Rally Catalonia 2015

 Rally Catalonia 2015

Racing data
12th of 13 rounds of the 2015 World Rally Championship
Surname:	Rally Catalonia (Spain)
Date:	22-25 October 2015
Begin:	Barcelona
Exams:	23 tests over 331.25 km
Distance:	1280.72 km
Covering:	Asphalt / gravel
Podium
First:	Andreas Mikkelsen Volkswagen Motorsport
Second:	Jari-Matti Latvala Volkswagen Motorsport
Third:	Dani Sordo Hyundai World Rally Team

The 51st Rally of Catalonia (also called Rally Catalonia Spain ) took place from October 22nd to 25th, 2015. A total of 23 special stages were driven on asphalt and gravel.

background

The route

The rally was driven on mixed surfaces, partly on asphalt and gravel. The largely revised route mainly led through the hilly landscape of Tarragona . Seven new special stages increased the number to 23.

The start took place on Thursday evening with a road special test in the Montjuïc region , which used to be the venue for the Formula 1 Grand Prix of Spain , near Barcelona . On Friday, the first part was mainly on gravel roads, then on asphalt. On Saturday and Sunday there were only special stages on asphalt on the program. The asphalt sections were partly circular in character. A short, spectator-friendly special stage of 2.24 kilometers led through the city center of Salou .

Set up

On Friday, the cars needed an asphalt and gravel setup. The cars had to be converted during the service hours. Tires were necessary for both asphalt and gravel roads. The tire wear was generally high for the whole rally.

World Championship

Since both the team and the drivers' world championships were decided at the Rally Australia , the rally Catalonia was mainly about winning the world championship run. The teams from Citroën and Hyundai fought for second place in the team world championship.

Reports

Andreas Mikkelsen and Ola Fløne in the Polo R WRC

Day 1 (Thursday, October 22nd)

The Rally Spain started with a spectator-friendly special stage in downtown Barcelona. There was a tricky course 1.6 kilometers to lap twice. Sébastien Ogier set the fastest time . At the wheel of the Volkswagen Polo R WRC , the world champion covered the two laps at the foot of Montjuic in 3: 37.8 minutes. After Thierry Neuville had initially held first place in the Hyundai i20 WRC , Ogier, who was the last to go out on the track, snatched the fastest time from him and relegated him to second place by 2.1 seconds.

Day 2 (Friday, October 23)

After a total of nine special stages, Sébastien Ogier held the lead, but only four seconds ahead of team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala . In the meantime, the rally was led by two other drivers, Robert Kubica (Ford) and Jari-Matti Latvala (Volkswagen). Kubica took the lead on the third special stage, he lost the lead two stages later due to an accident and a puncture and lost five minutes. After Kubica had said goodbye to the battle for the top, Ott Tänak came third in the M-Sport-Ford behind Ogier and Latvala. Tänak won the special stages four, six and eight. Latvala took the overall lead on the sixth SS, but lost the top position again to Ogier on the last stage of the day (SS9).

3rd day (Saturday, October 24th)

Sébastien Ogier clearly won the first three special stages of the day and increased the lead over the competition. Ogier set the pace and won five of the eight special stages on the third day of the rally. In addition, the pursuers did not remain flawless, which brought Ogier additional time savings. In the 11th special stage, Ott Tänak lost third place when he brushed the edge of the road and tore off his left front wheel. Jari-Matti Latvala ran over a large stone in a curve, resulting in a flat tire and a damaged rim. Dani Sordo (Hyundai) and Andreas Mikkelsen (Volkswagen) could not keep Latvala behind them and in the evening Latvala was back in second place. Mikkelsen followed in third, 2.9 seconds back, rounding off a three-way lead for Volkswagen. The local Sordo was fourth, another 4.5 seconds behind.

4th day (Sunday, October 25th)

Sébastien Ogier had the Rally Spain under control for long stretches, but on the final power stage he had an accident 3.8 kilometers from the finish. The beneficiary was team mate Andreas Mikkelsen , who celebrated his first overall victory in the top class of the World Rally Championship (WRC). Mikkelsen, who completed the power stage faster than his direct opponent Jari-Matti Latvala , wanted to be pleased that he had caught Latvala in the fight for second place at the last moment when the news of Ogier's accident reached him. Ogier could no longer think of a trip to the finish line, as a front wheel broke from the suspension in the accident.

