2012 World Rally Championship

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2012 World Rally Championship
World Drivers' Champion:
Sébastien Loeb
World Co-drivers' Champion:
Daniel Elena
World Manufacturers' Champion:
Citroën
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Sébastien Loeb won his ninth Drivers' Championship title.
Mikko Hirvonen, who finished second, interviewed during the Rally Finland

The 2012 World Rally Championship was the 40th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of thirteen rallies, beginning with Monte Carlo Rally on 17 January, and ending on 11 November with Rally Catalunya.

Sébastien Loeb won the drivers' championship for the ninth time in his career, ahead of Finns Mikko Hirvonen and Jari-Matti Latvala. Citroën won the manufacturers' championship.

Calendar[]

The 2012 championship was contested over thirteen rounds in Europe, North America, South America and Oceania.

The 2012 calendar was announced at a meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council in Singapore on 26 September 2011.[1]

Round Rally Name
(Base) 		Surface Dates Support Categories
1 Monaco Monte Carlo Rally
(Monte Carlo, Monaco) 		Mixed
(Tarmac, snow) 		18–22 January Super 2000 WRC
Production WRC
2 Sweden Rally Sweden
(Karlstad, Värmland) 		Snow 9–12 February Super 2000 WRC
3 Mexico Rally Mexico
(León, Guanajuato) 		Gravel 8–11 March Production WRC
4 Portugal Rally de Portugal
(Faro, Algarve) 		Gravel 29 March – 1 April Super 2000 WRC
WRC Academy
5 Argentina Rally Argentina
(Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba) 		Gravel 26–29 April Production WRC
6 Greece Acropolis Rally
(Loutraki, Corinthia) 		Gravel 24–27 May Production WRC
WRC Academy
7 New Zealand Rally New Zealand
(Auckland, Te Ika-a-Māui) 		Gravel 22–24 June Super 2000 WRC
Production WRC
8 Finland Rally Finland
(Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi) 		Gravel 2–4 August Super 2000 WRC
WRC Academy
9 Germany Rallye Deutschland
(Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate) 		Tarmac 24–26 August Production WRC
WRC Academy
10 United Kingdom Wales Rally GB
(Cardiff, South Glamorgan) 		Gravel 14–16 September Super 2000 WRC
11 France Rallye de France Alsace
(Strasbourg, Alsace) 		Tarmac 4–7 October Super 2000 WRC
WRC Academy
12 Italy Rally Italia Sardegna
(Olbia, Sardinia) 		Gravel 18–21 October Production WRC
13 Spain Rally Catalunya
(Salou, Tarragona) 		Mixed
(Tarmac, gravel) 		8–11 November Super 2000 WRC
Production WRC
WRC Academy

Calendar changes[]

  • Early plans to run the Rally Argentina over an "endurance" format with stages in neighbouring Uruguay and Chile were abandoned in favour of a new route which featured over 500 km (311 mi) of competitive stages and made it the longest rally in the modern era of the sport.[2] The rally also featured the longest stage of the championship, the 66 km (41 mi) El Durzano–Ambul stage. The extended rally route has been promoted as a prototype of a format proposed by FIA President Jean Todt.[2]
  • The Jordan Rally was removed from the calendar. was expected to be promoted in its place, but was omitted from the final calendar and given candidate status for future inclusion in the championship.
  • The Wales Rally GB was brought forward from its traditional November date to September, making Rally of Spain the season finale.
  • The route of the Rally Finland was revised from the 2011 event, and included the return of several famous stages, including Ouninpohja, Mokkipera and Palsankyla.[3]
  • The Rally Italia Sardegna was moved back from May to October.
  • The Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo returned to the calendar after a three-year absence.
  • The Rally New Zealand replaced Rally Australia, in keeping with their event-sharing arrangement.

