2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge

2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge 2009 2011 The 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge was the fifth season of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. The season consisted of twelve rounds and started on 19 January with the Monte Carlo Rally. The season ended on November 6, at the Cyprus Rally. Juho Hänninen became the drivers' champion after winning Rally Scotland, the third of his rally wins during the season. Hänninen also won in Argentina and Sardinia as he finished on the podium in ten of the eleven events that he contested during the season, of which three wins and four second places counted towards the championship's best seven scores rule. Škoda Motorsport team-mate Jan Kopecký finished in second place, some 18 points behind Hänninen. Although not as consistent as his team-mate, Kopecký won one event during the season, winning in the Canary Islands. Third place was claimed by the top Peugeot driver and reigning champion Kris Meeke, after a third place in Scotland took him ahead of Freddy Loix. Meeke's season was blighted by errors of which retiring from five of the eleven events he contested but did take a win in Brazil. Despite taking part in four rallies, Loix's tarmac expertise shone through, winning the events in Ypres, Belgium, Madeira and the Czech Republic as well as a third place in Sanremo. Four other drivers took victories during the season; World Rally Championship front-runner Mikko Hirvonen won a one-off outing in Monte Carlo, Bruno Magalhães took his first IRC win in the Azores, Paolo Andreucci won in Sanremo and Nasser Al-Attiyah won in Cyprus when many of the leading contenders skipped the event. Škoda took the manufacturers' championship after the Barum Rally Zlín in the Czech Republic. Calendar Rd.Start dateFinish dateRallyRally headquartersSurfaceStagesDistance119 January23 JanuaryMON 78th Rallye Automobile Monte-CarloValence, DrômeMixed14396.18 km24 March6 MarchBRA 30th Rally Internacional de CuritibaCuritiba, ParanáGravel15216.93 km319 March21 MarchARG 30th Rally ArgentinaCarlos Paz, CórdobaGravel15231.45 km429 April1 MayESP 34th Rally Islas Canarias - El Corte InglésLas Palmas, Gran CanariaAsphalt15221.59 km54 June6 JuneITA 7th Rally d'Italia SardegnaOlbia, SardiniaGravel13218.70 km624 June26 JuneBEL 46th Belgium Geko Ypres RallyYpres, West FlandersAsphalt19293.62 km715 July17 JulyPOR 45th SATA Rallye AçoresPonta Delgada, AzoresGravel19226.32 km85 August8 AugustPOR 51st Rali Vinho da MadeiraFunchal, MadeiraAsphalt21298.20 km927 August29 AugustCZE 40th Barum Rally ZlínZlín, Zlín RegionAsphalt17265.26 kmC9 September11 SeptemberESP 47th Rally Principe de AsturiasOviedo, AsturiasAsphalt13256.14 km1023 September25 SeptemberITA 52nd Rallye SanremoSanremo, LiguriaAsphalt11220.03 km1115 October17 OctoberGBR 2nd Rally of ScotlandPerth, ScotlandGravel12196.92 km124 November6 NovemberCYP 39th FxPro Cyprus RallyLimassolGravel14229.34 kmSources: IRC 2010 calendar https://www.ewrc-results.com/season/2010/?nat=110 2 April 2025 eWRCEvans David IRC reveals 2010 calendar https://www.autosport.com/erc/news/irc-reveals-2010-calendar-4434392/4434392/ 2 April 2025 Autosport The calendar consisted of twelve events run