2010 Rally México

Corona Rally México Rally Guanajuato Bicentenario 2 2010 World Rally Championship 2010 Rally Sweden 2010 Jordan Rally WRC Rally Driver Jose Manuel Ponce.jpg León, Mexico March 5 7, 2010 22 354.60 884.58 http://wrc.com/resources/Rally_Mexico_Itinerary_2010.pdf PDF Rally Mexico Itinerary 2010 2010-03-05 World Rally Championship Rally Mexico; International Sportsworld Communicators https://web.archive.org/web/20100331022926/http://wrc.com/resources/Rally_Mexico_Itinerary_2010.pdf 31 March 2010 dead dmy-all Gravel FRA Sébastien Loeb FRA Citroën Total World Rally Team 30 25 The 2010 Rally México was the 23rd Rally Mexico and the second round of the 2010 World Rally Championship season. The rally took place over March 5–7, and was based in León, in the Guanajuato region of the country. The event was part of the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution and the 200th anniversary of its independence. The rally was also the second round of both the Production Car World Rally Championship and the Super 2000 World Rally Championship. The stages of the rally mixed mountain peaks with flat open valleys. Due to the high altitude, engines struggle to breathe in the thin air, causing a twenty percent reduction in their output. Stage 20 of the rally — Sauz Seco — was cancelled prior to the event, on safety grounds.http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=101&id=7079&desc=Rally+organisers+cancel+SS20 Rally organisers cancel SS20 2010-03-05 2010-03-05 World Rally Championship International Sportsworld Communicators https://web.archive.org/web/20100310070442/http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=101&id=7079&desc=Rally+organisers+cancel+SS20 2010-03-10 dead Sébastien Loeb took his 55th career rally victory, leading from the end of the eleventh stage onwards.https://www.usatoday.com/sports/motor/2010-03-07-2655301267_x.htm Sebastien Loeb of France wins Mexico Rally 2010-03-08 USA Today Gannett Company, Inc. 2010-03-08 Loeb won by just over 24 seconds from another Citroën driver, Petter Solberg. Solberg had led the rally throughout the first leg, and only took second position on the final stage through the super special stage. Solberg's gain was Sébastien Ogier's loss, as the Citroën junior driver just missed out on equalling his best career result in the World Rally Championship. Solberg overturned a 0.6-second gap over the final 4.42 km mi on, taking Ogier by 1.1 seconds. In the SWRC event, Xavier Pons took the victory after battling Martin Prokop throughout the event. In the end, the Spanish driver took victory by just seventeen seconds, as both finished inside the overall top ten, in eighth and ninth places respectively. Prokop moved into the championship lead with a second to go with his third in Sweden. Michał Kościuszko was third, but over half an hour behind Pons and Prokop, with Eyvind Brynildsen and Albert Llovera rounding out the class finishers. In the PWRC, Armindo Araújo took victory by over three minutes from Toshi Arai. Miguel Baldoni, Benito Guerra and Gianluca Linari were the only other finishers. With Patrik Flodin absent, Araújo moved into a 15-point championship lead. The rally also ran an event/class named "Rally America" which allowed cars legal in the similarly named but unrelated Rally America series to run on the same stages as the WRC cars. The 2010 event was notable for the participation of amateur driver Bill Caswell who drove a 1991 BMW 318i he bought for $500 over Craigslist alongside co-driver Ben Slocum to 3rd place in the class, much to the amusement of the other drivers.http://ca.jalopnik.com/5497042/how-a-500-craigslist-car-beat-400k-rally-racers How A $500 Craigslist Car Beat $400K Rally Racers Smith Sam Jalopnik.com 22 March 2010 9 May 2011http://www.worldrallysport.com/content/pirating-wrc-corona-rally-mexico-rally-america www.worldrallysport.com/content/pirating-wrc-corona-rally-mexico-rally-america Slocum Ben 14 March 2010 9 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110521114425/http://worldrallysport.com/content/pirating-wrc-corona-rally-mexico-rally-america 21 May 2011 live Results Event standings Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points Overall 1. FRA Sébastien Loeb MON Daniel Elena Citroën C4 WRC 3:42:41.7 0.0 25 2. NOR Petter Solberg GBR Phil Mills Citroën C4 WRC 3:43:05.9 24.2 18 3. FRA Sébastien Ogier FRA Julien Ingrassia Citroën C4 WRC 3:43:07.0 