Rally Portugal 2011

 Rally Portugal 2011

Racing data
3rd of 13 races of the 2011 World Rally Championship
Surname:	Vodafone Rally de Portugal
Date:	24.-27. March 2011
Begin:	Lisbon
Exams:	17 tests over 385.37 km
Distance:	1359.71 km
Covering:	gravel
Podium
First:	Sébastien Ogier Citroën Total WRT
Second:	Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total WRT
Third:	Jari-Matti Latvala Ford World Rally Team

The 2011 Rally de Portugal (officially Vodafone Rally de Portugal ) was the third round of the FIA - World Rally Championship in 2011 .

At this event, which started according to the new regulations , the new WRC vehicles Citroën DS3 WRC and Ford Fiesta RS WRC were used for the third time . The Super 2000 vehicles from Mini (BMW) equipped with the 1600 cc engine also competed in Portugal for the first time . Due to their turbocharged engine, the Mini S2000 formed a class of their own, between WRC and S2000 vehicles. According to the new regulations, a third power stage was held at this rally , in which the three fastest drivers achieved bonus points for the drivers' world championship. The rally was held from March 24-27, 2011, mainly in the Algarve and the Alentejo region , in southern Portugal . This event also included the first of six rounds of the Junior World Rally Championship ( called “WRC Academy” from 2011) and the second of seven rounds of the 2011 Production World Rally Championship (PWRC).

Routing and conditions

Sébastien Ogier

The paddock was set up in Faro . The ceremonial start took place on the afternoon of March 24th, right before the first spectator rating test in Lisbon. This paved stage, which was only 3.27 km long, did not affect the starting order of the next day. The other special stages consisted of gravel roads, but mostly of gravel, very narrow and winding forest paths. Seventeen special stages with a length of 385.37 km were started as planned. The total length including connecting stages was 1,359.71 kilometers. During the last two special stages there was heavy rain, which, according to some drivers, made the track slippery as if on ice.

report

March 25th to 27th (Friday to Sunday)

The French Citroën works driver Sébastien Ogier achieved the third overall victory of his career and the second consecutive victory at the Rally Portugal. His team-mate Sébastien Loeb crossed the finish line in second place , followed by the Finn Jari-Matti Latvala , who started for the Ford World Rally Team .

At the last special stage, with 30.1 km longest power stage (special stage 22) of the season, Sébastien Loeb achieved three bonus points as the fastest, Jari-Matti Latvala two and the third fastest Sébastien Ogier one bonus point for the drivers' championship.

Since the WRC Academy only used the first two stages, of the seventy vehicles that started, only thirty-eight made it to the finish. Twenty-three vehicles were affected by actual failures.

Classifications

Bottom line

rank	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	Residue	Points + power stage
WRC
01	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën DS3 WRC	4: 10: 53.4		25 + 1
02	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC	4: 11: 25.2	00: 31.8	18 + 3
03	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4: 14: 15.5	03: 22.1	15 + 2
04th	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4: 17: 09.7	06: 16.3	12
05	Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4: 18: 41.9	07: 48.5	10
06th	Petter Solberg	Chris Patterson	Citroën DS3 WRC	4: 21: 10.8	10: 17.4	08th
07th	Kimi Raikkonen	Kaj Lindström	Citroën DS3 WRC	4: 21: 47.5	10: 54.1	06th
08th	Federico Villagra	Jorge Pérez Companc	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4: 22: 32.2	11: 38.8	04th
09	Henning Solberg	Ilka Minor	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4: 25: 09.8	14: 16.4	02
10	Dennis Kuipers	Frédéric Miclotte	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4: 28: 48.0	17: 54.6	01
PWRC
01 (11)	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4: 33: 33.4		25th
02 (15)	Jukka Ketomaki	Kai Risberg	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	4: 41: 13.3	07: 39.9	18th
03 (16)	Martin Semerád	Michal Ernst	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	4: 42: 46.0	09: 12.6	15th
04 (18)	Benito Guerra	Borja Rozada	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	4: 47: 12.7	13: 39.3	12
05 (19)	Valeriy Horban	Yevheniy Leonov	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	4: 47: 16.7	13: 43.3	10
06 (20)	Oleksandr Saliuk	Pavlo Cherepin	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	4: 48: 10.9	14: 37.5	08th
07 (24)	Michał Kościuszko	Maciek Szczepaniak	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	4: 53: 02.0	19: 28.6	06th
08 (26)	Majed Al Shamsi	Khaled Al Kendi	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4: 54: 17.3	20: 43.9	04th
09 (28)	Bader Al Jabri	Stephen McAuley	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	5: 01: 58.7	28: 25.3	02
10 (29)	Patrik Flodin	Göran Bergsten	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	5: 02: 57.1	29: 23.7	01
WRC Academy
1	Egon Kaur	Mait Laidvee	Ford Fiesta R2	3: 30: 13.8		25 + 3 for 3 WP victories
2	Victor Henriksson	Joel Ardell	Ford Fiesta R2	3: 30: 30.2	00: 16.4	18 + 1 for 1 WP victories
3	Christian Riedemann	Michael Wenzel	Ford Fiesta R2	3: 33: 45.0	03: 31.2	15th
4th	Brendan Reeves	Rhianon Smyth	Ford Fiesta R2	3: 34: 57.2	04: 43.4	12
5	Alastair Fisher	Daniel Barritt	Ford Fiesta R2	3: 36: 09.4	05: 55.6	10 + 2 for 2 WP victories
6th	Miguel Baldoni	Fernando Mussano	Ford Fiesta R2	3: 36: 55.2	06: 41.4	08th
7th	Andrea Crugnola	Roberto Mometti	Ford Fiesta R2	3: 42: 39.8	12: 26.0	06th
8th	Molly Taylor	Rebecca Smart	Ford Fiesta R2	3: 43: 05.7	12: 51.9	04th
9	Matteo Brunello	Michele Ferrara	Ford Fiesta R2	3: 51: 43.2	21: 29.4	02
10	Timo van der Marel	Erwin Berkhof	Ford Fiesta R2	4: 11: 05.6	40: 51.8	01

