2009 International Rally of Nations

August 2009 The International Rally of Nations is an international rally event held in Mexico for the first time in 2009. According to the organization, "the idea of this event is to bring the emotional side of the Olympic Games or the world cup to the automobile world with the possibility of several teams per country." The idea for the event came after the Rally Mexico was not included in the 2009 World Rally Championship due to the rotation system. The event was won by Spain's Xavier Pons and Daniel Solà, with the two drivers amassing a total of 1067.5 points. Format This Rally has a special format since, unlike other rallies, time will not be added stage by stage. Each Special Stage will give points to the top 16 drivers. A team representing a nation will consist of two cars and the points scored by each driver will be added together to determine the Nations Champion. According to the official rules: "Points will be awarded to each member of a Team per each Special Stage or Super Special Stage completed. The best-classified crew of each Team will be awarded points as Car 1, the second crew as Car 2. Each crew will be awarded points according to its overall position in the stage classification from the eligible crews (Competing for the Rally of Nations) in each Super Special Stage or Special Stage according to the following scale:" Position Car 1 Car 21st45 2nd40 303rd36 274th32 245th28 216th24 187th20 158th18 13.59th16 1210th14 10.511th12 912th10 7.513th8 614th6 4.515th4 316th2 1 The Team scoring the most points at the end of the Rally will be declared the Winner of the Rally of Nations. 2009 Entries There are some very important drivers, including former and/or World Rally Championship, Production World Rally Championship and NACAM Rally Championship champions. Team Driver Codriver Group Car AUT Austria Manfred Stohl Ilka Minor N4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo AUT Austria Andreas Aigner Daniela Weissengruber N4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo ECU Ecuador Juan Pablo Villota Juan Carlos Viteri A6 Peugeot 206 XS ECU Ecuador Camilo Rivera Juan José Rivera A6 Peugeot 206 XS FIN Corona Team Finland Harri Rovanperä Jouni Arolainen N4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo FIN Corona Team Finland Toni Gardemeister Tomi Tuominen N4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo FRA France Didier Auriol Denis Giraudet N4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo FRA France Brice Tirabassi Fabrice Gordon N4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo GBR Great Britain Phillip Morrow Damien Connolly N4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo GBR Great Britain Niall McShea Marshall Clarke N4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo GER Germany Hermann Gassner Jr. Kathi Wüstenhagen N4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo GER Germany Mark Wallenwein Stefan Kopczyk N4 Subaru Impreza WRX ITA Pirelli Team Italia Mario Isola Roberto Mometti N4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo ITA Pirelli Team Italia Stefano Marrini Matteo Braga N4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo MEX Mexico 1 Rodrigo Ordóñez Mauricio Pimentel N4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo MEX Mexico 1 José Cortés Alex Prieto N4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo MEX Mexico 2 Ricardo Triviño Checo Salom N4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo MEX Mexico 2 Rodrigo Salgado Diódoro Salgado N4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo MEX México 3 Francisco Name Armando Zapata A6 Peugeot 206 XS MEX Mexico 3 Guillermo Fonseca José Alonso López A6 Peugeot 206 XS MEX Mexico 3 Jorge González Jaime Zapata N2 Renault Clio PER Peru Humberto Tijero Michael Espinoza N3 Renault Clio PER Peru Sandro Pestana Gianpier Giacchetti A6 Peugeot 206 XS ESP Spain Dani Sola Oscar Sanchez N4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo ESP Spain Xavier Pons Alex Haro N4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo SWE Sweden Patrik Sandell Emil Axelsson N4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo SWE Sweden Per-Gunnar Andersson Anders Fredriksson N4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo URU Uruguay Felipe Guelfi Ignacio Albanell A6 Peugeot 206 XS URU Uruguay Diego Elola Pablo Irrazabal A6 Peugeot 206 XS USA United States 1 Matthew Johnson Chrissie Beavis N4 Subaru Impreza WRX USA United States 1 Kenny Bartram Dennis Hotson N4 Subaru Impreza WRX USA United States 2 Patrick Moro Ole Holter N4 Subaru Impreza STI USA United States 2 Piotr Wiktorczyk Martin Brady N4 Subaru Impreza WRX External links http://www.rallyofnations.com International Rally of Nations International Rally of Nations International Rally of Nations