Dani Sordo , who started fourth on Sunday, lost time on the last six stages of the rally, but still managed to get on the podium due to the Ogier accident. Citroën drivers Mads Østberg and Kris Meeke finished the rally 1.9 seconds apart in fourth and fifth place. The first ten places were completed by Hayden Paddon (Hyundai), Martin Prokop (Czech-Ford), Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) and the WRC2 drivers Pontus Tidemand and Jan Kopecký (both Škoda Fabia R5).

WRC2

Pontus Tidemand took over the leadership of Nasser Al-Attiyah on Friday and did not give it up afterwards. Tidemand ultimately prevailed with a 10.7 second lead over his Škoda Fabia R5 team-mate Jan Kopecký . Third place was enough for Al-Attiyah to win his second WRC2 world title in a row before the season finale in Great Britain. Al-Attiyah was attacked by Armin Kremer (Škoda Fabia R5), who was able to reduce his deficit to just a tenth of a second before the last special stage. After the final section was canceled because of Ogier's accident, Al-Attiyah was already world champion. Al-Attiyah crossed the finish line almost four minutes behind Kopecký. Yuriy Protasov (Ford Fiesta RRC) and Jaroslaw Koltun (Fiesta RRC) filled the top six places. Before the rally, Tidemand was the big outsider among the six drivers who still had mathematical hopes for the title. However, on Sunday Tidemand was the last remaining driver who could have postponed the championship decision.

Registration list

Vehicles not registered as WRC, WRC-2 and WRC-3 were not included in this list.

No driver Co-driver team automobile class 1 Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Volkswagen Motorsport Volkswagen Polo R WRC WRC RC1 2 Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila Volkswagen Motorsport Volkswagen Polo R WRC WRC RC1 3 Kris Meeke Paul Nagle Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT Citroën DS3 WRC WRC RC1 4th Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT Citroën DS3 WRC WRC RC1 5 Elfyn Evans Daniel Barritt M-Sport World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC RC1 6th Ott Tanak Raigo Mölder M-Sport World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC RC1 7th Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai i20 WRC WRC RC1 8th Dani Sordo Marc Marti Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai i20 WRC WRC RC1 9 Andreas Mikkelsen Ola Floene Volkswagen Motorsport II Volkswagen Polo R WRC WRC RC1 12 Khalid Al Qassimi Chris Patterson Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT Citroën DS3 WRC WRC RC1 14th Robert Kubica Maciej Szczepaniak RK World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC RC1 15th Stéphane Lefebvre Stéphane Prévot PH Sports Citroën DS3 WRC WRC RC1 20th Hayden Paddon John Kennard Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 WRC WRC RC1 21st Martin Prokop Jan Tománek Jipocar ​​Czech National Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC RC1 31 Yazeed Al-Rajhi Michael Orr Yazeed Racing Ford Fiesta RRC WRC-2 RC2 34 Quentin Giordano Valentin Sarreaud Quentin Giordano Citroën DS3 RRC WRC-2 RC2 35 Jourdan Serderidis Frederic Miclotte Jourdan Serderidis Citroën DS3 R5 WRC-2 RC2 37 Lorenzo Bertelli Lorenzo Granai FWRT srl Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC RC1 38 Nasser Al-Attiyah Matthieu Baumel Nasser Al-Attiyah Škoda Fabia R5 WRC-2 RC2 39 Yuriy Protasov Pavlo Cherepin Yuriy Protasov Ford Fiesta RRC WRC-2 RC2 40 Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari Marshall Clarke Youth & Sports Qatar Rally Team Ford Fiesta RRC WRC-2 RC2 42 Esapekka Lappi Janne Ferm Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia R5 WRC-2 RC2 43 Jari Ketomaa Kaj Lindström Drive Dmack Ford Fiesta R5 WRC-2 RC2 44 Pontus Tidemand Emil Axelsson Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia R5 WRC-2 RC2 45 Jan Kopecký Pavel Dresler Škoda Motorsport II Škoda Fabia R5 WRC-2 RC2 47 Armin Kremer Pirmin Winkelhofer Baumschlager Rally & Racing Škoda Fabia R5 WRC-2 RC2 48 Eric Camilli Benjamin Veillas Oreca Ford Fiesta R5 WRC-2 RC2 49 Craig Breen Scott Martin Sainteloc Junior Team Peugeot 208 T16 WRC-2 RC2 50 Julien Maurin Nicolas Klingler Julien Maurin Ford Fiesta R5 WRC-2 RC2 52 Simone Tempestini Matteio Chiarcossi Simone Tempestini Citroën DS3 R3T Max WRC-3 RC3 (JWRC) 53 Ole Christian Veiby Not so Jaeger Printsport Oy Citroën DS3 R3T WRC-3 RC3 (JWRC) 55 Mohamed Al-Mutawaa Stephen McAuley Abu Dhabi Racing Team Citroën DS3 R3T Max WRC-3 RC3 (JWRC) 58 Terry Folb Frank la Floch Terry Folb Citroën DS3 R3T Max WRC-3 RC3 (JWRC) 60 Quentin Gilbert Renaud Jamoul Quentin Gilbert Citroën DS3 R3T Max WRC-3 RC3 (JWRC) 63 Frederico Della Casa Domenico Pozzi Frederico Della Casa Citroën DS3 R3T Max WRC-3 RC3 (JWRC) 65 Pierre-Louis Loubet Victor Belotto Pierre-Louis Loubet Citroën DS3 R3T Max WRC-3 RC3 (JWRC) 71 Teemu Suninen Mikko Markkula Oreca Ford Fiesta R5 WRC-2 RC2 73 Nile Solans Sotos Miquel Ibáñez ACSM rally team Peugeot 208 T16 WRC-2 RC2 75 Jarosław Kołtun Ireneusz Pleskot C rally Ford Fiesta R5 WRC-2 RC2 76 Joan Carchat Claudi Ribeiro ACSM rally team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X WRC-2 RC2 77 Enrico Barzzoli Maurizio Barone Enrico Barzzoli Subaru Impreza WRC-2 RC2 78 Martin Koči Lukáš Kostka Peugeot Sport Slovakia Peugeot 208 T16 WRC-2 RC2 79 José Antonio Suarez Candido Carrera Peugeot Sport España Peugeot 208 T16 WRC-2 RC2 80 Mait Maarend Mihkel Kapp TAIF Rally Team Ford Fiesta R5 WRC-2 RC2 81 Ramon Torres Fuentes David Vázquez RMC Motorsport Ford Fiesta R5 WRC-2 RC2 82 Andrea Crugnola Michele Ferrara Renault Sport Technologies Renault Clio RS R3T WRC-3 RC3 83 Fabioi Andolfi Simone Scattolin ACI Team Italy Peugeot 208 VTi R2 WRC-3 RC4 84 Damiano de Tomaso Massimiliano Bosi ACI Team Italia Peugeot 208 VTi R2 WRC-3 RC4

Icon class WRC WRC works teams and private teams registered for manufacturer points WRC Factory teams and private teams registered for non-manufacturer points WRC-2 Registered for WRC-2 WRC-3 Registered for WRC-3 (JWRC)

