2009 Rally Norway

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2009 Rally Norway
3rd Rally Norway
Round 2 of the 2009 World Rally Championship
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Vikingskipet-Hamar.jpg
Vikingskipet Olympic Arena in Hamar, which served as depot.
Host country Flag of Norway.svg Norway
Rally base Hamar, Norway
Dates runFebruary 12 February 15, 2009
Stages23 (361.12 km; 224.39 miles)
Stage surface Ice/Snow covered Gravel
Statistics
Crews42 at start, 35 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb
Flag of France.svg Citroën Total World Rally Team

The 2009 Rally Norway, officially 3rd Rally Norway, is the second round of the 2009 World Rally Championship season and the first round of the Production World Rally Championship and is held between February 12 and February 15, 2009. The rally was held on ice- and snow-covered gravel roads between Oslo and Hamar.

Contents

Rally Norway returned to the calendar in 2009 Season after a years absence. This is the Snow Rally of the season. Historically, the Swedish Rally has usually been the rally held on snow in every WRC Season except 1974 and 1990 due to cancellation, 1994 when it was only part of the FIA 2-Litre World Cup for Manufacturers.

Petter Solberg, driving a Citroën Xsara WRC car, won the first stage of the rally. But Sébastien Loeb of France won in a Citroën C4 WRC, his second win on snow since the 2004 Swedish Rally, remaining only non-Scandinavian rally driver ever to win a Snow Rally. Loeb finished ahead of Mikko Hirvonen by +9.8 seconds. Jari Matti Latvala finished third, despite having spun on the last stage on the second running of the Budor. The highest placed Norwegian driver was Henning Solberg in fourth, who was in a tight battle for the position with Dani Sordo. Sordo had held the position for most of the stages until SS14 Mountain 2, where Solberg passed Sordo for fourth place. Both were under pressure from Swede P-G Andersson, on board a privately entered Škoda Fabia WRC, who passed Solberg at SS7 Finnskogen 2. Andersson had to retire at SS12 Ringsaker 1 when he broke his clutch after hitting a snow bank. Solberg finished in sixth in one peace, although he doubted his clutch would last until the end. He was in a tight battle with Matthew Wilson of Great Britain, who finished in seventh place, ahead of Urmo Aava in eighth who collected his first point of the season. [1] [2]

This rally marks the opening Round of the PWRC Season and as the WRC supporting event. Previously, the JWRC was the supporting event in 2007. Swede Patrik Sandell won the class. Eyvind Brynildsen and his co-driver Denis Giraudet, Didier Auriol's former co-driver finished second. Czech Martin Prokop finished in third place ahead of Armindo Araujo. Andis Neiksans of Latvia finished fifth ahead of Jaromir Tarabus in sixth. [3]

Results

Pos.DriverCo-driverCarTimeDifferencePoints
WRC
1. Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Flag of Monaco.svg Daniel Elena Citroën C4 WRC 3:28:15.910
2. Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen Flag of Finland.svg Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Focus RS WRC 08 3:28:25.7+9.88
3. Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala Flag of Finland.svg Miikka Anttila Ford Focus RS WRC 08 3:29:37.7+1:21.86
4. Flag of Norway.svg Henning Solberg Flag of Norway.svg Cato Menkerud Ford Focus RS WRC 08 3:31:49.4+3:33.55
5. Flag of Spain.svg Dani Sordo Flag of Spain.svg Marc Marti Citroën C4 WRC 3:32:07.9+3:52.04
6. Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phil Mills Citroën Xsara WRC 3:34:41.3+6:25.43
7. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Matthew Wilson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Scott Martin Ford Focus RS WRC 08 3:34:51.5+6:35.62
8. Flag of Estonia.svg Urmo Aava Flag of Estonia.svg Kuldar Sikk Ford Focus RS WRC 08 3:35:05.0+6:49.11
PWRC
1. (13.) Flag of Sweden.svg Patrik Sandell Flag of Sweden.svg Emil Axelsson Škoda Fabia Super 2000 3:49:43.610
2. (14.) Flag of Norway.svg Eyvind Brynildsen Flag of France.svg Denis Giraudet Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 3:50:27.7+44.18
3. (16.) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Prokop Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Tománek Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 3:52:40.3+2:56.76
4. (17.) Flag of Portugal (official).svg Armindo Araujo Flag of Portugal (official).svg Miguel Ramalho Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 3:53:40.6+3:57.05
5. (18.) Flag of Latvia.svg Andis Neiksans Flag of Latvia.svg Peteris Dzirkals Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 4:00:23.5+10:39.94
6. (20.) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jaromir Tarabus Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Daniel Trunkat Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 4:02:33.1+12:49.53
7. (26.) Flag of Sweden.svg Patrik Flodin Flag of Sweden.svg Göran Bergsten Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:10:01.1+20:17.52
8. (30.) Flag of France.svg Frederic Sauvan Flag of France.svg Thibault Gorczyca Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 4:24:48.0+35:04.41

