2009 Rally de Portugal

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2009 Rally de Portugal
43º Vodafone Rally de Portugal
Round 4 of the 2009 World Rally Championship
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Eddie Stobart motorsport number 5 Wilson Portugal Rally 2009.jpg
Stobart's Matthew Wilson during the rally.
Host country Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal
Rally base Vilamoura
Dates run2 April 5 April 2009
Stages18 (341.36 km; 212.11 miles)
Stage surface gravel
Statistics
Crews68 at start, 41 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb
Flag of France.svg Citroën Total World Rally Team

The 2009 Vodafone Rally de Portugal was the 43rd running of the Rally Portugal and the fourth round of the 2009 World Rally Championship season. It took place between 2-5 April 2009 and consisted of 18 special stages.

Contents

The event was won by Citroën's Sébastien Loeb ahead of Ford's Mikko Hirvonen and Loeb's teammate Dani Sordo. Norwegian drivers Petter Solberg, his brother Henning Solberg and Mads Østberg took the following positions. The last point-scoring places went to Federico Villagra and Khalid al-Qassimi, after Evgeny Novikov crashed out from eighth place on stage 15, and fifth-placed Matthew Wilson and now eighth-placed Conrad Rautenbach both retired on the penultimate stage.

The early leader Jari-Matti Latvala had a big crash on the fourth stage, rolling his Ford Focus WRC 17 times over a distance of 150 metres. Marcus Grönholm, who came out of retirement to contest the rally in a Prodrive-prepared Subaru Impreza WRC, crashed out from fourth place on stage eight. [1]

Results

Pos.DriverCo-driverCarTimeDifferencePoints
WRC
1 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Flag of Monaco.svg Daniel Elena Citroën C4 WRC 3:53:13.10.010
2 Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen Flag of Finland.svg Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Focus RS WRC 08 3:53:37.424.38
3 Flag of Spain.svg Dani Sordo Flag of Spain.svg Marc Marti Citroën C4 WRC 3:54:58.51:45.46
4 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phil Mills Citroën Xsara WRC 3:55:57.72:44.65
5 Flag of Norway.svg Henning Solberg Flag of Norway.svg Cato Menkerud Ford Focus RS WRC 08 3:58:59.45:46.34
6 Flag of Norway.svg Mads Østberg Flag of Norway.svg Ole Kristian Unnerud Subaru Impreza WRC 08 3:59:33.96:20.83
7 Flag of Argentina.svg Federico Villagra Flag of Argentina.svg Jose Diaz Ford Focus RS WRC 08 4:06:12.612:59.52
8 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Khalid al-Qassimi Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Michael Orr Ford Focus RS WRC 08 4:11:24.818:21.71
JWRC
1 Flag of Poland.svg Michal Kosciuszko Flag of Poland.svg Maciek Szczepaniak Suzuki Swift S1600 4:22:38.60.010
2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Kevin Abbring Flag of the Netherlands.svg Erwin Mombaerts Renault Clio R3 4:28:45.16:06.58
3 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Hans Weijs Jr. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bjorn Degandt Citroën C2 S1600 4:32:01.39:22.76
4 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Griotti Flag of Italy.svg Corrado Bonato Renault Clio R3 4:37:48.715:10.95
5 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Bettega Flag of Italy.svg Simone Scattolin Renault Clio R3 4:49:23.126:44.54
6 Flag of Italy.svg Simone Bertolotti Flag of Italy.svg Luca Celestini Suzuki Swift S1600 5:04:38.942:00.33
PWRC
1 Flag of Portugal (official).svg Armindo Araujo Flag of Portugal (official).svg Miguel Ramalho Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4:15:31.60.010
2 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Prokop Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Tománek Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4:16:38.71:07.18
3 Flag of Norway.svg Eyvind Brynildsen Flag of France.svg Denis Giraudet Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4:16:44.71:13.16
4 Flag of Qatar.svg Nasser Al-Attiyah Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Bernacchini Subaru Impreza WRX STi 4:26:09.210:37.65
5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Tapper Flag of New Zealand.svg Jeff Rudd Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 4:41:21.225:49.64
6 Flag of Italy.svg Gianluca Linari Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Cecchi Subaru Impreza WRX STi 4:43:39.328:07.73
7 Flag of India.svg Gaurav Singh Gill Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Senior Subaru Impreza WRX STi 4:46:25.330:53.72
8 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Semerád Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Bohuslav Ceplecha Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 5:00:32.745:01.11

Special stages

DayStageTime (WEST)NameLengthWinnerTimeRally leader
1
(2-3 APR)
SS116:50Estadio Algarve 12.21 km Flag of Norway.svg Henning Solberg 2:09.6 Flag of Norway.svg Henning Solberg
SS210:15Ourique 123.42 km Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala 14:26.9 Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala
SS311:12Silves 121.54 km Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala 12:11.6
SS411:55Malhao 122.04 km Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 14:10.8 Flag of Spain.svg Daniel Sordo
SS515:00Ourique 223.42 km Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen 14:27.3 Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen
SS615:57Silves 221.54 km Flag of Spain.svg Daniel Sordo 12:09.8
SS716:40Malhao 222.04 km Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 14:06.6
2
(4 APR)
SS809:55Santa Clara 122.61 km Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 13:52.3
SS910:30Almodovar 127.18 km Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 17:14.6 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb
SS1011:40Vascao 122.8 km Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 14:47.2
SS1114:50Santa Clara 222.61 km Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 13:50.0
SS1215:25Almodovar 227.18 km Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 17:20.3
SS1316:35Vascao 222.8 km Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 14:40.6
3
(5 APR)
SS1407:50Loule 122.65 km Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 15:46.6
SS1508:45S. Bras Alportel 116.23 km Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 11:40.1
SS1611:16Loule 222.65 km Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen 15:34.9
SS1712:11S. Bras Alportel 216.23 km Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen 11:36.0
SS1814:00Estadio Algarve 22.21 km Flag of Norway.svg Henning Solberg 2:08.8

References

  1. "Four in a row for Sebastien Loeb in Portugal". Rally De Portugal Official Site. 2009-04-05. Archived from the original on April 13, 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-28.