2009 Rally Australia

The 2009 Repco Rally Australia was the 20th Rally Australia and the tenth round of the 2009 World Rally Championship season. The rally consisted of 35 special stages and was won on the road by Citroën's Sébastien Loeb. However, Loeb's win was shortlived as his Citroën along with those of his team-mate Dani Sordo, and Sébastien Ogier were given one-minute time penalties for irregularities with their cars' anti-rollbars. Ford's Mikko Hirvonen inherited the win, for his fourth win in succession.

1 Entries
2 Protests
3 Results
4 Special stages
5 Championship standings after the event
- 5.1 Drivers' championship
- 5.2 Manufacturers' championship
6 References
7 External links

Entries

The final entry list included 40 crews. 10 drivers contested in the World Rally Car class and 14 contested in the Production World Rally Championship class. This was the first time in the season that Petter Solberg and co-driver Phil Mills did not compete in their privately-entered Citroën Xsara WRC since Rally Ireland.

Protests

The event was heavily disrupted by environmental protests against the running of the rally. Signs were placed around the route of the rally, telling the drivers and those involved in the WRC to go home.^[1] Stages six and 11 were cancelled on Friday after rocks were thrown at the course opening car and the stage was blocked when protesters against the event pulled a fence across the road.^[2] New South Wales Police Force vowed to hunt down the perpetrators of the disruption. The week before the event an injunction filed against the event was rejected by Sydney's Federal Court.

Results

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Penalty	Difference	Points
WRC
1	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	2:53:06.5		0.0	10
2	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	2:53:54.0	1:00	+47.5	8
3	Dani Sordo	Marc Martí	Citroën C4 WRC	2:54:11.1	1:00	+1:04.6	6
4	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	2:54:58.5		+1:52.0	5
5	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën C4 WRC	2:55:29.8	1:00	+2:23.3	4
6	Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	2:58:32.8		+5:26.3	3
7	Henning Solberg	Cato Menkerud	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	3:00:24.3	0:20	+7:17.8	2
8	Federico Villagra	Jorge Pérez Companc	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	3:00:45.9		+7:39.4	1
PWRC
1	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	3:08:51.2		0.0	10
2	Richard Mason	Sara Mason	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	3:09:33.4		+42.2	8
3	Cody Crocker	Ben Atkinson	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	3:10:26.5		+1:35.3	6
4	Armindo Araújo	Miguel Ramalho	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	3:12:59.3		+4:08.1	5
5	Stewart Taylor	Warwick Searle	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	3:14:30.3		+5:39.1	4
6	Gianluca Linari	Massimo Salvucci	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	3:38:52.8		+30:01.6	3

Special stages

Day	Stage	Time (AEST)	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Rally leader
1 (3-4 Sep)	SS1	18:53	Tweed 1	2.55km	Sébastien Ogier	1:49.0	Sébastien Ogier
	SS2	19:08	Tweed 2	2.55km	Sébastien Ogier	1:46.1
	SS3	7:38	Kyogle 1	7.32km	Jari-Matti Latvala	4:05.5
	SS4	8:36	Repco 1	22.41km	Mikko Hirvonen	10:27.3	Jari-Matti Latvala
	SS5	9:24	Kyogle 2	7.32km	Dani Sordo	3:59.1
	SS6	10:37	CTEK East 1	11.33km	stage cancelled
	SS7	11:40	Mooball 1	5.85km	Jari-Matti Latvala	4:41.7
	SS8	11:58	Kidney Health 1	5.74km	Jari-Matti Latvala	4:29.4
	SS9	12:16	Castrol Edge 1	6.85km	Sébastien Ogier	4:38.9
	SS10	14:03	Castrol Edge East 2	6.85km	Jari-Matti Latvala	4:29.3
	SS11	15:03	CTEK East 2	11.33km	stage cancelled
	SS12	16:06	Mooball 2	5.85km	Jari-Matti Latvala	4:36.7
	SS13	16:24	Kidney Health 2	5.74km	Jari-Matti Latvala	4:26.0
	SS14	18:30	Tweed 3	2.55km	Sébastien Ogier	1:48.1
	SS15	18:45	Tweed 4	2.55km	Sébastien Ogier	1:46.8
2 (5 Sep)	SS16	7:28	Dayco 1	20.31km	Mikko Hirvonen	9:45.1
	SS17	8:13	Bosch 1	18.75km	Sébastien Loeb	9:26.3
	SS18	9:04	Armor All 1	8.2km	Sébastien Loeb	3:47.2
	SS19	10:42	Urliup	5.24km	Mikko Hirvonen	4:25.7
	SS20	13:55	Armor All 2	8.2km	Sébastien Loeb	3:42.8
	SS21	14:34	CTEK West 1	8.59km	Sébastien Loeb	4:28.3	Sébastien Loeb
	SS22	15:27	Dayco 2	20.31km	Sébastien Loeb	9:38.3	Sébastien Loeb
	SS23	16:12	Bosch 2	18.75km	Dani Sordo	9:30.6	Mikko Hirvonen
	SS24	19:15	Tweed 5	2.55km	Sébastien Ogier	1:47.4	Mikko Hirvonen
	SS25	19:30	Tweed 6	2.55km	Sébastien Ogier	1:46.2	Dani Sordo
3 (6 Sep)	SS26	7:14	Monroe 1	7.4km	Sébastien Loeb	3:25.8	Sébastien Loeb
	SS27	7:36	Castrol Edge West 1	21.52km	Dani Sordo	10:01.9
	SS28	8:37	Gondwana 1	10.88km	Mikko Hirvonen	6:19.0
	SS29	8:56	Upper Clarence 1	6.94km	Jari-Matti Latvala	3:14.6
	SS30	9:40	CTEK West 2	8.59km	Sébastien Loeb	4:27.5
	SS31	11:03	Monroe 2	7.4km	Sébastien Loeb	3:21.1
	SS32	11:25	Castrol Edge West 2	21.52km	Dani Sordo	9:46.9
	SS33	12:26	Gondwana 2	10.88km	Sébastien Loeb	6:09.1
	SS34	12:45	Upper Clarence 2	6.94km	Jari-Matti Latvala Sébastien Ogier	3:12.2
	SS35	13:27	Repco 2	22.41km	Mikko Hirvonen	10:14.4

Championship standings after the event

Drivers' championship

Pos	Driver	IRL	NOR	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRC	POL	FIN	AUS	ESP	GBR	Pts
1	Mikko Hirvonen	3	2	2	2	Ret	2	1	1	1	1			78
2	Sébastien Loeb	1	1	1	1	1	4	Ret	7	2	2			73
3	Dani Sordo	2	5	4	3	2	23	12	2	4	3			50
4	Jari-Matti Latvala	14	3	12	Ret	6	1	3	Ret	3	4			36
5	Henning Solberg	4	4	18	5	3	8	15	3	30	7			29
6	Petter Solberg		6	3	4	Ret	3	Ret	4	Ret				25
7	Matthew Wilson	7	7	5	Ret	5	6	14	5	8	6			23
8	Sébastien Ogier	6	10	Ret	17	7	Ret	2	Ret	6	5			20
9	Federico Villagra			7	7	4	Ret	4		11	8			15
10	Conrad Rautenbach	18	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	9	5	8	Ret	Ret			8
11	Mads Østberg		9		6		7	7	Ret	Ret				7
12	Khalid al-Qassimi	8		8	8		16	6		9	19			6
13	Evgeny Novikov		12	Ret	Ret		5	16	9	Ret				4
14	Chris Atkinson	5												4
15	Matti Rantanen									5				4
16	Krzysztof Hołowczyc								6					3
17	Jari Ketomaa									7				2
18	Nasser Al-Attiyah			11	16	8	10	EX						1
19	Urmo Aava	10	8							29				1
20	Lambros Athanassoulas							8						1
Pos	Driver	IRL	NOR	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRC	POL	FIN	AUS	ESP	GBR	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Injured or ill (Inj)
	Excluded (EX)
	Suspended (SUS)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Manufacturers' championship

Pos	Team	Event												Total points
Pos	Team	IRL	NOR	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRC	POL	FIN	AUS	ESP	GBR	Total points
1	Citroën Total World Rally Team	18	14	16	16	18	8	4	12	13	14			133
2	BP Ford World Rally Team	8	14	10	8	3	18	18	10	16	15			120
3	Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team	8	8	6	5	10	7	5	11	4	5			69
4	Citroën Junior Team	5	2	4	0	2	5	6	5	4	4			37
5	Munchi's Ford World Rally Team	0	0	3	4	5	0	6	0	2	1			21

References

^ "autosport.com - WRC News: Loeb defends rally amid protests". Autosport. Archived from the original on 2009-09-07. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78294. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
^ Autosport. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78305.

External links

2009 World Rally Championship season

Teams

Citroën	Ford	Stobart Ford	Citroën Junior	Munchi's Ford

1 Loeb 2 Sordo	3 Hirvonen 4 Latvala 14 al-Qassimi	5 Wilson 6 H. Solberg - Aava	7 Novikov 8 Rautenbach 12 Ogier	9 Villagra 10 Bird

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