2011 Wales Rally GB

Rally car race 2011 Wales Rally GB 67th Wales Rally of Great Britain 13 2011 World Rally Championship season 2011 Rally Catalunya 2011 wales rally gb by 2eight dsc0756.jpg Cardiff, Wales 10 November 13 November 2011 23 358.59 http://www.walesrallygb.com/documents/2011_WRGB_Rally_Guide_1_FINAL_web_14-5-11(2).pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20111110112246/http://www.walesrallygb.com/documents/2011_WRGB_Rally_Guide_1_FINAL_web_14-5-11(2).pdf dead 10 November 2011 16–18 PDF 10 November 2011 Itineraries Wales Rally GB Motor Sports Association 14 May 2011 1883.73 Gravel with some tarmac FIN Jari-Matti Latvala UK Ford World Rally Team 78 39 The 2011 Wales Rally GB, formally the 67th Wales Rally of Great Britain, was the thirteenth and final round of the 2011 World Rally Championship season. The rally took place over 10–13 November, and was based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The rally was also the seventh and final round of the Production World Rally Championship, and the sixth and final round of the WRC Academy. The route returned to the Great Orme stage for the first time in thirty years,http://www.walesrallygb.com/great_orme_stage.php 12 November 2011 Great Orme Stage – Thursday 10 November Wales Rally GB Motor Sports Association 9 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111105211829/http://www.walesrallygb.com/great_orme_stage.php 2011-11-05 dead as well as the Dyfnant and Dyfi East and West stages for the first time in fifteen years. Jari-Matti Latvala took his first WRC victory since 2010 Rally Finland, and the fifth of his career, after taking the lead midway through the running on Saturday. With Sébastien Loeb's retirement on Sunday after a collision on a road section,Sebastien Loeb retires from Rally GB after road section collision http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/96166 David Evans Matt Beer Autosport Haymarket Publications 13 November 2011 13 November 2011 Latvala's eventual winning margin was almost four minutes over Mads Østberg,Jari-Matti Latvala clinches Rally GB victory for Ford http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/96177 Autosport Haymarket Publications 13 November 2011 13 November 2011 who matched his best WRC result from Rally Sweden at the beginning of the season. Henning Solberg took his first podium since 2009 Rally Poland after Kris Meeke, who had been challenging Solberg for his first WRC podium, spun on the final stage of the event. Patrik Flodin took the PWRC victory to finish in second place in the class championship, while Craig Breen took the WRC Academy victory, and enough bonus points to win the championship. Report WRC Championship Sébastien Loeb and Mikko Hirvonen headed into the final round of the championship for the second time in three years as the only drivers that could claim the world title. Loeb held the lead of the championship with 222 points, having won Rally Catalunya, the event prior to Rally GB. Hirvonen was eight points in arrears,http://www.wrc.com/news/title-rivals-go-face-to-face-in-wales/?fid=15714 Title rivals go face-to-face in Wales World Rally Championship International Sportsworld Communicators 9 November 2011 10 November 2011 12 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111112190623/http://www.wrc.com/news/title-rivals-go-face-to-face-in-wales/?fid=15714 dead with a maximum of 28 points possible on the rally including Power Stage bonus points. Ultimately, the championship was decided during Friday's running when Hirvonen hit a tree stump during the first passing of the Dyfnant stage. He was forced to retire from the event after Ford deemed the damage to Hirvonen's Fiesta to be too extensive for him to rejoin.Ford explains Mikko Hirvonen's engine damage was just too severe http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/96117 David Evans Autosport Haymarket Publications 11 November 2011 13 November 2011 With Hirvonen unable to restart, Loeb claimed his eighth consecutive world title.http://www.wrc.com/news/archive/hirvonen-exit-hands-world-title-to-loeb/?fid=15748 https://archive.today/20130209124136/http://www.wrc.com/news/archive/hirvonen-exit-hands-world-title-to-loeb/?fid=15748 dead February 9, 2013 Hirvonen exit hands world title to Loeb World Rally Championship International Sportsworld