on two continents. Changes for 2010 season included the replacement of Rally Russia, Rally Japan and the Safari Rally with Rally Argentina, Rally d'Italia Sardegna and Cyprus Rally. In March it was announced that the Rally Islas Canarias would replace the Rally Principe de Asturias as the Spanish round on the schedule, moving from September to April. Selected entries M-Sport (Ford) and Subaru became the latest registered manufacturers to join the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, alongside Abarth (Fiat), Honda, Ralliart (Mitsubishi), Peugeot, Proton and Škoda. Entrant ManufacturerManufacturers http://www.ircseries.com/html/Manufacturers.asp ircseries.com Intercontinental Rally Challenge 2010-01-23 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110713054615/http://www.ircseries.com/html/Manufacturers.asp 2011-07-13 Car Driver Co-driver Tyres Rounds GBR Peugeot UK78e Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo 2010 http://www.ircseries.com/html/uploadedFiles/PDF/201011422636.1.EntryList.pdf PDF Intercontinental Rally Challenge Monte Carlo Rally 2010-01-11 2010-01-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20100214192832/http://www.ircseries.com/html/uploadedFiles/PDF/201011422636.1.EntryList.pdf# 2010-02-14 dead Peugeot Peugeot 207 S2000 GBR Kris Meeke IRL Paul Nagle BF Goodrich 1–11 FRA Peugeot France FRA Sébastien Ogier FRA Julien Ingrassia BF Goodrich 1 Pirelli 5 FRA Stéphane Sarrazin FRA Jacques-Julien Renucci BF Goodrich 1, 6 FRA Bryan Bouffier FRA Xavier Panseri 9–10 POR Peugeot Sport Portugal POR Bruno Magalhães POR Carlos Magalhães BF Goodrich 1–8, 10 AUT Interwetten Racing AUT Franz Wittmann GER Klaus Wicha BF Goodrich 1, 4–5, 9 GER Josefine Beinke 12 FRA Bryan Bouffier FRA Xavier Panseri 12 ITA Kimera Motorsport ITA Luca Betti ITA Alessandro Mattioda BF Goodrich 1 ITA Pierangelo Scalvini 5 AUT Stohl Racing http://www.ircseries.com/html/readNews.asp?id=1451 Eight IRC events for young Brazilian Oliveira ircseries.com Intercontinental Rally Challenge 2010-01-19 2010-03-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20110713055522/http://www.ircseries.com/html/readNews.asp?id=1451# 2011-07-13 dead BRA Daniel Oliveira ESP Carlos del Barrio BF Goodrich 1, 3–4, 6–10 FRA Denis Giraudet 2 BRA Armando Miranda 11–12 BEL Peugeot Team Belux BEL Thierry Neuville FRA Nicolas Klinger BF Goodrich 4–6, 9–11 BEL Pieter Tsjoen BEL Eddy Chevaillier 6 KSA Yazeed Al Rajhi Team KSA Yazeed Al Rajhi FRA Matthieu Baumel BF Goodrich 5 ITA F.P.F. Sport SRL ITA Paolo Andreucci ITA Anna Andreussi Pirelli 5, 10 TUR Peugeot Team Turkey TUR Burcu Çetinkaya TUR Çiçek Güney Yokohama 5–12 ITA Bluthunder Racing Italy ITA Corrado Fontana ITA Nicola Arena Pirelli 6, 8–9 ITA Luigi Fontana ITA Renzo Casazza 8 BEL Duindistel BEL Patrick Snijers BEL Cindy Cokelaere BF Goodrich 6 BEL Dominique Bruyneel BEL Lara Vanneste 6, 8 FRA Jean-Charles Descamps 9 POR Amarante Rally Team POR Vítor Pascoal POR Mário Castro Pirelli 7–8 ITA Power Car Team ITA Marco Tempestini ROU Dorin Pulpea Pirelli 8 POR Team C.D. Nacional da Madeira POR Miguel Nunes POR Victor Calado BF Goodrich 8 CYP Nicos Thomas Racing CYP Nicos Thomas CYP Angelos Loizides BF Goodrich 12 GBR M-Sport Ltd. M-Sport Ford Fiesta S2000 FIN Mikko Hirvonen FIN Jarmo Lehtinen