2009 International Rally of Nations
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The International Rally of Nations is an international Rally event held in México for the first time in 2009.
According to the organization, "the idea of this event is to bring the emotional side of the Olympic Games or the world cup to the automobile world with the possibility of several teams per country." The idea for the event came after the Rally Mexico was not included in the 2009 World Rally Championship due to the rotation system.
The event was won by Spain's Xavier Pons and Daniel Solà, with the two drivers amassing a total of 1067.5 points.
Format[]
This Rally has a special format since, unlike other rallies, time will not be added stage by stage. Each Special Stage will give points to the top 16 drivers. A team representing a nation will consist of two cars and the points scored by each driver will be added together to determine the Nations Champion.
According to the official rules:
"Points will be awarded to each member of a Team per each Special Stage or Super Special Stage completed. The best-classified crew of each Team will be awarded points as Car 1, the second crew as Car 2. Each crew will be awarded points according to its overall position in the stage classification from the eligible crews (Competing for the Rally of Nations) in each Super Special Stage or Special Stage according to the following scale:"
Position | Car 1 | Car 2 |
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1st | 45 | |
2nd | 40 | 30 |
3rd | 36 | 27 |
4th | 32 | 24 |
5th | 28 | 21 |
6th | 24 | 18 |
7th | 20 | 15 |
8th | 18 | 13.5 |
9th | 16 | 12 |
10th | 14 | 10.5 |
11th | 12 | 9 |
12th | 10 | 7.5 |
13th | 8 | 6 |
14th | 6 | 4.5 |
15th | 4 | 3 |
16th | 2 | 1 |
The Team scoring the most points at the end of the Rally will be declared the Winner of the Rally of Nations.
2009 Entries[]
There are some very important drivers, including former and/or World Rally Championship, Production World Rally Championship and NACAM Rally Championship champions.
Team | Driver | Codriver | Group | Car |
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Manfred Stohl | Ilka Minor | N4 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo |
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Andreas Aigner | N4 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo | |
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A6 | Peugeot 206 XS | ||
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A6 | Peugeot 206 XS | ||
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Harri Rovanperä | N4 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo | |
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Toni Gardemeister | N4 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo | |
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Didier Auriol | Denis Giraudet | N4 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo |
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Brice Tirabassi | N4 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo | |
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N4 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo | ||
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Niall McShea | N4 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo | |
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Hermann Gassner Jr. | N4 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo | |
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N4 | Subaru Impreza WRX | ||
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N4 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo | ||
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N4 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo | ||
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N4 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo | ||
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José Cortés | Alex Prieto | N4 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo |
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Ricardo Triviño | N4 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo | |
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N4 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo | ||
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A6 | Peugeot 206 XS | ||
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A6 | Peugeot 206 XS | ||
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Jaime Zapata | N2 | Renault Clio | |
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N3 | Renault Clio | ||
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A6 | Peugeot 206 XS | ||
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Dani Sola | N4 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo | |
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Xavier Pons | N4 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo | |
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Patrik Sandell | Emil Axelsson | N4 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo |
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Per-Gunnar Andersson | N4 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo | |
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A6 | Peugeot 206 XS | ||
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A6 | Peugeot 206 XS | ||
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N4 | Subaru Impreza WRX | ||
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Kenny Bartram | N4 | Subaru Impreza WRX | |
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N4 | Subaru Impreza STI | ||
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Martin Brady | N4 | Subaru Impreza WRX |
External links[]
- 2009 in rallying
- Motorsport competitions in Mexico
- 2009 in Mexican motorsport