2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge season

2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge season
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The 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge was the fifth season of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. The season consisted of twelve rounds and started on 19 January with the 78° Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo. The season ended on November 6, at the FxPro Cyprus Rally.

Juho Hänninen became the drivers' champion after winning Rally Scotland, the third of his rally wins during the season. Hänninen also won in Argentina and Sardinia as he finished on the podium in ten of the eleven events that he contested during the season, of which three wins and four second places counted towards the championship's best seven scores rule. Škoda Motorsport team-mate Jan Kopecký finished in second place, some 18 points behind Hänninen. Although not as consistent as his team-mate, Kopecký won one event during the season, winning in the Canary Islands.

Third place was claimed by the top Peugeot driver and reigning champion Kris Meeke, after a third place in Scotland took him ahead of Freddy Loix. Meeke's season was blighted by errors of which retiring from five of the eleven events he contested but did take a win in Brazil. Despite taking part in four rallies, Loix's tarmac expertise shone through, winning the events in Ypres, Belgium, Madeira and the Czech Republic as well as a third place in Sanremo. Four other drivers took victories during the season; World Rally Championship front-runner Mikko Hirvonen won a one-off outing in Monte Carlo, Bruno Magalhães took his first IRC win in the Azores, Paolo Andreucci won in Sanremo and Nasser Al-Attiyah won in Cyprus when many of the leading contenders skipped the event. Škoda took the manufacturers' championship after the Barum Rally Zlín in the Czech Republic.

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Calendar

The calendar consisted of twelve events run on two continents. Changes for 2010 season included the replacement of Rally Russia, Rally Japan and the Safari Rally with Rally Argentina, Rally d'Italia Sardegna and FxPro Cyprus Rally.[1] In March it was announced that the Rally Islas Canarias would replace the Rally Principe de Asturias as the Spanish round on the schedule, moving from September to April.[2]

Round Dates Event title Rally HQ Surface
1 January 19–23 Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo Valence Asphalt
2 March 4–6 Rally Internacional de Curitiba Curitiba Gravel
3 March 19–21 Rally Argentina Córdoba Gravel
4 April 29 – May 1 Rally Islas Canarias Las Palmas Asphalt
5 June 4–6 Rally d'Italia Sardegna Olbia Gravel
6 June 24–26 Geko Ypres Rally Ypres Asphalt
7 July 15–17 Sata Rallye Açores Ponta Delgada Gravel
8 August 5–7 Rali Vinho da Madeira Funchal Asphalt
9 August 27–29 Barum Czech Rally Zlín Zlín Asphalt
10 September 23–25 Rallye Sanremo Sanremo Asphalt
11 October 15–17[3] RAC MSA Rally of Scotland Perth Gravel
12 November 4–6 FxPro Cyprus Rally Limassol Asphalt/Gravel

Selected entries

M-Sport (Ford) and Subaru became the latest registered manufacturers to join the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, alongside Abarth (Fiat), Honda, Ralliart (Mitsubishi), Peugeot, Proton and Škoda.

