Rally Catalonia 2012

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Flag of Spain.svg Rally Catalonia 2012
Racing data
13th of 13 races in the 2012 World Rally Championship
Surname: Rally Catalonia (Spain)
Date: 8-11 November 2012
Begin: Salou
Exams: 18 tests over 405.46 km
Distance: 1299.13 km
Covering: Asphalt / gravel
Podium
First: FranceFrance Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total World Rally Team
FranceFrance 
Second: FinlandFinland Jari-Matti Latvala Ford World Rally Team
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Third: FinlandFinland Mikko Hirvonen Citroën Total World Rally Team
FranceFrance 

The 48th Rally Catalonia (Spain) took place from November 8th to 11th, 2012. A total of 18 special stages were driven on asphalt and gravel with mostly wet conditions.

Sébastien Loeb / Daniel Elena in the Citroën DS3 WRC

Reports

Day 1 (Friday, November 9th)

After the first day, Mads Østberg (Ford) led the Rally Catalonia. Due to heavy rain, there were a lot of turneries, including Jari-Matti Latvala and Ott Tänak . For Thierry Neuville (Citroën) and Petter Solberg (Ford) the day was over after the second special stage. Both hit a stone and the suspension broke. Sébastien Loeb (Citroën) won the fifth special stage, improved to second overall and took up the pursuit of Østberg. Evgeny Novikov (Ford) won the fourth special stage, put his vehicle into the ditch in special stage 5 and lost time again. Østberg stayed as the overall leader with a 27.2 second lead over Loeb, followed by Latvala and Hirvonen.

Day 2 (Saturday, November 10th)

After two slips and the wrong tire choice by Østberg, Loeb took the lead from Latvala. In the ninth special stage, Loeb pulled away despite the muddy roads after heavy rain . Loeb was in the lead, 27 seconds ahead of Latvala and 47 seconds over team-mate Hirvonen.

Day 3 (Sunday, November 11th)

Sébastien Loeb closed his last full WRC season with a win. Jari-Matti Latvala followed, seven seconds back. Third place went to Mikko Hirvonen , who became vice world champion. Latvala, third in the world championship and best Ford driver, lost 116 world championship points on Loeb.

Classifications

Bottom line

rank driver Co-driver automobile time Residue Points + power stage
WRC
01 FranceFrance Sébastien Loeb MonacoMonaco Daniel Elena Citroën DS3 WRC 4: 14: 29.1 25 + 1 power stage
02 FinlandFinland Jari-Matti Latvala FinlandFinland Miikka Anttila Ford Fiesta RS WRC 4: 14: 36.1 00: 07.0 18 + 3 power stage
03 FinlandFinland Mikko Hirvonen FinlandFinland Jarmo Lehtinen Citroën DS3 WRC 4: 16: 15.9 01: 46.8 15th
04th NorwayNorway Mads Østberg SwedenSweden Jonas Andersson Ford Fiesta RS WRC 4: 16: 25.5 01: 56.4 12
05 FinlandFinland Jarkko Nikara FinlandFinland Jarkko Kalliolepo Mini John Cooper Works WRC 4: 30: 37.0 16: 07.9 10
06th IrelandIreland Craig Breen IrelandIreland Paul Nagle Ford Fiesta S2000 4: 32: 39.5 18: 10.4 08th
07th AustraliaAustralia Chris Atkinson AustraliaAustralia Glenn MacNeall Mini John Cooper Works WRC 4: 33: 43.8 19: 14.7 06th
08th SwedenSweden Per-Gunnar Andersson SwedenSweden Emil Axelsson Proton Satria Neo S2000 4: 34: 45.2 20: 16.1 04th
09 SpainSpain Dani Sordo SpainSpain Carlos del Barrio Mini John Cooper Works WRC 4: 40: 09.7 25: 40.6 2 + 2 power stage
10 RussiaRussia Evgeny Novikov AustriaAustria Ilka Minor Ford Fiesta RS WRC 4: 40: 15.7 25: 46.6 01
SWRC
01 (6) IrelandIreland Craig Breen IrelandIreland Paul Nagle Ford Fiesta S2000 4: 32: 39.5 25th
02 (8) SwedenSweden Per-Gunnar Andersson SwedenSweden Emil Axelsson Proton Satria Neo S2000 4: 34: 45.2 02: 05.7 18th
03 (15) Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia Yazeed Al-Rajhi United KingdomUnited Kingdom Michael Orr Ford Fiesta RRC 4: 45: 13.6 12: 34.1 15th
04 (17) United KingdomUnited Kingdom Alastair Fisher United KingdomUnited Kingdom Daniel Barritt Proton Satria Neo S2000 4: 46: 08.8 13: 29.3 12
05 (20) New ZealandNew Zealand Hayden Paddon New ZealandNew Zealand John Kennard Škoda Fabia S2000 4: 51: 06.6 18: 27.1 10
PWRC
01 (18) MexicoMexico Benito Guerra SpainSpain Borja Rozada Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 04: 47: 54.5 25th
02 (22) ArgentinaArgentina Marcos Ligato ArgentinaArgentina Rubén García Subaru Impreza WRX STi 4: 53: 30.8 05: 36.3 18th
03 (25) IndonesiaIndonesia Subhan Aksa AustraliaAustralia Bill Hayes Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 4: 57: 10.2 09: 15.7 15th
04 (27) United KingdomUnited Kingdom Valeriy Gorban United KingdomUnited Kingdom Andriy Nikolaev Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 4: 58: 40.4 10: 45.9 12
05 (29) ItalyItaly Lorenzo Bertelli ItalyItaly Lorenzo Granai Subaru Impreza WRX STi 5:00: 04.1 12: 10.2 10
06 (31) PolandPoland Michał Kościuszko PolandPoland Maciej Szczepaniak Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 5: 06: 00.9 18: 06.4 08th
07 (33) SpainSpain Yeray Lemes SpainSpain Rogelio Peñate Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 5: 08: 28.9 20: 34.4 06th
08 (35) MexicoMexico Ricardo Triviño SpainSpain Àlex Haro Subaru Impreza WRX STi 5: 10: 38.1 22: 43.6 04th
09 (36) PeruPeru Nicolás Fuchs ArgentinaArgentina Fernando Mussano Subaru Impreza WRX STi 5: 11: 14.5 23: 20.0 02
10 (38) ItalyItaly Gianluca Linari ItalyItaly Andrea Cecchi Subaru Impreza WRX STi 5: 16: 04.4 28: 09.9 01
JWRC (Academy)
01 SpainSpain José Antonio Suarez SpainSpain Cándido Carrera Ford Fiesta R2 3: 46: 51.3 25 + 1 for SS victories
02 SwedenSweden Pontus Tidemand NorwayNorway Stig rune Skjærmoen Ford Fiesta R2 3: 48: 11.0 01: 19.7 18 + 7 for SS victories
03 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Elfyn Evans United KingdomUnited Kingdom Philip Pugh Ford Fiesta R2 3: 50: 13.6 03: 22.3 15 + 3 for SS victories
04th United KingdomUnited Kingdom John MacCrone United KingdomUnited Kingdom Stuart Loudon Ford Fiesta R2 3: 55: 32.8 08: 41.5 12 + 2 for SS victories
05 NetherlandsNetherlands Timo van der Marel NetherlandsNetherlands Erwin Berkhof Ford Fiesta R2 3: 58: 15.7 11: 24.4 10
06th AustraliaAustralia Brendan Reeves AustraliaAustralia Rhianon Smyth Ford Fiesta R2 4:00: 13.6 13: 22.3 08th
07th PolandPoland Aron Domzala PolandPoland Kacper Pietrusinski Ford Fiesta R2 4: 12: 29.4 25: 38.1  -