Communicators 11 November 2011 12 November 2011 While running second, 7.5 seconds behind Jari-Matti Latvala, Loeb retired from the event after a head-on collision with a spectator vehicle on the liaison route between the Halfway and Crychan stages on Sunday morning. There were no injuries in the accident.Jari-Matti Latvala holds big lead after Sebastien Loeb retires in road crash http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/96169 Autosport Haymarket Publications 13 November 2011 13 November 2011 Support categories The PWRC title had already been decided prior to the rally, as Hayden Paddon had clinched the title in Australia after four wins from the first four rallies he contested. Paddon did not compete in the class in Great Britain, instead moving to an R4-specification Subaru Impreza.http://www.wrc.com/pwrc/news/class-jump-for-champion-paddon/?fid=15698 Class jump for champion Paddon World Rally Championship International Sportsworld Communicators 4 November 2011 10 November 2011 8 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120308214923/http://www.wrc.com/pwrc/news/class-jump-for-champion-paddon/?fid=15698 dead Seven drivers remained within mathematical contention for the runner-up placing, all of whom contested the event. The WRC Academy title was also yet to be decided prior to the rally, with Egon Kaur, Craig Breen and Yeray Lemes the only drivers in contention for the €500,000 scholarship given to the champion. Kaur held a 20-point lead over Breenhttp://www.wrc.com/wrc-academy/news/breen-and-kaur-prepared-for-wrc-academy-showdown/?fid=15720 Breen and Kaur prepared for WRC Academy showdown World Rally Championship International Sportsworld Communicators 10 November 2011 10 November 2011 15 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111115192619/http://www.wrc.com/wrc-academy/news/breen-and-kaur-prepared-for-wrc-academy-showdown/?fid=15720 dead and a 36-point advantage over Lemes with 42 points on offer. Breen won the event, and with numerous stage wins – including the final five stages – managed to beat Kaur for the championship title,http://www.wrc.com/wrc-academy/news/breaking-news-breen-is-wrc-academy-champion/?fid=15768 Breen is WRC Academy champion World Rally Championship International Sportsworld Communicators 12 November 2011 12 November 2011 15 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111115192614/http://www.wrc.com/wrc-academy/news/breaking-news-breen-is-wrc-academy-champion/?fid=15768 dead winning it on countback of stage wins. Results Event standings Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points Overall 1. FIN Jari-Matti Latvala FIN Miikka Anttila Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:27:03.5 0.0 26 25 points for first place, 1 point for Power Stage 2. NOR Mads Østberg SWE Jonas Andersson Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:30:46.4 3:42.9 18 3. NOR Henning Solberg AUT Ilka Minor Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:34:08.6 7:05.1 15 4. GBR Kris Meeke IRL Paul Nagle Mini John Cooper Works WRC 3:34:15.8 7:12.3 12 5. GBR Matthew Wilson GBR Scott Martin Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:36:00.8 8:57.3 10 6. EST Ott Tänak EST Kuldar Sikk Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:36:30.6 9:27.1 8 7. RUS Evgeny Novikov FRA Denis Giraudet Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:36:51.2 9:47.7 6 8. NED Dennis Kuipers BEL Frédéric Miclotte Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:37:16.2 10:12.7 4 9. USA Ken Block USA Alex Gelsomino Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:43:04.7 16:01.2 2 10. POR Armindo Araújo POR Miguel Ramalho Mini John Cooper Works WRC 3:44:05.1 17:01.6 1 PWRC 1. (14.) SWE Patrik Flodin FIN Timo Alanne Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3:49:32.2 0.0 25 2. (15.) POL Michał Kościuszko POL Maciej Szczepaniak Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 4:01:46.9 12:14.7 18 3. (16.) PER Nicolás Fuchs ARG Rubén García Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 4:02:18.7 12:46.5 15 4. (17.) RUS Dmitry Tagirov RUS Anna Zavershinskaya Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:03:22.0 13:49.8 12 5. (18.) ARE Majed Al Shamsi IRL Killian Duffy Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:03:53.4 14:21.2 10 6. (23.) UKR Oleksiy Kikireshko EST