Special stages

Day	WP number	begin	WP name	length	WP winner	time	Ø km / h	leader
Day 1 (March 24-25)	WP1	3:30 p.m.	SSS Lisboa	03.27 km	Mikko Hirvonen	02: 49.6	069.41 km / h	Mikko Hirvonen
	WP2	09:05	Santa Clara 1	22.99 km	Petter Solberg	14: 03.5	098.12 km / h
	WP3	09:53	Ourique 1	20.27 km	Sébastien Loeb Sébastien Ogier	12: 53.9	094.29 km / h
	WP4	11:06	Felizes 1	21.31 km	Sébastien Ogier	13: 25.4	095.25 km / h	Sébastien Ogier
	WP5	14:25	Santa Clara 2	22.99 km	Sébastien Ogier Jari-Matti Latvala	13: 50.9	099.61 km / h
	WP6	15:13	Ourique 2	20.27 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	12: 45.2	095.36 km / h
	WP7	16:26	Felizes 2	21.31 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	13: 27.1	095.05 km / h	Jari-Matti Latvala
Day 2 (March 26th)	WP8	10:17	Almodovar 1	26.23 km	Sébastien Loeb	16: 12.8	097.07 km / h
	WP9	11:10	Vascão 1	25.26 km	Petter Solberg	16: 25.9	092.24 km / h
	WP10	12:00	Loulé 1	22.56 km	Sébastien Ogier	15: 31.6	087.18 km / h	Sébastien Ogier
	WP11	15:02	Almodovar 2	26.23 km	Sébastien Ogier	15: 59.6	098.40 km / h
	WP12	15:55	Vascão 2	25.26 km	Petter Solberg	16: 11.2	093.63 km / h
	WP13	16:45	Loulé 2	22.56 km	Petter Solberg	15: 13.6	088.90 km / h
Day 3 (March 27th)	WP14	07:34	Silves 1	21.39 km	Mikko Hirvonen	12: 13.1	105.04 km / h
	WP15	08:27	Santana da Serra 1	31.04 km	Petter Solberg	22: 52.2	081.43 km / h
	WP16	11:55	Silves 2	21.39 km	Petter Solberg	12: 12.5	105.12 km / h
	WP17	16:11	Santana da Serra 2 (power stage)	31.04 km	Sébastien Loeb	22: 35.9	082.41 km / h

Web links

• Official website of the rally
• Description on wrc.com
• Detailed results on ewrc.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Overview Rally de Portugal 2011 , wrc.com, accessed on March 27, 2011
2. ^ Itinerary Rally de Portugal 2011 , ewrc.com, accessed March 27, 2011
3. ^ Review Rally de Portugal 2011 , wrc.com, accessed March 27, 2011