Rally Catalonia 2009
Racing data | |
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11th of 12 races of the 2009 World Rally Championship | |
Surname: | Rally Spain |
Date: | 2-4 October 2009 |
Begin: | Salou |
Exams: | 18 tests over 353.62 km |
Distance: | 1299.13 km |
Covering: | asphalt |
Podium | |
First: |
Sébastien Loeb Citroën World Rally Team |
Second: |
Daniel Sordo Citroën World Rally Team |
Third: |
Mikko Hirvonen Ford World Rally Team |
The Rally Spain (Catalonia) was the eleventh World Championship round in 2009 . The rally consisted of 18 special stages and was driven between October 2nd and 4th.
Race report
The Citroën drivers Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Sordo dominated the rally right from the start and finished in first and second place. With the double victory, Citroën was able to secure the manufacturer's title early. Ford driver Mikko Hirvonen had no chance of keeping up with the Citroën duo in a total of 18 stages and ended up in third place, 54.1 seconds behind Loeb. Hirvonen was thus able to maintain the lead in the drivers' world championship, but rival Loeb had come within one championship point. Privateer Petter Solberg finished his first rally in the 2008 version of the Citroën C4 WRC in fourth place. Sébastien Ogier (Citroën) was fifth ahead of Jari-Matti Latvala (Ford), who had problems setting the pace during the asphalt rally all weekend.
Classifications
Bottom line
Item | driver | Co-driver | automobile | time | Residue | Points | |
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WRC | |||||||
1 | Sébastien Loeb | Daniel Elena | Citroën C4 WRC | 3: 22: 14.7 | 10 | ||
2 | Dani Sordo | Marc Martí | Citroën C4 WRC | 3: 22: 26.7 | 0: 12.0 | 8th | |
3 | Mikko Hirvonen | Jarmo Lehtinen | Ford Focus RS WRC | 3: 23: 08.8 | 0: 54.1 | 6th | |
4th | Petter Solberg | Phil Mills | Citroën C4 WRC | 3: 23: 27.1 | 1: 12.4 | 5 | |
5 | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Citroën C4 WRC | 3: 23: 56.3 | 1: 41.6 | 4th | |
6th | Jari-Matti Latvala | Miikka Anttila | Ford Focus RS WRC | 3: 25: 04.5 | 2: 49.8 | 3 | |
7th | Matthew Wilson | Scott Martin | Ford Focus RS WRC | 3: 29: 30.2 | 7: 15.5 | 2 | |
8th | Federico Villagra | Jorge Pérez Companc | Ford Focus RS WRC | 3: 30: 42.8 | 8: 28.1 | 1 | |
JWRC | |||||||
1 | Hans Weijs | Bjorn Degandt | Citroën C2 S1600 | 3: 40: 25.5 | 10 | ||
2 | Simone Bertolotti | Luca Celestini | Suzuki Swift S1600 | 3: 45: 24.6 | 4: 49.1 | 8th | |
3 | Jordi Martí | Gabriel Sánchez | Renault Clio RS R3 | 3: 45: 58.3 | 6: 22.8 | 6th | |
4th | Kevin Abbring | Erwin Mombaerts | Renault Clio RS R3 | 3: 55: 18.1 | 15: 02.6 | 5 | |
5 | Aaron Burkart | Michael Koelbach | Suzuki Swift S1600 | 4: 06: 48.5 | 26: 13.0 | 4th |
Special stages
Day | WP number |
WP name |
length | WP winner |
time | leader |
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Day 1 (Oct 2nd) |
WP1 | La Mussara 1 | 20.48 km | Dani Sordo | 11: 33.4 | Dani Sordo |
WP2 | Que 1 | 21.26 km | Dani Sordo | 11: 22.0 | ||
WP3 | El Montmell 1 | 24.14 km | Dani Sordo | 12: 37.6 | ||
WP4 | La Mussara 2 | 20.48 km | Dani Sordo | 11: 17.4 | ||
WP5 | Querol 2 | 21.26 km | Sébastien Loeb | 11: 17.4 | ||
WP6 | El Montmell 2 | 24.14 km | Sébastien Loeb | 12: 34.2 | ||
Day 2 (October 3rd) |
WP7 | El Priorat / La Ribera d'Ebre 1 | 38.27 km | Sébastien Loeb | 21: 44.6 | Sébastien Loeb |
WP8 | Les Garrigues 1 | 8.6 km | Sébastien Ogier | 5: 05.5 | ||
WP9 | La Llena 1 | 17.12 km | Dani Sordo | 9: 38.1 | Dani Sordo | |
WP10 | El Priory / La Ribera d'Ebre 2 | 38.27 km | Sébastien Ogier | 21: 46.1 | ||
WP11 | Les Garrigues 2 | 8.6 km | Sébastien Loeb | 5: 06.0 | ||
WP12 | La Llena 2 | 17.12 km | Petter Solberg | 9: 49.0 | Sébastien Loeb | |
Day 3 (Oct 4th) |
WP13 | Riudecanyes 2 | 16.32 km | Dani Sordo | 10: 32.6 | |
WP14 | Santa Marina 1 | 26.51 km | Petter Solberg | 15: 52.3 | ||
WP15 | La Serra d'Almos 1 | 4.11 km | Sébastien Loeb | 2: 37.8 | ||
WP16 | Riudecanyes 2 | 16.32 km | Petter Solberg | 10: 32.8 | ||
WP17 | Santa Marina 2 | 26.51 km | Petter Solberg | 15: 53.9 | ||
WP18 | La Serra d'Almos 2 | 4.11 km | Jari-Matti Latvala | 2: 39.5 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ motorsport-total.com: Citroën celebrates title fiesta , accessed on January 3, 2015