Rally Turkey 2010

 Rally Turkey 2010

Racing data
4th of 13 rounds of the 2010 World Rally Championship
Surname:	Rally Turkey
Date:	16.-18. April 2010
Begin:	Istanbul
Exams:	23 tests over 358.84 km
Distance:	1104.15 km
Covering:	asphalt
Podium
First:	Sébastien Loeb Citroën World Rally Team
Second:	Petter Solberg Petter Solberg World Rally Team
Third:	Mikko Hirvonen Ford World Rally Team

The Rally Turkey was the fourth round of the 2010 World Rally Championship . It took place from April 16th to 18th and was held near Istanbul . Sébastien Loeb (Citroën) won for the third time this season.

Race report

Sébastien Loeb (Citroën) won the Rally Turkey and thus celebrated the third victory in a row of the current season. Although he had a clear lead of 54.5 seconds over the overall runner-up Petter Solberg (Citroën) at the finish , the rally was only decided in the last, extremely difficult stages on the afternoon of the last day. The special stages 18 and 19 had to be canceled. Some of the ground for these tests was not made of gravel but of clay. It had rained that night and that turned the streets into slushy slides. That was too dangerous for the organizers. Third place went to Ford driver Mikko Hirvonen, who was third 48.9 seconds behind Solberg. Loeb extended the lead in the world championship table to Petter Solberg by 40 points.

The rally was also the start of the Junior World Rally Championship (JWRC). Aaron Burkart (Suzuki) won his first rally in the WRC junior class, despite technical problems with the power steering.

Classifications

Bottom line

Item	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	Residue	Points
WRC
1	Sébastien Loeb	Monaco Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 01: 38.7		25th
2	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 02: 33.2	0: 54.5	18th
3	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 03: 22.1	1: 43.4	15th
4th	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 05: 24.7	3: 46.0	12
5	Kimi Raikkonen	Kaj Lindström	Citroën C4 WRC	3: 08: 23.0	6: 44.3	10
6th	Federico Villagra	Jose Diaz	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 09: 35.4	7: 56.7	8th
7th	Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 10: 08.5	8: 29.8	6th
8th	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Focus RS WRC	3: 21: 22.9	19: 44.2	4th
9	Dennis Kuipers	Frederic Miclotte	Ford Fiesta S2000	3: 25: 00.9	23: 22.2	2
10	Aaron Burkart	Another tile	Suzuki Swift S1600	3: 28: 43.4	27: 04.7	1
JWRC
1 (10)	Aaron Burkart	Another tile	Suzuki Swift S1600	3: 28: 43.4		25th
2 (11)	Alessandro Broccoli	Angela Forina	Renault Clio R3	3: 32: 37.1	3: 53.7	18th
3 (15)	Kevin Abbring	Erwin Mombaerts	Renault Clio R3	3: 38: 27.1	9: 43.7	15th
4 (16)	Todor Slavov	Dobromir Filipov	Renault Clio R3	3: 43: 38.3	14: 54.9	12
5 (18)	Harry Hunt	Sebastian Marshall	Ford Fiesta R2	3: 47: 24.3	18: 40.9	10
6 (31)	Karl Kruuda	Martin Jarveoja	Suzuki Swift S1600	4: 25: 43.5	57: 00.1	8th

Special stages

Day	WP number	WP name	length	WP winner	time	Ø km / h	leader
Day 1 (April 16)	WP1	Darlık 1	15.66 km	Petter Solberg	9: 30.4	98.84 km / h	Petter Solberg
	WP2	Karabeyli 1	8.23 km	Mikko Hirvonen	4: 43.1	104.66 km / h	Mikko Hirvonen
	WP3	Bozgoca 1	13.52 km	Sébastien Ogier	8: 11.2	99.09 km / h	Sébastien Ogier
	WP4	Halli 1	9.60 km	Petter Solberg	4: 45.0	121.26 km / h
	WP5	Darlık 2	15.66 km	Sébastien Ogier	9: 11.1	102.30 km / h
	WP6	Karabeyli 2	8.23 km	Sébastien Ogier	4: 34.6	107.90 km / h
	WP7	Bozgoca 2	13.52 km	Dani Sordo	7: 59.0	101.61 km / h
	WP8	Halli 2	9.60 km	Petter Solberg	4: 33.8	126.22 km / h
	WP9	WPS Istanbul	2.20 km	Sébastien Loeb	1: 55.9	68.33 km / h
Day 2 (April 17th)	WP10	Göçbeyli 1	18.17 km	Petter Solberg	10: 34.4	103.11 km / h
	WP11	Ulupelite 1	12.98 km	Mikko Hirvonen	7: 11.1	108.39 km / h
	WP12	Bozhane 1	14.59 km	Sébastien Ogier	8: 46.7	99.72 km / h
	WP13	Riva 1	27.17 km	Petter Solberg	15: 29.2	105.26 km / h
	WP14	Göçbeyli 2	18.17 km	Sébastien Loeb	10: 24.8	104.69 km / h
	WP15	Ulupelite 2	12.98 km	Mikko Hirvonen	6: 58.8	111.58 km / h	Sébastien Loeb
	WP16	Bozhane 2	14.59 km	Sébastien Loeb	8: 43.4	100.35 km / h
	WP17	Riva 2	27.17 km	Sébastien Loeb	15: 01.4	108.51 km / h
Day 3 (Apr 18)	WP18	Deniz 1	16.76 km	called off
	WP19	Mudarli 1	21.32 km	called off
	WP20	Ballica 1	19.22 km	Sébastien Loeb	10: 00.5	115.22 km / h
	WP21	Deniz 2	16.76 km	Sébastien Loeb	9: 48.8	102.47 km / h
	WP22	Mudarli 2	21.32 km	Sébastien Loeb	12: 35.0	101.66 km / h
	WP23	Ballica 2	19.22 km	Sébastien Ogier	9: 51.0	117.08 km / h

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Rally of Turkey 2010 , accessed on December 14, 2014
2. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Loeb wins in the mud thriller on the Bosporus , accessed on December 14, 2014
3. ↑ motorsport-total.com: With hard work to J-WRC victory , accessed on December 14, 2014

Web links

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

• Official website