FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP
RALLY DE ESPANA
(01 - 04 OCTOBER 2009)
RALLY NEWS
The Citroën Total World Rally Team crew of Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena today won Rally de España, their fifth consecutive victory in Spain. Team-mates Dani Sordo and Marc Marti finished second, just 12 seconds adrift, with Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen third for the BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team.
Citroën’s one-two in Spain means it retains the FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers with one round remaining (subject to the official publication of the results by the FIA). In the FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers, the fight for the title will go to the final round in Wales with Hirvonen still heading Loeb, but now by just one point.
Today’s route took in another six stages and 93.88 competitive kilometres. Positions at the top of the leaderboard remained unchanged throughout the day and the only leading retirement was that of Evgeny Novikov, who crashed out for the second time this weekend.
The FIA World Rally Championship now heads to Wales for the final and decisive round of the 2009 series, the Rally of Great Britain (22-25 October).
Rally de España – Final Results (subject to final scrutineering)
1. Sébastien Loeb/Daniel Elena
2. Dani Sordo/Marc Marti
3. Mikko Hirvonen/Jarmo Lehtinen
4. Petter Solberg/Phil Mills
5. Sébastien Ogier/Julien Ingrassia
6. Jari-Matti Latvala/Miikka Anttila
7. Matthew Wilson/Scott Martin
8. Federico Villagra/Jorge P Companc |
Citroën C4 WRC
Citroën C4 WRC
Ford Focus RS WRC
Citroën C4 WRC
Citroën C4 WRC
Ford Focus RS WRC
Ford Focus RS WRC
Ford Focus RS WRC |
3 hr 22 min 14.7sec
3 hr 22 min 26.7sec
3 hr 23 min 08.8sec
3 hr 23 min 27.1sec
3 hr 23 min 56.3sec
3 hr 25 min 04.5sec
3 hr 29 min 30.2sec
3 hr 30 min 42.8sec |
FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers (after 11 of 12 rounds)
Mikko Hirvonen (FIN)
Sébastien Loeb (F)
Dani Sordo (E)
Jari-Matti Latvala (FIN)
Petter Solberg (N)
Henning Solberg (N)
Matthew Wilson (GB)
Sébastien Ogier (F)
Federico Villagra (RA)
Conrad Rautenbach (ZW)
Mads Östberg (N)
Khalid Al Qassimi (UAE)
Evgeny Novikov (RUS)
Chris Atkinson (AUS)
Matti Rantanen (FIN)
Krzysztof Holowczyc (PL)
Jari Ketomaa (FIN)
Urmo Aava (EE)
Nasser Al-Attiyah (QAT)
Lambros Athanassoulas (GR) |
84 points
83 points
58 points
39 points
30 points
29 points
25 points
24 points
16 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
4 points
4 points
4 points
3 points
2 points
1 point
1 point
1 point |
FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers (after 11 of 12 rounds)
Citroën Total World Rally Team
BP-Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team
Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team
Citroën Junior Team
Munchi’s Ford World Rally Team |
151 points
130 points
73 points
42 points
23 points |