2009 Intercontinental Rally Challenge

2009 Intercontinental Rally Challenge 2008 2010 thumb|right|Kris Meeke won four of the nine rallies he contested allowing him to win the title by eleven points. The 2009 Intercontinental Rally Challenge was the fourth season of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. The season consists of twelve rounds and began on January 21, with the 77° Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo. The season ended on November 21, at the inaugural RAC Rally of Scotland. With four wins, Kris Meeke won the championship ahead of Jan Kopecký and Freddy Loix. Calendar Rd.Start dateFinish dateRallyRally headquartersSurfaceStagesDistance121 January24 JanuaryMON 77th Rallye Automobile Monte-CarloValence, DrômeMixed14362.25 km25 March7 MarchBRA 29th Rally Internacional de CuritibaCuritiba, ParanáGravel13220.38 km33 April4 AprilKEN 57th KCB Safari RallyNairobiGravel14296.39 km47 May9 MayPOR 44th SATA Rallye AçoresPonta Delgada, AzoresGravel18229.86 km518 June20 JuneBEL 45th Belgium Ypres Westhoek RallyYpres, West FlandersAsphalt16281.78 km69 July11 JulyRUS 3rd Rally RussiaVyborg, LeningradGravel15223.45 km730 July1 AugustPOR 50th Rali Vinho da MadeiraFunchal, MadeiraAsphalt21302.50 km820 August22 AugustCZE 39th Barum Rally ZlínZlín, Zlín RegionAsphalt15254.96 km910 September12 SeptemberESP 46th Rally Principe de AsturiasOviedo, AsturiasAsphalt15253.72 km1024 September26 SeptemberITA 51st Rallye SanremoSanremo, LiguriaAsphalt9201.79 kmC22 October24 OctoberJPN Rally JapanSapporo, HokkaidoGravel????1119 November21 NovemberGBR 1st Rally of ScotlandPerth, ScotlandGravel13204.50 kmSources: IRC 2009 calendar https://www.ewrc-results.com/season/2009/?nat=110 1 April 2025 eWRCWilkins Robert IRC: 2009 calendar revealed https://www.crash.net/wrc/news/122271/1/irc-2009-calendar-revealed 1 April 2025 Crash.net The calendar had been increased from 10 events in 2008, to twelve in 2009. Out went the Istanbul Rally, the Rally de Portugal, the Rallye International du Valais and the China Rally. To be replaced by the Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo, the Rally Internacional de Curitiba, the Safari Rally, the Rallye Açores, Rally Japan and the Rally of Scotland. Rally Japan was later cancelled, mainly because the major manufacturers looked unlikely to travel to Japan. Selected entries Entrant Constructor Car Driver Co-driver Rounds BEL Peugeot Team Belux Peugeot Peugeot 207 S2000 FRA Nicolas Vouilloz FRA Nicolas Klinger 1–2, 4–5, 7–10 BEL Freddy Loix BEL Isidoor Smets 1–2 BEL Frédéric Miclotte 4–5, 7–10 BEL Pieter Tsjoen BEL Eddy Chevaillier 5 FRA Team Peugeot Total FRA Stéphane Sarrazin FRA Jacques-Julien Renucci 1 POR Bruno Magalhães POR Carlos Magalhães 4, 7 ITA H.F. Grifone SRL FRA Didier Auriol FRA Denis Giraudet 1 ITA Corrado Fontana ITA Carlo Cassina 5, 7–9 ITA Luigi Fontana ITA Tullio Vitali 7 FRA BF Goodrich Drivers Team FRA Sébastien Ogier FRA Julien Ingrassia 1 BEL Thierry