Special stages

DayStageTime (CET)NameLengthWinnerTimeAvg. spd.Rally leader
1
(12 FEB)
SS120:04 Oslo 1.92 km Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg 1:32.874.5 km/h Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg
2
(13 FEB)
SS209:03Opaker 114.62 km Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen 8:06.0108.3 km/h Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen
SS309:39 Kirkenær 18.0 km Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 6:36.872.6 km/h Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb
SS410:19 Finnskogen 120.87 km Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen 11:55.4105.0 km/h Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen
SS511:13 Kongsvinger 113.45 km Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen 8:56.990.2 km/h
SS612:45Opaker 214.62 km Flag of Sweden.svg Per-Gunnar Andersson 8:11.2107.1 km/h
SS713:51 Finnskogen 220.87 km Flag of Sweden.svg Per-Gunnar Andersson 11:58.9104.5 km/h
SS814:45 Kongsvinger 213.45 km Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen 9:10.388.0 km/h
SS915:46 Kirkenær 28.0 km Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 6:55.069.46 km/h Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb
3
(14 FEB)
SS1007:53Mountain 124.36 km Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 12:43.3114.9 km/h
SS1108:58 Lillehammer 16.78 km Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 5:04.880.1 km/h
SS1209:58 Ringsaker 127.29 km Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 14:30.8112.8 km/h
SS1311:04 Hamar 11.15 km Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 1:11.857.7 km/h
SS1413:15Mountain 224.36 km Flag of Norway.svg Henning Solberg 13:13.4110.5 km/h
SS1514:20 Lillehammer 26.78 km Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala 5:15.377.4 km/h
SS1615:20 Ringsaker 227.29 km Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala 15:06.7108.4 km/h
SS1716:26 Hamar 21.15 km Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 1:14.155.9 km/h
4
(15 FEB)
SS1807:34 Våler 130.03 km Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen 16:07.5111.7 km/h
SS1908:35 Elverum 113.31 km Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 6:18.9126.5 km/h
SS2009:23Budor 119.74 km Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen 10:12.3116.1 km/h
SS2111:59 Våler 230.03 km Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen 16:23.4109.9 km/h
SS2213:00 Elverum 213.31 km Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen 6:24.6124.6 km/h
SS2313:48Budor 219.74 km Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 10:24.7113.8 km/h

Championship standings after the event

Drivers' championship

PosDriver IRL
Flag of Ireland.svg
NOR
Flag of Norway.svg
CYP
Flag of Cyprus.svg
POR
Flag of Portugal (official).svg
ARG
Flag of Argentina.svg
ITA
Flag of Italy.svg
GRC
Flag of Greece.svg
POL
Flag of Poland.svg
FIN
Flag of Finland.svg
AUS
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
ESP
Flag of Spain.svg
GBR
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
 Pts 
1 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 1120
2 Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen 3214
3 Flag of Spain.svg Dani Sordo 2512
4 Flag of Norway.svg Henning Solberg 4410
5 Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala 1436
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Atkinson 54
7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Matthew Wilson 774
8 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Ogier 6103
9 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg 63
10 Flag of Estonia.svg Urmo Aava 1081
11 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Khalid al-Qassimi 81
PosDriver IRL
Flag of Ireland.svg
NOR
Flag of Norway.svg
CYP
Flag of Cyprus.svg
POR
Flag of Portugal (official).svg
ARG
Flag of Argentina.svg
ITA
Flag of Italy.svg
GRC
Flag of Greece.svg
POL
Flag of Poland.svg
FIN
Flag of Finland.svg
AUS
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
ESP
Flag of Spain.svg
GBR
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Pts
Key
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
BlackExcluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
BlankWithdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Manufacturers' championship

RankDriverEventTotal
points
IRL
Flag of Ireland.svg
NOR
Flag of Norway.svg
CYP
Flag of Cyprus.svg
POR
Flag of Portugal (official).svg
ARG
Flag of Argentina.svg
ITA
Flag of Italy.svg
GRC
Flag of Greece.svg
POL
Flag of Poland.svg
FIN
Flag of Finland.svg
AUS
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
ESP
Flag of Spain.svg
GBR
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
1 Flag of France.svg Citroën Total World Rally Team 181432
2 Flag of the United States.svg BP Ford World Rally Team 81422
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team 8816
4 Flag of France.svg Citroën Junior Team 538

References

  1. "Sebastien Loeb wins Rally Norway for Citroen!". WRC.com. 2009-02-16. Archived from the original on 2010-01-16. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
  2. "Ecstatic Loeb wins Rally Norway". www.rallynorway.com. 16 February 2009. Archived from the original on 19 February 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2009.
  3. "Sandell takes historic P-WRC win". 2009-02-16. Archived from the original on 19 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-16.