2011 Rally Italia Sardegna

2011 Rally Italia Sardegna
Rally Italia Sardegna 2011
Round 5 of the 2011 World Rally Championship season
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Host country Italy
Rally baseOlbia, Italy
Dates runMay 6 – 8 2011
Stages18 (339.70 km; 211.08 miles)[1]
Stage surfaceGravel
Overall distance1,183.52 km (735.41 miles)[1]
Statistics
Crews64[2] at start, 32 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerFrance Sébastien Loeb
France Citroën World Rally Team

The 2011 Rally Italia Sardegna was the fifth round of the 2011 World Rally Championship season. The rally took place over 6–8 May, and was based in Olbia, the fourth-largest town on the island of Sardinia. The rally was also the third round of the Super 2000 World Rally Championship and the second round of the WRC Academy. Sardinia returned to the WRC calendar for the first time since 2009, after the event was a part of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge in 2010.

Sébastien Loeb took his second win of the season and the 64th WRC win of his career after holding off challenges from Mikko Hirvonen and Petter Solberg on the final day of the rally, despite having to run most of the event first on the road and being disadvantaged by sweeping away loose gravel.[3] In the junior classes, Ott Tänak won his first SWRC event by finishing seventh overall, 26.7 seconds ahead of Juho Hänninen, who was eighth overall. Egon Kaur won the WRC Academy for the second event running.[4]

Results

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Event standings

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Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points
1. France Sébastien Loeb Monaco Daniel Elena Citroën DS3 WRC 3:45:40.9 0.0 26
2. Finland Mikko Hirvonen Finland Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:45:52.1 11.2 21
3. Norway Petter Solberg United Kingdom Chris Patterson Citroën DS3 WRC 3:46:04.7 23.8 15
4. France Sébastien Ogier France Julien Ingrassia Citroën DS3 WRC 3:47:12.4 1:31.5 12
5. Norway Mads Østberg Sweden Jonas Andersson Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:48:23.5 2:42.6 10
6. Spain Dani Sordo Spain Carlos del Barrio Mini John Cooper Works WRC 3:49:08.5 3:27.6 8
7. Estonia Ott Tänak Estonia Kuldar Sikk Ford Fiesta S2000 3:52:51.8 7:10.9 6
8. Finland Juho Hänninen Finland Mikko Markkula Škoda Fabia S2000 3:53:18.5 7:37.6 4
9. United Kingdom Matthew Wilson United Kingdom Scott Martin Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:53:41.3 8:00.4 2
10. Czech Republic Martin Prokop Czech Republic Jan Tománek Ford Fiesta S2000 3:57:09.1 11:28.2 1
SWRC
1. (7.) Estonia Ott Tänak Estonia Kuldar Sikk Ford Fiesta S2000 3:52:51.8 0.0 25
2. (8.) Finland Juho Hänninen Finland Mikko Markkula Škoda Fabia S2000 3:53:18.5 26.7 18
3. (10.) Czech Republic Martin Prokop Czech Republic Jan Tománek Ford Fiesta S2000 3:57:09.1 4:17.3 15
4. (11.) Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah Italy Giovanni Bernacchini Ford Fiesta S2000 3:58:14.7 5:22.9 12
5. (16.) Germany Hermann Gassner, Jr. Germany Kathi Wüstenhagen Škoda Fabia S2000 4:06:23.4 13:31.6 10
6. (21.) Estonia Karl Kruuda Estonia Martin Järveoja Škoda Fabia S2000 4:22:45.6 29:53.8 8
7. (24.) Hungary Frigyes Turán Hungary Gábor Zsiros Ford Fiesta S2000 4:35:09.8 42:18.0 6
WRC Academy
1. Estonia Egon Kaur Estonia Erik Lepikson Ford Fiesta R2 3:29:39.4 0.0 30
2. Argentina Miguel Baldoni Argentina Fernando Mussano Ford Fiesta R2 3:31:21.5 1:42.1 18
3. Sweden Fredrik Åhlin Sweden Bjorn Nilsson Ford Fiesta R2 3:32:21.7 2:42.3 15
4. Czech Republic Jan Černý Czech Republic Pavel Kohout Ford Fiesta R2 3:46:22.3 16:42.9 12
5. Australia Brendan Reeves Australia Rhianon Smyth Ford Fiesta R2 3:47:02.5 17:23.1 12
6. Italy Andrea Crugnola Italy Roberto Mometti Ford Fiesta R2 3:47:13.3 17:33.9 10
7. Estonia Miko-Ove Niinemäe Estonia Timo Kasesalu Ford Fiesta R2 4:01:44.6 32:05.2 6
8. Republic of Ireland Craig Breen United Kingdom Gareth Roberts Ford Fiesta R2 4:02:33.6 32.54.2 8
^ – The WRC Academy features only the first two legs of the rally.