25.3 15 4. FIN Mikko Hirvonen FIN Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Focus RS WRC 09 3:44:29.2 1:47.5 12 5. FIN Jari-Matti Latvala FIN Miikka Anttila Ford Focus RS WRC 09 3:44:56.8 2:15.1 10 6. NOR Henning Solberg AUT Ilka Minor Ford Focus RS WRC 08 3:45:29.7 2:48.0 8 7. ARG Federico Villagra ARG Jorge Perez Companc Ford Focus RS WRC 08 3:52:55.1 10:13.4 6 8. ESP Xavier Pons ESP Alex Haro Ford Fiesta S2000 4:01:26.1 18:44.4 4 9. CZE Martin Prokop CZE Jan Tománek Ford Fiesta S2000 4:01:43.7 19:02.0 2 10. POR Armindo Araújo POR Miguel Ramalho Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 4:04:14.2 21:32.5 1 SWRC 1. (8.) ESP Xavier Pons ESP Alex Haro Ford Fiesta S2000 4:01:26.1 0.0 25 2. (9.) CZE Martin Prokop CZE Jan Tománek Ford Fiesta S2000 4:01:43.7 17.6 18 3. (20.) POL Michał Kościuszko POL Maciek Szczepaniak Ford Fiesta S2000 4:35:02.9 33:36.8 15 4. (21.) NOR Eyvind Brynildsen NOR Cato Menkerud Škoda Fabia S2000 4:35:25.9 33:59.8 12 5. (22.) AND Albert Llovera ESP Borja Rozada Abarth Punto S2000 4:38:31.7 37:05.5 10 PWRC 1. (10.) POR Armindo Araújo POR Miguel Ramalho Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 4:04:14.2 0.0 25 2. (11.) JPN Toshi Arai GBR Daniel Barritt Subaru Impreza WRX STi 4:07:30.9 3:16.7 18 3. (13.) ARG Miguel Angel Baldoni ARG José Diaz Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4:13:27.2 9:13.0 15 4. (15.) MEX Benito Guerra MEX Javier Marín Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 4:23:23.8 19:09.6 12 5. (17.) ITA Gianluca Linari ITA Paolo Gregoriani Subaru Impreza WRX STi 4:26:16.9 22:02.7 10 Special stages All dates and times are CST (UTC−6). DayStageTimeNameLengthWinnerTimeAvg. spd.Rally leader1(5 Mar) SS1 07:28 Alfaro 1 22.96 km NOR Petter Solberghttp://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=101&id=7090&desc=SS1%3A+Petter+storms+into+an+early+lead+ SS1: Petter storms into an early lead 2010-03-05 2010-03-07 World Rally Championship International Sportsworld Communicators https://web.archive.org/web/20100308222119/http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=101&id=7090&desc=SS1%3A%2BPetter%2Bstorms%2Binto%2Ban%2Bearly%2Blead 8 March 2010 dead 13:51.4 97.77 km/h NOR Petter Solberg SS2 09:01 Ortega 1 23.83 km NOR Petter Solberg 13:51.4 103.18 km/h SS3 10:39 El Cubilete 1 18.87 km NOR Petter Solberg 11:49.9 95.69 km/h SS4 10:57 Coca-Cola Street Stage 1 1.50 km FRA Sébastien Ogier 1:16.6 70.50 km/h SS5 12:17 Alfaro 2 22.96 km NOR Petter Solberg 13:56.1 98.86 km/h SS6 13:50 Ortega 2 23.83 kmNOR Petter Solberg 13:41.2 104.47 km/h SS7 14:38 El Cubilete 2 18.87 kmFRA Sébastien Ogier 11:38.9 97.20 km/h SS8 15:53 Super Special 1 2.21 kmFRA Sébastien Ogier 1:37.5 81.60 km/h SS9 15:58 Super Special 2 2.21 kmFRA Sébastien Ogier 1:36.9 82.11 km/h2(6 Mar) SS10 07:54 Ibarilla 1 29.90 kmFRA Sébastien Loeb 18:18.3 98.01 km/h SS11 09:17 Duarte 1 23.27 kmFRA Sébastien Loeb 18:10.2 76.84 km/h FRA Sébastien Loeb SS12 10:08 Derramadero 1 23.28 kmFRA Sébastien Loeb 14:03.7 99.33 km/h SS13 13:12 Coca-Cola Street Stage 2 1.50 kmFRA Sébastien Loeb 1:15.3 71.71 km/h SS14 12:52 Ibarrilla 2 29.90 kmFRA Sébastien Loeb 18:01.6 99.52 km/h SS15 14:55 Duarte 2 23.27 kmFRA Sébastien Loeb 17:44.9 78.67 km/h SS16 15:06 Derramadero 2 23.28 kmFRA Sébastien Loeb 13:50.4 100.92 km/h SS17 16:21 Super Special 3 2.21 kmFRA Sébastien Loeb 1:39.1 80.28 km/h SS18 16:26 Super Special 4 2.21 kmFRA Sébastien Ogier 1:38.1 81.10 km/h3(7 Mar) SS19 08:43 Guanajuatito 29.13 kmFRA Sébastien Ogier 19:47.8 88.29 km/h SS20 09:34 Sauz Seco 7.05 km stage cancelled SS21 10:12 Comanjilla 17.88 kmNOR Petter Solberg 10:16.2 104.46 km/h SS22 11:27 Super Special 5 4.42 kmNOR Petter Solberg 3:12.7 82.57 km/h Standings after the rally Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Position Driver Points 1 FRA Sébastien Loeb 43 2 FIN Mikko Hirvonen 37 3 FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 25 4 FRA Sebastien Ogier 25 5 NOR Petter Solberg 20 6 NOR Henning Solberg 16 7 ESP Dani Sordo 12 8 GBR Matthew Wilson 6 9 ARG Federico Villagra 6 10 NOR Mads Ostberg 4 Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos. Position Manufacturer Points 1 GBR BP Ford WRT 67 2 FRA Citroen WRT 61 3 FRA Citroen Junior Team 32 4 GBR Stobart Ford 28 5 ARG Munchi's Ford 8 References External links Results at official page Results at eWRC-results.com Mexico Category:Rally Mexico Rally Category:March 2010 sports events in Mexico