Intercontinental Rally Challenge 2012

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The 2012 Intercontinental Rally Challenge was the seventh season of the IRC . The season started on February 23rd with the Sata Rallye Açores and ended on November 3rd with the Cyprus Rally .

Racing calendar

The racing calendar has been changed significantly compared to the previous season. The Monte Carlo Rally and the Scotland Rally were no longer part of the racing calendar . There were four new events in Northern Ireland, San Marino, Romania and Bulgaria. The total number of events increased from eleven to 13.

Later in the season it was announced that the Canon Mecsek Rally in Hungary would be replaced by the Targa Florio in Sicily.

No. date rally Paddock Topping
1 23-25 February SATA Rallye Açores PortugalPortugal Ponta Delgada gravel
2 16.-17. March Rally Islas Canarias El Corte Inglés SpainSpain Las Palmas asphalt
3 6-7 April Donnelly Group Circuit of Ireland Rally Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Armagh asphalt
4th 11-12 May Giru di Corsica - Tour de Corse FranceFrance Ajaccio asphalt
5 14.-16. June Targa Florio-Rally Internazionale Di Sicilia ItalyItaly TBA asphalt
6th 21-23 June Geko Ypres Rally BelgiumBelgium Ypres asphalt
7th 6-7 July Rally San Marino San MarinoSan Marino San Marino gravel
8th 20.-22. July Sibiu Rally Romania RomaniaRomania Sibiu gravel
9 August 31–2. September Barum Czech Rally Zlín Czech RepublicCzech Republic Zlín asphalt
10 15.-16. September Prime Yalta Rally UkraineUkraine Yalta asphalt
11 29-30 September Rally Sliven BulgariaBulgaria Sliven asphalt
12 12-13 October Rally San Remo ItalyItaly Sanremo asphalt
13 2-3 November Cyprus Rally Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Limassol Asphalt / gravel

Results

rally space driver vehicle total time
PortugalPortugal Rally Açores 1 NorwayNorway Andreas Mikkelsen Škoda Fabia S2000 2: 12: 43.2
2 FinlandFinland Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S2000 + 25.1
3 FranceFrance Bryan Bouffier Peugeot 207 S2000 + 2: 04.8
SpainSpain Rally Islas Canarias 1 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Jan Kopecký Škoda Fabia S2000 2: 21: 46.5
2 NorwayNorway Andreas Mikkelsen Škoda Fabia S2000 + 28.3
3 SpainSpain Luís Monzón Peugeot 207 S2000 + 03: 13.6
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Circuit of Ireland Rally 1 FinlandFinland Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S2000 1: 58: 21.8
2 NorwayNorway Andreas Mikkelsen Škoda Fabia S2000 + 44.2
3 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Jan Kopecký Škoda Fabia S2000 +1: 39.5
FranceFrance Tour de Corse 1 SpainSpain Dani Sordo Mini Countryman 3: 22: 01.6
2 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Jan Kopecký Škoda Fabia S2000 + 17.9
3 FranceFrance Pierre Campana Peugeot 207 S2000 + 32.4
ItalyItaly Targa Florio 1 1 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Jan Kopecký Škoda Fabia S2000 1: 04: 59.1
2 NorwayNorway Andreas Mikkelsen Škoda Fabia S2000 + 0.8
3 ItalyItaly Giandomenico Basso Ford Fiesta S2000 + 2.5
BelgiumBelgium Ypres Rally 1 FinlandFinland Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S2000 2: 36: 52.7
2 BelgiumBelgium Freddy Loix Peugeot 207 S2000 + 46.5
3 BelgiumBelgium Pieter Tsjoen Škoda Fabia S2000 + 2: 14.6
San MarinoSan Marino Rally San Marino 1 ItalyItaly Giandomenico Basso Ford Fiesta S2000 2: 35: 56.6
2 NorwayNorway Andreas Mikkelsen Škoda Fabia S2000 + 2.8
3 ItalyItaly Umberto Scandola Škoda Fabia S2000 +1: 41.6
RomaniaRomania Sibiu Rally Romania 1 NorwayNorway Andreas Mikkelsen Škoda Fabia S2000 2: 15: 28.0
2 SwedenSweden Patrik Flodin Ford Fiesta S2000 + 5: 33.8
3 FranceFrance Francois Delecour Peugeot 207 S2000 + 11: 56.0
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Barum Rally Zlín 1 FinlandFinland Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S2000 2: 11: 28.2
2 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Roman Kresta Škoda Fabia S2000 +1: 43.1
3 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Tomáš Kostka Škoda Fabia S2000 +1: 51.8
UkraineUkraine Yalta Rally 1 TurkeyTurkey Yagiz Avci Ford Fiesta S2000 3: 09: 58.7
2 FranceFrance Robert Consani Renault Megane RS + 3: 12.4
3 HungaryHungary Laszlo Vizin 2 Škoda Fabia S2000 + 3: 28.4
BulgariaBulgaria Rally Sliven 1 BulgariaBulgaria Dimitar Iliev Škoda Fabia S2000 1: 48: 45.7
2 BulgariaBulgaria Petar Gyoshev Peugeot 207 S2000 + 11.2
3 BulgariaBulgaria Krum Donchev 3 Peugeot 207 S2000 + 2: 03.7
ItalyItaly Rally Sanremo 1 ItalyItaly Giandomenico Basso Ford Fiesta S2000 2: 19: 03.6
2 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Jan Kopecký Škoda Fabia S2000 + 35.7
3 ItalyItaly Alessandro Perico Peugeot 207 S2000 + 2: 13.7
Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Cyprus Rally 1 QatarQatar Nasser Al-Attiyah Ford Fiesta RRC 3: 16: 25.2
2 NorwayNorway Andreas Mikkelsen Škoda Fabia S2000 + 3: 35.3
3 JapanJapan Toshi Arai Subaru Impreza TMR R4 + 10: 07.1

1 The Targa Florio-Rally Internazionale Di Sicilia was abandoned after the eighth of eleven special stages after Gareth Roberts , the co-driver of Craig Breen , was killed in a serious accident.

2 Laszlo Vizin took third place in the Prime Yalta Rally but did not receive any points.

3 Igtnat Isaev took third place in the Rally Sliven but was not included in the overall standings in the IRC. The points for third place therefore went to Krum Donchev

Overall rating

Points were awarded to the top ten drivers according to the official FIA standard.

Scoring
space 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10
Points 25th 18th 15th 12 10 8th 6th 4th 2 1

Driver ranking

Only the best eight individual results of each driver were included in the driver standings. At the last race of the season, the Rally Cyprus , double points were awarded.

Item driver Total
1. NorwayNorway Andreas Mikkelsen 168
2. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Jan Kopecký 101
3. FinlandFinland Juho Hänninen 93
4th GermanyGermany Sepp Wiegand 73
5. ItalyItaly Giandomenico Basso 65
6th QatarQatar Nasser Al-Attiyah 50
7th TurkeyTurkey Yagiz Avci 35
8th. FinlandFinland Jarkko Nikara 34
9. FranceFrance Robert Consani 32
10. JapanJapan Toshi Arai 30th
11. SwedenSweden Patrik Flodin 28
12. FranceFrance Bryan Bouffier 27
ItalyItaly Umberto Scandola 27
14th IrelandIreland Craig Breen 26th
15th BulgariaBulgaria Dimitar Iliev 25th
SpainSpain Dani Sordo 25th
17th ItalyItaly Paolo Andreucci 20th
18th FranceFrance Pierre Campana 19th
ItalyItaly Alessandro Perico 19th
20th IrelandIreland Robert Barrable 18th
BulgariaBulgaria Petar Gyoshev 18th
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Roman Kresta 18th
BelgiumBelgium Freddy Loix 18th
24. Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Savvas Savva 16
RomaniaRomania Mario Tempestini 16
26th FranceFrance François Delecour 15th
BulgariaBulgaria Krum Donchev 15th
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Tomáš Kostka 15th
SpainSpain Luis Monzón 15th
BelgiumBelgium Pieter Tsjoen 15th
Item driver Total
31. TurkeyTurkey Murat Bostanci 14th
PolandPoland Michał Sołowow 14th
33. ItalyItaly Stefano Albertini 12
FranceFrance Mathieu Arzeno 12
UkraineUkraine Mykola Chymykh 12
GermanyGermany Hermann Gassner Jr. 12
GermanyGermany Armin Kremer 12
UkraineUkraine Vitaliy Pushkar 12
BulgariaBulgaria Todor Slavov 12
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Jaromir Tarabus 12
41. AustriaAustria Andreas Aigner 10
RomaniaRomania Edwin Keleti 10
SpainSpain Jonathan Perez 10
44. ItalyItaly Matteo Gamba 8th
EstoniaEstonia Martin Kangur 8th
EstoniaEstonia Karl Kruuda 8th
SpainSpain Angel Marrero 8th
PortugalPortugal Ricardo Moura 8th
HungaryHungary Gergely Szabo 8th
BelgiumBelgium Mathias Viaene 8th
HungaryHungary Laszlo Vizin 8th
52. ItalyItaly Marco Cavigioli 6th
BelgiumBelgium Jonas Langenakens 6th
FranceFrance Jean-Marc Manzangol 6th
RomaniaRomania Valentin Porcisteanu 6th
HungaryHungary János Puskádi 6th
UkraineUkraine Oleksandr Saliuk 6th
Item driver Total
58. United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates Rashid Al-Ketbi 4th
Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Stavros Antoniou 4th
HungaryHungary Miklos Bujdos 4th
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Garry Jennings 4th
ItalyItaly Gabriele Noberasco 4th
UkraineUkraine Oleksiy Panov 4th
PortugalPortugal Sérgio Silva 4th
SloveniaSlovenia Asja Zupanc 4th
66. BulgariaBulgaria Stoyan Apostolov 2
UkraineUkraine Stanislav Besedin 2
SpainSpain German Hernandez 2
IrelandIreland Donagh Kelly 2
RomaniaRomania Bogdan Marisca 2
ItalyItaly Massimiliano Rendina 2
PortugalPortugal Ruben Rodrigues 2
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Antonin Tlustak 2
74. TurkeyTurkey Bugra Banaz 1
PortugalPortugal Miguel Barbosa 1
FranceFrance Bob Colsoul 1
ItalyItaly Paolo Diana 1
RomaniaRomania Alexandru Filip 1
ItalyItaly Federico Gasperetti 1
TurkeyTurkey Eytan Halfon 1
FranceFrance Jean-Mathieu Leandri 1
IrelandIreland Sam Moffett 1


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