2009 World Rally Championship

37th season of the FIA World Rally Championship August 2021 2009 World Rally Championship World Drivers' Champion Sébastien Loeb World Manufacturers' Champion Citroën 2008 2010 The 2009 World Rally Championship was the 37th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of twelve rallies and began on 30 January, with Rally Ireland and ended with Rally GB on 25 October. Sébastien Loeb won the World Drivers' championship at Rally GB by one point from Mikko Hirvonen, taking his sixth consecutive crown.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/world_rally/8324857.stm Loeb secures sixth title in a row 2009-10-25 BBC Sport 2009-10-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20091028033133/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/world_rally/8324857.stm 28 October 2009 live Citroën secured their fifth Manufacturers' title, Martin Prokop won the JWRC Drivers' championship and Armindo Araujo won the PWRC Drivers' championship. thumb|Sébastien Loeb clinched a sixth successive WRC drivers' championship title. Regulation changes The number of mechanics available per car has been dropped from 12 to 8.http://argent.fia.com/web/fia-public.nsf/5B88291836FEEF5EC125754A005D2046/$FILE/2009%20WRC%20Sporting%20Regulations.pdf 2009 WRC sporting regulations (section 51.3) Calendar The 2009 championship was contested over twelve rounds in Europe, South America and Oceania. Rd.Start dateFinish dateRallyRally headquartersSurfaceStagesDistanceSupport class130 January1 FebruaryIRE 4th Rally IrelandSligo, ConnachtTarmac19349.73 kmJWRC212 February15 FebruaryNOR 23rd Rally NorwayHamar, InnlandetSnow23360.90 kmPWRC313 March15 MarchCYP 37th FxPro Cyprus RallyLemesos, Limassol DistrictMixed14332.07 kmPWRC/JWRC42 April5 AprilPOR 43rd Vodafone Rally de PortugalAlmancil, AlgarveGravel18361.36 kmPWRC/JWRC523 April26 AprilARG 29th Rally ArgentinaCarlos Paz, CórdobaGravel23331.80 kmPWRC/JWRC622 May24 MayITA 6th Rally d'Italia SardiniaOlbia, SardiniaGravel17347.12 kmPWRC/JWRC712 June14 JuneGRC 56th Acropolis Rally of GreeceLoutraki, CorinthiaGravel17371.02 kmPWRC825 June28 JunePOL 66th Orlen Platinum Rally Poland - Rajd PolskiMikołajki, Mrągowo CountyGravel18352.00 kmJWRC930 July2 AugustFIN 59th Neste Oil Rally FinlandJyväskylä, Central FinlandGravel23345.15 kmJWRC103 September6 SeptemberAUS 20th Repco Rally AustraliaKingscliff, New South WalesGravel35344.72 kmPWRC112 October4 OctoberESP 45th RallyRACC Catalunya - Costa DauradaSalou, CataloniaTarmac18353.62 kmJWRC1223 October25 OctoberGBR 65th Rally of Great BritainCardiff, WalesGravel16348.30 kmPWRCSources: Juwra 2009 WRC calendar https://www.juwra.com/calendar_2009.html 15 January 2025 Juwra Calendar changes The 2009 season included twelve rallies, which was three fewer than the 2008 season, because the FIA imposed a "Round Rotation" System in order to attract candidate rallies to have a chance to be a WRC event. Monte Carlo, Sweden, Mexico, Jordan, Turkey, Germany, New Zealand, France and Japan were dropped from the calendar for 2009, but will return at the 2010 WRC Season. Ireland, Norway, Cyprus, Portugal, Poland and Australia returned to the 2009 season. The eight events also part of the Production World Rally Championship were Norway, Cyprus, Portugal, Argentina, Italy, Greece, Australia and Rally GB. The eight rallies also on the Junior World Rally Championship schedule were Ireland, Cyprus, Portugal, Argentina, Italy, Poland, Finland and Spain. Teams and drivers In 2009 two categories are eligible to compete for the Manufacturer's championship: Manufacturer (M) must take part in all the rallies of the Championship with two cars of the same make must enter only cars corresponding to the latest homologated version of a World Rally Car in conformity with the 2009 Appendix J must inform the FIA of the name of the first driver entered for the season at the time of registration for the Championship. No change of the first driver is authorised, except in a case of force majeure. The driver of the second car may be changed for each of the rallies in the Championship Manufacturer Team (MT) must take part in a minimum of 8 Championship rallies with one or two cars; those rallies must be nominated on registering for the Championship cannot enter World Rally Cars homologated during the year 2009 and cannot use parts homologated after 2 January 2009 can only score points in the events it nominated on registering. The registered Manufacturers are Citroën Total World Rally Team and BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team; the registered Manufacturer Teams are Stobart VK M-Sport Ford, Munchi's Ford and Citroën Junior Team. All teams ran Pirelli tyres. Manufacturers Manufacturer Car TeamTyre No Drivers Co-drivers Rounds Citroën C4 WRC FRA Citroën Total World Rally TeamPirelli 1 France Sébastien Loeb Monaco Daniel Elena All 2 Spain Daniel Sordo Spain Marc Marti All Ford Focus RS WRC 08 1-5Focus RS WRC 09 6-12 GBR BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally TeamPirelli 3 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Finland Jarmo Lehtinen All 4 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala Finland Miikka Anttila All Manufacturer Teams Ford Focus RS WRC 08 United Kingdom Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally TeamPirelli 5 Estonia Urmo Aava Estonia Kuldar Sikk 1–2 United Kingdom Matthew Wilson United Kingdom Scott Martin 3–12Pirelli 6 Norway Henning Solberg Norway Cato Menkerud All ARG Munchi's Ford World Rally TeamPirelli 9 Argentina Federico Villagra Argentina Jorge Perez Companc 3, 5–6, 9–11 Argentina José Díaz 4, 7 Citroën C4 WRC FRA Citroën Junior TeamPirelli 7 Australia Chris Atkinson Belgium Stéphane Prévot 1 Russia Evgeny Novikov Australia Dale Moscatt 2–4, 6–9Pirelli 8 Zimbabwe Conrad Rautenbach United Kingdom Daniel Barritt AllPirelli 12France Sébastien OgierFrance Julien Ingrassia 2-12 World Rally Car entries ineligible to score manufacturer points Manufacturer Car TeamTyre Drivers Co-drivers RoundsCitroënC4 WRCFRA Citroën Junior TeamPirelliRussia Evgeny NovikovBelgium Stéphane Prévot11France Sébastien OgierFrance Julien Ingrassia1Germany Aaron BurkartGermany Michael Kölbach12 NOR Petter Solberg World Rally TeamPirelli Norway Petter Solberg United Kingdom Phil Mills 11-12 Xsara WRC 2–9 Ford Focus RS WRC 08 GBR BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally TeamPirelli UAE Khalid Al Qassimi United Kingdom Michael Orr 1, 3–4, 6–7, 9–12 United Kingdom Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally TeamPirelli United Kingdom Matthew Wilson United Kingdom Scott Martin 1–2Pirelli Poland Krzysztof Holowczyc Poland Lukasz Kurzeja 8Pirelli GB Steve Perez GB Paul Spooner 12PirelliGB Paul BirdGB Ian Windress11 ARG Munchi's Ford World Rally TeamPirelli Finland Matti Rantanen Finland Mikko Lukka 9Pirelli Finland Mattias Therman Finland Janne Perälä 9 Focus RS WRC 07 NED Van Merksteijn MotorsportPirelli Netherlands Peter Van Merksteijn, Sr. Belgium Erwin Mombaerts 2 Netherlands Hans van Goor 4 Focus RS WRC 06Pirelli Netherlands Peter Van Merksteijn, Jr. Belgium Eddy Chevaillier 2, 4 NED Ipatec RacingPirelli Netherlands Dennis Kuipers Netherlands Kees Hagman 4, 12Pirelli Netherlands René Kuipers Netherlands Erwin Berkhof 4 Belgium Erwin Mombaerts 12 GB Peter Stephenson GB Peter Stephenson Australia Chris Murphy 12 Focus