2009 International Rally of Nations

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The International Rally of Nations is an international Rally event held in México for the first time in 2009.

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According to the organization, "the idea of this event is to bring the emotional side of the Olympic Games or the world cup to the automobile world with the possibility of several teams per country." The idea for the event came after the Rally Mexico was not included in the 2009 World Rally Championship due to the rotation system.

The event was won by Spain's Xavier Pons and Daniel Solà, with the two drivers amassing a total of 1067.5 points.

Format

This Rally has a special format since, unlike other rallies, time will not be added stage by stage. Each Special Stage will give points to the top 16 drivers. A team representing a nation will consist of two cars and the points scored by each driver will be added together to determine the Nations Champion.

According to the official rules:

"Points will be awarded to each member of a Team per each Special Stage or Super Special Stage completed. The best-classified crew of each Team will be awarded points as Car 1, the second crew as Car 2. Each crew will be awarded points according to its overall position in the stage classification from the eligible crews (Competing for the Rally of Nations) in each Super Special Stage or Special Stage according to the following scale:"

PositionCar 1Car 2
1st45
2nd4030
3rd3627
4th3224
5th2821
6th2418
7th2015
8th1813.5
9th1612
10th1410.5
11th129
12th107.5
13th86
14th64.5
15th43
16th21

The Team scoring the most points at the end of the Rally will be declared the Winner of the Rally of Nations.

2009 Entries

There are some very important drivers, including former and/or World Rally Championship, Production World Rally Championship and NACAM Rally Championship champions.

TeamDriverCodriverGroupCar
Flag of Austria.svg Austria Manfred Stohl Ilka Minor N4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
Flag of Austria.svg Austria Andreas Aigner Daniela Weissengruber N4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador Juan Pablo Villota Juan Carlos Viteri A6 Peugeot 206 XS
Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador Camilo Rivera Juan José Rivera A6 Peugeot 206 XS
Flag of Finland.svg Corona Team Finland Harri Rovanperä Jouni Arolainen N4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
Flag of Finland.svg Corona Team Finland Toni Gardemeister Tomi Tuominen N4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
Flag of France.svg France Didier Auriol Denis Giraudet N4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
Flag of France.svg France Brice Tirabassi Fabrice Gordon N4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain Phillip Morrow Damien Connolly N4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain Niall McShea Marshall Clarke N4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
Flag of Germany.svg Germany Hermann Gassner Jr. Kathi Wüstenhagen N4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
Flag of Germany.svg Germany Mark Wallenwein Stefan Kopczyk N4 Subaru Impreza WRX
Flag of Italy.svg Pirelli Team Italia Mario Isola Roberto Mometti N4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
Flag of Italy.svg Pirelli Team Italia Stefano Marrini Matteo Braga N4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
Flag of Mexico.svg México 1 Rodrigo Ordóñez Mauricio Pimentel N4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
Flag of Mexico.svg México 1 José Cortés Alex Prieto N4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
Flag of Mexico.svg México 2 Ricardo Triviño Checo Salom N4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
Flag of Mexico.svg México 2 Rodrigo Salgado Diódoro Salgado N4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
Flag of Mexico.svg México 3 Francisco Name Armando Zapata A6 Peugeot 206 XS
Flag of Mexico.svg México 3 Guillermo Fonseca José Alonso López A6 Peugeot 206 XS
Flag of Mexico.svg México 3 Jorge González Jaime ZapataN2 Renault Clio
Flag of Peru.svg Perú Humberto Tijero Michael Espinoza N3 Renault Clio
Flag of Peru.svg Perú Sandro Pestana Gianpier Giacchetti A6 Peugeot 206 XS
Flag of Spain.svg Spain Dani Sola Oscar Sanchez N4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
Flag of Spain.svg Spain Xavier Pons Alex Haro N4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Patrik Sandell Emil Axelsson N4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Per-Gunnar Andersson Anders Fredriksson N4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay Felipe Guelfi Ignacio Albanell A6 Peugeot 206 XS
Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay Diego Elola Pablo Irrazabal A6 Peugeot 206 XS
Flag of the United States.svg USA 1 Matthew Johnson Chrissie Beavis N4 Subaru Impreza WRX
Flag of the United States.svg United States 1 Kenny Bartram Dennis Hotson N4 Subaru Impreza WRX
Flag of the United States.svg United States 2 Patrick Moro Ole Holter N4 Subaru Impreza STI
Flag of the United States.svg United States 2 Piotr Wiktorczyk Martin Brady N4 Subaru Impreza WRX

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