Rally Poland 2009

 Rally Poland 2009

Racing data
8th of 12 races of the 2009 World Rally Championship
Surname:	Rally Poland
Date:	25.-28. June 2009
Begin:	Mikołajki
Exams:	18 tests over 352 km
Distance:	1024.60 km
Covering:	gravel
Podium
First:	Mikko Hirvonen Ford World Rally Team
Second:	Dani Sordo Citroën Junior Team
Third:	Henning Solberg Stobart VK Ford Rally Team

The Rally Poland was the eighth World Championship run in 2009. Since 1973, a World Rally Championship run (WRC) has been held in Poland for the first time . The rally consisted of 18 special stages on gravel roads and was driven between June 25th and 28th.

Race report

Ford driver Mikko Hirvonen had taken the lead in the world championship. The Finn won the Rally Poland, where the Ford team could even have won a double. Hirvonen's second-placed team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala retired in the last special stage after a driving error. Dani Sordo (Citroën) finished second after a solid performance. Sébastien Loeb fell back to 33rd place after an accident on Friday morning. After repairs to the car, he began to catch up for two days and finished seventh. Loeb thus won two world championship points in the drivers' championship and four points for Citroën in the manufacturers’ world championship, where Citroën is still in the lead. Sébastien Ogier (Citroën) could have finished third again. Ogier retired on Sunday afternoon due to an engine problem. Henning Solberg (Ford) thus climbed onto the podium in third place.

Classifications

Bottom line

Item	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	Residue	Points
WRC
1	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 07: 27.5		10
2	Dani Sordo	Marc Martí	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 08: 37.8	1: 10.3	8th
3	Henning Solberg	Cato Menkerud	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 09: 33.2	2: 05.7	6th
4th	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Citroën Xsara WRC	3: 09: 51.8	2: 24.3	5
5	Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 11: 45.0	4: 17.5	4th
6th	Krzysztof Hołowczyc	Łukasz kurzja	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 12: 01.4	4: 33.9	3
7th	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 26: 42.6	19: 15.1	2
8th	Conrad Rautenbach	Daniel Barritt	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 26: 48.1	19: 20.6	1
JWRC
1	Kevin Abbring	Erwin Mombaerts	Renault Clio R3	3: 35: 05.2		10
2	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Citroën C2 S1600	3: 36: 15.4	1: 10.2	8th
3	Yoann Bonato	Benjamin Boulloud	Suzuki Swift S1600	3: 40: 39.7	5: 34.5	6th
4th	Hans Weijs	Bjorn Degandt	Citroën C2 S1600	3: 45: 17.2	10: 12.0	5
5	Simone Bertolotti	Luca Celestini	Suzuki Swift S1600	3: 51: 50.3	16: 45.1	4th
6th	Radoslaw Typa	Maciej Wisławski	Citroën C2 R2	3: 56: 32.3	21: 27.1	3
7th	Luca Griotti	Corrado Bonato	Renault Clio R3	4: 00: 53.6	25: 48.4	2

Special stages

Day	WP number	WP name	length	WP winner	time	leader
Day 1 (June 25th)	WP1	Mikołajki 1	2.50 km	Petter Solberg	1: 48.3	Petter Solberg
Day 2 (June 26th)	WP2	Grabówka 1	12.09 km	Mikko Hirvonen	6: 49.7	Sébastien Loeb
	WP3	Pianki 1	11.34 km	Mikko Hirvonen	5: 22.2	Mikko Hirvonen
	WP4	Paprotki 1	33.17 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	18: 14.0
	WP5	Grabówka 2	12.09 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	6: 49.3
	WP6	Pianki 2	11.34 km	Mikko Hirvonen	5: 15.4
	WP7	Paprotki 2	33.17 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	17: 57.2
Day 3 (June 27th)	WP8	Danowo 1	11.88 km	Sébastien Loeb	6: 18.1
	WP9	Gawliki 1	32.75 km	Dani Sordo	17: 44.4
	WP10	Wydminy 1	30.09 km	Sébastien Loeb	15: 40.9
	WP11	Danowo 2	11.88 km	Mikko Hirvonen	6: 12.5
	WP12	Gawliki 2	32.75 km	Sébastien Loeb	17: 21.1
	WP13	Wydminy 2	30.09 km	Sébastien Loeb	15: 26.9
Day 4 (June 28th)	WP14	Miłki 1	27.07 km	Sébastien Ogier	13: 59.3
	WP15	Troop 1	15.11 km	Henning Solberg	7: 53.2
	WP16	Miłki 2	27.07 km	Henning Solberg	13: 56.0
	WP17	Troop 2	15.11 km	Sébastien Loeb	7: 44.4
	WP18	Mikołajki 2	2.50 km	Petter Solberg	1: 49.0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Hirvonen wins - World Championship leader! , Retrieved January 2, 2015

Web links

Commons : World Rally Championship 2009  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website