2012 Intercontinental Rally Challenge

March 2012 2012 Intercontinental Rally Challenge 2011 2013 (ERC) The 2012 Intercontinental Rally Challenge was the seventh and final season of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. The season again consisted of thirteen rounds and started on 23 February with the Rallye Açores. The season ended on 3 November, at the Cyprus Rally. The season was marred by the death of Garth “Jaffa” Roberts, co-driver to Craig Breen, on stage eight of the Targa Florio Rally. Calendar Rd.Start dateFinish dateRallyRally headquartersSurfaceStagesDistance123 February25 FebruaryPOR 47th SATA Rallye AçoresPonta Delgada, AzoresGravel14177.56 km215 March17 MarchESP 36th Rally Islas Canarias - El Corte InglésLas Palmas, Gran CanariaAsphalt15240.92 km36 April7 AprilGBR 71st Circuit of Ireland RallyArmagh, Northern IrelandAsphalt15221.47 km410 May12 MayFRA 55th Tour de CorseAjaccio, CorsicaAsphalt14318.23 kmC2 June3 JuneHUN 46th Mecsek RallyePécs, BaranyaAsphalt????514 June16 JuneITA 96th Targa Florio - Rally Internazionale di SiciliaPalermo, SicilyAsphalt11151.95 km621 June23 JuneBEL 48th Belgium Geko Ypres RallyYpres, West FlandersAsphalt18287.66 km76 July7 JulySMR 40th San Marino RallySan MarinoGravel13190.30 km819 July21 JulyROM 12th Sibiu Rally RomaniaSibiu, Sibiu CountyGravel12200.20 km931 August2 SeptemberCZE 42nd Barum Rally ZlínZlín, Zlín RegionAsphalt15251.62 km1014 September16 SeptemberUKR 14th Prime Yalta RallyYalta, CrimeaAsphalt14261.87 km1128 September30 SeptemberBUL 32nd Mabanol Rally SlivenSlivenAsphalt13197.32 km1211 October13 OctoberITA 54th Rallye SanremoSanremo, LiguriaAsphalt10204.00 km132 November4 NovemberCYP 41st Cyprus RallyPaphosMixed13239.14 kmSources: IRC 2012 calendar https://www.ewrc-results.com/season/2012/?nat=110 2 April 2025 eWRCO'Leary Jamie 24 September 2011 Circuit of Ireland and three other new events on 2012 IRC calendar https://www.autosport.com/erc/news/circuit-of-ireland-and-three-other-new-events-on-2012-irc-calendar-4451210/4451210/ 2 April 2025 Autosport The calendar consisted of thirteen events run in Europe. The schedule included five new events, which were held in Sicily, Bulgaria, Ireland, Romania and San Marino. The Mecsek Rally in Hungary was dropped due to financial reasons and was replaced by the Targa Florio.Peacock Anthony Targa Florio is reborn https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/july-2012/19/targa-florio-is-reborn/ 2 April 2025 Motorsport Magazine Selected entries Constructor Car Entrant Driver Co-driver Rounds Škoda Škoda Fabia S2000 CZE Škoda Motorsport FIN Juho Hänninen FIN Mikko Markkula 1, 3, 6, 9, 12 CZE Jan Kopecký CZE Pavel Dresler 2–6, 9, 12 GBR Škoda UK NOR Andreas Mikkelsen NOR Ola Fløene 1–9, 13 AUT Red Bull Team GER Hermann Gassner GER Klaus Wicha 1–2, 4 GER Škoda Auto Deutschland GER Sepp Wiegand GER Timo Gottschalk 1–9, 13 ARE Skydive Dubai Rally Team ARE Rashid Al Ketbi ARE Khalid Al Kendi 1–2, 4–6 ESP AMP Classic Team ESP Alberto Hevia ESP Alberto Igresias 2 HUN Eurosol Racing Team HUN János Puskádi HUN Barnabás Gódor 2, 7, 12 HUN László Vizin HUN Gábor Zsiros 