2010 Rally d'Italia Sardegna

2010 Rally d'Italia Sardegna; 7º Rally d'Italia Sardegna
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Host country	Italy
Rally base	Olbia, Sardinia
Dates run	June 4 – 6 2010
Stages	13 (218.70 km; 135.89 miles) [1]
Stage surface	Gravel
Overall distance	985.60 km (612.42 miles)
Results
Overall winner	Juho Hänninen ; Škoda Motorsport
Crews	43 at start, 21 [2] at finish

Last updated September 10, 2019

The 2010 Rally d'Italia Sardegna was the seventh Rally d'Italia Sardegna and the fifth round of the 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge and also counted towards the Italian Gravel Rally Trophy. The rally was held together with the Rally del Corallo, the Italian round of the FIA European Historic Rally Championship with the cars running after the main rally. The event was held between 4–6 June 2010.^[1] Four of the stages were broadcast live on Eurosport.

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Introduction

The rally was due to start on Friday 4 June 2010 with a single special stage in Cagliari, Sardinia, but this was cancelled. Saturday consisted of six special stages covering a total of 112.16 km (69.69 mi) on gravel roads all run in daylight. Sunday saw a further 106.54 km (66.20 mi) daylight gravel stages with the finish in Porto Cervo.

Cagliari is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name Casteddu literally means castle. It has about 155,000 inhabitants, while its metropolitan city has more than 431,000 inhabitants. According to Eurostat, the population of the Functional urban area, the commuting zone of Cagliari, rises to 476,975. Cagliari is the 26th largest city in Italy and the largest city on the island of Sardinia.

Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is located west of the Italian Peninsula and to the immediate south of the French island of Corsica.

Porto Cervo is an Italian seaside resort in northern Sardinia. It is a frazione of the comune of Arzachena, in the province of Sassari. Created by Prince Karim Aga Khan and various other investors, Porto Cervo is the main centre of Costa Smeralda. It has a resident population of 421 inhabitants. Porto Cervo has been named one of the most expensive resorts in the world, along as being a luxury yacht magnet and billionaires' playground.

The leading four drivers in the championship standing were all confirmed for the event and in addition to this the Italian champion Paolo Andreucci and WRC star Sébastien Ogier also took part.^[3]

World Rally Championship rallying championship series, highest level of rallying competition

The World Rally Championship (WRC) is a rallying series organised by the FIA, culminating with a champion driver, co-driver and manufacturer. The driver's world championship and manufacturer's world championship are separate championships, but based on the same point system. The series currently consists of 14 three-day events driven on surfaces ranging from gravel and tarmac to snow and ice. Each rally is split into 15–25 special stages which are run against the clock on closed roads.

Sébastien Ogier is a French rally driver, competing for Citroën in the World Rally Championship (WRC), who is teamed with co-driver Julien Ingrassia. He is the current holder of the World Rally Drivers' Championship, having won the title six times, in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. With 46 victories in the World Rally Championship and 6 consecutive WRC titles, he is the 2nd most successful WRC driver, after former Citroën WRC teammate Sébastien Loeb.

Results

Championship leader Juho Hänninen won his second rally of the season, as he extended his championship lead over Jan Kopecký to eleven points. Defending series champion Kris Meeke and Guy Wilks, two of Hänninen's other title rivals both crashed out of the event. Wilks suffering fractured vertebrae in his crash on stage 2 and Meeke's crash, on stage 9, was caught live on television. Sébastien Ogier was also a victim of the hard stages, suffering a puncture on Stage 2 before retiring on the same stage with engine problems.

Juho Ville Matias Hänninen is a Finnish rally driver. He is the 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) champion and 2011 Super 2000 World Rally Championship (S-WRC) champion with co-driver Mikko Markkula driving a works entered Fabia S2000 for Red Bull Škoda. He also won the 2004 Group N Finnish Rally Championship title, and debuted in the World Rally Championship during the 2006 season.