Entrant Manufacturer[4] Car Driver Co-driver Tyres Rounds
Kronos Racing
Peugeot UK[5]
Peugeot Peugeot 207 S2000 Kris Meeke Paul Nagle BF 1–11
Peugeot France Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia BF 1
P 5
Stéphane Sarrazin Jacques-Julien Renucci BF 1, 6
Bruno Magalhães[5]
Peugeot Sport Portugal
Bruno Magalhães Carlos Magalhães BF 1–8, 10
Interwetten Racing Franz Wittmann Klaus Wicha BF 1, 4–5, 9
Josefine Beinke 12
Bryan Bouffier Xavier Panseri BF 12
Daniel Oliveira[5]
Stohl Racing[6]		 Daniel Oliveira Carlos Del Barrio BF 1, 3–4, 6, 8–10
Denis Giraudet 2
Armando Miranda 11–12
Peugeot Team Belux Thierry Neuville Nicolas Klinger BF 4–6, 9–11
Yazeed Al Rajhi Team Yazeed Al Rajhi Matthieu Baumel BF 5
F.P.F. Sport SRL Paolo Andreucci Anna Andreussi P 5, 10
Peugeot Team Turkey Burcu Çetinkaya Çiçek Güney Y 5–6, 8–12
Bluthunder Racing Italy Corrado Fontana Nicola Arena P 6, 8–9
Kimera Motorsport Luca Betti Pierangelo Scalvini BF 6
Duindisteel Pieter Tsjoen Eddy Chevaillier BF 6
PH-Sport Bryan Bouffier Xavier Panseri BF 9–10
Nicos Thomas Racing Nicos Thomas Angelos Loizides BF 12
M-Sport Ltd. M-Sport Ford Fiesta S2000 Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen P 1
Julien Maurin Gilles Thimonier P 1
Andreas Mikkelsen Ola Fløene H 5–7, 9–12
Munchi's Ford World Rally Team Federico Villagra Jorge Pérez Companc P 3
ESC. Ourense Sergio Vallejo Diego Vallejo P 4
Cersanit Rally Team Michał Sołowow Maciej Baran P 6
Team Ford Quinta do Lorde Bernardo Sousa Nuno Silva P 7–8
Czech Ford Rally Team Jaromír Tarabus Daniel Trunkát BF 9, 12
Martin Prokop Jan Tománek P 12
Car Racing Umberto Scandola Guido D'Amore BF 10
Barwa Rally Team Nasser Al-Attiyah Giovanni Bernacchini P 12
Škoda Motorsport Škoda Škoda Fabia S2000 Jan Kopecký Petr Starý BF 1–10
Juho Hänninen Mikko Markkula BF 1–11
Nicolas Vouilloz Benjamin Veillas BF 1
Škoda UK Guy Wilks Phil Pugh BF 1–5, 9–11
Barwa Rally Team Nasser Al-Attiyah Giovanni Bernacchini P 3
A.C. Principado de Asturias Alberto Hevia Alberto Iglesias BF 4
BFO-Škoda Rally Team Freddy Loix Frédéric Miclotte BF 6, 8–10
Škoda Delimax Czech National Team Pavel Valoušek Zdeněk Hrůza BF 9
Mogul Racing Team Roman Kresta Petr Gross BF 9
Roger Feghali Roger Feghali Joseph Matar BF 12
Astra Racing Abarth Abarth Grande Punto S2000 Toni Gardemeister Tomi Tuominen BF 1
Procar Luca Rossetti Matteo Chiarcossi BF 8
Abarth & C. Spa 10
Giandomenico Basso Mitia Dotta BF 10
Tommi Mäkinen Racing Subaru Subaru Impreza WRX STI Bryan Bouffier Xavier Panseri BF 1
Barattero Gabriel Pozzo Daniel Stillo P 3
Motoring Club Teemu Arminen Tuomo Nikkola BF 5
Subaru Team Arai Toshihiro Arai Daniel Barrit P 6
P-G Andersson Rallying Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X Per-Gunnar Andersson Anders Fredriksson P 5
EuroOil Čepro Czech National Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX Václav Pech Petr Uhel BF 9
Advan-Piaa Rally Team Fumio Nutahara Hakaru Ichino Y 9
Jonathan Greer Jonathan Greer Dai Roberts P 11
David Bogie David Bogie Kevin Rae P 11
Kresta Racing Roman Kresta Petr Gross P

H

 12
Proton R3 Malaysia Rally Team Proton Proton Satria Neo S2000 Chris Atkinson Stéphane Prévot BF 6–7
Alister McRae Bill Hayes BF 6–7, 11
Tom Cave Craig Parry BF 6, 11
Niall McShea Marshall Clarke BF 9–10
Keith Cronin Barry McNulty BF 9, 11
Gilles Panizzi Freddy Delorme BF 10

