Rally Germany 2012

 Rally Germany 2012

Racing data
9th of 13 races of the 2012 World Rally Championship
Surname:	Rally Germany
Date:	24.-26. August 2012
Begin:	trier
Exams:	15 tests over 368 km
Distance:	1,227.04 km
Covering:	asphalt
Podium
First:	Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total World Rally Team
Second:	Jari-Matti Latvala Ford World Rally Team
Third:	Mikko Hirvonen Citroën Total World Rally Team

The 30th Rally Germany took place from August 24th to 26th, 2012. A total of 15 special stages were driven on asphalt.

Sébastien Loeb 2012

Reports

Day 1 (Friday, August 24th)

On the first morning of the Rally Germany, Sébastien Loeb (Citroën) drove away from the competition. The first pursuer was Petter Solberg , who was 13.1 seconds behind after three special stages. In the afternoon, Jari-Matti Latvala (Ford) put pressure on and overtook team-mate Solberg. In fourth place was Thierry Neuville (Citroën), who lost some time because of Martin Prokop (Ford )’s car on fire . Neuville missed a turn. Prokop's car burned out completely.

Day 2 (Saturday, August 25)

Latvala and Loeb fought thrilling duels on the special stages “Arena Panzerplatte 1 and 2”. Loeb won both special stages but Latvala was always close on the heels of the world champion in these stages. Latvala, however, was already over 1.30 minutes behind in the overall standings. Solberg, in 2nd place until then, slipped off the track, which resulted in a broken rear wheel and a failure. Ott Tänak (Ford) won the 10th – 11th Special stage and was in ninth place in the overall classification.

3rd day (Sunday, August 26th)

Sébastien Loeb drove towards a certain victory on Sunday and also won the last special stage at the Circus Maximus in Trier . Overall, Loeb won the Rally Germany for the ninth time and took another step towards defending the title. Quote Loeb: "It was an almost perfect weekend and it wasn't easy to avoid mistakes."

Classifications

Bottom line

rank	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	Residue	Points + power stage
WRC
01	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC	3: 41: 52.4		25 + 3 power stage
02	Jari-Matti Latvala	Mikka Antilla	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3: 43: 52.5	02: 00.1	18th
03	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Citroën DS3 WRC	3: 44: 23.8	02: 31.4	15 + 2 power stage
04th	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3: 45: 16.8	03: 24.4	12
05	Chris Atkinson	Stéphane Prevot	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	3: 51: 02.8	09: 10.4	10
06th	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Škoda Fabia S2000	3: 51: 43.2	09: 50.8	08th
07th	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	Škoda Fabia S2000	3: 54: 15.1	12: 22.7	7 + 1 power stage
08th	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Giovanni Bernacchini	Citroën DS3 WRC	3: 54: 42.8	12: 50.4	04th
09	Dani Sordo	Carlos del Barrio	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	3: 56: 09.7	14: 17.3	02
10	Mathieu Arzeno	Renaud Jamoul	Peugeot 207 S2000	3: 57: 12.1	15: 20.1	01
PWRC
1 (13)	Michał Kościuszko	Maciej Szczepaniak	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	4: 08: 35.4		25th
2 (16)	Benito Guerra	Borja Rozada	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	4: 10: 35.9	02: 00.5	18th
3 (19)	Marcos Ligato	Rubén García	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4: 18: 37.2	10: 01.8	15th
4 (22)	Ricardo Triviño	Àlex Haro	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4: 24: 10.5	15: 35.1	12
5 (24)	Nicolás Fuchs	Fernando Mussano	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4: 26: 19.0	17: 43.6	10
6 (28)	Subhan Aksa	Jeff Judd	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	4: 35: 35.0	23: 59.6	08th
JWRC
1	Elfyn Evans	Philip Pugh	Ford Fiesta R2	1: 34: 34.2		25th
2	José Antonio Suarez	Cándido Carrera	Ford Fiesta R2	1: 34: 44.1	0: 09.9	18th
3	Brendan Reeves	Rhianon Smyth	Ford Fiesta R2	1: 35: 29.3	0: 55.1	15th
4th	Alastair Fisher	Daniel Barritt	Ford Fiesta R2	1: 36: 05.3	1: 31.1	12
5	John MacCrone	Stuart Loudon	Ford Fiesta R2	1: 36: 07.6	1: 33.4	10
6th	Timo van der Marel	Erwin Berkhof	Ford Fiesta R2	1: 36: 30.9	1: 56.7	08th

Special stages

Day	WP number	begin	WP name	length	WP winner	time	Ø km / h	leader
Day 1 (August 24th)	WP1	10:48	Middle Moselle 1	24.90 km	Sébastien Loeb	14: 42.9	101.53 km / h	Sébastien Loeb
	WP2	11:36	Moselland 1	22.79 km	Sébastien Loeb	14: 19.7	095.43 km / h
	WP3	12:29	County 1	21.23 km	Sébastien Loeb	12: 19.5	103.35 km / h
	WP4	16:17	Middle Moselle 2	24.90 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	14: 31.7	102.83 km / h
	WP5	17:05	Moselland 2	22.79 km	Sébastien Loeb	14: 09.9	96.53 km / h
	WP6	17:58	County 2	21.23 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	12: 12.2	104.38 km / h
Day 2 (August 25th)	WP7	07:58	Stone and Wine 1	26.54 km	Sébastien Loeb	15: 25.2	103.27 km / h
	WP8	09:01	Peterberg 1	09.37 km	Dani Sordo	05: 51.3	96.02 km / h
	WP9	10:57	Arena armor plate 1	46.54 km	Sébastien Loeb	27: 31.9	101.43 km / h
	WP10	14:48	Stone and Wine 2	26.54 km	Ott Tanak	15: 12.1	104.75 km / h
	WP11	15:51	Peterberg 2	09.37 km	Ott Tanak	05: 31.5	101.76 km / h
	WP12	17:47	Arena armor plate 2	46.54 km	Sébastien Loeb	26: 54.0	103.80 km / h
Day 3 (August 26th)	WP13	09:13	Dhrontal 1	30.76 km	Sébastien Loeb	19: 45.6	093.44 km / h
	WP14	11:36	Dhrontal 2	30.76 km	Petter Solberg	19: 40.3	093.84 km / h
	WP15	13:21	Circus Maximus Trier (power stage)	04.37 km	Sébastien Loeb	03: 24.8	077.11 km / h

Web links

• Official site of the WRC

Individual evidence

1. ↑ motorsport-total.com - website: Rallye Deutschland: motorsport-total.com/rallye/news.html?m=8&y=2012&r=sn_13&snb=0&Submit.x=14&Submit.y=10. Retrieved February 24, 2014 .