WRC Rallye de España - Salou, Spain

flying finn · 26 Sep 2009, 23:48 (Ref:2548865)

WRC Rallye de España - Salou, Spain

Total Kms : 1299.13 km
Liaison : 945.51 km
SS Kms : 353.62 km
Special Stages : 18

Friday 02.10 > 6 stages (131.76 km)
Saturday 03.10 > 6 stages (127.98 km)
Sunday 04.10 > 6 stages (93.88 km)

Home Page > http://www.rallyracc.com/2009/ingles/index.html
Itinerary > http://www.rallyracc.com/2009/descargas/itinerario.pdf
Entry List > http://www.rallyracc.com/2009/descargas/inscritos.pdf
Rally Guide > http://www.rallyracc.com/2009/descargas/rg1.pdf

Citroen preview > http://www.motorsport.com/news/artic...=346754&FS=WRC
Ford preview > http://www.motorsport.com/news/artic...=346751&FS=WRC
Citroen Jr preview > http://www.motorsport.com/news/artic...=346756&FS=WRC
Stobart preview > http://www.motorsport.com/news/artic...=346753&FS=WRC
Munchi's preview > http://www.motorsport.com/news/artic...=346750&FS=WRC

Championship Standings

1. Mikko Hirvonen (FIN) > 78
2. Sébastien Loeb (F) > 73
3. Daniel Sordo (E) > 50
4. Jari Matti Latvala (FIN) > 36
5. Henning Solberg (N) > 29
6. Petter Solberg (N) > 25
7. Matthew Wilson (GB) > 23
8. Sébastien Ogier (F) > 20
9. Federico Villagra (RA) > 15
10. Conrad Rautenbach (ZW) > 8

bodgit · 27 Sep 2009, 18:41 (Ref:2549291)

A sure win for loeb?

**BertMk2** · 28 Sep 2009, 08:40 (Ref:2549560)

Quote:

Originally Posted by bodgit

A sure win for loeb?

Looks like it doesn't it? Hirvonen has improved on tarmac but he's still no threat to Loeb.

**Dani Filth** · 28 Sep 2009, 09:36 (Ref:2549590)

Loeb also needs Sordo and if possible other drivers ahead of Hirvonen ..

**BertMk2** · 28 Sep 2009, 10:29 (Ref:2549610)

True - Sordo used to be far better than Hirvonen on tarmac but the gap isn't so wide any more, I can't see Latvala being allowed to beat Hirvonen and I don't think anyone else will get close.

bodgit · 29 Sep 2009, 17:28 (Ref:2550685)

Any chance of solberg mixing things up now he's in a c4 though?

**BertMk2** · 29 Sep 2009, 19:13 (Ref:2550738)

More likely to be a factor on gravel events I'd have thought - tarmac is his weakest surface so I'd expect Loeb, Sordo andHirvonen to be faster. Solberg could come into play if any of those three have problems though.

flying finn · 4 Oct 2009, 21:02 (Ref:2554117)

1. Sebastien LOEB (F) > Citroen C4 > 3:22:14.7 (+0:00.0)
2. Daniel SORDO (E) > Citroen C4 > 3:22:26.7 (+0:12.0)
3. Mikko HIRVONEN (FIN) > Ford Focus > 3:23:08.8 (+0:54.1)
4. Petter SOLBERG (N) > Citroen C4 > 3:23:27.1 (+1:12.4)
5. Sebastien OGIER (F) > Citroen C4 > 3:23:56.3 (+1:41.6)
6. Jari-Matti LATVALA (FIN) > Ford Focus > 3:25:04.5 (+2:49.8)
7. Matthew WILSON (GB) > Ford Focus > 3:29:30.2 (+7:15.5)
8. Federico VILLAGRA (RA) > Ford Focus > 3:30:42.8 (+8:28.1)
9. Henning SOLBERG (N) > Ford Focus > 3:31:22.3 (+9:07.6)
10. Dany SNOBECK (F) > Peugeot 307 > 3:33:10.7 (+10:56.0)
11. Conrad RAUTENBACH (GB) > Citroen C4 > 3:33:22.3 (+11:07.6)
14. Khalid Al QASSIMI (UAE) > Ford Focus > 3:41:26.0 (+19:11.3)

DNF. Evgeny NOVIKOV (RUS) > Citroen C4 > SS 13 Off Road
DNF. Paul BIRD (GB) > Ford Focus > SS 15 Off Road

> not an unexpected tarmac result
> good weekend for Sordo; nice P4 for Petter Solberg
> Citroen's 3rd 1-2 of the season wins the Manufacturers' Championship
> it's now down to Rally GB for the Drivers' Championship

Championship Standings

1. Mikko HIRVONEN (FIN) > 84
2. Sebastien LOEB (F) > 83
3. Daniel SORDO (E) > 58
4. Jari-Matti LATVALA (FIN) > 39
5. Petter SOLBERG (N) > 30
6. Henning SOLBERG (N) > 29
7. Matthew WILSON (GB) > 25
8. Sebastien OGIER (F) > 24
9. Federico VILLAGRA (RA) > 16
10. Conrad RAUTENBACH (ZWE) > 8

**gomick** · 4 Oct 2009, 21:40 (Ref:2554152)

Well, it should be an exciting finish to the championship...

**BertMk2** · 5 Oct 2009, 08:36 (Ref:2554321)

Well that was a predictable result but it sets things up nicely for the finale. Solberg seemed to get to grips with the C4 quickly so he could be a factor in the title decider.

**Dani Filth** · 5 Oct 2009, 12:53 (Ref:2554518)

don't think anybody can influence it actually .. its a straight fight between Loeb and Hirvonen .. who ever finishes in front wins the championship

Suze · 5 Oct 2009, 18:50 (Ref:2554666)

We went over for this from Thursday until today, and loved it

Hadn't been before, we saw SS3 / SS6 on Friday, a stage [can't remember which] on Saturday and SS15 / SS18 yesterday. A couple of the Slowly Sideways guys went off on Friday, the Sunbeam got going again but the RS200 wasn't going anywhere. Found some good places to watch, but one of the highlights was having dinner in Salou on Thursday night with the cars going past only a few metres away

A comedy moment was the 206 that broke down in front of us fixing the problem [think gear linkage], only to get back in to drive off and set the extinguisher off....doh! He covered it with his hand in the car and off he went.... Also, hats off to the speccy helicopter pilot - impressive!

G.Walker · 6 Oct 2009, 11:00 (Ref:2555093)

I also went out to Salou, really had a superb time. The collection of Historic Rally cars was also great sight ))
Petter Solberg was the star for me taking 4 stage wins in his first appearance in the C4. He will challenge at GB im certain! Novikov Citroen seemed to go off on every stage we were on, very entertaining.
Now back to rainy UK.

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