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The 2010 World Rally Championship was the 38th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 13 rallies, beginning with Rally Sweden on 11 February and ended with Wales Rally GB on 14 November.
France's Sébastien Loeb won the drivers championship, his seventh consecutive title, after winning his home rally on 3 October and Citroën secured their sixth Manufacturers' title. [1] In the junior classes held alongside the main championship, Aaron Burkart won the JWRC Drivers' championship, Xavier Pons won the SWRC Drivers' championship, Red Bull Rally Team won the WRC Cup and Armindo Araújo retained his PWRC Drivers' championship title.
2010 was the final season that the 2.0 litre engine package–which débuted in the 1997 World Rally Championship–was used. It was also the final season that Pirelli was the sole tyre supplier for the championship; as DMACK and Michelin became the tyre suppliers and a new 1.6 litre engine package was introduced for the 2011 season.
Year | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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2009 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2010 | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
It is the first time since 1997 that ten drivers will score points on a rally. [9]
The 2010 championship was contested over thirteen rounds in Europe, the Middle East, the Americas, Asia and Oceania.
Rd. | Start date | Finish date | Rally | Rally headquarters | Surface | Stages | Distance | Support class |
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1 | 11 February | 14 February | 58th Rally Sweden | Karlstad, Värmland County | Snow | 21 | 345.15 km | PWRC/SWRC |
2 | 5 March | 7 March | 7th Rally Mexico | León, Guanajuato | Gravel | 22 | 354.60 km | PWRC/SWRC |
3 | 1 April | 3 April | 2nd Jordan Rally WRC | Amman | Gravel | 21 | 337.94 km | PWRC/SWRC |
4 | 16 April | 18 April | 10th Rally of Turkey | Istanbul, Marmara | Gravel | 23 | 356.64 km | JWRC |
5 | 7 May | 9 May | 40th Rally New Zealand | Auckland, North Island | Gravel | 21 | 396.70 km | PWRC/SWRC |
6 | 26 May | 30 May | 44th Vodafone Rally de Portugal | Faro, Faro District | Gravel | 18 | 361.18 km | SWRC/JWRC |
7 | 9 July | 11 July | 41st Rally Bulgaria | Borovets, Sofia Province | Tarmac | 14 | 353.58 km | JWRC |
8 | 29 July | 31 July | 60th Neste Oil Rally Finland | Jyväskylä, Central Finland | Gravel | 19 | 310.79 km | PWRC/SWRC |
9 | 20 August | 22 August | 28th ADAC Rallye Deutschland | Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate | Tarmac | 19 | 407.31 km | PWRC/SWRC/JWRC |
10 | 9 September | 12 September | 9th Rally Japan | Sapporo, Hokkaido | Gravel | 26 | 303.54 km | PWRC/SWRC |
11 | 1 October | 3 October | 1st Rallye de France - Alsace | Strasbourg, Alsace | Tarmac | 20 | 351.80 km | PWRC/SWRC/JWRC |
12 | 22 October | 24 October | 46th RallyRACC Catalunya - Costa Daurada | Salou, Catalonia | Mixed | 16 | 355.30 km | JWRC |
13 | 11 November | 14 November | 66th Wales Rally GB | Cardiff, Wales | Gravel | 20 | 344.66 km | PWRC/SWRC |
Sources: [4] |
The 2010 season included thirteen rallies, which was one more than 2009. Australia, Argentina, Cyprus, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Italy and Greece were dropped from the calendar for the 2010 season, while Sweden, Mexico, Jordan, Turkey, Germany, New Zealand, France and Japan returned. Bulgaria was part of the calendar for the first time. [11]
The nine events also part of the Production World Rally Championship were Sweden, Mexico, Jordan, New Zealand, Finland, Germany, Japan, France and Great Britain. The six rallies also on the Junior World Rally Championship were Turkey, Portugal, Bulgaria, Germany, France and Spain. The ten rallies on the new Super 2000 World Rally Championship (for S2000 driver) and WRC Cup (for S2000 teams) were Sweden, Mexico, Jordan, New Zealand, Portugal, Finland, Germany, Japan, France and Great Britain.
The finalised calendar was published by the FIA on 11 December 2009, [4] following earlier proposed calendars issued in September [11] and October 2009. [12]
In 2010 two categories were eligible to compete for the Manufacturer's championship:
Manufacturer
WRC Team
The registered Manufacturers were Citroën Total World Rally Team and BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team; the registered WRC Teams were Stobart M-Sport Ford, Munchi's Ford and the Citroën Junior Team.
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Pos. | Driver | TUR | POR | BUL | GER | FRA | ESP | Pts |
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1 | Aaron Burkart | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 80 | |
2 | Hans Weijs Jr. | Ret | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 76 | |
3 | Todor Slavov | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 59 | |
4 | Karl Kruuda | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 51 | ||
5 | Kevin Abbring | 3 | 1 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 46 | |
6 | Yeray Lemes Macias | 4 | EX | 6 | Ret | 1 | 45 | |
7 | Thierry Neuville | Ret | Ret | 1 | Ret | 3 | 40 | |
8 | Harry Hunt | 5 | 6 | Ret | 7 | 5 | 34 | |
9 | Alessandro Broccoli | 2 | Ret | 4 | Ret | Ret | 30 | |
10 | Jérémi Ancian | 1 | 25 | |||||
11 | Mathieu Arzeno | Ret | 8 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 16 | |
12 | Christian Riedemann | 4 | 12 | |||||
13 | Martin Kangur | 6 | 8 | |||||
14 | Egoi Eder Valdes Lopez | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0† | |||
Pos. | Driver | TUR | POR | BUL | GER | FRA | ESP | Pts |
† Egoi Eder Valdes Lopez has been removed from the Classification.
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† Andersson's entrant RUFA Sport failed to compete in the required number of events, meaning all of Andersson's points scored with the team have been annulled. His win in Sweden remains as he competed as a wildcard entrant and not with RUFA. [38]
‡ Tuohino has not completed the season due to a lack of budget, which resulted in the FIA excluding him from the championship.
Pos. | Team | SWE | MEX | JOR | NZL | POR | FIN | GER | JPN | FRA | GBR | Pts |
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1 | Red Bull Rally Team | 15 | 12 | 12 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 12 | 126 | |||
2 | Nupel Global Racing | 25 | 25 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 125 | |||
3 | Czech Ford National Team | 18 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 25 | 120 | |||
4 | Shanghai FCACA Rally Team | 10 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 18 | 0 | 103 | |||
5 | Barwa Rally Team | 0 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 81 | |||
6 | Dynamic World Rally Team | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 80 | |||
7 | Rene Georges Rally Sport | 12 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 73 | |||
8 | Team Ford/Quinta Do Lorde | 10 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 36 | |||
9 | Janpro | 25 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 0‡ | |||||
Pos. | Team | SWE | MEX | JOR | NZL | POR | FIN | GER | JPN | FRA | GBR | Pts |
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† Miguel Baldoni has been removed from the Classification. [39]
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