Rally Catalonia 2010

 Rally Catalonia 2010

Racing data
12th of 13 races in the 2010 World Rally Championship
Surname:	Rally Spain
Date:	22.-24. October 2010
Begin:	Salou
Exams:	16 tests over 344.88 km
Distance:	1301.70 km
Covering:	mixed asphalt / gravel
Podium
First:	Sébastien Loeb Citroën World Rally Team
Second:	Petter Solberg Petter Solberg World Rally Team
Third:	Dani Sordo Citroën World Rally Team

The Rally Catalonia was the twelfth and penultimate round of the 2010 World Rally Championship . The event took place from October 22nd to 24th and the rally base was set up near Salou ( Tarragona province ). The rally was also the sixth and final round of the Junior World Rally Championship (JWRC).

Race report

Sébastien Loeb , who had already won the World Championship title at the last World Championship round in France , celebrated his 61st career WRC victory in Catalonia. He won ahead of Petter Solberg and Dani Sordo (all Citroën). Ford could no longer compete for podium places. Jari-Matti Latvala crossed the finish line in fourth, over a minute behind Loeb. Mikko Hirvonen repeatedly struggled with technical problems. Sébastien Ogier (Citroën) was classified in tenth place after an accident.

In the JWRC it was exciting until the last day. Aaron Burkart ran off the road in the first special stage of the second day. After a repair, he was able to continue driving. Before the Rally Catalonia, he was seven points ahead of Hans Weijs junior . On the 13th special stage, Weijs jun. the lead after Yeray Lemes lost time. Weijs was on course for the title. At this point, Burkart was well behind in fifth place in the JWRC ranking. The tide turned on the penultimate test. Weijs stopped with a technical defect and lost over eleven minutes. He was still able to bring the car to the finish line, but he had dropped to third place, while Burkart improved to fourth. Nothing changed in the order. Aaron Burkart won the JWRC World Rally Championship title.

Classifications

Bottom line

Item	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	Residue	Points
WRC
1	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 32: 59.7		25th
2	Petter Solberg	Chris Patterson	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 33: 35.0	0: 35.3	18th
3	Dani Sordo	Diego Vallejo	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 33: 40.8	0: 41.1	15th
4th	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 34: 19.2	1: 19.5	12
5	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 39: 32.6	6: 32.9	10
6th	Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 41: 17.3	8: 17.6	8th
7th	Khalid Al Qassimi	Michael Orr	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 46: 05.4	13: 05.7	6th
8th	Henning Solberg	Stéphane Prévot	Ford Fiesta S2000	3: 46: 10.9	13: 11.2	4th
9	Ken Block	Alex Gelsomino	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 49: 00.9	16: 01.2	2
10	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 50: 23.8	17: 24.1	1
JWRC
1 (12)	Yeray Lemes	Rogelio Peňate	Renault Clio S1600	3: 55: 58.0		25th
2 (14)	Todor Slavov	Dobromir Filipov	Renault Clio R3	4: 01: 42.5	5: 44.5	18th
3 (18)	Hans Weijs jr.	Bjorn Degandt	Citroën C2 S1600	4: 06: 48.5	10: 50.5	15th
4 (26)	Aaron Burkart	André tile	Suzuki Swift S1600	4: 24: 43.1	28: 45.1	12
5 (27)	Harry Hunt	Sebastian Marshall	Ford Fiesta R2	4: 24: 52.4	28: 54.4	10
6 (28)	Martin Kangur	Martin Järveoja	Honda Civic type-r R3	4: 26: 03.1	30: 05.1	8th

Special stages

Day	WP number	WP name	length	WP winner	time	Ø km / h	Overall leader
Day 1 (Oct. 22)	WP1	Terra Alta 1	35.94 km	Sébastien Loeb	24: 17.2	88.79 km / h	Sébastien Loeb
	WP2	La Ribera d'Ebre 1	14.97 km	Petter Solberg	11: 18.3	79.45 km / h
	WP3	Les Garrigues 1	12.07 km	Sébastien Loeb	7: 22.9	98.11 km / h
	WP4	Terra Alta 2	35.94 km	Sébastien Ogier	23: 42.4	90.96 km / h
	WP5	La Ribera d'Ebre 2	14.97 km	Petter Solberg	11: 08.3	80.64 km / h
	WP6	Les Garrigues 2	12.07 km	Sébastien Loeb	7: 25.8	97.47 km / h
Day 2 (Oct 23)	WP7	Santa Marina 1	26.51 km	Sébastien Loeb	15: 40.8	101.44 km / h
	WP8	La Mussara 1	20.48 km	Sébastien Loeb	11: 08.7	110.26 km / h
	WP9	Riudecanyes 1	16.32 km	Sébastien Loeb	10: 22.7	94.35 km / h
	WP10	Santa Marina 2	26.51 km	Dani Sordo	15: 45.3	100.96 km / h
	WP11	La Mussara 2	20.48 km	Sébastien Loeb	11: 09.7	110.09 km / h
	WP12	Riudecanyes 2	16.32 km	Petter Solberg	10: 22.5	94.38 km / h
Day 3 (Oct. 24)	WP13	El Priory 1	42.04 km	Dani Sordo	23: 46.4	106.10 km / h
	WP14	La Serra d'Almos 1	4.11 km	Dani Sordo	2: 34.7	95.64 km / h
	WP15	El Priory 2	42.04 km	Dani Sordo	23: 40.6	106.54 km / h
	WP16	La Serra d'Almos 2	4.11 km	Petter Solberg	2: 35.2	95.34 km / h

Web links

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

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Loeb triumphs, Burkart is Junior Champion , accessed on December 22, 2014