Teams and drivers[]

World Rally Championship entries[]

Manufacturer teams
Constructor Team Tyre No Driver Co-driver Rounds
Citroën
(Citroën DS3 WRC) 		France Citroën Total World Rally Team[4] M 1 France Sébastien Loeb[4] Monaco Daniel Elena All
2 Finland Mikko Hirvonen[5] Finland Jarmo Lehtinen[5] All
Qatar Qatar World Rally Team[6][7] M 7 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah[8] Italy [8] 2–6, 9–11
Belgium Thierry Neuville[9] Belgium Nicolas Gilsoul[10] 7, 12
Australia Chris Atkinson[11] Belgium Stéphane Prévot 8
Netherlands Hans Weijs, Jr.[12] Belgium 13
France Citroën Junior World Rally Team[13] M 8 Belgium Thierry Neuville[14] Belgium Nicolas Gilsoul[6] 1–6, 8–11, 13
Ford
(Ford Fiesta RS WRC) 		United Kingdom Ford World Rally Team[10][15] M 3 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala[16] Finland Miikka Anttila 1–4, 6–13
Spain Dani Sordo[17] Spain Carlos del Barrio[17] 5
4 Norway Petter Solberg[18] United Kingdom Chris Patterson All
United Kingdom M-Sport Ford World Rally Team[10] M 5 Estonia Ott Tänak[10] Estonia Kuldar Sikk All
6 Russia Evgeny Novikov[10] France Denis Giraudet 1–8
France [19] 9
Austria Ilka Minor[20] 10–12
Trinidad and Tobago [12] Jamaica 13
8 France François Delecour[21] France 1
Poland Michał Sołowow[6] Poland 2
15 United Kingdom Matthew Wilson[22] United Kingdom Scott Martin 10
16 South Africa Jannie Habig[23] United Kingdom 10
18 Netherlands Dennis Kuipers[24] Belgium 4
Brazil Brazil World Rally Team[25] M 9 Brazil Daniel Oliveira[26] Portugal 4–6, 9, 11, 13
Austria Manfred Stohl[27] Austria Ilka Minor[28] 7
Norway Adapta World Rally Team[13][29] M 10 Norway Mads Østberg[30] Sweden Jonas Andersson 2–3, 5, 8–11, 13
64 Norway Eyvind Brynildsen[29] Norway Cato Menkerud[6] 2
Mini
(Mini John Cooper Works WRC) 		Portugal Armindo Araújo World Rally Team[6][31] M 12 Portugal Armindo Araújo[32] Portugal 1
Brazil Palmeirinha Rally[6][31] M 14 Brazil Paulo Nobre[32] Brazil 1
Portugal WRC Team Mini Portugal[12][13][32] 2 M 12 Portugal Armindo Araújo[32] Portugal 2–8
Australia Chris Atkinson[33] Belgium Stéphane Prévot 9–10, 12
Australia [34] 11, 13
14 Brazil Paulo Nobre[32] Brazil 2–13
United Kingdom Mini WRC Team[35] 1 M 37 Spain Dani Sordo[35] Spain Carlos del Barrio 1
52 France Pierre Campana[35] France 1
World Rally Car entries not registered as manufacturers
Ford
(Ford Fiesta RS WRC) 		United States [36][37] M 9 United Kingdom Matthew Wilson[10] United Kingdom Scott Martin 1
16 Norway Henning Solberg[14] Austria Ilka Minor 1–4, 6, 8
United Kingdom [38] D 17 Finland Jari Ketomaa Finland 2, 4, 7–8
21 Czech Republic Martin Prokop[39] Czech Republic 5
Czech Republic [40] 13
22 Russia Evgeny Novikov[12][41] Austria Ilka Minor[12] 13
M 51 Cyprus France 6
United Kingdom M-Sport[14] M 18 Finland Matti Rantanen[11] Finland 8
D 52 Mexico Ricardo Triviño Spain 3
Ukraine AT Rally Team M 19 Finland Sebastian Lindholm[11] Finland 8
53 Ukraine Oleksiy Tamrazov[42] Ukraine 6
Czech Republic Czech Ford National Team M 21 Czech Republic Martin Prokop[43] Czech Republic [44] 1–2, 4, 6, 8–11
D 12
United States Monster World Rally Team M 21 Australia Chris Atkinson[14] Belgium Stéphane Prévot 3
43 United States Ken Block[45] Italy Alex Gelsomino 3, 7–8
France [10] M 53 France Julien Maurin France 1
France [46] 11
Citroën
(Citroën DS3 WRC) 		Netherlands Van Merksteijn Motorsport[6] M 11 Netherlands Peter van Merksteijn Sr.[10][47] Belgium 1
15 Netherlands Peter van Merksteijn Jr.[6][48] 2, 4, 9
France PH Sport M 24 Italy Luca Pedersoli[49] Italy Matteo Romano 12
France M 52 France Sébastien Chardonnet[46] France 11
Mini
(Mini John Cooper Works WRC) 		United Kingdom Prodrive[6] M 19 Sweden Richard Göransson Sweden 2
52 Chile Eliseo Salazar Spain Marc Martí[17] 5
United Kingdom Mini WRC Team[35]
Prodrive WRC Team[24]
M 23 Finland Jarkko Nikara[50] Finland [12] 13
37 Spain Dani Sordo[35] Spain Carlos del Barrio 2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 13
52 Sweden Patrik Sandell[51][52] Sweden [51] 2
Sweden [24] 4
68 France Yvan Muller[53] France [46] 11
Qatar [42] M 24 Qatar Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari Italy 6
Republic of Ireland [12] 13
Germany [11] M 53 Finland Finland 8
France Dumas Rallye Team M 69 France Romain Dumas[46] France 11
Škoda
(Škoda Fabia S2000) 		Germany Volkswagen Motorsport M 23 Netherlands Kevin Abbring[54] Belgium [54] 1
Belgium [14] 3–4, 10
24 Germany Sepp Wiegand[19] Germany Timo Gottschalk 9
25 France Sébastien Ogier[55] France Julien Ingrassia 1–6, 8–13
26 Norway Andreas Mikkelsen[6][56] Norway Ola Fløene 2, 5–6, 8–9, 11–13

