2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge

The 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge was the fifth season of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. The season consisted of twelve rounds and started on 19 January with the Monte Carlo Rally. The season ended on November 6, at the Cyprus Rally.

2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge

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Juho Hänninen became the drivers' champion after winning Rally Scotland, the third of his rally wins during the season. Hänninen also won in Argentina and Sardinia as he finished on the podium in ten of the eleven events that he contested during the season, of which three wins and four second places counted towards the championship's best seven scores rule. Škoda Motorsport team-mate Jan Kopecký finished in second place, some 18 points behind Hänninen. Although not as consistent as his team-mate, Kopecký won one event during the season, winning in the Canary Islands.

Third place was claimed by the top Peugeot driver and reigning champion Kris Meeke, after a third place in Scotland took him ahead of Freddy Loix. Meeke's season was blighted by errors of which retiring from five of the eleven events he contested but did take a win in Brazil. Despite taking part in four rallies, Loix's tarmac expertise shone through, winning the events in Ypres, Belgium, Madeira and the Czech Republic as well as a third place in Sanremo. Four other drivers took victories during the season; World Rally Championship front-runner Mikko Hirvonen won a one-off outing in Monte Carlo, Bruno Magalhães took his first IRC win in the Azores, Paolo Andreucci won in Sanremo and Nasser Al-Attiyah won in Cyprus when many of the leading contenders skipped the event. Škoda took the manufacturers' championship after the Barum Rally Zlín in the Czech Republic.

Calendar

The calendar consisted of twelve events run on two continents. Changes for 2010 season included the replacement of Rally Russia, Rally Japan and the Safari Rally with Rally Argentina, Rally d'Italia Sardegna and FxPro Cyprus Rally.^[1] In March it was announced that the Rally Islas Canarias would replace the Rally Principe de Asturias as the Spanish round on the schedule, moving from September to April.^[2]

Round	Dates	Event title	Rally HQ	Surface
1	January 19–23	Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo	Valence	Asphalt
2	March 4–6	Rally Internacional de Curitiba	Curitiba	Gravel
3	March 19–21	Rally Argentina	Córdoba	Gravel
4	April 29 – May 1	Rally Islas Canarias	Las Palmas	Asphalt
5	June 4–6	Rally d'Italia Sardegna	Olbia	Gravel
6	June 24–26	Ypres Rally	Ypres	Asphalt
7	July 15–17	Rallye Açores	Ponta Delgada	Gravel
8	August 5–7	Rali Vinho da Madeira	Funchal	Asphalt
9	August 27–29	Barum Czech Rally Zlín	Zlín	Asphalt
10	September 23–25	Rallye Sanremo	Sanremo	Asphalt
11	October 15–17[3]	Rally Scotland	Perth	Gravel
12	November 4–6	Cyprus Rally	Limassol	Asphalt/Gravel

Selected entries

M-Sport (Ford) and Subaru became the latest registered manufacturers to join the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, alongside Abarth (Fiat), Honda, Ralliart (Mitsubishi), Peugeot, Proton and Škoda.

