2010 Rally Bulgaria

The 2010 Rally Bulgaria was the seventh round of the 2010 World Rally Championship season. The rally took place over July 9–11, and was based in Borovets, around 70 km (43 mi) outside the capital city, Sofia. The rally was also the third round of the Junior World Rally Championship.

2010 Rally Bulgaria 41st Rally Bulgaria
Round 7 of the 2010 World Rally Championship ← Previous event Next event →
Kimi Räikkönen finished in eleventh place.
Host country	Bulgaria
Rally base	Borovets, Bulgaria
Dates run	July 9 – 11 2010
Stages	14 (354.10 km; 220.03 miles)
Stage surface	Asphalt
Overall distance	1,223.07 km (759.98 miles)[1]
Statistics
Crews	40 at start, 27 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total WRT

Rally Bulgaria made its début in the World Rally Championship, having been approved to the calendar in September 2009.^[2] The event was won by Sébastien Loeb, who took his fourth win of the season, and the 58th of his WRC career.^[3] Loeb was part of a 1-2-3-4 by Citroën cars, as team-mate Dani Sordo finished second, Petter Solberg finished third in his privately run car and Sébastien Ogier was fourth in a car run by the Citroën Junior Team; the first such result by any manufacturer since 1993.^[3]

Results

Event standings

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Overall
1.	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	3:02:39.2	0.0	25
2.	Dani Sordo	Marc Martí	Citroën C4 WRC	3:03:08.7	29.5	18
3.	Petter Solberg	Chris Patterson	Citroën C4 WRC	3:03:15.5	36.3	15
4.	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën C4 WRC	3:04:34.2	1:55.0	12
5.	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	3:05:57.0	3:17.8	10
6.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	3:07:07.7	4:28.5	8
7.	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Jonas Andersson	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	3:08:04.4	5:25.2	6
8.	Frigyes Turán	Gábor Zsiros	Peugeot 307 WRC	3:09:43.2	7:04.0	4
9.	Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	3:12:07.8	9:28.6	2
10.	Henning Solberg	Ilka Minor	Ford Fiesta S2000	3:15:45.2	13:06.0	1
JWRC
1. (12.)	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Klinger	Citroën C2	3:18:21.8	0.0	25
2. (14.)	Hans Weijs	Bjorn Degandt	Citroën C2	3:19:14.3	52.5	18
3. (16.)	Todor Slavov	Dobromir Filipov	Renault Clio R3	3:24:38.4	6:16.6	15
4. (17.)	Alessandro Broccoli	Angela Forina	Renault Clio R3	3:25:13.6	6:51.8	12
5. (18.)	Karl Kruuda	Martin Järveoja	Suzuki Swift S1600	3:25:14.6	6:52.8	10
6. (19.)	Egoi Eder Valdés López	Albert Garduno	Renault Clio R3	3:30:24.1	12:02.3	8
7. (21.)	Kevin Abbring	Erwin Mombaerts	Renault Clio R3	3:31:55.8	13:34.0	6
8. (22.)	Mathieu Arzeno	Romain Roche	Citroën C2	3:38:45.6	20:23.8	4

Special stages

Day	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
1 (9 July)	SS1	10:05	Batak Lake 1	31.77 km	Sébastien Loeb	17:33.8	108.53 km/h	Sébastien Loeb
	SS2	11:38	Belmeken Lake 1	27.57 km	Sébastien Loeb	15:08.5	109.25 km/h
	SS3	14:37	Batak Lake 2	31.77 km	Sébastien Loeb	17:35.2	108.39 km/h
	SS4	16:10	Belmeken Lake 2	27.57 km	Sébastien Loeb	15:09.2	109.16 km/h
2 (10 July)	SS5	07:43	Sestrimo 1	27.46 km	Sébastien Loeb	16:27.4	100.12 km/h
	SS6	09:36	Peshtera 1	18.13 km	Dani Sordo	10:23.6	104.66 km/h
	SS7	10:54	Lyubnitsa 1	24.86 km	stage cancelled
	SS8	13:22	Sestrimo 2	27.46 km	Petter Solberg	16:19.5	100.92 km/h
	SS9	15:15	Peshtera 2	18.13 km	Petter Solberg	10:24.2	104.56 km/h
	SS10	16:33	Lyubnitsa 2	24.86 km	Petter Solberg	13:32.8	110.11 km/h
3 (11 July)	SS11	08:46	Muhovo 1	29.53 km	Petter Solberg	15:29.7	114.35 km/h
	SS12	09:28	Slavovitsa 1	17.73 km	Dani Sordo	9:23.2	113.33 km/h
	SS13	11:52	Muhovo 2	29.53 km	Petter Solberg	15:22.7	115.21 km/h
	SS14	12:34	Slavovitsa 2	17.73 km	Sébastien Ogier	9:17.4	114.51 km/h

Standings after the rally

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Sébastien Loeb 151 2 Sebastien Ogier 100 3 Mikko Hirvonen 86 4 Jari-Matti Latvala 80 5 Petter Solberg 78 6 Dani Sordo 67 7 Matthew Wilson 40 8 Federico Villagra 26 9 Henning Solberg 25 10 Kimi Räikkönen 15

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos. Manufacturer Points 1 Citroën WRT 232 2 BP Ford WRT 185 3 Citroën Junior Team 125 4 Stobart Ford 98 5 Munchi's Ford 40

References

1. "Route Maps: 2010 WRC Rally Bulgaria" (PDF). World Rally Championship. Rally Bulgaria; International Sportsworld Communicators. pp. 3–7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
2. "2010 World Rally Championship events agreed". World Rally Championship. International Sportsworld Communicators. 2009-09-17. Archived from the original on 2013-02-09. Retrieved 2010-07-08.
3. "Sebastien Loeb wins Rally Bulgaria!". World Rally Championship. International Sportsworld Communicators. 2010-07-11. Archived from the original on 2010-07-13. Retrieved 2010-07-11.

External links

• Results at eWRC.com