2009 Intercontinental Rally Challenge

Kris Meeke won four of the nine rallies he contested allowing him to win the title by eleven points.

The 2009 Intercontinental Rally Challenge was the fourth season of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. The season consists of twelve rounds and began on January 21, with the 77° Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo. The season ended on November 21, at the inaugural RAC Rally of Scotland. With four wins, Kris Meeke won the championship ahead of Jan Kopecký and Freddy Loix.

Calendar[]

The calendar had been increased from 10 events in 2008, to twelve in 2009. Out went the Istanbul Rally, the Rally de Portugal, the Rallye International du Valais and the China Rally. To be replaced by the Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo, the Rally Internacional de Curitiba, the Safari Rally, the Rallye Açores, Rally Japan and the Rally of Scotland. Rally Japan was later cancelled, mainly because the major manufacturers looked unlikely to travel to Japan.

Round	Dates	Event title	Rally HQ	Surface
1	January 21–24	Monte Carlo Rally	Valence	Asphalt
2	March 5–7		Curitiba	Gravel
3	April 3–4	Safari Rally	Nairobi	Gravel
4	May 7–9	Rally Açores	Ponta Delgada	Gravel (some Asphalt)
5	June 18–20	Belgium Ypres Westhoek Rally	Ypres	Asphalt
6	July 9–11		Vyborg	Gravel
7	July 30 – August 1	Rali Vinho da Madeira	Funchal	Asphalt
8	August 21–23	Barum Czech Rally Zlín	Zlín	Asphalt
9	September 10–12	Rally Príncipe de Asturias	Oviedo	Asphalt
10	September 24–26	Rallye Sanremo	Sanremo	Asphalt
11	November 19–21	Rally Scotland	Perth	Gravel

Selected entries[]

