2011 Rally Islas Canarias

2011 Rally Islas Canarias
*35º Trophy El Corte Inglés*
2011 Rally Islas Canarias; 35º Trophy El Corte Inglés
Round 2 of the 2011 Intercontinental Rally Challenge season
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Host country	Canary Islands
Rally base	Las Palmas
Dates run	14 – 16 April 2011
Stages	12 (190.59 km; 118.43 miles)
Stage surface	Asphalt
Overall distance	668.28 km (415.25 miles)
Results
Overall winner	Juho Hänninen ; Škoda Motorsport
Crews	76 at start

Last updated February 14, 2023

The 2011 Rally Islas Canarias, was the second round of the 2011 Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) season. The twelve stage asphalt rally took place on the island of Gran Canaria between 14 and 16 April 2011.^[1] The rally was also a round of the Spanish Asphalt Championship.

The beginning

The rally was based in the capital, Las Palmas, with a ceremonial launch on Thursday 14 April 2011. Day one consisted of eight stages covering a total of 116.81 km (72.58 mi) and included two night stages. Day two covered a total of 73.78 km (45.84 mi) over four stages. A total of seventy-six cars contested the event made up of thirty-five IRC entries and a further forty-one from the Spanish championship. Current IRC champion Juho Hänninen was seeded number one.^[2]

Results

With four stage victories, Juho Hänninen won on asphalt for the first time in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, just edging out Škoda Motorsport team-mate Jan Kopecký by 1.5 seconds. Third and fourth places went to the Belgian pairing of Thierry Neuville and Freddy Loix.

Overall

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1.	Juho Hänninen	Mikko Markkula	Škoda Fabia S2000	1:40:38.1	0.0	25
2.	Jan Kopecký	Petr Starý	Škoda Fabia S2000	1:40:39.6	1.5	18
3.	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Peugeot 207 S2000	1:40:46.3	8.2	15
4.	Freddy Loix	Frédéric Miclotte	Škoda Fabia S2000	1:40:54.8	16.7	12
5.	Guy Wilks	Phil Pugh	Peugeot 207 S2000	1:41:26.4	48.3	10
6.	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	Škoda Fabia S2000	1:41:33.7	55.6	8
7. (8.)	Bryan Bouffier	Xavier Panseri	Peugeot 207 S2000	1:41:38.7	1:00.6	6
8. (9.)	Bruno Magalhães	Paulo Grave	Peugeot 207 S2000	1:42:27.9	1:49.8	4
9. (11.)	Giandomenico Basso	Mitia Dotta	Proton Satria Neo S2000	1:43:15.9	2:37.8	2
10. (12.)	Toni Gardemeister	Tapio Suominen	Škoda Fabia S2000	1:43:16.3	2:38.2	1

Special stages

Day	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
Leg 1 (15 Apr)	SS1	13:48	Gran Canaria 1	1.50 km	Guy Wilks	1:23.2	64.90 km/h	Guy Wilks
	SS2	14:11	Santa Lucía 1	24.57 km	Jan Kopecký	14:08.4	104.26 km/h	Jan Kopecký
	SS3	15:04	Ingenio 1	14.19 km	Guy Wilks	8:20.8	102.00 km/h
	SS4	17:22	Gran Canaria 2	1.50 km	Jan Kopecký Thierry Neuville	1:22.9	65.14 km/h
	SS5	17:45	Santa Lucía 2	24.57 km	Jan Kopecký	13:59.9	105.31 km/h
	SS6	18:38	Ingenio 2	14.19 km	Juho Hänninen	8:18.1	102.56 km/h
	SS7	22:16	Valleseco	13.22 km	Jan Kopecký	8:18.4	95.49 km/h
	SS8	22:49	Tejeda	23.07 km	stage cancelled
Leg 2 (16 Apr)	SS9	08:35	San Mateo 1	23.42 km	Juho Hänninen	13:53.8	101.12 km/h	Thierry Neuville
	SS10	09:22	Artenara 1	13.47 km	Juho Hänninen	8:24.6	96.10 km/h	Juho Hänninen
	SS11	12:06	San Mateo 2	23.42 km	Juho Hänninen	13:49.5	101.64 km/h
	SS12	12:53	Artenara 2	13.47 km	Jan Kopecký	8:22.9	96.42 km/h

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References

1 2 "Rally Islas Canarias Itinerary 2010" (PDF). Intercontinental Rally Challenge . Retrieved 8 April 2011.
↑ "Exciting entry for Rally Islas Canarias". Intercontinental Rally Challenge . 7 April 2011. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2011.

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[Itin-1] 1 2 "Rally Islas Canarias Itinerary 2010" (PDF). Intercontinental Rally Challenge . Retrieved 8 April 2011.

[2] "Exciting entry for Rally Islas Canarias". Intercontinental Rally Challenge . 7 April 2011. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2011.

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