Rally Great Britain 2009
| Racing data | |
|---|---|
| 12th of 12 races of the 2009 World Rally Championship | |
| Surname: | Rally Great Britain |
| Date: | 23-25 October 2009 |
| Begin: | Cardiff |
| Exams: | 16 tests over 348.30 km |
| Distance: | 1482.34 km |
| Covering: | asphalt |
| Podium | |
| First: |
 Sébastien Loeb Citroën World Rally Team
|
| Second: |
 Mikko Hirvonen Ford World Rally Team
|
| Third: |
 Daniel Sordo Citroën World Rally Team
|
The Rally Great Britain (Wales) was the twelfth and final FIA World Championship round in 2009 . The rally consisted of 16 special stages and was driven between October 23rd and 25th.
Race report
Sébastien Loeb (Citroën) had secured his sixth world title with a win at the season finale in Wales . His rival for the world title, Mikko Hirvonen (Ford), had to be content with second place, thereby burying his dream of his first world title. Loeb came to Wales one point behind World Cup leader Hirvonen. The starting position was therefore clear. The one who finishes ahead of the other in the points is world champion. Loeb and Hirvonen fought a second duel at the top on the first day. Loeb took the lead in the first test. Hirvonen kept coming close, but couldn't push him from the top. The preliminary decision was made on Saturday morning. In special stages eight and nine, Hirvonen had problems getting up to speed and lost time. The gap grew to 25 seconds. Loeb started the final Sunday with a lead of 30.2 seconds. Hirvonen was not yet defeated and shortened the gap to Loeb in the first two special stages to 18.2 seconds. In the penultimate special stage, the hood of Hirvonen's Ford Focus came off. On a full throttle it folded up and blocked the Finn's view. Hirvonen had to stop and remove the hood. That took him about a minute. Although Loeb had turbo problems in the last special stage, Hirvonen was unable to catch up with the French. Hirvonen was able to maintain second place in the overall standings against Daniel Sordo (Citroën), who was third just behind him.
At the award ceremony Eyvind Brynildsen celebrated victory in the PWRC classification of the Rally Wales . It would have been his first victory in a World Championship. But a short time later the unpleasant surprise came for him. The Norwegian, who had dominated the rally in his class, was removed from the ranking due to non-compliant brakes. So the winner was Martin Prokop . Armindo Araújo won the PWRC title three points ahead of Martin Prokop.
Classifications
Bottom line
| Item | driver | Co-driver | automobile | time | Residue | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WRC | |||||||
| 1 |
Sébastien Loeb
|
 Daniel Elena
|
Citroën C4 WRC | 3: 16: 25.4 | 10 | ||
| 2 |
Mikko Hirvonen
|
Jarmo Lehtinen
|
Ford Focus RS WRC | 3: 17: 31.5 | 1: 06.1 | 8th | |
| 3 |
Daniel Sordo
|
Marc Marti
|
Citroën C4 WRC | 3: 17: 32.5 | 1: 07.1 | 6th | |
| 4th |
 Petter Solberg
|
Phil Mills
|
Citroën C4 WRC | 3: 17: 53.5 | 1: 28.1 | 5 | |
| 5 |
Henning Solberg
|
Cato Menkerud
|
Ford Focus RS WRC | 3: 22: 53.4 | 6: 28.0 | 4th | |
| 6th |
Matthew Wilson
|
Scott Martin
|
Ford Focus RS WRC | 3: 24: 11.4 | 7: 46.0 | 3 | |
| 7th |
Jari-Matti Latvala
|
Miikka Anttila
|
Ford Focus RS WRC | 3: 28: 37.3 | 12: 11.9 | 2 | |
| 8th |
 Conrad Rautenbach
|
Daniel Barritt
|
Citroën C4 WRC | 3: 30: 53.2 | 14: 27.8 | 1 | |
| PWRC | |||||||
| 1 (10) |
 Martin Prokop
|
Jan Tománek
|
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | 3: 40: 57.0 | 10 | ||
| 2 (13) |
 Toshihiro Arai
|
 Glenn MacNeall
|
Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 3: 42: 36.0 | 1: 39.0 | 8th | |
| 3 (14) |
Martin Semerád
|
Bohuslav Ceplecha
|
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X | 3: 43: 40.3 | 2: 43.3 | 6th | |
| 4 (15) |
 Bernardo Sousa
|
Jorge Carvalho
|
Fiat Grande Punto S2000 | 3: 44: 05.0 | 3: 08.0 | 5 | |
| 5 (17) |
 Mark Tapper
|
Jeff Judd
|
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X | 3: 45: 10.4 | 4: 13.4 | 4th | |
| 6 (20) |
 Patrik Flodin
|
Göran Bergsten
|
Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 3: 54: 15.5 | 13: 18.5 | 3 | |
| 7 (21) |
Patrik Sandell
|
Emil Axelsson
|
Škoda Fabia S2000 | 3: 55: 03.4 | 14: 06.4 | 2 | |
| 8 (25) |
 Hermann Gassner Jr.
|
Katharina Wüstenhagen
|
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | 3: 57: 27.0 | 16: 30.0 | 1 | |
Special stages
| Day | WP number |
WP name |
length | WP winner |
time | leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 (Oct 23) |
WP1 | Hafren 1 | 32.14 km |
Sébastien Loeb
|
18: 30.2 |
Sébastien Loeb
|
| WP2 | Sweet Lamb 1 | 5.13 km |
Sébastien Loeb
|
3: 23.7 | ||
| WP3 | Myherin 1 | 27.88 km |
Sébastien Loeb
|
15: 29.3 | ||
| WP4 | Hafren 2 | 32.14 km |
Mikko Hirvonen
|
18: 49.8 | ||
| WP5 | Sweet Lamb 2 | 5.13 km |
Sébastien Loeb
|
3: 24.1 | ||
| WP6 | Myherin 2 | 27.88 km |
Mikko Hirvonen
|
15: 39.0 | ||
| Day 2 (Oct. 24) |
WP7 | Rhondda 1 | 35.72 km |
Mikko Hirvonen
|
19: 30.0 | |
| WP8 | Crychan 1 | 14.99 km |
Sébastien Loeb
|
8: 34.4 | ||
| WP9 | Halfway 1 | 18.37 km |
Sébastien Loeb
|
10: 19.6 | ||
| WP10 | Rhondda 2 | 35.72 km |
Mikko Hirvonen
|
19: 07.9 | ||
| WP11 | Crychan 2 | 14.99 km |
Sébastien Loeb
|
8: 44.9 | ||
| WP12 | Halfway 2 | 18.37 km |
Sébastien Loeb
|
10: 38.0 | ||
| Day 3 (Oct 25) |
WP13 | Port Talbot 1 | 17.41 km |
Mikko Hirvonen
|
9: 00.2 | |
| WP14 | Rheola 1 | 22.51 km |
Mikko Hirvonen
|
12: 34.3 | ||
| WP15 | Port Talbot 2 | 17.41 km |
Sébastien Loeb
|
9: 11.9 | ||
| WP16 | Rheola 2 | 22.51 km |
Mikko Hirvonen
|
12: 46.0 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ motorsport-total.com: Superstar Loeb takes title number six! , Retrieved January 4, 2015
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