Rally Japan

Youngster Mikko Hirvonen at the 2006 Japan Rally

Overall winner of the 2006 Rally Japan: Sébastien Loeb

The Rally Japan was staged six times between 2004 and 2010 as a World Rally Championship (WRC).

Rally Japan was a rally competition in Hokkaidō , Japan . The event has been an FIA World Rally Championship run since its inception in the 2004 season . From 2004 to 2007 the rally was driven on the winding and narrow gravel roads of the region near Tokachi Obihiro . For the 2008 season , the event was moved to the region near Sapporo , the capital Hokkaidō. The Rally Japan was not held in 2009 , but returned to the world championship calendar in 2010 .

Results

year	rally	Overall winner		Make and model
		driver	Co-driver
2004	Rally Japan 2004	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Subaru Impreza WRC
2005	Rally Japan 2005	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	Peugeot 307 WRC
2006	Rally Japan 2006	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën Xsara WRC
2007	Rally Japan 2007	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus WRC
2008	Rally Japan 2008	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus WRC
2009	not carried out
2010	Rally Japan 2010	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën C4 WRC

Web links

Commons : Rallye Japan  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Results on eWRC-results.com