Special stages

Day WP
number 		begin WP name length WP winner time Ø km / h leader
Day 1
(November 9th) 		WP1 07:45 Gandesa 07.00 km FinlandFinland Jari-Matti Latvala 04: 40.5 089.84 km / h FinlandFinland Jari-Matti Latvala
WP2 08:10 Pesells 1 26.59 km EstoniaEstonia Ott Tänak Mads Østberg
NorwayNorway 		15: 54.5 100.29 km / h EstoniaEstonia Ott Tanak
WP3 09:19 Terra Alta 1 44.02 km FranceFrance Sébastien Loeb 30: 37.3 086.25 km / h NorwayNorway Mads Østberg
WP4 13:35 Pesells 2 26.59 km RussiaRussia Evgeny Novikov 16: 03.9 099.31 km / h
WP5 14:44 Terra Alta 2 44.02 km FranceFrance Sébastien Loeb 31: 19.0 084.34 km / h
WP6 17:00 Salou 02.00 km FinlandFinland Mikko Hirvonen 02: 35.7 046.24 km / h
Day 2
(November 10th) 		WP7 08:00 La Mussara 1 20.48 km FinlandFinland Jari-Matti Latvala 11: 31.4 106.64 km / h
WP8 09:15 El Priory 1 45.97 km FranceFrance Sébastien Loeb 26: 20.0 104.74 km / h FranceFrance Sébastien Loeb
WP9 10:26 Riba-roja d'Ebre 1 14.20 km FranceFrance Sébastien Loeb 09: 19.1 091.43 km / h
WP10 13:51 La Mussara 2 20.48 km SpainSpain Dani Sordo 11: 23.2 107.92 km / h
WP11 15:06 El Priory 2 45.97 km SpainSpain Dani Sordo 25: 52.7 106.58 km / h
WP12 16:17 Riba-roja d'Ebre 2 14.20 km EstoniaEstonia Ott Tanak 09: 32.0 089.37 km / h
Day 3
(November 11th) 		WP13 07:50 Riudecanyes 1 16.35 km SpainSpain Dani Sordo 10: 33.9 092.85 km / h
WP14 08:51 Santa Marina 1 26.51 km SpainSpain Dani Sordo 15: 42.7 101.24 km / h
WP15 09:47 La Serra d'Almos 1 04.11 km SpainSpain Dani Sordo 02: 37.1 094.18 km / h
WP16 11:52 Riudecanyes 2 16.35 km FinlandFinland Jari-Matti Latvala 10: 30.7 093.32 km / h
WP17 12:53 Santa Marina 2 (power stage) 26.51 km FinlandFinland Jari-Matti Latvala 15: 43.5 101.15 km / h
WP18 13:49 La Serra d'Almos 2 04.11 km SpainSpain Dani Sordo 02: 38.3 093.47 km / h

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ motorsport-total.com - Internet page: Rallye News: motorsport-total.com. Retrieved March 2, 2014 .