Entrant	Constructor	Car	Driver	Co-driver	Rounds
Peugeot Team Belux	Peugeot	Peugeot 207 S2000	Nicolas Vouilloz	Nicolas Klinger	1–2, 4–5, 7–10
			Freddy Loix	Isidoor Smets	1–2
			Freddy Loix	Frédéric Miclotte	4–5, 7–10
				Eddy Chevaillier	5
Peugeot Total			Stéphane Sarrazin	Jacques-Julien Renucci	1
Peugeot Total			Bruno Magalhães	Carlos Magalhães	4, 7
H.F. Grifone SRL			Didier Auriol	Denis Giraudet	1
H.F. Grifone SRL				Carlo Cassina	5, 7–9
BF Goodrich Drivers Team			Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	1
			Thierry Neuville	Achim Maraite	5
			Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	8
				Piercarlo Capolongo	10
				Sebastian Marshall	11
Peugeot UK			Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	1–2, 4–5, 7–11
PH Sport			Conrad Rautenbach	Daniel Barritt	4
PH Sport				Renaud Jamoul	5
Cersanit Rally Team			Michał Sołowow	Maciek Baran	5, 7–9
Tsunami Rally Team				Iria Kolomeytseva	6
Team C.D. Nacional da Madeira				Padro Calado	7
Tescoma Rally Team			Roman Kresta	Petr Gross	8
Peugeot Total Hungaria				Robert Tagai	8
Racing Lions SRL			Paolo Andreucci	Anna Andreussi	10
Island Motorsport				Lorenzo Granai	10
Abarth & C. Spa	Abarth	Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000	Giandomenico Basso	Mitia Dotta	1–2, 4–9
			Luca Rossetti	Matteo Chiarcossi	1, 7–8, 10
			Anton Alén	Timo Alanne	1–2, 4, 6
				Francis Caesemaeker	5
				Jose Vicente Medina	9
			François Duval	Denis Giraduet	10
				Guido D'Amore	10
Astra Racing			Toni Gardemeister	Tomi Tuominen	1
Astra Racing			Julien Maurin	Gilles Thimonier	1
Procar			Bernardo Sousa	Jorge Carvalho	4, 7
Procar			Keith Cronin	Greg Shinnors	11
Škoda Motorsport	Škoda	Škoda Fabia S2000	Juho Hänninen	Mikko Markkula	1, 4–6, 8, 10
Škoda Motorsport			Jan Kopecký	Petr Starý	1, 4–6, 8–10
René Georges Rally Sport			François Duval	Denis Giraudet	5
Škoda Rally Team Italia			Julien Maurin	Gilles Thimonier	7, 9–10
Škoda Rally Team Italia				Maurizio Imerito	10
Delimax Team			Pavel Valoušek	Zdeněk Hrůza	8
E-Art Rally Team			Evgeny Novikov	Stéphane Prévot	8
A.C. Principado de Asturias				Alberto Iglesias	9
Škoda Motorsport UK			Guy Wilks	Phil Pugh	11
Mellors Elliot Motorsport	Proton	Proton Satria Neo S2000	Guy Wilks	Phil Pugh	5–10
			Bryan Bouffier	Xavier Panseri	8
			Alister McRae	Bill Hayes	11
Interwetten Racing	Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	Franz Wittmann	Bernhard Ettel	1, 4–6, 8–11
BPS Racing				Thomas Fournel	1
Tango Rally Team			Marcos Ligato	Rubén García	2
Tango Rally Team				Santiago García	2
Triton Team				Nick Patel	3
Dalbit Team			Carl Tundo	Tim Jessop	3
Dalbit Team			Alastair Cavenagh	Saleem Haji	3
Team Além Mar				Sancho Eiró	4
				Luís Ramalho	7
				Justino Reis	4
Peres Competições				Jose Pedro Silva	4, 7
Prosport				Igor Ter-Oganesiants	6
EuroOil Čepro Czech National Team				Petr Uhel	8
David Bogie Rallying			David Bogie	Kevin Rae	11
DGM Sport				Dai Roberts	11
Heuvel Motorsport		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X		Martine Kolman	5, 8
Sunvic	Volkswagen	Volkswagen Polo S2000		Megan Verlaque	3
René Georges Rally Sport			Julien Maurin	Gilles Thimonier	4
Autostal Duindistel				Cindy Cokelaere	5
Motor Sport Developments	Opel	Opel Corsa OPC S2000	Alexandre Bengue	Matthieu Baumel	5
			Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	8
			Toni Gardemeister	Tomi Tuominen	9
Lada Sport Rally	Honda	Honda Civic Type-R R3		Ain Heiskonen	6
Lada Sport Rally				Andres Ots	11
Aava-Sikk Youth Team				Kuldar Sikk	11

Results[]

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers
Round	Rally name	Rank	Driver	Car	Time
1	/ Monte Carlo Rally (January 21–24) – Results and report	1	Sébastien Ogier	Peugeot 207 S2000	4:40:45.7
		2	Freddy Loix	Peugeot 207 S2000	4:42:29.3
		3	Stéphane Sarrazin	Peugeot 207 S2000	4:43:07.3

2	(March 5–7)	1	Kris Meeke	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:08:05.7
		2	Nicolas Vouilloz	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:08:31.9
		3	Giandomenico Basso	Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000	2:08:53.6

3	Safari Rally (April 3–4)	1	Carl Tundo	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	2:47:25.0
		2	Alastair Cavenagh	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	2:48:42.0
		3		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	2:48:51.0

4	Rally Açores (May 7–9)	1	Kris Meeke	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:36:48.3
		2	Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:37:41.4
		3	Nicolas Vouilloz	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:37:53.1

5	Belgium Ypres Westhoek Rally (June 18–20)	1	Kris Meeke	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:32:16.3
		2	Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:32:36.7
		3	Freddy Loix	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:33:56.8

6	(July 9–11)	1	Juho Hänninen	Škoda Fabia S2000	1:45:15.2
		2	Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia S2000	1:46:36.1
		3	Giandomenico Basso	Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000	1:49:21:2

7	Rali Vinho da Madeira (July 30–August 1)	1	Giandomenico Basso	Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000	3:09:55.4
		2	Bruno Magalhães	Peugeot 207 S2000	3:09:58.9
		3		Peugeot 207 S2000	3:10:37.1

8	Barum Czech Rally Zlín (August 21–23) Results and report	1	Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:24:21:1
		2	Kris Meeke	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:25:21.5
		3	Juho Hänninen	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:26:21.9

