2010 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship

2010 Asia-Pacific Rally season 2009 2011 The 2010 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship season is an international rally championship sanctioned by the FIA. With four-time champion Cody Crocker no longer contesting the series, it was expected to be a more open championship, and so it has proven. After five rounds of the series 1999 champion Katsuhiko Taguchi holds a three-point lead over fellow Mitsubishi driver Gaurav Gill. Taguchi won the first event of the series at Malaysia and was first registered competitor home in Japan behind veteran campaigner Toshi Arai (Subaru), but disappointing rallies in New Zealand and Australia left his early lead vulnerable. Gill was second in Malaysia and collected the points for third in Japan. Gill broke through for a points win at the Rally of Queensland, finishing over two minutes behind overall event winner, Australian Rally Championship competitor, Simon Evans (Subaru). Subaru driver Rifat Sungkar got his breakthrough points win at the New Caledonia rally, finishing second behind Pacific Cup registered racer Brendan Reeves (Subaru), putting the Indonesian driver in a clear third. The only factory team in the series the Proton R3 Malaysia Rally Team, entered a pair of S2000 class Proton Satrias for former WRC drivers Chris Atkinson and Alister McRae. The pair have pushed hard for podium finishes but have had reliability issues developing completely new cars. With the completion of Rallye de Nouvelle Calédonie, the Pacific Cup was completed. Australian driver Brendan Reeves rounded off the competition with an outright win and claiming the Pacific Cup, which takes in the Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia rallies. Reeves scored almost double the points of New Zealand Production World Rally Championship competitor, Hayden Paddon (Mitsubishi). Paddon tied for second with Glen Raymond (Mitsubishi) and Brian Green. The Asia Cup still has one round to run, Taguchi leads by two points over Gill with Hiroshi Yanagisawa third also in a Mitsubishi. Race calendar and results The 2010 APRC was as follows:2010 Events Calendar FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship http://www.fiaaprc.com/2010-calendar 2010-09-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20100626175718/http://www.fiaaprc.com/2010-calendar 2010-06-26 dead Round Date Event Location Winner 1 April 24–25 Malaysian Rally MYS Malaysia JPN Katsuhiko Taguchi 2 May 22–23 Rally Hokkaido JPN Hokkaidō, Japan JPN Toshi Arai*http://www.rallysportmag.com.au/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4760&Itemid=2 Home 15 May 2020 3 July 3–4 Rally of Whangarei NZL Whangārei, New Zealand NZL Hayden Paddon 4 July 31–August 1 Rally Queensland AUS Imbil, Australia AUS Simon Evans*http://www.rallysportmag.com.au/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5011&Itemid=2 Home 15 May 2020 5 August 28–29 Rallye de Nouvelle Calédonie FRA Nouméa, New Caledonia AUS Brendan Reeves* 6 September 25–26 Rally Indonesia IDN Indonesia event cancelledhttp://www.maxrally.com/news/entry/rally_indonesia_cancelled_aprc_reduced_to_six_rounds/ 2010-08-26 2010-09-08 Giles Wade Rally Indonesia cancelled, APRC reduced to six rounds MaxRally Mediatica https://web.archive.org/web/20100828065645/http://www.maxrally.com/news/entry/rally_indonesia_cancelled_aprc_reduced_to_six_rounds/ 28 August 2010 dead 7 November 6–7 China Rally CHN China JPN Yuya Sumiyama* * Not registered for APRC points. Championship standings The 2010 APRC for Drivers points was as follows:2010 FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship for Drivers Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile http://www.fiaaprc.com/media/2010/11/aprc-points-table-2010-after-round-6-1.pdf 2010-11-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20110711000246/http://www.fiaaprc.com/media/2010/11/aprc-points-table-2010-after-round-6-1.pdf 2011-07-11 dead Position Driver Vehicle Malaysia Hokkaido Whangarei Queensland N.Calédonie China Total 1 JPN Katsuhiko Taguchi Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 1st (37) 1st (37) 6th (8) 3rd (18) Ret100 2 IND Gaurav Gill Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 2nd (26) 3rd (23) 7th (11) 1st (37) DNS Ret97 3 GBR Alister McRae Proton Satria Neo S2000 Ret (7) Ret (3) 2nd (26) Ret (5) 1st (40)81 4 IDN Rifat Sungkar Subaru Impreza WRX Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 3rd (20) 5th (10) Ret 1st (39) Ret (2)71 5 AUS Chris Atkinson Proton Satria Neo S2000 4th (15) Ret Ret (7) 2nd (26)48 6 NZL Hayden Paddon Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 1st (39)39 7 JPN Hiroshi Yanagisawa Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X Ret 2nd (26) Ret (7)33 8 AUS Glen Raymond Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 2nd (24)24 9 FRA Alain Dalstein Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 2nd (24)24 10 NZL Dean Sumner Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 3rd (20)20 11 FRA Stephane Lechanteur-Socci Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 3rd (19)19 12 CHN Wei Hongjie Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 3rd (17)17 13 JPN Yuya Sumiyama Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 4th (16)16 14 CHN Liu Caodong Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4th (15)15 15 NZL Sloan Cox Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 4th (14)14 16 JPN Fuyuhiko Takahashi Subaru Impreza WRX STI 5th (10)10 16 CHN Li Wei Subaru Impreza WRX STI 5th (10)10 18 FRA Alexis Barbou Mitsubishi Lancer Evo Ret (5)5 18 FRA Steeve Octobon Subaru Impreza WRX STI Ret (5)5 20 AUS Brendan Reeves Subaru Impreza WRX STI Ret (2)2 20 NZL Ben Jagger Subaru Impreza WRX Ret (2)2 20 CHN Xu Jun Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X Ret (2)2 23 JPN Satoru Ito Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX Ret (1)1 References External links Official website https://web.archive.org/web/20100527055135/http://www.fiaaprc.com/ 2010-05-27 APRC Live Podcast APRC News and Video https://web.archive.org/web/20180305063408/http://www.aprc.tv/ 2018-03-05 Category:Asia-Pacific Rally Championship seasons Asia-Pacific Rally Rally Rally