2012 Rally de Portugal

Car rally Sordo vascao p2 2012.jpg Dani Sordo during Rally 2012 Rally Portugal 46º Rally de Portugal 4 2012 World Rally Championship season 2012 Rally México 2012 Rally Argentina POR Portugal Faro, Portugal 29 March 1 April 2012 22 434.77 Gravel 49 30 The 2012 Rally de Portugal was the fourth round of the 2012 World Rally Championship season and was based in Faro, Portugal. It started with a street stage in Lisbon on 29 March and concluded on 1 April after twenty-two special stages, totalling 434 competitive kilometres. Report Before the rally The rally was preceded by the "Fafe Rally Sprint", a single-stage exhibition event run over the famous Fafe stages in the country's north which was won by Ford World Rally Team driver Petter Solberg.Petter Solberg beats Sebastien Loeb to Fafe Rally Sprint win – WRC news – AUTOSPORT.com Solberg's team-mate, Jari-Matti Latvala won the rally's qualifying stage on the Wednesday before the start of the rally.Ford dominates Rally Portugal qualifying as Latvala and Solberg finish fastest – WRC news – AUTOSPORT.com Latvala elected to run seventeenth on the road as a result; by contrast, Citroën Total World Rally Team drivers Mikko Hirvonen and Sébastien Loeb elected to run first and second respectively.Ford and Citroen choose opposite running order strategy for opening stages of Rally Portugal – WRC news – AUTOSPORT.com Results Event standings Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points Overall 1. NOR Mads Østberg SWE Jonas Andersson Ford Fiesta RS WRC 4:21:16.1 0.0 25 2. RUS Evgeny Novikov FRA Denis Giraudet Ford Fiesta RS WRC 4:22:49.3 1:33.2 18 3. NOR Petter Solberg GBR Chris Patterson Ford Fiesta RS WRC 4:23:11.7 1:55.6 15 4. QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah ITA Giovanni Bernacchini Citroën DS3 WRC 4:27:21.9 6:05.8 12 5. CZE Martin Prokop CZE Zdeněk Hrůza Ford Fiesta RS WRC 4:27:25.3 6:09.2 10 6. NED Dennis Kuipers BEL Robin Buysmans Ford Fiesta RS WRC 4:28:03.4 6:47.3 8 7. FRA Sébastien Ogier FRA Julien Ingrassia Škoda Fabia S2000 4:28:25.1 7:09.0 6 8. BEL Thierry Neuville BEL Nicolas Gilsoul Citroën DS3 WRC 4:29:54.0 8:37.9 4 9. FIN Jari Ketomaa FIN Mika Stenberg Ford Fiesta RS WRC 4:31:08.9 9:52.8 2 10. NED Peter van Merksteijn Jr. BEL Eddy Chevaillier Citroën DS3 WRC 4:31:27.1 10:11.0 1 11. ESP Dani Sordo ESP Carlos del Barrio Mini John Cooper Works WRC 4:33:39.8 12:23.7 3 3 points for Power Stage 13. FIN Jari-Matti Latvala FIN Miikka Anttila Ford Fiesta RS WRC 4:38:18.7 17:02.6 2 2 points for Power Stage 14. EST Ott Tänak EST Kuldar Sikk Ford Fiesta RS WRC 4:38:31.2 17:15.1 1 1 points for Power Stage SWRC 1. (16.) NZL Hayden Paddon NZL John Kennard Škoda Fabia S2000 4:49:41.2 0.0 25 2. (17.) POL Maciej Oleksowicz POL Andrzej Obrebowski Ford Fiesta S2000 4:54:43.5 5:02.3 18 3. (18.) PRT Pedro Meireles PRT Mário Castro Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X R4 4:58:31.5 8:50.3 15 WRC Academy† † 1. GBR Alastair Fisher GBR Daniel Barritt Ford Fiesta R2 2:32:02.9 0.0 28 25 points for first place, 3 points for stage wins 2. AUS Brendan Reeves AUS Rhianon Smyth Ford Fiesta R2 2:32:43.2 40.3 20 18 points for second place, 2 points for stage wins 3. SWE Pontus Tidemand NOR Stig Rune Skjærmoen Ford Fiesta R2 2:34:08.6 2:05.7 16 15 points for third place, 1 point for stage wins 4. NED Timo van der Marel NED Erwin Berkhof Ford Fiesta R2 2:37:07.9 5:05.0 12 5. ESP Jose Antonio Suarez ESP Candido Carrera Ford Fiesta R2 2:39:37.4 7:34.5 10 6. SWE Fredrik Ahlin NOR Morten Erik Abrahamsen Ford Fiesta R2 2:42:19.6 10:16.7 11 8 points for sixth place, 3 points for stage wins 7. GBR Elfyn Evans GBR Andrew Edwards Ford Fiesta R2 2:47:58.2 