2009 Rally d'Italia Sardegna

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2009 Rally d'Italia Sardegna
6º Rally d'Italia Sardegna
Round 6 of the 2009 World Rally Championship
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Host country Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Dates runMay 22 24, 2009
Stages17
Stage surface Gravel with some Tarmac
Statistics
Crews59 at start, 39 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg BP Ford Abu Dhabi WRT

The 2009 Rally d'Italia Sardegna was the sixth running of the Rally d'Italia Sardegna and the sixth round of the 2009 World Rally Championship season. The rally consisted of 17 special stages.

Contents

This year's Rally d'Italia Sardegna has new reforms of this rally, with new stages at the first day & the last day, mostly these new stages are gravel with some section of tarmac that make it difficult for drivers especially the grip of the tyres.

Finns Jari-Matti Latvala and Mikko Hirvonen took a double win for the Ford factory team. [1] Latvala's win was his career second, after becoming the youngest-ever driver to win a world rally at the 2008 Swedish Rally. Norwegian privateer Petter Solberg took the final podium spot.

Summary

Several front-runners ran into problems on stage eleven. Citroën's defending world champion Sébastien Loeb lost over a minute and dropped from third to fourth due to a puncture. His fifth-placed teammate Dani Sordo lost even more time and positions with a turbo problem. Eighth-placed Stobart driver Henning Solberg's day ended after he went off the road and broke his Ford Focus WRC's right-hand front suspension, and Citroën Junior Team's Conrad Rautenbach retired after the stage from tenth place with a damper failure. The rally leader Jari-Matti Latvala of Ford also spun during the stage, but escaped without damage. [2]

Latvala led the event from start to finish, taking Ford's first win since the one-two at the 2008 Rally Japan. His teammate Mikko Hirvonen was less than ten seconds behind after two days and supposed to benefit from running behind Latvala on the road, but dust clouds and the resulting hampered visibility suddenly forced him to settle for second. Ford boss Malcolm Wilson decided against applying team orders. Loeb, whose record-equaling six win streak came to an end, took the third place back by passing Petter Solberg, but was later given a two-minute penalty for a safety rule violation; co-driver Daniel Elena unfastened his safety belts before the crew stopped the car for a tire change (after the puncture on SS11). Loeb escaped a disqualification as the stewards considered the infringement less severe because it had happened while they were not driving at a competitive pace. [3]

Citroën Junior Team's 18-year-old Evgeny Novikov finished fifth, taking his career first points-finish. Stobart's Matthew Wilson took sixth place despite hydraulic problems that slowed him down on day one. After Khalid al-Qassimi had run into several problems while heading for career-best seventh place, the battle for the position was between two Norwegians who had had troublesome rallies, both losing about ten minutes and re-joining the event under SupeRally rules. Henning Solberg chased down Mads Østberg throughout the last day but only got within 0.6 seconds. Nasser Al-Attiyah edged out Patrik Sandell on the last stage to take the honours in the Production World Rally Championship, while the win in the Junior World Rally Championship went to Martin Prokop. [4]

