2009 Rally Catalunya

November 2009 2009 Rally Catalunya 45è RACC Rally de Catalunya 2009 World Rally Championship 11 2009 Rally Australia 2009 Rally GB ESPSalou, Catalonia, Spain 2 4 October 2009 18 Tarmac France Sébastien Loeb France Citroën Total WRT 69 52 The 2009 RACC Rallye de Catalunya was the eleventh round of the 2009 World Rally Championship season and the 45th running of Rally Catalunya. The rally consisted of 18 special stages and took place between October 2–4, 2009. Citroën's Sébastien Loeb and Dani Sordo took their fourth Catalunya double win in a row.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/oct/04/sebastien-loeb-rally-de-espana Sébastien Loeb wins in Spain to take championship contest to final race 2009-10-04 Guardian 2009-10-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20091007015606/http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/oct/04/sebastien-loeb-rally-de-espana 7 October 2009 live Loeb's title rival Mikko Hirvonen of Ford finished third and will head to the season-ending Rally GB with a one-point lead over Loeb. Petter Solberg made his debut in a Citroën C4 WRC, finishing fourth and recording four stage wins. Results Pos.DriverCo-driverCarTimePenaltyDifferencePoints WRC 1 FRA Sébastien Loeb MON Daniel Elena Citroën C4 WRC 3:22:14.7 0.0 10 2 ESP Dani Sordo ESP Marc Martí Citroën C4 WRC 3:22:26.7 +12.0 8 3 FIN Mikko Hirvonen FIN Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Focus RS WRC 09 3:23:08.8 +54.1 6 4 NOR Petter Solberg UK Phil Mills Citroën C4 WRC 3:23:27.1 +1:12.4 5 5 FRA Sébastien Ogier FRA Julien Ingrassia Citroën C4 WRC 3:23:56.3 +1:41.6 4 6 FIN Jari-Matti Latvala FIN Miikka Anttila Ford Focus RS WRC 09 3:25:04.5 +2:49.8 3 7 UK Matthew Wilson UK Scott Martin Ford Focus RS WRC 08 3:29:30.2 +7:15.5 2 8 ARG Federico Villagra ARG Jorge Pérez Companc Ford Focus RS WRC 08 3:30:42.8 +8:28.1 1 JWRC 1 NED Hans Weijs BEL Bjorn Degandt Citroën C2 S1600 3:40:25.5 0:10 0.0 10 2 ITA Simone Bertolotti ITA Luca Celestini Suzuki Swift S1600 3:45:24.6 +4:49.1 8 3 ESP Jordi Martí ESP Gabriel Sánchez Renault Clio Sport R3 3:45:58.3 1:00 +6:22.8 6 4 NED Kevin Abbring BEL Erwin Mombaerts Renault Clio RS R3 3:55:18.1 0:20 +15:02.6 5 5 DEU Aaron Nikolai Burkart DEU Michael Kölbach Suzuki Swift S1600 4:06:48.5 +26:13.0 4 Special stages DayStageTime (CEST)NameLengthWinnerTimeRally leader 1(2 Oct) SS1 08:46 La Mussara 1 20.48 km ESP Dani Sordo 11:33.4 ESP Dani Sordo SS2 10:24 Querol 1 21.26 km ESP Dani Sordo 11:22.0 SS3 11:07 El Montmell 1 24.14 km ESP Dani Sordo 12:37.6 SS4 13:54 La Mussara 2 20.48 km ESP Dani Sordo 11:17.4 SS5 15:32 Querol 2 21.26 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 11:17.4 SS6 16:15 El Montmell 2 24.14 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 12:34.2 2(3 Oct) SS7 9:14 El Priorat/La Ribera d'Ebre 1 38.27 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 21:44.6 FRA Sébastien Loeb SS8 10:27 Les Garrigues 1 8.6 km FRA Sébastien Ogier 5:05.5 SS9 10:58 La Llena 1 17.12 km ESP Dani Sordo 9:38.1 ESP Dani Sordo SS10 14:17 El Priorat/La Ribera d'Ebre 2 38.27 km FRA Sébastien Ogier 21:46.1 SS11 15:30 Les Garrigues 2 8.6 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 5:06.0 SS12 16:01 La Llena 2 17.12 km NOR Petter Solberg 9:49.0 FRA Sébastien Loeb 3(4 Oct) SS13 08:05 Riudecanyes 1 16.32 km ESP Dani Sordo 10:32.6 SS14 09:06 Santa Marina 1 26.51 km NOR Petter Solberg 15:52.3 SS15 10:02 La Serra d'Almos 1 4.11 km FRA Sébastien Loeb 2:37.8 SS16 12:01 Riudecanyes 2 16.32 km NOR Petter Solberg 10:32.8 SS17 13:02 Santa Marina 2 26.51 km NOR Petter Solberg 15:53.9 SS18 13:58 La Serra d'Almos 2 4.11 km FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 2:39.5 References External links Official website https://web.archive.org/web/20140626175106/http://www.rallyracc.com/ 2014-06-26 Event at WRC.com Catalunya Category:Rally Catalunya Catalunya Category:2009 in Catalan sport Category:Sport in the Province of Tarragona