2010 Rally de Portugal

2010 Rally de Portugal Vodafone Rally de Portugal
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Host country	Portugal
Rally base	Faro, Portugal
Dates run	May 27 – 30 2010
Stages	18 (355.32 km; 220.79 mi)
Stage surface	Gravel with some asphalt
Overall distance	1,223.07 km (759.98 mi)[1]
Results
Overall winner	Sébastien Ogier Citroën Junior Team
Crews	74 at start, 51 at finish

The 2010 Rally de Portugal was the 44th Rally de Portugal and the sixth round of the 2010 World Rally Championship season. The rally took place over May 27–30, and was based in Faro, the capital city of the Algarve region. The rally was also the second round of the Junior World Rally Championship and the fifth round of the Super 2000 World Rally Championship.

After losing the lead on the final stage in New Zealand, Citroën Junior Team driver Sébastien Ogier took his first WRC victory by 7.9 seconds ahead of championship leader Sébastien Loeb.^[2] Third place went to Loeb's team-mate Dani Sordo, with Mikko Hirvonen edging out Petter Solberg for fourth place on the final run through the super-special stage at the Estádio Algarve. Ogier's victory lifted him into second place in the championship standings, 38 points behind Loeb, after his sixth podium finish out of six rallies in 2010.

Results

Event standings

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Overall
1.	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën C4 WRC	3:51:16.1	0.0	25
2.	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	3:51:24.0	7.9	18
3.	Dani Sordo	Marc Martí	Citroën C4 WRC	3:52:33.7	1:17.6	15
4.	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	3:52:48.1	1:32.0	12
5.	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Citroën C4 WRC	3:52:51.8	1:35.7	10
6.	Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	3:58:26.2	7:10.1	8
7.	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Subaru Impreza WRC 2008	3:58:44.4	7:28.3	6
8.	Federico Villagra	Jorge Pérez Companc	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	4:01:52.2	10:36.1	4
9.	Khalid Al Qassimi	Michael Orr	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	4:02:11.9	10:55.8	2
10.	Kimi Räikkönen	Kaj Lindström	Citroën C4 WRC	4:02:50.4	11:34.3	1
SWRC
1. (11.)	Jari Ketomaa	Mika Stenberg	Ford Fiesta S2000	4:07:36.1	0.0	25
2. (12.)	Xavier Pons	Alex Haro	Ford Fiesta S2000	4:11:08.3	3:32.2	18
3. (13.)	Michał Kościuszko	Maciek Szczepaniak	Škoda Fabia S2000	4:13:03.5	5:27.4	15
4. (15.)	Bernardo Sousa	Nuno Rodrigues da Silva	Ford Fiesta S2000	4:16:57.4	9:21.3	12
5. (16.)	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Anders Fredriksson	Škoda Fabia S2000	4:23:23.4	15:47.3	10
6. (24.)	Vítor Pascoal	Mário Castro	Peugeot 207 S2000	4:28:55.4	21:19.3	8
7. (25.)	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Giovanni Bernacchini	Ford Fiesta S2000	4:30:20.3	22:44.2	6
8. (28.)	Janne Tuohino	Risto Pietiläinen	Ford Fiesta S2000	4:35:44.1	28:08.0	4
9. (29.)	Eyvind Brynildsen	Cato Menkerud	Škoda Fabia S2000	4:36:00.0	28:23.9	2
10. (41.)	Albert Llovera	Borja Rozada	Abarth Punto S2000	4:58:36.7	51:00.6	1
JWRC
1. (21.)	Kevin Abbring	Erwin Mombaerts	Renault Clio R3	4:27:34.4	0.0	25
2. (27.)	Karl Kruuda	Martin Järveoja	Suzuki Swift S1600	4:33:29.1	5:54.7	18
3. (32.)	Aaron Burkart	Andre Kachel	Suzuki Swift S1600	4:38:53.9	11:19.5	15
4. (40.)	Yeray Lemes	Rogelio Peňate	Renault Clio S1600	4:53:16.3	25:41.9	12
5. (50.)	Egoi Eder Valdes Lopez	Albert Garduno	Renault Clio R3	5:25:40.2	58:05.8	10
6. (51.)	Harry Hunt	Sebastian Marshall	Ford Fiesta R2	5:36:13.5	1:08:39.1	8

Special stages

Day	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
1 (27–28 May)	SS1	20:30	Estádio Algarve 1	2.03 km	Mikko Hirvonen	2:09.3	56.52 km/h	Mikko Hirvonen
	SS2	09:30	Santa Clara 1	22.72 km	Dani Sordo	14:09.3	96.31 km/h	Dani Sordo
	SS3	10:18	Ourique 1	20.21 km	Sébastien Ogier	13:02.5	92.98 km/h
	SS4	11:16	Silves 1	21.36 km	Sébastien Ogier	12:06.3	105.87 km/h	Sébastien Ogier
	SS5	14:10	Santa Clara 2	22.72 km	Sébastien Ogier	13:54.9	97.97 km/h
	SS6	14:58	Ourique 2	20.21 km	Sébastien Ogier	13:03.8	92.82 km/h
	SS7	15:56	Silves 2	21.36 km	Sébastien Ogier	12:05.5	105.99 km/h
2 (29 May)	SS8	09:27	Almodôvar 1	26.20 km	Sébastien Loeb	16:40.4	94.28 km/h
	SS9	10:20	Vascão 1	25.23 km	Sébastien Loeb	16:31.2	91.63 km/h
	SS10	11:25	São Brás de Alportel 1	16.12 km	Petter Solberg	11:43.4	82.50 km/h
	SS11	14:07	Almodôvar 2	26.20 km	Sébastien Ogier	16:38.7	94.44 km/h
	SS12	15:00	Vascão 2	25.23 km	Sébastien Loeb	16:29.2	91.82 km/h
	SS13	16:05	São Brás de Alportel 2	16.12 km	Sébastien Loeb	11:39.9	82.91 km/h
3 (30 May)	SS14	07:18	Felizes 1	21.28 km	Sébastien Loeb	13:35.6	93.93 km/h
	SS15	08:09	Loulé 1	22.51 km	Sébastien Loeb	15:22.7	87.82 km/h
	SS16	10:48	Felizes 2	21.28 km	Sébastien Loeb	13:37.1	93.76 km/h
	SS17	11:39	Loulé 2	22.51 km	Sébastien Loeb	15:27.3	87.39 km/h
	SS18	13:55	Estádio Algarve 2	2.03 km	Federico Villagra	2:09.9	56.26 km/h

Standings after the rally

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Sébastien Loeb 126 2 Sebastien Ogier 88 3 Mikko Hirvonen 76 4 Jari-Matti Latvala 72 5 Petter Solberg 63 6 Dani Sordo 49 7 Matthew Wilson 38 8 Federico Villagra 26 9 Henning Solberg 24 10 Kimi Räikkönen 15

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos. Manufacturer Points 1 Citroen WRT 189 2 BP Ford WRT 163 3 Citroen Junior Team 106 4 Stobart Ford 84 5 Munchi's Ford 40

References

1. "Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2010: Appendix 1 – Itineraries" (PDF). World Rally Championship. Rally de Portugal; International Sportsworld Communicators. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-27.
2. "WRC wrap: Ogier beats Loeb to win Vodafone Rally de Portugal". World Rally Championship. International Sportsworld Communicators. 2010-05-30. Archived from the original on 2 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-30.

External links

• Results at eWRC.com