Results

Pos.DriverCo-driverCarTimeDifferencePoints
WRC
1 Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala Flag of Finland.svg Miikka Anttila Ford Focus RS WRC 09 4:00:55.70.010
2 Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen Flag of Finland.svg Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Focus RS WRC 09 4:01:25.129.48
3 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phil Mills Citroën Xsara WRC 4:02:53.31:57.66
4 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Flag of Monaco.svg Daniel Elena Citroën C4 WRC 4:04:39.43:43.75
5 Flag of Russia.svg Evgeny Novikov Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dale Moscatt Citroën C4 WRC 4:06:07.55:11.84
6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Matthew Wilson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Scott Martin Ford Focus RS WRC 08 4:08:25.07:29.33
7 Flag of Norway.svg Mads Östberg Flag of Norway.svg Veronica Engan Subaru Impreza WRC 4:14:16.313:20.62
8 Flag of Norway.svg Henning Solberg Flag of Norway.svg Cato Menkerud Ford Focus RS WRC 08 4:14:16.913:21.21
JWRC
1 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Prokop Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Tománek Citroën C2 S1600 4:23:40.60.010
2 Flag of Poland.svg Michal Kosciuszko Flag of Poland.svg Maciek Szczepaniak Suzuki Swift S1600 4:23:53.813.28
3 Flag of Germany.svg Aaron Nikolai Burkart Flag of Germany.svg Michael Kölbach Suzuki Swift S1600 4:31:55.48:14.86
4 Flag of France.svg Yoann Bonato Flag of France.svg Benjamin Boulloud Suzuki Swift S1600 4:34:45.211:04.55
5 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Bettega Flag of Italy.svg Simone Scattolin Renault Clio R3 4:35:40.211:59.54
6 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Hans Weijs Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bjorn Degandt Citroën C2 S1600 4:37:14.213:33.53
7 Flag of Italy.svg Simone Bertolotti Flag of Italy.svg Luca Celestini Suzuki Swift S1600 5:13:03.049:22.42
PWRC
1 Flag of Qatar.svg Nasser Al-Attiyah Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Bernacchini Subaru Impreza N14 4:20:39.40.010
2 Flag of Sweden.svg Patrik Sandell Flag of Sweden.svg Emil Axelsson Škoda Fabia S2000 4:20:40.91.58
3 Flag of Portugal (official).svg Armindo Araujo Flag of Portugal (official).svg Ramalho Miguel Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4:24:23.53:44.16
4 Flag of Sweden.svg Patrick Flodin Flag of Sweden.svg Göran Bergsten Subaru Impreza 4:27:14.96:35.55
5 Flag of Norway.svg Eyvind Brynildsen Flag of France.svg Denis Giraudet Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4:34:37.913:58.54
6 Flag of France.svg Frederic Sauvan Flag of France.svg Sebastien Capanna Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4:47:14.526:35.13
7 Flag of Italy.svg Gianluca Linari Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Gregoriani Subaru Impreza WRX STi 4:48:10.727:31.32
8 Flag of Hungary.svg Gabor Mayer Flag of Hungary.svg Robert Tagai Subaru Impreza 4:48:11.327:31.91

Special stages

DayStageTime (CEST)NameLengthWinnerTimeRally leader
1
(22 May)
SS19:32Sa Conchedda 114.99 km Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala 10:33.3 Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala
SS210:08Loelle 122.3 km Flag of Spain.svg Dani Sordo 13:41.6
SS310:43Crastazza 127.81 km Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala 18:24.8
SS414:57Sa Conchedda 214.99 km Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala 10:16.3
SS515:33Loelle 222.3 km Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 13:19.8
SS616:08Crastazza 227.81 km Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala 17:57.0
2
(23 May)
SS78:45Sa Linea 114.2 km Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen 9:10.5
SS89:31Fiorentini 122.02 km Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 18:06.4
SS910:32Monte Lerno 129.15 km Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 19:36.7
SS1015:05Sa Linea 214.2 km Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen 9:05.4
SS1115:51Fiorentini 222.02 km Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg 17:53.3
SS1216:52Monte Lerno 229.15 km Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 18:58.6
3
(24 May)
SS137:08Monte Olia 119.31 km Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala 14:24.3
SS147:42Sorillis 118.66 km Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala 14:21.1
SS1510:19Arzachena10.24 km Flag of Norway.svg Henning Solberg 5:46.7
SS1611:46Monte Olia 219.31 km Flag of Norway.svg Henning Solberg 14:02.6
SS1712:20Sorillis 218.66 km Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 13:48.3

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 11111455
2 Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen 3222Ret238
3 Flag of Spain.svg Dani Sordo 254322331
4 Flag of Norway.svg Henning Solberg 441853821
5 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg 634Ret320
6 Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala 14312Ret6119
7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Matthew Wilson 775Ret5615
8 Flag of Argentina.svg Federico Villagra 774Ret9
9 Flag of Norway.svg Mads Østberg 9675
Flag of France.svg Sébastien Ogier 610Ret177Ret5
11 Flag of Russia.svg Evgeny Novikov 12RetRet54
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Atkinson 54
13 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Conrad Rautenbach 18Ret6RetRet93
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Khalid al-Qassimi 888163
15 Flag of Qatar.svg Nasser Al-Attiyah 11168101
Flag of Estonia.svg Urmo Aava 1081
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

PosDriverEventTotal
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 18141616188------90
2 Flag of the United States.svg BP Ford World Rally Team 814108318------61
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team 8865107------44
4 Flag of France.svg Citroën Junior Team 524026------19
5 Flag of Argentina.svg Munchi's Ford World Rally Team 003450------12

References

  1. "Latvala wins Rally of Sardinia in Ford 1-2". USA Today. 2009-05-24. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
  2. "SS11: Carnage!". WRC.com. Archived from the original on 25 May 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2009.
  3. Beer, Matt. "Penalty drops Loeb to fourth". Autosport . Archived from the original on 27 May 2009. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
  4. Beer, Matt. "Latvala ends Loeb's winning streak". Autosport . Archived from the original on 27 May 2009. Retrieved 24 May 2009.