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2011 Rallye de France
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The 2011 Rallye de France – Alsace was the eleventh round of the 2011 World Rally Championship season. The rally took place over 30 September – 2 October, and was based in Strasbourg, the capital city of the Alsace region of France.[1] The rally was also the seventh round of the Super 2000 World Rally Championship, and the fifth round of the WRC Academy.
2011 Rallye de France Rallye de France – Alsace | |||
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Round 11 of the 2011 World Rally Championship season
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![]() Mikko Hirvonen in a Ford Fiesta RS WRC with a special one-off black livery | |||
Host country | ![]() | ||
Rally base | Strasbourg, Alsace | ||
Dates run | September 30 – October 2 2011 | ||
Stages | 23 (348.13 km; 216.32 miles)[1] | ||
Stage surface | Asphalt | ||
Overall distance | 1,296.08 km (805.35 miles)[1] | ||
Statistics | |||
Crews | 66 at start, 35 at finish | ||
Overall results | |||
Overall winner | ![]() ![]() |
Sébastien Ogier took his fifth WRC win of the season, having taken the rally lead on the second day after battling with Dani Sordo and Petter Solberg.[2] His victory also moved him to within three points of his team-mate and drivers' championship leader Sébastien Loeb, after Loeb's retirement on day one due to an engine problem.[3] Sordo took Mini's best result since their return to the sport, in second position with Solberg completing the podium on-the-road.
Solberg was later disqualified from the event after his car was found to be underweight, promoting Mikko Hirvonen to the podium, and with the three extra points gained, into a tie with Loeb for the championship lead.[4] Jari-Matti Latvala finished fourth, ahead of Dennis Kuipers, who took the best WRC result for a Dutch driver.[5] Ott Tänak won the SWRC class for the third time in 2011, and Alastair Fisher took a maiden win in the WRC Academy.[6]