RS WRC 04 Ireland MacHale RacingPirelli Ireland Gareth MacHale Ireland Brian Murphy 1Pirelli Ireland Aaron MacHale Ireland Killian Duffy 1Pirelli Ireland Austin MacHale Ireland Dermot O'Gorman 1 FIN Clo Racing FIN Jouni Arolainen FIN Tapio Suominen 2Pirelli FIN Risto Pietiläinen 9 Peugeot 307 WRC FRA Bozian RacingPirelli France Dany Snobeck France Gilles Mondesir 11 Škoda Fabia WRC SWE P-G Andersson RallyingPirelli SWE Per-Gunnar Andersson SWE Anders Fredriksson 2 NOR Andreas MikkelsenPirelli Norway Andreas Mikkelsen Norway Ola Fløene 8 Octavia WRC Finland Jukka Ketomäki Finland Jukka Ketomäki Finland Kai Risberg 9 Subaru Impreza WRC2008 NOR Adapta World Rally TeamPirelli Norway Mads Østberg Norway Ole Kristian Unnerud 2, 4, 6–7 Norway Veronica Engan 8 Sweden Jonas Andersson 9, 12Pirelli Norway Anders Grøndal Sweden Maria Andersson 2 GBR ProdrivePirelli Finland Marcus Grönholm Finland Timo Rautiainen 4 Impreza WRC2007 Ireland Eamonn BolandPirelli Ireland Eamonn Boland Ireland Damien Morrissey 1–2 Ireland Tim McNulty Ireland Tim McNulty Ireland Eugene O'Donnell 1 Italy Fabio Montanari Italy Fabio Montanari San Marino Silvio Stefanelli 6 FIN Ketomaa World Rally TeamPirelli Finland Jari Ketomaa Finland Mika Stenberg 9 GB Graham CoffeyPirelli GB Graham Coffey GB David Gamblin 11 Impreza WRC2004 Italy Pier Lorenzo ZanchiPirelli Italy Pier Lorenzo Zanchi Italy Dario D'Esposito 6 Team and Driver changes Subaru pulled out of the WRC at the end of the 2008 season, citing the economic downturn then affecting the automotive industry for their withdrawal, leaving Petter Solberg and Chris Atkinson without a drive.16 December 2008 Subaru join Suzuki in pulling out of WRC https://www.france24.com/en/20081216-subaru-join-suzuki-pulling-out-wrc- 1 March 2025 France24 Solberg would set up his own team for the 2009 season, running an eight year old Citroën Xsara WRC for the majority of the season, although the Norwegian did consider switching to a Peugeot 307 WRC for Rally Finland.Grassman Oliver 12 February 2009 Solberg launches comeback with own team https://www.reuters.com/article/sports/motor-sports/solberg-launches-comeback-with-own-team-idUSLB19853/ 1 March 2025 ReutersEvans David 17 June 2009 Solberg to test Peugeot 307 https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/solberg-to-test-peugeot-307-4429465/4429465/ 1 March 2025 Autosport Chris Atkinson would drive for the Citroën Junior Team in the season opener in Ireland as a one off.Klose Steane 27 December 2008 Chris Atkinson Scores A Seat With Citroen For 2009 WRC https://www.drive.com.au/news/chris-atkinson-scores-a-seat-with-citroen-for-2009-wrc/ 1 March 2025 Drive Suzuki pulled out of the WRC at the end of the 2008 season, citing the economic downturn then affecting the automotive industry for their withdrawal, leaving Toni Gardemeister and Per-Gunnar Andersson without a seat.15 December 2008 Suzuki pull out of world rally championship https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2008/dec/15/rallying 1 March 2025 The Guardian Gardemeister would leave the WRC while Andersson would do a one off round at Rally Norway in a Škoda Fabia WRC. Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team retained Henning Solberg and Matthew Wilson for 2009 and had planned to run Urmo Aava in eight rallies but was dropped after two.Panzariu Ovidiu 23 January 2009 Aava Aims for Maiden Points in Ireland https://www.autoevolution.com/news/aava-aims-for-maiden-points-in-ireland-3490.html 1 March 2025 Auto Evolution 2008 drivers François Duval and Gianluigi Galli left the WRC. Citroën set up the Citroën Junior Team as a manufacturer Team run by PH Sport who had run privateer C4’s the previous year.Beer Matt 23 January 2009 Citroen: Junior team can win too https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/citroen-junior-team-can-win-too-4426273/4426273/ 1 March 2025 Autosport Their three main drivers were 2008 JWRC champion Sébastien Ogier, Conrad Rautenbach and Evgeny Novikov. J-WRC Entries World Rally Championship – FIA Juniors – http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=930 https://web.archive.org/web/20090529011622/http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=930 29 May 2009 dead 2009-07-03 No Driver Co-driver Car Rounds 31 Germany Aaron Burkart Germany Michael Kölbach Suzuki Swift S1600 1, 3, 5–6, 9, 11 32 Poland Michał Kościuszko Poland Maciek Szczepaniak Suzuki Swift S1600 3–6, 8–9 33 Italy Simone Bertolotti Italy Luca Celestini Suzuki Swift S1600 1, 4, 6, 8–9, 11 34 Italy Luca Griotti Italy Corrado Bonato Renault Clio R3 1, 4, 6, 8–9, 11 35 France Yoann Bonato France Benjamin Boulloud Suzuki Swift S1600 1, 4, 6, 8–9, 11 36 Netherlands Hans Weijs, Jr. Belgium Bjorn Degandt Citroën C2 S1600 1, 4, 6, 8–9, 11 37 Netherlands Kevin Abbring Belgium Erwin Mombaerts Renault Clio R3 1, 4, 6, 8–9, 11 38 Czech Republic Martin Prokop Czech Republic Jan Tománek Citroën C2 S1600 1, 3, 6, 8–9, 11 39 Italy Alessandro Bettega Italy Simone Scattolin Renault Clio S1600 5 Renault Clio R3 4, 6, 8 Germany Mark Wallenwein Germany Stefan Kopczyk 9, 11 Additional guest entries† † 60 Ireland Ross Forde Ireland Arron Forde Suzuki Swift Sport 1 59 Poland Radosław Typa Poland Maciek Wislawski Citroën C2 R2 8 60 Poland Marcin Dobrowolski Poland Michal Dobrowolski Citroën C2 R2 8 59 Finland Kalle Pinomaki Finland Matti Kaskinen Renault Clio R3 9 59 Spain Jordi Martí Spain Gabriel Sánchez Renault Clio R3 11 P-WRC Entries http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=a30 World Rally Championship - P-WRC - 25 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090419174411/http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=a30 19 April 2009 dead No Driver Co-driver Car Rounds 31 Czech Republic Martin Prokop Czech Republic Jan Tománek Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2, 4–5, 7, 10, 12 32 Portugal Bernardo Sousa Portugal Jorge Carvalho Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 2–4, 6–7, 10, 12 33 Japan Toshihiro Arai Australia Glenn Macneal Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2–3, 5, 7, 10, 12 34 Italy Gianluca Linari Italy Andrea Cecchi Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2–4, 7, 10 Italy Paolo Gregoriani 6 35 Czech Republic Martin Semerád Czech Republic Bohuslav Ceplecha Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2–3 64 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 4, 6–7, 12 36 Spain Egoi Eder Valdés López Spain Daniel Lucas Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3–7, 12 37 France Frederic Sauvan France Thibault Gorczyca Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2–3, 5–6 France Sebastien Capanna 7, 12 38 Hungary Gabor Mayer Hungary Róbert Tagai Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3–7, 1239 Italy Simone Campedelli Italy Danilo FappaniMitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 3, 6 France Thomas Privé France Patrice Zurro 4 Italy Stefano Marrini Italy Roberto Mometti 5 Portugal Armindo Araujo Portugal Miguel Ramalho 10 Norway Eyvind Brynildsen France Denis Giraudet Škoda Fabia S2000 12 40 Latvia Andis Neikšāns Latvia Pēteris Dzirkals Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2–4, 6–7 United Kingdom Dave Weston, Jr. United Kingdom Iuean Thomas Subaru Impreza WRX STI 12 43 Argentina Luciano Bernardi Argentina Fabian Cretu Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 