer Evo X N4 4 Mechanical
76 Egoi VALDES (E)/ SUBARU Impreza N4 0 Retirement
79 Heikki WESTERLUND (FIN)/ MITSUBISHI Lancer N4 6A EXCLUDED
82 Carlos MARQUEZ (E)/ MITSUBISHI Lancer Evo X N4 16 Mechanical
83 ARI LAIVOLA (FIN)/ MISTUBISHI Lancer Evo IX N4 5 Mechanical
89 Jaromir TOMASTIK (CZ)/ SUBARU Impreza N4 12 Mechanical
90 Szymon RUTA (PL)/ MITSUBISHI Lancer Evo IX N4 12D No Start
94 Marcos BARQUIN (E)/ SUBARU Impreza N4 6A EXCLUDED
100 Burcu CETINKAYA (TR)/ FORD Fiesta R2 6D Retirement
104 Thierry NEUVILLE (B)/ CITROEN C2 R2 14 Mechanical
108 Miran JERMAN (SLO)/ PEUGEOT 206 RC N3 12D No Start
111 Bader AL JABRI (UAE)/ FORD Fiesta ST N3 14 Mechanical
REPCO RALLY AUSTRALIA (September 4 - 6, 2009)
LOEB WINS REPCO RALLY AUSTRALIA
Loeb completed the brand new rally, round 10 of the FIA World Rally Championship, 12.5sec ahead of BP Ford Abu Dhabi Team driver Mikko Hirvonen who was second. Loeb's team-mate Dani Sordo was third, 4.6sec further back after losing out in a nail-biting battle with Hirvonen that went right to the wire.
"This one is a good one," said Loeb "It was a hard fight, and because it's been a long time since our last win it feels especially good. It was really important for the championship to win here. We've done it and I'm really happy. Spain is next and we're one point behind Mikko - the championship is really interesting. It will be an incredible fight to the final I think."
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RALLY AUSTRALIA FINAL RESULTS
POS NO DRIVER TIME LAG FROM FIRST
1 1 Sebastien LOEB 2:52:54.0
2 3 Mikko HIRVONEN 2:53:06.5 +12.5
3 2 Dani SORDO 2:53:11.1 +17.1
4 12 Sebastien OGIER 2:54:29.8 +1:35.8
5 4 Jari-Matti LATVALA 2:54:58.5 +2:04.5
6 5 Matthew WILSON 2:58:32.8 +5:38.8
7 6 Henning SOLBERG 3:00:24.3 +7:30.3
8 9 Federico VILLAGRA 3:00:45.9 +7:51.9
9 62 Hayden PADDON 3:08:42.6 +15:48.6
10 31 Martin PROKOP 3:08:51.2 +15:57.2
11 50 Richard MASON 3:09:33.4 +16:39.4
12 59 Cody CROCKER 3:10:26.5 +17:32.5
13 39 Armindo ARAUJO 3:12:59.3 +20:05.3
14 45 Stewart TAYLOR 3:14:30.3 +21:36.3
15 68 Matthew SELLEY 3:23:54.3 +31:00.3
16 78 John GOASDOUE 3:30:41.8 +37:47.8
17 8 Conrad RAUTENBACH 3:34:41.8 +41:47.8
18 72 Stephen TONNA 3:38:52.0 +45:58.0
19 34 Gianluca LINARI 3:38:52.8 +45:58.8
20 15 Khalid AL QASSIMI 3:40:14.3 +47:20.3
21 75 Trevor TAYLOR 3:54:53.8 +1:01:59.8
22 66 Stewart REID 3:55:42.9 +1:02:48.9
23 69 Han HAN 4:01:43.3 +1:08:49.3
24 54 Steven SHEPHEARD 4:03:16.7 +1:10:22.7
25 65 Glenn BRINKMAN 4:04:12.6 +1:11:18.6
26 76 Richard HOUGHTON 4:31:49.0 +1:38:55.0
RETIREMENTS
NO DRIVER/ CAR CLASS CONTROL REASON
8 Conrad RAUTENBACH (ZW)/ Citroen C4 A8 35A MECHANICAL
32 Bernardo SOUSA (P)/ FIAT Abarth Grande Punto N4 20 OFF ROAD
33 Toshi ARAI (J)/ Subaru Impreza WRX STI N4 35 MECHANICAL
43 Mark TAPPER (NZ)/ Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX N4 6 MECHANICAL
48 Chaodong LIU (CN)/ Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX N4 15D MECHANICAL
49 Eyvind BRYNILDSEN (N)/ Mitsubishi Lancer EVO N4 15D MECHANICAL
55 Nathan QUINN (AUS)/ Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX N4 34 OFF ROAD
60 Neal BATES (AUS)/ Toyota Corolla S2000 N4 30A OVER TIME LIMIT
61 Glen RAYMOND (AUS)/ Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX N4 9A WITHDRAWN
63 Eli EVANS (AUS)/ Subaru Impreza WRX STI N4 9A WITHDRAWN
67 Brett KIPLING (AUS)/ Mitsubishi Lancer EVO IX N4 29 OFF ROAD
71 Marius SWART (AUS)/ Volkswagen Polo Super N4 34 MECHANICAL
73 Michael KAHLFUSS (GER)/ Mitsubishi Lancer EVO N4 30A MECHANICAL
74 Ben CULLEN (AUS)/ Mitsubishi Lancer EVO VI N4 28 MECHANICAL
79 Mark BUTCHER (AUS)/ Subaru Impreza WRX A8 18 MECHANICAL
NESTE OIL RALLY FINLAND (July 31 - Aug 2, 2009)
HIRVONEN WINS THE NESTE OIL RALLY FINLAND
Mikko Hirvonen's resurgent form in the 2009 World Rally Championship continued today when the Ford Focus RS driver scored a dominant maiden victory on his home round of the series, Neste Oil Rally Finland.
The result was Hirvonen's third consecutive victory this season, the tenth of his career, and moved him further ahead at the top of the FIA drivers' championship standings, three points clear of defending champion Sebastien Loeb, who finished second today.
Hirvonen exclaimed from the roof of his car "I've been watching this rally since I was a kid, and now I've won it myself it's an absolutely fantastic feeling! The rally went exactly like we planned. I always knew it would be close with Sebastien. I've enjoyed myself all weekend. It's absolutely fantastic!"
