2010 Rally Scotland

Round 11 of the 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge season

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Host country

United Kingdom

Rally base

Perth and Stirling

Dates run

15 – 17 October 2010

Stages

12^[1] (208.08 km; 129.29 mi)

Stage surface

Gravel

Overall distance

838.29 km (520.89 mi)

Results

Overall winner

Juho Hänninen

Škoda Motorsport

Crews

21 at start, 10 at finish

The 2010 Rally Scotland was the 11th round of the 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge and the second running of the event. The event was held between 15 – 17 October 2010 in the forests of Stirling and Perth & Kinross. Four of the special stages were broadcast live on Eurosport.^[1]

Introduction

Juho Hänninen on SS4 (Drummond Hill) on his way to victory in the rally.

The forest rally was based in Perth, with a ceremonial start and the initial two stages being held at Scone Palace in the dark on the Friday evening. Saturday consisted of three routes (each run twice) covering 114.10 km (70.90 mi). Sunday had an additional two routes (93.98 km (58.40 mi)) again run twice, before the ceremonial finish at Stirling Castle.

Thierry Neuville made his debut on the rally which was described by his Kronos Racing team mate Kris Meeke as the best in the world.^[2]

By starting the event, Juho Hänninen became IRC champion after Škoda Motorsport elected not to send Jan Kopecký to the event.^[3]^[4]

Results

Juho Hänninen cemented his championship title with victory on a rally of attrition with just ten of the 21 starters finishing the rally.

Overall

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1.	Juho Hänninen	Mikko Markkula	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:01:07.4	0.0	10
2.	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	Ford Fiesta S2000	2:01:32.9	25.5	8
3.	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:04:31.6	3:24.2	6
4.	David Bogie	Kevin Rae	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	2:13:08.7	12:01.3	5
5. (6.)	Siim Plangi	Marek Sarapuu	Honda Civic Type R3	2:15:46.4	14:39.0	4
6. (7.)	Eamonn Boland	Mick Morrissey	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	2:17:46.2	16:38.8	3
7. (8.)	Burcu Çetinkaya	Ciçek Guney	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:18:03.5	16:56.1	2
8. (9.)	Harry Hunt	Sebastian Marshall	Ford Fiesta R2	2:22:46.9	21:39.5	1

Special stages

Day	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
1 (15–16 Oct)	SS1	20:11	Scone Palace 1	3.37 km	Guy Wilks	2:08.5	94.41 km/h	Guy Wilks
	SS2	20:30	Scone Palace 2	3.37 km	Guy Wilks Kris Meeke	2:07.5	95.15 km/h	Guy Wilks
	SS3	07:20	Craigvinean 1	17.34 km	Kris Meeke	10:32.5	98.69 km/h	Kris Meeke
	SS4	08:45	Drummond Hill 1	15.08 km	Juho Hänninen	8:42.5	103.90 km/h	Kris Meeke
	SS5	10:10	Errochty 1	17.68 km	Juho Hänninen	9:57.8	106.47 km/h	Guy Wilks
	SS6	13:50	Craigvinean 2	17.34 km	Juho Hänninen	10:26.2	99.69 km/h	Juho Hänninen
	SS7	15:15	Drummond Hill 2	15.08 km	Juho Hänninen	8:40.0	104.40 km/h
	SS8	16:40	Errochty 2	17.68 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	9:55.5	106.88 km/h
2 (17 Oct)	SS9	08:40	Clashmore 1	15.95 km	Guy Wilks	10:04.1	95.05 km/h
	SS10	10:10	Loch Ard 1	29.04 km	Guy Wilks	18:47.8	92.70 km/h
	SS11	11:40	Clashmore 2	15.95 km	Juho Hänninen	10:08.3	94.39 km/h
	SS12	13:10	Loch Ard 2	29.04 km	Guy Wilks	18:43.9	93.02 km/h

References

1 2 "Competitors Rally Guide 1" (PDF). msaevents.co.uk (Motor Sports Association). 2010-05-24. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
↑ "Neuville told to expect best rally in world". ircseries.com (Intercontinental Rally Challenge). 2010-10-13. Retrieved 2010-10-14.
↑ "IRC Scotland pre-event press conference 2". ircseries.com (Intercontinental Rally Challenge). 2010-10-15. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
↑ "Scottish entry confirms Hanninen champion". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 2010-09-30. Retrieved 2010-10-15.

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