6, 10, 13 IRL Škoda Ireland IRL Robert Barrable IRL Damien Connolly 3 GBR Stuart Loudon 6, 9 ITA S.A. Motorsport Italia SRL ITA Umberto Scandola ITA Guido D'Amore 5, 7, 12 NED Wevers Sport BEL Pieter Tsjoen BEL Eddy Chevaillier 6 ROU Napoca Rally Academy ITA Marco Tempestini ROU Dorin Pulpea 8 ROU Jack Daniel's Rally Team HUN Gergely Szabó ROU Károly Borbély 8 ROU Škoda România Motorsport ROU Dan Gîrtofan ROU Adrian Berghea 8 CZE Adell Mogul Racing Team CZE Roman Kresta CZE Petr Gross 9 EST ME3 Rally Team EST Karl Kruuda EST Martin Järveoja 9 CZE AK Rallysport Brno CZE Jaromír Tarabus CZE Daniel Trunkát 9 SVK Rufa Sport CZE Tomáš Kostka CZE Miroslav Houšť 9 CZE Surfin CZE Emil Triner CZE Petr Machů 9 BUL Vivacom Rally Team BUL Dimitar Iliev BUL Yanaki Yanakiev 11 Peugeot Peugeot 207 S2000 ITA Delta Rally FRA Bryan Bouffier FRA Xavier Panseri 1, 4 POR Bruno Magalhães POR Carlos Magalhães 1 POR Nuno Rodrigues da Silva 12 FRA Jean-Marc Manzagol FRA Etienne Patrone 4 ESP AMP Classic Team ESP Jonathan Pérez ESP Enrique Velasco 2 ESP Canarias Sport Club ESP Luis Monzón ESP Jose Carlos Deniz 2 FRA Saintéloc Racing IRL Craig Breen GBR Gareth Roberts 3–4 IRL Paul Nagle 12 FRA Mathieu Arzeno BEL Renaud Jamoul 3–4, 8 FRA Jean-Mathieu Leandri FRA Pierre-Marien Leonardi 4 CHE Florian Gonon CHE Sandra Arlettaz 6, 9, 12 CHE Michaël Burri CHE Stéphane Rey 8 ITA Munaretto Sport FRA Pierre Campana FRA Sabrina de Castelli 4 FRA François Delecour FRA Dominique Savignoni 8 ITA F.P.F. Sport SRL ITA Paolo Andreucci ITA Anna Andreussi 5, 12 ITA Casarano Racing ITA Matteo Gamba ITA Emanuele Inglesi 5 ITA United Rally Management ITA Alessandro Perico ITA Fabrizio Carrara 5, 12 ITA HRT Motorsport IRL Craig Breen GBR Gareth Roberts 5 BEL Autostal Duindistel BEL Freddy Loix BEL Lara Vanneste 6 POL Synthos Cersanit Rally Team POL Michał Sołowow POL Maciek Baran 6, 9 BEL Autostal Atrantic BEL Mathias Viaene BEL Pieter Vyncke 6 BEL Jonas Langenakens BEL Nico Beernaert 6 BEL Philip Cracco BEL Geert Demuynck 6 FRA Peugeot Sport France FRA Germain Bonnefis FRA Olivier Fournier 7 CZE Peugeot Delimax Total Team CZE Pavel Valoušek CZE Lukáš Kostka 9 UKR 77 Rally Team UKR Yukhym Vazheyevskyy UKR Yevgen Kochkovoyi 10 BUL ASC Prestige BUL Petar Gyoshev BUL Dimitar Spasov 11 BUL Globul Rally Team BUL Krum Donchev BUL Petar Yordanov 11 ITA Power Car Team FRA Pierre Campana FRA Sabrina de Castelli 12 ITA Peugeot Sport Italia ITA Stefano Albertini ITA Simone Scattolin 12 BEL Kronos Racing GBR Harry Hunt AUS Dale Moscatt 12 Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX POR Team Além Mar POR Ricardo Moura POR Sancho Eiró 1 POR António Costa 2 POR Ricardo Carmo POR Jorge Diniz 1 POR Luís Miguel Rego POR Pedro Rodrigues 1 GBR Jennings Motorsport GBR Garry Jennings IRL Barry McNulty 3 ROU Napoca Rally Academy ROU Bogdan Marișca ROU Sebastian Itu 8 UKR Mentos Ascania Racing UKR Valeriy Gorban UKR Andriy Nikolaiev 10 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X ITA Rally Project ITA Max Rendina ITA Mario Pizzuti 5, 12 UKR Dream Team Ukraine UKR Vitaliy Pushkar UKR Ivan Mishyn 5–6, 8, 13 ROU Colina Motorsport ROU