Notes:

  • ^1 – The Mini WRC Team lost Mini's support as a manufacturer team after the Monte Carlo Rally, making them ineligible to score points in the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers. The Mini WRC Team became known as the Prodrive WRC Team from the Rally de Portugal.
  • ^2 – The Armindo Araújo World Rally Team and Palmeirinha Rally were merged to form WRC Team Mini Portugal with the support of Mini for the Rally of Sweden; however, the FIA ruled that they were not eligible to score points in the FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers.

Team and driver changes[]

After 12 years, Petter Solberg returned to the Ford factory team.
Evgeny Novikov drives for M-Sport Ford.
  • Chris Atkinson returned to the WRC to contest the Rally of Mexico with the Monster World Rally Team.[14] He also drove at the Rally of Finland on behalf of the Qatar World Rally Team[11] as Nasser Al-Attiyah was competing at the London Olympic Games,[57][58] and later joined WRC Team Mini Portugal in the place of Armindo Araújo for the Rally of Germany.[33] Atkinson's last appearance at the WRC level was a one-off drive with the Citroën Junior Team at the 2009 Rally Ireland.
  • Ken Block will contest a reduced WRC program, appearing at Rally Mexico, Rally New Zealand and Rally Finland.[45]
  • The Citroën World Rally Team will expand to a three-car operation, entering a third Citroën DS3 WRC for 2011 Dakar Rally winner Nasser Al-Attiyah.[8] Al-Attiyah was originally scheduled to contest every event with the exception of the Rallye Monte Carlo owing to a date clash with the 2012 Dakar Rally.[59] However, Al-Attiyah was selected to represent his native Qatar at the London Olympics in skeet shooting and was forced to miss the Rally of New Zealand and the Rally of Finland.
  • François Delecour returned to the WRC to compete in the 80ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo.[21] Delecour drove a Ford Fiesta RS WRC in the rally, his first event at the WRC level since the 2002 Rally of Great Britain. The Rallye Monte Carlo is Delecour's only planned appearance in the 2012 season.
  • 2011 championship runner-up Mikko Hirvonen and co-driver Jarmo Lehtinen moved from the Ford World Rally Team to Citroën.[5]
  • Jari-Matti Latvala was injured in an accident during a training exercise two weeks before Rally Argentina, forcing him out of the event.[60] He was replaced by Dani Sordo for the event.[17]
  • Lotus Cars planned to enter a Lotus Exige R-GT at all tarmac events on the 2012 calendar, pending the homologation of the car.[61][62] The Lotus Exige R-GT was Lotus' first entry in the World Rally Championship since the Talbot Sunbeam Lotus in 1983 Rally of Portugal, but the team later changed their plans and the team made its debut appearance at the Rali Vinho da Madeira, a round of the European Rally Championship instead of the WRC.[63]
  • Mini WRC Team will only enter one works driver in selected events of 2012, after the team was unable to find the budget for two full-time entries.[35] Dani Sordo will enter in every event, with the second car driven by local competitors. The team has stated that Kris Meeke will not compete in every rally, but will remain a part of the team.[35] On 6 February 2012, it was announced that the status of the Prodrive-operated team had been demoted to a works-supported private team, while the Motorsport Italia-run WRC Team Mini Portugal became the factory team of Mini.[32] The team was renamed "Prodrive WRC Team" before the Rally de Portugal.[24]
  • Thierry Neuville, winner of the 2011 Tour de Corse in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, will compete in nine rallies at the WRC level – with a provision for two more – in a Citroën DS3 WRC prepared by Citroën Racing Technology[64] and run by PH Sport, which was re-opened after being closed down for the 2011 season.[10] He also drove for the Qatar World Rally Team at the Rally of New Zealand. Neuville had previously contested the Junior World Rally Championship in with a Citroën C2 S1600 in 2010.
  • Evgeny Novikov and Ott Tänak will join the M-Sport Ford World Rally Team.[10]
  • Sébastien Ogier was released from his three-year contract with Citroën after just one season.[65] Ogier later joined Volkswagen to develop the Polo R WRC for their 2013 WRC entry,[66] while contesting the full 2012 WRC schedule in a Škoda Fabia S2000 with regular co-driver Julien Ingrassia.[55]
  • Martin Prokop, who previously competed in the Super 2000 World Rally Championship, will take part in ten rallies driving a Ford Fiesta RS WRC.[43]
  • Kimi Räikkönen returned to Formula One.[67] The WRC arm of his Ice 1 Racing team was subsequently shut down.
  • Former M-Sport drivers Henning Solberg and Matthew Wilson joined the newly formed non-manufacturer with the intention of completing the season, but the team only appeared at the Rally Monte Carlo and the Rally of Sweden. Wilson later re-joined M-Sport for a one-off appearance at the Wales Rally GB.
  • 2003 World Champion Petter Solberg secured a seat with the Ford World Rally Team.[18] His privately entered team, with which he had competed with between 2009 and 2011, was closed down.

SWRC entries[]

No Team Driver Co-driver Car Rounds
31 Spain [68] New Zealand Hayden Paddon[68] New Zealand John Kennard[6] Škoda Fabia S2000 2, 4, 7
Austria [69] 8, 10–11, 13
32 Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland Craig Breen[10] United Kingdom Gareth Roberts Ford Fiesta S2000 1–2, 4
Republic of Ireland Paul Nagle[11] 8, 10–11, 13
33 Malaysia Proton Motorsports[6][70] Sweden Per-Gunnar Andersson[70] Sweden Emil Axelsson Proton Satria Neo S2000 1–2, 7–8, 10–11, 13
34 Italy Giandomenico Basso[70] Italy 1
United Kingdom Alister McRae[71] Australia 2, 7
Finland Juha Salo[11] Finland Marko Salminen 8
United Kingdom Tom Cave[23] United Kingdom Craig Parry 10
Austria Andreas Aigner[46] Germany 11
United Kingdom [12] United Kingdom Daniel Barritt 13
35 Poland [6] Poland Poland Ford Fiesta S2000 2, 4, 7–8, 10–11, 13
36 Saudi Arabia Yazeed Racing[6] Saudi Arabia Yazeed Al-Rajhi[72] United Kingdom Ford Fiesta RRC 2, 4, 7–8, 10–11, 13
Additional guest entries
49 Norway [6] Sweden Pontus Tidemand Sweden Škoda Fabia S2000 2
63 Norway [6] Norway Marius Aasen Norway Ford Fiesta S2000 2
49 Portugal [24] Portugal Portugal Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X R4 4
49 Finland [11] Finland Esapekka Lappi Finland Janne Ferm Ford Fiesta S2000 8
49 United Kingdom M-Sport[23] United Kingdom United Kingdom Daniel Barritt Ford Fiesta S2000 10
49 Spain [12] Andorra Albert Llovera Spain Diego Vallejo Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 13
Team and driver changes

PWRC entries[]

No Team Driver Co-driver Car Rounds
31 Poland [10] Poland Michał Kościuszko Poland Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 1, 3, 5, 9, 12–13
32 Peru [10] Peru Nicolás Fuchs Argentina Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 1
Argentina [14] 3, 5
Belgium [73] Subaru Impreza WRX STI 6, 9, 12–13
33 Italy Top Run Motorsport[74] Argentina Marcos Ligato Argentina Subaru Impreza WRX STI 5–7, 9, 12–13
34 Italy [10] Italy Lorenzo Bertelli Italy Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1, 5
Subaru Impreza WRX STI 6–7, 12–13
36 United Kingdom [10] United Kingdom Louise Cook United Kingdom Ford Fiesta ST 1, 6–7, 12
Ford Fiesta R2 9, 13
38 Italy Ralliart Italy[75] Mexico Benito Guerra Spain Borja Rozada Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 3, 5–6, 9, 12–13
39 Ukraine Mentos Ascania Racing[75] Ukraine Valeriy Gorban Ukraine Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 5–7, 9, 12–13
41 Ukraine Oleksiy Kikireshko Ukraine Pavlo Cherepin 5–7
Estonia [19] 9, 12–13
40 Italy [75] Italy Italy Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3, 5, 7
Italy [42] 6
Italy Andrea Cecchi[49] 12–13
42 Mexico Triviño World Rally Team[75] Mexico Ricardo Triviño Spain Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 5
Subaru Impreza WRX STI 6, 9, 12–13
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 7
44 Sweden [74] Sweden Ramona Karlsson Sweden Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 3, 5, 7, 9, 12–13
45 Indonesia [76] Indonesia Indonesia Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 5
New Zealand [42] 6–7, 9
Italy [49] 12
Australia [12] 13
Additional guest entries
49 Mexico [14] Mexico Mexico Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 3
49 Argentina [77] Argentina Argentina Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 5
49 Spain [12] Spain Spain Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 13
50 Spain [12] Spain Spain Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 13

WRC Academy entries[]

The WRC Academy uses identical Ford Fiesta R2s.[78]

