Rally Italy 2011

 Rally Italy 2011

Racing data
5th of 13 rounds of the 2011 World Rally Championship
Surname:	Rally d'Italia Sardegna 2011
Date:	6-8 May 2011
Begin:	Olbia
Exams:	18 tests over 339.7 km
Distance:	1183.52 km
Covering:	gravel
Podium
First:	Sébastien Loeb Citroën World Rally Team
Second:	Mikko Hirvonen Ford World Rally Team
Third:	Petter Solberg Petter Solberg World Rally Team

Mikko Hirvonen / Jarmo Lehtinen with the Ford Fiesta RS WRC

The 2011 Rally Sardinia , officially Rally d'Italia Sardegna 2011 , was the fifth round of the 2011 World Rally Championship and also a round of the 2011 Super 2000 World Rally Championship and the 2011 WRC Academy . The Sardinia Rally took place for the eighth time in 2011 and was held in Sardinia from May 6th to 8th .

background

The rally consisted of 18 special stages over a distance of 339.7 classified kilometers. It was driven on gravel roads. The paddock was in Olbia . A total of 64 vehicles were registered for the event. The Mini WRC Team fielded its new Mini John Cooper Works WRC for Daniel Sordo and Kris Meeke for the first time in Sardinia .

Reports

Day 1 (Friday, May 6th)

After a mistake in co-driver Miikka Anttila's notes, Jari-Matti Latvala had a rollover on the first special stage that cost him 25 seconds. On the following test, he had to finally park the car because of a damaged wheel suspension as a consequence of his rollover. Petter Solberg , who initially took the lead with a best time on SS 1, lost almost 40 seconds on SS 2 with a defective turbocharger. Mikko Hirvonen then led for a short time until Sébastien Loeb took the lead on SS 4. On SS 7 Hirvonen had a puncture after hitting an earth wall. He lost around 50 seconds. Meanwhile, Stobart driver Evgeny Novikov , who was on a podium course, retired due to an accident. Sébastien Ogier clocked on SS 8 and dropped to fourth place overall in order to get a better starting position for the second day. By the end of the day Loeb had a lead of over 30 seconds over Solberg and over 50 seconds over Hirvonen and Ogier.

Day 2 (Saturday, May 7th)

Under the SupeRally regulations , Latvala was allowed to start again on the second day. He set the pace, although there was no longer any prospect of a top overall placement. Petter Solberg fell back on SS 10 after a puncture. Loeb continued to hold the lead and after the second day was almost half a minute ahead of Hirvonen.

3rd day (Sunday, May 8th)

Sébastien Loeb kept the attacking Hirvonen behind on the third day and won the rally with a lead of 11.2 seconds. Mikko Hirvonen got the bonus points on the power stage in front of Jari-Matti Latvala and Loeb. Third place went to Petter Solberg in the overall ranking . The direct opponent Sébastien Ogier had a collision with a rock on SS 17. A wheel suspension broke and he lost over a minute. Ott Tänak won the SWRC class. 32 vehicles were rated.

Classifications

Bottom line

rank	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	Residue	Points + power stage
WRC
01	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC	3: 45: 40.9		25 + 1
02	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3: 45: 52.1	00: 11.2	18 + 3
03	Petter Solberg	Chris Patterson	Citroën DS3 WRC	3: 46: 04.7	00: 23.8	15th
04th	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën DS3 WRC	3: 47: 12.4	01: 31.5	12
05	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3: 48: 23.5	02: 42.6	10
06th	Daniel Sordo	Carlos del Barrio	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	3: 49: 08.5	03: 27.6	08th
07th	Ott Tanak	Kuldar Sikk	Ford Fiesta S2000	3: 52: 51.8	07: 10.9	06th
08th	Juho Hänninen	Mikko Markkula	Škoda Fabia S2000	3: 53: 18.5	07: 37.6	04th
09	Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	03: 53: 41.3	08: 00.4	02
10	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Ford Fiesta S2000	03: 57: 09.1	11: 28.2	01
SWRC
1 0(7)	Ott Tanak	Kuldar Sikk	Ford Fiesta S2000	3: 52: 51.8		25th
2 0(8)	Juho Hänninen	Mikko Markkula	Škoda Fabia S2000	3: 53: 18.5	00: 26.7	18th
3 (10)	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Ford Fiesta S2000	3: 57: 09.1	04: 17.3	15th
4 (11)	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Giovanni Bernacchini	Ford Fiesta S2000	3: 58: 14.7	05: 22.9	12
5 (16)	Hermann Gassner junior	Katharina Wüstenhagen	Škoda Fabia S2000	4: 06: 23.4	13: 31.6	10
6 (21)	Karl Kruuda	Martin Järveoja	Škoda Fabia S2000	4: 22: 45.6	29: 53.8	08th
7 (24)	Frigyes Turán	Gábor Zsiros	Ford Fiesta S2000	4: 35: 09.8	42: 18.0	06th
WRC Academy
1	Egon Kaur	Erik Lepikson	Ford Fiesta R2	3: 29: 39.4		25 + 5
2	Miguel Baldoni	Fernando Mussano	Ford Fiesta R2	3: 31: 21.5	01: 42.1	18th
3	Fredrik Åhlin	Bjorn Nilsson	Ford Fiesta R2	3: 32: 21.7	02: 42.3	15th
4th	Jan Černý	Pavel Kohout	Ford Fiesta R2	3: 46: 22.3	16: 42.9	12
5	Brendan Reeves	Rhianon Smyth	Ford Fiesta R2	3: 47: 02.5	17: 23.1	10 + 2
6th	Andrea Crugnola	Michele Ferrara	Ford Fiesta R2	3: 47: 13.3	17: 33.9	8 + 2
7th	Miko-Ove Niinemäe	Timo Kasesalu	Ford Fiesta R2	4: 01: 44.6	32: 05.2	06th
8th	Craig Breen	Gareth Roberts	Ford Fiesta R2	4: 03: 43.6	34: 04.2	4 + 4

