2009 World Rally Championship

2009 WRC season

World Champion
Driver:	Sébastien Loeb
Manufacturer:	Citroën
Season dates
Number of rallies:	12
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The FIA - World Rally Championship in 2009 was on January 30 in Ireland started and ended on 25 October in the UK . A total of 12 world championship races were held on three continents. For the sixth time in a row, Sébastien Loeb became world driver champion with co-driver Daniel Elena . The Citroën Total World Rally Team won the Manufacturers' World Championship for the fifth time .

vehicles

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  Sébastien Loeb / Daniel Elena in the Citroën C4 at the Cyprus Rally

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  Mikko Hirvonen / Jarmo Lehtinen in the Ford Focus RS at the Cyprus Rally

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  Petter Solberg / Phil Mills in the Citroën Xsara at the Cyprus Rally

Teams and drivers

team	brand	automobile	No	driver	Co-driver	Rallies
Factory teams and private teams registered for manufacturer points
Citroën Total World Rally Team	Citroën	Citroën C4 WRC	1	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	All
			2	Daniel Sordo	Marc Martí	All
Ford World Rally Team	ford	Ford Focus RS WRC	3	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	All
			4th	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	All
			15th	Khalid Al Qassimi	Michael Orr	1, 3-4, 6-7, 9-12
Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team	ford	Ford Focus RS WRC	5	Urmo Aava	Kuldar Sikk	1-2
				Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	3-12
			6th	Henning Solberg	Cato Menkerud	All
			15th	Krzysztof Hołowczyc	Lukasz kurzja	8th
			16	Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	1-2
			17th	Steve Perez	Paul Spooner	12
Citroën Junior Team	Citroën	Citroën C4 WRC	7th	Chris Atkinson	Stéphane Prévot	1
				Evgeny Novikov	Dale Moscatt	2-4, 6-9
					Stéphane Prévot	11-12
			8th	Conrad Rautenbach	Daniel Barritt	All
			11	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	12
			12	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	All
			16	Aaron Burkart	Michael Koelbach	12
Munchi's Ford World Rally Team	ford	Ford Focus RS WRC	9	Federico Villagra	Jorge Perez Companc	3, 5-7, 9-11
					José Díaz	4th
			10	Matti Rantanen	Mikko Lukka	9
				Paul Bird	Ian Windress	11
			72	Mattias Therman	Janne Perälä	9
Teams without notification of manufacturer points
Petter Solberg World Rally Team	Citroën	Citroën Xsara WRC	11	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	2-9
		Citroën C4 WRC				11
Adapta World Rally Team	Subaru	Subaru Impreza WRC 2008	14th	Mads Østberg	Ole Kristian Unnerud	2, 4, 6-7
					Veronica Engan	8th
					Jonas Andersson	9, 12
			20th	Not Grøndal	Maria Andersson	2
Prodrive			15th	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	4th
Ketomaa World Rally Team		Subaru Impreza WRC 2007	16	Jari Ketomaa	Mika Stenberg	9
Andreas Mikkelsen	Škoda	Škoda Fabia	16	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløne	8th
Sweden PG Andersson Rallying			19th	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Not so Fredriksson	2
Van Merksteijn Motorsport	ford	Ford Focus RS WRC	17th	Peter Van Merksteijn jr	Eddy Chevaillier	2, 4
			18th	Peter Van Merksteijn sr	Erwin Mombaerts	2
					Hans van Goor	4th
Ipatec Racing		Ford Focus RS WRC	66	Dennis Kuipers	Kees Hagman	4, 12
			68	René Kuipers	Erwin Berkhof	4th
					Erwin Mombaerts	12
Bozian Racing	Peugeot	Peugeot 307 WRC	66	Dany Snobeck	Gilles Mondesir	11

Competitions

The kilometers entered correspond to the distance of the special stages. The distance between the connecting routes between the individual WPs is not included.