Entrant	Manufacturer[4]	Car	Driver	Co-driver	Tyres	Rounds
Peugeot UK[5]	Peugeot	Peugeot 207 S2000	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	BF	1–11
Peugeot France			Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	BF	1
					P	5
			Stéphane Sarrazin	Jacques-Julien Renucci	BF	1, 6
			Bryan Bouffier	Xavier Panseri		9–10
Peugeot Sport Portugal[5]			Bruno Magalhães	Carlos Magalhães	BF	1–8, 10
Interwetten Racing			Franz Wittmann	Klaus Wicha	BF	1, 4–5, 9
				Josefine Beinke		12
			Bryan Bouffier	Xavier Panseri		12
Kimera Motorsport			Luca Betti	Alessandro Mattioda	BF	1
				Pierangelo Scalvini		5
Stohl Racing[6]			Daniel Oliveira	Carlos del Barrio	BF	1, 3–4, 6–10
				Denis Giraudet		2
				Armando Miranda		11–12
Peugeot Team Belux			Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Klinger	BF	4–6, 9–11
			Pieter Tsjoen	Eddy Chevaillier		6
Yazeed Al Rajhi Team			Yazeed Al Rajhi	Matthieu Baumel	BF	5
F.P.F. Sport SRL			Paolo Andreucci	Anna Andreussi	P	5, 10
Peugeot Team Turkey			Burcu Çetinkaya	Çiçek Güney	Y	5–12
Bluthunder Racing Italy			Corrado Fontana	Nicola Arena	P	6, 8–9
Amarante Rally Team			Vítor Pascoal	Mário Castro	P	7–8
Power Car Team			Marco Tempestini	Dorin Pulpea	P	8
Team C.D. Nacional da Madeira			Miguel Nunes	Victor Calado	BF	8
Nicos Thomas Racing			Nicos Thomas	Angelos Loizides	BF	12
M-Sport Ltd.	M-Sport	Ford Fiesta S2000	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	P	1
			Julien Maurin	Gilles Thimonier		1
			Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	H	5–7, 9–12
Munchi's Ford World Rally Team			Federico Villagra	Jorge Pérez Companc	P	3
ESC. Ourense			Sergio Vallejo	Diego Vallejo	P	4
Cersanit Rally Team			Michał Sołowow	Maciek Baran	P	6
Team Ford Quinta do Lorde			Bernardo Sousa	Nuno Rodrigues da Silva	P	7–8
RMC Motorsport			Miguel Campos	Aloisio Monteiro	BF	8
Czech Ford Rally Team			Jaromír Tarabus	Daniel Trunkát	BF	9, 12
			Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	P	12
Car Racing			Umberto Scandola	Guido D'Amore	BF	10
Barwa Rally Team			Nasser Al-Attiyah	Giovanni Bernacchini	P	12
Škoda Motorsport	Škoda	Škoda Fabia S2000	Jan Kopecký	Petr Starý	BF	1–10
			Juho Hänninen	Mikko Markkula		1–11
			Nicolas Vouilloz	Benjamin Veillas		1
			Freddy Loix	Frédéric Miclotte		6, 8–10
Škoda UK			Guy Wilks	Phil Pugh	BF	1–5, 9–11
Barwa Rally Team			Nasser Al-Attiyah	Giovanni Bernacchini	P	3
A.C. Principado de Asturias			Alberto Hevia	Alberto Iglesias	BF	4
René Georges Rally Sport			Bernd Casier	Francis Caesemaeker	BF	6
Škoda Delimax Czech National Team			Pavel Valoušek	Zdeněk Hrůza	BF	9
Mogul Racing Team			Roman Kresta	Petr Gross	BF	9
Motortune Racing			Roger Feghali	Joseph Matar	BF	12
Astra Racing	Abarth	Abarth Grande Punto S2000	Toni Gardemeister	Tomi Tuominen	BF	1
Procar			Luca Rossetti	Matteo Chiarcossi	BF	8
Abarth & C. Spa						10
			Giandomenico Basso	Mitia Dotta		10
Tommi Mäkinen Racing	Subaru	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	Bryan Bouffier	Xavier Panseri	BF	1
Barattero			Gabriel Pozzo	Daniel Stillo	P	3
			Claudio Menzi	Diego Cagnotti		3
Motoring Club			Teemu Arminen	Tuomo Nikkola	BF	5
WAR Racing			Luigi Ricci	Christine Pfister	Y	5
Subaru Team Arai			Toshihiro Arai	Daniel Barritt	P	6
Intercontinental Motul	Ralliart	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	Oswaldo Scheer	Gilvan Jablonski	Y	2
				Sidinei Bröering		3
			Eduardo Scheer	Geferson Pavinatto		2–3
Tango Rally Team			Federico Bassi	Jorge García Quiroga	BF	3
			Agustín Elvíra	Oscar Tagle		3
			Agustín Rossi	Leonardo Suaya		3
			Gonzalo Monarca	Laureano Grigera		3
Team Além Mar			Ricardo Moura	Sancho Eiró	BF	7
				António Costa		8
EuroOil Čepro Czech National Team			Václav Pech	Petr Uhel	BF	9
Advan-Piaa Rally Team			Fumio Nutahara	Hakaru Ichino	Y	9
DGM Sport			Jonathan Greer	Dai Roberts	P	11
David Bogie Rallying			David Bogie	Kevin Rae	P	11
Kresta Racing			Roman Kresta	Petr Gross	P/H	12
Tango Rally Team		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	Nicolas Madero	Guillermo Piazzano	BF	3
			Marcos Ligato	Rubén García		3
			Luciano Bernardi	Fabian Cretu		3
			Alejandro Cancio	Santiego García		3
			Juan Jose Gil de Marchi	Mauro Albornoz		3
Escudería GPR Sport			Rubén Gracia	Diego Sanjuan	BF	4
JRM Engineering			Per-Gunnar Andersson	Anders Fredriksson	P	5
Heuvel Motorsport			Jasper ven den Heuvel	Martine Kolman	P	6
Proton R3 Malaysia Rally Team	Proton	Proton Satria Neo S2000	Chris Atkinson	Stéphane Prévot	BF	6–7
			Alister McRae	Bill Hayes		6–7, 11
			Tom Cave	Craig Parry		6–7, 11
			Niall McShea	Marshall Clarke		9–10
			Keith Cronin	Barry McNulty		9, 11
			Gilles Panizzi	Freddy Delorme		10
Catwees Honda Racing	Honda	Honda Civic Type-R R3	Siim Plangi	Marek Sarapuu	BF	9, 11

