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.

Changes

Henning Solberg driving a Ford Fiesta S2000 at the 2010 Rally Bulgaria, the new event of the season.
  • Event organisers are given more flexibility. Rallies can be run over two, three or four days, but must finish on a Saturday or Sunday. Mixing asphalt and gravel surfaces is allowed, either within a stage or within the itinerary of a day.[2] There will no longer be a minimum or maximum distance for a special stage. The total stage distance of the event has been changed to 300–500 kilometres. Night stages are permitted but should not form the whole itinerary of a day.[3]
  • There will be a new Super 2000 World Rally Championship (SWRC) class for drivers with Super 2000 cars,[4] and within it there will be a WRC Cup for teams.[5] Teams need to contest at least seven rounds, including at least one outside Europe.[6]
  • The WRC will also introduce a ranking system called the Drivers' World Rally Ranking system in 2010, similar to that in golf or tennis.[7]
  • A new points system has been introduced to all classes for the 2010 season, so that more finishers in a rally are awarded points. Previously points had been awarded to the top eight finishers:[8]
Year 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
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]

  • From June, the name of the co-driver will be included on the rear side windows of competition cars.[10]

Calendar

WRC debutant Kimi Räikkönen driving a Citroën C4 WRC during the 60th running of the Rally Finland.

The 2010 championship was contested over thirteen rounds in Europe, the Middle East, the Americas, Asia and Oceania.

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]

Round Dates Rally Name Rally HQ Support Category Surface
1 11–14 FebruarySweden Rally SwedenKarlstadPWRC/SWRCIce and snow covered gravel
2 5–7 MarchMexico Rally MexicoLeónPWRC/SWRCGravel
3 1–3 AprilJordan Jordan RallyAmmanPWRC/SWRCGravel
4 16–18 AprilTurkey Rally of TurkeyIstanbulJWRCGravel with some asphalt
5 7–9 MayNew Zealand Rally New ZealandAucklandPWRC/SWRCGravel with some asphalt
6 28–30 MayPortugal Rally de PortugalFaroJWRC/SWRCGravel
7 9–11 JulyBulgaria Rally BulgariaBorovetsJWRCAsphalt
8 29–31 JulyFinland Rally FinlandJyväskyläPWRC/SWRCGravel
9 20–22 AugustGermany Rallye DeutschlandTrierJWRC/PWRC/SWRCAsphalt
10 10–12 SeptemberJapan Rally JapanSapporoPWRC/SWRCGravel
11 30 September–3 OctoberFrance Rallye de France AlsaceStrasbourgJWRC/PWRC/SWRCAsphalt
12 22–24 OctoberSpain Rally CatalunyaSalouJWRCAsphalt with some gravel
13 11–14 NovemberUnited Kingdom Wales Rally GBCardiffPWRC/SWRCGravel

Teams and drivers

In 2010 two categories were eligible to compete for the Manufacturer's championship:

Manufacturer

  • must take part in all the rallies of the Championship with two cars of the same make
  • must enter only cars corresponding to the 2009 homologated version of a World Rally Car in conformity with the 2010 Appendix J
  • must inform the FIA of the name of the first driver entered for the season at the time of registration for the Championship. The driver may change only after the agreement of the WRC Commission. The driver of the second car may be changed for each of the rallies in the Championship

WRC Team

  • must take part in a minimum of 8 rallies, including two outside Europe, with one or two cars; those rallies must be nominated on registering for the Championship
  • cannot enter World Rally Cars homologated during the year 2009 and cannot use parts homologated after 2 January 2010
  • can only score points in the events it nominated on registering.

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.

Team Constructor Car Tyre No Drivers Co-drivers Rounds
Manufacturers
France Citroën Total World Rally Team[13] Citroën C4 WRC P 1 France Sébastien Loeb[14] Monaco Daniel Elena[14] All
2 Spain Dani Sordo[14] Spain Marc Martí[14] 1–7
Spain Diego Vallejo 9, 11–12
France Sébastien Ogier France Julien Ingrassia 8, 10, 13
United Kingdom BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team[15] Ford Focus RS WRC 09 3 Finland Mikko Hirvonen[15] Finland Jarmo Lehtinen[15] All
4 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala[15] Finland Miikka Anttila[15] All
WRC Teams
United Kingdom Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 08 P 5 Finland Marcus Grönholm Finland Timo Rautiainen 1
United Kingdom Matthew Wilson United Kingdom Scott Martin 2–13
6 Norway Henning Solberg[16] Austria Ilka Minor[16] 1–6, 8, 10
Belgium Stéphane Prévot 13
Sweden Per-Gunnar Andersson[17] Sweden Jonas Andersson 7
Belgium François Duval[18] France Denis Giraudet 9
43 United States Ken Block Italy Alex Gelsomino 11–12
France Citroën Junior Team[19] Citroën C4 WRC 7 France Sébastien Ogier[19] France Julien Ingrassia[19] 1–7, 9, 11–12
Spain Dani Sordo[14] Spain Marc Martí[14] 8
Spain Diego Vallejo 10, 13
8 Finland Kimi Räikkönen[19] Finland Kaj Lindström[20] 1–4, 6–13
Argentina Munchi's Ford World Rally Team[21] Ford Focus RS WRC 08 9 Argentina Federico Villagra[21] Argentina Jorge Pérez Companc 2–3, 5–6, 10
Argentina José Díaz[22] 4, 12
Argentina Diego Curletto[23] 11
Major entries not registered as manufacturers
United Kingdom BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 08 P *  United Arab Emirates Khalid Al Qassimi[24] United Kingdom Michael Orr 1, 6, 8–13
United Kingdom Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 08 12 United Kingdom Matthew Wilson United Kingdom Scott Martin 1
Finland Juha Kankkunen Finland Juha Repo 8
15 China Liu Chao Dong Australia Anthony McLoughlin 13
17 Finland Mattias Therman Finland Janne Perala 1, 8
Ford Fiesta S2000 16 Spain Xavier Pons Spain Alex Haro 12
17 Norway Henning Solberg Austria Ilka Minor 7, 9
Belgium Stéphane Prévot 11–12
18 Norway Mads Østberg Sweden Jonas Andersson 8, 11
61 Netherlands Dennis Kuipers Belgium Frédéric Miclotte 4, 6–9, 11–13
Norway Petter Solberg World Rally Team[25] Citroën C4 WRC[25] 11 Norway Petter Solberg[25] United Kingdom Phil Mills[25] 1–6
United Kingdom Chris Patterson[26] 7–13
Xsara WRC 68 France Yvan Muller[27] France Gilles Mondesir 11
Norway Adapta World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRC 2007/8 14 Norway Mads Østberg Sweden Jonas Andersson 1, 6, 8, 13
Hungary Synergon Turan Motorsport Peugeot 307 WRC 15 Hungary Frigyes Turán Hungary Gábor Zsiros 6–7, 11
Ford Focus RS WRC 08 12
Netherlands Van Merksteijn Motorsport Ford Focus RS WRC 07 16 Netherlands Bernhard ten Brinke Belgium Eddy Chevaillier 9
63 Netherlands Peter van Merksteijn Jr. 1
65 Netherlands Peter van Merksteijn Sr. Belgium Erwin Mombearts 1
United States Monster World Rally Team[28] Ford Focus RS WRC 08 43 United States Ken Block[29] Italy Alex Gelsomino[30] 2, 4, 6, 9, 13
Netherlands Ipatec Racing Ford Focus RS WRC 06 64 Netherlands Dennis Kuipers Belgium Frédéric Miclotte 1
66 Netherlands René Kuipers Netherlands Erwin Berkhof 6, 13
Subaru Impreza WRC 2008 1, 9
  •  – indicates a car running with varying numbers during the season

Driver changes

J-WRC entries

[31][32]