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rally	rank	driver	vehicle	total time	Number of WP	length	Started	in the target
Rally Ireland 30th January – 1st February 2009 → Main article : Rally Ireland 2009	1.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	2: 48: 25.7	19th	349.73 km	36	28
	2.	Daniel Sordo	Citroën C4 WRC	+ 01: 27.9
	3.	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC	+ 02: 07.8
Rally Norway 13-15. February 2009 → Main article : Rally Norway 2009	1.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 28: 15.9	23	360.9 km	42	34
	2.	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC	+ 00: 09.8
	3.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Ford Focus RS WRC	+ 01: 21.8
Rally Cyprus 13.-15. March 2009 → Main article : Rally Cyprus 2009	1.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	4: 50: 34.7	14th	332.07 km	32	24
	2.	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC	+ 00: 27.2
	3.	Petter Solberg	Citroën Xsara WRC	+ 01: 49.4
Rally Portugal 3rd – 5th April 2009 → Main article : Rally Portugal 2009	1.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 53: 13.1	18th	361.33 km	68	41
	2.	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC	+ 00: 24.3
	3.	Daniel Sordo	Citroën C4 WRC	+ 01: 45.4
Rally Argentina 24.-26. April 2009 → Main article : Rally Argentina 2009	1.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 57: 40.3	23	331.8 km	32	51
	2.	Daniel Sordo	Citroën C4 WRC	+ 01: 13.1
	3.	Henning Solberg	Ford Focus RS WRC	+ 04: 04.1
Rally Sardinia 22.-24. May 2009 → Main article : Rally Italy 2009	1.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Ford Focus RS WRC	4: 00: 55.7	17th	347.12 km	59	37
	2.	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC	+ 00: 29.4
	3.	Petter Solberg	Citroën Xsara WRC	+ 01: 57.6
Rally Greece 12-14 June 2009 → Main article : Rally Greece 2009	1.	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC	4: 09: 42.5	17 2 canceled	371.02 km 341.01 km	45	32
	2.	Sébastien Ogier	Citroën C4 WRC	+ 01: 12.9
	3.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Ford Focus RS WRC	+ 01: 45.0
Rally Poland 26.-28. June 2009 → Main article : Rally Poland 2009	1.	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 07: 27.5	18th	352 km	48	24
	2.	Daniel Sordo	Citroën C4 WRC	+ 01: 10.3
	3.	Henning Solberg	Ford Focus RS WRC	+ 02: 05.7
Rally Finland July 30th – 2nd August 2009 → Main article : Rally Finland 2009	1.	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC	2: 50: 40.9	23	347.15 km	90	60
	2.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	+ 00: 25.1
	3.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Ford Focus RS WRC	+ 00: 49.9
Rally Australia 4th-6th September 2009 → Main article : Rally Australia 2009	1.	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC	2: 53: 06.5	35 2 canceled	344.72 km 322.06 km	40	25th
	2.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	+ 00: 47.5
	3.	Daniel Sordo	Citroën C4 WRC	+ 01: 04.6
Rally Catalonia 2nd - 4th October 2009 → Main article : Rally Spain 2009	1.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 22: 14.7	18th	353.62 km	70	52
	2.	Daniel Sordo	Citroën C4 WRC	+ 00: 12.0
	3.	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC	+ 00: 54.1
Rally Great Britain 23-25. October 2009 → Main article : Rally Great Britain 2009	1.	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 16: 25.4	16	348.30 km	62	50
	2.	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WR	+ 01: 06.1
	3.	Daniel Sordo	Citroën C4 WRC	+ 01: 07.1

Overall rating

WRC drivers' championship

rank	driver	IRL	NOR	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRE	POLE	FIN	OUT	ESP	GBR	Points
1	Sébastien Loeb	1	1	1	1	1	4th	DNF	7th	2	2	1	1	93
2	Mikko Hirvonen	3	2	2	2	DNF	2	1	1	1	1	3	2	92
3	Daniel Sordo	2	5	4th	3	2	22nd	11	2	4th	3	2	3	64
4th	Jari-Matti Latvala	14th	3	12	DNF	6th	1	3	DNF	3	4th	6th	7th	41
5	Petter Solberg		6th	3	4th	DNF	3	DNF	4th	DNF		4th	4th	35
6th	Henning Solberg	4th	4th	18th	5	3	8th	14th	3	30th	7th	9	5	33
7th	Matthew Wilson	7th	7th	5	DNF	5	6th	13	5	8th	6th	7th	6th	28
8th	Sébastien Ogier	6th	10	DNF	17th	7th	DNF	2	DNF	6th	5	5	DNF	24
9	Federico Villagra			7th	7th	4th	DNF	4th		11	8th	8th		16
10	Conrad Rautenbach	18th	DNF	6th	DNF	DNF	DNF	5	8th	DNF	DNF	11	8th	9
11	Mads Østberg		9		6th		7th	7th	DNF	DNF			DNF	7th
12	Khalid Al Qassimi	8th		8th	8th		15th	6th		9	19th	14th	19th	6th
13	Evgeny Novikov		11	DNF	DNF		5	15th	9	DNF		DNF	DNS	4th
14th	Chris Atkinson	5												4th
15th	Matti Rantanen									5				4th
16	Krzysztof Hołowczyc								6th					3
17th	Jari Ketomaa									7th				2
18th	Nasser Al-Attiyah			11	16	8th	9	DSQ					DNF	1
19th	Urmo Aava	10	8th							29				1
20th	Lambros Athanassoulas							8th				25th		1
rank	driver	IRL	NOR	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRE	POLE	FIN	OUT	ESP	GBR	Points