1. ↑ ^{a b} Bonus points for placement on the Power Stage .
2. ↑ For the evaluation of the WRC Academy only the first two days of the rally were taken into account. The drivers therefore did not place in the overall standings.
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} Bonus points for special stage best times within the WRC Academy class .

Special stages

Day	WP number	begin	WP name	length	WP winner	time	Ø km / h	leader
Day 1 (May 6th)	WP1	09:33	Lago Omodeo 1	10.21 km	Petter Solberg	05: 59.2	102.33 km / h	Petter Solberg
	WP2	10:25	Monte Grighini North 1	21.32 km	Mikko Hirvonen	14: 59.1	085.37 km / h	Mikko Hirvonen
	WP3	11:26	Alta Marmilla 1	14.34 km	Sébastien Loeb Sébastien Ogier Petter Solberg	09: 37.8	089.35 km / h
	WP4	12:09	Monte Grighini Sud 1	19.66 km	Sébastien Loeb	13: 45.6	085.73 km / h	Sébastien Loeb
	WP5	13:46	Monte Grighini North 2	21.32 km	Mikko Hirvonen	14: 32.6	087.96 km / h
	WP6	14:47	Alta Marmilla 2	14.34 km	Sébastien Loeb	09: 18.4	092.45 km / h
	WP7	3:30 p.m.	Monte Grighini Sud 2	19.66 km	Sébastien Loeb	13: 17.0	088.80 km / h
	WP8	17:04	Lago Omodeo 2	10.21 km	Mikko Hirvonen	05: 58.6	102.50 km / h
Day 2 (May 7th)	WP9	09:29	Coiluna 1	29.35 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	17: 39.9	099.69 km / h
	WP10	10:36	Monte Lerno 1	27.97 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	18: 06.2	092.70 km / h
	WP11	11:15	Su Filigosu 1	14.21 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	08: 59.8	094.77 km / h
	WP12	14:39	Coiluna 2	29.35 km	Sébastien Ogier	17: 13.8	102.21 km / h
	WP13	15:46	Monte Lerno 2	27.97 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	17: 41.0	094.90 km / h
	WP14	16:25	Su Filigosu 2	14.21 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	08: 44.0	097.63 km / h
Day 3 (May 8th)	WP15	06:50	Gallura 1	08.24 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	06: 28.9	076.28 km / h
	WP16	08:03	Monte Olia	24.50 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	17: 50.7	082.38 km / h
	WP17	08:41	Terranova	24.60 km	Petter Solberg	17: 26.4	084.63 km / h
	WP18	12:00	Gallura 2	08.24 km	Mikko Hirvonen	06: 15.2	079.06 km / h

Web links

• Official website
• Rally Sardinia 2011 on WRC.com
• Results on eWRC-results.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ MINI WRC: Official starting shot in Oxford (Motorsport-Total.com on April 11, 2011)
2. ↑ SS1-4: Loeb in the lead, Latvala out of decision (Motorsport-Total.com on May 6, 2011)
3. ↑ SS5-8: Loeb after the first stage before Solberg (Motorsport-Total.com on May 6, 2011)
4. ↑ SS9-11: Loeb holds the lead, Hirvonen behind (Motorsport-Total.com on May 7, 2011)
5. ↑ SS12-14: Loeb on the way to victory in Sardinia (Motorsport-Total.com on May 7, 2011)
6. ↑ Sardinia: Loeb wins 64th World Championship (Motorsport-Total.com on May 8, 2011)