Edwin Keleti ROU Botond Csomortáni 8 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X R4 NED Heuvel Motorsport NED Jasper van den Heuvel BEL Kris Botson 6 ROU Colina Motorsport ROU Valentin Porcișteanu ROU Dan Dobre 8 UKR Odesa Rally Team UKR Vitaliy Pushkar UKR Ivan Mishyn 10, 12 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX R4 ITA Island Motorsport ITA Marco Cavigioli ITA Monica Fortunato 9–10, 12 Ford Ford Fiesta S2000 UKR Dream Team Ukraine UKR Oleksandr Saliuk UKR Pavlo Cherepin 1–2, 4 UKR Adrian Aftanaziv 6 UKR Oleksiy Tamrazov ITA Nicola Arena 1–2, 4, 6–7 FIN Mikko Pajunen FIN Kaj Lindström 10 GBR M-Sport GBR Alastair Fisher GBR Rory Kennedy 3 FRA Team Emap Yacco FRA Julien Maurin FRA Olivier Ural 4 NOR PS Engineering GBR Martin McCormack IRL David Moynihan 4 SWE Patrik Flodin SWE Göran Bergsten 6, 8–9 SWE Morgan Olsson 7 HUN Frigyes Turán HUN Gabor Zsiros 12 FIN Rali SM FIN Juha Salo FIN Marko Salminen 7 TUR Castrol Ford Team Türkiye TUR Yağiz Avci TUR Bahadir Gücenmez 10–11 LAT Sports Racing Technologies RUS Vasiliy Gryazin RUS Dmitry Chumak 13 Ford Fiesta RRC ITA Movisport ITA Giandomenico Basso ITA Mitia Dotta 4–5, 7, 12 UKR 77 Rally Team UKR Yuriy Protasov UKR Kyrylo Nesvit 10 QAT Qatar World Rally Team QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah ITA Giovanni Bernacchini 13 LBN Motortune Racing LBN Roger Feghali LBN Joseph Matar 13 SAU Yazeed Racing SAU Yazeed Al Rajhi GBR Michael Orr 13 QAT QMMF Qatar Rally Team QAT Khalid Al-Suwaidi GBR Nicky Beech 13 Subaru Subaru Impreza STi R4 ROU Napoca Rally Academy ITA Marco Tempestini ROU Dorin Pulpea 1–2, 4–5, 7, 10–13 JPN Team Arai JPN Toshihiro Arai AUS Dale Moscatt 4, 7, 9, 13 AUT Stohl Racing AUT Andreas Aigner AUT Daniela Ertl 4, 6 AUT Ilka Minor 8–9, 12–13 FIN Tommi Mäkinen Racing FIN Jarkko Nikara FIN Jarkko Kalliolepo 4, 7, 9, 13 Subaru Impreza WRX STi ROU Napoca Rally Academy ITA Simone Tempestini ITA Lucio Baggio 8, 10 UKR Xado Motorsport UKR Mykola Chmykh UKR Oleksandr Vilchynskyy 10 Renault Renault Mégane RS FRA Renault Sport Technologies FRA Robert Consani FRA Nicolas Klinger 2–6, 9–12 FRA François Delecour FRA Dominique Savignoni 4 FRA Emmanuel Guigou FRA Gabin Moreau 4 BEL Kris Princen BEL Bram Eelbode 6 Renault Clio R3 BUL Bulbet Rally Team BUL Todor Slavov BUL Dobromir Filipov 11 Mini Mini John Cooper Works S2000 GBR SMG Motorsport ESP Dani Sordo ESP Carlos del Barrio 4 BEL Autostal Duindistel BEL Patrick Snijers BEL Johan Gitsels 6 CZE EuroOil Invelt Team CZE Václav Pech CZE Petr Uhel 9 UKR AT Rally Team UKR Oleksiy Tamrazov ITA Nicola Arena 10 QAT Seashore Qatar Rally Team QAT Misfer Al-Marri ITA Nicola Arena 13 QAT Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari IRL Killian Duffy 13 Abarth Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 TUR Pegasus Racing TUR Fatih Kara TUR Guray Karacar 11 Results Round Rally name Podium finishers Rank Driver Car Time 1 POR Rallye Açores(23–25 February)1 NOR Andreas Mikkelsen Škoda Fabia S2000 2:12:43.22 FIN Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S2000 2:13:08.33 FRA Bryan Bouffier Peugeot 207 S2000 2:14:48.0 2 ESP Rally