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RALLY FINLAND FINAL RESULTS
POS NO DRIVER TIME LAG FROM FIRST
1 3 Mikko HIRVONEN 2:50:40.9
2 1 Sebastien LOEB 2:51:06.0 +25.1
3 4 Jari-Matti LATVALA 2:51:30.8 +49.9
4 2 Dani SORDO 2:51:47.0 +1:06.1
5 10 Matti RANTANEN 2:54:59.1 +4:18.2
6 12 Sebastien OGIER 2:54:59.4 +4:18.5
7 16 Jari KETOMAA 2:55:48.4 +5:07.5
8 5 Matthew WILSON 2:57:14.5 +6:33.6
9 15 Khalid AL QASSIMI 3:03:38.2 +12:57.3
10 66 Juho HANNINEN 3:04:54.6 +14:13.7
11 9 Federico VILLAGRA 3:04:57.8 +14:16.9
12 67 Anton ALEN 3:07:36.1 +16:55.2
13 68 Patrik FLODIN 3:10:43.1 +20:02.2
14 38 Martin PROKOP 3:17:03.1 +26:22.2
15 72 Mattias THERMAN 3:17:28.9 +26:48.0
16 59 Kalle PINOMAKI 3:17:58.6 +27:17.7
17 71 Jouni AROLAINEN 3:18:18.9 +27:38.0
18 32 Michal KOSCIUSZKO 3:20:24.0 +29:43.1
19 31 Aaron Nicolai BURKART 3:20:53.5 +30:12.6
20 76 Ari LAIVOLA 3:22:48.9 +32:08.0
21 62 Jon WILLIAMS 3:23:40.4 +32:59.5
22 79 Reijo MUHONEN 3:24:01.1 +33:20.2
23 80 Petri LEHTOVIRTA 3:25:17.7 +34:36.8
24 88 Fabio FRISIERO 3:26:43.5 +36:02.6
25 39 Mark WALLENWEIN 3:30:28.6 +39:47.7
26 97 Craig BREEN 3:30:37.6 +39:56.7
27 99 Jussi KUMPUMAKI 3:30:57.7 +40:16.8
28 82 Jukka HARA 3:30:59.5 +40:18.6
29 75 Urmo AAVA 3:31:23.7 +40:42.8
30 6 Henning SOLBERG 3:32:13.0 +41:32.1
31 85 Pekka VIHMA 3:33:20.0 +42:39.1
32 33 Simone BERTOLOTTI 3:34:19.0 +43:38.1
33 86 Jarmo KOMSI 3:35:45.4 +45:04.5
34 98 Patrick ANGLADE 3:36:52.4 +46:11.5
35 100 Emre YURDAKUL 3:38:25.5 +47:44.6
36 91 Jukka KIHLMAN 3:39:13.8 +48:32.9
37 105 Ahmed AL MANSOORI 3:46:18.8 +55:37.9
38 93 Tony AHTI 3:46:49.0 +56:08.1
39 69 Janne TUOHINO 3:47:03.9 +56:23.0
40 111 Kari HYTONEN 3:48:58.4 +58:17.5
41 78 Radik SHAYMIEV 3:49:03.5 +58:22.6
42 101 Burcu CETINKAYA 3:50:23.1 +59:42.2
43 94 Asko MAKINEN 3:50:26.5 +59:45.6
44 36 Hans WEIJS 3:51:17.8 +1:00:36.9
45 117 Patrik OTTOSSON 3:51:24.6 +1:00:43.7
46 118 Raimo KAISANLAHTI 3:53:28.8 +1:02:47.9
47 107 Fabrizio DE SANCTIS 3:54:42.9 +1:04:02.0
48 95 Axel LINDHOLM 3:54:45.5 +1:04:04.6
49 113 Mikael WIKSTEDT 3:58:24.7 +1:07:43.8
50 92 Jouni VIRTANEN 4:00:35.8 +1:09:54.9
51 83 Ville SILVASTI 4:00:58.5 +1:10:17.6
52 123 Adrian LINTON 4:02:51.2 +1:12:10.3
53 81 Pekka SAVELA 4:06:20.7 +1:15:39.8
54 102 Bader AL JABRI 4:18:13.1 +1:27:32.2
55 120 Matti TUOMINEN 4:21:33.6 +1:30:52.7
56 115 Toni HARSIA 4:23:10.8 +1:32:29.9
57 108 Daniel CAMBON 4:27:17.3 +1:36:36.4
58 96 Silvano PINTARELLI 4:28:51.7 +1:38:10.8
59 103 Majed AL SHAMSI 4:37:58.2 +1:47:17.2
60 116 Teemu HORKAMA 4:45:09.8 +1:54:28.9
61 124 Juhani LANSIKORPI 4:49:57.6 +1:59:16.7
RETIREMENTS
NO DRIVER/ CAR CLASS CONTROL REASON
7 Evgeny NOVIKOV (RUS)/ Citroen C4 WRC A8 14 OFFROAD
8 Conrad RAUTENBACH (ZWE)/ Citroen C4 WRC A8 22 OFFROAD
11 Petter SOLBERG (N)/ Citroen Xsara WRC A8 14 MECHANICAL
14 Mads OSTBERG (N)/ Subaru Impreza WRC 08 A8 19D WITHDRAWN
17 Jukka KETOMAKI (FIN)/ Skoda Octavia WRC A8 3 MECHANICAL
34 Luca GRIOTTI (I)/ Renault Clio R3 A7 15 MECHANICAL
35 Yoann BONATO (F)/ Suzuki Swift S1600 A6 11 OFFROAD
37 Kevin ABBRING (NL)/ Renault Clio R3 A7 20 MECHANICAL
61 Nicos THOMAS (CY)/ Mitsubishi Lancer N4 19D WITHDRAWN
63 Jarkko NIKARA (FIN)/ Mitsubishi Lancer N4 16 MECHANICAL
64 Martin SEMERAD (CZE)/ Mitsubishi Lancer N4 16A MECHANICAL
65 Mark TAPPER (NZ)/ Mitsubishi Lancer N4 15 MECHANICAL
69 Janne TUOHINO (FIN)/ Peugeot 207 S2000 N4 23C EXCLUDED
70 Kimi RAIKKONEN (FIN)/ Fiat Grande Punto S2000 N4 19 OFFROAD
73 Sveinung BIELTVEDT (N)/ Subaru Impreza WRX N4 13 MECHANICAL
74 Ott TANAK (EE)/ Subaru Impreza WRX Sti N4 7 OFFROAD
77 Jukka METSALA (FIN)/ Mitsubishi Lancer N4 21 MECHANICAL
84 Timo PULKKINEN (FIN)/ Subaru Impreza WRX Sti A8 11 OFFROAD
87 Kai AHOLA (FIN)/ Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution A8 21 OFFROAD
89 Georg GROSS (EE)/ Subaru Impreza WRX Sti N4 18 OFFROAD
90 Tomi WEURLANDER (FIN)/ Mitsubishi Lancer N4 13C MECHANICAL
104 Denis GRODETSKIY (RUS)/ Ford Fiesta ST N3 8 MECHANICAL
106 Timo PITKANIEMI (FIN)/ Renault Clio Ragnotti N3 12 MECHANICAL
109 Jari LAAKSO (FIN)/ Volkswagen Polo 1.4 A5 15 MECHANICAL
110 Ville RUOKANEN (FIN)/ Volkswagen Polo 1.4 A5 16 OFFROAD
112 Ilkka KARISTE (FIN)/ Volkswagen Polo 1.4 A5 19D WITHDRAWN
114 Jouko PULKKINEN (FIN)/ Volkswagen Polo Gti N2 18 MECHANICAL
119 Tomi VILENIUS (FIN)/ Ford Puma Kit Car A5 2 MECHANICAL
121 Pasi LAAKSOMAA (FIN)/ Volkswagen Polo 1.4 A5 12 OFFROAD
122 Nick WEST (GB)/ Volkswagen Polo 1.4 A5 14 MECHANICAL
RALLY POLAND (June 26 - 28, 2009)
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MIKKO HIRVONEN WINS RALLY POLAND
BP Ford Abu Dhabi Team driver Mikko Hirvonen has won his second consecutive WRC event by claiming victory on the brand new Rally Poland, round eight of the World Rally Championship.
