2009 Rally d'Italia Sardegna

2009 Rally d'Italia Sardegna 6º Rally d'Italia Sardegna 6 2009 World Rally Championship 2009 Rally Argentina 2009 Acropolis Rally Italy Italy May 22 24, 2009 17 Gravel with some Tarmac Finland Jari-Matti Latvala GBR BP Ford Abu Dhabi WRT 59 39 The 2009 Rally d'Italia Sardegna was the sixth running of the Rally d'Italia Sardegna and the sixth round of the 2009 World Rally Championship season. The rally consisted of 17 special stages. This year's Rally d'Italia Sardegna has new reforms of this rally, with new stages at the first day & the last day, mostly these new stages are gravel with some section of tarmac that make it difficult for drivers especially the grip of the tyres. Finns Jari-Matti Latvala and Mikko Hirvonen took a double win for the Ford factory team.https://www.usatoday.com/sports/motor/2009-05-24-2508894358_x.htm Latvala wins Rally of Sardinia in Ford 1-2 2009-05-24 USA Today 2009-05-26 Latvala's win was his career second, after becoming the youngest-ever driver to win a world rally at the 2008 Swedish Rally. Norwegian privateer Petter Solberg took the final podium spot. Summary Several front-runners ran into problems on stage eleven. Citroën's defending world champion Sébastien Loeb lost over a minute and dropped from third to fourth due to a puncture. His fifth-placed teammate Dani Sordo lost even more time and positions with a turbo problem. Eighth-placed Stobart driver Henning Solberg's day ended after he went off the road and broke his Ford Focus WRC's right-hand front suspension, and Citroën Junior Team's Conrad Rautenbach retired after the stage from tenth place with a damper failure. The rally leader Jari-Matti Latvala of Ford also spun during the stage, but escaped without damage.SS11: Carnage! WRC.com http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=101&id=4961 23 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090525045630/http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=101&id=4961 25 May 2009 dead dmy-all Latvala led the event from start to finish, taking Ford's first win since the one-two at the 2008 Rally Japan. His teammate Mikko Hirvonen was less than ten seconds behind after two days and supposed to benefit from running behind Latvala on the road, but dust clouds and the resulting hampered visibility suddenly forced him to settle for second. Ford boss Malcolm Wilson decided against applying team orders. Loeb, whose record-equaling six win streak came to an end, took the third place back by passing Petter Solberg, but was later given a two-minute penalty for a safety rule violation; co-driver Daniel Elena unfastened his safety belts before the crew stopped the car for a tire change (after the puncture on SS11). Loeb escaped a disqualification as the stewards considered the infringement less severe because it had happened while they were not driving at a competitive pace.Matt Beer Penalty drops Loeb to fourth Autosport http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75578 24 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090527144938/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75578 27 May 2009 live Citroën Junior Team's 18-year-old Evgeny Novikov finished fifth, taking his career first points-finish. Stobart's Matthew Wilson took sixth place despite hydraulic problems that slowed him down on day one. After Khalid al-Qassimi had run into several problems while heading for career-best seventh place, the battle for the position was between two Norwegians who had had troublesome rallies, both losing about ten minutes and re-joining the event under SupeRally rules. Henning Solberg chased down Mads Østberg throughout the last day but only got within 0.6 seconds. Nasser Al-Attiyah edged out Patrik Sandell on the last stage to take the honours in the Production World Rally Championship, while the win in the Junior World Rally Championship went to Martin Prokop.Matt Beer Latvala ends Loeb's winning streak Autosport http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75574 24 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090527040136/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75574 27 May 2009 live Results Pos.DriverCo-driverCarTimeDifferencePoints WRC 1 FIN Jari-Matti Latvala FIN Miikka Anttila Ford Focus RS WRC 09 4:00:55.7 0.0 10 2 FIN Mikko Hirvonen FIN Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Focus RS WRC 09 4:01:25.1 29.4 8 3 NOR Petter Solberg UK Phil Mills Citroën Xsara WRC 4:02:53.3 1:57.6 6 4 FRA Sébastien Loeb MON Daniel Elena Citroën C4 WRC 4:04:39.4 3:43.7 5 5 RUS Evgeny Novikov AUS Dale Moscatt Citroën C4 WRC 4:06:07.5 5:11.8 4 