Pirelli 1 FRA Julien Maurin FRA Gilles Thimonier 1 NOR Andreas Mikkelsen NOR Ola Fløene Hankook 5–7, 9–12 ARG Munchi's Ford World Rally Team ARG Federico Villagra ARG Jorge Pérez Companc Pirelli 3 ESP ESC. Ourense ESP Sergio Vallejo ESP Diego Vallejo Pirelli 4 POL Cersanit Rally Team POL Michał Sołowow POL Maciek Baran Pirelli 6 POR Team Ford Quinta do Lorde POR Bernardo Sousa POR Nuno Rodrigues da Silva Pirelli 7–8 ESP RMC Motorsport POR Miguel Campos POR Aloisio Monteiro BF Goodrich 8 CZE Czech Ford Rally Team CZE Jaromír Tarabus CZE Daniel Trunkát BF Goodrich 9, 12 CZE Martin Prokop CZE Jan Tománek Pirelli 12 ITA Car Racing ITA Umberto Scandola ITA Guido D'Amore BF Goodrich 10 QAT Barwa Rally Team QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah ITA Giovanni Bernacchini Pirelli 12 CZE Škoda Motorsport Škoda Škoda Fabia S2000 CZE Jan Kopecký CZE Petr Starý BF Goodrich 1–10 FIN Juho Hänninen FIN Mikko Markkula 1–11 FRA Nicolas Vouilloz FRA Benjamin Veillas 1 BEL Freddy Loix BEL Frédéric Miclotte 6, 8–10 GBR Škoda UK GBR Guy Wilks GBR Phil Pugh BF Goodrich 1–5, 9–11 QAT Barwa Rally Team QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah ITA Giovanni Bernacchini Pirelli 3 ESP B9 Racing ESP Alberto Hevia ESP Alberto Iglesias BF Goodrich 4 BEL René Georges Rally Sport BEL Bernd Casier BEL Francis Caesemaeker BF Goodrich 6 CZE Škoda Delimax Czech National Team CZE Pavel Valoušek CZE Zdeněk Hrůza BF Goodrich 9 CZE Mogul Racing Team CZE Roman Kresta CZE Petr Gross BF Goodrich 9 LBN Motortune Racing LBN Roger Feghali LBN Joseph Matar BF Goodrich 12 ITA Astra Racing Abarth Abarth Grande Punto S2000 FIN Toni Gardemeister FIN Tomi Tuominen BF Goodrich 1 ITA Procar ITA Luca Rossetti ITA Matteo Chiarcossi BF Goodrich 8 ITA Abarth & C. Spa 10 ITA Giandomenico Basso ITA Mitia Dotta 10 FIN Tommi Mäkinen Racing Subaru Subaru Impreza WRX STI FRA Bryan Bouffier FRA Xavier Panseri BF Goodrich 1 ARG Barattero ARG Gabriel Pozzo ARG Daniel Stillo Pirelli 3 ARG Claudio Menzi ARG Diego Cagnotti 3 ITA Motoring Club FIN Teemu Arminen FIN Tuomo Nikkola BF Goodrich 5 SMR WAR Racing ITA Luigi Ricci ITA Christine Pfister Yokohama 5 JPN Subaru Team Arai JPN Toshihiro Arai GBR Daniel Barritt Pirelli 6 BRA Intercontinental Motul Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX BRA Oswaldo Scheer BRA Gilvan Jablonski Yokohama 2 BRA Sidinei Bröering 3 BRA Eduardo Scheer BRA Geferson Pavinatto 2–3 ARG Tango Rally Team ARG Federico Bassi ARG Jorge García Quiroga BF Goodrich 3 ARG Agustín Elvíra ARG Oscar Tagle 3 ARG Agustín Rossi ARG Leonardo Suaya 3 ARG Gonzalo Monarca ARG Laureano Grigera 3 POR Team Além Mar POR Ricardo Moura POR Sancho Eiró BF Goodrich 7 POR António Costa 8 CZE EuroOil Čepro Czech National Team CZE Václav Pech CZE Petr Uhel BF Goodrich 9 JPN Advan-Piaa Rally Team JPN Fumio Nutahara JPN Hakaru Ichino Yokohama 9 GBR DGM Sport GBR Jonathan Greer GBR Dai Roberts Pirelli 11 GBR David Bogie Rallying GBR David Bogie GBR Kevin Rae Pirelli 11 CZE Kresta Racing CZE Roman Kresta CZE Petr Gross Pirelli/Hankook 12 ARG Tango Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X ARG Nicolas Madero ARG Guillermo Piazzano BF Goodrich 3 ARG Marcos Ligato ARG Rubén García 3 ARG Luciano Bernardi ARG Fabian Cretu 3 ARG Alejandro Cancio ARG Santiego