Manufacturers' championship WRC

rank	team	No.	IRL	NOR	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRE	POLE	FIN	OUT	ESP	GBR	Points
1	Citroën Total World Rally Team	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	DNF	5	2	2	1	1	167
		2	2	5	3	3	2	7th	5	2	4th	3	2	3
2	BP Ford World Rally Team	3	3	2	2	2	DNF	2	1	1	1	1	3	2	140
		4th	7th	3	7th	DNF	6th	1	2	DNF	3	4th	4th	7th
3	Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team	5	6th	6th	4th	DNF	5	5	6th	4th	7th	6th	5	6th	80
		6th	4th	4th	8th	4th	3	6th	7th	3	9	7th	7th	5
4th	Citroën Junior Team	7th	5	7th	DNF	DNF		4th	8th	7th	DNF		DNF		47
		8th	8th	DNF	5	DNF	DNF	DNF	4th	6th		DNF	8th
		11												4th
		12					7th				6th	5		DNF
5	Munchi's Ford World Rally Team	9			6th	5	4th	DNF	3		8th	8th	6th		23
		10									5		DNF
rank	team	No.	IRL	NOR	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRE	POLE	FIN	OUT	ESP	GBR	Points

Driver ranking PWRC

rank	driver	NOR	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRE	OUT	GBR	Points
1	Armindo Araújo	4th	2	1		3	2	4th		42
2	Martin Prokop	3		2	DSQ		4th	1	1	39
3	Nasser Al-Attiyah		3	4th	1	1	13		DNF	31
4th	Patrik Sandell	1	1	DNF		2	11		7th	30th
5	Toshihiro Arai	DNF	4th		3		3	DNF	2	25th
6th	Eyvind Brynildsen	2		3	5	5		DNF	DSQ	22nd
7th	Patrik Flodin	7th		DNF		4th	7th		6th	12
8th	Andis Neikšāns	5	5	DNF		EX	6th			11
9	Lambros Athanassoulas						1			10
10	Bernardo Sousa	DNF		DNF			5	DNF	4th	9
11	Mark Tapper			5		DNF	8th	DNF	5	9
12	Marcos Ligato				2					8th
13	Richard Mason							2		8th
14th	Gianluca Linari	11	9	6th		7th	10	6th		8th
15th	Martin Semerad	10	DNF	8th		DNF	DNF		3	7th
16	Cody Crocker							3		6th
17th	Frederic Sauvan	8th	7th		DNF	6th	12		10	6th
18th	Spyros Pavlides				4th		9			5
19th	Gabor Mayer		8th	DNF	6th	8th	DNF		9	5
20th	Stewart Taylor							5		4th
21st	Jaromir Tarabus	6th		DNF						3
22nd	Charalambos Timothy		6th							3
23	Gaurav Singh Gill		DNF	7th						2
24	Hermann Gassner Jr.					DNF			8th	1
rank	driver	NOR	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRE	OUT	GBR	Points

Driver ranking JWRC

rank	driver	IRL	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	POLE	FIN	ESP	Points
1	Martin Prokop	2	1			1	2	1	DNF	46
2	Michał Kościuszko		2	1	1	2	DNF	3		42
3	Aaron Burkart	1	3		2	3		4th	5	39
4th	Kevin Abbring	5		2		DNF	1	DNF	4th	27
5	Hans Weijs jr	DNF		3		6th	4th	7th	1	26th
6th	Simone Bertolotti	3		6th		7th	5	6th	2	26th
7th	Yoann Bonato	4th		DNF		4th	3	DNF		16
8th	Alessandro Bettega			5	3	5				14th
9	Luca Griotti	6th		4th		DNF	7th	DNF		10
10	Kalle Pinomaki							2		8th
11	Jordi Marti								3	6th
12	Mark Wallenwein							5	DNF	4th
13	Radoslaw Typa						6th			3
rank	driver	IRL	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	POLE	FIN	ESP	Points

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Season 2009 , February 8, 2015

Web links

http://www.wrc.com/