Rally Cyprus 2009
Racing data | |
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3rd of 12 races of the 2009 World Rally Championship | |
Surname: | Rally Cyprus |
Date: | 13-15 March 2009 |
Begin: | Limassol |
Exams: | 14 tests over 332.07 km |
Distance: | 1198 km |
Covering: | Asphalt and gravel |
Podium | |
First: |
Sébastien Loeb Citroën World Rally Team |
Second: |
Mikko Hirvonen Ford World Rally Team |
Third: |
Petter Solberg Petter Solberg World Rally Team |
The Cyprus Rally was the third round of the 2009 World Rally Championship and was driven at Limassol between March 13th and 15th. A WRC rally was last organized in Cyprus in 2006. The ground was mixed with asphalt and gravel roads. On the first day we only drove on asphalt roads, on the two following days on gravel roads.
Race report
Sébastien Loeb and co-driver Daniel Elena achieved their 50th WRC victory. After 14 special stages, the Citroën driver crossed the finish line with a lead of 27.2 seconds over Mikko Hirvonen (Ford). Loeb laid the foundation stone for victory on Friday when “gravel tires” were used on asphalt. He took the lead with five special stage best times and had a comfortable lead for the next two days, which were driven on gravel. Hirvonen was able to oust Citroën driver Dani Sordo from second place on Saturday morning . Petter Solberg's third place could be described as a small miracle . During the winter, the former Subaru driver set up his own team in record time and bought a Citroën Xsara . Four weeks ago he made the WRC comeback at the Rally Norway . In his second run as a privateer, he made it onto the podium in third place and relegated Sordo to fourth place.
In the PWRC class , which completed the second round of the season in Cyprus, victory again went to Patrik Sandell in the Škoda Fabia S2000. Armindo Araujo was in the lead until shortly before the finish line. But Araujo got technical problems and fell behind. In the JWRC the victory went to Martin Prokop ahead of Michal Kosciuszko . Aaron Burkart was third out of just three starters.
Classifications
Bottom line
Item | driver | Co-driver | automobile | time | Residue | Points |
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WRC | ||||||
1 | Sébastien Loeb | Daniel Elena | Citroën C4 WRC | 4: 50: 34.7 | 10 | |
2 | Mikko Hirvonen | Jarmo Lehtinen | Ford Focus RS WRC | 4: 51: 01.9 | 0: 27.2 | 8th |
3 | Petter Solberg | Phil Mills | Citroën Xsara WRC | 4: 52: 24.1 | 1: 494 | 6th |
4th | Dani Sordo | Marc Marti | Citroën C4 WRC | 4: 53: 01.0 | 2: 26.3 | 5 |
5 | Matthew Wilson | Scott Martin | Ford Focus RS WRC | 4: 57: 15.7 | 6: 41.0 | 4th |
6th | Conrad Rautenbach | Daniel Barritt | Citroën C4 WRC | 5: 01: 46.6 | 11: 11.9 | 3 |
7th | Federico Villagra | Jorge Perez Companc | Ford Focus RS WRC | 5: 03: 53.2 | 13: 18.5 | 2 |
8th | Khalid Al Qassimi | Michael Orr | Ford Focus RS WRC | 5: 04: 18.8 | 13: 44.1 | 1 |
JWRC | ||||||
1 (14) | Martin Prokop | Jan Tománek | Citroën C2 S1600 | 5: 20: 54.0 | 10 | |
2 (17) | Michal Kosciuszko | Maciek Szczepaniak | Suzuki Swift S1600 | 5: 22: 30.8 | 1: 36.8 | 8th |
3 (21) | Aaron Burkart | Michael Koelbach | Suzuki Swift S1600 | 5: 40: 42.9 | 19: 48.9 | 6th |
PWRC | ||||||
1 (9) | Patrik Sandell | Emil Axelsson | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 5: 10: 11.3 | 10 | |
2 (10) | Armindo Araujo | Ramalho Miguel | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | 5: 10: 29.6 | 0: 18.3 | 8th |
3 (11) | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Giovanni Bernacchini | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | 5: 11: 10.1 | 0: 58.8 | 6th |
4 (13) | Toshi Arai | Glenn MacNeal | Subaru Impreza | 5: 18: 45.4 | 8: 34.1 | 5 |
5 (15) | Andis Neiksans | Peteris Djirkals | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | 5: 21: 46.6 | 11: 35.3 | 4th |
6 (16) | Charalambos Timotheou | Savvas Laos | Subaru Impreza | 5: 22: 01.7 | 11: 50.4 | 3 |
7 (19) | Gaurav Singh Gill | David Sr. | Subaru Impreza | 5: 31: 222 | 21: 109 | 2 |
8 (20) | Frederic Sauvan | Thibault Gorczyca | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | 5: 39: 10.2 | 28: 58.9 | 1 |
Special stages
Day | WP number |
WP name |
length | WP winner |
time | Ø km / h | leader |
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Day 1 (March 13th) |
WP1 | Panagia 1 | 30.33 km | Sébastien Loeb | 22: 01.3 | 82.68 km / h | Sébastien Loeb |
WP2 | Mylikouri 1 | 7.37 km | Sébastien Loeb | 5: 33.9 | 79.53 km / h | ||
WP3 | Gerakies 1 | 29.40 km | Sébastien Loeb | 21: 09.2 | 83.36 km / h | ||
WP4 | Panagia 2 | 30.33 km | Sébastien Loeb | 22: 06.8 | 82.30 km / h | ||
WP5 | Mylikouri 2 | 7.37 km | Sébastien Loeb | 5: 34.9 | 79.25 km / h | ||
WP6 | Gerakies 2 | 29.40 km | Daniel Sordo | 21: 18.0 | 82.82 km / h | ||
Day 2 (March 14th) |
WP7 | Anadiou Dam 1 | 11.70 km | Jari-Matti Latvala | 11: 02.4 | 63.59 km / h | |
WP8 | Pano Panagia | 28.17 km | Mikko Hirvonen | 30: 29.8 | 55.42 km / h | ||
WP9 | Orkontas | 18.54 km | Sébastien Loeb | 18: 36.5 | 59.77 km / h | ||
WP10 | Xyliatos | 30.94 km | Petter Solberg | 28: 16.1 | 65.66 km / h | ||
WP11 | Kourdali | 26.25 km | Petter Solberg | 26: 31.5 | 59.37 km / h | ||
Day 3 (March 15th) |
WP12 | Foini | 30.03 km | Mikko Hirvonen | 26: 18.7 | 68.48 km / h | |
WP13 | Anadiou | 40.54 km | Mikko Hirvonen | 39: 27.2 | 61.66 km / h | ||
WP14 | Anadiou Dam 2 | 11.70 km | Matthew Wilson | 10: 14.8 | 68.49 km / h |
Individual evidence
- ↑ motorsport-total.com: "Super-Seb" Loeb's 50th WRC victory! , Retrieved December 27, 2014