Results

Round Rally name Podium finishers
Rank Driver Car Time
1 / 78è Rallye Monte-Carlo
(January 19–23) — Results and report		 1 Mikko Hirvonen Ford Fiesta S2000 4:32:58.5
2 Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S2000 4:34:49.9
3 Nicolas Vouilloz Škoda Fabia S2000 4:36:17.6
2 Rally Internacional de Curitiba
(March 4–6) — Results and report		 1 Kris Meeke Peugeot 207 S2000 1:42:45.4
2 Guy Wilks Škoda Fabia S2000 1:43:32.1
3 Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S2000 1:44:05.6
3 Rally Argentina
(March 19–21) — Results and report		 1 Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S2000 2:30:38.1
2 Guy Wilks Škoda Fabia S2000 2:31:29.1
3 Jan Kopecký Škoda Fabia S2000 2:32:58.2
4 Rally Islas Canarias
(April 29 – May 1) — Results and report		 1 Jan Kopecký Škoda Fabia S2000 2:12:27.4
2 Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S2000 2:12:36.5
3 Guy Wilks Škoda Fabia S2000 2:13:03.8
5 Rally d'Italia Sardegna
(June 4–6) — Results and report		 1 Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S2000 2:31:28.6
2 Paolo Andreucci Peugeot 207 S2000 2:32:04.2
3 Jan Kopecký Škoda Fabia S2000 2:32:06.8
6 GEKO Ypres Rally
(June 24–26) — Results and report		 1 Freddy Loix Škoda Fabia S2000 2:35:36.9
2 Jan Kopecký Škoda Fabia S2000 2:35:58.3
3 Thierry Neuville Peugeot 207 S2000 2:37:42.4
7 Sata Rallye Açores
(July 15–17) — Results and report		 1 Bruno Magalhães Peugeot 207 S2000 2:34:00.4
2 Kris Meeke Peugeot 207 S2000 2:35:00.5
3 Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S2000 2:35:21.1
8 Rali Vinho da Madeira
(August 5–7) — Results and report		 1 Freddy Loix Škoda Fabia S2000 3:08:14.3
2 Jan Kopecký Škoda Fabia S2000 3:08:52.1
3 Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S2000 3:10:40.1
9 Barum Czech Rally Zlín
(August 27–29) — Results and report		 1 Freddy Loix Škoda Fabia S2000 2:31:31.0
2 Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S2000 2:31:56.0
3 Pavel Valoušek Škoda Fabia S2000 2:32:51.2
10 Rallye Sanremo
(September 23–25) — Results and report		 1 Paolo Andreucci Peugeot 207 S2000 2:35:32.7
2 Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S2000 2:35:37.1
3 Freddy Loix Škoda Fabia S2000 2:36:06.8
11 Rally Scotland
(October 15–17) — Results and report		 1 Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S2000 2:01:07.4
2 Andreas Mikkelsen Ford Fiesta S2000 2:01:32.9
3 Kris Meeke Peugeot 207 S2000 2:04:31.6
12 Cyprus Rally
(November 4–6) — Results and report		 1 Nasser Al-Attiyah Ford Fiesta S2000 3:11:53.5
2 Roger Feghali Škoda Fabia S2000 3:12:24.2
3 Martin Prokop Ford Fiesta S2000 3:16:35.5

