Rally Great Britain 2011

 Rally Great Britain 2011

Racing data
13th of 13 races in the 2011 World Rally Championship
Surname:	Rally Great Britain (Wales)
Date:	10-13 November 2011
Begin:	Wales
Exams:	23 tests over 324.92 km
Distance:	1466.27 km
Covering:	gravel
Podium
First:	Jari-Matti Latvala Ford World Rally Team
Second:	Mads Østberg Stobart Ford World Rally Team
Third:	Henning Solberg Stobart Ford World Rally Team

The 67th Rally Great Britain (Wales) took place from 10th to 13th November 2011. A total of 23 special stages were driven on gravel.

The 2011 Rally Great Britain podium

Reports

Day 1 (Thursday, November 10th)

There were three special stages on the first day. Sébastien Ogier (Citroën) crashed into a wall after 1.6 kilometers in the first special stage and damaged the front suspension. Ogier started again on Friday according to the Rally 2 regulations. The winner of the day was Sébastien Loeb (Citroën), 0.7 seconds ahead of Mikko Hirvonen (Ford).

Day 2 (Friday, November 11th)

World Championship contender Hirvonen had an accident in thick fog on the seventh special stage and damaged the radiator, among other things. He lost almost four minutes to world championship leader Loeb. In the evening, Loeb was 17.7 seconds ahead of Jari-Matti Latvala (Ford) and Mads Østberg (Ford). In fourth place was Petter Solberg (Citroën), who lost more than a minute after a puncture. Ford announced the Hirvonen Fiesta was beyond repair. Loeb was world champion for the eighth time in a row.

3rd day (Saturday, November 12th)

Loeb was able to increase its lead over the competition on special stages 12 to 14. Solberg had to finish the rally in fourth place after a defect in the fuel pump. Kimi Raikkonen was in seventh place. After an accident in the ditch, he lost around 21 minutes. Latvala continued to pursue Loeb and was only 7.3 seconds behind on Saturday evening.

4th day (Sunday, November 13th)

Between the link between the 18th and 19th special stages, the new world champion Sébastien Loeb was involved in an accident by a wrong-way driver. Everyone involved was uninjured, but the Citroën DS3 WRC was so badly damaged that it was impossible to continue driving. After 23 special stages, Jari-Matti Latvala (Ford) stood on top of the podium for the first time in the 2011 season. In addition to the winner Latvala, Mads Østberg came in second and Henning Solberg in third.

Classifications

Bottom line

rank	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	Residue	Points + power stage
WRC
01	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3: 27: 03.5		25 + 1
02	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3: 30: 46.4	03: 42.9	18th
03	Henning Solberg	Ilka Minor	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3: 34: 08.6	07: 05.1	15th
04th	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	3: 34: 15.8	07: 12.3	12
05	Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3: 36: 00.8	08: 57.3	10
06th	Ott Tanak	Kuldar Sikk	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3: 36: 30.6	09: 27.1	08th
07th	Evgeny Novikov	Denis Giraudet	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3: 36: 51.2	09: 47.7	06th
08th	Dennis Kuipers	Frédéric Miclotte	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3: 37: 16.2	10: 12.7	04th
09	Ken Block	Alex Gelsomino	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3: 43: 04.7	16: 01.2	02
10	Armindo Araújo	Miguel Ramalho	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	3: 44: 05.1	17: 01.6	01
PWRC
01 (14)	Patrik Flodin	Timo Alanne	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3: 49: 32.2		25th
02 (15)	Michał Kościuszko	Maciej Szczepaniak	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	4: 01: 46.9	12: 14.7	18th
03 (16)	Nicolás Fuchs	Ruben Garcia	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	4: 02: 18.7	12: 46.5	15th
04 (17)	Dmitry Tagirov	Anna Zavershinskaya	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4: 03: 22.0	13: 49.8	12
05 (18)	Majed Al Shamsi	Killian Duffy	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4: 03: 53.4	14: 21.2	10
06 (23)	Oleksiy Kikireshko	Sergey Larens	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	4: 11: 33.8	22: 01.6	08th
7 (24)	Harry Hunt	Robbie Durant	Citroën DS3 R3	4: 13: 58.8	24: 26.6	06th
8 (25)	Oleksandr Saliuk junior	Pavlo Cherepin	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	4:15: 08.5	25: 36.3	04th
9 (34)	Valeriy Gorban	Andrey Nikolayev	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	4: 32: 54.4	43: 22.2	02
WRC Academy
01	Craig Breen	Gareth Roberts	Ford Fiesta R2	3: 06: 10.7		25 + 14 for SS victories
02	Egon Kaur	Erik Lepikson	Ford Fiesta R2	3: 10: 46.8	04: 36.1	18 + 1 for SS victories
03	Alastair Fisher	Daniel Barritt	Ford Fiesta R2	3: 13: 14.7	07: 04.0	15 + 1 for SS victories
04th	Christian Riedemann	Michael Wenzel	Ford Fiesta R2	3:15: 01.8	08: 51.1	12
05	Molly Taylor	Sebastian Marshall	Ford Fiesta R2	3: 17: 05.0	10: 54.3	10 + 1 for SS victories
06th	Sergey Karyakin	Anton Vlasyuk	Ford Fiesta R2	3: 19: 36.9	13: 26.2	08th
07th	Valentin Hummel	Katja Geyer	Ford Fiesta R2	3: 23: 04.2	16: 53.5	not eligible for points
08th	Andrea Crugnola	Michele Ferrara	Ford Fiesta R2	3: 25: 13.8	19: 03.1	04th
09	Yeray Lemes	Rogelio Peñate	Ford Fiesta R2	3: 25: 19.5	19: 08.8	02
10	Miko-Ove Niinemäe	Toomas Valter	Ford Fiesta R2	3: 30: 15.9	24: 05.2	01

