2010 Jordan Rally

2010 Jordan Rally
28th Jordan Rally

Round 3 of the 2010 World Rally Championship

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Host country  Jordan
Rally base Dead Sea Centre, Jordan
Dates run April 1 – 3 2010
Stages 21 (339.48 km; 210.94 mi)
Stage surface Gravel
Overall distance 911.78 km (566.55 mi)[1]
Results
Overall winner France Sébastien Loeb
France Citroën Total World Rally Team
Crews 33 at start, 27 at finish

The 2010 Jordan Rally was the third round of the 2010 World Rally Championship season. The rally took place over April 1–3, and was based beside the Dead Sea, some 50 kilometres (31 mi) from the country's capital, Amman. The rally was also the third round of both the Production Car World Rally Championship, and the Super 2000 World Rally Championship. Sébastien Loeb won the 56th WRC rally of his career, taking the lead midway through the second leg, and holding on to win by 35.8 seconds ahead of Jari-Matti Latvala, who had been the pacesetter on the first day. Petter Solberg finished third, taking his second successive podium after his second in Mexico.

Much of the talk on the rally was down to controversial team orders in relation to road position. Citroën Junior Team's Sébastien Ogier left the final morning's service five minutes late, getting a time penalty that dropped him behind Ford's Latvala. Ford used Mikko Hirvonen – who had retired on the first day, and was returning under SupeRally conditions – as their hand, to leave service early so he jumped up the running order.[2] Citroën countered by making Ogier check into the time control at SS14 eight minutes early, to road sweep ahead of Loeb.[2] Citroën later stated that Ogier's late departure was due to an electrical problem.[3] Ogier's teammate Kimi Räikkönen finished eighth and became the second driver after Carlos Reutemann to score drivers' championship points in both Formula One and the World Rally Championship.[4]

In the SWRC, Xavier Pons won his second consecutive event, and again managed to break into the top ten placings in the overall standings. His margin of victory over Eyvind Brynildsen was nearly twelve minutes, as he moved into a ten-point lead in the SWRC standings. Sweden victor Per-Gunnar Andersson finished third ahead of Nasser Al-Attiyah, Patrik Sandell and Jari Ketomaa.

In the PWRC, Patrik Flodin took his second victory in two starts, beating Armindo Araújo by close to two minutes. Araújo's second place was enough to maintain his lead in the championship standings, but Flodin now trails by just eight points. Nicholai Georgiou finished third.

Results

Event standings

Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points
Overall
1. France Sébastien Loeb Monaco Daniel Elena Citroën C4 WRC 3:51:35.9 0.0 25
2. Finland Jari-Matti Latvala Finland Miikka Anttila Ford Focus RS WRC 09 3:52:11.7 35.8 18
3. Norway Petter Solberg United Kingdom Phil Mills Citroën C4 WRC 3:52:47.7 1:11.8 15
4. Spain Dani Sordo Spain Marc Martí Citroën C4 WRC 3:53:25.2 1:49.3 12
5. United Kingdom Matthew Wilson United Kingdom Scott Martin Ford Focus RS WRC 08 4:00:00.2 8:24.3 10
6. France Sébastien Ogier France Julien Ingrassia Citroën C4 WRC 4:02:02.3 10:26.4 8
7. Argentina Federico Villagra Argentina Jorge Pérez Companc Ford Focus RS WRC 08 4:03:03.9 11:28.0 6
8. Finland Kimi Räikkönen Finland Kaj Lindstrom Citroën C4 WRC 4:04:06.9 12:31.0 4
9. Norway Henning Solberg Austria Ilka Minor Ford Focus RS WRC 08 4:05:44.5 14:08.6 2
10. Spain Xavier Pons Spain Alex Haro Ford Fiesta S2000 4:10:09.8 18:33.9 1
SWRC
1. (10.) Spain Xavier Pons Spain Alex Haro Ford Fiesta S2000 4:10:09.8 0.0 25
2. (14.) Norway Eyvind Brynildsen Norway Cato Menkerud Škoda Fabia S2000 4:22:01.8 11:52.0 18
3. (16.) Sweden Per-Gunnar Andersson Sweden Jonas Andersson Škoda Fabia S2000 4:29:07.2 18:57.4 15
4. (18.) Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah Italy Giovanni Bernacchini Škoda Fabia S2000 4:31:26.0 21:16.2 12
5. (23.) Sweden Patrik Sandell Sweden Emil Axelsson Škoda Fabia S2000 4:51:50.0 41:40.2 10
6. (25.) Finland Jari Ketomaa Finland Mika Stenberg Ford Fiesta S2000 5:04:29.3 54:19.5 8
PWRC
1. (11.) Sweden Patrik Flodin Sweden Göran Bergsten Subaru Impreza WRX STi 4:10:42.9 0.0 25
2. (12.) Portugal Armindo Araújo Portugal Miguel Ramalho Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 4:12:39.5 1:56.6 18
3. (15.) Lebanon Nicholai Georgiou Lebanon Joseph Matar Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 4:29:01.3 18:18.4 15
4. (17.) Cyprus Spyros Pavlides United Kingdom Chris Patterson Subaru Impreza WRX STi 4:29:54.8 19:11.9 12
5. (19.) Jordan Amjad Farrah Jordan Nancy Al-Majali Subaru Impreza WRX STi 4:33:00.4 22:17.5 10
6. (21.) China Wang Rui China Pan Hongyu Subaru Impreza WRX STi 4:38:14.8 27:31.9 8
7. (24.) Brazil Paulo Nobre Brazil Edu Paula Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 4:55:12.0 44:29.1 6

