2011 Rally Australia

February 2020 October 2011 2011 Rally Australia 21st Rally Australia 10 2011 World Rally Championship season 2011 Rallye Deutschland 2011 Rallye de France Mikko Hirvonen - 2011 Rally Australia.jpg 220px Eventual winner Mikko Hirvonen during a stage Coffs Harbour, New South Wales 8 September 11 2011 26 368.96 http://www.wrc.com/resources/110902_raitinerary.pdf 8 September 2011 Itinerary Rally Australia World Rally Championship; International Sportsworld Communicators 2 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111025091631/http://www.wrc.com/resources/110902_raitinerary.pdf 25 October 2011 dead 1246.78 Gravel FIN Mikko Hirvonen GBR Ford World Rally Team 29 24 The 2011 Rally Australia was the 21st Rally Australia and the tenth round of the 2011 World Rally Championship season. The rally took place over 8–11 September, and was based in Coffs Harbour, a coastal city in the New South Wales state of Australia. The rally was also the fifth round of the Production World Rally Championship. Rally Australia returned to the WRC calendar after a year's hiatus, and after demonstrations marred the 2009 running of the rally, held north of Coffs Harbour in the Northern Rivers area. Residents' concerns for the event meant that the rally was moved for the foreseeable future to Coffs Harbour.http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/87068 David Evans Autosport Haymarket Publications 29 September 2010 8 September 2011 Rally Australia moves to new location Ford World Rally Team's Mikko Hirvonen took his third successive Rally Australia victory, after team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala slowed tactically on the penultimate stage, in order to aid Hirvonen's chances for the drivers' championship title.http://wrc.com/news/ss25-hirvonen-moves-into-top-spot/?fid=15379 Hirvonen moves into top spot 11 September 2011 11 September 2011 World Rally Championship International Sportsworld Communicators https://web.archive.org/web/20120320091138/http://wrc.com/news/ss25-hirvonen-moves-into-top-spot/?fid=15379 20 March 2012 dead The Ford drivers had moved into the top two placings on the opening day of the rally after Citroën's Sébastien Loeb and Sébastien Ogier both had to retire from the day's proceedings and return to the rally the following day under the SupeRally regulations.http://www.wrc.com/news/ogier-not-giving-up-on-top-10-in-australia/?fid=15357 Ogier not giving up on top 10 in Australia 10 September 2011 11 September 2011 World Rally Championship International Sportsworld Communicators 25 September 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120925031835/http://www.wrc.com/news/ogier-not-giving-up-on-top-10-in-australia/?fid=15357 dead Loeb recovered to score a tenth-place finish with the Power Stage victory, to extend his championship by four points over Ogier, who slowed on the last two stages to drop from eighth to eleventh behind Loeb. Petter Solberg finished third behind the Ford pairing, 44.8 seconds in arrears, but finished over seven minutes clear of the fourth-placed driver Matthew Wilson, who matched his career-best placing from Rally Japan in 2007. Khalid Al Qassimi scored a career-best fifth place, ahead of a quartet of PWRC competitors. Hayden Paddon was the best of the PWRC competitors with sixth place overall, securing his fourth PWRC victory in succession, and the championship title as Martin Semerád – who elected not to compete at the event – could only tie Paddon on points and lose on countback.http://www.wrc.com/pwrc/news/pwrc-wrap-paddon-wins-rally-claims-title/?fid=15385 Paddon wins rally, claims title 11 September 2011 11 September 2011 World Rally Championship International Sportsworld Communicators 1 November 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111101080055/http://wrc.com/pwrc/news/pwrc-wrap-paddon-wins-rally-claims-title/?fid=15385 dead Michał Kościuszko, Oleksandr Saliuk, Jr. and Benito Guerra also scored overall championship points by finishing in the top ten. Results Event standings Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points 1. FIN Mikko Hirvonen FIN Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:35:59.0 0.0 25 2. FIN Jari-Matti Latvala FIN Miikka Anttila Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:36:13.7 14.7 20 18 points for second place, 2 points for Power Stage 3. NOR Petter Solberg GBR Chris Patterson Citroën DS3 WRC 3:36:43.8 44.8 16 15 points for third place, 1 point for Power Stage 4. GBR Matthew Wilson GBR Scott Martin Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:44:44.2 8:45.2 12 5. UAE Khalid Al Qassimi GBR Michael Orr Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:48:32.3 12:33.3 10 6. NZL Hayden Paddon NZL John Kennard Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3:53:28.3 17:29.3 8 7. POL Michał Kościuszko POL Maciej Szczepaniak Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 3:55:00.3 19:01.3 6 8. UKR Oleksandr Saliuk, Jr. UKR Pavlo Cherepin Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 3:57:07.5 21:08.5 4 9. MEX Benito Guerra ESP Borja Rozada Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 3:58:47.9 22:48.9 2 10. FRA Sébastien Loeb MON Daniel Elena Citroën DS3 WRC 4:06:01.9 30:02.9 4 1 point for tenth place, 3 points for Power Stage PWRC 1. (6.) NZL Hayden Paddon NZL John Kennard Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3:53:28.3 0.0 25 2. (7.) POL Michał Kościuszko POL Maciej Szczepaniak Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 3:55:00.3 1:32.0 18 3. (8.) UKR Oleksandr Saliuk, Jr. UKR Pavlo Cherepin Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 3:57:07.5 3:39.2 15 4. (9.) MEX Benito Guerra ESP Borja Rozada Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 3:58:47.9 5:19.6 12 5. (12.) UKR Valeriy Gorban UKR Andrey Nikolayev Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4:06:21.1 12:52.8 10 6. (16.) ITA Gianluca Linari ITA Nicola Arena Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:14:49.2 21:20.9 8 7. (17.) AUS Brendan Reeves AUS Rhianon Smyth Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:17:19.2 23:50.9 6 8. (18.) AUS Nathan Quinn AUS David Green Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 4:17:53.6 24:25.3 4 9. (20.) GBR Harry Hunt GBR Robbie Durant Citroën DS3 R3 4:25:40.9 32:12.6 2 10. (21.) ARE Bader Al Jabri IRL Stephen McAuley Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:29:41.2 36:12.9 1 Special stages DayStageTimeNameLengthWinnerTimeAvg. spd.Rally leader Leg 1(8–9 September) SS1 19:15 Coffs Jetty Precinct 1 3.77 km FRA Sébastien Ogier 2:46.1 81.71 km/h FRA Sébastien Ogier SS2 19:30 Coffs Jetty Precinct 2 3.77 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 2:41.1 84.25 km/h SS3 10:03 Shipmans 1 29.03 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 15:17.0 113.97 km/h FRA Sébastien Loeb SS4 10:58 Brooklana 1 12.78 km NOR Petter Solberg 10:01.9 76.44 km/h FRA Sébastien Ogier SS5 11:29 Ulong 1 12.45 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 6:37.9 112.64 km/h SS6 14:42 Shipmans 2 29.03 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 16:15.2 107.17 km/h FIN Mikko Hirvonen SS7 15:37 Brooklana 2 12.78 km FIN Mikko Hirvonen 10:23.1 73.84 km/h SS8 16:08 Ulong 2 12.45 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 6:55.1 107.97 km/h SS9 18:30 Coffs Jetty Precinct 3 3.77 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 2:51.0 79.37 km/h SS10 18:45 Coffs Jetty Precinct 4 3.77 km FIN Mikko Hirvonen 2:49.9 79.88 km/h Leg 2(10 September) SS11 8:33 Welshes 1 21.10 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 12:10.2 104.03 km/h FIN Jari-Matti Latvala SS12 9:21 Grace 1 19.77 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 11:10.9 106.08 km/h SS13 10:14 Valla 1 14.84 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 8:56.2 99.63 km/h SS14 10:54 Urunga 1 13.79 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 8:41.8 95.14 km/h SS15 14:02 Welshes 2 21.10 km FRA Sébastien Ogier 11:55.2 106.21 km/h SS16 14:50 Grace 2 19.77 km FRA Sébastien Ogier 10:56.0 108.49 km/h SS17 15:43 Valla 2 14.84 km FRA Sébastien Ogier 8:39.7 102.80 km/h SS18 16:23 Urunga 2 13.79 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 8:28.8 97.57 km/h SS19 18:30 Coffs Jetty Precinct 5 3.77 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 2:34.9 87.62 km/h SS20 18:45 Coffs Jetty Precinct 6 3.77 km FRA Sébastien Ogier 2:33.8 88.24 km/h Leg 3(11 September) SS21 6:56 Bucca 1 14.83 km FIN Mikko Hirvonen 7:18.3 121.81 km/h SS22 8:19 Plum Pudding 1 30.00 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 16:26.3 109.50 km/h SS23 9:32 Clarence 1 4.58 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 2:22.8 115.46 km/h SS24 12:03 Bucca 2 14.83 km FIN Mikko Hirvonen 7:10.6 123.99 km/h SS25 13:26 Plum Pudding 2 30.00 km FIN Mikko Hirvonen 16:07.8 111.59 km/h FIN Mikko Hirvonen SS26 15:30 Clarence 2 (Power stage) 4.58 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 2:18.1 119.39 km/h Power stage The "Power stage" was a live, televised 4.58 km mi on stage at the end of the rally, held in Clarence. PosDriverTimeDiff.Avg. speedPoints 1 FRA Sébastien Loeb 2:18.1 0.0 119.39 km/h 3 2 FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 2:19.3 +1.2 118.36 km/h 2 3 NOR Petter Solberg 2:19.4 +1.3 118.28 km/h 1 Standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 FRA Sébastien Loeb 196 2 FIN Mikko Hirvonen 181 3 FRA Sebastien Ogier 168 4 FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 119 5 NOR Petter Solberg 110 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 FRA Citroen Total World Rally Team 347 2 GBR Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team 285 3 GBR M-Sport Stobart Ford World Rally Team 117 4 NOR Petter Solberg World Rally Team 98 5 FIN Ice 1 Racing 48 Bold text indicates World Champion. Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References External links Results at eWRC.com Australia Rally Category:Rally Australia