Rally Great Britain 2010

 Rally Great Britain 2010

Racing data
13th of 13 races of the 2010 World Rally Championship
Surname:	Rally Great Britain
Date:	11-14 November 2010
Begin:	Cardiff
Exams:	20 tests over 348.32 km
Distance:	1505.70 km
Covering:	gravel
Podium
First:	Sébastien Loeb Citroën World Rally Team
Second:	Petter Solberg Petter Solberg World Rally Team
Third:	Jari-Matti Latvala Ford World Rally Team

Petter Solberg (r.) / Chris Patterson are happy about second place in Wales

Armindo Araujo / Miguel Ramalho become champions in the PWRC class for the second time

The Rally Great Britain was the thirteenth and final round of the 2010 World Rally Championship . It took place November 11-14, 2010 and was driven around the Welsh city of Cardiff .

Race report

The Citroën drivers Sébastien Loeb and Petter Solberg had fought an exciting duel for victory in Wales . Sébastien Ogier (Citroën) also fought until Saturday morning, but fell out after a rollover. From then on, Loeb and Solberg negotiated the rally among themselves. Both were not spared mistakes on the slippery and damp gravel roads. Loeb started the four special stages of the final day with a lead of almost five seconds over Solberg. Already in the first special stage of Sunday he extended his lead to over eleven seconds, at lunch break it was over 14 seconds. In the third corner of the penultimate stage, Solberg went off the track and again lost a little time. After that, he decided to secure second place and didn't attack again. At the finish, after 20 special stages, Loeb had 19.1 seconds ahead of Solberg.

In the Production Car World Championship (PWRC), the old and new champion was Armindo Araújo . The Mitsubishi driver finished on the podium in all rallies this season, taking three wins, two second and one third place. At the final in Wales Patrik Flodin had the chance to intercept Araujo. When Flodin lost a wheel on his car on Saturday, Araujo had it in hand to secure the title. A day later, the Portuguese won the second PWRC title. Despite Ott Tänak's victory , Araujo was enough to finish second.

The decision in the SWRC, which was held for the first time, was dramatic . Here the title contenders were Jari Ketomaa , Xevi Pons and Patrik Sandell . When Ketomaa retired after an accident on Sunday morning, the way was clear for Pons to become the first SWRC world champion. Third place behind the winner Andreas Mikkelsen and Craig Breen was enough for him .

Classifications

Bottom line

Item	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	Residue	Points
WRC
01	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 14: 54.0		25th
02	Petter Solberg	Chris Patterson	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 15: 13.1	0: 19.1	18th
03	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 16: 29.3	1: 35.3	15th
04th	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 16: 47.3	1: 53.3	12
05	Dani Sordo	Diego Vallejo	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 17: 06.2	2: 12.2	10
06th	Henning Solberg	Ilka Minor	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 21: 20.5	6: 26.5	8th
07th	Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 23: 31.8	8: 37.8	6th
08th	Kimi Raikkonen	Kaj Lindström	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 25: 21.9	10: 27.9	4th
09	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Subaru Impreza WRC	3: 27: 07.7	12: 13.7	2
10	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	Škoda Fabia S2000	3: 28: 55.2	14: 01.2	1
SWRC
1 (10)	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	Škoda Fabia S2000	3: 28: 55.2		25th
2 (12)	Craig Breen	Gareth Roberts	Ford Fiesta S2000	3: 34: 57.9	6: 02.7	18th
3 (13)	Xavier Pons	Alex Haro	Ford Fiesta S2000	3: 35: 10.7	6: 15.5	15th
4 (14)	Patrik Sandell	Emil Axelsson	Škoda Fabia S2000	3: 35: 15.9	6: 20.7	12
5 (15)	Michał Kościuszko	Maciek Szczepaniak	Škoda Fabia S2000	3: 37: 14.1	8: 18.9	10
PWRC
01 (17)	Ott Tanak	Kuldar Sikk	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	3: 38: 31.0		25th
02 (18)	Armindo Araújo	Miguel Ramalho	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	3: 41: 46.8	3: 15.8	18th
03 (19)	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	3: 42: 58.9	4: 27.9	15th
04 (20)	Jason Pritchard	Robbie Durant	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3: 45: 35.4	7: 04.4	12
05 (22)	Patrik Flodin	Göran Bergsten	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3: 46: 51.9	8: 20.9	10
06 (25)	Dave Weston Jr.	Ieuan Thomas	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3: 53: 18.4	14: 47.4	8th
07 (26)	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Óscar Sánchez	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	3: 54: 29.1	15: 58.1	6th
08 (28)	Alex Raschi	Rudy Pollet	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	3: 55: 51.4	17: 20.4	4th
09 (30)	Toshi Arai	Daniel Barritt	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3: 58: 55.1	20: 24.1	2
10 (32)	Reijo Muhonen	Juha Kanerva	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	4: 05: 08.5	26: 37.5	1

Special stages

Day	WP number	WP name	length	WP winner	time	Ø km / h	leader
Day 1 (November 11th)	WP1	Cardiff Bay 1	1.70 km	Sébastien Loeb	1: 16.1	80.42 km / h	Sébastien Loeb
Day 2 (Nov. 12)	WP2	Hafren 1	32.14 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	18: 43.2	103.01 km / h	Jari-Matti Latvala
	WP3	Sweet Lamb 1	4.26 km	Sébastien Loeb	2: 54.4	87.94 km / h	Sébastien Loeb
	WP4	Myherin 1	27.88 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	15: 33.3	107.54 km / h	Jari-Matti Latvala
	WP5	Hafren 2	32.14 km	Sébastien Ogier	18: 39.0	103.40 km / h
	WP6	Sweet Lamb 2	4.26 km	Sébastien Loeb	2: 57.1	86.60 km / h
	WP7	Myherin 2	27.88 km	Sébastien Loeb	15: 16.5	109.51 km / h	Sébastien Loeb
Day 3 (Nov. 13)	WP8	Radnor 1	14.78 km	Petter Solberg Jari-Matti Latvala	7: 31.5	117.85 km / h	Petter Solberg
	WP9	Monument Hill 1	10.14 km	Petter Solberg	5: 46.5	105.35 km / h
	WP10	Four Ways Crychan 1	25.14 km	Sébastien Loeb	13: 48.7	109.21 km / h	Sébastien Loeb
	WP11	Halfway 1	18.37 km	Petter Solberg	10: 28.2	105.27 km / h
	WP12	Radnor 2	14.78 km	Sébastien Loeb	7: 22.3	120.30 km / h
	WP13	Monument Hill 2	10.14 km	Sébastien Loeb	5: 46.0	105.50 km / h
	WP14	Four Ways Crychan 2	25.14 km	Sébastien Loeb	14: 04.9	107.12 km / h
	WP15	Halfway 2	18.37 km	Petter Solberg	10: 35.9	104.00 km / h
	WP16	Cardiff Bay 2	1.70 km	Sébastien Loeb	1: 15.5	81.06 km / h
Day 4 (Nov. 14)	WP17	Resolved 1	29.99 km	Sébastien Loeb	15: 57.8	112.72 km / h
	WP18	Margam Park 1	8.08 km	Sébastien Loeb	5: 06.2	95.00 km / h
	WP19	Resolved 2	29.99 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	16: 03.8	112.02 km / h
	WP20	Margam Park 2	8.08 km	Dani Sordo	5: 08.2	94.38 km / h

Individual evidence

1. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Unbeatable: Loeb triumphs in Wales too! , Retrieved December 23, 2014
2. ↑ motorsport-total.com: P-WRC and S-WRC: Titles for Araujo and Pons , accessed on December 23, 2014

Web links

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