Standings

Drivers

Pos Driver MON
 CUR
 ARG
 CAN
 SAR
 YPR
 AZO
 MAD
 ZLI
 SAN
 SCO
 CYP
  T. Pts   Drop   Pts 
1 Juho Hänninen 2 3 1 2 1 Ret 3 3 2 2 1 80 18 62
2 Jan Kopecký 5 4 3 1 3 2 Ret 2 Ret 6 50 3 47
3 Kris Meeke Ret 1 Ret 4 Ret Ret 2 Ret 4 4 3 39 39
4 Freddy Loix 1 1 1 3 36 36
5 Bruno Magalhães 7 5 6 5 5 6 1 Ret 10 30 30
6 Guy Wilks 6 2 2 3 Ret 7 Ret Ret 27 27
7 Andreas Mikkelsen Ret 5 4 5 Ret 2 Ret 21 21
8 Paolo Andreucci 2 1 18 18
9 Thierry Neuville Ret 4 3 Ret 8 Ret 12 12
10 Nasser Al-Attiyah Ret 1 10 10
11 Mikko Hirvonen 1 10 10
12 Roger Feghali 2 8 8
13 Martin Prokop 3 6 6
14 Pavel Valoušek 3 6 6
15 Nicolas Vouilloz 3 6 6
16 Jaromír Tarabus 8 4 6 6
17 Stéphane Sarrazin 4 Ret 5 5
18 David Bogie 4 5 5
19 Bernd Casier 4 5 5
20 Miguel Nunes 4 5 5
21 Gabriel Pozzo 4 5 5
22 Ricardo Moura 5 10 4 4
23 Luca Rossetti Ret 5 4 4
24 Vítor Sá 5 4 4
25 Nicos Thomas 5 4 4
26 Federico Villagra 5 4 4
27 Siim Plangi Ret 6 4 4
28 Vítor Pascoal 6 18 3 3
29 Roman Kresta Ret 6 3 3
30 Eduardo Scheer 6 Ret 3 3
31 Teemu Arminen 6 3 3
32 Filipe Freitas 6 3 3
33 Alberto Hevia 6 3 3
34 Václav Pech 6 3 3
35 Eamonn Boland 19 7 3 3
36 Daniel Oliveira 20 7 Ret Ret Ret 21 Ret Ret Ret Ret 2 2
37 Giandomenico Basso 7 2 2
38 Nicolás Madero 7 2 2
39 João Magalhães 7 2 2
40 Luigi Ricci 7 2 2
41 Michał Sołowow 7 2 2
42 Charalambos Timotheou 7 2 2
43 Pedro Vale 7 2 2
44 Burcu Çetinkaya Ret Ret 19 44 38 8 15 2 2
45 Ruben Gracia 12 2 2
46 Daniele Batistini 8 1 1
47 Luca Betti Ret 8 1 1
48 Diego Domínguez 8 1 1
49 Sérgio Silva 8 1 1
50 Constantinos Tingirides 8 1 1
51 Jean-Sébastien Vigion 8 1 1
52 Harry Hunt 34 12 Ret 49 48 9 19 1 1
53 Pedro Peres 9 1 1
54 Marcos Tokarski 11 1 1
55 Sergio Vallejo 13 1 1
Pos Driver MON
 CUR
 ARG
 CAN
 SAR
 YPR
 AZO
 MAD
 ZLI
 SAN
 SCO
 CYP
  T. Pts   Drop   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

Pos Manufacturer MON
 CUR
 ARG
 CAN
 SAR
 YPR
 AZO
 MAD
 ZLI
 SAN
 SCO
 CYP
  T. Pts   Drop   Pts 
1 Škoda 14 14 18 18 16 18 6 18 18 14 10 8 172 52 120
2 Peugeot 7 14 3 9 13 9 18 9 5 15 8 4 114 27 87
3 M-Sport 10 0 4 1 0 6 5 0 5 0 9 16 56 1 55
4 Ralliart 0 3 3 2 0 0 6 5 3 0 8 5 35 2 33
5 Subaru 0 0 5 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 11
6 Abarth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 6
Pos Manufacturer MON
 CUR
 ARG
 CAN
 SAR
 YPR
 AZO
 MAD
 ZLI
 SAN
 SCO
 CYP
  T. Pts   Drop   Pts 

References

  1. ^ "2010 International Series: Intercontinental Rally Challenge" (PDF). fia.com (Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile). 2009-12-18. http://private.fia.com/web/fia-public.nsf/vcal/01/$FILE/2010INTSERIES.pdf?Openelement. Retrieved 2009-12-19. 
  2. ^ "Rally Islas Canarias joins IRC schedule". ircseries.com (Intercontinental Rally Challenge). 2010-03-16. http://www.ircseries.com/html/readnews.asp?id=1601. Retrieved 2010-03-16. 
  3. ^ "Revised date for Rally of Scotland". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 2010-02-11. http://www.crash.net/world+rally/news/156744/1/irc_revised_date_for_rally_of_scotland.html. Retrieved 2010-02-11. 
  4. ^ "Manufacturers". ircseries.com. Intercontinental Rally Challenge. http://www.ircseries.com/html/Manufacturers.asp. Retrieved 2010-01-23. 
  5. ^ a b c "78e Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo 2010" (PDF). Intercontinental Rally Challenge (Monte Carlo Rally). 2010-01-11. http://www.ircseries.com/html/uploadedFiles/PDF/201011422636.1.EntryList.pdf. Retrieved 2010-01-16. 
  6. ^ "Eight IRC events for young Brazilian Oliveira". ircseries.com (Intercontinental Rally Challenge). 2010-01-19. http://www.ircseries.com/html/readNews.asp?id=1451. Retrieved 2010-03-03. 

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