Sergey Larens Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4:11:33.8 22:01.6 8 7. (24.) GBR Harry Hunt GBR Robbie Durant Citroën DS3 R3 4:13:58.8 24:26.6 6 8. (25.) UKR Oleksandr Saliuk, Jr. UKR Pavlo Cherepin Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4:15:08.5 25:36.3 4 9. (34.) UKR Valeriy Gorban UKR Andrey Nikolayev Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4:32:54.4 43:22.2 2 WRC Academy† † 1. IRL Craig Breen GBR Gareth Roberts Ford Fiesta R2 3:06:10.7 0.0 39 25 points for first place, 14 points for stage wins 2. EST Egon Kaur EST Erik Lepikson Ford Fiesta R2 3:10:46.8 4:36.1 19 18 points for second place, 1 point for stage win 3. GBR Alastair Fisher GBR Daniel Barritt Ford Fiesta R2 3:13:14.7 7:04.0 16 15 points for third place, 1 point for stage win 4. DEU Christian Riedemann DEU Michael Wenzel Ford Fiesta R2 3:15:01.8 8:51.1 12 5. AUS Molly Taylor GBR Sebastian Marshall Ford Fiesta R2 3:17:05.0 10:54.3 11 10 points for fifth place, 1 point for stage win 6. RUS Sergey Karyakin RUS Anton Vlasyuk Ford Fiesta R2 3:19:36.9 13:26.2 8 7. DEU Valentin Hummel DEU Katja Geyer Ford Fiesta R2 3:23:04.2 16:53.5 0 Ineligible for WRC Academy points 8. ITA Andrea Crugnola ITA Michele Ferrara Ford Fiesta R2 3:25:13.8 19:03.1 4 9. ESP Yeray Lemes ESP Rogelio Peñate Ford Fiesta R2 3:25:19.5 19:08.8 2 10. EST Miko-Ove Niinemäe EST Toomas Valter Ford Fiesta R2 3:30:15.9 24:05.2 1 †† – The WRC Academy featured the first two days of the rally. Special stages DayStageTimeNameLengthWinnerTimeAvg. spd.Rally leader Leg 1(10–11 November) SS1 14:38 Great Orme 1 4.74 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 2:39.3 107.12 km/h FIN Jari-Matti Latvala SS2 14:55 Great Orme 2 4.74 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 2:40.4 106.38 km/h SS3 16:18 Clocaenog 15.77 km FIN Mikko Hirvonen 9:14.1 102.46 km/h FRA Sébastien Loeb SS4 7:33 Gartheiniog 1 19.72 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 11:18.9 104.57 km/h SS5 8:30 Dyfi West 1 10.31 km FIN Mikko Hirvonen 6:14.1 99.21 km/h SS6 8:48 Dyfi East 1 6.72 km FIN Mikko Hirvonen 3:41.5 109.22 km/h FIN Mikko Hirvonen SS7 9:43 Dyfnant 1 21.34 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 12:41.0 100.95 km/h FRA Sébastien Loeb SS8 14:18 Dyfi West 2 10.31 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 6:24.8 96.46 km/h SS9 14:36 Dyfi East 2 6.72 km GBR Kris Meeke 3:46.8 106.67 km/h SS10 14:51 Gartheiniog 2 19.72 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 11:24.3 103.74 km/h SS11 16:01 Dyfnant 2 21.34 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 12:47.1 100.15 km/h Leg 2(12 November) SS12 9:24 Hafren 1 32.14 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 18:39.1 103.39 km/h SS13 10:05 Sweet Lamb 1 4.01 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 2:48.5 85.67 km/h SS14 10:23 Myherin 1 27.88 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 15:44.6 106.25 km/h SS15 13:51 Hafren 2 32.14 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 19:11.6 100.47 km/h FIN Jari-Matti Latvala SS16 14:32 Sweet Lamb 2 4.01 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 2:50.8 84.52 km/h SS17 14:50 Myherin 2 27.88 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 15:57.4 104.83 km/h Leg 3(13 November) SS18 7:38 Halfway 1 14.93 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 8:45.6 102.26 km/h SS19 8:06 Crychan 1 22.73 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 12:29.6 109.16 km/h SS20 8:42 Monument 1 4.36 km FRA Sébastien Ogier 2:41.9 96.95 km/h SS21 10:36 Halfway 2 14.93 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 8:59.8 99.57 km/h SS22 11:04 Crychan 2 22.73 km FRA Sébastien Ogier 12:39.8 107.70 km/h SS23 12:11 Monument 2 (Power stage) 4.36 km FRA Sébastien Ogier 2:41.3 97.31 km/h Power Stage The "Power stage" was a live, televised 4.36 km mi on stage at the end of the rally, held near Builth Wells. PosDriverTimeDiff.Avg. speedPoints 1 FRA Sébastien Ogier 2:41.3 0.0 97.31 km/h 3 2 ESP Dani Sordo 2:44.0 +2.7 95.71 km/h 2 3 FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 2:44.5 +3.2 95.42 km/h 1 References External links The official website for the rally ResultsSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes at eWRC.com Wales Category:Rally GB Wales Rally Category:November 2011 sports events in the United Kingdom