2009 Rally Australia

2009 Rally Australia 20th Repco Rally Australia 2009 World Rally Championship 10 2009 Rally Finland 2009 Rally Catalunya AUS Australia Mikko Hirvonen - 2009 Rally Australia.jpg Eventual winner Mikko Hirvonen during day one. Kingscliff 3 6 September 2009 35 Gravel FIN Mikko Hirvonen GBR BP Ford WRT 40 25 The 2009 Repco Rally Australia was the 20th Rally Australia and the tenth round of the 2009 World Rally Championship season. The rally consisted of 35 special stages and was won on the road by Citroën's Sébastien Loeb. However, Loeb's win was short-lived as his Citroën along with those of his teammate Dani Sordo, and Sébastien Ogier were given one-minute time penalties for irregularities with their cars' anti-rollbars. Ford's Mikko Hirvonen inherited the win, for his fourth win in succession. Entries The final entry list included 40 crews. 10 drivers contested in the World Rally Car class and 14 contested in the Production World Rally Championship class. This was the first time in the season that Petter Solberg and co-driver Phil Mills did not compete in their privately entered Citroën Xsara WRC since Rally Ireland. Protests The event was disrupted by environmental activists protesting against the running of the rally, claiming that the event threatened local wildlife. One week before the rally, protesters unsuccessfully filed an injunction against the event in an effort to stop it. During the rally itself, signs were placed around the route of the rally, telling the drivers and those involved in the rally to go home.Loeb defends rally amid protests David Evans http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78294 Autosport September 4, 2009 The CTEK East stages, scheduled to be held on 4 September as the sixth and eleventh stages of the rally, were cancelled after rocks were thrown at the course car and the stage itself was blocked when protesters pulled a fence across the road.http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78305 Autosport Police warn of action on protests David Evans September 4, 2009 Early reports also emerged claiming that protesters had taken animals killed on local roads and placed them along the rally route to give the appearance that wildlife had been killed by rally cars, though these reports were later denied.August 2012 Following the cancellation of the CTEK East stages, New South Wales police announced that they would prosecute those responsible as public nuisances. Results Pos.DriverCo-driverCarTimePenaltyDifferencePoints WRC 1 FIN Mikko Hirvonen FIN Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Focus RS WRC 09 2:53:06.5 0.0 10 2 FRA Sébastien Loeb MON Daniel Elena Citroën C4 WRC 2:53:54.0 1:00 +47.5 8 3 ESP Dani Sordo ESP Marc Martí Citroën C4 WRC 2:54:11.1 1:00 +1:04.6 6 4 FIN Jari-Matti Latvala FIN Miikka Anttila Ford Focus RS WRC 09 2:54:58.5 +1:52.0 5 5 FRA Sébastien Ogier FRA Julien Ingrassia Citroën C4 WRC 2:55:29.8 1:00 +2:23.3 4 6 UK Matthew Wilson UK Scott Martin Ford Focus RS WRC 08 2:58:32.8 +5:26.3 3 7 NOR Henning Solberg NOR Cato Menkerud Ford Focus RS WRC 08 3:00:24.3 0:20 +7:17.8 2 8 ARG Federico Villagra ARG Jorge Pérez Companc Ford Focus RS WRC 08 3:00:45.9 +7:39.4 1 PWRC and class N4 1 NZL Hayden Paddon NZL John Kennard Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 3:08:42.6 0.0 - 2 CZE Martin Prokop CZE Jan Tománek Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 3:08:51.2 +8.6 10 3 NZL Richard Mason NZL Sara Mason Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3:09:33.4 +50.8 8 4 AUS Cody Crocker AUS Ben Atkinson Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3:10:26.5 +1:43.9 6 5 POR Armindo Araújo POR Miguel Ramalho Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 3:12:59.3 +4:16.7 5 6 NZL Stewart Taylor NZL Warwick Searle Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 3:14:30.3 +5:47.7 4 7 NZL John Gouasdoue NZL Scott Beckwith Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI 3:60:41.8 7:20 +21:59.2 - 8 NZL Stephen Tonna NZL Lorell Tonna Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V 3:60:41.8 2:00 +21:59.2 - 9 ITA Gianluca Linari ITA Massimo Salvucci Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3:38:52.8 +30:01.6 3 Special stages DayStageTime (AEST)NameLengthWinnerTimeRally leader 1(3-4 Sep) SS1 18:53 Tweed 1 2.55 km FRA Sébastien Ogier 1:49.0 FRA