2011 Monte Carlo Rally

2011 Monte Carlo Rally
*79ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo*
2011 Monte Carlo Rally; 79ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo
Round 1 of the 2011 Intercontinental Rally Challenge season
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Host country	Monaco
Rally base	Monte Carlo
Dates run	January 19 – 22 2011
Stages	13 (337.06 km; 209.44 miles)
Stage surface	Tarmac and ice
Overall distance	1,341.75 km (833.72 miles)
Results
Overall winner	Bryan Bouffier; Peugeot France
Crews	120 at start, 54 at finish

The 2011 Monte Carlo Rally, officially 79ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo was the first round of the 2011 Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) season. The rally took place between January 19–22, 2011. The event marked the centenary of the creation of the Monte Carlo Rally, which was first held on January 21, 1911.

Introduction[]

The rally started in Valence on Wednesday 19 January and covered over 1341 km including 337 km in thirteen special stages. Stages were run both in daylight and at night and included two passes through the famous Col de Turini on the Friday night.^[1] A full capacity 120 entries were registered for the event including Le Mans 24 Hours star Stéphane Sarrazin and WRC brothers Petter and Henning Solberg. This was in addition to the regular IRC participants; Jan Kopecký, Freddy Loix, Bruno Magalhães, Thierry Neuville, Guy Wilks and reigning champion Juho Hänninen.^[2]

Eurosport expanded their TV coverage of the event showing twelve of the thirteen stages live as part of a total of fourteen hours of television over the three days of the competition.^[3]

Results[]

Bryan Bouffier won his first and only IRC rally after a tyre gamble on the second day proved fruitful and lifted him from seventh in the rally standings to the lead. He had a commanding lead of 50 seconds into the final day which proved too much for his rivals and led him to victory. Second went to Škoda's Freddy Loix and third place went to Guy Wilks, after Stéphane Sarrazin incurred a 30-second penalty for checking into service three minutes late after the final stage. Sarrazin finished fourth ahead of 1994 rally winner François Delecour, who was making his return to rallying after a lengthy absence.

Overall[]

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1.	Bryan Bouffier	Xavier Panseri	Peugeot 207 S2000	3:32:55.6	0.0	25
2.	Freddy Loix	Frédéric Miclotte	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:33:28.1	32.5	18
3.	Guy Wilks	Phil Pugh	Peugeot 207 S2000	3:34:15.3	1:19.7	15
4.	Stéphane Sarrazin	Jacques-Julien Renucci	Peugeot 207 S2000	3:34:17.5	1:21.9	12
5.	François Delecour	Dominique Savignoni	Peugeot 207 S2000	3:34:18.0	1:22.4	10
6.	Juho Hänninen	Mikko Markkula	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:34:24.9	1:29.3	8
7.	Nicolas Vouilloz	Benjamin Veillas	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:37:43.4	4:47.8	6
8.	Jan Kopecký	Petr Starý	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:40:41.5	7:45.9	4
9.	Giandomenico Basso	Mitia Dotta	Peugeot 207 S2000	3:41:41.6	8:46.0	2
10.	Toni Gardemeister	Tomi Tuominen	Peugeot 207 S2000	3:42:04.6	9:09.0	1

Special stages[]

Day	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
Leg 1 (19 Jan)	SS1	10:05	Le Moulinon – Antraigues	36.87 km	Stéphane Sarrazin	23:35.6	93.76 km/h	Stéphane Sarrazin
	SS2	11:40	Burzet – St Martial	41.06 km	Juho Hänninen	22:39.6	108.72 km/h	Juho Hänninen
	SS3	14:11	St-Bonnet-le-Froid – St-Bonnet-le-Froid	25.22 km	Juho Hänninen	12:40.0	119.46 km/h
	SS4	16:20	St-Bonnet-le-Froid – St-Bonnet-le-Froid	25.22 km	Freddy Loix	12:37.2	119.90 km/h
Leg 2 (20 Jan)	SS5	12:23	St-Jean-en-Royans – Font d'Urle	23.05 km	Juho Hänninen	11:51.0	116.71 km/h
	SS6	13:04	Cimetiere de Vassieux – Col de Gaudissart	24.13 km	Bryan Bouffier	12:50.0	112.82 km/h
	SS7	16:07	St-Jean-en-Royans – Font d'Urle	23.05 km	Bryan Bouffier	14:57.1	92.50 km/h	Bryan Bouffier
	SS8	16:48	Cimetiere de Vassieux – Col de Gaudissart	24.13 km	François Delecour	21:16.7	68.04 km/h
Leg 3 (21–22 Jan)	SS9	09:08	Montauban-sur-l'Ouvèze – Eygalayes	29.89 km	Stéphane Sarrazin	17:45.3	101.01 km/h
	SS10	19:15	Moulinet – La Bollène Vésubie	23.41 km	Nicolas Vouilloz	16:24.6	85.59 km/h
	SS11	19:58	Lantosque – Lucéram	18.81 km	Giandomenico Basso	13:28.2	83.79 km/h
	SS12	23:25	Moulinet – La Bollène Vésubie	23.41 km	Stéphane Sarrazin	16:08.8	86.99 km/h
	SS13	00:08	Lantosque – Lucéram	18.81 km	Stéphane Sarrazin	13:08.9	85.84 km/h

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Itinerary details". www.acm.mc. Automobile Club de Monaco. 22 November 2010. Archived from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Entry list" (PDF). www.acm.mc. Automobile Club de Monaco. 9 December 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2010. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
^ Coursey, Scott (9 December 2010). "Rallye Monte-Carlo: IRC fans set for a live television spectacular". www.rallybuzz.com. RallyBuzz. Retrieved 9 December 2010.

External links[]

[Prog-1] "Itinerary details". www.acm.mc. Automobile Club de Monaco. 22 November 2010. Archived from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 9 December 2010.

[Entry-2] "Entry list" (PDF). www.acm.mc. Automobile Club de Monaco. 9 December 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2010. Retrieved 9 December 2010.

[3] Coursey, Scott (9 December 2010). "Rallye Monte-Carlo: IRC fans set for a live television spectacular". www.rallybuzz.com. RallyBuzz. Retrieved 9 December 2010.

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