Results

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers
		Rank	Driver	Car	Time
1	/ Monte Carlo Rally (January 19–23) — Results and report	1	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Fiesta S2000	4:32:58.5
		2	Juho Hänninen	Škoda Fabia S2000	4:34:49.9
		3	Nicolas Vouilloz	Škoda Fabia S2000	4:36:17.6
2	Rally Internacional de Curitiba (March 4–6) — Results and report	1	Kris Meeke	Peugeot 207 S2000	1:42:45.4
		2	Guy Wilks	Škoda Fabia S2000	1:43:32.1
		3	Juho Hänninen	Škoda Fabia S2000	1:44:05.6
3	Rally Argentina (March 19–21) — Results and report	1	Juho Hänninen	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:30:38.1
		2	Guy Wilks	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:31:29.1
		3	Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:32:58.2
4	Rally Islas Canarias (April 29 – May 1) — Results and report	1	Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:12:27.4
		2	Juho Hänninen	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:12:36.5
		3	Guy Wilks	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:13:03.8
5	Rally d'Italia Sardegna (June 4–6) — Results and report	1	Juho Hänninen	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:31:28.6
		2	Paolo Andreucci	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:32:04.2
		3	Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:32:06.8
6	Ypres Rally (June 24–26) — Results and report	1	Freddy Loix	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:35:36.9
		2	Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:35:58.3
		3	Thierry Neuville	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:37:42.4
7	Rallye Açores (July 15–17) — Results and report	1	Bruno Magalhães	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:34:00.4
		2	Kris Meeke	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:35:00.5
		3	Juho Hänninen	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:35:21.1
8	Rali Vinho da Madeira (August 5–7) — Results and report	1	Freddy Loix	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:08:14.3
		2	Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:08:52.1
		3	Juho Hänninen	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:10:40.1
9	Barum Czech Rally Zlín (August 27–29) — Results and report	1	Freddy Loix	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:31:31.0
		2	Juho Hänninen	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:31:56.0
		3	Pavel Valoušek	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:32:51.2
10	Rallye Sanremo (September 23–25) — Results and report	1	Paolo Andreucci	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:35:32.7
		2	Juho Hänninen	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:35:37.1
		3	Freddy Loix	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:36:06.8
11	Rally Scotland (October 15–17) — Results and report	1	Juho Hänninen	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:01:07.4
		2	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ford Fiesta S2000	2:01:32.9
		3	Kris Meeke	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:04:31.6
12	Cyprus Rally (November 4–6) — Results and report	1	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Ford Fiesta S2000	3:11:53.5
		2	Roger Feghali	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:12:24.2
		3	Martin Prokop	Ford Fiesta S2000	3:16:35.5

Standings

Drivers

• Only the best seven scores from each driver counted towards the championship.