No Team Driver Co-driver Car Rounds
21 Japan Suzuki Sport Europe Germany Aaron Burkart Germany Andre Kachel Suzuki Swift S1600 4, 6, 9, 11–12
22 Netherlands Knaf Talent First Team Holland Netherlands Kevin Abbring Belgium Erwin Mombaerts Renault Clio R3 4, 6–7, 9, 11
23 Netherlands Hans Weijs Jr. Belgium Bjorn Degandt Citroën C2 S1600 6–7, 9, 11–12
24 Italy Rubicone Corse Spain Egoi Eder Valdés López Spain Albert Garduno Renault Clio R3 6–7, 9, 11–12
25 France Mattei Racing Team France Loic Mattei France Julien Vial Renault Clio R3 4
26 Bulgaria Bulbet Rally Team Bulgaria Todor Slavov Bulgaria Dobromir Filipov Renault Clio R3 4, 7, 9, 11–12
27 Italy Team Sab Motorsport San Marino Alessandro Broccoli Italy Angela Forina Renault Clio R3 4, 6–7, 11–12
28 United Kingdom Harry Hunt Motorsport United Kingdom Harry Hunt United Kingdom Sebastian Marshall Ford Fiesta R2 4, 6–7, 11–12
29 Belgium Automeca Rallye & Racing Belgium Thierry Neuville France Nicolas Klinger Citroën C2 S1600 4, 6–7, 9, 11
30 Estonia World Rally Team Estonia Estonia Karl Kruuda Estonia Martin Järveoja Suzuki Swift S1600 4, 6–7, 9
Estonia Martin Kangur Honda Civic Type-R R3 12
31 Italy GMA Racing Spain Yeray Lemes Spain Rogelio Peňate Renault Clio S1600 6–7, 9, 11–12
32 France Citroën Junior Team France Mathieu Arzeno France Romain Roche Citroën C2 S1600 6–7
Belgium Renaud Jamoul 9, 11–12
Additional guest entries†
149 Germany ADAC Weser-Ems Germany Christian Riedemann Germany Josefine Beinke Ford Fiesta R2 9
149 France Suzuki France France Jérémi Ancian France Damien Mezy Suzuki Swift S1600 11
49 Spain Escudería La Selva Spain Climent Domingo Spain Joan Venceslao Peugeot 206 S1600 12

S-WRC entries

[33][34]

No Team Driver Co-driver Car Rounds
21 Czech Republic Czech Ford National Team Czech Republic Martin Prokop Czech Republic Jan Tománek Ford Fiesta S2000 1–2, 5, 8–9, 11
Norway Andreas Mikkelsen Norway Ola Fløene Škoda Fabia S2000 13
22 Qatar Barwa Rally Team Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah Italy Giovanni Bernacchini Škoda Fabia S2000[35] 2–3, 5
Ford Fiesta S2000 6, 8
Czech Republic Martin Prokop Czech Republic Jan Tománek 10
Republic of Ireland Craig Breen United Kingdom Gareth Roberts 13
23 Poland Dynamic World Rally Team Poland Michał Kościuszko Poland Maciek Szczepaniak Ford Fiesta S2000 2–3
Škoda Fabia S2000 6, 8–9, 11, 13
24 Austria Red Bull Rallye Team Sweden Patrik Sandell Sweden Emil Axelsson Škoda Fabia S2000 1, 3, 5, 8–9, 11, 13
25 Belgium Rene Georges Rally Sport Norway Eyvind Brynildsen Norway Cato Menkerud Škoda Fabia S2000 1–3, 6, 9, 11, 13
26 Portugal Team Ford/Quinta Do Lorde Portugal Bernardo Sousa Portugal Nuno Rodrigues Da Silva Ford Fiesta S2000 1, 3, 6, 9–11, 13
27 Finland Janpro Finland Janne Tuohino Finland Markku Tuohino Ford Fiesta S2000 1, 3, 5
Finland Risto Pietiläinen 6, 9
Finland Marko Sallinen 8
28 Spain Nupel Global Racing Spain Xavier Pons Spain Alex Haro Ford Fiesta S2000 2–3, 5–6, 9, 11, 13
29 China Shanghai FCACA Rally Team Finland Jari Ketomaa Finland Mika Stenberg Ford Fiesta S2000 3, 5–6, 8, 10–11, 13
30 Spain PCR Sport Andorra Albert Llovera Spain Borja Rozada Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 2, 5–6, 8–9, 11, 13
53 Slovakia Rufa Sport Sweden Per-Gunnar Andersson Sweden Jonas Andersson Škoda Fabia S2000 3
Sweden Anders Fredriksson 6, 8–9, 11
Czech Republic Roman Pešek Czech Republic Vit Housť Toyota Auris S2000 10
Additional guest entries†
49 Czech Republic JM Racing Sweden Per-Gunnar Andersson Sweden Anders Fredriksson Škoda Fabia S2000 1
51 Sweden NH Super 2000 Sweden Per-Arne Sääv Sweden Karl-Olof Lexe Škoda Fabia S2000 1
49 Portugal Amarante Rally Team Portugal Vitor Pascoal Portugal Mário Castro Peugeot 207 S2000 6
51 Austria Baumschlager Rallye & Racing Finland Juho Hänninen Finland Mikko Markkula Škoda Fabia S2000 8
52 Finland Rally Drive Finland Finland Matti Rantanen Finland Mikko Lukka Škoda Fabia S2000 8
49 France Team 2C Compétition France Jean-Sébastien Vigion France Tibo Gorczyca Peugeot 207 S2000 11
50 France Team Emap Yacco France Julien Maurin France Gilles Thimonnier Ford Fiesta S2000 11

P-WRC entries

[36][37]

No Driver Co-driver Car Rounds
31 Portugal Armindo Araújo Portugal Miguel Ramalho Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 1–3, 9, 11, 13
32 Japan Toshi Arai United Kingdom Daniel Barritt Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2, 5, 9–11, 13
33 Italy Gianluca Linari Italy Paolo Gregoriani Subaru Impreza WRX STI 1–2, 5
Italy Massimo Salvucci 10–11, 13
34 Czech Republic Martin Semerád Czech Republic Bohuslav Ceplecha Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1, 3
Czech Republic Michal Ernst 8–9
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 13
New Zealand Kingsley Thompson New Zealand Malcolm Peden 5
35 Hungary Gábor Mayer Hungary Róbert Tagai Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2
36 Lebanon Nicholai Georgiou Lebanon Joseph Matar Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 3, 8, 9, 11, 13
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 5
37 Kenya Peter Horsey United Kingdom Calvin Cooledge Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 8–9, 11, 13
38 New Zealand Hayden Paddon New Zealand John Kennard Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 5, 10
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 8–9, 11, 13
39 San Marino Alex Raschi Italy Rudy Pollet Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 8–9
San Marino Silvio Stefanelli 11, 13
40 New Zealand Richard Mason New Zealand Sara Mason Subaru Impreza WRX STI 5
Estonia Ott Tänak Estonia Kuldar Sikk Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 8–9, 11, 13
41 Italy Fabio Frisiero Spain Jordi Costa Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1, 5
Italy Simone Scattolin 11
Italy Giorgio Bacco Italy Giovanni Agnese 2
Italy Alessandro Bruschetta Italy Edoardo Civiero Subaru Impreza WRX STI 8
Italy Giovanni Manfrinato Italy Maurizio Barone Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 13
42 Argentina Miguel Baldoni Argentina José Díaz Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2, 5, 8
43 Finland Reijo Muhonen Finland Lasse Miettinen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 1, 3
Finland Miika Teiskonen 8, 10
55 Finland Juha Kanerva 9, 13
44 Brazil Paulo Nobre Brazil Edu Paula Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 13
45 China Rui Wang China Hongyu Pan Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3, 5
China Yiping Chen 8, 10–11, 13
46 Norway Anders Grøndal Norway Veronica Engan Subaru Impreza WRX STI 1, 8, 11, 13
China Liu Caodong Australia Anthony McLoughlin 5
Japan Kyosuke Kamata Japan Takumi Takahashi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 10
47 Cyprus Spyros Pavlides United Kingdom Chris Patterson Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3
France Denis Giraudet 13
Portugal Nuno Barroso Pereira Portugal Pedro Conde 8–9
Portugal Luis Ramalho 11
Japan Shuhei Muta Japan Naoya Tanaka 10
48 Sweden Patrik Flodin Sweden Göran Bergsten Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3, 8–10, 13
United Kingdom Dave Weston Jr. United Kingdom Ieuan Thomas 11
54 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. Spain Óscar Sánchez Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 5, 8, 10
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 9, 11, 13
Additional guest entries†
50 Sweden Patrik Flodin Sweden Göran Bergsten Subaru Impreza WRX STI 1
52 Sweden Joakim Nyman Sweden Bosse Holmstrand Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1
49 Mexico Benito Guerra Mexico Javier Marín Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2
50 Mexico Rodrigo Salgado Mexico Diodoro Salgado Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2
49 Jordan Amjad Farrah Jordan Nancy Al-Majali Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3
50 New Zealand Emma Gilmour Australia Glenn MacNeall Subaru Impreza WRX STI 5
49 Finland Juha Salo Finland Jarkko Kalliolepo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 8
50 Finland Jukka Ketomäki Finland Kai Risberg Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 8
49 Germany Hermann Gassner Jr. Germany Katharina Wustenhagen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 9
50 Germany Florian Niegel Germany Thomas Fuchs Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 9
49 United Kingdom Dave Weston Jr. United Kingdom Ieuan Thomas Subaru Impreza WRX STI 13
50 United Kingdom Jason Pritchard United Kingdom Robbie Durant Subaru Impreza WRX STI 13
†^ – At each rally, the organiser may nominate two "guest drivers" from their country to score support category points.