Special stages

Day Stage Time Name Length Winner Time Avg. spd. Rally leader
1
(1 Apr)		 SS1 11:28 Rumman Forest 15.34 km Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 12:12.1 75.43 km/h Finland Jari-Matti Latvala
SS2 12:26 Wadi Shueib 1 8.65 km Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 7:05.2 73.24 km/h
SS3 12:54 Mahes 1 20.44 km Spain Dani Sordo 14:44.1 83.23 km/h Spain Dani Sordo
SS4 13:37 Mount Nebo 1 11.09 km Norway Petter Solberg 8:16.3 80.44 km/h Finland Jari-Matti Latvala
SS5 15:50 Wadi Shueib 2 8.65 km Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 6:44.1 77.06 km/h
SS6 16:13 Mahes 2 20.44 km Norway Petter Solberg 14:17.7 85.79 km/h
SS7 16:56 Mount Nebo 2 11.09 km France Sébastien Loeb 8:00.6 83.07 km/h
2
(2 Apr)		 SS8 08:11 Suwayma 1 10.49 km France Sébastien Loeb 5:13.7 120.38 km/h
SS9 08:51 Kafrain 1 17.20 km Norway Petter Solberg 11:54.0 86.72 km/h
SS10 09:49 Jordan River 1 41.45 km France Sébastien Loeb 27:38.4 89.98 km/h
SS11 12:50 Suwayma 2 10.49 km France Sébastien Loeb 5:13.7 120.38 km/h France Sébastien Loeb
Finland Jari-Matti Latvala
SS12 13:30 Kafrain 2 17.20 km Norway Petter Solberg 11:43.3 88.04 km/h France Sébastien Loeb
SS13 14:28 Jordan River 2 41.45 km France Sébastien Loeb 27:10.0 91.55 km/h
3
(3 Apr)		 SS14 08:20 Yakrut 1 14.16 km France Sébastien Loeb 8:30.4 99.87 km/h
SS15 08:50 Bahath 1 12.53 km Norway Petter Solberg 9:30.3 79.10 km/h
SS16 09:33 Shuna 1 15.23 km France Sébastien Loeb 11:55.5 76.63 km/h
SS17 10:16 Baptism Site 1 10.83 km France Sébastien Loeb 5:21.1 121.42 km/h
SS18 12:11 Yakrut 2 14.16 km Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 8:21.1 101.73 km/h
SS19 12:41 Bahath 2 12.53 km France Sébastien Loeb 9:17.0 80.98 km/h
SS20 13:24 Shuna 2 15.23 km Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 12:00.6 76.09 km/h
SS21 14:07 Baptism Site 2 10.83 km France Sébastien Ogier 5:25.8 119.67 km/h

Standings after the rally

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos. Driver Points
1 France Sébastien Loeb 68
2 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 43
3 Finland Mikko Hirvonen 37
4 Norway Petter Solberg 35
5 France Sebastien Ogier 33
6 Spain Dani Sordo 24
7 Norway Henning Solberg 18
8 United Kingdom Matthew Wilson 16
9 Argentina Federico Villagra 12
10 Spain Xavier Pons 5

Manufacturers' Championship standings
Pos. Manufacturer Points
1 France Citroen WRT 101
2 United Kingdom BP Ford WRT 87
3 France Citroen Junior Team 48
4 United Kingdom Stobart Ford 44
5 Argentina Munchi's Ford 16

References

  1. ↑ "Jordan Rally Schedule 2010" (PDF). World Rally Championship. Jordan Rally; International Sportsworld Communicators. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
  2. 1 2 Beer, Matt (3 April 2010). "Loeb still leads as teams use tactics". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Archived from the original on 5 April 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  3. ↑ Evans, David (3 April 2010). "Ford attacks Citroen over tactics". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Archived from the original on 5 April 2010. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
  4. ↑ "Räikkönen teki suomalaista moottoriurheiluhistoriaa!". MTV3 (in Finnish) (Bonnier Group). 3 April 2010. Archived from the original on 5 April 2010. Retrieved 4 April 2010.

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