Austrian State Rally Championship 2010

The Austrian State Rally Championship 2010 was held from April 9 to October 30, 2010 as part of seven races. Raimund Baumschlager secured his ninth championship title for the eighth time in a row with seven wins in seven rallies.

BP Ultimate Rally in Lavanttal Bosch Super plus rally Castrol Judenburg-Pölstal rally Škoda Rally Maribor Schneebergland rally ARBÖ Rally Styria Rallye Waldviertel

Venues of the Austrian State Rally Championship 2010

Season course

The season start of the Austrian State Rally Championship 2010 was originally planned with the 28th edition of the January rally . However, it was canceled on November 5, 2009 because of unworkable official requirements.

BP Ultimate Rally in Lavanttal

After the cancellation of the January rally, the Austrian State Rally Championship 2010 began on April 9th ​​with the 34th BP Ultimate Rally in Lavanttal around Wolfsberg . The program included twelve special stages over a distance of almost 177 kilometers. The rally resulted in a duel between the reigning champion Raimund Baumschlager in Škoda Fabia S2000 and challenger Andreas Aigner in the new Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X out. Aigner lost time on Baumschlager after a driving error on the sixth special stage and after a brake caliper defect on the tenth stage. Baumschlager won the duel with a lead of 6.6 seconds over Aigner. Patrick Winter , Beppo Harrach and Andreas Waldherr followed on the other places . Aigner was fastest on seven special stages, and on five Baumschlager. The rally was attended by 55,000 spectators.

Bosch Super plus rally

The second rally station of the season was the Bosch Super plus rally around Pinggau , which started on April 30th. Again Raimund Baumschlager and Andreas Aigner fought a close duel for the overall victory. After an accident on the twelfth of 14 special stages, the rally was over for Aigner. Baumschlager scored his second victory with a clear lead of 1: 21.8 minutes. Patrick Winter took second place ahead of Beppo Harrach and Andreas Waldherr. Local hero Willi Stengg junior was fifth . who ousted Mario Saibel on the last exams . Baumschlager won nine special stages, Aigner three and Winter one. In the championship, after this rally, with Aigner's failure, a slight preliminary decision had already been made.

Castrol Judenburg-Pölstal rally

On June 4th, the third rally of the 2010 season began with the Castrol Judenburg-Pölstal rally around Judenburg . It ran over 142 kilometers on 13 special stages. In sunny weather, Andreas Aigner and Patrick Winter were able to put the leading Raimund Baumschlager under pressure on the first day of the rally. However, Aigner was thrown back on the second day because of a punctured tire and Winter fell behind because of the damaged charge air cooler before he had to retire on the penultimate stage with a damaged gearbox. For Beppo Harrach, the rally ended on the third stage after an accident on a bridge railing. Baumschlager thus confidently achieved his third rally victory. Mario Saibel finished second, 47.5 seconds behind. After his tire damage on the last two stages, Aigner was able to push Andreas Waldherr out of third place. Baumschlager and Aigner each went to five special tests and one each to Winter, Saibel and Hermann Gassner sen. 45,000 spectators attended the rally.

Škoda Rally Maribor

The Austrian State Rally Championship was again held in Maribor , Slovenia , where the Škoda Rally Maribor opened as the fourth stop of the season on July 2nd . Nine special tests were completed over a distance of almost 109 kilometers. However, Patrick Winter could not take part in the rally due to a lack of sponsorship money and Andreas Aigner due to disagreements with the team management. Reinhard Pasteiner took the lead on the first day that a Super Special was held . The following day there were eight special stages on the asphalt road. First, Raimund Baumschlager took over the lead. When local hero Darko Peljhan, who started in front of Baumschlager, obscured his view with engine failure on the fourth special stage , he lost about 10 seconds and had to hand over the lead to Andreas Waldherr. After Baumschlager had taken the lead again on the fifth special stage, he was thrown back on the next stage with a puncture four kilometers from the finish and was now third behind Waldherr and Mario Saibel. Baumschlager was able to gain a lead on the last stages and achieved his fourth win of the season. Waldherr finished second, 14.9 seconds back. In the other places followed Beppo Harrach and Mario Saibel, who lost third place because the differential broke on his vehicle five kilometers from the finish. Aleks Humar finished fifth and was the best Slovenian. Baumschlager won four special tests, Waldherr two and Saibel and Pasteiner one each.