9	Rally Príncipe de Asturias (September 10–12)	1	Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:41:51.3
		2	Kris Meeke	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:44:38.2
		3	Nicolas Vouilloz	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:44:40.8

10	Rallye Sanremo (September 24–26)	1	Kris Meeke	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:20:03.5
		2	Luca Rossetti	Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000	2:20:19.2
		3	Nicolas Vouilloz	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:20:20.4

11	Rally Scotland (November 19–21) – Results and report	1	Guy Wilks	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:17:07.5
		2	Alister McRae	Proton Satria Neo S2000	2:19:54.8
		3		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	2:22:29.3

Standings[]

Drivers[]

Only the best seven scores from each driver count towards the championship.

Pos	Driver	MON		SAF	AZO	YPR		MAD	ZLI	AST	ITA	SCO	T. Pts	Drop	Pts
1	Kris Meeke	Ret	1		1	1		5	2	4	1	DSQ	60		60
2	Jan Kopecký	4			2	2	2		1	1	Ret		49		49
3	Freddy Loix	2	4		4	3		6	Ret	6	4		37		37
4	Nicolas Vouilloz	Ret	2		3	Ret		4	Ret	5	3		31		31
5	Giandomenico Basso	5	3		Ret	8	3	1	Ret	11			28		28
6	Juho Hänninen	Ret			Ret	5	1		3		8		21		21
7	Guy Wilks					Ret	5	11	Ret	22	13	1	15		15
8	Sébastien Ogier	1											10		10
9	Carl Tundo			1									10		10
10	Bruno Magalhães				9			2					8		8
11	Luca Rossetti	Ret						Ret	10		2		8		8
12				2									8		8
13	Alister McRae											2	8		8
14	Franz Wittmann	Ret			6	Ret	6		15	12	20	Ret	7		7
15								3					6		6
16												3	6		6
17				3									6		6
18	Stéphane Sarrazin	3											6		6
19							10					5	6		6
20	Roman Kresta								4				5		5
21						4							5		5
22						10		8	Ret	7			5		5
23				7									5		5
24					5			Ret					4		4
25	Paolo Andreucci										5		4		4
26			5										4		4
27	Martin Prokop								5				4		4
28												6	4		4
29	Alex Horsey			12									4		4
30		6											3		3
31						6							3		3
32	Renato Travaglia										6		3		3
33	Pavel Valoušek								6				3		3
34	Anton Alén	Ret	Ret		18		7						3		3
35										8			3		3
36												9	3		3
37			9										3		3
38				14									3		3
39	Olivier Burri	7											2		2
40						7							2		2
41	Miguel Nunes							7					2		2
42	Conrad Rautenbach				7								2		2
43									7				2		2
44	Boris Zimin						8						2		2
45	Michal Solowow					11		9	9	9			2		2
46			10										2		2
47	Richard Nicoll											11	2		2
48	Navraj Hans			16									2		2
49					8			Ret					1		1
50											8		1		1
51	Václav Pech								8				1		1
52		9											1		1
53												12	1		1
54			12										1		1
55				18									1		1
Pos	Driver	MON		SAF	AZO	YPR		MAD	ZLI	AST	ITA	SCO	T. Pts	Drop	Pts

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

Manufacturers[]

Only the best seven scores from each manufacturer count towards the championship.

Pos	Manufacturer	MON		SAF	AZO	YPR		MAD	ZLI	AST	ITA	SCO	T. Pts	Drop	Pts
1	Peugeot	18	18	0	16	16	0	14	0	14	16	0	112		112
2	Škoda	5	0	0	8	12	18	0	16	13	0	10	82		82
3	Ralliart	4	4	18	7	2	6	0	1	0	0	9	51	1	50
4	Abarth	6	8	0	0	1	9	10	0	1	8	0	43		43
5	Proton	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	8	13		13
6	Honda	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	5		5
Pos	Manufacturer	MON		SAF	AZO	YPR		MAD	ZLI	AST	ITA	SCO	T. Pts	Drop	Pts

References[]

IRC 2009 at ewrc-results.com

External links[]

The official website of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge