2011 Rally Italia Sardegna

The 2011 Rally Italia Sardegna was the fifth round of the 2011 World Rally Championship season. The rally took place over 6–8 May, and was based in Olbia, the fourth-largest town on the island of Sardinia. The rally was also the third round of the Super 2000 World Rally Championship and the second round of the WRC Academy. Sardinia returned to the WRC calendar for the first time since 2009, after the event was a part of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge in 2010.

2011 Rally Italia Sardegna Rally Italia Sardegna 2011
Round 5 of the 2011 World Rally Championship season ← Previous event Next event →
Host country	Italy
Rally base	Olbia, Italy
Dates run	May 6 – 8 2011
Stages	18 (339.70 km; 211.08 miles)[1]
Stage surface	Gravel
Overall distance	1,183.52 km (735.41 miles)[1]
Statistics
Crews	64[2] at start, 32 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Sébastien Loeb Citroën World Rally Team

Sébastien Loeb took his second win of the season and the 64th WRC win of his career after holding off challenges from Mikko Hirvonen and Petter Solberg on the final day of the rally, despite having to run most of the event first on the road and being disadvantaged by sweeping away loose gravel.^[3] In the junior classes, Ott Tänak won his first SWRC event by finishing seventh overall, 26.7 seconds ahead of Juho Hänninen, who was eighth overall. Egon Kaur won the WRC Academy for the second event running.^[4]

Results

Event standings

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1.	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC	3:45:40.9	0.0	26
2.	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:45:52.1	11.2	21
3.	Petter Solberg	Chris Patterson	Citroën DS3 WRC	3:46:04.7	23.8	15
4.	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën DS3 WRC	3:47:12.4	1:31.5	12
5.	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:48:23.5	2:42.6	10
6.	Dani Sordo	Carlos del Barrio	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	3:49:08.5	3:27.6	8
7.	Ott Tänak	Kuldar Sikk	Ford Fiesta S2000	3:52:51.8	7:10.9	6
8.	Juho Hänninen	Mikko Markkula	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:53:18.5	7:37.6	4
9.	Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:53:41.3	8:00.4	2
10.	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Ford Fiesta S2000	3:57:09.1	11:28.2	1
SWRC
1. (7.)	Ott Tänak	Kuldar Sikk	Ford Fiesta S2000	3:52:51.8	0.0	25
2. (8.)	Juho Hänninen	Mikko Markkula	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:53:18.5	26.7	18
3. (10.)	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Ford Fiesta S2000	3:57:09.1	4:17.3	15
4. (11.)	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Giovanni Bernacchini	Ford Fiesta S2000	3:58:14.7	5:22.9	12
5. (16.)	Hermann Gassner, Jr.	Kathi Wüstenhagen	Škoda Fabia S2000	4:06:23.4	13:31.6	10
6. (21.)	Karl Kruuda	Martin Järveoja	Škoda Fabia S2000	4:22:45.6	29:53.8	8
7. (24.)	Frigyes Turán	Gábor Zsiros	Ford Fiesta S2000	4:35:09.8	42:18.0	6
WRC Academy†
1.	Egon Kaur	Erik Lepikson	Ford Fiesta R2	3:29:39.4	0.0	30
2.	Miguel Baldoni	Fernando Mussano	Ford Fiesta R2	3:31:21.5	1:42.1	18
3.	Fredrik Åhlin	Bjorn Nilsson	Ford Fiesta R2	3:32:21.7	2:42.3	15
4.	Jan Černý	Pavel Kohout	Ford Fiesta R2	3:46:22.3	16:42.9	12
5.	Brendan Reeves	Rhianon Smyth	Ford Fiesta R2	3:47:02.5	17:23.1	12
6.	Andrea Crugnola	Roberto Mometti	Ford Fiesta R2	3:47:13.3	17:33.9	10
7.	Miko-Ove Niinemäe	Timo Kasesalu	Ford Fiesta R2	4:01:44.6	32:05.2	6
8.	Craig Breen	Gareth Roberts	Ford Fiesta R2	4:02:33.6	32.54.2	8

†^ – The WRC Academy features only the first two legs of the rally.

Special stages

Day	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
Leg 1 (6 May)	SS1	9:33	Lago Omodeo 1	10.21 km	Petter Solberg	5:59.2	102.33 km/h	Petter Solberg
	SS2	10:25	Monte Grighini Nord 1	21.32 km	Mikko Hirvonen	14:59.1	85.37 km/h	Mikko Hirvonen
	SS3	11:26	Alta Marmilla 1	14.34 km	Sébastien Loeb Sébastien Ogier Petter Solberg	9:37.8	89.35 km/h
	SS4	12:09	Monte Grighini Sud 1	19.66 km	Sébastien Loeb	13:45.6	85.73 km/h	Sébastien Loeb
	SS5	13:46	Monte Grighini Nord 2	21.32 km	Mikko Hirvonen	14:32.6	87.96 km/h
	SS6	14:47	Alta Marmilla 2	14.34 km	Sébastien Loeb	9:18.4	92.45 km/h
	SS7	15:30	Monte Grighini Sud 2	19.66 km	Sébastien Loeb	13:17.0	88.80 km/h
	SS8	17:04	Lago Omodeo 2	10.21 km	Mikko Hirvonen	5:58.6	102.50 km/h
Leg 2 (7 May)	SS9	9:29	Coiluna 1	29.35 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	17:39.9	99.69 km/h
	SS10	10:36	Monte Lerno 1	27.97 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	18:06.2	92.70 km/h
	SS11	11:15	Su Filigosu 1	14.21 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	8:59.8	94.77 km/h
	SS12	14:39	Coiluna 2	29.35 km	Sébastien Ogier	17:13.8	102.21 km/h
	SS13	15:46	Monte Lerno 2	27.97 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	17:41.0	94.90 km/h
	SS14	16:25	Su Filigosu 2	14.21 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	8:44.0	97.63 km/h
Leg 3 (8 May)	SS15	6:50	Gallura 1	8.24 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	6:28.9	76.28 km/h
	SS16	8:03	Monte Olia	24.50 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	17:50.7	82.38 km/h
	SS17	8:41	Terranova	24.60 km	Petter Solberg	17:26.4	84.63 km/h
	SS18	12:00	Gallura 2 (Power stage)	8.24 km	Mikko Hirvonen	6:15.2	79.06 km/h

Power Stage

The "Power stage" was a live, televised 8.24 km (5.12 mi) stage at the end of the rally, held in Gallura.

Pos	Driver	Time	Diff.	Avg. speed	Points
1	Mikko Hirvonen	6:15.2	0.0	79.06 km/h	3
2	Jari-Matti Latvala	6:16.6	+1.4	78.77 km/h	2
3	Sébastien Loeb	6:18.0	+2.8	78.48 km/h	1

References

1. "Giorno 3" (PDF). Rally Italia Sardegna. Automobile Club d'Italia. 5 April 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
2. "Entry List by Seeded Order" (PDF). Rally Italia Sardegna. Automobile Club d'Italia. 13 April 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-15. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
3. "Loeb wins Italian WRC thriller". World Rally Championship. International Sportsworld Communicators. 8 May 2011. Archived from the original on 9 May 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
4. "Kaur wins again in WRC Academy". World Rally Championship. International Sportsworld Communicators. 7 May 2011. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2011.

External links

• Results^{[permanent dead link]} at eWRC.com
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