Results and standings

Results

Colour Rally Surface
Gold Gravel
Silver Tarmac
Blue Snow/Ice
Bronze Mixed Surface
Round Rally name Podium finishers Statistics
Rank Driver Car Time Stages Length Starters Finishers
1 Sweden Swedish Rally
(11–14 February) — Results and report		 1 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 09 3:09:30.4 21 345.15 km 55 43
2 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 3:10:12.7
3 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala Ford Focus RS WRC 09 3:10:45.8
2 Mexico Rally Mexico
(5–7 March) — Results and report		 1 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 3:42:41.7 22 354.60 km 30 25
2 Norway Petter Solberg Citroën C4 WRC 3:43:05.9
3 France Sébastien Ogier Citroën C4 WRC 3:43:07.0
3 Jordan Jordan Rally
(1–3 April) — Results and report		 1 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 3:51:35.9 21 339.48 km 33 27
2 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala Ford Focus RS WRC 09 3:52:11.7
3 Norway Petter Solberg Citroën C4 WRC 3:52:47.7
4 Turkey Rally of Turkey
(16–18 April) — Results and report		 1 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 3:01:38.7 23 358.84 km 40 32
2 Norway Petter Solberg Citroën C4 WRC 3:02:33.2
3 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 09 3:03:22.1
5 New Zealand Rally New Zealand
( 7–9 May) — Results and report		 1 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala Ford Focus RS WRC 09 4:04:09.8 21 396.50 km 53 38
2 France Sébastien Ogier Citroën C4 WRC 4:04:12.2
3 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 4:04:25.0
6 Portugal Rally de Portugal
(28–30 May) — Results and report		 1 France Sébastien Ogier Citroën C4 WRC 3:51:16.1 18 355.32 km 74 52
2 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 3:51:24.0
3 Spain Dani Sordo Citroën C4 WRC 3:52:33.7
7 Bulgaria Rally Bulgaria
(9–11 July) — Results and report		 1 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 3:02:39.2 14 354.10 km 40 28
2 Spain Dani Sordo Citroën C4 WRC 3:03:08.7
3 Norway Petter Solberg Citroën C4 WRC 3:03:15.5
8 Finland Rally Finland
(29–31 July) — Results and report		 1 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala Ford Focus RS WRC 09 2:31:29.6 19 310.29 km 99 61
2 France Sébastien Ogier Citroën C4 WRC 2:31:39.7
3 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 2:31:55.6
9 Germany Rallye Deutschland
(20–22 August) — Results and report		 1 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 3:59:38.3 19 407.25 km 77 55
2 Spain Dani Sordo Citroën C4 WRC 4:00:29.6
3 France Sébastien Ogier Citroën C4 WRC 4:01:51.6
10 Japan Rally Japan
(10–12 September) — Results and report		 1 France Sébastien Ogier Citroën C4 WRC 3:10:26.4 26 303.54 km 70 54
2 Norway Petter Solberg Citroën C4 WRC 3:10:42.1
3 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala Ford Focus RS WRC 09 3:10:52.4
11 France Rallye de France Alsace
(30 September – 3 October) — Results and report		 1 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 3:05:49.3 20 351.80 km 66 49
2 Spain Dani Sordo Citroën C4 WRC 3:06:25.0
3 Norway Petter Solberg Citroën C4 WRC 3:07:06.1
12 Spain Rally Catalunya
(22–24 October) — Results and report		 1 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 3:32:59.7 16 355,30 km 45 36
2 Norway Petter Solberg Citroën C4 WRC 3:33:35.0
3 Spain Dani Sordo Citroën C4 WRC 3:33:40.8
13 United Kingdom Wales Rally GB
(11–14 November) — Results and report		 1 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 3:14:54.0 20 359.44 km 60 45
2 Norway Petter Solberg Citroën C4 WRC 3:15:13.1
3 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala Ford Focus RS WRC 09 3:16:29.3

