Rallye Deutschland Day Three
Rallye Deutschland Day Three
FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP
ADAC RALLYE DEUTSCHLAND
(24-26 AUGUST 2012)
26.08.2012
The Citroën Total World Rally Team crew of Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena recorded their ninth Rallye Deutschland victory in Trier today. Leading from start to finish, the pair won by two minutes over Ford rivals Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila. Third position was taken by Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen.
In the FIA World Rally Championship, Loeb has once again extended his lead and holds a 54 point advantage over Hirvonen with four rounds remaining. Petter Solberg is third, just two points ahead of Mads Ostberg. In the Manufacturers’ Championship, Citroën continues to head Ford.
Today’s route took in just two stages, one repeated twice, before the crews rounded the event off with the Circus Maximus Power Stage in the centre of Trier. Here, Loeb, Hirvonen and Andreas Mikkelsen picked up the additional points on offer for the fastest times through this 4.37 kilometre street stage.
Such was Loeb’s advantage, the Frenchman merely had to drive safely to the finish, once again doing so in faultless style, despite a small turbo problem. Latvala notched up his best-ever result on Tarmac with second and Hirvonen too had little to gain by pushing hard. Behind them, Ostberg and Atkinson finished fourth and fifth and Sébastien Ogier claimed the best result for an S2000 car in the Skoda Fabia. His team-mate Andreas Mikkelsen finished behind him in seventh.
The FIA World Rally Championship crews now return to gravel and the forests of Wales for Rally GB (13-16 September).
Rallye Deutschland – Final Provisional Results
1. Sébastien Loeb/Daniel Elena 2. Jari-Matti Latvala/Miikka Anttila 3. Mikko Hirvonen/Jarmo Lehtinen 4. Mads Ostberg/Jonas Andersson 5. Chris Atkinson/Stephane Prévot 6. Sébastien Ogier/Julien Ingrassia 7. Andreas Mikkelsen/Ola Floene 8. Nasser Al-Attiyah/G Bernacchini 9. Dani Sordo/Carlos Del Barrio 10. Mathieu Arzeno/Renauld Jamoul |
Citroën DS3 WRC Ford Fiesta RS WRC Citroën DS3 WRC Ford Fiesta RS WRC MINI Cooper Works WRC Skoda Fabia S2000 Skoda Fabia S2000 Citroën DS3 WRC MINI Cooper Works WRC Peugeot 207 S2000 |
3 hr 41 min 52.0sec 3 hr 43 min 52.0sec 3 hr 44 min 23.3sec 3 hr 45 min 16.3sec 3 hr 51 min 02.4sec 3 hr 51 min 42.5sec 3 hr 54 min 14.5sec 3 hr 54 min 42.1sec 3 hr 56 min 08.9sec 3 hr 57 min 12.1sec |
FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers (after 9 of 13 rounds)
Sébastien Loeb (FRA) Mikko Hirvonen (FIN) Petter Solberg (NOR) Mads Østberg (NOR) Jari-Matti Latvala (FIN) Evgeny Novikov (RUS) Martin Prokop (CZE) Thierry Neuville (BEL) Dani Sordo (ESP) Sébastien Ogier (FRA) Nasser Al-Attiyah (QAT) Ott Tänak (EST) Armindo Araújo (PRT) Chris Atkinson (AUS) Dennis Kuipers (NLD) François Delecour (FRA) Andreas Mikkelsen (NOR) Henning Solberg (NOR) Pierre Campana (FRA) Matti Rantanen (FIN) Jari Ketomaa (FIN) Yazeed Al Rajhi (SAU) Patrik Sandell (SWE) Ken Block (USA) Ricardo Triviño (MEX) Peter Van Merksteijn (NLD) Manfred Stohl (AUT) Eyvind Brynildsen (NOR) Abdulaziz Alkuwari (QAT) Mathieu Arzeno (FRA) |
199 points 145 points 104 points 102 points 87 points 55 points 38 points 32 points 31 points 31 points 27 points 26 points 11 points 10 points 8 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 6 points 6 points 6 points 4 points 4 points 4 points 1 point 1 point 1 point 1 point 1 point 1 point |
FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers (after 9 of 13 rounds)
Citroën Total World Rally Team Ford World Rally Team M-Sport Ford World Rally Team Qatar World Rally Team Citroën Junior World Rally Team Adapta World Rally Team MINI WRC Team Brazil World Rally Team |
320 points 197 points 115 points 59 points 54 points 49 points 26 points 20 points |