Rally Mexico 2010

 Rally Mexico 2010

Racing data
2nd of 13 races in the 2010 World Rally Championship
Surname:	Rally Mexico
Date:	3rd-7th March 2010
Begin:	Leon
Exams:	22 tests over 354.60 km
Distance:	884.58 km
Covering:	gravel
Podium
First:	Sébastien Loeb Citroën World Rally Team
Second:	Petter Solberg Petter Solberg World Rally Team
Third:	Sébastien Ogier Citroën Junior Team

The 7th Rally Mexico was the second round of the 2010 World Rally Championship . The rally took place from March 5th to 7th and was stationed in León , in the Guanajuato region. The event was also part of the celebrations for the 100th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution and the 200th anniversary of Mexico's independence.

Race report

Because of the altitude, the engines had up to twenty percent less power. The 20th special stage (Sauz Seco) had to be canceled by the organizers for safety reasons. Sébastien Loeb (Citroën) won the 55th rally of his career. Loeb was more than 24 seconds ahead of Petter Solberg at the finish. Solberg made up 0.6 seconds behind Sébastien Ogier (Citroën) on the last special stage (4.42 kilometers) and was 1.1 seconds ahead of Ogier in the end. In the World Championship, Loeb was leading with 43 points ahead of Mikko Hirvonen with 37 and Jari-Matti Latvala with 25 points.

In the SWRC class , Xavier Pons won the entire rally with Martin Prokop after a tough battle . In the end, the Spaniard was 17 seconds ahead. In the overall standings, Pons and Prokop finished eighth and ninth. Michał Kościuszko was third, half an hour behind Pons and Prokop. Eyvind Brynildsen and Albert Llovera round off the ranking. In the PWRC class , Armindo Araújo won by more than three minutes over Toshi Arai . Since the winner of the Rally Sweden Patrik Flodin was not at the start, Araújo was now in the championship lead with 15 points.

Classifications

Bottom line

Item	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	Residue	Points
WRC
1	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 42: 41.7		25th
2	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 43: 05.9	0: 24.2	18th
3	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 43: 07.0	0: 25.3	15th
4th	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 44: 29.2	1: 47.5	12
5	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 44: 56.8	2: 15.1	10
6th	Henning Solberg	Ilka Minor	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	3: 45: 29.7	2: 48.0	8th
7th	Federico Villagra	Jorge Perez Companc	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 52: 55.1	10: 13.4	6th
8th	Xavier Pons	Alex Haro	Ford Fiesta S2000	4: 01: 26.1	18: 44.4	4th
9	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Ford Fiesta S2000	4: 01: 43.7	19: 02.0	2
10	Armindo Araújo	Miguel Ramalho	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	4: 04: 14.2	21: 32.5	1
SWRC
1 (8)	Xavier Pons	Alex Haro	Ford Fiesta S2000	4: 01: 26.1		25th
2 (9)	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Ford Fiesta S2000	4: 01: 43.7	0: 17.6	18th
3 (20)	Michał Kościuszko	Maciek Szczepaniak	Ford Fiesta S2000	4: 35: 02.9	33: 36.8	15th
4 (21)	Eyvind Brynildsen	Cato Menkerud	Škoda Fabia S2000	4: 35: 25.9	33: 59.8	12
5 (22)	Albert Llovera	Borja Rozada	Fiat Punto S2000	4: 38: 31.7	37: 05.5	10
PWRC
1 (10)	Armindo Araújo	Miguel Ramalho	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	4: 04: 14.2		25th
2 (11)	Toshi Arai	Daniel Barritt	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	4: 07: 30.9	3: 16.7	18th
3 (13)	Miguel Angel Baldoni	José Diaz	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	4: 13: 27.2	9: 13.0	15th
4 (15)	Benito Guerra	Javier Marín	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	4: 23: 23.8	19: 09.6	12
5 (17)	Gianluca Linari	Paolo Gregoriani	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	4: 26: 16.9	22: 02.7	10

Special stages

Day	WP number	WP name	length	WP winner	time	Ø km / h	leader
Day 1 (March 5th)	WP1	Alfaro 1	22.96 km	Petter Solberg	13: 51.4	97.77 km / h	Petter Solberg
	WP2	Ortega 1	23.83 km	Petter Solberg	13: 51.4	103.18 km / h
	WP3	El Cubilete 1	18.87 km	Petter Solberg	11: 49.9	95.69 km / h
	WP4	Coca-Cola Street Stage 1	1.50 km	Sébastien Ogier	1: 16.6	70.50 km / h
	WP5	Alfaro 2	22.96 km	Petter Solberg	13: 56.1	98.86 km / h
	WP6	Ortega 2	23.83 km	Petter Solberg	13: 41.2	104.47 km / h
	WP7	El Cubilete 2	18.87 km	Sébastien Ogier	11: 38.9	97.20 km / h
	WP8	Super special 1	2.21 km	Sébastien Ogier	1: 37.5	81.60 km / h
	WP9	Super special 2	2.21 km	Sébastien Ogier	1: 36.9	82.11 km / h
Day 2 (March 6th)	WP10	Ibarilla 1	29.90 km	Sébastien Loeb	18: 18.3	98.01 km / h
	WP11	Duarte 1	23.27 km	Sébastien Loeb	18: 10.2	76.84 km / h	Sébastien Loeb
	WP12	Derramadero 1	23.28 km	Sébastien Loeb	14: 03.7	99.33 km / h
	WP13	Coca-Cola Street Stage 2	1.50 km	Sébastien Loeb	1: 15.3	71.71 km / h
	WP14	Ibarrilla 2	29.90 km	Sébastien Loeb	18: 01.6	99.52 km / h
	WP15	Duarte 2	23.27 km	Sébastien Loeb	17: 44.9	78.67 km / h
	WP16	Derramadero 2	23.28 km	Sébastien Loeb	13: 50.4	100.92 km / h
	WP17	Super special 3	2.21 km	Sébastien Loeb	1: 39.1	80.28 km / h
	WP18	Super special 4	2.21 km	Sébastien Ogier	1: 38.1	81.10 km / h
Day 3 (March 7th)	WP19	Guanajuatito	29.13 km	Sébastien Ogier	19: 47.8	88.29 km / h
	WP20	Sauz Seco	7.05 km	called off
	WP21	Comanjilla	17.88 km	Petter Solberg	10: 16.2	104.46 km / h
	WP22	Super special 5	4.42 km	Petter Solberg	3: 12.7	82.57 km / h

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ewrc-results.com: 7th Rally México 2010 , accessed on December 13, 2014

Web links

Commons : World Rally Championship 2010  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website