5 New Zealand Mark Tapper New Zealand Jeff Judd Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 10 65 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 4, 6–7, 12 44 Czech Republic Jaromir Tarabus Czech Republic Daniel Trunkat Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 2 Czech Republic Filip Schovánek 4 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah Italy Giovanni Bernacchini Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3 Cyprus Spyros Pavlides United Kingdom Chris Patterson 5, 12 France Denis Giraudet 7 45 Sweden Patrik Flodin Sweden Göran Bergsten Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2, 4, 6–7, 12 New Zealand Stewart Taylor New Zealand Warwick Searle Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 10 46 Sweden Patrik Sandell Sweden Emil Axelsson Škoda Fabia S2000 2–4, 6–7, 12 47 Portugal Armindo Araujo Portugal Miguel Ramalho Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2–4, 6–7, 12 48 India Gaurav Gill United Kingdom David Senior Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2–4 Germany Hermann Gassner, Jr. Germany Katharina Wustenhagen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 6, 12 Italy Stefano Marrini Italy Roberto Mometti 7 China Liu Chao Dong Australia Anthony McLoughlin 10 49 Norway Eyvind Brynildsen France Denis Giraudet Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2, 4–6, 10 Italy Giorgio Bacco Italy Nicola Arena 12 50 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah Italy Giovanni Bernacchini Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4–7, 12 New Zealand Richard Mason New Zealand Sara Mason 10 Additional guest entries† † 59 Norway Andreas Mikkelsen Norway Ola Fløene Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2 60 Norway Bernt Kollevold Norway Veronica Engan Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2 159 Cyprus Nicos Thomas Belgium Stéphane Prévot Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 3 160 Cyprus Charalambos Timotheu Cyprus Savvas Laos Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3 159 Portugal Bruno Magalhães Portugal Carlos Magalhães Peugeot 207 S2000 4 160 Portugal Ricardo Moura Portugal Paulo Fiuza Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 4 159 Argentina Gabriel Pozzo Argentina Daniel Stillo Subaru Impreza WRX STI 5 160 Argentina Marcos Ligato Argentina Rubén García Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 5 59 Greece Lambros Athanassoulas Greece Nikolaos Zakheos Škoda Fabia S2000 7 59 Australia Cody Crocker Australia Ben Atkinson Subaru Impreza WRX STI 10 60 Australia Neal Bates Australia Coral Taylor Toyota Corolla S2000 1070Finland Kimi RäikkönenFinland Kaj LindströmFiat Abarth Grande Punto S20009 †† – At each rally, the organiser may nominate two "guest drivers" from their country to score support category points. Results and standings Results and statistics Colour Rally Surface Gold Gravel Silver Tarmac Blue Snow/Ice Bronze Mixed Surface Round Rally name Podium finishers Statistics Rank Driver Car Time Stages Length Starters Finishers 1 Ireland/Northern Ireland Rally Ireland(30 January – 1 February) – Results and report1France Sébastien LoebCitroën C4 WRC2:48:25.7 (19)1 1a17 (349.65 km)1 1b310.18 km 36 282Spain Daniel SordoCitroën C4 WRC2:49:53.63Finland Mikko HirvonenFord Focus RS WRC 082:50:33.5 2 Norway Rally Norway(12 – 15 February) – Results and report1France Sébastien LoebCitroën C4 WRC3:28:15.9 23 360.90 km 42 342Finland Mikko HirvonenFord Focus RS WRC 083:28:25.73Finland Jari-Matti LatvalaFord Focus RS WRC 083:29:37.7 3 Cyprus Cyprus Rally(13 – 15 March) – Results and report1France Sébastien LoebCitroën C4 WRC4:50:34.7 14 332.07 