Standings

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver SWE
Sweden		 MEX
Mexico		 JOR
Jordan		 TUR
Turkey		 NZL
New Zealand		 POR
Portugal		 BUL
Bulgaria		 FIN
Finland		 GER
Germany		 JPN
Japan		 FRA
France		 ESP
Spain		 GBR
United Kingdom		  Pts 
1 France Sébastien Loeb 2 1 1 1 3 2 1 3 1 5 1 1 1 276
2 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 3 5 2 8 1 Ret 6 1 4 3 4 4 3 171
3 Norway Petter Solberg 9 2 3 2 Ret 5 3 4 5 2 3 2 2 169
4 France Sébastien Ogier 5 3 6 4 2 1 4 2 3 1 6 10 Ret 167
5 Spain Dani Sordo 4 14 4 Ret 5 3 2 5 2 4 2 3 5 150
6 Finland Mikko Hirvonen 1 4 20 3 4 4 5 Ret Ret 6 5 5 4 126
7 United Kingdom Matthew Wilson 7 16 5 7 6 6 9 6 6 22 8 6 7 74
8 Norway Henning Solberg 6 6 9 25 7 Ret 10 Ret 37 7 9 8 6 45
9 Argentina Federico Villagra 7 7 6 9 8 8 7 15 36
10 Finland Kimi Räikkönen 29 Ret 8 5 10 11 25 7 Ret Ret DNS 8 25
11 Norway Mads Østberg 8 7 7 16 41 9 18
12 United Arab Emirates Khalid Al Qassimi 13 DNS 9 Ret 8 Ret 13 7 11 12
13 Sweden Per-Gunnar Andersson 10 16 16 7 10 13 8
14 Finland Jari Ketomaa 25 8 11 Ret 9 11 Ret 6
15 Spain Xavier Pons 8 10 10 12 15 15 DNS 13 6
16 Hungary Frigyes Turán 23 8 Ret Ret 4
17 Finland Juha Kankkunen 8 4
18 Czech Republic Martin Prokop 14 9 11 13 11 10 21 3
19 Netherlands Dennis Kuipers 37 9 19 13 Ret 24 17 11 16 2
20 United States Ken Block 18 24 Ret Ret 12 9 21 2
21 Finland Juho Hänninen Ret 9 2
22 Netherlands Mark van Eldik 9 2
23 Sweden Patrik Sandell 15 23 12 11 10 10 14 2
24 Norway Andreas Mikkelsen 11 18 10 1
25 Portugal Armindo Araújo 23 10 12 14 18 16 18 1
26 Germany Aaron Burkart 10 32 26 36 26 1
Pos. Driver SWE
Sweden		 MEX
Mexico		 JOR
Jordan		 TUR
Turkey		 NZL
New Zealand		 POR
Portugal		 BUL
Bulgaria		 FIN
Finland		 GER
Germany		 JPN
Japan		 FRA
France		 ESP
Spain		 GBR
United Kingdom		 Pts
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Manufacturers' championship