García 3 ARG Juan Jose Gil de Marchi ARG Mauro Albornoz 3 ESP Escudería GPR Sport ESP Rubén Gracia ESP Diego Sanjuan BF Goodrich 4 GBR JRM Engineering SWE Per-Gunnar Andersson SWE Anders Fredriksson Pirelli 5 NED Heuvel Motorsport NED Jasper ven den Heuvel NED Martine Kolman Pirelli 6 MYS Proton R3 Malaysia Rally Team Proton Proton Satria Neo S2000 AUS Chris Atkinson BEL Stéphane Prévot BF Goodrich 6–7 GBR Alister McRae AUS Bill Hayes 6–7, 11 GBR Tom Cave GBR Craig Parry 6–7, 11 GBR Niall McShea GBR Marshall Clarke 9–10 IRL Keith Cronin IRL Barry McNulty 9, 11 FRA Gilles Panizzi MON Freddy Delorme 10 EST Catwees Honda Racing Honda Honda Civic Type-R R3 EST Siim Plangi EST Marek Sarapuu BF Goodrich 9, 11 Results Round Rally name Podium finishers Rank Driver Car Time 1 MON/FRA Monte Carlo Rally(January 19–23) — Results and report1 FIN Mikko Hirvonen Ford Fiesta S2000 4:32:58.52 FIN Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S2000 4:34:49.93 FRA Nicolas Vouilloz Škoda Fabia S2000 4:36:17.6 2 BRA Rally Internacional de Curitiba(March 4–6) — Results and report1 GBR Kris Meeke Peugeot 207 S2000 1:42:45.42 GBR Guy Wilks Škoda Fabia S2000 1:43:32.13 FIN Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S2000 1:44:05.6 3 ARG Rally Argentina(March 19–21) — Results and report1 FIN Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S2000 2:30:38.12 GBR Guy Wilks Škoda Fabia S2000 2:31:29.13 CZE Jan Kopecký Škoda Fabia S2000 2:32:58.2 4 ESP Rally Islas Canarias(April 29 – May 1) — Results and report1 CZE Jan Kopecký Škoda Fabia S2000 2:12:27.42 FIN Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S2000 2:12:36.53 GBR Guy Wilks Škoda Fabia S2000 2:13:03.8 5 ITA Rally d'Italia Sardegna(June 4–6) — Results and report1 FIN Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S2000 2:31:28.62 ITA Paolo Andreucci Peugeot 207 S2000 2:32:04.23 CZE Jan Kopecký Škoda Fabia S2000 2:32:06.8 6 BEL Ypres Rally(June 24–26) — Results and report1 BEL Freddy Loix Škoda Fabia S2000 2:35:36.92 CZE Jan Kopecký Škoda Fabia S2000 2:35:58.33 BEL Thierry Neuville Peugeot 207 S2000 2:37:42.4 7 POR Rallye Açores(July 15–17) — Results and report1 POR Bruno Magalhães Peugeot 207 S2000 2:34:00.42 GBR Kris Meeke Peugeot 207 S2000 2:35:00.53 FIN Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S2000 2:35:21.1 8 POR Rali Vinho da Madeira(August 5–7) — Results and report1 BEL Freddy Loix Škoda Fabia S2000 3:08:14.32 CZE Jan Kopecký Škoda Fabia S2000 3:08:52.13 FIN Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S2000 3:10:40.1 9 CZE Barum Czech Rally Zlín(August 27–29) — Results and report1 BEL Freddy Loix Škoda Fabia S2000 2:31:31.02 FIN Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S2000 2:31:56.03 CZE Pavel Valoušek Škoda Fabia S2000 2:32:51.2 10 ITA Rallye Sanremo(September 23–25) — Results and report1 ITA Paolo Andreucci Peugeot 207 S2000 2:35:32.72 FIN Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S2000 2:35:37.13 BEL Freddy Loix Škoda Fabia S2000 2:36:06.8 11 GBR Rally Scotland(October 15–17) — Results and report1 FIN Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S2000 2:01:07.42 NOR Andreas Mikkelsen Ford Fiesta S2000 2:01:32.93 GBR Kris Meeke Peugeot 207 S2000 2:04:31.6 12 CYP Cyprus Rally(November 4–6) — Results and report1 QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah Ford Fiesta S2000 3:11:53.52 LBN Roger Feghali Škoda Fabia S2000 3:12:24.23 CZE Martin Prokop Ford Fiesta S2000 3:16:35.5 Standings Drivers Only the best seven scores from each driver counted towards the championship. Pos Driver MONMON CURBRA ARGARG CANESP SARITA YPRBEL AZOPOR MADPOR ZLICZE SANITA SCOGBR CYPCYP  T. Pts   Drop   Pts  1 FIN Juho Hänninen 2 3 1 2 1 Ret 3 3 2 2 1 80 18 62 2 CZE Jan Kopecký 5 4 3 1 3 2 Ret 2 Ret 6 50 3 47 3 GBR Kris Meeke Ret 1 Ret 4 Ret Ret 2 Ret 4 4 3 39 39 4 BEL Freddy Loix 1 1 1 3 36 36 5 POR Bruno Magalhães 7 5 6 5 5 6 1 Ret 10 30 30 6 GBR Guy Wilks 6 2 2 3 Ret 7 Ret Ret 27 27 7 NOR Andreas Mikkelsen Ret 5 4 5 Ret 2 Ret 21 21 8 ITA Paolo Andreucci 2 1 18 18 9 BEL Thierry Neuville Ret 4 3 Ret 8 Ret 12 12 10 QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah Ret 1 10 10 11 FIN Mikko Hirvonen 1 10 10 12 LBN Roger Feghali 2 8 8 13 CZE Martin Prokop 3 6 6 14 CZE Pavel Valoušek 3 6 6 15 FRA Nicolas Vouilloz 3 6 6 16 CZE Jaromír Tarabus 8 4 6 6 17 FRA Stéphane Sarrazin 4 Ret 5 5 18 GBR David Bogie 4 5 5 19 BEL Bernd Casier 4 5 5 20 POR Miguel Nunes 4 5 5 21 ARG Gabriel Pozzo 4 5 5 22 POR Ricardo Moura 5 10 4 4 23 ITA Luca Rossetti Ret 5 4 4 24 POR Vítor Sá 5 4 4 25 CYP Nicos Thomas 5 4 4 26 ARG Federico Villagra 5 4 4 27 EST Siim Plangi Ret 6 4 4 28 POR Vítor Pascoal 6 18 3 3 29 CZE Roman Kresta Ret 6 3 3 30 BRA Eduardo Scheer 6 Ret 3 3 31 FIN Teemu Arminen 6 3 3 32 POR Filipe Freitas 6 3 3 33 ESP Alberto Hevia 6 3 3 34 CZE Václav Pech 6 3 3 35 IRL Eamonn Boland 19 7 3 3 36 BRA Daniel Oliveira 20 7 Ret Ret Ret 21 Ret Ret Ret Ret 2 2 37 ITA Giandomenico Basso 7 2 2 38 ARG Nicolás Madero 7 2 2 39 POR João Magalhães 7 2 2 40 ITA Luigi Ricci 7 2 2 41 POL Michał Sołowow 7 2 2 42 CYP Charalambos Timotheou 7 2 2 43 POR Pedro Vale 7 2 2 44 TUR Burcu Çetinkaya Ret Ret 19 44 38 8 15 2 2 45 ESP Ruben Gracia 12 2 2 46 ITA Daniele Batistini 8 1 1 47 ITA Luca Betti Ret 8 1 1 48 PAR Diego Domínguez 8 1 1 49 POR Sérgio Silva 8 1 1 50 CYP Constantinos Tingirides 8 1 1 51 FRA Jean-Sébastien Vigion 8 1 1 52 GBR Harry Hunt 34 12 Ret 49 48 9 19 1 1 53 POR Pedro Peres 9 1 1 54 BRA Marcos Tokarski 11 1 1 55 ESP Sergio Vallejo 13 1 1 Pos Driver MONMON CURBRA ARGARG CANESP SARITA YPRBEL AZOPOR MADPOR ZLICZE SANITA SCOGBR CYPCYP  T. Pts   Drop   Pts  Manufacturers Only the best seven scores from each manufacturer counted towards the championship. Pos Manufacturer MONMON CURBRA ARGARG CANESP SARITA YPRBEL AZOPOR MADPOR ZLICZE SANITA SCOGBR CYPCYP  T. Pts   Drop   Pts  1 CZE Škoda 14 14 18 18 16 18 6 18 18 14 10 8 172 52 120 2 FRA Peugeot 7 14 3 9 13 9 18 9 5 15 8 4 114 27 87 3 GBR M-Sport 10 0 4 1 0 6 5 0 5 0 9 16 56 1 55 4 JPN Ralliart 0 3 3 2 0 0 6 5 3 0 8 5 35 2 33 5 JPN Subaru 0 0 5 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 11 6 ITA Abarth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 6 Pos Manufacturer MONMON CURBRA ARGARG CANESP SARITA YPRBEL AZOPOR MADPOR ZLICZE SANITA SCOGBR CYPCYP  T. Pts   Drop   Pts  References External links The official website of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge Category:Intercontinental Rally Challenge seasons Intercontinental Rally Challenge Category:2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge season