Rally Islas Canarias 2011

The 2011 Rally Islas Canarias was the second run of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge 2011 . The rally took place on April 14-16, 2011 on the island of Gran Canaria . It was also part of the Spanish rally championship .

The paddock for the rally was in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria . After the shake down on April 14th, the first special stages took place on April 15th. On the first day of the rally, eight stages with a length of 116.81 kilometers were on the program, including two night stages at the end of the day. However, one of them had to be canceled for security reasons. The second day was followed by four tests with a length of 73.78 kilometers. A total of eleven special stages with a length of 167.52 kilometers were held on asphalt roads. 35 starters from the IRC and 41 from the Spanish championship took part in the rally.

After the first special stage, Guy Wilks led briefly . Then drove Jan Kopecký several personal bests and took the lead, which he kept until the end of the first day. The lead over his pursuers Freddy Loix , Thierry Neuville and Juho Hänninen was only a few seconds. On the second day Neuville took the lead until he lost it to Hänninen in the next test. Then there was a close duel between the Škoda drivers Kopecký and Hänninen for the overall victory, which Hänninen won with just under 1.5 seconds. Neuville was third, 8.2 seconds back.

In the ranking of the Spanish championship, Miguel Fuster won ahead of Bruno Magalhães and Xavier Pons .

Results of the IRC

Overall rating

Item	driver	Co-driver	vehicle	total time	Residue	Points
1	Juho Hänninen	Mikko Markkula	Škoda Fabia S2000	1: 40: 38.1		25th
2	Jan Kopecký	Petr Starý	Škoda Fabia S2000	1: 40: 39.6	1.5	18th
3	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Peugeot 207 S2000	1: 40: 46.3	8.2	15th
4th	Freddy Loix	Frédéric Miclotte	Škoda Fabia S2000	1: 40: 54.8	16.7	12
5	Guy Wilks	Phil Pugh	Peugeot 207 S2000	1: 41: 26.4	48.3	10
6th	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	Škoda Fabia S2000	1: 41: 33.7	55.6	8th
7th	Bryan Bouffier	Xavier Panseri	Peugeot 207 S2000	1: 41: 38.7	1: 00.6	6th
8th	Bruno Magalhães	Paulo Grave	Peugeot 207 S2000	1: 42: 27.9	1: 49.8	4th
9	Giandomenico Basso	Mitia Dotta	Proton Satria Neo S2000	1: 43: 15.9	2: 37.8	2
10	Toni Gardemeister	Tapio Suominen	Škoda Fabia S2000	1: 43: 16.3	2: 38.2	1

Special stages

Day	WP	Time	Surname	length	winner	time	Speed	Overall leader
Day 1 (April 15th)	SS1	13:48	Gran Canaria 1	1.50 km	Guy Wilks	1: 23.2	64.90 km / h	Guy Wilks
	SS2	14:11	Santa Lucía 1	24.57 km	Jan Kopecký	14: 08.4	104.26 km / h	Jan Kopecký
	SS3	15:04	Ingenio 1	14.19 km	Guy Wilks	8: 20.8	102.00 km / h
	SS4	17:22	Gran Canaria 2	1.50 km	Jan Kopecký Thierry Neuville	1: 22.9	65.14 km / h
	SS5	17:45	Santa Lucía 2	24.57 km	Jan Kopecký	13: 59.9	105.31 km / h
	SS6	18:38	Ingenio 2	14.19 km	Juho Hänninen	8: 18.1	102.56 km / h
	SS7	22:16	Valleseco	13.22 km	Jan Kopecký	8: 18.4	95.49 km / h
	SS8	22:49	Tejeda	23.07 km	Special test canceled
Day 2 (April 16)	SS9	08:35	San Mateo 1	23.42 km	Juho Hänninen	13: 53.8	101.12 km / h	Thierry Neuville
	SS10	09:22	Artenara 1	13.47 km	Juho Hänninen	8: 24.6	96.10 km / h	Juho Hänninen
	SS11	12:06	San Mateo 2	23.42 km	Juho Hänninen	13: 49.5	101.64 km / h
	SS12	12:53	Artenara 2	13.47 km	Jan Kopecký	8: 22.9	96.42 km / h

Results of the Spanish championship

Overall rating

Item	driver	Co-driver	vehicle	total time	Residue
1	Miguel Fuster	Ignacio Aviño	Porsche 911 GT3	1: 41: 37.0
2	Bruno Magalhães	Paulo Grave	Peugeot 207 S2000	1: 42: 27.9	50.9
3	Xavier Pons	Alex Haro	Ford Fiesta S2000	1: 42: 48.2	1: 11.2
4th	Alfonso Viera	Victor Perez	Porsche 911 GT3	1: 43: 38.2	2: 01.2
5	Sergio Vallejo	Ramon Lopez	Lotus Exige	1: 44: 11.2	2: 34.2
6th	Alberto Hevia	Alberto Iglesias	Škoda Fabia S2000	1: 44: 13.5	2: 36.5
7th	Joan Vinyes	Jordi Mercader	Suzuki Swift S1600	1: 46: 12.1	4: 35.1
8th	Gorka Antxustegi	Gabriel Suarez	Suzuki Swift S1600	1: 47: 45.0	6: 08.0
9	Jonathan Perez	Enrique Velasco	Peugeot 207 S2000	1: 48: 10.5	6: 33.5
10	Angel Marrero	Victor Marrero	Honda Civic Type R R3	1: 48: 36.0	6: 59.0

Web links

• Official website
• Final result of the Spanish championship (PDF; 33 kB)
• Results of the special tests on A Todo Motor

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} SS7-12: Hänninen wins Canary Islands thriller (Motorsport-Total.com on April 16, 2011)
2. ↑ Canaries Rally: Off to the island (Motorsport-Total.com on April 11, 2011)
3. ↑ SS1-6: Seconds thriller in the Canaries (Motorsport-Total.com on April 15, 2011)
4. ↑ Fuster with a second 911 victory ( Memento from April 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (Rallye-Magazin.de on April 22, 2011)