Rally New Zealand 2012
Racing data | |
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7th of 13 races in the 2012 World Rally Championship | |
Surname: | Rally New Zealand |
Date: | June 22nd to 24th, 2012 |
Begin: | Auckland |
Exams: | 22 tests over 393.3 km |
Distance: | 1,297.81 km |
Covering: | gravel |
Podium | |
First: |
Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total World Rally Team |
Second: |
Mikko Hirvonen Citroën Total World Rally Team |
Third: |
Petter Solberg Ford World Rally Team |
The 42nd Rally New Zealand was held from June 22nd to 24th, 2012. A total of 22 special stages were driven on gravel.
Reports
Day 1 (Friday, June 22nd)
The Citroën works drivers Sébastien Loeb and Mikko Hirvonen dominated the New Zealand Rally on the first day. The Ford works drivers Jari-Matti Latvala and Petter Solberg were unlucky. Solberg lost over two minutes to Loeb due to a puncture. Latvala lost over four minutes after an accident in which he got stuck in a fence. The best Ford driver was Evgeny Novikov in third place, over a minute and a half behind.
Day 2 (Saturday, June 23)
Loeb and Hirvonen drove for victory on the second day. With a lead of 6.4 seconds, Loeb stayed at the top of the overall standings. Solberg had caught up and passed Novikov. He was in third place. Ott Tänak (Ford), Thierry Neuville (Citroën), Dani Sordo (MINI) and Jari-Matti Latvala (Ford) followed in fourth to eighth place .
3rd day (Sunday, June 24th)
Citroën secured the double victory with team orders and did not allow the drivers Loeb and Hirvonen to compete against each other on the third and last day of the rally. Ott Tänak , in fourth place, dropped out a few kilometers from the finish after a rollover. Otherwise the overall ranking of the top eight placed had not changed.
Classifications
Bottom line
rank | driver | Co-driver | automobile | time | Residue | Points + power stage |
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WRC | ||||||
1 | Sébastien Loeb | Daniel Elena | Citroën DS3 WRC | 4: 04: 51.2 | 25 + 1 power stage | |
2 | Mikko Hirvonen | Jarmo Lehtinen | Citroën DS3 WRC | 4: 05: 20.8 | 0: 29.6 | 18th |
3 | Petter Solberg | Chris Patterson | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 4: 06: 27.6 | 1: 36.4 | 15 + 2 power stage |
4th | Evgeny Novikov | Denis Giraudet | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 4: 07: 04.8 | 2: 13.6 | 12 |
5 | Thierry Neuville | Nicolas Gilsoul | Citroën DS3 WRC | 4: 07: 33.6 | 2: 42.4 | 10 |
6th | Dani Sordo | Carlos del Barrio | Mini John Cooper Works WRC | 4: 07: 54.3 | 3: 03.1 | 8th |
7th | Jari-Matti Latvala | Miikka Anttila | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 4: 09: 44.1 | 4: 52.9 | 6 + 3 power stage |
8th | Armindo Araújo | Miguel Ramalho | Mini John Cooper Works WRC | 4: 14: 27.6 | 9: 36.4 | 4th |
9 | Ken Block | Alex Gelsomino | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 4: 15: 21.5 | 10: 30.3 | 2 |
10 | Manfred Stohl | Ilka Minor | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 4: 16: 17.5 | 11: 26.3 | 1 |
SWRC | ||||||
1 (12) | Hayden Paddon | John Kennard | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 4: 20: 17.4 | 25th | |