Pos. Manufacturer No. SWE
Sweden		 MEX
Mexico		 JOR
Jordan		 TUR
Turkey		 NZL
New Zealand		 POR
Portugal		 BUL
Bulgaria		 FIN
Finland		 GER
Germany		 JPN
Japan		 FRA
France		 ESP
Spain		 GBR
United Kingdom		 Points
1 France Citroën Total World Rally Team 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 3 1 4 1 1 1 456
2 4 7 3 Ret 4 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 Ret
2 United Kingdom BP Ford World Rally Team 3 1 3 9 2 3 4 4 Ret Ret 5 4 4 3 337
4 3 4 2 7 1 Ret 5 1 4 2 3 3 2
3 France Citroën Junior Team 7 5 2 5 3 1 3 4 3 3 5 7 4 217
8 8 Ret 7 4 7 8 6 6 Ret Ret Ret 7
4 United Kingdom Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team 5 7 8 4 6 5 5 7 5 5 7 7 5 6 176
6 6 5 8 8 6 Ret 6 Ret Ret 6 5
43 8 6
5 Argentina Munchi's Ford World Rally Team 9 6 6 5 7 6 6 8 58
Pos. Manufacturer No. SWE
Sweden		 MEX
Mexico		 JOR
Jordan		 TUR
Turkey		 NZL
New Zealand		 POR
Portugal		 BUL
Bulgaria		 FIN
Finland		 GER
Germany		 JPN
Japan		 FRA
France		 ESP
Spain		 GBR
United Kingdom		 Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

JWRC Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver TUR
Turkey		 POR
Portugal		 BUL
Bulgaria		 GER
Germany		 FRA
France		 ESP
Spain		  Pts 
1 Germany Aaron Burkart 1 3 2 5 4 80
2 Netherlands Hans Weijs Jr. Ret 2 1 2 3 76
3 Bulgaria Todor Slavov 4 3 7 6 2 59
4 Estonia Karl Kruuda 6 2 5 3 51
5 Netherlands Kevin Abbring 3 1 7 Ret Ret 46
6 Spain Yeray Lemes Macias 4 EX 6 Ret 1 45
7 Belgium Thierry Neuville Ret Ret 1 Ret 3 40
8 United Kingdom Harry Hunt 5 6 Ret 7 5 34
9 San Marino Alessandro Broccoli 2 Ret 4 Ret Ret 30
10 France Jérémi Ancian 1 25
11 France Mathieu Arzeno Ret 8 Ret 4 Ret 16
12 Germany Christian Riedemann 4 12
13 Estonia Martin Kangur 6 8
14 Spain Egoi Eder Valdes Lopez 5 6 5 0†
Pos. Driver TUR
Turkey		 POR
Portugal		 BUL
Bulgaria		 GER
Germany		 FRA
France		 ESP
Spain		 Pts
Notes

† Egoi Eder Valdes Lopez has been removed from the Classification.

SWRC Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver SWE
Sweden		 MEX
Mexico		 JOR
Jordan		 NZL
New Zealand		 POR
Portugal		 FIN
Finland		 GER
Germany		 JPN
Japan		 FRA
France		 GBR
United Kingdom		  Pts 
1 Spain Xavier Pons 1 1 2 2 5 4 3 123
2 Sweden Patrik Sandell 4 5 4 3 1 1 4 111
3 Czech Republic Martin Prokop 3 2 3 4 2 2 6 104
4 Finland Jari Ketomaa 6 1 1 Ret 1 2 Ret 101
5 Poland Michał Kościuszko 3 Ret 3 5 6 3 5 73
6 Norway Eyvind Brynildsen 5 4 2 9 4 5 Ret 64
7 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah Ret 4 5 7 7 34
8 Portugal Bernardo Sousa 6 EX 4 7 Ret 7 Ret 32
9 Sweden Per-Gunnar Andersson 1 3 5 2 3 25†
10 Finland Juho Hänninen 1 25
11 Norway Andreas Mikkelsen 1 25
12 Republic of Ireland Craig Breen 2 18
13 Andorra Albert Llovera 5 Ret 10 Ret 8 9 17
14 Portugal Vitor Pascoal 6 8
15 Sweden Per-Arne Sääv 7 6
16 France Julien Maurin 8 4
17 Finland Janne Tuohino 2 Ret Ret 8 6 0‡
Pos. Driver SWE
Sweden		 MEX
Mexico		 JOR
Jordan		 NZL
New Zealand		 POR
Portugal		 FIN
Finland		 GER
Germany		 JPN
Japan		 FRA
France		 GBR
United Kingdom		 Pts
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)
Notes

† 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.

