Rally France 2010

 Rally France 2010

Racing data
11th of 13 races of the 2010 World Rally Championship
Surname:	Rally France
Date:	1st - 3rd October 2010
Begin:	Strasbourg
Exams:	20 tests over 352.88 km
Distance:	1272.31 km
Covering:	asphalt
Podium
First:	Sébastien Loeb Citroën World Rally Team
Second:	Dani Sordo Citroën World Rally Team
Third:	Petter Solberg Petter Solberg World Rally Team

The Rally France was held in Alsace for the first time and not, as before, traditionally in Corsica . The eleventh round of the 2010 World Rally Championship took place from October 1st to 3rd near Strasbourg . The rally was also the eighth run of the Production World Rally Championship (PWRC) and the ninth run of the Super 2000 World Rally Championship (SWRC), as well as the fifth run of the Junior World Rally Championship (JWRC).

Loeb / Elena at the 2010 Rally France

Race report

After the final special stage on the streets of Hagenau, Sébastien Loeb had 35.7 seconds ahead of team-mate Dani Sordo , who finished second to clinch the one-two for the Citroën works team. Citroën had thus won the manufacturer's title early. After their 60th victory in the WRC, Sébastien Loeb and co-driver Daniel Elena were crowned world champions for the seventh time in a row. Loeb / Elena celebrated the world championship title in Loeb's hometown in Hagenau to the enthusiasm of tens of thousands of spectators.

Petter Solberg , also a privateer driving a Citroën C4 WRC, secured third place. Solberg was under pressure from Jari-Matti Latvala ( Ford ) until the end . But since the 19th special stage had to be canceled for safety reasons due to too many spectators, Latvala hardly had a chance to catch up with Solberg. Latvala finished fourth, 12.5 seconds behind Solberg. Ford team-mate Mikko Hirvonen could not keep up with the pace of the leading group on muddy and slippery roads after heavy rain and lost the connection during the rally. He finished fifth, over two minutes behind.

Sixth place went to Citroën Junior Sébastien Ogier . He fought for the podium until Saturday afternoon. Then he suffered a suspension damage and had to end Saturday early and start on Sunday with a large deficit.

Classifications

Bottom line

Item	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	Residue	Points
WRC
1	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 05: 49.3		25th
2	Dani Sordo	Diego Vallejo	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 06: 25.0	0: 35.7	18th
3	Petter Solberg	Chris Patterson	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 07: 06.1	1: 16.8	15th
4th	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 07: 18.6	1: 29.3	12
5	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 09: 33.1	3: 43.8	10
6th	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 17: 45.2	11: 55.9	8th
7th	Federico Villagra	Diego Curletto	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 20: 04.7	14: 15.4	6th
8th	Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 20: 16.2	14: 26.9	4th
9	Henning Solberg	Stéphane Prévot	Ford Fiesta S2000	3: 22: 38.2	16: 48.9	2
10	Patrik Sandell	Emil Axelsson	Škoda Fabia S2000	3: 23: 01.6	17: 12.3	1
SWRC
1 (10)	Patrik Sandell	Emil Axelsson	Škoda Fabia S2000	3: 23: 01.6		25th
2 (11)	Jari Ketomaa	Mika Stenberg	Ford Fiesta S2000	3: 24: 57.6	1: 56.0	18th
3 (14)	Michał Kościuszko	Maciek Szczepaniak	Škoda Fabia S2000	3: 26: 08.6	3: 07.0	15th
4 (15)	Xavier Pons	Alex Haro	Ford Fiesta S2000	3: 26: 09.6	3: 08.0	12
5 (20)	Eyvind Brynildsen	Cato Menkerud	Škoda Fabia S2000	3: 32: 37.7	3: 15.2	10
6 (21)	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Ford Fiesta S2000	3: 33: 03.7	10: 02.1	8th
7 (32)	Bernardo Sousa	Nuno Rodrigues da Silva	Ford Fiesta S2000	3: 42: 47.1	19: 45.5	6th
8 (43)	Julien Maurin	Gilles Thimonier	Ford Fiesta S2000	3: 59: 58.2	36: 56.6	4th
9 (47)	Albert Llovera	Borja Rozada	Abarth Grande Punto S2000	4: 10: 07.4	47: 05.8	2
PWRC
1 (16)	Armindo Araújo	Miguel Ramalho	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	3: 28: 48.1		25th
2 (19)	Ott Tanak	Kuldar Sikk	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	3: 31: 14.7	2: 26.6	18th
3 (23)	Toshi Arai	Daniel Barritt	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3: 34: 19.3	5: 31.2	15th
4 (26)	Alex Raschi	Rudy Pollet	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	3: 36: 34.8	7: 46.7	12
5 (29)	Not Grøndal	Veronica Engan	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3: 39: 39.0	10: 50.9	10
6 (31)	Wang Rui	Pan Hongyu	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3: 41: 22.7	12: 34.6	8th
7 (35)	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	3: 49: 54.1	21: 06.0	6th
8 (38)	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Oscar Benavente	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	3: 51: 08.2	22: 20.1	4th
9 (48)	Nicholai Georgiou	Joseph Matar	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	4: 11: 45.1	47: 05.8	2
JWRC
1 (22)	Jérémi Ancian	Damien Mezy	Suzuki Swift S1600	3: 34: 09.2		25th
2 (24)	Hans Weijs, Jr.	Bjorn Degandt	Citroën C2 S1600	3: 35: 13.3	1: 04.1	18th
3 (27)	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Klinger	Citroën C2 S1600	3: 36: 51.2	2: 42.0	15th
4 (30)	Mathieu Arzeno	Renaud Jamoul	Citroën C2 S1600	3: 40: 26.1	6: 16.9	12
5 (36)	Aaron Burkart	André tile	Suzuki Swift S1600	3: 49: 55.0	15: 45.8	10
6 (37)	Todor Slavov	Dobromir Filipov	Renault Clio R3	3: 50: 23.3	16: 14.1	8th
7 (39)	Harry Hunt	Sebastian Marshall	Ford Fiesta R2	3: 53: 52.0	19: 42.8	6th

Special stages

Day	WP number	WP name	length	WP winner	time	Ø km / h	leader
Day 1 (Oct 1st)	WP1	Hohlandsbourg 1	9.90 km	Sébastien Loeb	5: 18.0	112.08 km / h	Sébastien Loeb
	WP2	First plan 1	16.58 km	Sébastien Loeb	8: 20.3	119.30 km / h
	WP3	Vallée de Munster 1	22.33 km	Sébastien Loeb	11: 14.6	119.16 km / h
	WP4	Grand Ballon 1	24.12 km	Sébastien Loeb	13: 50.7	104.53 km / h
	WP5	Hohlandsbourg 2	9.90 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	5: 28.5	108.49 km / h
	WP6	First plan 2	16.58 km	Sébastien Loeb	8: 25.1	118.17 km / h
	WP7	Vallée de Munster 2	22.33 km	Dani Sordo	11: 13.5	119.36 km / h
	WP8	Grand Ballon 2	24.12 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	14: 28.5	99.98 km / h
Day 2 (Oct 2nd)	WP9	Klevener 1st	10.54 km	Sébastien Loeb	6: 25.2	98.50 km / h
	WP10	Ungersberg 1	15.50 km	Dani Sordo	9: 20.4	99.57 km / h
	WP11	Pays d'Ormont 1	35.48 km	Sébastien Loeb	19: 39.7	108.27 km / h
	WP12	Salm 1	13.09 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	7: 18.9	107.37 km / h
	WP13	Klevener 2	10.54 km	Sébastien Ogier	6: 22.0	99.33 km / h
	WP145	Ungersberg 2	15.50 km	Dani Sordo	9: 31.5	97.64 km / h
	WP15	Pays d'Ormont 2	35.48 km	Petter Solberg	21: 35.2	98.62 km / h
	WP16	Salm 2	13.09 km	Petter Solberg	7: 35.5	103.46 km / h
Day 3 (October 3rd)	WP17	Haguenau 1	4.20 km	Petter Solberg	3: 13.3	78.22 km / h
	WP18	Bitche Camp 1	24.70 km	Dani Sordo	12: 34.4	117.87 km / h
	WP19	Bitche Camp 2	24.70 km	called off
	WP20	Haguenau 2	4.20 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	3: 12.3	78.63 km / h

Individual evidence

1. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Hagenau shakes: Title number seven for Loeb! , Retrieved December 22, 2014

Web links

Commons : World Rally Championship 2010  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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