Rally Italy 2009
Racing data | |
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6th of 12 races of the 2009 World Rally Championship | |
Surname: | Rally Sardinia |
Date: | 22.-24. May 2009 |
Begin: | Olba |
Exams: | 14 tests over 347.12 km |
Distance: | 1263.20 km |
Covering: | gravel |
Podium | |
First: |
Jari-Matti Latvala Ford World Rally Team |
Second: |
Mikko Hirvonen Ford World Rally Team |
Third: |
Petter Solberg Petter Solberg World Rally Team |
The Rally Sardinia (Italy) was the sixth round of the 2009 World Rally Championship . The rally consisted of 17 special stages and was held from May 22nd to 24th.
Race report
Before the rally in Sardinia, the tactics had been discussed. In fact, Sébastien Loeb (Citroën) and Mikko Hirvonen (Ford) already played for the starting positions for Saturday on Friday evening. Jari-Matti Latvala (Ford) did not take part in the tactics and dominated the rally from the start. Latvala had been in the lead since the first special stage and was able to maintain his lead on the second day despite the worst starting position. On the last day of the rally it turned out that first place on the grid was a big advantage. While all drivers had to struggle with the thick dust of the vehicles ahead, Latvala benefited from a clear view and was able to outrun the field. Hirvonen, second in the world championship, had hoped he would win if world championship leader Loeb got a problem. But now he was beaten by his teammate. Things didn't go according to plan for Sébastien Loeb. It looked good for him on Friday, but tactically on Friday evening he dropped back to third in order not to have to start first on Saturday. But several problems made his rally difficult on Saturday. At first he had braking problems, then he received a ten-second penalty for being late at a special stage. In the eleventh stage, his dreams of victory were over when he lost over a minute due to a puncture. The FIA commissioners subsequently gave the Citroën driver a time penalty of two minutes. They came to the conclusion that Loeb and his co-driver Daniel Elena were not properly buckled up after their tire change on Saturday afternoon. So Petter Solberg (Citroën) came in third, despite steering problems in the last special stages.
In the PWRC classification , the decision to win was exciting. In the end, Nasser Al-Attiyah secured victory 1.5 seconds ahead of Patrik Sandell . In the JWRC , Martin Prokop won ahead of Michal Kosciuszko and Aaron Burkart despite numerous problems and several time penalties .
Classifications
Bottom line
Item | driver | Co-driver | automobile | time | Residue | Points |
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WRC | ||||||
1 | Jari-Matti Latvala | Miikka Anttila | Ford Focus RS WRC | 4: 00: 55.7 | 10 | |
2 | Mikko Hirvonen | Jarmo Lehtinen | Ford Focus RS WRC | 4: 01: 25.1 | 0: 29.4 | 8th |
3 | Petter Solberg | Phil Mills | Citroën Xsara WRC | 4: 02: 53.3 | 1: 57.6 | 6th |
4th | Sébastien Loeb | Daniel Elena | Citroën C4 WRC | 4: 04: 39.4 | 3: 43.7 | 5 |
5 | Evgeny Novikov | Dale Moscatt | Citroën C4 WRC | 4: 06: 07.5 | 5: 11.8 | 4th |
6th | Matthew Wilson | Scott Martin | Ford Focus RS WRC | 4: 08: 25.0 | 7: 29.3 | 3 |
7th | Mads Østberg | Veronica Engan | Subaru Impreza WRC | 4: 14: 16.3 | 13: 20.6 | 2 |
8th | Henning Solberg | Cato Menkerud | Ford Focus RS WRC | 4: 14: 16.9 | 13: 21.2 | 1 |
PWRC | ||||||
1 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Giovanni Bernacchini | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 4: 20: 39.4 | 10 | |
2 | Patrik Sandell | Emil Axelsson | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 4: 20: 40.9 | 0: 01.5 | 8th |
3 | Armindo Araújo | Ramalho Miguel | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | 4: 24: 23.5 | 3: 44.1 | 6th |
4th | Patrick Flodin | Göran Bergsten | Subaru Impreza | 4: 27: 14.9 | 6: 35.5 | 5 |
5 | Eyvind Brynildsen | Denis Giraudet | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | 4: 34: 37.9 | 13: 58.5 | 4th |
6th | Frederic Sauvan | Sebastien Capanna | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | 4: 47: 14.5 | 26: 35.1 | 3 |
7th | Gianluca Linari | Paolo Gregoriani | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 4: 48: 10.7 | 27: 31.3 | 2 |
8th | Gabor Mayer | Robert Tagai | Subaru Impreza | 4: 48: 11.3 | 27: 31.9 | 1 |
JWRC | ||||||
1 | Martin Prokop | Jan Tománek | Citroën C2 S1600 | 4: 23: 40.6 | 10 | |
2 | Michal Kosciuszko | Maciek Szczepaniak | Suzuki Swift S1600 | 4: 23: 53.8 | 0: 13.2 | 8th |
3 | Aaron Burkart | Michael Koelbach | Suzuki Swift S1600 | 4: 31: 55.4 | 8: 14.8 | 6th |
4th | Yoann Bonato | Benjamin Boulloud | Suzuki Swift S1600 | 4: 34: 45.2 | 11: 04.5 | 5 |
5 | Alessandro Bettega | Simone Scattolin | Renault Clio R3 | 4: 35: 40.2 | 11: 59.5 | 4th |
6th | Hans Weijs jr | Bjorn Degandt | Citroën C2 S1600 | 4: 37: 14.2 | 13: 33.5 | 3 |
7th | Simone Bertolotti | Luca Celestini | Suzuki Swift S1600 | 5: 13: 03.0 | 49: 22.4 | 2 |
Special stages
Day | WP number |
WP name |
length | WP winner |
time | leader |
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Day 1 (May 22nd) |
WP1 | Sa Conchedda 1 | 14.99 km | Jari-Matti Latvala | 10: 33.3 | Jari-Matti Latvala |
WP2 | Loelle 1 | 22.3 km | Dani Sordo | 13: 41.6 | ||
WP3 | Crastazza 1 | 27.81 km | Jari-Matti Latvala | 18: 24.8 | ||
WP4 | Sa Conchedda 2 | 14.99 km | Jari-Matti Latvala | 10: 16.3 | ||
WP5 | Loelle 2 | 22.3 km | Sébastien Loeb | 13: 19.8 | ||
WP6 | Crastazza 2 | 27.81 km | Jari-Matti Latvala | 17: 57.0 | ||
Day 2 (May 23) |
WP7 | Sa Linea 1 | 14.2 km | Mikko Hirvonen | 9: 10.5 | |
WP8 | Fiorentini 1 | 22.02 km | Sébastien Loeb | 18: 06.4 | ||
WP9 | Monte Lerno 1 | 29.15 km | Sébastien Loeb | 19: 36.7 | ||
WP10 | Sa Linea 2 | 14.2 km | Mikko Hirvonen | 9: 05.4 | ||
WP11 | Fiorentini 2 | 22.02 km | Petter Solberg | 17: 53.3 | ||
WP12 | Monte Lerno 2 | 29.15 km | Sébastien Loeb | 18: 58.6 | ||
Day 3 (May 24th) |
WP13 | Monte Olia 1 | 19.31 km | Jari-Matti Latvala | 14: 24.3 | |
WP14 | Sorillis 1 | 18.66 km | Jari-Matti Latvala | 14: 21.1 | ||
WP15 | Arzachena | 10.24 km | Henning Solberg | 5: 46.7 | ||
WP16 | Monte Olia 2 | 19.31 km | Henning Solberg | 14: 02.6 | ||
WP17 | Sorillis 2 | 18.66 km | Sébastien Loeb | 13: 48.3 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ motorsport-total.com: Overjoyed Latvala triumphs in Sardinia , accessed on December 29, 2014