WRC Cup for Super 2000 Teams championship

Pos. Team SWE
Sweden		 MEX
Mexico		 JOR
Jordan		 NZL
New Zealand		 POR
Portugal		 FIN
Finland		 GER
Germany		 JPN
Japan		 FRA
France		 GBR
United Kingdom		  Pts 
1 Austria Red Bull Rally Team 15121225252512 126
2 Spain Nupel Global Racing 25251818121215 125
3 Czech Republic Czech Ford National Team 1818151818825 120
4 China Shanghai FCACA Rally Team 102525025180 103
5 Qatar Barwa Rally Team 0151010101818 81
6 Poland Dynamic World Rally Team 1501515101510 80
7 Belgium Rene Georges Rally Sport 121218615100 73
8 Portugal Team Ford/Quinta Do Lorde 100128060 36
9 Finland Janpro 2500812 0‡
Pos. Team SWE
Sweden		 MEX
Mexico		 JOR
Jordan		 NZL
New Zealand		 POR
Portugal		 FIN
Finland		 GER
Germany		 JPN
Japan		 FRA
France		 GBR
United Kingdom		  Pts 

PWRC Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver SWE
Sweden		 MEX
Mexico		 JOR
Jordan		 NZL
New Zealand		 FIN
Finland		 GER
Germany		 JPN
Japan		 FRA
France		 GBR
United Kingdom		  Pts 
1 Portugal Armindo Araújo 3 1 2 1 1 2 126
2 Sweden Patrik Flodin 1 1 Ret 3 1 5 100
3 New Zealand Hayden Paddon 1 3 2 2 7 3 97
4 Estonia Ott Tänak 1 5 2 1 78
5 Japan Toshi Arai 2 4 6 Ret 3 9 55
6 Italy Gianluca Linari 7 5 5 3 Ret Ret 41
7 Norway Anders Grøndal 2 4 5 13 40
8 China Rui Wang 6 Ret 8 5 6 Ret 30
9 San Marino Alex Raschi 5 Ret 4 8 26
10 Lebanon Nicholai Georgiou 3 Ret 10 7 9 11 24
11 Finland Reijo Muhonen 6 Ret 7 Ret 6 10 23
12 Brazil Paulo Nobre 8 7 6 Ret Ret 14 18
13 New Zealand Emma Gilmour 2 18
14 Finland Jukka Ketomäki 2 18
15 Czech Republic Martin Semerád 5 Ret 6 DNS Ret 18
16 New Zealand Kingsley Thompson 3 15
17 Italy Fabio Frisiero 4 DNS Ret 12
18 Mexico Benito Guerra 4 12
19 Cyprus Spyros Pavlides 4 12
20 Germany Hermann Gassner Jr. 4 12
21 Japan Kyosuke Kamata 4 12
22 United Kingdom Jason Pritchard 4 12
23 Jordan Amjad Farrah 5 10
24 Mexico Michel Jourdain Jr. Ret 11 Ret Ret 8 7 10
25 United Kingdom Dave Weston Jr. Ret 6 8
26 Kenya Peter Horsey 9 8 Ret 12 6
27 Portugal Nuno Barroso Pereira Ret 9 Ret 2
28 Argentina Miguel Baldoni 3 Ret 0†
Pos. Driver SWE
Sweden		 MEX
Mexico		 JOR
Jordan		 NZL
New Zealand		 FIN
Finland		 GER
Germany		 JPN
Japan		 FRA
France		 GBR
United Kingdom		 Pts
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)
Notes

† Miguel Baldoni has been removed from the Classification.[39]

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