Special stages

Day	WP number	begin	WP name	length	WP winner	time	Ø km / h	leader
Day 1-2 (November 10-11)	WP1	14:38	Great Orme 1	04.74 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	02: 39.3	107.12 km / h	Jari-Matti Latvala
	WP2	14:55	Great Orme 2	04.74 km	Sébastien Loeb	02: 40.4	106.38 km / h
	WP3	16:18	Clocaenog	15.77 km	Mikko Hirvonen	09: 14.1	102.46 km / h	Sébastien Loeb
	WP4	07:33	Gartheiniog 1	19.72 km	Sébastien Loeb	11: 18.9	104.57 km / h
	WP5	08:30	Dyfi West 1	10.31 km	Mikko Hirvonen	06: 14.1	099.21 km / h
	WP6	08:48	Dyfi East 1	06.72 km	Mikko Hirvonen	03: 41.5	109.22 km / h	Mikko Hirvonen
	WP7	09:43	Dyfnant 1	21.34 km	Sébastien Loeb	12: 41.0	100.95 km / h	Sébastien Loeb
	WP8	14:18	Dyfi West 2	10.31 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	06: 24.8	096.46 km / h
	WP9	14:36	Dyfi East 2	06.72 km	Kris Meeke	03: 46.8	106.67 km / h
	WP10	14:51	Gartheiniog 2	19.72 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	11: 24.3	103.74 km / h
	WP11	16:01	Dyfnant 2	21.34 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	12: 47.1	100.15 km / h
Day 3 (November 12th)	WP12	09:24	Hafren 1	32.14 km	Sébastien Loeb	18: 39.1	103.39 km / h
	WP13	10:05	Sweet Lamb 1	04.01 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	02: 48.5	085.67 km / h
	WP14	10:23	Myherin 1	27.88 km	Sébastien Loeb	15: 44.6	106.25 km / h
	WP15	13:51	Hafren 2	32.14 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	19: 11.6	100.47 km / h	Jari-Matti Latvala
	WP16	14:32	Sweet Lamb 2	04.01 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	02: 50.8	084.52 km / h
	WP17	14:50	Myherin 2	27.88 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	15: 57.4	104.83 km / h
Day 4 (November 13th)	WP18	07:38	Halfway 1	14.93 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	08: 45.6	102.26 km / h
	WP19	08:06	Crychan 1	22.73 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	12: 29.6	109.16 km / h
	WP20	08:42	Monument 1	04.36 km	Sébastien Ogier	02: 41.9	096.95 km / h
	WP21	10:36	Halfway 2	14.93 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	08: 59.8	099.57 km / h
	WP22	11:04	Crychan 2	22.73 km	Sébastien Ogier	12: 39.8	107.70 km / h
	WP23	12:11	Monument 2 (power stage)	04.36 km	Sébastien Ogier	02: 41.3	097.31 km / h

Web links

• Official WRC website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ WRC News (Motorsport-Total.com, accessed on March 6, 2014)