km 32 242Finland Mikko HirvonenFord Focus RS WRC 084:51:01.93Norway Petter SolbergCitroën Xsara WRC4:52:24.1 4 Portugal Rally de Portugal(2 – 5 April) – Results and report1 FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 3:53:13.1 18 361.36 km 70 412 FIN Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 08 3:53:37.43 ESP Daniel Sordo Citroën C4 WRC 3:54:58.5 5 Argentina Rally Argentina(24 – 26 April) – Results and report1 FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 3:57:40.3 23 331.80 km 51 332 ESP Daniel Sordo Citroën C4 WRC 3:58:53.43Norway Henning Solberg Focus RS WRC 08 4:01:44.4 6 Italy Rally d'Italia Sardegna(22 – 24 May) – Results and report1FIN Jari-Matti Latvala Ford Focus RS WRC 09 4:00:55.7 17 347.12 km 59 372FIN Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 09 4:01:25.13NOR Petter Solberg Citroën Xsara WRC 4:02:53.3 7 Greece Acropolis Rally(12 – 14 June) – Results and report1FIN Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 09 4:09:42.5 (17)2 2a15 (371.02 km)2 2b341.01 km 45 322France Sébastien Ogier Citroën C4 WRC 4:10:55.43FIN Jari-Matti Latvala Ford Focus RS WRC 09 4:11:27.5 8 Poland Rally Poland(26 – 29 June) – Results and report 1 FIN Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 09 3:07:27.5 18 352.00 km 48 342 ESP Daniel Sordo Citroën C4 WRC 3:08:37.83Norway Henning Solberg Focus RS WRC 08 3:09:33.2 9 Finland Rally Finland(31 July – 2 August) – Results and report1 FIN Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 09 2:50:40.9 23 345.15 km 90 602 FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 2:51:06.03 FIN Jari-Matti Latvala Ford Focus RS WRC 09 2:51:30.8 10 Australia Rally Australia(4 – 6 September) – Results and report1 FIN Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 09 2:53:06.5 (35)3 3a33 (344.72 km)3 3b322.06 km 40 252 FRA Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 2:53:54.03 ESP Daniel Sordo Citroën C4 WRC 2:54:11.1 11 Spain Rally Catalunya(2 – 4 October) – Results and report1France Sébastien LoebCitroën C4 WRC3:22:14.7 18 353.62 km 70 522Spain Daniel SordoCitroën C4 WRC3:22:26.73Finland Mikko HirvonenFord Focus RS WRC 093:23:08.8 12 GBR Rally of Great Britain(23 – 25 October) – Results and report1France Sébastien LoebCitroën C4 WRC3:16:25.4 16 348.30 km 62 502Finland Mikko HirvonenFord Focus RS WRC 093:17:31.53Spain Daniel SordoCitroën C4 WRC3:17:32.5 Notes: 1 1 – Stages 7 (Murley) and 8 (Fardross) were cancelled.http://www.ewrc-results.com/stats.php?e=388&t=Rally-Ireland-2009 4. Rally Ireland 2009 - Event stats ewrc-results.com 9 February 2014 2 2 – Stages 3 (Evangelistria) and 16 (Loutraki 2) were cancelled.http://www.ewrc-results.com/stats.php?e=394&t=Acropolis-Rally-of-Greece-2009 56. Acropolis Rally of Greece 2009 - Event stats ewrc-results.com 9 February 2014 3 3 – Stages 6 (CTEK East 1) and 11 (CTEK East 2) were cancelled.http://www.ewrc-results.com/stats.php?e=397&t=Repco-Rally-Australia-2009 20. Repco Rally Australia 2009 - Event stats ewrc-results.com 9 February 2014 Drivers' championship Pos. Position Driver IRLIreland NORNorway CYPCyprus PORPortugal ARGArgentina ITAItaly GRCGreece POLPoland FINFinland AUSAustralia ESPSpain GBRUnited Kingdom  Pts  1 France Sébastien Loeb 1 1 1 1 1 4 Ret 7 2 2 1 193 2 Finland Mikko Hirvonen 3 2 2 2 Ret 2 1 1 1 1 3 292 3 Spain Daniel Sordo 2 5 4 3 2 22 11 2 4 3 2 364 4 FIN Jari-Matti Latvala 14 3 12 Ret 6 1 3 Ret 3 4 6 741 5 NOR Petter Solberg 6 3 4 Ret 3 Ret 4 Ret 4 4 35 6 Norway Henning Solberg 4 4 18 5 3 8 14 3 30 7 9 5 33 7 GBR Matthew Wilson 7 7 5 Ret 5 6 13 5 8 6 7 6 28 8 France Sébastien Ogier 6 10 Ret 17 7 Ret 2 Ret 6 5 5 Ret24 9 Argentina Federico Villagra 7 7 4 Ret 4 11 8 816 10 Zimbabwe