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Classifications

Bottom line

rank	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	Residue	Points + Power Stage
WRC
01	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløne	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3: 21: 04.8		25 + 3
02	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3: 21: 07.9	00: 03.1	18 + 2
03	Dani Sordo	Marc Mari	Hyundai i20 WRC	3: 21: 26.0	00: 21.2	15th
04th	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Citroën DS3 WRC	3: 22: 11.1	01: 06.3	12
05	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën DS3 WRC	3: 22: 13.0	01: 08.2	10 + 1
06th	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Hyundai i20 WRC	3: 22: 28.1	01: 23.3	8th
07th	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3: 25: 19.0	04: 14.2	6th
08th	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 WRC	3: 29: 06.7	08: 01.9	4th
09	Pontus Tidemand	Emil Axelson	Škoda Fabia R5	3: 30: 01.6	08: 56.8	2
10	Jan Kopecký	Pavel Dresler	Škoda Fabia R5	3: 30: 12.3	09: 07.5	1
WRC2
01 0(9)	Pontus Tidemand	Emil Axelson	Škoda Fabia R5	3: 30: 01.6	08: 56.8	25th
02 (10)	Jan Kopecký	Pavel Dresler	Škoda Fabia R5	3: 30: 12.3	09: 07.5	18th
03 (12)	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Matthieu Baumel	Škoda Fabia R5	3: 34: 06.9	13: 02.1	15th
04 (13)	Armin Kremer	Pirmin Winklhofer	Škoda Fabia R5	3: 34: 07.0	13: 02.2	12
05 (14)	Yuriy Protasov	Pavlo Cherepin	Ford Fiesta RRC	3: 37: 43.0	16: 38.2	10
06 (17)	Jarosław Kołtun	Ireneusz Pleskot	Ford Fiesta R5	3: 42: 48.5	21: 43.7	8th
07 (22)	Ramon Torres Fuentes	David Vázquez	Ford Fiesta R5	3: 48: 38.5	27: 33.7	6th
08 (23)	Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari	Marshall Clarke	Ford Fiesta RRC	3: 49: 10.1	28: 05.3	4th
09 (27)	Mait Maarend	Mihkel Kapp	Ford Fiesta R5	3: 54: 22.4	33: 17.6	2
10 (30)	Martin Koči	Lukáš Kostka	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	3: 56: 38.8	35: 34.0	1
WRC3
01 (18)	Quentin Gilbert	Renaud Jamoul	Citroën DS3 R3T Max	3: 45: 52.6	24: 47.8	25th
02 (19)	Terry Folb	Franck Le Floch	Citroën DS3 R3T Max	3: 47: 30.5	26: 25.7	18th
03 (20)	Fabioi Andolfi	Simone Scattolin	Peugeot 208 VTi R2	3: 48: 12.1	27: 07.3	15th
04 (21)	Simone Tempestini	Matteio Chiarcossi	Citroën DS3 R3T Max	3: 48: 15.2	27: 10.4	12
05 (24)	Damiano de Tomaso	Massimiliano Bosi	Peugeot 208 VTi R2	3: 52: 28.9	31: 24.1	10
06 (25)	Mohamed Al-Mutawaa	Stephen McAuley	Citroën DS3 R3T Max	3: 53: 22.9	32: 18.1	8th
07 (32)	Pierre-Louis Loubet	Victor Belotto	Citroën DS3 R3T Max	3: 56: 55.5	35: 50.7	6th
08 (45)	Frederico Della Casa	Domenico Pozzi	Citroën DS3 R3T Max	4: 11: 01.4	49: 56.6	4th
09 (48)	Ole Christian Veiby	Not so Jaeger	Citroën DS3 R3T Max	4: 17: 17.5	56: 12.7	2
JWRC
01 (18)	Quentin Gilbert	Renaud Jamoul	Citroën DS3 R3T Max	3: 45: 52.6	24: 47.8	25th
02 (19)	Terry Folb	Franck Le Floch	Citroën DS3 R3T Max	3: 47: 30.5	26: 25.7	18th
03 (21)	Simone Tempestini	Matteio Chiarcossi	Citroën DS3 R3T Max	3: 48: 15.2	27: 10.4	15th
04 (25)	Mohamed Al-Mutawaa	Stephen McAuley	Citroën DS3 R3T Max	3: 53: 22.9	32: 18.1	12
05 (32)	Pierre-Louis Loubet	Victor Belotto	Citroën DS3 R3T Max	3: 56: 55.5	35: 50.7	10
06 (45)	Frederico Della Casa	Domenico Pozzi	Citroën DS3 R3T Max	4: 11: 01.4	49: 56.6	8th
07 (48)	Ole Christian Veiby	Not so Jaeger	Citroën DS3 R3T Max	4: 17: 17.5	56: 12.7	6th

Special stages

Day	WP number	WP name	length	Start CEST	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	Ø km / h	leader
Day 1 October 22nd	WP1	Barcelona	3.20 km	18:08	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	03: 37.8	52.9 km / h	Sébastien Ogier
Day 2 October 23
	Service Park 8:45 a.m. (15 min)
	WP2	Móra d'Ebre-Ascó 1	9.62 km	10:05	Hayden Paddon Mads Østberg	John Kennard Jonas Andersson	Hyundai i20 WRC Citroën DS3 WRC	05: 55.6	97.4 km / h
	WP3	Caseres 1	12.50 km	11:09	Robert Kubica	Maciej Szczepaniak	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	07: 25.9	109.9 km / h	Robert Kubica
	WP4	Bot 1	6.50 km	11:36	Ott Tanak	Ragjo Mölder	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	04: 11.5	93.0 km / h
	WP5	Terra Alta 1	35.68 km	12:09	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	23: 20.9	91.7 km / h	Sébastien Ogier
	WP6	Móra d'Ebre-Ascó 2	9.62 km	14:42	Ott Tanak Robert Kubica	Ragjo Mölder Maciej Szczepaniak	Ford Fiesta RS WRC Ford Fiesta RS WRC	05: 48.4	99.4 km / h	Jari-Matti Latvala
	WP7	Caseres 2	12.50 km	15:43	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Citroën DS3 WRC	7: 18.4	102.6 km / h
	WP8	Bot 2	6.50 km	16:10	Ott Tanak	Ragjo Mölder	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	04: 04.4	95.7 km / h
	WP9	Terra Alta 2	35.68 km	16:43	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	22: 49.4	93.8 km / h	Sébastien Ogier
	Service Park 6:41 p.m. (75 min)
Day 3 October 24th
	Service Park 8:15 a.m. (15 minutes)
	WP10	Porrera	7.43 km	09:15	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	5: 14.9	84.9 km / h
	WP11	La Figuera 1	26.26 km	09:15	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	14: 32.4	108.4 km / h
	WP12	Poboleda 1	10.63 km	10:28	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	5: 36.3	113.8 km / h
	WP13	Capafonts 1	19.80 km	11:23	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	10: 47.2	110.1 km / h
	Service Park 12:48 p.m. (30 min)
	WP14	La Figuera 2	26.26 km	14:16	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	14: 36.4	107.9 km / h
	WP15	Poboleda 2	10.63 km	15:02	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	5: 40.2	112.5 km / h
	WP16	Capafonts 2	19.80 km	15:57	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	10: 45.0	110.5 km / h
	WP17	Salou	2.24 km	17:15	Sébastien Ogier Thierry Neuville	Julien Ingrassia Nicolas Gilsoul	Volkswagen Polo R WRC Hyundai i20 WRC	2: 33.4	52.6 km / h
	Service Park 5:45 p.m. (45 min)
Day 4 October 25th
	Service Park 6:00 a.m. (15 min)
	WP18	Els Guiamets 1	6.80 km	07:17	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløne	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3: 48.3	107.2 km / h
	WP19	Pratdip 1	19.30 km	07:50	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløne	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	10: 51.0	106.7 km / h
	WP20	Duesaigües 1	11.10 km	08:37	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	7: 54.2	91.9 km / h
	WP21	Els Guiamets 2	6.80 km	10:10	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløne	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3: 47.8	107.5 km / h
	WP22	Pratdip 1	19.30 km	10:43	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	10: 51.1	106.7 km / h
	WP23	Duesaigües 2 (power stage)	12.10 km	12:08	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløne	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	7: 51.9	92.3 km / h	Andreas Mikkelsen

* During the specified times, you can work on the cars in the Service Park.
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Driver ranking after the rally

The scoring system for the first ten drivers is 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1. For the power stage, the three fastest drivers each receive 3-2-1 bonus points for the drivers' world championship.

Item	driver	Points
01	Sébastien Ogier	238
02	Jari-Matti Latvala	180
03	Andreas Mikkelsen	154
04th	Mads Østberg	110
05	Kris Meeke	94
06th	Thierry Neuville	90
07th	Elfyn Evans	81
08th	Dani Sordo	77
09	Hayden Paddon	74
10	Ott Tanak	63

Individual evidence

1. ↑ wrc.com: RallyRACC-Rally de Espana CATALUNYA , accessed on September 26, 2015
2. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Ogier wins super special in Barcelona , accessed on October 24, 2015
3. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Sebastien Ogier leads three-way battle , accessed on October 25, 2015
4. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Sebastien Ogier clearly on course for victory , accessed on October 25, 2015
5. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Ogier throws away victory - Mikkelsen cheers , accessed on October 25, 2015
6. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Skoda celebrates double success with Tidemand and Kopecky , accessed on October 27, 2015
7. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Entry list , accessed on October 13, 2015
8. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Stage results , accessed on October 25, 2015

Web links

• Information and results at http://www.wrc.com/
• Official Site Rally Catalonia http://www.rallyracc.com/2015/en/

Coordinates: 41 ° 5 '  N , 1 ° 8'  E