Neuville BEL Achim Maraite 5 CZE Martin Prokop CZE Jan Tománek 8 ITA Luca Cantamessa ITA Piercarlo Capolongo 10 GBR Adam Gould GBR Sebastian Marshall 11 GBR Peugeot UK GBR Kris Meeke IRL Paul Nagle 1–2, 4–5, 7–11 ITA F.P.F. Sport SRL ITA Tobia Cavallini ITA Flavio Zanella 1 ITA Paolo Andreucci ITA Anna Andreussi 10 ITA Marco Signor ITA Maurizio Barone 10 FRA PH Sport ZIM Conrad Rautenbach GBR Daniel Barritt 4 LUX Gilles Schammel BEL Renaud Jamoul 5 POL Cersanit Rally Team POL Michał Sołowow POL Maciek Baran 5, 7–9 UKR Tsunami Rally Team RUS Alexander Zheludov UKR Iria Kolomeytseva 6 POR Team C.D. Nacional da Madeira/Olca POR Alexandre Camacho POR Padro Calado 7 CZE Tescoma Rally Team CZE Roman Kresta CZE Petr Gross 8 HUN Peugeot Total Hungaria HUN János Tóth HUN Robert Tagai 8 ITA Island Motorsport ITA Ranato Travaglia ITA Lorenzo Granai 10 ITA Abarth & C. Spa Abarth Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 ITA Giandomenico Basso ITA Mitia Dotta 1–2, 4–9 ITA Luca Rossetti ITA Matteo Chiarcossi 1, 7–8, 10 FIN Anton Alén FIN Timo Alanne 1–2, 4, 6 BEL Bernd Casier BEL Francis Caesemaeker 5 ESP Miguel Fuster ESP Jose Vicente Medina 9 BEL François Duval FRA Denis Giraduet 10 ITA Umberto Scandola ITA Guido D'Amore 10 ITA Astra Racing FIN Toni Gardemeister FIN Tomi Tuominen 1 FRA Julien Maurin FRA Gilles Thimonier 1 ITA Procar POR Bernardo Sousa POR Jorge Carvalho 4, 7 IRL Keith Cronin IRL Greg Shinnors 11 CZE Škoda Motorsport Škoda Škoda Fabia S2000 FIN Juho Hänninen FIN Mikko Markkula 1, 4–6, 8, 10 CZE Jan Kopecký CZE Petr Starý 1, 4–6, 8–10 BEL René Georges Rally Sport BEL François Duval FRA Denis Giraudet 5 ITA Škoda Rally Team Italia FRA Julien Maurin FRA Gilles Thimonier 7, 9–10 ITA Piero Longhi ITA Maurizio Imerito 10 CZE Delimax Team CZE Pavel Valoušek CZE Zdeněk Hrůza 8 ITA E-Art Rally Team RUS Evgeny Novikov BEL Stéphane Prévot 8 ESP A.C. Principado de Asturias ESP Alberto Hevia ESP Alberto Iglesias 9 GBR Škoda Motorsport UK GBR Guy Wilks GBR Phil Pugh 11 GBR Mellors Elliot Motorsport Proton Proton Satria Neo S2000 5–10 FRA Bryan Bouffier FRA Xavier Panseri 8 GBR Alister McRae AUS Bill Hayes 11 AUT Interwetten Racing Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX AUT Franz Wittmann AUT Bernhard Ettel 1, 4–6, 8–11 FRA BPS Racing FRA Frédéric Romeyer FRA Thomas Fournel 1 ARG Tango Rally Team ARG Marcos Ligato ARG Rubén García 2 ARG Alejandro Cancio ARG Santiago García 2 KEN Triton Team KEN Lee Rose KEN Nick Patel 3 KEN Dalbit Team KEN Carl Tundo KEN Tim Jessop 3 GBR Alastair Cavenagh KEN Saleem Haji 3 POR Team Além Mar POR Ricardo Moura POR Sancho Eiró 4 POR Luís Ramalho 7 POR Ricardo Carmo POR Justino Reis 4 POR Peres Competições POR Fernando Peres POR Jose Pedro Silva 4, 7 RUS Prosport RUS Andrey Zhigunov RUS Igor Ter-Oganesiants 6 CZE EuroOil Čepro Czech National Team CZE Vaclav Pech CZE Petr Uhel 8 GBR David Bogie Rallying GBR David Bogie GBR Kevin Rae 11 GBR DGM Sport GBR Jonathan Greer GBR Dai Roberts 