Special stages

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Day Stage Time Name Length Winner Time Avg. spd. Rally leader
Leg 1
(6 May)
SS1 9:33 Lago Omodeo 1 10.21 km Norway Petter Solberg 5:59.2 102.33 km/h Norway Petter Solberg
SS2 10:25 Monte Grighini Nord 1 21.32 km Finland Mikko Hirvonen 14:59.1 85.37 km/h Finland Mikko Hirvonen
SS3 11:26 Alta Marmilla 1 14.34 km France Sébastien Loeb
France Sébastien Ogier
Norway Petter Solberg
9:37.8 89.35 km/h
SS4 12:09 Monte Grighini Sud 1 19.66 km France Sébastien Loeb 13:45.6 85.73 km/h France Sébastien Loeb
SS5 13:46 Monte Grighini Nord 2 21.32 km Finland Mikko Hirvonen 14:32.6 87.96 km/h
SS6 14:47 Alta Marmilla 2 14.34 km France Sébastien Loeb 9:18.4 92.45 km/h
SS7 15:30 Monte Grighini Sud 2 19.66 km France Sébastien Loeb 13:17.0 88.80 km/h
SS8 17:04 Lago Omodeo 2 10.21 km Finland Mikko Hirvonen 5:58.6 102.50 km/h
Leg 2
(7 May)
SS9 9:29 Coiluna 1 29.35 km Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 17:39.9 99.69 km/h
SS10 10:36 Monte Lerno 1 27.97 km Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 18:06.2 92.70 km/h
SS11 11:15 Su Filigosu 1 14.21 km Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 8:59.8 94.77 km/h
SS12 14:39 Coiluna 2 29.35 km France Sébastien Ogier 17:13.8 102.21 km/h
SS13 15:46 Monte Lerno 2 27.97 km Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 17:41.0 94.90 km/h
SS14 16:25 Su Filigosu 2 14.21 km Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 8:44.0 97.63 km/h
Leg 3
(8 May)
SS15 6:50 Gallura 1 8.24 km Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 6:28.9 76.28 km/h
SS16 8:03 Monte Olia 24.50 km Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 17:50.7 82.38 km/h
SS17 8:41 Terranova 24.60 km Norway Petter Solberg 17:26.4 84.63 km/h
SS18 12:00 Gallura 2 (Power stage) 8.24 km Finland Mikko Hirvonen 6:15.2 79.06 km/h

Power Stage

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The "Power stage" was a live, televised 8.24 km (5.12 mi) stage at the end of the rally, held in Gallura.

Pos Driver Time Diff. Avg. speed Points
1 Finland Mikko Hirvonen 6:15.2 0.0 79.06 km/h 3
2 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 6:16.6 +1.4 78.77 km/h 2
3 France Sébastien Loeb 6:18.0 +2.8 78.48 km/h 1

References

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  1. ^ a b "Giorno 3" (PDF). Rally Italia Sardegna. Automobile Club d'Italia. 5 April 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Entry List by Seeded Order" (PDF). Rally Italia Sardegna. Automobile Club d'Italia. 13 April 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-15. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  3. ^ "Loeb wins Italian WRC thriller". World Rally Championship. International Sportsworld Communicators. 8 May 2011. Archived from the original on 9 May 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  4. ^ "Kaur wins again in WRC Academy". World Rally Championship. International Sportsworld Communicators. 7 May 2011. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
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