Schneebergland rally

On July 23, the Schneebergland Rally around Rohr im Gebirge had its premiere in the Austrian State Rally Championship. 125 kilometers were covered in 15 special stages, of which 62 percent were on gravel roads. Beppo Harrach set several best times at the start of the rally. However, a mistake in the road book led to a wheel change in a prohibited zone, for which Harrach received a penalty minute and missed the possible overall victory. Manfred Stohl in the natural gas-powered Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX was also hit by bad luck . He was fastest on the gravel stage on the second day, but fell behind Baumschlager with engine failures on the tenth stage. On the last stage, Stohl achieved a time 15 seconds faster than Baumschlager, but Baumschlager managed to get 0.2 seconds ahead of the finish and won the rally despite his defensive driving style. For Harrach only the third place jumped out because of the penalty time, 49.4 seconds behind. Fourth place in his home rally was Gerwald Grössing , who made his private property available for a special test. Harrach achieved seven best times, Stohl six and Baumschlager two. After his victory at the Schneebergland Rally, Baumschlager became Austrian State Rally Champion for the ninth time.

ARBÖ Rally Styria

The sixth round of the Austrian State Rally Championship 2010 was the 37th ARBÖ Rallye Styria , which started on September 24th and was held around Admont . The program included 13 special stages over almost 136 kilometers. A duel developed between Raimund Baumschlager and Beppo Harrach for the overall victory, with both pilots alternating with best times on the individual stages. Manfred Stohl retired from the eighth special stage after an accident when his vehicle lost traction in a fast right-hand bend and hit an earth wall. In the battle for overall victory Baumschlager was able to keep Harrach behind by 1.8 seconds and he achieved his sixth rally victory of the 2010 season. Andreas Waldherr was already third ahead of Mario Saibel, more than a minute behind. Harrach won seven special stages and Baumschlager six.

Rallye Waldviertel

The seventh and final stop of the Austrian State Rally Championship 2010 was the Waldviertel rally , which started on October 29th. There, the runner-up was decided between Andreas Waldherr, Mario Saibel and Beppo Harrach. Raimund Baumschlager also won this event and thus won all rounds of the Austrian rally championship 2010. In second place came Beppo Harrach in Horn (Lower Austria) with the goal that second place would have been enough for the runner-up title. However, the VW motorsport team of sixth placed Andreas Waldherr made a protest against Beppo Harrach's vehicle. Due to a non-homologated fuel pump, which according to OSK did not bring any competitive advantage, Harrach was still disqualified on December 9th. Second place in the championship went to Waldherr. Second place in the Waldviertel rally went to Andreas Aigner and the Hungarian rally driver Dávid Botka took third place.

Results

rally	space	driver	vehicle	total time
BP Ultimate Rally in Lavanttal 9. – 10. April 2010	1.	Raimund Baumschlager	Škoda Fabia S2000	1: 50: 25.3 h
	2.	Andreas Aigner	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	+ 6.6 s
	3.	Patrick Winter	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	+1: 23.6 min
Bosch Super plus Rally April 30–1. May 2010	1.	Raimund Baumschlager	Škoda Fabia S2000	1: 23: 54.5 h
	2.	Patrick Winter	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	+1: 21.8 min
	3.	Beppo Harrach	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	+1: 40.1 min
Castrol Judenburg-Pölstal Rally 4th – 5th June 2010	1.	Raimund Baumschlager	Škoda Fabia S2000	1:17:02.7 h
	2.	Mario Saibel	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	+ 47.5 s
	3.	Andreas Aigner	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	+1: 14.8 min
Škoda Rally Maribor 2nd – 3rd July 2010	1.	Raimund Baumschlager	Škoda Fabia S2000	1: 07: 00.7 h
	2.	Andreas Waldherr	VW Polo S2000	+ 14.9 s
	3.	Beppo Harrach	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	+1: 05.6 min
Schneebergland Rallye 23.-24. July 2010	1.	Raimund Baumschlager	Škoda Fabia S2000	1: 25: 23.4 h
	2.	Manfred Stohl	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	+ 0.2 s
	3.	Beppo Harrach	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	+ 49.4 s
ARBÖ Rallye Styria 24.-25. September 2010	1.	Raimund Baumschlager	Škoda Fabia S2000	1:23:12 h
	2.	Beppo Harrach	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	+ 1.8 s
	3.	Andreas Waldherr	VW Polo S2000	+1: 03.8 min
Rallye Waldviertel 29. – 30. October 2010	1.	Raimund Baumschlager	Škoda Fabia S2000	1: 45: 30.7 h
	2.	Andreas Aigner	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	+ 0: 42.5 min
	3.	Dávid Botka	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	+ 2: 03.3 min

Ratings

Points were awarded after each rally for the top 15 drivers with vehicles from the respective division according to the following scheme:

space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th
Points	20th	17th	14th	12	11	10	9	8th	7th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

Driver ranking Division I

In Division I, drivers with vehicles in Group N over 2000 cm³ and Super 2000 were rated.

space	driver	Lav.	Bos.	Jud.	Mar	Sch.	Ste.	Whale.	total score
1.	Raimund Baumschlager	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	(20)	120
2.	Andreas Waldherr	11	12	12	17th	11	14th	(10)	77
3.	Mario Saibel	10	11	17th	12	10	12	(9)	72
4th	Beppo Harrach	12	14th		14th	14th	17th	DSQ	71
5.	Gerwald Grössing	9	9	11		12	9		50
6th	Andreas Aigner	17th		14th				14th	45
	Manfred Stohl		5	8th	4th	17th		11	45
8th.	Alexander Tazreiter	5	7th		7th	8th	7th	4th	38
9.	Walter Kovar	7th		6th		9	10		32
10.	Patrick Winter	14th	17th						31
11.	Willi Stengg jun.	6th	10		9			5	30th
12.	Franz Sonnleitner		4th	10			11		25th
13.	Reinhard Pasteiner		8th	9			6th		23
14th	Aleks Humar	8th			11				19th
15th	Jörg Rigger		3			6th	5	3	17th
16.	Attila Rongits						8th	7th	15th
17th	Jani Trček	3			10				13
	Asja Zupanc			7th	6th				13
19th	Dávid Botka							12	12
20th	Balasz Öcsi							8th	8th
	Mitja Klemenčič				8th				8th
	Robert Zitta		2	4th	1			1	8th
23.	Markus Benes					7th			7th
24.	Joszef Trencsenyi							6th	6th
	Waldemar Benedict		6th						6th
26th	Rajko Žakelj				5				5
	Zoltán Szabó			5					5
28.	Max Seybold						4th		4th
	Ernst Haneder	4th							4th
30th	Rado Raspet		3						3
	Peter Schuhmacher			3					3
32.	Jiří Pertliček							2	2
	Jiří Tošovský	2							2
	Walter Mayer			2					2
	Tomislav Cilenšek				2				2
36.	Peter Ebner	1							1

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Final cancellation for January Rally 2010" (ir7.at on November 13, 2009)
2. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: final result of the Rallye-ÖM 2010 (OSK.or.at accessed on March 22, 2011)

Web links

• Report and result of the BP Ultimate Rally in Lavanttal 2010
• Report and result of the Bosch Super plus Rally 2010
• Report and result of the Castrol Judenburg-Pölstal Rally 2010
• Report and result of the Škoda Rally Maribor 2010
• Report and result of the Schneebergland Rallye 2010
• Report and result of the ARBÖ Rallye Steiermark 2010
• Results on eWRC-results.com