15:55.3 6 8. POR João Silva POR José Janela Ford Fiesta R2 2:49:17.7 17:14.8 4 9. GBR John MacCrone GBR Stuart Loudon Ford Fiesta R2 2:52:01.9 19:59.0 2 † † – The WRC Academy features only the first 13 stages of the rally. Special stages DayStageTime (UTC+1)NameLengthWinnerTimeAvg. spd.Rally leader Leg 1(29 Mar) SS1 15:00 SSS Lisboa 3.27 km NOR Petter Solberg 2:57.1 66.47 km/h NOR Petter Solberg SS2 20:19 Gomes Aires 10.19 km NOR Petter Solberg 6:38.1 92.15 km/h SS3 20:49 Santa Clara 14.29 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 8:34.4 100.01 km/h FIN Jari-Matti Latvala SS4 21:25 Ourique 11.10 km EST Ott Tänak 6:45.5 98.55 km/h Leg 2(30 Mar) SS5 12:01 Tavira 1 25.01 km ESP Dani Sordo 17:55.3 83.73 km/h NOR Petter Solberg SS6 12:36 Alcarias 1 25.15 km ESP Dani Sordo 20:14.7 74.54 km/h FIN Mikko Hirvonen1 1 SS7 13:28 S. Brás de Alportel 1 16.18 km ESP Dani Sordo 13:11.7 73.57 km/h SS8 15:56 Tavira 2 25.01 km stages cancelled due to poor weatherhttp://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/98481 Rally of Portugal's final Friday stages called off Autosport Haymarket Publications 30 March 2012 30 March 2012 SS9 16:31 Alcarias 2 25.15 km SS10 17:23 S. Brás de Alportel 2 16.18 km Leg 3(31 Mar) SS11 09:49 Almodovar 1 26.22 km ESP Dani Sordo 16:30.8 95.27 km/h SS12 10:43 Vascao 1 25.29 km NOR Petter Solberg 17:03.5 88.95 km/h SS13 11:33 Loulé 1 22.57 km NOR Petter Solberg 15:49.7 85.56 km/h SS14 14:39 Almodovar 2 26.22 km NOR Petter Solberg 16:06.9 97.62 km/h SS15 15:33 Vascao 2 25.29 km NOR Petter Solberg 16:16.5 93.24 km/h SS16 16:23 Loulé 2 22.57 km ESP Dani Sordo 15:25.0 87.84 km/h Leg 4(1 Apr) SS17 07:59 Silves 1 21.42 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 12:01.2 106.92 km/h SS18 08:52 Santana de Serra 1 31.04 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 22:48.0 81.68 km/h SS19 09:42 Sambro 1 5.08 km NOR Petter Solberg 3:09.2 96.66 km/h SS20 12:23 Silves 2 21.42 km NOR Petter Solberg 12:05.2 106.33 km/h SS21 13:16 Santana de Serra 2 31.04 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 22:54.1 81.32 km/h SS22 14:10 Sambro 2 (Power stage) 5.08 km ESP Dani Sordo 3:10.4 96.05 km/h Notes: 1 1 — Mikko Hirvonen won the rally, but was excluded when event scrutineers found that parts in his Citroën DS3 WRC did not match the parts listed by his team. Hirvonen's exclusion mean that Adapta World Rally Team driver Mads Østberg was declared the winner Power Stage The "Power stage" was a 5.08 km mi on stage at the end of the rally.http://www.ewrc-results.com/results.php?e=3490&s=23919&t=Vodafone-Rally-de-Portugal-2012 RZ22 Sambro 2 ewrc-results.com 2 April 2012 PosDriverTimeDiff.Avg. speedPoints 1 ESP Dani Sordo 3:10.473 0.000 96.1 km/h 3 2 FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 3:10.747 +0.274 95.9 km/h 2 3 EST Ott Tänak 3:12.569 +2.096 95.0 km/h 1 Championship standings after the event Drivers' championship Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th  Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 Pos Driver MONMON SWESWE MEXMEX PORPOR ARGARG GREGRE NZLNZL FINFIN GERGER GBRGBR FRAFRA ITAITA ESPESP  Pts  1 FRA Sébastien Loeb 1 1 6 1 1 2 Ret66 2 NOR Petter Solberg 3 4 2 3 1 362 3 NOR Mads Østberg 3 4 3 153 4 FIN Mikko Hirvonen 4 2 2 2 DSQ50 5 RUS Evgeny Novikov 5 3 5 Ret 239 6 FIN Jari-Matti Latvala Ret 1 3 Ret 13 228 7 ESP Dani Sordo 2 Ret 11 121 8 QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah 21 6 420 9 EST Ott Tänak 8 Ret 5 14 315 10 CZE Martin Prokop 9 9 514 11 FRA Sébastien Ogier Ret 11 8 710 12 FRA François Delecour 68 13 NED Dennis Kuipers 68 14 POR Armindo Araújo 10 15 7 157 15 NOR Henning Solberg 13 7 DNS DNS6 16 FRA Pierre Campana 76 17 BEL