Rally Jordan 2010

 Rally Jordan 2010

Racing data
3rd of 13 rounds of the 2010 World Rally Championship
Surname:	Rally Jordan
Date:	1st - 3rd April 2010
Begin:	Amman
Exams:	21 tests over 339.48 km
Distance:	911.78 km
Covering:	gravel
Podium
First:	Sébastien Loeb Citroën World Rally Team
Second:	Jari-Matti Latvala Ford World Rally Team
Third:	Petter Solberg Petter Solberg World Rally Team

The Rally Jordan 2010 was the third world championship round of the 2010 season. The event took place from April 1st to 3rd. The headquarters was set up on the edge of the Dead Sea about 50 kilometers near the capital Amman .

Race report

Sébastien Loeb (Citroën) won the 56th WRC rally of his career. Only Jari-Matti Latvala (Ford) was able to keep up with the reigning world champion at the beginning, but finally had to admit defeat by 35.8 seconds. Petter Solberg came in third and was on the podium for the second time in a row, after his second place in Mexico . Mikko Hirvonen (Ford) was classified in 20th place after repeatedly having technical problems and also struggling with a door opening. Ex-Formula 1 driver Kimi Raikkonen finished eighth and was only the second F1 driver, after Carlos Reutemann , who won world championship points in the world rally championship .

After the Rally Mexico, Xavier Pons won the SWRC class for the second time in a row. He crossed the finish line around 12 minutes before Eyvind Brynildsen and was ten points ahead of the championship table. Rally Sweden winner Per-Gunnar Andersson finished third ahead of Nasser Al-Attiyah , Patrik Sandell and Jari Ketomaa . In the PWRC class , Patrik Flodin won for the second time in the current season ahead of Armindo Araújo with a margin of almost two minutes. Second place was enough for Araújo to keep his lead in the overall standings.

Classifications

Bottom line

Item	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	Residue	Points
WRC
01	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 51: 35.9		25th
02	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 52: 11.7	0: 35.8	18th
03	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 52: 47.7	1: 11.8	15th
04th	Dani Sordo	Marc Martí	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 53: 25.2	1: 49.3	12
05	Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	Ford Focus RS WRC	4: 00: 00.2	8: 24.3	10
06th	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën C4 WRC	4: 02: 02.3	10: 26.4	8th
07th	Federico Villagra	Jorge Pérez Companc	Ford Focus RS WRC	4: 03: 03.9	11: 28.0	6th
08th	Kimi Raikkonen	Kaj Lindstrom	Citroën C4 WRC	4: 04: 06.9	12: 31.0	4th
09	Henning Solberg	Ilka Minor	Ford Focus WRC	4: 05: 44.5	14: 08.6	2
10	Xavier Pons	Alex Haro	Ford Fiesta S2000	4: 10: 09.8	18: 33.9	1
SWRC
1 (10)	Xavier Pons	Alex Haro	Ford Fiesta S2000	4: 10: 09.8		25th
2 (14)	Eyvind Brynildsen	Cato Menkerud	Škoda Fabia S2000	4: 22: 01.8	11: 52.0	18th
3 (16)	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Jonas Andersson	Škoda Fabia S2000	4: 29: 07.2	18: 57.4	15th
4 (18)	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Giovanni Bernacchini	Škoda Fabia S2000	4: 31: 26.0	21: 16.2	12
5 (23)	Patrik Sandell	Emil Axelsson	Škoda Fabia S2000	4: 51: 50.0	41: 40.2	10
6 (25)	Jari Ketomaa	Mika Stenberg	Ford Fiesta S2000	5: 04: 29.3	54: 19.5	8th
PWRC
1 (11)	Patrik Flodin	Göran Bergsten	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	4: 10: 42.9		25th
2 (12)	Armindo Araújo	Miguel Ramalho	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	4: 12: 39.5	1: 56.6	18th
3 (15)	Nicholai Georgiou	Joseph Matar	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	4: 29: 01.3	18: 18.4	15th
4 (17)	Spyros Pavlides	Chris Patterson	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	4: 29: 54.8	19: 11.9	12
5 (19)	Amjad Farrah	Nancy Al-Majali	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	4: 33: 00.4	22: 17.5	10
6 (21)	Wang Rui	Pan Hongyu	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	4: 38: 14.8	27: 31.9	8th
7 (24)	Paulo Nobre	Edu Paula	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	4: 55: 12.0	44: 29.1	6th

Special stages

Day	WP number	WP name	length	WP winner	time	Ø km / h	leader
Day 1 (April 1st)	WP1	Rumman Forest	15.34 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	12: 12.1	75.43 km / h	Jari-Matti Latvala
	WP2	Wadi Shueib 1	8.65 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	7: 05.2	73.24 km / h
	WP3	Mahes 1	20.44 km	Dani Sordo	14: 44.1	83.23 km / h	Dani Sordo
	WP4	Mount Nebo 1	11.09 km	Petter Solberg	8: 16.3	80.44 km / h	Jari-Matti Latvala
	WP5	Wadi Shueib 2	8.65 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	6: 44.1	77.06 km / h
	WP6	Mahes 2	20.44 km	Petter Solberg	14: 17.7	85.79 km / h
	WP7	Mount Nebo 2	11.09 km	Sébastien Loeb	8: 00.6	83.07 km / h
Day 2 (Apr 2nd)	WP8	Suwayma 1	10.49 km	Sébastien Loeb	5: 13.7	120.38 km / h
	WP9	Kafrain 1	17.20 km	Petter Solberg	11: 54.0	86.72 km / h
	WP10	Jordan River 1	41.45 km	Sébastien Loeb	27: 38.4	89.98 km / h
	WP11	Suwayma 2	10.49 km	Sébastien Loeb	5: 13.7	120.38 km / h	Sébastien Loeb Jari-Matti Latvala
	WP12	Kafrain 2	17.20 km	Petter Solberg	11: 43.3	88.04 km / h	Sébastien Loeb
	WP13	Jordan River 2	41.45 km	Sébastien Loeb	27: 10.0	91.55 km / h
Day 3 (April 3rd)	WP14	Yakrut 1	14.16 km	Sébastien Loeb	8: 30.4	99.87 km / h
	WP15	Bahath 1	12.53 km	Petter Solberg	9: 30.3	79.10 km / h
	WP16	Shuna 1	15.23 km	Sébastien Loeb	11: 55.5	76.63 km / h
	WP17	Baptism Site 1	10.83 km	Sébastien Loeb	5: 21.1	121.42 km / h
	WP18	Yakrut 2	14.16 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	8: 21.1	101.73 km / h
	WP19	Bahath 2	12.53 km	Sébastien Loeb	9: 17.0	80.98 km / h
	WP20	Shuna 2	15.23 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	12: 00.6	76.09 km / h
	WP21	Baptism Site 2	10.83 km	Sébastien Ogier	5: 25.8	119.67 km / h

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Jordan Rally 2010 , accessed on December 13, 2014

Web links

Commons : World Rally Championship 2010  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website