11 NED Heuvel Motorsport Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X NED Jasper van den Heuvel NED Martine Kolman 5, 8 RSA Sunvic Volkswagen Volkswagen Polo S2000 RSA Lola Verlaque RSA Megan Verlaque 3 BEL René Georges Rally Sport FRA Julien Maurin FRA Gilles Thimonier 4 BEL Autostal Duindistel BEL Patrick Snijers BEL Cindy Cokelaere 5 GBR Motor Sport Developments Opel Opel Corsa OPC S2000 FRA Alexandre Bengue FRA Matthieu Baumel 5 NOR Andreas Mikkelsen NOR Ola Fløene 8 FIN Toni Gardemeister FIN Tomi Tuominen 9 RUS Lada Sport Rally Honda Honda Civic Type-R R3 EST Kaspar Koitla EST Ain Heiskonen 6 EST Andres Ots 11 EST Aava-Sikk Youth Team EST Martin Kangur EST Kuldar Sikk 11 Results Round Rally name Podium finishers Rank Driver Car Time 1 MON/FRA Monte Carlo Rally(January 21–24) – Results and report1France Sébastien OgierPeugeot 207 S20004:40:45.72Belgium Freddy LoixPeugeot 207 S20004:42:29.33France Stéphane SarrazinPeugeot 207 S20004:43:07.3 2 Brazil Rallye Internacional de Curitiba(March 5–7)1UK Kris MeekePeugeot 207 S20002:08:05.72France Nicolas VouillozPeugeot 207 S20002:08:31.93Italy Giandomenico BassoFiat Abarth Grande Punto S20002:08:53.6 3 Kenya Safari Rally(April 3–4)1Kenya Carl TundoMitsubishi Lancer Evo IX2:47:25.02UK Alastair CavenaghMitsubishi Lancer Evo IX2:48:42.03Kenya Lee RoseMitsubishi Lancer Evo IX2:48:51.0 4 Portugal Rally Açores(May 7–9) 1 UK Kris Meeke Peugeot 207 S2000 2:36:48.32 CZE Jan Kopecký Škoda Fabia S2000 2:37:41.43 FRA Nicolas Vouilloz Peugeot 207 S2000 2:37:53.1 5 Belgium Belgium Ypres Westhoek Rally(June 18–20) 1 UK Kris Meeke Peugeot 207 S2000 2:32:16.32 CZE Jan Kopecký Škoda Fabia S2000 2:32:36.73 BEL Freddy Loix Peugeot 207 S2000 2:33:56.8 6 Russia Rally Russia(July 9–11) 1 FIN Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S2000 1:45:15.22 CZE Jan Kopecký Škoda Fabia S2000 1:46:36.13 ITA Giandomenico Basso Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 1:49:21:2 7 Portugal Rali Vinho da Madeira(July 30–August 1) 1 ITA Giandomenico Basso Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 3:09:55.42 POR Bruno Magalhães Peugeot 207 S2000 3:09:58.93 POR Alexandre Camacho Peugeot 207 S2000 3:10:37.1 8 CZE Barum Czech Rally Zlín(August 21–23) Results and report1 CZE Jan Kopecký Škoda Fabia S2000 2:24:21:12 UK Kris Meeke Peugeot 207 S2000 2:25:21.53 Finland Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S2000 2:26:21.9 9 Spain Rally Príncipe de Asturias(September 10–12) 1 Czech Republic Jan Kopecký Škoda Fabia S2000 2:41:51.32 UK Kris Meeke Peugeot 207 S2000 2:44:38.23 France Nicolas Vouilloz Peugeot 207 S2000 2:44:40.8 10 Italy Rallye Sanremo(September 24–26) 1 UK Kris Meeke Peugeot 207 S2000 2:20:03.52 ITA Luca Rossetti Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 2:20:19.23 FRA Nicolas Vouilloz Peugeot 207 S2000 2:20:20.4 11 GBR Rally Scotland(November 19–21) – Results and report1 UK Guy Wilks Škoda Fabia S2000 2:17:07.52 UK Alister McRae Proton Satria