Thierry Neuville Ret 12 13 84 18 SWE Patrik Sandell 8 Ret4 19 FIN Jari Ketomaa Ret 92 20 USA Ken Block 92 21 NED Peter van Merksteijn Jr. 19 101 22 MEX Ricardo Triviño 10 261 23 NOR Eyvind Brynildsen 101 Pos Driver MONMON SWESWE MEXMEX PORPOR ARGARG GREGRE NZLNZL FINFIN GERGER GBRGBR FRAFRA ITAITA ESPESP Pts Notes: 1 2 3 refers to the classification of the drivers on the 'Power Stage', where bonus points are awarded 3–2–1 for the fastest three drivers on the stage. Manufacturers' championship Pos Manufacturer MONMON SWESWE MEXMEX PORPOR ARGARG GREGRE NZLNZL FINFIN GERGER GBRGBR FRAFRA ITAITA ESPESP  Pts  1 FRA Citroën Total World Rally Team 37 28 43 0 108 2 GBR Ford World Rally Team 15 40 15 26 96 3 GBR M-Sport Ford World Rally Team 16 12 10 31 69 4 QAT Qatar World Rally Team 8 8 15 31 5 GBR Mini WRC Team† 26 26 6 FRA Citroën Junior World Rally Team 6 12 18 7 NOR Adapta World Rally Team 12 12 8 BRA Brazil World Rally Team 10 10 – POR Armindo Araújo World Rally Team‡ 4 0 – BRA Palmeirinha Rally‡ 2 0 Pos Manufacturer MONMON SWESWE MEXMEX PORPOR ARGARG GREGRE NZLNZL FINFIN GERGER GBRGBR FRAFRA ITAITA ESPESP Pts Notes: † — The Mini WRC Team lost its manufacturer status in February when parent company BMW withdrew works support from the team, demoting them to customer team status.http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/pressreleases/wrc/2012/Pages/2012-wrc-entrants.aspx 2012 FIA World Rally Championship – Entrants fia.com Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile 8 February 2012 9 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120212043305/http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/pressreleases/wrc/2012/Pages/2012-wrc-entrants.aspx 2012-02-12 deadProdrive loses status as MINI's factory World Rally Team http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97361 David Evans Autosport.com Haymarket Publications 6 February 2012 6 February 2012 The team kept the points it scored on Rallye Monte Carlo although it was no longer classified as a manufacturer entrant. They were replaced by the WRC Team Mini Portugal as the official Mini works team. ‡ — Armindo Araújo World Rally Team and Palmeirinha Rally merged to form WRC Team Mini Portugal. The points they scored at the Rallye Monte Carlo were removed from the manufacturers' championship.http://www.wrc.com/news/fia-confirms-updated-manufacturers-list/?fid=16034 FIA confirms updated manufacturers’list World Rally Championship Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile 8 February 2012 9 February 2012 12 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120212033425/http://www.wrc.com/news/fia-confirms-updated-manufacturers-list/?fid=16034 dead SWRC Drivers' championship Pos Driver MONMON SWESWE PORPOR NZLNZL FINFIN GBRGBR FRAFRA ESPESP  Pts  1 IRL Craig Breen 1 2 Ret 43 2 NZL Hayden Paddon 4 1 37 3 POL Maciej Oleksowicz 6 2 26 4 SWE Per-Gunnar Andersson Ret 1 25 5 SWE Pontus Tidemand 3 15 6 POR Pedro Meireles 3 15 7 KSA Yazeed Al-Rajhi 5 Ret 10 8 GBR Alister McRae 7 6 – ITA Giandomenico Basso Ret 0 Pos Driver MONMON SWESWE PORPOR NZLNZL FINFIN GBRGBR FRAFRA ESPESP Pts WRC Academy Drivers' Championship Pos Driver PORPOR GREGRE FINFIN GERGER FRAFRA ESPESP  Pts  1 GBR Alastair Fisher 1 3 28 2 AUS Brendan Reeves 2 2 20 3 SWE Pontus Tidemand 3 1 16 4 NED Timo van der Marel 4 12 5 SWE Fredrik Ahlin 6 3 11 6 ESP Jose Antonio Suarez 5 10 7 GBR Elfyn Evans 7 6 8 POR João Silva 8 4 9 GBR John MacCrone 9 2 — USA Christopher Duplessis Ret 0 Pos Driver PORPOR GREGRE FINFIN GERGER FRAFRA ESPESP  Pts  Notes: 1 refers to the number of stages won, where a bonus point is awarded per stage win. 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