Driver Co-driver Rounds
United States Republic of Ireland 4, 6
United States 8
Spain Spain Cándido Carrera 4, 6, 8–9, 11, 13
United Kingdom United Kingdom Daniel Barritt 4, 6, 8–9, 11
United Kingdom United Kingdom 4
Sweden Pontus Tidemand Norway 4, 6, 8, 11, 13
Sweden Emil Axelsson 9
Australia Australia 4, 6, 8–9, 11, 13
Netherlands Netherlands 4, 6, 8–9, 11, 13
United Kingdom United Kingdom Stuart Loudon 4, 6, 8–9, 11, 13
United Kingdom Elfyn Evans United Kingdom 4, 6
United Kingdom Philip Pugh 8–9, 11
United Kingdom Sebastian Marshall 13
Spain Spain 4
Portugal Portugal 4
Portugal [42] 6, 8–9
South Africa United Kingdom Craig Parry 4, 6, 8–9
Sweden Norway 4, 6, 8–9, 11, 13
Entries not scoring Academy points
Slovakia Martin Koči Czech Republic 9
Poland [12] Poland 13

Results and standings[]

Results and statistics[]

Colour Rally Surface
Gold Gravel
Silver Tarmac
Blue Snow/Ice
Bronze Mixed Surface
Round Rally name Podium finishers Statistics
Rank Driver Car Time Stages Length Starters Finishers
1 Monaco Monte Carlo Rally
(18–22 January) – Results and report 		1 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën DS3 WRC 4:32:39.9 18 433.36 km 82 54
2 Spain Dani Sordo Mini John Cooper Works WRC 4:35:25.4
3 Norway Petter Solberg Ford Fiesta RS WRC 4:35:54.1
2 Sweden Rally Sweden
(9–12 February) – Results and report 		1 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:18:28.3 24 349.16 km 50 42
2 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Citroën DS3 WRC 3:18:44.9
3 Norway Mads Østberg Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:19:07.1
3 Mexico Rally Mexico
(8–11 March) – Results and report 		1 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën DS3 WRC 4:15:32.7 (24)†
22 		(408.50 km)†
382.60 km 		27 19
2 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Citroën DS3 WRC 4:16:15.1
3 Norway Petter Solberg Ford Fiesta RS WRC 4:17:44.1
4 Portugal Rally de Portugal
(29 March – 1 April) – Results and report 		1 Norway Mads Østberg Ford Fiesta RS WRC 4:21:16.3 (22)†
19 		(434.77 km)†
368.43 km 		49 30
2 Russia Evgeny Novikov Ford Fiesta RS WRC 4:22:49.3
3 Norway Petter Solberg Ford Fiesta RS WRC 4:23:11.7
5 Argentina Rally Argentina
(26–29 April) – Results and report 		1 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën DS3 WRC 5:34:38.8 19 502.73 km 42 27
2 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Citroën DS3 WRC 5:34:54.0
3 Norway Mads Østberg Ford Fiesta RS WRC 5:37:49.2
6 Greece Acropolis Rally
(24–27 May) – Results and report 		1 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën DS3 WRC 4:42:03.3 22 409.47 km 54 32
2 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Citroën DS3 WRC 4:42:43.3
3 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala Ford Fiesta RS WRC 4:45:08.1
7 New Zealand Rally New Zealand
(22–24 June) – Results and report 		1 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën DS3 WRC 4:04:51.2 22 413.94 km 41 35
2 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Citroën DS3 WRC 4:05:20.8
3 Norway Petter Solberg Ford Fiesta RS WRC 4:06:27.6
8 Finland Rally Finland
(2–4 August) – Results and report 		1 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën DS3 WRC 2:28:11.4 18 303.52 km 81 53
2 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Citroën DS3 WRC 2:28:17.5
3 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala Ford Fiesta RS WRC 2:28:46.4
9 Germany Rallye Deutschland
(24–26 August) – Results and report 		1 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën DS3 WRC 3:41:52.4 15 368.63 km 71 40
2 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:43:52.5
3 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Citroën DS3 WRC 3:44:23.8
10 United Kingdom Wales Rally GB
(14–16 September) – Results and report 		1 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:03:40.3 19 324.92 km 31 29
2 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën DS3 WRC 3:04:08.1
3 Norway Petter Solberg Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:04:09.0
11 France Rallye de France Alsace
(4–7 October) – Results and report 		1 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën DS3 WRC 3:32:53.0 (22)†
21 		(404.14 km)†
393.39 km 		69 45
2 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:33:08.5
3 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Citroën DS3 WRC 3:33:37.1
12 Italy Rally Italia Sardegna
(18–21 October) – Results and report 		1 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Citroën DS3 WRC 3:23:54.9 16 305.80 km 41 32
2 Russia Evgeny Novikov Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:25:15.5
3 Estonia Ott Tänak Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:26:16.0
13 Spain Rally Catalunya
(8–11 November) – Results and report 		1 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën DS3 WRC 4:14:29.1 18 405.46 km 70 52
2 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala Ford Fiesta RS WRC 4:14:36.1
3 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Citroën DS3 WRC 4:16:15.9
Notes
  • † – Event was shortened after stages were cancelled.