Conrad Rautenbach 18 Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret 5 8 Ret Ret 11 89 11 NOR Mads Østberg 9 6 7 7 Ret Ret Ret 7 12 UAE Khalid al-Qassimi 8 8 8 15 6 9 19 14 19 6 13 RUS Evgeny Novikov 11 Ret Ret 5 15 9 Ret Ret DNS4 14 Australia Chris Atkinson 54 15 Finland Matti Rantanen 54 16 Poland Krzysztof Hołowczyc 6 3 17 Finland Jari Ketomaa 7 2 18 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah 11 16 8 9 DSQ Ret 1 19 EST Urmo Aava 10 8 29 1 20 Greece Lambros Athanassoulas 8 25 1 Pos. Position Driver IRLIreland NORNorway CYPCyprus PORPortugal ARGArgentina ITAItaly GRCGreece POLPoland FINFinland AUSAustralia ESPSpain GBRUnited Kingdom Pts Sébastien Loeb secured the drivers' championship title in Wales. Manufacturers' championship Pos. Position Manufacturer No. Car number IRLIRE NORNOR CYPCYP PORPOR ARGARG ITAITA GREGRE POLPOL FINFIN AUSAUS ESPESP GBRGBR Points 1 FRA Citroën Total World Rally Team 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 Ret 5 2 2 1 1 167 2 2 5 3 3 2 7 5 2 4 3 2 3 2 GBR BP Ford World Rally Team 3 3 2 2 2 Ret 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 140 4 7 3 7 Ret 6 1 2 Ret 3 4 5 7 3 GBR Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team 5 6 6 4 Ret 5 5 6 4 6 6 6 6 80 6 4 4 8 4 3 6 7 3 8 7 8 5 4 FRA Citroën Junior Team 7 5 7 Ret Ret 4 8 7 Ret 47 8 8 Ret 5 Ret Ret Ret 4 6 Ret 9 11 4 12 7 5 5 4 Ret5 ARG Munchi's Ford World Rally Team 9 6 5 4 Ret 3 7 8 7 23 Pos. Position Manufacturer No. Car number IRLIRE NORNOR CYPCYP PORPOR ARGARG ITAITA GREGRE POLPOL FINFIN AUSAUS ESPESP GBRGBR Points Citroën secured the manufacturers' championship in Catalunya. JWRC Drivers' championship Pos. Position Driver IRLIreland CYPCyprus PORPortugal ARGArgentina ITAItaly POLPoland FINFinland ESPSpain  Pts  1 CZE Martin Prokop 2 1 1 2 1 Ret46 2 Poland Michał Kościuszko 2 1 1 2 Ret 342 3 Germany Aaron Burkart 1 3 2 3 4 539 4 Netherlands Kevin Abbring 5 2 Ret 1 Ret 427 5 NED Hans Weijs, Jr. Ret 3 6 4 7 126 6 Italy Simone Bertolotti 3 6 7 5 6 226 7 France Yoann Bonato 4 Ret 4 3 Ret 16 8 ITA Alessandro Bettega 5 3 5 14 9 Italy Luca Griotti 6 4 Ret 7 Ret10 10 Finland Kalle Pinomaki 28 11 Spain Jordi Marti 36 12 Germany Mark Wallenwein 5 Ret4 13 Poland Radosław Typa 63 Pos. Position Driver IRLIreland CYPCyprus PORPortugal ARGArgentina ITAItaly POLPoland FINFinland ESPSpain Pts PWRC Drivers' championship Pos. Position Driver NORNorway CYPCyprus PORPortugal ARGArgentina ITAItaly GRCGreece AUSAustralia GBRUnited Kingdom  Pts  1 Portugal Armindo Araujo 4 2 1 3 2 4 42 2 CZE Martin Prokop 3 2 DSQ 4 1 139 3 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah 3 4 1 1 13 Ret31 4 Sweden Patrik Sandell 1 1 Ret 2 11 730 5 Japan Toshihiro Arai Ret 4 3 3 Ret 225 6 Norway Eyvind Brynildsen 2 3 5 5 Ret DSQ22 7 Sweden Patrik Flodin 7 Ret 4 7 612 8 Latvia Andis Neikšāns 5 5 RetEX 611 9 Greece Lambros Athanassoulas 110 10 Portugal Bernardo Sousa Ret Ret 5 Ret 49 11 NZL Mark Tapper 5 Ret 8 Ret 59 12 Argentina Marcos Ligato 28 13 New Zealand Richard Mason 28 14 ITA Gianluca Linari 11 9 6 7 10 68 15 CZE Martin Semerad 10 Ret 8 Ret Ret 37 16 Australia Cody Crocker 36 17 France Frederic Sauvan 8 7 Ret 6 12 106 18 Cyprus Spyros Pavlides 4 95 19 Hungary Gabor Mayer 8 Ret 6 8 Ret 95 20 New Zealand Stewart Taylor 54 21 CZE Jaromir Tarabus 6 Ret3 22 CYP Charalambos Timotheu 63 23 IND Gaurav Singh Gill Ret 72 24 DEU Hermann Gassner Jr. Ret 81 Pos. Position Driver NORNorway CYPCyprus PORPortugal ARGArgentina ITAItaly GRCGreece AUSAustralia GBRUnited Kingdom Pts References External links Official website of the World Rally Championship FIA World Rally Championship 2009 at ewrc-results.com Category:World Rally Championship seasons