2012 Rally Italia Sardegna

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2012 Rally Italia Sardegna
Rally Italia Sardegna 2012
Round 12 of the 2012 World Rally Championship
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Host countryFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Rally base Olbia, Sardinia
Dates run18 21 October 2012
Stages16 (306.04 km; 190.16 miles)
Stage surfaceGravel
Overall distance1,241.45 km (771.40 miles)

The 2012 Rally Italia Sardegna was the penultimate round of the 2012 World Rally Championship season and was held between 18 and 21 October 2012. It was based in Olbia, Sardegna.

Contents

The rally was also the seventh round of the Production World Rally Championship.

Results

Event standings

Pos.DriverCo-driverCarTimeDifferencePoints
Overall
1. Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen Flag of Finland.svg Jarmo Lehtinen Citroën DS3 WRC 3:23:54.90.025
2. Flag of Russia.svg Evgeny Novikov Flag of Austria.svg Ilka Minor Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:25:15.51:20.618
3. Flag of Estonia.svg Ott Tänak Flag of Estonia.svg Kuldar Sikk Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:26:16.02:21.115
4. Flag of Norway.svg Mads Østberg Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Andersson Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:27:37.83:42.912
5. Flag of France.svg Sébastien Ogier Flag of France.svg Julien Ingrassia Škoda Fabia S2000 3:28:22.44:27.510
6. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Atkinson Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Stéphane Prévot Mini John Cooper Works WRC 3:29:17.15:22.28
7. Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Mikkelsen Flag of Norway.svg Ola Fløene Škoda Fabia S2000 3:30:07.46:12.56
8. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Prokop Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Zdeněk Hrůza Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:33:24.29:29.34
9. Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Patterson Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:33:47.29:52.35
10. Flag of Italy.svg Luca Pedersoli Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Romano Citroen DS3 WRC 3:44:30.520:35.61
PWRC
1. (14.) Flag of Peru.svg Nicolás Fuchs Flag of Argentina.svg Fernando Mussano Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3:49:25.70.025
2. (15.) Flag of Argentina.svg Marcos Ligato Flag of Argentina.svg Rubén García Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3:49:56.130.418
3. (16.) Flag of Ukraine.svg Valeriy Gorban Flag of Ukraine.svg Andriy Nikolaev Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 3:50:07.842.115
4. (17.) Flag of Indonesia.svg Subhan Aksa Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Arena Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 3:52:26.93:01.212
5. (20.) Flag of Ukraine.svg Oleksiy Kikireshko Flag of Estonia.svg Sergei Larens Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 3:56:28.47:02.710
6. (21.) Flag of Poland.svg Michał Kościuszko Flag of Poland.svg Maciej Szczepaniak Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 3:56:38.97:13.28
7. (22.) Flag of Mexico.svg Ricardo Triviño Flag of Spain.svg Àlex Haro Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3:57:44.08:18.36
8. (24.) Flag of Mexico.svg Benito Guerra Flag of Spain.svg Borja Rozada Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 4:00:12.710:47.04
9. (25.) Flag of Italy.svg Gianluca Linari Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Cecchi Subaru Impreza WRX STi 4:03:35.814:10.12
10. (30.) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Louise Cook Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stefan Davis Ford Fiesta ST 4:42:48.553:22.81

Special Stages

LegStageTimeNameLengthWinnerTimeAvg. spd.Rally leader
Leg 1 (18 Oct)SS116:13Terranova 128.14 km Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 19:09.488.08 km/h Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb
SS218:16Terranova 228.14 km Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen 18:49.489.41 km/h
Leg 2 (19 Oct)SS38:43Monte Lerno 129.68 km Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen 18:16.297.28 km/h Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen
SS411:34Castelsardo 114.00 km Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen 10:45.978.01 km/h
SS512:24Tergu-Osilo 114.88 km Flag of France.svg Sébastien Ogier 10:16.186.56 km/h
SS614:46Castelsardo 214.00 km Flag of Russia.svg Evgeny Novikov 10:27.680.18 km/h
SS715:36Tergu-Osilo 214.88 km Flag of Russia.svg Evgeny Novikov 9:41.892.04 km/h
SS817:50Monte Lerno 229.68 km Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Hirvonen 18:32.890.23 km/h
Leg 3 (20 Oct)SS99:28Coiluna-Loelle 129.35 km Flag of Norway.svg Mads Østberg 17:39.499.44 km/h
SS1010:35Monte di Ala 114.49 km Flag of Russia.svg Evgeny Novikov 9:12.994.20 km/h
SS1111:37Monte Olia 114.12 km Flag of Norway.svg Mads Østberg 10:18.282.13 km/h
SS1214:48Coiluna-Loelle 229.35 km Flag of Norway.svg Mads Østberg 17:12.6102.19 km/h
SS1315:55Monti di Ala 214.49 km Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala 8:57.497.04 km/h
SS1416:57Monte Olia 214.12 km Flag of Norway.svg Mads Østberg 10:02.684.21 km/h
Leg 4 (21 Oct)SS159:20Gallura 18.24 km Flag of Norway.svg Mads Østberg 6:25.077.05 km/h
SS1611:00Gallura (power stage)8.24 km Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg 6:13.479.44 km/h

Power stage

The "Power stage" was a 8.24 km (5.12 mi) stage at the end of the rally. [1]

Pos.No.DriverCo-driverCarClassTimeDifferenceAvg. spd.Points
14 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Patterson Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC6:13.4170.00079.4 km/h3
23 Flag of Finland.svg Jari-Matti Latvala Flag of Finland.svg Miikka Anttila Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC6:13.6370.22079.4 km/h2
37 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Neuville Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Nicolas Gilsoul Citroën DS3 WRC WRC6:18.1824.76578.5 km/h1

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References

  1. "RZ16 Gallura 2 (Power Stage)". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 22 October 2012.