Sébastien Ogier SS2 19:08 Tweed 2 2.55 km FRA Sébastien Ogier 1:46.1 SS3 7:38 Kyogle 1 7.32 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 4:05.5 SS4 8:36 Repco 1 22.41 km FIN Mikko Hirvonen 10:27.3 FIN Jari-Matti Latvala SS5 9:24 Kyogle 2 7.32 km ESP Dani Sordo 3:59.1 SS6 10:37 CTEK East 1 11.33 km stage cancelled SS7 11:40 Mooball 1 5.85 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 4:41.7 SS8 11:58 Kidney Health 1 5.74 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 4:29.4 SS9 12:16 Castrol Edge 1 6.85 km FRA Sébastien Ogier 4:38.9 SS10 14:03 Castrol Edge East 2 6.85 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 4:29.3 SS11 15:03 CTEK East 2 11.33 km stage cancelled SS12 16:06 Mooball 2 5.85 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 4:36.7 SS13 16:24 Kidney Health 2 5.74 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 4:26.0 SS14 18:30 Tweed 3 2.55 km FRA Sébastien Ogier 1:48.1 SS15 18:45 Tweed 4 2.55 km FRA Sébastien Ogier 1:46.8 2(5 Sep) SS16 7:28 Dayco 1 20.31 km FIN Mikko Hirvonen 9:45.1 SS17 8:13 Bosch 1 18.75 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 9:26.3 SS18 9:04 Armor All 1 8.2 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 3:47.2 SS19 10:42 Urliup 5.24 km FIN Mikko Hirvonen 4:25.7 SS20 13:55 Armor All 2 8.2 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 3:42.8 SS21 14:34 CTEK West 1 8.59 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 4:28.3 FRA Sébastien Loeb SS22 15:27 Dayco 2 20.31 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 9:38.3 SS23 16:12 Bosch 2 18.75 km ESP Dani Sordo 9:30.6 FIN Mikko Hirvonen SS24 19:15 Tweed 5 2.55 km FRA Sébastien Ogier 1:47.4 SS25 19:30 Tweed 6 2.55 km FRA Sébastien Ogier 1:46.2 ESP Dani Sordo 3(6 Sep) SS26 7:14 Monroe 1 7.4 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 3:25.8 FRA Sébastien Loeb SS27 7:36 Castrol Edge West 1 21.52 km ESP Dani Sordo 10:01.9 SS28 8:37 Gondwana 1 10.88 km FIN Mikko Hirvonen 6:19.0 SS29 8:56 Upper Clarence 1 6.94 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 3:14.6 SS30 9:40 CTEK West 2 8.59 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 4:27.5 SS31 11:03 Monroe 2 7.4 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 3:21.1 SS32 11:25 Castrol Edge West 2 21.52 km ESP Dani Sordo 9:46.9 SS33 12:26 Gondwana 2 10.88 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 6:09.1 SS34 12:45 Upper Clarence 2 6.94 km FIN Jari-Matti LatvalaFRA Sébastien Ogier 3:12.2 SS35 13:27 Repco 2 22.41 km FIN Mikko Hirvonen 10:14.4 FIN Mikko Hirvonen Championship standings after the event Drivers' championship Pos Driver IRLIreland NORNorway CYPCyprus PORPortugal ARGArgentina ITAItaly GRCGreece POLPoland FINFinland AUSAustralia ESPSpain GBRUnited Kingdom  Pts  1 Finland Mikko Hirvonen 3 2 2 2 Ret 2 1 1 1 178 2 France Sébastien Loeb 1 1 1 1 1 4 Ret 7 2 273 3 Spain Dani Sordo 2 5 4 3 2 23 12 2 4 350 4 FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 14 3 12 Ret 6 1 3 Ret 3 436 5 Norway Henning Solberg 4 4 18 5 3 8 15 3 30 7 29 6 NOR Petter Solberg 6 3 4 Ret 3 Ret 4 Ret 25 7 GBR Matthew Wilson 7 7 5 Ret 5 6 14 5 8 6 23 8 France Sébastien Ogier 6 10 Ret 17 7 Ret 2 Ret 6 520 9 Argentina Federico Villagra 7 7 4 Ret 4 11 815 10 Zimbabwe Conrad Rautenbach 18 Ret 6 Ret Ret 9 5 8 Ret Ret8 11 NOR Mads Østberg 9 6 7 7 Ret Ret 7 12 UAE Khalid al-Qassimi 8 8 8 16 6 9 19 6 13 RUS Evgeny Novikov 12 Ret Ret 5 16 9 Ret4 14 Australia Chris Atkinson 54 15 Finland Matti Rantanen 54 16 Poland Krzysztof Hołowczyc 6 3 17 Finland Jari Ketomaa 7 2 18 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah 11 16 8 10EX 1 19 EST Urmo Aava 10 8 29 1 20 Greece Lambros Athanassoulas 8 1 Pos Driver IRLIreland NORNorway CYPCyprus PORPortugal ARGArgentina ITAItaly GRCGreece POLPoland FINFinland AUSAustralia ESPSpain GBRUnited Kingdom Pts Manufacturers' championship Pos Team 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 4 12 13 14 133 2 USA BP Ford World Rally Team 8 14 10 8 3 18 18 10 16 15 120 3 United Kingdom Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team 8 8 6 5 10 7 5 11 4 5 69 4 France Citroën Junior Team 5 2 4 0 2 5 6 5 4 4 37 5 ARG Munchi's Ford World Rally Team 0 0 3 4 5 0 6 0 2 1 21 References External links Official website Event at WRC.com Australia Rally Australia Category:Rally Australia Category:September 2009 sports events in Australia