The momentous win, the ninth of his career, promoted Hirvonen, 28, into the lead of the drivers' championship standings with a one point lead over Citroen driver Sebastien Loeb; the man who has won the title for the last five years.
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RALLY POLAND FINAL RESULTS
POS NO DRIVER TIME LAG FROM FIRST
1 3 Mikko HIRVONEN 3:07:27.5
2 2 Dani SORDO 3:08:37.8 1:10.3
3 6 Henning SOLBERG 3:09:33.2 2:05.7
4 11 Petter SOLBERG 3:09:51.8 2:24.3
5 5 Matthew WILSON 3:11:45.0 4:17.5
6 15 Krzysztof HOLOWCZYC 3:12:01.4 4:33.9
7 1 Sebastien LOEB 3:26:42.6 19:15.1
8 8 Conrad RAUTENBACH 3:26:48.1 19:20.6
9 7 Evgeny NOVIKOV 3:26:53.7 19:26.2
10 64 Michal BEBENEK 3:30:36.2 23:08.7
11 37 Kevin ABBRING 3:35:05.2 27:37.7
12 38 Martin PROKOP 3:36:15.4 28:47.9
13 68 Lukasz SZTUKA 3:37:48.5 30:21.0
14 71 Valeriy GORBAN 3:39:50.0 32:22.5
15 70 Vytautas SVEDAS 3:40:34.3 33:06.8
16 35 Yoann BONATO 3:40:39.7 33:12.2
17 36 Hans WEIJS 3:45:17.2 37:49.7
18 33 Simone BERTOLOTTI 3:51:50.3 44:22.8
19 88 Mark WALLENWEIN 3:54:32.4 47:04.9
20 59 Radoslaw TYPA 3:56:32.3 49:04.8
21 34 Luca GRIOTTI 4:00:53.6 53:26.1
22 87 Michal STREER 4:01:11.3 53:43.8
23 65 Zbigniew STANISZEWSKI 4:06:24.6 58:57.1
24 76 Patrick ANGLADE 4:06:44.6 59:17.1
25 92 Daniel FISHER 4:08:37.6 1:01:10.1
26 81 Bader AL JABRI 4:10:35.1 1:03:07.6
27 82 Majed AL SHAMSI 4:10:36.8 1:03:09.3
28 78 Burcu CETINKAYA 4:14:28.7 1:07:01.2
29 91 Grzegorz GRONO 4:23:28.7 1:16:01.2
30 79 Ahmed AL MANSOORI 4:23:39.0 1:16:11.5
31 85 Tom CAVE 4:24:43.0 1:17:15.5
32 80 Denis GRODETSKIY 4:27:24.4 1:19:56.9
33 77 Emre YURDAKUL 4:46:09.3 1:38:41.8
34 86 Piotr JEDRUSINSKI 4:48:02.8 1:40:35.3
RETIREMENTS
NO DRIVER/ CAR CLASS CONTROL REASON
4 Jari Matti LATVALA (FIN)/Ford Focus RS WRC A8 18
12 Sebastien OGIER (F)/ Citroen C4 WRC A8 16
14 Mads OSTBERG (N)/ Subaru Impreza WRC 08 A8 15
16 Andreas MIKKELSEN (N)/ Skoda Fabia WRC A8 7D
32 Michal KOSCIUSZKO (PL)/ Suzuki Swift S1600 A6 16
60 Marcin DOBROWOLSKI (PL)/ Citroen C2 R2 R2 12
67 Maciej OLEKSOWICZ (PL)/ Peugeot 207 S2000 N4 10
69 Hermann GASSNER JUNIOR (D)/Mitsubishi N4 13D
72 Ernst Beppo HARRACH (A)/Mitsubishi Lancer Evo N4 4
74 Oleksii TAMRAZOV (UA)/ Subaru Impreza WRX N4 14
75 Janusz SZAFRANIEC (PL)/Mitsubishi Lancer Evo N4 18
84 Victor HENRIKSSON (S)/ Ford Fiesta A7 10
89 Jerzy PARA (PL)/ Renault Clio Sport A7 16
90 Jan CHMIELEWSKI (PL)/ Citroen C2 VTS R2 9
ACROPOLIS RALLY OF GREECE (June 12 - 14, 2009)
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MIKKO HIRVONEN WINS ACROPOLIS RALLY
"We're back in the championship fight and the final five rallies of the year will be exciting," said Hirvonen. "The next two events, in Poland and Finland, are on fast gravel roads which should suit me."
"It's good to be only seven points behind after what happened in Argentina. The rest of the season will be exciting and maybe we can put some more pressure on Sebastien. It's really good. It brings everything back alive again," he added.