Pos Driver MON CUR ARG CAN SAR YPR AZO MAD ZLI SAN SCO CYP  T. Pts   Drop   Pts  1 Juho Hänninen 2 3 1 2 1 Ret 3 3 2 2 1 80 18 62 2 Jan Kopecký 5 4 3 1 3 2 Ret 2 Ret 6 50 3 47 3 Kris Meeke Ret 1 Ret 4 Ret Ret 2 Ret 4 4 3 39 39 4 Freddy Loix 1 1 1 3 36 36 5 Bruno Magalhães 7 5 6 5 5 6 1 Ret 10 30 30 6 Guy Wilks 6 2 2 3 Ret 7 Ret Ret 27 27 7 Andreas Mikkelsen Ret 5 4 5 Ret 2 Ret 21 21 8 Paolo Andreucci 2 1 18 18 9 Thierry Neuville Ret 4 3 Ret 8 Ret 12 12 10 Nasser Al-Attiyah Ret 1 10 10 11 Mikko Hirvonen 1 10 10 12 Roger Feghali 2 8 8 13 Martin Prokop 3 6 6 14 Pavel Valoušek 3 6 6 15 Nicolas Vouilloz 3 6 6 16 Jaromír Tarabus 8 4 6 6 17 Stéphane Sarrazin 4 Ret 5 5 18 David Bogie 4 5 5 19 Bernd Casier 4 5 5 20 Miguel Nunes 4 5 5 21 Gabriel Pozzo 4 5 5 22 Ricardo Moura 5 10 4 4 23 Luca Rossetti Ret 5 4 4 24 Vítor Sá 5 4 4 25 Nicos Thomas 5 4 4 26 Federico Villagra 5 4 4 27 Siim Plangi Ret 6 4 4 28 Vítor Pascoal 6 18 3 3 29 Roman Kresta Ret 6 3 3 30 Eduardo Scheer 6 Ret 3 3 31 Teemu Arminen 6 3 3 32 Filipe Freitas 6 3 3 33 Alberto Hevia 6 3 3 34 Václav Pech 6 3 3 35 Eamonn Boland 19 7 3 3 36 Daniel Oliveira 20 7 Ret Ret Ret 21 Ret Ret Ret Ret 2 2 37 Giandomenico Basso 7 2 2 38 Nicolás Madero 7 2 2 39 João Magalhães 7 2 2 40 Luigi Ricci 7 2 2 41 Michał Sołowow 7 2 2 42 Charalambos Timotheou 7 2 2 43 Pedro Vale 7 2 2 44 Burcu Çetinkaya Ret Ret 19 44 38 8 15 2 2 45 Ruben Gracia 12 2 2 46 Daniele Batistini 8 1 1 47 Luca Betti Ret 8 1 1 48 Diego Domínguez 8 1 1 49 Sérgio Silva 8 1 1 50 Constantinos Tingirides 8 1 1 51 Jean-Sébastien Vigion 8 1 1 52 Harry Hunt 34 12 Ret 49 48 9 19 1 1 53 Pedro Peres 9 1 1 54 Marcos Tokarski 11 1 1 55 Sergio Vallejo 13 1 1 Pos Driver MON CUR ARG CAN SAR YPR AZO MAD ZLI SAN SCO CYP  T. Pts   Drop   Pts

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

Manufacturers

• Only the best seven scores from each manufacturer counted towards the championship.

Pos Manufacturer MON CUR ARG CAN SAR YPR AZO MAD ZLI SAN SCO CYP  T. Pts   Drop   Pts  1 Škoda 14 14 18 18 16 18 6 18 18 14 10 8 172 52 120 2 Peugeot 7 14 3 9 13 9 18 9 5 15 8 4 114 27 87 3 M-Sport 10 0 4 1 0 6 5 0 5 0 9 16 56 1 55 4 Ralliart 0 3 3 2 0 0 6 5 3 0 8 5 35 2 33 5 Subaru 0 0 5 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 11 6 Abarth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 6 Pos Manufacturer MON CUR ARG CAN SAR YPR AZO MAD ZLI SAN SCO CYP  T. Pts   Drop   Pts

References

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External links

• The official website of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge