Rally Jordan 2011

 Rally Jordan 2011

Racing data
4th of 13 races in the 2011 World Rally Championship
Surname:	Jordan Rally
Date:	14.-16. April 2011
Begin:	Amman
Exams:	20 (thereof 6 canceled) tests over 333.04 km (thereof 73.48 km canceled) km
Distance:	1008.89 (planned) km
Covering:	gravel
Podium
First:	Sébastien Ogier Citroën Total WRT
Second:	Jari-Matti Latvala Ford World Rally Team
Third:	Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total WRT

The 2011 Rally Jordan (officially the Jordan Rally ) was the fourth round of the 2011 World Rally Championship . The rally was held from April 14-16, 2011 mainly in the desert east of the Dead Sea and in the Jordan Rift in south-western Jordan. This event also included the second of eight races of the 2011 Super 2000 World Rally Championship . The third rally of the 2011 Middle East Rally Championship season was held as part of this event .

The new WRC vehicles Citroën DS3 WRC and Ford Fiesta RS WRC were used at the Jordan Rally for the fourth time . For the second time, the Super 2000 vehicles from Mini, equipped with the 1600 cm³ engine, also competed . Because of their turbocharged engine, the Mini CountrymanS2000 formed a class of their own, between WRC and Ford Fiesta S2000 vehicles. According to the new regulations, a power stage was held at this rally , in which the three fastest drivers achieved bonus points for the drivers' world championship.

Routing and conditions

The paddock was set up in the Dead Sea Center directly on the Dead Sea . The ceremonial start took place in Amman , the capital of Jordan about 50 km to the north . The special stages consisted partly of asphalt roads in the desert polluted with sand and rubble, but mostly of gravel, narrow and winding roads in the desert, strewn with stones of different sizes. The 14 special stages on April 15th and 16th with a total length of 259.56 km started as planned. The planned total length including connecting stages was 1008.89 kilometers. The paddock with the service zone was located near the lowest point on earth (which is not covered with water). The special stages were held at over 40 ° C in the shade in the Jordan desert around the Dead Sea. The highest passage of a special stage was just over 1000 meters above sea level. Most parts of the rally took place below zero sea level down to the Jordan Rift (a good 420 m below sea level). This made the rally an unusual addition to the list of World Rally Championship races. Since all the special stages were comparatively close to the service park and the first stage was also canceled, it was also one of the more compact rallies of the world championship.

report

April 14th to 16th (Thursday to Saturday)

At the Jordan Rally, the first stage, consisting of six special stages, was canceled. The RoRo ship loaded with training cars and service material initially arrived late at the port of Haifa, which was chosen as an alternative solution due to the unrest in the Middle East, due to an engine failure . A storm then prevented the ship from being unloaded. There was a three-day delay before the material reached the paddock in Jordan. Those in charge were forced to cancel the first day of the event. The rally was fully rated according to the WRC regulations .

The French Citroën factory driver Sébastien Ogier achieved the fourth overall victory of his career and the second consecutive win of the season. At the end of the rally, Ogier was only two tenths of a second faster than second, the Finn Jari-Matti Latvala , who started for the Ford World Rally Team . That was the tightest decision so far in the history of the World Rally Championship. Ogier's team-mate Sébastien Loeb crossed the finish line in third place . Bernardo Sousa won the SWRC rating .

At the Power Stage ( Baptism Site 2 ), which started as the last special stage, with a track length of 10.50 km , Sébastien Ogier achieved three bonus points as the fastest. He also regained the overall lead that he had lost to Latvala on the previous special stage. Mikko Hirvonen , second fastest, scored two and Sébastien Loeb, third fastest, scored a bonus point for the drivers' championship.

Of 31 vehicles that started in the World Championship, 23 made it to the finish line.

Classifications

Bottom line

rank	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	Residue	Points + power stage
WRC
01	Sébastien Ogier	Julian Ingrassia	Citroën DS3 WRC	2: 48: 28.2		25 + 3
02	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	2: 48: 28.4	00: 00.2	18th
03	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC	2: 48: 55.9	00: 27.7	15 + 1
04th	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	2: 51: 12.9	02: 44.7	12 + 2
05	Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	2: 54: 13.1	05: 44.9	10
06th	Kimi Raikkonen	Kaj Lindström	Citroën DS3 WRC	2: 54: 43.1	06: 14.9	08th
07th	Federico Villagra	Jorge Pérez Companc	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	2: 57: 46.9	09: 18.7	06th
08th	Khalid Al Qassimi	Michael Orr	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	2: 58: 11.9	09: 43.7	04th
09	Dennis Kuipers	Bjorn Degandt	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3: 02: 55.7	14: 27.5	02
10	Bernardo Sousa	Antonio Costa	Ford Fiesta S2000	3: 03: 33.7	15: 05.5	01
SWRC
1 (10)	Bernardo Sousa	Antonio Costa	Ford Fiesta S2000	3: 03: 33.7		25th
2 (11)	Karl Kruuda	Martin Järveoja	Škoda Fabia S2000	3: 03: 55.4	00: 21.7	18th
3 (12)	Hermann Gassner junior	Katharina Wüstenhagen	Škoda Fabia S2000	3: 05: 55.8	02: 22.1	15th
4 (17)	Albert Llovera	Diego Vallejo	Abarth Grande Punto	3: 21: 07.2	17: 33.5	12
5 (18)	Eyvind Brynildsen	Cato Menkerud	Škoda Fabia	3: 26: 55.2	23: 21.5	10

Special stages

Day	WP number	begin	WP name	length	WP winner	time	Ø km / h	leader
Day 1 (April 14th)	WP1	11:33	Wadi Shueib 1	08.65 km	Special stages canceled
	WP2	12:16	Mount Nebo 1	11.09 km
	WP3	13:03	Ma'in 1	17.00 km
	WP4	3:30 p.m.	Wadi Shueib 2	08.65 km
	WP5	16:13	Mount Nebo 2	11.09 km
	WP6	17:00	Ma'in 2	17.00 km
Day 2 (April 15th)	WP7	09:03	Suwayma 1	13.50 km	Sébastien Loeb	07: 01.0	115.44 km / h	Sébastien Loeb
	WP8	09:46	Kafrain 1	17.20 km	Petter Solberg	12: 11.6	084.64 km / h	Sébastien Loeb Sébastien Ogier
	WP9	10:49	Jordan River 1	41.45 km	Sébastien Ogier	27: 32.6	090.29 km / h	Sébastien Ogier
	WP10	13:37	Suwayma 2	13.50 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	06: 59.0	115.99 km / h
	WP11	14:20	Kafrain 2	17.20 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	11: 48.2	087.43 km / h
	WP12	15:23	Jordan River 2	41.45 km	Sébastien Ogier	27: 13.5	091.35 km / h
Day 3 (April 16)	WP13	08:20	Yakrut 1	14.16 km	Sébastien Loeb	08: 30.6	099.84 km / h
	WP14	08:50	Bahath 1	12.53 km	Mikko Hirvonen	09: 30.0	079.14 km / h
	WP15	09:35	Mahes 1	20.44 km	Mikko Hirvonen	14: 33.0	084.29 km / h
	WP16	10:18	Baptism Site 1	10.50 km	Sébastien Loeb	05: 21.7	117.50 km / h
	WP17	12:18	Yakrut 2	14.16 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	08: 15.8	102.82 km / h
	WP18	12:48	Bahath 2	12.53 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	09: 10.5	081.94 km / h
	WP19	13:33	Mahes 2	20.44 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	14: 09.1	086.66 km / h	Jari-Matti Latvala
	WP20	15:00	Baptism Site 2 (Power-Stage)	10.50 km	Sébastien Ogier	05: 21.7	117.50 km / h	Sébastien Ogier

Web links

• Rally Jordan 2011 on the WRC website
• Results on eWRC-results.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ First stage of the Jordan Rally canceled (Motorsport-Total.com on April 13, 2011)
2. ↑ ^{a b} Jordan thriller: Ogier in the finish 0.2 seconds before Latvala! (Motorsport-Total.com on April 16, 2011)