Neo S2000 2:19:54.83 UK Jonathan Greer Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2:22:29.3 Standings Drivers Only the best seven scores from each driver count towards the championship. Pos Driver MONMON CURBRA SAFKEN AZOPOR YPRBEL RUSRUS MADPOR ZLICZE ASTESP ITAITA SCOUK  T. Pts   Drop   Pts  1 UK Kris Meeke Ret 1 1 1 5 2 4 1 DSQ 60 60 2 CZE Jan Kopecký 4 2 2 2 1 1 Ret 49 49 3 BEL Freddy Loix 2 4 4 3 6 Ret 6 4 37 37 4 FRA Nicolas Vouilloz Ret 2 3 Ret 4 Ret 5 3 31 31 5 ITA Giandomenico Basso 5 3 Ret 8 3 1 Ret 11 28 28 6 FIN Juho Hänninen Ret Ret 5 1 3 8 21 21 7 GBR Guy Wilks Ret 5 11 Ret 22 13 1 15 15 8 FRA Sébastien Ogier 1 10 10 9 KEN Carl Tundo 1 10 10 10 POR Bruno Magalhães 9 2 8 8 11 ITA Luca Rossetti Ret Ret 10 2 8 8 12 UK Alistair Cavenagh 2 8 8 13 UK Alister McRae 2 8 8 14 AUT Franz Wittmann Ret 6 Ret 6 15 12 20 Ret 7 7 15 POR Alexandre Camacho 3 6 6 16 GBR Jonathan Greer 3 6 6 17 KEN Lee Rose 3 6 6 18 FRA Stéphane Sarrazin 3 6 6 19 EST Kaspar Koitla 10 5 6 6 20 CZE Roman Kresta 4 5 5 21 BEL Pieter Tsjoen 4 5 5 22 ITA Corrado Fontana 10 8 Ret 7 5 5 23 KEN Asad Anwar 7 5 5 24 POR Fernando Peres 5 Ret 4 4 25 ITA Paolo Andreucci 5 4 4 26 ARG Alejandro Cancio 5 4 4 27 CZE Martin Prokop 5 4 4 28 IRL Eamonn Boland 6 4 4 29 KEN Alex Horsey 12 4 4 30 FRA Frédéric Romeyer 6 3 3 31 LUX Gilles Schammel 6 3 3 32 ITA Renato Travaglia 6 3 3 33 CZE Pavel Valoušek 6 3 3 34 FIN Anton Alén Ret Ret 18 7 3 3 35 ESP Alberto Hevia 8 3 3 36 GBR William Bonniwell 9 3 3 37 BRA Rafael Túlio 9 3 3 38 KEN Quentin Mitchel 14 3 3 39 SUI Olivier Burri 7 2 2 40 NED Jesper van den Heuvel 7 2 2 41 POR Miguel Nunes 7 2 2 42 ZIM Conrad Rautenbach 7 2 2 43 HUN Janos Toth 7 2 2 44 RUS Boris Zimin 8 2 2 45 POL Michal Solowow 11 9 9 9 2 2 46 BRA Luis Tedesco 10 2 2 47 GBR Richard Nicoll 11 2 2 48 TAN Navraj Hans 16 2 2 49 POR Ricardo Moura 8 Ret 1 1 50 ITA Luca Cantamessa 8 1 1 51 CZE Václav Pech 8 1 1 52 FRA Patrick Atrtru 9 1 1 53 GBR Donnie MacDonald 12 1 1 54 BRA Marcos Tokarski 12 1 1 55 KEN Peter Horsey 18 1 1 Pos Driver MONMON CURBRA SAFKEN AZOPOR YPRBEL RUSRUS MADPOR ZLICZE ASTESP ITAITA SCOUK  T. Pts   Drop   Pts  Manufacturers Only the best seven scores from each manufacturer count towards the championship. Pos Manufacturer MONMON CURBRA SAFKEN AZOPOR YPRBEL RUSRUS MADPOR ZLICZE ASTESP ITAITA SCOUK  T. Pts   Drop   Pts  1 FRA Peugeot 18 18 0 16 16 0 14 0 14 16 0 112 112 2 CZE Škoda 5 0 0 8 12 18 0 16 13 0 10 82 82 3 JPN Ralliart 4 4 18 7 2 6 0 1 0 0 9 51 1 50 4 ITA Abarth 6 8 0 0 1 9 10 0 1 8 0 43 43 5 MYS Proton 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 8 13 13 6 JPN Honda 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 5 5 Pos Manufacturer MONMON CURBRA SAFKEN AZOPOR YPRBEL RUSRUS MADPOR ZLICZE ASTESP ITAITA SCOUK  T. Pts   Drop   Pts  References IRC 2009 at ewrc-results.com External links The official website of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge Category:Intercontinental Rally Challenge seasons