Islas Canarias(15–17 March)1 CZE Jan Kopecký Škoda Fabia S2000 2:21:46.52 NOR Andreas Mikkelsen Škoda Fabia S2000 2:22:14.83 ESP Luis Monzón Peugeot 207 S2000 2:25:00.1 3 GBR Circuit of Ireland(6–7 April) — Results and report1 FIN Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S2000 1:58:21.82 NOR Andreas Mikkelsen Škoda Fabia S2000 1:59:06.03 CZE Jan Kopecký Škoda Fabia S2000 2:00:01.3 4 FRA Tour de Corse(11–12 May)1 ESP Dani Sordo Mini John Cooper Works S2000 3:22:01.62 CZE Jan Kopecký Škoda Fabia S2000 3:22:19.53 FRA Pierre Campana Peugeot 207 S2000 3:22:34.0 5 ITA Targa Florio Rally(14–16 June)The rally was abandoned after eight stages following the death of Gareth Roberts, co-driver to Craig Breen, in a crash on stage eight.Statement following accident on stage eight http://www.ircseries.com/news/detail/id/491 IRCSeries.com Intercontinental Rally Challenge 16 June 2012 16 June 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120619054949/http://www.ircseries.com/news/detail/id/491 2012-06-19 deadCraig Breen's co-driver Gareth Roberts dies in Targa Florio crash http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/100411 Autosport Haymarket Publications 16 June 2012 16 June 2012 "N"1 CZE Jan Kopecký Škoda Fabia S2000 1:04:59.12 NOR Andreas Mikkelsen Škoda Fabia S2000 1:04:59.93 ITA Giandomenico Basso Ford Fiesta RRC 1:05:01.6 6 BEL Ypres Rally(21–24 June)1 FIN Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S2000 2:36:52.72 BEL Freddy Loix Peugeot 207 S2000 2:37:39.23 BEL Pieter Tsjoen Škoda Fabia S2000 2:39:07.3 7 SMR Rally San Marino(6–7 July)1 ITA Giandomenico Basso Ford Fiesta RRC 2:35:56.62 NOR Andreas Mikkelsen Škoda Fabia S2000 2:35:59.43 ITA Umberto Scandola Škoda Fabia S2000 2:37:38.2 8 ROM Sibiu Rally Romania(20–21 July)1 NOR Andreas Mikkelsen Škoda Fabia S2000 2:15:28.02 SWE Patrik Flodin Ford Fiesta S2000 2:21:01.83 FRA François Delecour Peugeot 207 S2000 2:27:24.9 9 CZE Barum Rally Zlín(31 August – 2 September) — Results and report1FIN Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S20002:11:28.22CZE Roman Kresta Škoda Fabia S2000 2:13:11.33CZE Tomáš KostkaŠkoda Fabia S20002:13:20.0 10 UKR Prime Yalta Rally(15–16 September)1TUR Yağiz AvciFord Fiesta S2000 3:09:58.72FRA Robert ConsaniRenault Mégane RS3:13:11.13HUN László VizinŠkoda Fabia S20003:13:37.1 11 BUL Rally Sliven(29–30 September)1BUL Dimitar IlievŠkoda Fabia S2000 1:48:58.7 2BUL Petar GyoshevPeugeot 207 S2000 1:49:09.93BUL Krum DonchevPeugeot 207 S2000 1:52:24.0 12 ITA Rallye Sanremo(12–13 October)1 ITA Giandomenico Basso Ford Fiesta RRC 2:19:03.62 CZE Jan Kopecký Škoda Fabia S2000 2:19:39.33 ITA Alessandro Perico Peugeot 207 S2000 2:21:17.3 13 CYP Cyprus Rally(2–3 November)1 QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah Ford Fiesta RRC3:16:25.22 NOR Andreas Mikkelsen Škoda Fabia S20003:20:00.53 JPN Toshihiro Arai Subaru Impreza R43:26:32.3 Notes N Standings Drivers Only the best eight scores from each driver count towards the championship. Pos Driver AZOPOR CANESP IREGBR CORFRA TARITA YPRBEL SMRSMR ROMROM ZLICZE YALUKR SLIBUL SANITA CYPCYP  Pts  1 NOR Andreas Mikkelsen 1 2 2 5 2 Ret 2 1 8 2 168 2 CZE Jan Kopecký 1 3 2 1 Ret 2 101 3 FIN Juho Hänninen 2 1 1 1 Ret 93 4 DEU Sepp Wiegand 4 4 7 8 7 4 Ret 10 5 73 5 ITA Giandomenico Basso Ret 3 1 1 65 6 QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah 1 50 7 TUR Yagiz Avci 1 5 35 8 FIN Jarkko Nikara Ret 5 Ret 4 34 9 FRA Robert Consani Ret 10 Ret 10 Ret 6 2 8 32 10 JPN Toshihiro Arai 14 Ret 11 3 30 11 SWE Patrik Flodin 5 Ret 2 15 28 12 FRA Bryan Bouffier 3 4 27 ITA Umberto Scandola 4 3 27 14 IRL Craig Breen 5 6 Ret 6 26 15 BUL Dimitar Iliev 1 25 ESP Dani Sordo 1 25 17 ITA Paolo Andreucci 5 5 20 18 FRA Pierre Campana 3 8 19 ITA Alessandro Perico 8 3 19 20 BUL Petar Gyoshev 2 18 BEL Freddy Loix 2 18 CZE Roman Kresta 2 18 IRL Robert Barrable 6 Ret 5 18 24 ROU Marco Tempestini Ret 20 Ret 17 7 Ret 5 1625 BEL Pieter Tsjoen 3 15 BUL Krum Donchev 3 15 HUN László Vizin 3 15 CZE Tomáš Kostka 3 15 ESP Luis Monzón 3 15 FRA François Delecour 3 1531 TUR Murat Bostanci 6 7 14 POL Michał Sołowow 4 9 1433 ITA Stefano Albertini 4 12 BUL Todor Slavov 4 12 CZE Jaromir Tarabus 4 12 UKR Mykola Chmykh 4 12 DEU Hermann Gassner 5 Ret 9 12 UKR Vitaliy Pushkar 23 31 4 12 FRA Mathieu Arzeno 4 11 Ret Ret 1240 ESP Jonathan Pérez 5 10 ROU Edwin Keleti 5 10 AUT Andreas Aigner 12 8 Ret 7 1043 BEL Mathias Viaene 6 8 HUN Gergély Szabó 6 Ret 8 ESP Angel Marrero 6 8 EST Karl Kruuda 6 8 ITA Matteo Gamba 6 8 POR Ricardo Moura 6 Ret 8 EST Martin Kangur 6 850 BEL Jonas Langenakens 7 6 FRA Jean-Marc Manzagol 7 6 ROU Valentin Porcisteanu 7 6 HUN János Puskádi 7 Ret 6 ITA Marco Cavigioli 7 6 UKR Oleksandr Saliuk, Jr. 7 Ret Ret Ret 656 SLO Asja Zupanc 8 4 UKR Oleksiy Panoc 8 4 GBR Garry Jennings 8 4 ITA Gabriele Noberasco 8 4 POR Sérgio Silva 8 4 UAE Rashid Al Ketbi Ret 8 22 19 15 462 BUL Stoyan Apostolov 9 2 CZE Antonín Tlusťák 9 2 UKR Stanislav Besedin 9 2 ESP Germán Hernández 9 2 HUN Miklós Bujdos 9 2 IRL Donagh Kelly 9 2 ITA Massimiliano Rendina 9 2 POR Ruben Rodrigues 9 2 ROU Bogdan Marişca 9 271 ITA Federico Gasperetti 10 1 TUR Bugra Banaz 10 1 TUR Eytan Halfon 10 1 BEL Bob Colsoul 10 1 IRL Sam Moffett 10 1 ITA Paolo Diana 10 1 POR Miguel Barbosa 10 1 ROU Alexandru Filip 10 1 FRA Jean-Mathieu Leandri 10 1 Pos Driver AZOPOR CANESP IREGBR CORFRA TARITA YPRBEL SMRSMR ROMROM ZLICZE YALUKR SLIBUL SANITA CYPCYP  Pts  Manufacturers Only the best eight scores from each manufacturer count towards the championship. Pos Manufacturer AZOPOR CANESP IREGBR CORFRA TARITA YPRBEL SMRSMR ROMROM ZLICZE YALUKR SLIBUL SANITA CYPCYP Total Drop  Pts  1 CZE Škoda 43 43 43 37 43 40 33 25 43 15 25 22 56 468 120 348 2 FRA Peugeot 15 27 27 33 22 30 0 15 18 0 33 27 0 247 30 217 3 GBR M-Sport 12 4 6 2 15 14 31 18 8 33 16 35 50 244 32 212 4 JPN Subaru 10 2 0 16 3 10 22 0 25 22 2 2 54 168 6 162 5 FRA Renault 0 7 18 12 14 1 12 22 6 18 16 14 0 140 14 126 6 JPN Honda 0 18 0 0 4 6 0 8 1 6 8 0 16 67 67 Pos Manufacturer AZOPOR CANESP IREGBR CORFRA TARITA YPRBEL SMRSMR ROMROM ZLICZE YALUKR SLIBUL SANITA CYPCYP Total Drop  Pts  References External links The official website of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge Category:Intercontinental Rally Challenge seasons