2010 Rallye de France

2010 Rallye de France
2010 Rallye de France
Round 11 of the 2010 World Rally Championship season
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Host country	France
Rally base	Strasbourg
Dates run	1 – 3 October 2010
Stages	20 (352.88 km; 219.27 miles)
Stage surface	Asphalt
Overall distance	1,272.31 km (790.58 miles)
Statistics
Crews	67 at start, 49 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Sébastien Loeb; Citroën World Rally Team

The 2010 Rallye de France was the first running of the Rallye de France–Alsace and the eleventh round of the 2010 World Rally Championship season. The rally took place over 1–3 October 2010, and was based in Strasbourg, the capital of the Alsace region. The rally was also the eighth round of the Production World Rally Championship, the ninth round of the Super 2000 World Rally Championship and the fifth round of the Junior World Rally Championship.

Sébastien Loeb became champion for the seventh successive season by claiming his 60th WRC win on the streets of his birthplace, Haguenau.^[2]^[3] Dani Sordo was second and Petter Solberg was third. Thanks to Sordo's second place, Citroën also retained its manufacturers champion title on this same event.

Introduction

Prior to the rally, depending on results, Sébastien Loeb had the chance to clinch his seventh consecutive world title with two events to spare.^[4] With a 43-point lead over Sébastien Ogier pre-rally, Loeb had to outscore Ogier by eight points. If Loeb scored more than six points on the event, it would eliminate Ford's Jari-Matti Latvala from championship contention. As it turned out, Loeb won the event which gave him the title.

Results

Event standings

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Overall
1.	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	3:05:49.3	0.0	25
2.	Dani Sordo	Diego Vallejo	Citroën C4 WRC	3:06:25.0	35.7	18
3.	Petter Solberg	Chris Patterson	Citroën C4 WRC	3:07:06.1	1:16.8	15
4.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	3:07:18.6	1:29.3	12
5.	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	3:09:33.1	3:43.8	10
6.	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën C4 WRC	3:17:45.2	11:55.9	8
7.	Federico Villagra	Diego Curletto	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	3:20:04.7	14:15.4	6
8.	Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	3:20:16.2	14:26.9	4
9.	Henning Solberg	Stéphane Prévot	Ford Fiesta S2000	3:22:38.2	16:48.9	2
10.	Patrik Sandell	Emil Axelsson	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:23:01.6	17:12.3	1
SWRC
1. (10.)	Patrik Sandell	Emil Axelsson	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:23:01.6	0.0	25
2. (11.)	Jari Ketomaa	Mika Stenberg	Ford Fiesta S2000	3:24:57.6	1:56.0	18
3. (14.)	Michał Kościuszko	Maciek Szczepaniak	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:26:08.6	3:07.0	15
4. (15.)	Xavier Pons	Alex Haro	Ford Fiesta S2000	3:26:09.6	3:08.0	12
5. (20.)	Eyvind Brynildsen	Cato Menkerud	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:32:37.7	3:15.2	10
6. (21.)	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Ford Fiesta S2000	3:33:03.7	10:02.1	8
7. (32.)	Bernardo Sousa	Nuno Rodrigues da Silva	Ford Fiesta S2000	3:42:47.1	19:45.5	6
8. (43.)	Julien Maurin	Gilles Thimonier	Ford Fiesta S2000	3:59:58.2	36:56.6	4
9. (47.)	Albert Llovera	Borja Rozada	Abarth Grande Punto S2000	4:10:07.4	47:05.8	2
PWRC
1. (16.)	Armindo Araújo	Miguel Ramalho	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	3:28:48.1	0.0	25
2. (19.)	Ott Tänak	Kuldar Sikk	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	3:31:14.7	2:26.6	18
3. (23.)	Toshi Arai	Daniel Barritt	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3:34:19.3	5:31.2	15
4. (26.)	Alex Raschi	Rudy Pollet	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	3:36:34.8	7:46.7	12
5. (29.)	Anders Grøndal	Veronica Engan	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3:39:39.0	10:50.9	10
6. (31.)	Wang Rui	Pan Hongyu	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3:41:22.7	12:34.6	8
7. (35.)	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	3:49:54.1	21:06.0	6
8. (38.)	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Oscar Benavente	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	3:51:08.2	22:20.1	4
9. (48.)	Nicholai Georgiou	Joseph Matar	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	4:11:45.1	47:05.8	2
JWRC
1. (22.)	Jérémi Ancian	Damien Mezy	Suzuki Swift S1600	3:34:09.2	0.0	25
2. (24.)	Hans Weijs Jr.	Bjorn Degandt	Citroën C2 S1600	3:35:13.3	1:04.1	18
3. (27.)	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Klinger	Citroën C2 S1600	3:36:51.2	2:42.0	15
4. (30.)	Mathieu Arzeno	Renaud Jamoul	Citroën C2 S1600	3:40:26.1	6:16.9	12
5. (36.)	Aaron Burkart	André Kachel	Suzuki Swift S1600	3:49:55.0	15:45.8	10
6. (37.)	Todor Slavov	Dobromir Filipov	Renault Clio R3	3:50:23.3	16:14.1	8
7. (39.)	Harry Hunt	Sebastian Marshall	Ford Fiesta R2	3:53:52.0	19:42.8	6

Special stages

Day	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
Leg 1 (1 Oct)	SS1	8:43	Hohlandsbourg 1	9.90 km	Sébastien Loeb	5:18.0	112.08 km/h	Sébastien Loeb
	SS2	9:01	Firstplan 1	16.58 km	Sébastien Loeb	8:20.3	119.30 km/h
	SS3	9:39	Vallée de Munster 1	22.33 km	Sébastien Loeb	11:14.6	119.16 km/h
	SS4	11:02	Grand Ballon 1	24.12 km	Sébastien Loeb	13:50.7	104.53 km/h
	SS5	14:05	Hohlandsbourg 2	9.90 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	5:28.5	108.49 km/h
	SS6	14:23	Firstplan 2	16.58 km	Sébastien Loeb	8:25.1	118.17 km/h
	SS7	15:01	Vallée de Munster 2	22.33 km	Dani Sordo	11:13.5	119.36 km/h
	SS8	16:24	Grand Ballon 2	24.12 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	14:28.5	99.98 km/h
Leg 2 (2 Oct)	SS9	8:28	Klevener 1	10.54 km	Sébastien Loeb	6:25.2	98.50 km/h
	SS10	8:57	Ungersberg 1	15.50 km	Dani Sordo	9:20.4	99.57 km/h
	SS11	10:05	Pays d'Ormont 1	35.48 km	Sébastien Loeb	19:39.7	108.27 km/h
	SS12	11:03	Salm 1	13.09 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	7:18.9	107.37 km/h
	SS13	14:16	Klevener 2	10.54 km	Sébastien Ogier	6:22.0	99.33 km/h
	SS14	14:45	Ungersberg 2	15.50 km	Dani Sordo	9:31.5	97.64 km/h
	SS15	15:53	Pays d'Ormont 2	35.48 km	Petter Solberg	21:35.2	98.62 km/h
	SS16	16:51	Salm 2	13.09 km	Petter Solberg	7:35.5	103.46 km/h
Leg 3 (3 Oct)	SS17	8:29	Haguenau 1	4.20 km	Petter Solberg	3:13.3	78.22 km/h
	SS18	9:38	Bitche Camp 1	24.70 km	Dani Sordo	12:34.4	117.87 km/h
	SS19	12:16	Bitche Camp 2	24.70 km	stage cancelled
	SS20	13:40	Haguenau 2	4.20 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	3:12.3	78.63 km/h

Standings after the rally

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Sébastien Loeb	226
2	Sebastien Ogier	166
3	Jari-Matti Latvala	144
4	Petter Solberg	133
5	Dani Sordo	125
6	Mikko Hirvonen	104
7	Matthew Wilson	60
8	Federico Villagra	36
9	Henning Solberg	33
10	Kimi Räikkönen	21

Manufacturers' Championship standings

Pos.	Manufacturer	Points
1	Citroen WRT	388
2	BP Ford WRT	277
3	Citroen Junior Team	193
4	Stobart Ford	140
5	Munchi's Ford	54

References

^ "Itinerary" (PDF). World Rally Championship. International Sportsworld Communicators; Rallye de France–Alsace. 21 September 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 October 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
^ "Rally winner Loeb secures 2010 title!". World Rally Championship. International Sportsworld Communicators. 3 October 2010. Archived from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
^ "Sébastien Loeb claims seventh World Rally Championship title". The Guardian. 3 October 2010. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
^ "Sebastien Loeb Q&A". World Rally Championship. International Sportsworld Communicators. 24 September 2010. Archived from the original on 29 September 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.

External links

[1] "Itinerary" (PDF). World Rally Championship. International Sportsworld Communicators; Rallye de France–Alsace. 21 September 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 October 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.

[2] "Rally winner Loeb secures 2010 title!". World Rally Championship. International Sportsworld Communicators. 3 October 2010. Archived from the original on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2010.

[3] "Sébastien Loeb claims seventh World Rally Championship title". The Guardian. 3 October 2010. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2010.

[4] "Sebastien Loeb Q&A". World Rally Championship. International Sportsworld Communicators. 24 September 2010. Archived from the original on 29 September 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.

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