Rally New Zealand 2010

 Rally New Zealand 2010

Racing data
5th of 13 rounds of the 2010 World Rally Championship
Surname:	Rally New Zealand
Date:	7th-9th May 2010
Begin:	Auckland
Exams:	21 tests over 396.5 km
Distance:	1496.51 km
Covering:	gravel
Podium
First:	Jari-Matti Latvala Ford World Rally Team
Second:	Sébastien Ogier Citroën World Rally Team
Third:	Sébastien Loeb Citroën World Rally Team

Jari-Matti Latvala

The New Zealand Rally was the fifth round of the 2010 World Rally Championship . The race took place from May 7th to 9th and the rally base was near Auckland . In addition to the WRC , the fourth run of the SWRC and the PWRC was held in New Zealand .

Race report

Jari-Matti Latvala (Ford) won the third WRC round of his career. The decision was made in the last special stage. Sébastien Ogier (Citroën) led the rally, Latvala was able to catch him before the finish and distanced Ogier by 2.4 seconds. Sébastien Loeb (Citroën) was classified in third place, 15.2 seconds back. Loeb took the lead from Ogier in SS 18. He collided with a tree in SS 19, which cost him around 40 seconds and victory.

Jari Ketomaa won the SWRC class and finished eighth overall. Xavier Pons also finished in the top ten overall. Ketomaa took over the championship lead in the SWRC with a lead of 20 points over Martin Prokop , who finished third.

In the PWRC class, Hayden Paddon won ahead of Emma Gilmour and Kingsley Thompson , all from New Zealand.

Classifications

Bottom line

Item	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	Residue	Points
WRC
1	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Focus RS WRC	4: 04: 09.8		25th
2	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën C4 WRC	4: 04: 12.2	0: 02.4	18th
3	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	4: 04: 25.0	0: 15.2	15th
4th	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC	4: 04: 31.1	0: 21.3	12
5	Dani Sordo	Marc Martí	Citroën C4 WRC	4: 04: 35.6	0: 25.8	10
6th	Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	Ford Focus RS WRC	4: 07: 35.8	3: 26.0	8th
7th	Henning Solberg	Ilka Minor	Ford Focus RS WRC	4: 10: 25.1	6: 15.3	6th
8th	Jari Ketomaa	Mika Stenberg	Ford Fiesta S2000	4: 14: 29.1	10: 19.3	4th
9	Federico Villagra	Jorge Pérez Companc	Ford Focus RS WRC	4: 14: 59.6	10: 49.8	2
10	Xavier Pons	Alex Haro	Ford Fiesta S2000	4:15: 23.2	11: 13.4	1
SWRC
1 (8)	Jari Ketomaa	Mika Stenberg	Ford Fiesta S2000	4: 14: 29.1		25th
2 (10)	Xavier Pons	Alex Haro	Ford Fiesta S2000	4:15: 23.2	0: 54.1	18th
3 (11)	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Ford Fiesta S2000	4: 15: 43.1	1: 14.0	15th
4 (12)	Patrik Sandell	Emil Axelsson	Škoda Fabia S2000	4: 16: 08.5	1: 39.4	12
5 (13)	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Giovanni Bernacchini	Škoda Fabia S2000	4: 16: 43.9	2: 14.8	10
PWRC
1 (14)	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	4: 19: 28.8		25th
2 (17)	Emma Gilmour	Glenn MacNeall	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	4: 22: 44.2	3: 15.4	18th
3 (20)	Kingsley Thompson	Malcolm Peden	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	4: 28: 38.8	9: 10.0	15th
4 (26)	Toshi Arai	Daniel Barritt	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	4: 37: 39.3	18: 10.5	12
5 (27)	Gianluca Linari	Paolo Gregoriani	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	4: 38: 54.1	19: 25.3	10
6 (35)	Paulo Nobre	Edu Paula	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	5: 07: 02.3	47: 33.5	8th

Special stages

Day	WP number	WP name	length	WP winner	time	Ø km / h	leader
Day 1 (May 7th)	WP1	Waipu Gorge	11.09 km	Petter Solberg	06: 34.8	101.12 km / h	Petter Solberg
	WP2	Brooks 1	13.60 km	Sébastien Ogier	08: 13.7	099.17 km / h
	WP3	Bull 1	32.56 km	Dani Sordo	20: 50.9	093.71 km / h	Dani Sordo
	WP4	Cassidy 1	22.20 km	Dani Sordo	12: 47.5	104.13 km / h
	WP5	Springfield	09.87 km	Sébastien Ogier	05: 36.5	105.59 km / h	Sébastien Ogier
	WP6	Brooks 2	13.60 km	Sébastien Ogier	07: 56.5	102.75 km / h
	WP7	Bull 2	32.56 km	Sébastien Loeb	20: 01.1	097.59 km / h	Jari-Matti Latvala
	WP8	Cassidy 2	22.20 km	Petter Solberg	12: 15.2	108.71 km / h	Petter Solberg
	WP9	SSS Auckland Domain	01.50 km	Sébastien Loeb Sébastien Ogier	01: 06.4	081.33 km / h
Day 2 (May 8th)	WP10	New Franklin 1	20.82 km	Sébastien Loeb	11: 39.9	107.09 km / h	Sébastien Ogier
	WP11	Baker 1	21.42 km	Sébastien Loeb	12: 45.6	100.72 km / h
	WP12	Te Akau Coast 1	30.89 km	Sébastien Loeb	18: 08.3	102.18 km / h
	WP13	SSS Hampton Downs 1st	04.68 km	Sébastien Ogier	02: 38.3	106.43 km / h
	WP14	New Franklin 2	20.82 km	Sébastien Loeb	11: 14.5	111.12 km / h
	WP15	Baker 2	21.42 km	Sébastien Loeb	12: 05.1	106.35 km / h
	WP16	Te Akau Coast 2	30.89 km	Sébastien Loeb	17: 26.2	106.29 km / h
	WP17	SSS Hampton Downs 2nd	04.68 km	Sébastien Ogier	02: 36.3	107.79 km / h
Day 3 (May 9th)	WP18	Te Hutewai 1	11.13 km	Mikko Hirvonen	07: 53.5	084.62 km / h	Sébastien Loeb
	WP19	Whaanga Coast 1	29.67 km	Petter Solberg	21: 27.9	082.94 km / h	Sébastien Ogier
	WP20	Te Hutewai 2	11.13 km	Sébastien Loeb	07: 30.9	088.86 km / h
	WP21	Whaanga Coast 2	29.67 km	Dani Sordo	20: 49.3	085.50 km / h	Jari-Matti Latvala

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Rally of New Zealand 2010 , accessed December 15, 2014.

Web links

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

• Official website