Jan Kopecký is a professional rally driver from Czech Republic who drives for Škoda Motorsport. He is the 2013 ERC champion, 2018 WRC-2 champion as well as a multiple champion of the Czech Rally Championship

Kris Meeke is a Northern Irish professional rally driver, best known for competing in the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC). He was the 2009 Intercontinental Rally Challenge champion. His co-driver is United Kingdoms Seb Marshall. He began his career as a Computer Aided Designer with M-Sport, at the headquarters of the Ford World Rally Team, before moving on to competing in the Peugeot Super 106 Cup in 2001.

Overall

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1.	Juho Hänninen	Mikko Markkula	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:31:28.6	0.0	10
2.	Paolo Andreucci	Anna Andreussi	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:32:04.2	35.6	8
3.	Jan Kopecký	Petr Starý	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:32:06.8	38.2	6
4.	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Klinger	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:37:27.2	5:58.6	5
5.	Bruno Magalhães	Carlos Magalhães	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:41:24.4	9:55.8	4
6.	Teemu Arminen	Tuomo Nikkola	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2:41:40.9	10:12.3	3
7.	Luigi Ricci	Maurizio Barone	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2:43:02.0	11:33.4	2
8.	Daniele Batistini	Carlo Pisano	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:43:26.7	11:58.1	1

Special stages

Day	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
1 (4 Jun)	SS1	20:04	Città di Cagliari	2.00 km	stage cancelled
2 (5 Jun)	SS2	08:52	Monte Grighine I	28.66 km	Jan Kopecký	19:05.8	90.05 km/h	Jan Kopecký
	SS3	10:16	Gonnosnò I	14.53 km	Paolo Andreucci	10:22.5	84.03 km/h	Paolo Andreucci
	SS4	12:05	Monte Grighine II	28.66 km	Kris Meeke	18:43.7	91.82 km/h	Kris Meeke
	SS5	13:29	Gonnosnò II	14.53 km	Jan Kopecký	10:06.5	86.25 km/h	Kris Meeke
	SS6	17:23	Monte Lerno I	11.89 km	Paolo Andreucci	7:30.2	95.08 km/h	Paolo Andreucci
	SS7	19:17	Monte Lerno II	11.89 km	Paolo Andreucci	7:19.7	97.35 km/h	Paolo Andreucci
3 (6 Jun)	SS8	09:00	Coiluna I	25.97 km	Kris Meeke	18:16.6	85.26 km/h	Kris Meeke
	SS9	10:09	Terranova I	13.18 km	Jan Kopecký	9:54.3	79.84 km/h	Juho Hänninen
	SS10	11:50	Coiluna II	25.97 km	Juho Hänninen	17:51.1	87.29 km/h
	SS11	15:21	Monte Olia I	14.12 km	Paolo Andreucci	11:00.4	76.97 km/h
	SS12	16:05	Terranova II	13.18 km	Juho Hänninen	9:47.0	80.83 km/h
	SS13	16:54	Monte Olia II	14.12 km	Paolo Andreucci	10:44.3	78.89 km/h

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References

1 2 "Rally d'Italia Sardegna Itinerary 2010" (PDF). Intercontinental Rally Challenge . Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
↑ "Rally d`Italia Sardegna – Stage 13". Intercontinental Rally Challenge . Archived from the original on 8 June 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
↑ "Big champions at the start of the Rally d'Italia Sardegna" (PDF). Intercontinental Rally Challenge . 2010-05-24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2010-05-28.

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[Itin-1] 1 2 "Rally d'Italia Sardegna Itinerary 2010" (PDF). Intercontinental Rally Challenge . Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2010.

[2] "Rally d`Italia Sardegna – Stage 13". Intercontinental Rally Challenge . Archived from the original on 8 June 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2010.

[3] "Big champions at the start of the Rally d'Italia Sardegna" (PDF). Intercontinental Rally Challenge . 2010-05-24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2010-05-28.