2012 Rally Catalunya

2012 Rally Catalunya 48º Rally RACC Catalunya – Costa Daurada RACC Rally de España
Round 13 of the 2012 World Rally Championship ← Previous event
Host country	Spain
Rally base	Salou, Tarragona
Dates run	9 – 11 November 2012
Stages	18 (405.46 km; 251.94 miles)
Stage surface	Day 1 gravel, days 2 and 3 asphalt
Overall distance	1,391.73 km (864.78 miles)
Statistics
Crews	70 at start

The 48º Rally RACC Catalunya – Costa Daurada, alternatively RACC Rally de España, was the thirteenth and the final round of the 2012 World Rally Championship season. The rally took place over 9–11 November, and was based in Salou, Catalonia. The rally was also the final round of the Super 2000 World Rally Championship, Production World Rally Championship and WRC Academy.

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Overall
1	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC	4:14:29.1	0.0	26
2	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:14:36.1	7.0	21
3	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Citroën DS3 WRC	4:16:15.9	1:46.8	15
4	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:16:25.5	1:56.4	12
5	Jarkko Nikara	Jarkko Kalliolepo	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	4:30:37.0	16:07.9	10
6	Craig Breen	Paul Nagle	Ford Fiesta S2000	4:32:39.5	18:10.4	8
7	Chris Atkinson	Glenn MacNeall	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	4:33:43.8	19:14.7	6
8	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Emil Axelsson	Proton Satria Neo S2000	4:34:45.2	20:16.1	4
9	Dani Sordo	Carlos del Barrio	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	4:40:09.7	25:40.6	4
10	Evgeny Novikov	Ilka Minor	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:40:15.7	25:46.6	1
SWRC
1 (6)	Craig Breen	Paul Nagle	Ford Fiesta S2000	4:32:39.5	0.0	25
2 (8)	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Emil Axelsson	Proton Satria Neo S2000	4:34:45.2	2:05.7	18
3 (15)	Yazeed Al-Rajhi	Michael Orr	Ford Fiesta RRC	4:45:13.6	12:34.1	15
4 (17)	Alastair Fisher	Daniel Barritt	Proton Satria Neo S2000	4:46:08.8	13:29.3	12
5 (20)	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Škoda Fabia S2000	4:51:06.6	18:27.1	10
PWRC
1 (18)	Benito Guerra	Borja Rozada	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	4:47:54.5	0.0	25
2 (22)	Marcos Ligato	Rubén García	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	4:53:30.8	5:36.3	18
3 (25)	Subhan Aksa	Bill Hayes	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	4:57:10.2	9:15.7	15
4 (27)	Valeriy Gorban	Andriy Nikolaev	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	4:58:40.4	10:45.9	12
5 (29)	Lorenzo Bertelli	Lorenzo Granai	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	5:00:04.7	12:10.2	10
6 (31)	Michał Kościuszko	Maciej Szczepaniak	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	5:06:00.9	18:06.4	8
7 (33)	Yeray Lemes	Rogelio Peñate	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	5:08:28.9	20:34.4	6
8 (35)	Ricardo Triviño	Àlex Haro	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	5:10:38.1	22:43.6	4
9 (36)	Nicolás Fuchs	Fernando Mussano	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	5:11:14.5	23:20.0	2
10 (38)	Gianluca Linari	Andrea Cecchi	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	5:16:04.4	28:09.9	1
WRC Academy†
1	José Antonio Suárez	Cándido Carrera	Ford Fiesta R2	3:46:51.3	0.0	26
2	Pontus Tidemand	Stig Rune Skjærmoen	Ford Fiesta R2	3:48:11.0	1:19.7	25
3	Elfyn Evans	Philip Pugh	Ford Fiesta R2	3:50:13.6	3:22.3	18
4	John MacCrone	Stuart Loudon	Ford Fiesta R2	3:55:32.8	8:41.5	14
5	Timo van der Marel	Erwin Berkhof	Ford Fiesta R2	3:58:15.7	11:24.4	10
6	Brendan Reeves	Rhianon Smyth	Ford Fiesta R2	4:00:13.6	13:22.3	8
7	Aron Domzala	Kacper Pietrusinski	Ford Fiesta R2	4:12:29.4	25:38.1	—

• Note: ^† – The WRC Academy featured the first two legs of the rally.

Leg	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
Leg 1 (9 Nov)	SS1	7:45	Gandesa	7.00 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	4:40.5	89.84 km/h	Jari-Matti Latvala
	SS2	8:10	Pesells 1	26.59 km	Ott Tänak Mads Østberg	15:54.5	100.29 km/h	Ott Tänak
	SS3	9:19	Terra Alta 1	44.02 km	Sébastien Loeb	30:37.3	86.25 km/h	Mads Østberg
	SS4	13:35	Pesells 2	26.59 km	Evgeny Novikov	16:03.9	99.31 km/h
	SS5	14:44	Terra Alta 2	44.02 km	Sébastien Loeb	31:19.0	84.34 km/h
	SS6	17:00	Salou	2.00 km	Mikko Hirvonen	2:35.7	46.24 km/h
Leg 2 (10 Nov)	SS7	8:00	La Mussara 1	20.48 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	11:31.4	106.64 km/h
	SS8	9:15	El Priorat 1	45.97 km	Sébastien Loeb	26:20.0	104.74 km/h	Sébastien Loeb
	SS9	10:26	Riba-roja d'Ebre 1	14.20 km	Sébastien Loeb	9:19.1	91.43 km/h
	SS10	13:51	La Mussara 2	20.48 km	Dani Sordo	11:23.2	107.92 km/h
	SS11	15:06	El Priorat 2	45.97 km	Dani Sordo	25:52.7	106.58 km/h
	SS12	16:17	Riba-roja d'Ebre 2	14.20 km	Ott Tänak	9:32.0	89.37 km/h
Leg 3 (11 Nov)	SS13	7:50	Riudecanyes 1	16.35 km	Dani Sordo	10:33.9	92.85 km/h
	SS14	8:51	Santa Marina 1	26.51 km	Dani Sordo	15:42.7	101.24 km/h
	SS15	9:47	La Serra d'Almos 1	4.11 km	Dani Sordo	2:37.1	94.18 km/h
	SS16	11:52	Riudecanyes 2	16.35 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	10:30.7	93.32 km/h
	SS17	12:53	Santa Marina 2 (Power stage)	26.51 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	15:43.5	101.15 km/h
	SS18	13:49	La Serra d'Almos 2	4.11 km	Dani Sordo	2:38.3	93.47 km/h

The Power stage was the penultimate stage of the rally, 26.51 kilometers long Santa Marina. Additional points were given to three fastest drivers through the stage.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Class	Time	Difference	Avg. spd.	Points
1	3	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	15:43.5	0.0	101.15 km/h	3
2	37	Dani Sordo	Carlos del Barrio	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	WRC	15:45.9	2.4	100.89 km/h	2
3	1	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	15:54.2	10.7	100.02 km/h	1

• Rally official website
• Rally Catalunya at WRC.com Archived 2013-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
• Rally Catalunya at eWRC.com
• Rally Catalunya at JUWRA.com