2 (23) | Per-Gunnar Andersson | Emil Axelsson | Proton Satria Neo S2000 | 4: 53: 37.1 | 33: 19.7 | 18th |
3 (26) | Maciej Oleksowicz | Andrzej Obrebowski | Ford Fiesta S2000 | 5: 03: 55.3 | 43: 37.9 | 15th |
4 (28) | Yazeed Al-Rajhi | Michael Orr | Ford Fiesta RRC | 5: 10: 02.5 | 49: 45.1 | 12 |
PWRC | ||||||
1 (16) | Marcos Ligato | Rubén García | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 4: 35: 20.9 | 25th | |
2 (18) | Subhan Aksa | Jeff Judd | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | 4: 41: 11.7 | 5: 50.8 | 18th |
3 (19) | Ricardo Triviño | Àlex Haro | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 4: 42: 27.9 | 7: 07.0 | 15th |
4 (20) | Valeriy Gorban | Andriy Nikolaiev | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 4: 43: 30.3 | 8: 09.4 | 12 |
5 (22) | Gianluca Linari | Nicola Arena | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 4: 53: 33.1 | 18: 12.2 | 10 |
6 (27) | Louise Cook | Stefan Davis | Ford Fiesta ST | 5: 07: 21.3 | 32: 00.4 | 8th |
Special stages
Day | WP number |
begin | WP name | length | WP winner | time | Ø km / h | leader |
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Day 1 (June 22nd) |
WP1 | 8:28 | Te Hutewai 1 | 11.18 km | Jari-Matti Latvala | 7: 38.4 | 87.80 km / h | Jari-Matti Latvala |
WP2 | 8:51 | Brother Whaanga Coast 1 | 29.67 km | Mikko Hirvonen | 20: 51.8 | 85.32 km / h | Mikko Hirvonen | |
WP3 | 10:24 | Te Akau South 1 | 31.82 km | Sébastien Loeb | 18: 21.9 | 103.96 km / h | ||
WP4 | 11:07 | Te Akau North 1 | 32.13 km | Sébastien Loeb | 17: 04.3 | 112.92 km / h | ||
WP5 | 13:33 | Te Hutewai 2 | 11.18 km | Sébastien Loeb | 7: 33.5 | 88.75 km / h | ||
WP6 | 13:56 | Brother Whaanga Coast 2 | 29.67 km | Mikko Hirvonen | 20: 41.3 | 86.04 km / h | ||
WP7 | 15:29 | Te Akau South 2 | 31.82 km | Sébastien Loeb | 18: 09.9 | 105.10 km / h | ||
WP8 | 16:12 | Te Akau North 2 | 32.13 km | Sébastien Loeb | 16: 54.1 | 114.05 km / h | Sébastien Loeb | |
Day 2 (June 23) |
WP9 | 9:13 | Batley | 17.61 km | Petter Solberg | 9: 45.3 | 108.31 km / h | |
WP10 | 10:01 | Brother Mititai 1 | 23.22 km | Jari-Matti Latvala | 12: 14.4 | 113.82 km / h | ||
WP11 | 10:34 | Girls High School 1 | 26.99 km | Petter Solberg | 15: 34.6 | 103.96 km / h | ||
WP12 | 14:02 | Waipu Gorge | 11.38 km | Sébastien Loeb | 6: 34.2 | 103.92 km / h | ||
WP13 | 14:25 | Brooks | 13.60 km | Sébastien Loeb | 8: 00.7 | 101.85 km / h | ||
WP14 | 15:08 | Brother Mititai 1 | 23.22 km | Jari-Matti Latvala | 12: 13.6 | 113.94 km / h | ||
WP15 | 15:41 | Girls High School 1 | 26.99 km | Mikko Hirvonen | 15: 36.2 | 103.79 km / h | ||
Day 3 (June 24th) |
WP16 | 8:08 | Burnside / Wech Access 1 | 7.30 km | Thierry Neuville | 4: 13.6 | 103.62 km / h | |
WP17 | 8:26 | Brother Puhoi 1 | 17.94 km | Thierry Neuville | 10: 22.6 | 103.73 km / h | ||
WP18 | 9:44 | WPS Auckland Domain 1 | 2.05 km | Dani Sordo | 1: 44.0 | 70.96 km / h | ||
WP19 | 11:28 | WPS Auckland Domain 2 | 2.05 km | Dani Sordo | 1: 41.7 | 72.56 km / h | ||
WP20 | 12:36 | Brother Puhoi 2 | 17.94 km | Thierry Neuville | 10: 22.2 | 103.80 km / h | ||
WP21 | 13:09 | Auckland Conventions Ahuroa | 6.75 km | Jari-Matti Latvala | 3: 58.6 | 101.84 km / h | ||
WP22 | 13:40 | Burnside / Wech Access 2 (Power-Stage) | 7.30 km | Jari-Matti Latvala | 4: 14.3 | 103.34 km / h |