6 UK Matthew Wilson UK Scott Martin Ford Focus RS WRC 08 4:08:25.0 7:29.3 3 7 NOR Mads Östberg NOR Veronica Engan Subaru Impreza WRC 4:14:16.3 13:20.6 2 8 NOR Henning Solberg NOR Cato Menkerud Ford Focus RS WRC 08 4:14:16.9 13:21.2 1 JWRC 1 CZE Martin Prokop CZE Jan Tománek Citroën C2 S1600 4:23:40.6 0.0 10 2 POL Michal Kosciuszko POL Maciek Szczepaniak Suzuki Swift S1600 4:23:53.8 13.2 8 3 DEU Aaron Nikolai Burkart DEU Michael Kölbach Suzuki Swift S1600 4:31:55.4 8:14.8 6 4 FRA Yoann Bonato FRA Benjamin Boulloud Suzuki Swift S1600 4:34:45.2 11:04.5 5 5 ITA Alessandro Bettega ITA Simone Scattolin Renault Clio R3 4:35:40.2 11:59.5 4 6 NED Hans Weijs BEL Bjorn Degandt Citroën C2 S1600 4:37:14.2 13:33.5 3 7 ITA Simone Bertolotti ITA Luca Celestini Suzuki Swift S1600 5:13:03.0 49:22.4 2 PWRC 1 QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah ITA Giovanni Bernacchini Subaru Impreza N14 4:20:39.4 0.0 10 2 SWE Patrik Sandell SWE Emil Axelsson Škoda Fabia S2000 4:20:40.9 1.5 8 3 POR Armindo Araujo POR Ramalho Miguel Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4:24:23.5 3:44.1 6 4 SWE Patrick Flodin SWE Göran Bergsten Subaru Impreza 4:27:14.9 6:35.5 5 5 NOR Eyvind Brynildsen FRA Denis Giraudet Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4:34:37.9 13:58.5 4 6 FRA Frederic Sauvan FRA Sebastien Capanna Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4:47:14.5 26:35.1 3 7 ITA Gianluca Linari ITA Paolo Gregoriani Subaru Impreza WRX STi 4:48:10.7 27:31.3 2 8 HUN Gabor Mayer HUN Robert Tagai Subaru Impreza 4:48:11.3 27:31.9 1 Special stages DayStageTime (CEST)NameLengthWinnerTimeRally leader1(22 May) SS1 9:32Sa Conchedda 1 14.99 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 10:33.3 FIN Jari-Matti Latvala SS2 10:08Loelle 1 22.3 km ESP Dani Sordo 13:41.6 SS3 10:43Crastazza 1 27.81 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 18:24.8 SS4 14:57Sa Conchedda 2 14.99 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 10:16.3 SS5 15:33Loelle 2 22.3 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 13:19.8 SS6 16:08Crastazza 2 27.81 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 17:57.02(23 May) SS7 8:45Sa Linea 1 14.2 km FIN Mikko Hirvonen 9:10.5 SS8 9:31Fiorentini 1 22.02 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 18:06.4 SS9 10:32Monte Lerno 1 29.15 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 19:36.7 SS10 15:05Sa Linea 2 14.2 km FIN Mikko Hirvonen 9:05.4 SS11 15:51Fiorentini 2 22.02 km NOR Petter Solberg 17:53.3 SS12 16:52Monte Lerno 2 29.15 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 18:58.63(24 May) SS13 7:08Monte Olia 1 19.31 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 14:24.3 SS14 7:42Sorillis 1 18.66 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 14:21.1 SS15 10:19Arzachena 10.24 km NOR Henning Solberg 5:46.7 SS16 11:46Monte Olia 2 19.31 km NOR Henning Solberg 14:02.6 SS17 12:20Sorillis 2 18.66 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 13:48.3 Championship standings after the event Drivers' championship Pos Driver IRLIreland NORNorway CYPCyprus PORPortugal ARGArgentina ITAItaly GRCGreece POLPoland FINFinland AUSAustralia ESPSpain GBRUnited Kingdom  Pts  1 France Sébastien Loeb 1 1 1 1 1 455 2 Finland Mikko Hirvonen 3 2 2 2 Ret 238 3 Spain Dani Sordo 2 5 4 3 2 2331 4 Norway Henning Solberg 4 4 18 5 3 8 21 5 NOR Petter Solberg 6 3 4 Ret 3 20 6 FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 14 3 12 Ret 6 119 7 GBR Matthew Wilson 7 7 5 Ret 5 6 15 8 Argentina Federico Villagra 7 7 4 Ret9 9 NOR Mads Østberg 9 6 7 5 France Sébastien Ogier 6 10 Ret 17 7 Ret5 11 RUS Evgeny Novikov 12 Ret Ret 54 Australia Chris Atkinson 54 13 Zimbabwe Conrad Rautenbach 18 Ret 6 Ret Ret 93 UAE Khalid al-Qassimi 8 8 8 16 3 15 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah 11 16 8 10 1 EST Urmo Aava 10 8 1 Pos Driver IRLIreland NORNorway CYPCyprus PORPortugal ARGArgentina ITAItaly GRCGreece POLPoland FINFinland AUSAustralia ESPSpain GBRUnited Kingdom Pts Manufacturers' championship Pos Driver Event Totalpoints IRLIreland NORNorway CYPCyprus PORPortugal ARGArgentina ITAItaly GRCGreece POLPoland FINFinland AUSAustralia ESPSpain GBRUnited Kingdom 1 France Citroën Total World Rally Team 18 14 16 16 18 8 - - - - - - 90 2 USA BP Ford World Rally Team 8 14 10 8 3 18 - - - - - - 61 3 United Kingdom Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team 8 8 6 5 10 7 - - - - - - 44 4 France Citroën Junior Team 5 2 4 0 2 6 - - - - - - 19 5 ARG Munchi's Ford World Rally Team 0 0 3 4 5 0 - - - - - - 12 References External links Official site Sardegna Category:Rally Italia Sardegna Rally Sardegna