Rally Bulgaria 2010

 Rally Bulgaria 2010

Racing data
7th of 13 rounds of the 2010 World Rally Championship
Surname:	41st Rally Bulgaria - Borovetz
Date:	9-11 July 2010
Begin:	Borovets
Exams:	14 tests over 354.10 km
Distance:	1,223.07 km
Covering:	asphalt
Podium
First:	Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total WRT
Second:	Daniel Sordo Citroën Total WRT
Third:	Petter Solberg Petter Solberg

Kimi Räikkönen , who started in the Citroën Junior Team, finished the rally in eleventh place overall

The Rally Bulgaria 2010 ( Bulgarian Рали България 2010 , officially 41st Rally Bulgaria ) was the 7th round of the 2010 World Rally Championship .

The event, which was added to the 2010 World Rally Championship calendar in September 2009, had already been held several times as a run for the FIA - European Rally Championship and was held for the first time as a run for the World Rally Championship that year. It took place from July 9th to 11th, 2010 in southeastern Bulgaria . This event also included the third of six rounds of the Junior World Rally Championship (JWRC) 2010.

Routing and conditions

The paddock was set up in Borovets , where the ceremonial start also took place. The special stages largely consisted of narrow, winding, paved mountain roads. Thirteen of the fourteen planned special stages were started in and around the winter sports area in the Rila Mountains. The 24.86 km long special stage 7 had to be canceled for safety reasons due to the crowds. The total length including connecting stages was 1223.07 kilometers and ended again in this rally at the finish in Borovets.

Summary

Henning Solberg in the Ford Fiesta S2000 was fastest in this class

The rally ended with a quadruple victory for Citroën. The reigning world champion Sébastien Loeb in the Citroën C4 WRC achieved his fourth win of the season and the 58th victory of his career. His team-mate Dani Sordo crossed the finish line in second place , followed by privateer Petter Solberg . The driver of the Citroën Junior Team Sébastien Ogier was fourth overall. That was the first brand quadruple victory since the Safari Rally at the 1993 World Rally Championship .

Of forty vehicles that started, twenty-seven reached the finish. Former Formula 1 world champion Kimi Räikkönen took eleventh place in the overall standings.

Classifications

Bottom line

Item	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	Residue	Points
WRC
1	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 02: 39.2		25th
2	Dani Sordo	Marc Martí	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 03: 08.7	0: 29.5	18th
3	Petter Solberg	Chris Patterson	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 03: 15.5	0: 36.3	15th
4th	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 04: 34.2	1: 55.0	12
5	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	3: 05: 57.0	3: 17.8	10
6th	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	3: 07: 07.7	4: 28.5	8th
7th	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Jonas Andersson	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	3: 08: 04.4	5: 25.2	6th
8th	Frigyes Turán	Gábor Zsiros	Peugeot 307 WRC	3: 09: 43.2	7: 04.0	4th
9	Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 12: 07.8	9: 28.6	2
10	Henning Solberg	Ilka Minor	Ford Fiesta S2000	3: 15: 45.2	13: 06.0	1
JWRC
1 (12)	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Klinger	Citroën C2 S 1600	3: 18: 21.8		25th
2 (14)	Hans Weijs	Bjorn Degandt	Citroën C2 S 1600	3: 19: 14.3	0: 52.5	18th
3 (16)	Todor Slavov	Dobromir Filipov	Renault Clio R3	3: 24: 38.4	6: 16.6	15th
4 (17)	Alessandro Broccoli	Angela Forina	Renault Clio R3	3: 25: 13.6	6: 51.8	12
5 (18)	Karl Kruuda	Martin Jarveoja	Suzuki Swift S 1600	3: 25: 14.6	6: 52.8	10
6 (19)	Egoi Eder Valdés López	Albert Garduno	Renault Clio R3	3: 30: 24.1	12: 02.3	8th
7 (21)	Kevin Abbring	Erwin Mombaerts	Renault Clio R3	3: 31: 55.8	13: 34.0	6th
8 (22)	Mathieu Arzeno	Romain Roche	Citroën C2 S 1600	3: 38: 45.6	20: 23.8	4th

Special stages

Day	WP number	WP name	length	WP winner	time	Ø km / h	leader
Day 1 (July 9th)	WP1	Batak Lake 1	31.77 km	Sébastien Loeb	17: 33.8	108.53 km / h	Sébastien Loeb
	WP2	Belmeken Lake 1	27.57 km	Sébastien Loeb	15: 08.5	109.25 km / h
	WP3	Batak Lake 2	31.77 km	Sébastien Loeb	17: 35.2	108.39 km / h
	WP4	Belmeken Lake 2	27.57 km	Sébastien Loeb	15: 09.2	109.16 km / h
Day 2 (July 10th)	WP5	Sestrimo 1	27.46 km	Sébastien Loeb	16: 27.4	100.12 km / h
	WP6	Peshtera 1	18.13 km	Dani Sordo	10: 23.6	104.66 km / h
	WP7	Lyubnitsa 1	24.86 km	called off
	WP8	Sestrimo 2	27.46 km	Petter Solberg	16: 19.5	100.92 km / h
	WP9	Peshtera 2	18.13 km	Petter Solberg	10: 24.2	104.56 km / h
	WP10	Lyubnitsa 2	24.86 km	Petter Solberg	13: 32.8	110.11 km / h
Day 3 (July 11th)	WP11	Muhovo 1	29.53 km	Petter Solberg	15: 29.7	114.35 km / h
	WP12	Slavovitsa 1	17.73 km	Dani Sordo	9: 23.2	113.33 km / h
	WP13	Muhovo 2	29.53 km	Petter Solberg	15: 22.7	115.21 km / h
	WP14	Slavovitsa 2	17.73 km	Sébastien Ogier	9: 17.4	114.51 km / h

Individual evidence

1. ^ Rally-Bulgaria-Overview , wrc.com, accessed March 23, 2011.
2. ^ Rally-Bulgaria-Review , wrc.com, accessed March 23, 2011.

Web links

• Official website of the rally
• Description on wrc.com
• Detailed results on ewrc.com