2010 FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP
RALLY DE FRANCE
03.10.2010
Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena today won the inaugural Rallye de France - Alsace and in so doing have clinched a record-breaking seventh consecutive FIA World Rally Championship title (*subject to the official publication of the results by the FIA). Team-mates Dani Sordo and Diego Vallejo claimed second, securing the FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers for Citroën*. The final podium position was taken by Petter Solberg and Chris Patterson.
In the FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers, Loeb’s 60th world rally victory secured the title with two rounds in Spain and Great Britain remaining. Sébastien Ogier remains second ahead of Jari-Matti Latvala and Petter Solberg respectively. In the Manufacturers’ Championship, Citroën’s one-two finish has secured their third consecutive world title.
Today’s final day of Rallye de France took in two loops of two stages, with the final stage taking place in Loeb’s home town, Haguenau. Positions throughout the top 10 leaderboard remained unchanged during the day, although Jari-Matti Latvala continued to push Solberg for the final podium position, gaining time when the Norwegian went off in SS18 and lost 11 seconds. Dani Sordo had a scare this morning when he had to change a water hose at the end of the first running of the Haguenau stage, but the Spaniard had no further problems.
The FIA World Rally Championship crews now head to Salou for the Rally RACC Catalunya Costa Daurada - Rally de España (21-24 October).
Rallye de France - Alsace – Final Results (subject to final scrutineering)
1. Sébastien Loeb/Daniel Elena
2. Dani Sordo/Diego Vallejo
3. Petter Solberg/Chris Patterson
4. Jari-Matti Latvala/Miikka Anttila
5. Mikko Hirvonen/Jarmo Lehtinen
6. Sébastien Ogier/Julien Ingrassia
7. Federico Villagra/Diego Curletto
8. Matthew Wilson/Scott Martin
9. Henning Solberg/Stephane Prévot
10. Patrik Sandell/Emil Axelsson |
Citroën C4 WRC
Citroën C4 WRC
Citroën C4 WRC
Ford Focus RS WRC
Ford Focus RS WRC
Citroën C4 WRC
Ford Focus RS WRC
Ford Focus RS WRC
Ford Fiesta S2000
Skoda Fabia S2000 |
3 hr 05 min 49.3sec
3 hr 06 min 25.0sec
3 hr 07 min 06.1sec
3 hr 07 min 18.6sec
3 hr 09 min 33.1sec
3 hr 17 min 45.2sec
3 hr 20 min 04.7sec
3 hr 20 min 16.2sec
3 hr 22 min 38.2sec
3 hr 23 min 01.6sec |
FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers (after 11 of 13 rounds)
Sébastien Loeb (FRA)
Sébastien Ogier (FRA)
Jari-Matti Latvala (FIN)
Petter Solberg (NOR)
Dani Sordo (ESP)
Mikko Hirvonen (FIN)
Matthew Wilson (GBR)
Federico Villagra (ARG)
Henning Solberg (NOR)
Kimi Räikkönen (FIN)
Mads Östberg (NOR)
Per-Gunnar Andersson (SWE)
Khalid Al Qassimi (ARE)
Xevi Pons (ESP)
Jari Ketomaa (FIN)
Frigyes Turan (HUN)
Juha Kankkunen (FIN)
Martin Prokop (CZE)
Dennis Kuipers (NED)
Juho Hanninen (FIN)
Mark van Eldik (NLD)
Patrik Sandell (SWE)
Armindo Araújo (PRT)
Aaron Burkart (DEU) |
226 points
166 points
144 points
133 points
125 points
104 points
60 points
36 points
33 points
21 points
16 points
8 points
6 points
6 points
6 points
4 points
4 points
3 points
2 points
2 points
2 points
2 points
1 point
1 point |
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FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers (after 11 of 13 rounds)
Citroën Total World Rally Team
BP-Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team
Citroën Junior Team
Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team
Munchi’s Ford World Rally Team |
388 points
277 points
193 points
140 points
54 points |
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Note to Editors:
A downloadable stage chart showing the progressive positions of the leading crews during the rally is available. This is copyright free for editorial purposes and available at the following link:
http://www.fia.com/en-GB/sport/championships/wrc/2010/france/Pages/stage_chart.aspx