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ACROPOLIS RALLY OF GREECE FINAL RESULTS
POS NO DRIVER TIME LAG FROM FIRST
1 3 Mikko HIRVONEN 4:09:42.5
2 12 Sebastien OGIER 4:10:55.4 +1:12.9
3 4 Jari-Matti LATVALA 4:11:27.5 +1:45.0
4 9 Federico VILLAGRA 4:13:30.8 +3:48.3
5 8 Conrad RAUTENBACH 4:13:42.3 +3:59.8
6 14 Khalid AL QASSIMI 4:16:46.8 +7:04.3
7 15 Mads OSTBERG 4:22:07.4 +12:24.9
8 59 Lambros ATHANASSOULAS 4:22:30.1 +12:47.6
9 50 Nasser AL-ATTIYAH 4:22:52.4 +13:09.9
10 47 Armindo ARAUJO 4:24:47.0 +15:04.5
11 33 Toshi ARAI 4:25:45.0 +16:02.5
12 2 Dani SORDO 4:28:23.5 +18:41.0
13 31 Martin PROKOP 4:28:28.9 +18:46.4
14 5 Matthew WILSON 4:29:01.8 +19:19.3
15 6 Henning SOLBERG 4:29:50.2 +20:07.7
16 7 Evgeny NOVIKOV 4:31:00.6 +21:18.1
17 32 Bernardo SOUSA 4:31:49.6 +22:07.1
18 40 Andis NEIKSANS 4:32:02.6 +22:20.1
19 62 Jon WILLIAMS 4:36:57.6 +27:15.1
20 45 Patrik FLODIN 4:37:28.8 +27:46.3
21 65 Mark TAPPER 4:38:41.6 +28:59.1
22 44 Spyros PAVLIDES 4:47:45.5 +38:03.0
23 34 Gianluca LINARI 4:52:36.3 +42:53.8
24 68 Constantinos APOSTOLOU 4:55:02.9 +45:20.4
25 46 Patrik SANDELL 4:55:08.2 +45:25.7
26 66 Constantinos TINGIRIDES 4:57:07.4 +47:24.9
27 76 Michael HONDA 5:03:30.5 +53:48.0
28 67 Grigoris NIORAS 5:04:49.1 +55:06.6
29 78 Marcel SITNIK 5:08:03.8 +58:21.3
30 37 Frederic SAUVAN 5:12:18.7 +1:02:36.2
31 72 Elias ATHANASSIOU 5:16:20.2 +1:06:37.7
32 75 Constantinos HALIVELAKIS 5:30:02.4 +1:20:19.9
33 69 Athanasios TSILIS 5:40:35.0 +1:30:52.5
RETIREMENTS
NO DRIVER/ CAR CLASS CONTROL REASON
1 Sebastien LOEB (F)/ CITROEN C4 A8 7
11 Petter SOLBERG (N)/ CITROEN Xsara A8 12C
36 Egoi Eder VALDES LOPEZ (E)/SUBARU Impreza N4 8
38 Gabor MAYER (H)/ SUBARU Impreza WRX STI N4 7
48 Stefano MARRINI (I)/ MITSUBISHI Lancer Evo 9 N4 1
61 Nicos THOMAS (CY)/ MITSUBISHI Lancer Evo 10 N4 8
63 Jarkko NIKARA (FIN)/MITSUBISHI Lancer Evo 10 N4 6D
64 Martin SEMERAD (CZ)/MITSUBISHI Lancer Evo 10 N4 14
70 Haris KALTSOUNIS (GR)/ OPEL Corsa S2000 N4 6D
71 Dimitris VASSILIS (GR)/SUBARU Impreza WRX N4 15
74 Sotiris ECONOMOU (GR)/ CITROEN C2 A6 14
77 Ioannis ZOUNIS (GR)/ MG Rover 25 A6 12D
RALLY D'ITALIA SARDEGNA (May 22 - 24, 2009)
LATVALA WINS RALLY D'ITALIA - SARDEGNA
Finn Jari-Matti Latvala has won the 2009 Rally d’Italia after a riveting three days of competition on the scorching roads of Sardinia.
Latvala, 24, led the rally from start to finish in his Ford Focus RS WRC, despite a disadvantageous road position on Saturday and Sunday, which put him first though the slippery gravel stages.
Today's win was the second for Latvala, who became the youngest ever winner of a World Championship Rally on Rally Sweden last year.
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ITALY RALLY FINAL RESULTS
POS NO DRIVER TIME LAG FROM FIRST
1 4 Jari-Matti LATVALA 4:00:55.7
2 3 Mikko HIRVONEN 4:01:25.1 +29.4
3 11 Petter SOLBERG 4:02:53.3 +1:57.6
4 1 Sebastien LOEB 4:04:39.4 +3:43.7
5 7 Evgeny NOVIKOV 4:06:07.5 +5:11.8
6 5 Matthew WILSON 4:08:25.0 +7:29.3
7 21 Mads OSTBERG 4:14:16.3 +13:20.6
8 6 Henning SOLBERG 4:14:16.9 +13:21.2
9 8 Conrad RAUTENBACH 4:20:26.8 +19:31.1
10 150 Nasser AL-ATTIYAH 4:20:39.4 +19:43.7
11 146 Patrik SANDELL 4:20:40.9 +19:45.2
12 63 Jarkko NIKARA 4:22:13.1 +21:17.4
13 38 Martin PROKOP 4:23:40.6 +22:44.9
14 32 Michal KOSCIUSZKO 4:23:53.8 +22:58.1
15 147 Armindo ARAUJO 4:24:23.5 +23:27.8
16 10 Khalid AL QASSIMI 4:24:54.3 +23:58.6
17 145 Patrick FLODIN 4:27:14.9 +26:19.2
18 31 Aaron Nicolai BURKART 4:31:55.4 +30:59.7
19 149 Eyvind BRYNILDSEN 4:34:37.9 +33:42.2
20 35 Yoann BONATO 4:34:45.2 +33:49.4
21 39 Alessandro BETTEGA 4:35:40.2 +34:44.4
22 36 Hans WEIJS 4:37:14.2 +36:18.4
23 2 Dani SORDO 4:42:05.7 +41:10.0
24 22 Pierlorenzo ZANCHI 4:46:04.8 +45:09.1
25 137 Frederic SAUVAN 4:47:14.5 +46:18.8
26 134 Gianluca LINARI 4:48:10.7 +47:15.0
27 138 Gabor MAYER 4:48:11.3 +47:15.6
28 83 Bruno BENTIVOGLI 4:50:52.8 +49:57.1
29 148 Hermann GASSNER JR. 4:56:56.7 +56:01.0
30 62 Jon WILLIAMS 4:57:06.2 +56:10.5
31 82 Giuseppe DETTORI 4:59:49.1 +58:53.4
32 71 Patrick ANGLADE 5:06:26.6 +1:05:30.9
33 75 Bader AL JABRI 5:07:36.9 +1:06:41.2
34 74 Majed AL SHAMSI 5:09:36.0 +1:08:40.3
35 33 Simone BERTOLOTTI 5:13:03.0 +1:12:07.3
36 86 Reijo MUHONEN 5:21:41.7 +1:20:46.0
37 88 Gianmaria SERRA 5:30:35.0 +1:29:39.3
38 91 Matteo COGONI 5:34:32.6 +1:33:36.9
39 72 Denis GRODETSKIY 5:50:02.7 +1:49:07.0
RETIREMENTS
NO DRIVER/ CAR CLASS CONTROL REASON
8 Conrad RAUTENBACH (ZW)/ CITROEN C4 WRC A8 17C
9 Federico VILLAGRA (RA)/ FORD Focus RS WRC 08 A8 12A
12 Sebastien OGIER (F)/ CITROEN C4 WRC A8 12D
23 Fabio MONTANARI (I)/ SUBARU Impreza WRC A8 6D
34 Luca GRIOTTI (I)/ RENAULT Clio R3 A7 14
37 Kevin ABBRING (NL)/ RENAULT Clio R3 A7 6D
61 Nicos THOMAS (CY)/ MITSUBISHI Lancer EVO X N4 12A
64 Martin SEMERAD (CZ)/ MITSUBISHI Lancer EVO X N4 12D
65 Mark TAPPER (NZ)/ MITSUBISHI Lancer EVO X N4 12A
73 Ahmed AL MANSOORI (UAE)/ FORD Fiesta ST N3 12A
81 Giovanni MANFRINATO (I)/ MITSUBISHI Lancer N4 6D
84 Paolo LICERI (I)/ MITSUBISHI Lancer EVO IX N4 12A
85 Francesco MARRONE (I)/ MITSUBISHI Lancer N4 14A
87 Davide CATANIA (I)/ SUBARU Impreza STI N4 12C EXCLUDED
89 Andrea PISANO (I)/ MITSUBISHI Lancer EVO IX N4 17
90 Mark WALLENWEIN (D)/ RENAULT Clio R3 A7 6A
92 Ferdinando BUSCARINI (I)/ OPEL Astra OPC N3 12D
132 Bernardo SOUSA (P)/ FIAT Grande Punto S2000 N4 17
136 Egoi Eder VALDES LOPEZ (E)/ SUBARU Impreza N4 12D
139 Simone CAMPEDELLI (I)/ MITSUBISHI Lancer EVO N4 6A
140 Andis NEIKSANS (LV)/ MITSUBISHI Lancer EVO IX N4 0 EXCLUDED
148 Hermann GASSNER JR. (D)/ MITSUBISHI Lancer N4 17D
RALLY ARGENTINA (April 24 - 26, 2009)
SEBASTIEN LOEB WINS RALLY ARGENTINA
Citroen C4 driver Sebastien Loeb has won Rally Argentina - and taken his fifth successive victory on the South American WRC classic.
The five time world rally champion headed a Citroen Total team one-two finish, completing the three day event 1min 13.1 seconds ahead of his Spanish team-mate Dani Sordo.
Today's win was the 52nd in Loeb's record breaking WRC career, his fifth from five events this season, and puts the Frenchman in a commanding lead of this year's drivers' championship, with a perfect maximum score of 50 points.
"It really couldn't have gone much better for us," said Loeb. "It's been a great rally. The stages are exciting to drive and we enjoyed a good fight with Mikko until Saturday afternoon. Okay, after he retired it got a bit less exciting but I still enjoyed my driving here."
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RALLY ARGENTINA FINAL RESULTS
POS NO DRIVER TIME LAG FROM FIRST
1 1 Sebastien LOEB 3:57:40.3
2 2 Dani SORDO 3:58:53.4 +1:13.1
3 6 Henning SOLBERG 4:01:44.4 +4:04.1
4 9 Federico VILLAGRA 4:03:40.0 +5:59.7
5 5 Matthew WILSON 4:03:51.2 +6:10.9
6 4 Jari-Matti LATVALA 4:07:30.3 +9:50.0
7 150 Nasser AL-ATTIYAH 4:20:51.9 +23:11.6
8 155 Juan MARCHETTO 4:21:14.6 +23:34.3
9 12 Sebastien OGIER 4:21:34.2 +23:53.9
10 160 Marcos LIGATO 4:23:04.8 +25:24.5
11 65 Nicolas FUCHS 4:27:05.1 +29:24.8
12 133 Toshi ARAI 4:27:27.9 +29:47.6
13 66 Raul MARTINEZ 4:38:41.6 +41:01.3
14 32 Michal KOSCIUSZKO 4:42:28.8 +44:48.5
15 31 Aaron Nicolai BURKART 4:44:08.7 +46:28.4
16 144 Spyros PAVLIDES 4:45:10.4 +47:30.1
17 39 Alessandro BETTEGA 4:50:02.0 +52:21.7
18 149 Eyvind BRYNILDSEN 4:52:49.9 +55:09.6
19 75 Daniel SACUR 4:54:24.9 +56:44.6
20 68 Sebastian ABRAMIAN 4:58:42.1 +1:01:01.8
21 138 Gabor MAYER 5:00:56.3 +1:03:16.0
22 152 Alejandro CANCIO 5:13:21.1 +1:15:40.8
23 71 Daniel OLIVEIRA 5:15:25.4 +1:17:45.1
24 78 Manuel MACHINEA 5:21:49.4 +1:24:09.1
25 74 Rodrigo ALENAZ 5:24:22.9 +1:26:42.6
26 82 Guillermo BOTTAZZINI 5:55:43.8 +1:58:03.5
27 86 Marcelo RODIO 6:15:10.0 +2:17:29.7
28 88 Ulises MORALES 6:38:29.4 +2:40:49.1
29 81 Jorge DIAZ 6:41:48.9 +2:44:08.6
30 94 Gustavo P PEREYRA 6:45:14.5 +2:47:34.2
31 87 Roberto JAUREGUI 7:18:03.0 +3:20:22.7
32 91 Benjamin ALVAREZ 7:23:11.8 +3:25:31.5
33 93 Marcelo A PAREDI 7:42:38.4 +3:44:58.1
RETIREMENTS
NO DRIVER/ CAR CLASS CONTROL REASON
3 Mikko HIRVONEN(FIN)/Ford Focus RS WRC 08 A8 16
8 Conrad RAUTENBACH (ZW)/ Citroen C4 WRC A8 12
11 Petter SOLBERG (N)/ Citroen Xsara WRC A8 20
67 Ezequiel CAMPOS (RA)/ Mitsubishi Evolution N4 18A EXCLUDED
69 Jose Ignacio CANTON (RA)/Mitsubishi Evo IX N4 10 EXCLUDED
70 Agustin ELVIRA(RA)/Mitsubishi Evolution IX N4 18A EXCLUDED
76 Alberto NICOLAS (RA)/ Mitsubishi Evo IX N4 18A EXCLUDED
77 Salvador PENSATO (RA)/ Subaru Impreza Sti N4 22
83 Fernando FOURCADE (RA)/ Honda VTI N2 11
84 Miguel Angel DURANTE (RA)/ Renault Clio N2 22
90 Carlos Horacio CASTRO (RA)/ Opel Corsa A6 9D
131 Martin PROKOP (CZ)/ Lancer EVO IX N4 9C EXCLUDED
137 Frederic SAUVAN(F)/Mitsubishi Evolution IX N4 4
139 Stefano MARRINI (I)/ Mitsubishi Evo IX N4 20
143 Luciano BERNARDI (RA)/ Mitsubishi Evo X N4 13C EXCLUDED
153 Claudio MENZI (RA)/ Subaru Impreza N4 10
154 Nicolas MADERO(RA)/Mitsubishi Evolution IX N4 18A EXCLUDED
159 Gabriel POZZO (RA)/ Subaru Impreza N4 10
VODAFONE RALLY DE PORTUGAL (April 2 - 5, 2009)
SEBASTIEN LOEB WINS THE VODAFONE RALLY DE PORTUGAL
"It's incredible - apart from our mistake on Friday's first stage it's been almost a perfect rally!" said Loeb. "After that I was really motivated to do well, so we pushed on the limit all the time. Saturday and Sunday were much better days, we had no problems at all and the car was perfect. I'm very, very happy. Now anything is possible!"
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VODAFONE RALLY DE PORTUGAL FINAL RESULTS
POS NO DRIVER TIME LAG FROM FIRST
1 1 Sebastien LOEB 3:53:13.1
2 3 Mikko HIRVONEN 3:53:37.4 +24.3
3 2 Dani SORDO 3:54:58.5 +1:45.4
4 11 Petter SOLBERG 3:55:57.7 +2:44.6
5 6 Henning SOLBERG 3:58:59.4 +5:46.3
6 16 Mads OSTBERG 3:59:33.9 +6:20.8
7 9 Federico VILLAGRA 4:06:12.6 +12:59.5
8 14 Khalid AL QASSIMI 4:11:34.8 +18:21.7
9 147 Armindo ARAUJO 4:15:31.6 +22:18.5
10 131 Martin PROKOP 4:16:38.7 +23:25.6
11 149 Eyvind BRYNILDSEN 4:16:44.7 +23:31.6
12 75 Hermann GASSNER JUNIOR 4:21:37.4 +28:24.3
13 32 Michal KOSCIUSZKO 4:22:38.6 +29:25.5
14 70 Vitor PASCOAL 4:23:58.1 +30:45.0
15 74 Ricardo TEODOSIO 4:24:03.3 +30:50.2
16 150 Nasser AL ATTIYAH 4:26:09.2 +32:56.1
17 12 Sebastien OGIER 4:26:59.3 +33:46.2
18 79 Pedro RODRIGUES 4:28:15.7 +35:02.6
19 37 Kevin ABBRING 4:28:45.1 +35:32.0
20 73 Ott TANAK 4:29:05.4 +35:52.3
21 68 Adruzilo LOPES 4:29:11.9 +35:58.8
22 36 Hans WEIJS 4:32:01.3 +38:48.2
23 62 Jon WILLIAMS 4:32:50.8 +39:37.7
24 34 Luca GRIOTTI 4:37:48.7 +44:35.5
25 90 Craig BREEN 4:38:34.6 +45:21.5
26 85 Josef PETAK 4:39:43.5 +46:30.4
27 78 Luís CARDOSO 4:39:46.5 +46:33.4
28 65 Mark TAPPER 4:41:21.2 +48:08.1
29 82 Rui Breda LOUSADO 4:42:03.3 +48:50.2
30 89 Patrick ANGLADE 4:43:08.3 +49:55.2
31 134 Gianluca LINARI 4:43:39.3 +50:26.2
32 76 Barroso PEREIRA 4:45:06.7 +51:53.6
33 148 Gaurav SINGH GILL 4:46:25.3 +53:12.2
34 39 Alessandro BETTEGA 4:49:23.1 +56:10.0
35 77 Francisco BARROS LEITE 4:53:56.5 +1:00:43.4
36 84 Manuel COUTINHO 4:56:00.9 +1:02:47.8
37 94 Ahmed AL MANSOORI 4:58:57.6 +1:05:44.5
38 64 Martin SEMERAD 5:00:32.7 +1:07:19.6
39 33 Simone BERTOLOTTI 5:04:38.9 +1:11:25.8
40 87 Joaqo Fernando RAMOS 5:05:44.9 +1:12:31.8
41 63 Jarkko NIKARA 5:07:26.7 +1:14:13.6
RETIREMENTS
NO DRIVER/ CAR CLASS CONTROL REASON
4 Jari-Matti LATVAL(FIN)/ Ford Focus RS WRC A8 4 OFF ROAD
5 Matthew WILSON (GB)/ Ford Focus RS WRC 08 A8 17 OFF ROAD
7 Evgeny NOVIKOV (RUS)/ Citroen C4 WRC A8 15 OFF ROAD
8 Conrad RAUTENBACH (ZW)/ Citroen C4 WRC A8 17 OFF ROAD
15 Marcus GRONHOLM (FIN)/ Subaru Impreza WRC A8 8 MECHANICAL
17 Peter VAN MERKSTEYN JUNIOR(NL)/ Ford Focus A8 7 MECHANICAL
18 Peter VAN MERKSTEYN(NL)/ Ford Focus RS WRC A8 5 OFF ROAD
35 Yoann BONATO (F)/ Suzuki Swift S1600 A6 9 OFF ROAD
61 Nikos THOMAS (CY)/ Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X N4 10 MECHANICAL
66 Rene KUIPERS (NL)/ Ford Focus RS WRC 06 A8 13 ACIDENT
67 Dennis KUIPERS (NL)/ Ford Focus RS WRC 06 A8 13D WITHDRAWN
72 Pedro MEIRELES (P)/ Subaru Impreza WRX N4 16 OFF ROAD
80 Luca HOELBING (I)/ Subaru Impreza ST N4 13D WITHDRAWN
81 Xavier VILLEPREUX(F)/Mitsubishi Lancer Evo N4 13D WITHDRAWN
83 Paulo FREIRE (P)/ Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8 N4 17A MECHANICAL
88 Manuel INACIO (P)/ Renault Clio R3 13D WITHDRAWN
91 Denis GRODETSKIY (RUS)/ Ford Fiesta ST N3 17 ENGINE
92 Majed AL SHAMSI (UAE)/ Ford Fiesta ST N3 13D WITHDRAWN
93 Bader AL JABRI (UAE)/ Ford Fiesta ST N3 13D WITHDRAWN
95 Tom CAVE (GB)/ Ford Fiesta ST N3 8 ENGINE
138 Gabor MAYER (H)/ Subaru Impreza N4 3 OFF ROAD
139 Thomas PRIVE (F)/ Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX N4 13D WITHDRAWN
140 Andis NEIKSANS (LV)/ Mitsubishi Lancer Evo N4 8 ENGINE
145 Patrik FLODIN (S)/ Subaru Impreza N14 N4 13D WITHDRAWN
146 Patrik SANDELL (S)/ Skoda Fabia Super 2000 N4 2 OFF ROAD
159 Bruno MAGALHAES (P)/ Peugeot 207 S2000 N4 4 ENGINE
160 Ricardo MOURA (P)/ Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX N4 14 MECHANICAL
CYPRUS RALLY (March 13 - 15, 2009)
SEBASTIEN LOEB WINS THE FXPRO CYPRUS RALLY
Citroen Total team driver Sebastien Loeb has won the FxPro Cyprus Rally by a margin of 27.2 seconds.
At the stage end, Loeb and co-driver Daniel Elena jumped onto the roof of their C4 WRC to celebrate their win. "It's incredible!" said Loeb. "I remember when I beat the records of Carlos [Sainz] and then Colin [McRae] it wasn't so long ago, and now we're on 50. It's a big number. And a nice number! It's like a dream. I'm very happy with what I've achieved but I'm not finished yet. Next I'm going for 51."
Daniel Elena said: "It feels really nice. Now the most important thing is to try and get all 12 wins this year!"
Congratulations on win number 50.
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FXPRO CYPRUS RALLY FINAL RESULTS
POS NO DRIVER NAT TIME LAG FROM FIRST
1 1 Sebastien LOEB F 4:50:34.7
2 3 Mikko HIRVONEN FIN 4:51:01.9 +27.2
3 11 Petter SOLBERG N 4:52:24.1 +1:49.4
4 2 Dani SORDO E 4:53:01.0 +2:26.3
5 5 Matthew WILSON GB 4:57:15.7 +6:41.0
6 8 Conrad RAUTENBACH ZW 5:01:46.6 +11:11.9
7 9 Federico VILLAGRA ARG 5:03:53.2 +13:18.5
8 14 Khalid AL QASSIMI UAE 5:04:18.8 +13:44.1
9 146 Patrik SANDELL S 5:10:11.3 +19:36.6
10 147 Armindo ARAUJO P 5:10:29.6 +19:54.9
11 144 Nasser AL-ATTIYAH QA 5:11:10.1 +20:35.4
12 4 Jari-Matti LATVALA FIN 5:12:59.0 +22:24.3
13 133 Toshi ARAI J 5:18:45.4 +28:10.7
14 38 Martin PROKOP CZ 5:20:54.0 +30:19.3
15 140 Andis NEIKSANS LV 5:21:46.6 +31:11.9
16 160 Charalambos TIMOTHEOU CY 5:22:01.7 +31:27.0
17 32 Michal KOSCIUSZKO PL 5:22:30.8 +31:56.1
18 6 Henning SOLBERG N 5:23:38.8 +33:04.1
19 148 Gaurav Singh GILL IND 5:31:22.2 +40:47.5
20 137 Frederic SAUVAN F 5:39:10.2 +48:35.5
21 31 Aaron Nicolai BURKART D 5:40:42.9 +50:08.2
22 138 Gabor MAYER H 5:42:27.4 +51:52.7
23 64 Eraklis VELISSARIOU CY 5:47:03.4 +56:28.7
24 134 Gianluca LINARI I 5:58:12.3 +1:07:37.6
25 136 Egoi Eder VALDES LOPEZ E 6:05:18.7 +1:14:44.0
RETIREMENTS
NO DRIVER/ CAR CLASS CONTROL REASON
7 Evgeny NOVIKOV (RUS)/ CITROEN C4 WRC A8 12 OFF ROAD
12 Sebastien OGIER (F)/ CITROEN C4 WRC A8 14 MECHANICAL
62 Pantelis BAMBOUKKA (CY)/ SUBARU IMPREZA STi N4 13 MECHANICAL
63 Yiotis CHARTOUPALOS (CY)/SUBARU IMPREZA WRX N4 13 MECHANICAL
135 Martin SEMERAD (CZ)/ MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO N4 12 MECHANICAL
139 Simone CAMPEDELLI (I)/MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO N4 14 MECHANICAL
159 Nicos THOMAS (CY)/ MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO IX N4 9 MECHANICAL
RALLY NORWAY (Febuary 13 - 15, 2009)
SEBASTIAN LOEB WINS RALLY NORWAY
Mikko Hirvonen gets second place, his Ford team mate Jari-Matti Latvala comes in third.
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DRIVERS QUOTES AFTER THE NORWAY RACE:
Sebastien Loeb:
"It's been a great rally but a very difficult one!" said a jubilant Loeb at the end of the final stage. "I had to push on the limit from the very first stage to the last, and mentally it's been difficult to keep pushing, knowing we could lose everything right up until the last corner. I really wanted to win here on snow and it's a great feeling. It's been a wonderful rally; the stages are incredible and it's so much more exiting when you are in a close fight!"
Mikko Hirvonen
"Yes I'm sad we came second but I'm glad it's finished. It was a close fight but it didn't go well for me all the way through.
I don't have any regrets about deliberately dropping time on Friday, it was only one or two seconds and that wouldn't be enough to make a difference. He was quicker yesterday and that was that. Now we have to go to the next rally and go flat-out. Hopefully we can do better there,"
Jari-Matti Latvala
"After a long straight I overshot a junction, It's been a frustrating weekend - not what I was hoping for - but third place is very important. I hope to be in the lead fight again on the next round in Cyprus."
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RALLY NORWAY FINAL RESULTS
POS NO CLASS DRIVER NAT CAR TIME
1 1 A8 Sebastien Loeb F Citroen C4 3:28:15.9
2 3 A8 Mikko Hirvonen FIN Ford Focus 3:28:25.7
3 4 A8 Jari-Matti Latvala FIN Ford Focus 3:29:37.7
4 6 A8 Henning Solberg N Ford Focus 3:31:49.4
5 2 A8 Dani Sordo E Citroen C4 3:32:07.9
6 11 A8 Petter Solberg N Citroen Xsara 3:34:41.3
7 16 A8 Matthew Wilson GB Ford Focus 3:34:51.5
8 5 A8 Urmo Aava EE Ford Focus 3:35:05.0
9 18 A8 Mads Ostberg N Subaru Impreza 3:38:16.4
10 12 A8 Sebastien Ogier F Citroen C4 3:41:05.7
11 8 A8 Conrad Rautenbach ZW Citroen C4 3:42:44.9
12 7 A8 Evgeny Novikov RUS Citroen C4 3:43:36.9
13 20 A8 Anders Grondal N Subaru Impreza 3:51:48.0
14 22 A8 Peter Jr. Van Merkst NL Ford Focus 4:01:09.7
15 23 A8 Peter Van Merksteijn NL Ford Focus 4:03:03.2
16 64 N4 Sveinung Bieltvedt N Subaru Impreza 4:03:07.1
17 63 N4 Ari Laivola FIN Mitsubishi Lancer 4:03:26.7
18 67 N4 Gergo Szabo H Mitsubishi Lancer 4:03:33.7
19 66 N4 Reijo Muhonen FIN Mitsubishi Lancer 4:08:20.7
20 72 N4 Trond Lyseng N Subaru Impreza 4:15:15.6
21 70 N4 Giuseppe Dettori I Mitsubishi Lancer 4:18:08.3
22 71 N4 Zsolt Penzes H Mitsubishi Lancer 4:23:23.2
23 65 N4 Anders Kjor N Subaru Impreza 4:25:19.3
24 73 N4 Bernard Kongsrud N Mitsubishi Lancer 4:26:33.1
RETIREMENTS
NO DRIVER/ CAR CLASS CONTROL REASON
8 Conrad RAUTENBACH (ZW)/ Citroen C4 A8 23C Engine
19 P-G ANDERSSON (S)/ Skoda Fabia WRC A8 12 Clutch
21 Eamonn BOLAND (IRL)/ Subaru WRX STi A8 21 Engine
32 Bernardo SOUSA (P)/ Fiat N4 7 Engine
33 Toshi ARAI (J)/ Subaru Impreza WRX STi N4 2 Engine
59 Andreas MIKKELSEN (N)/ Subaru Impreza WRX N4 19 Tire
61 Jouni AROLAINEN (FIN)/ Ford Focus WRC A8 10 Engine
69 Oyvind SULLAND (N)/ Subaru Impreza WRX STi N4 17C Driveshaft
RALLY IRELAND (January 30 - Febuary 2, 2009)
LOEB WINS RALLY IRELAND
DRIVERS QUOTES AFTER RACE:
Sebastien Loeb:
"It's been a really tough rally but I'm very happy to take the 10 points, Tarmac rallies are especially important to me. This one has been tricky for everyone, but now we're here at the finish with maximum points. It's a good start to the season!"
Dani Sordo
"It's a really, really good result for us to start the year with, I'm happy for me and for the team. The conditions have been bad - we've had some crazy stages - but it's been a great result!"
Mikko Hirvonen
"It's a good start to the season, We had some problems this weekend; I was hoping I could fight with Sordo but maybe that will come another time. It's still a good start to my season. Now I'm looking forward to the next round in Norway."
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RALLY IRELAND FINAL RESULTS
POS NO CLASS DRIVER NAT CAR TIME
1 1 A8 Sebastien Loeb F Citroen C4 2:48:25.7
2 2 A8 Dani Sordo E Citroen C4 2:49:53.6
3 3 A8 Mikko Hirvonen FIN Ford Focus 2:50:33.5
4 6 A8 Henning Solberg N Ford Focus 2:54:58.1
5 7 A8 Chris Atkinson AUS Citroen C4 2:56:17.6
6 11 A8 Sebastien Ogier F Citroen C4 2:59:09.7
7 16 A8 Matthew Wilson GB Ford Focus 2:59:49.5
8 9 A8 Khalid Al Qassimi UAE Ford Focus 3:02:33.6
9 17 A8 Eamonn Boland IRL Subaru Impreza 3:03:49.1
10 5 A8 Urmo Aava EE Ford Focus 3:04:01.1
11 20 A8 Aaron Machale IRL Ford Focus 3:04:35.4
12 19 A8 Tim McNulty IRL Subaru S12B 3:09:23.6
13 63 N4 Shaun Gallagher IRL Mitsubishi Evo 3:09:41.9
14 4 A8 Jari-Matti Latvala FIN Ford Focus 3:11:58.2
15 62 N4 Gary Jennings IRL Mitsubishi Evo 3:12:37.8
16 31 A6 Aaron Burkart D Suzuki Swift 3:16:41.5
17 38 A6 Martin Prokop CZ Citroen C2 3:17:28.8
18 8 A8 Conrad Rautenbach ZW Citroen C4 3:25:03.6
19 33 A6 Simone Bertolotti I Suzuki Swift 3:25:41.6
20 35 A6 Yoann Bonato F Suzuki Swift 3:29:47.7
21 70 A7 Toni Kelly IRL Honda Civic 3:32:12.5
22 37 A7 Kevin Abbring NL Renault Clio 3:34:19.5
23 71 N4 Paul Elliott IRL Mitsubishi Evo 3:38:33.0
24 72 N4 Rory Byrne IRL Mitsubishi Evo 3:42:15.4
25 34 A7 Luca Griotti I Renault Clio 3:43:49.9
26 74 N4 Steve Graham GB Vauxhall Astra 4:09:15.1
27 69 N4 Derrick Jobb GB Mitsubishi Evo 4:09:22.2
28 75 N1 Kenneth Treacy IRL Volkswagen Polo 4:33:39.8
RETIREMENTS
NO DRIVER/ CAR CLASS CONTROL REASON
18 Gareth MACHALE (IRL)/ Ford Focus A8 14A MECHANICAL
22 Austin MACHALE (IRL)/ Ford Focus WRC A8 8D WITHDRAWN
36 Hans WEIJS (NL)/ Citroen C2 S1600 A6 14 OFF ROAD
60 Ross FORDE (IRL)/ Suzuki Swift Sport N2 17 MECHANICAL
61 Niall MCSHEA (GB)/ Proton Satria Neo N4 14 OFF ROAD
65 Alan RING (IRL)/ Mitsubishi Evo IX N4 18 EXCLUDED
68 Alastair FISHER (GB)/ Ford Fiesta ST N3 13 OFF ROAD
73 Ian HYNES (IRL)/ Honda Civic N3 0 WITHDRAWN
Citroen Total team driver Sebastien Loeb has won the FxPro Cyprus Rally by a margin of 27.2 seconds.