Standings[]

Drivers' championship[]

Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
Pos. Driver MON
Monaco 		SWE
Sweden 		MEX
Mexico 		POR
Portugal 		ARG
Argentina 		GRE
Greece 		NZL
New Zealand 		FIN
Finland 		GER
Germany 		GBR
United Kingdom 		FRA
France 		ITA
Italy 		ESP
Spain 		Points
1 France Sébastien Loeb 1 1 6 1 1 2 Ret 1 1 1 1 3 1 3 1 1 2 2 1 Ret 1 3 270
2 Finland Mikko Hirvonen 4 2 2 2 EX 2 2 2 3 2 2 1 3 2 5 1 3 1 3 213
3 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala Ret 1 3 Ret 13 2 3 2 7 1 3 2 1 3 2 12 2 2 1 154
4 Norway Mads Østberg 3 4 3 1 3 4 5 4 4 5 3 4 4 149
5 Norway Petter Solberg 3 4 2 3 1 3 6 1 Ret 3 2 4 2 11 3 26 9 1 11 124
6 Russia Evgeny Novikov 5 3 5 Ret 2 8 Ret 4 36 Ret 6 7 2 10 88
7 Belgium Thierry Neuville Ret 12 13 8 5 6 5 16 12 7 4 2 18 3 12 53
8 Estonia Ott Tänak 8 Ret 5 14 3 10 9 Ret 6 Ret Ret 6 1 3 Ret 52
9 Czech Republic Martin Prokop 9 9 5 4 5 9 Ret 9 9 8 13 46
10 France Sébastien Ogier Ret 11 8 7 7 7 10 6 12 11 5 Ret 41
11 Spain Dani Sordo 2 Ret 11 1 Ret 6 9 Ret 9 2 35
12 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah 21 6 4 9 3 Ret 8 10 Ret 28
13 Australia Chris Atkinson WD Ret 39 5 11 8 6 7 28
14 Norway Andreas Mikkelsen 13 Ret Ret 27 7 3 12 7 21 13
15 Portugal Armindo Araújo 10 15 7 15 Ret 11 8 15 11
16 Finland Jarkko Nikara 13 5 10
17 Republic of Ireland Craig Breen 14 16 Ret Ret 13 17 6 8
18 France François Delecour 6 8
19 Netherlands Dennis Kuipers 6 8
20 Norway Henning Solberg 13 7 WD WD WD WD WD 6
21 France Pierre Campana 7 6
22 Finland Matti Rantanen 7 6
23 Finland Jari Ketomaa Ret 9 11 8 6
24 Sweden Per-Gunnar Andersson Ret 14 23 11 24 24 8 4
25 United Kingdom Matthew Wilson 11 WD 8 4
26 Saudi Arabia Yazeed Al-Rajhi 24 Ret 8 28 17 Ret 16 18 15 4
27 Sweden Patrik Sandell 8 Ret 4
28 United States Ken Block 9 9 Ret 4
29 Qatar Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari 10 14 1
30 France Sébastien Chardonnet 19 25 28 33 15 19 10 1
31 Mexico Ricardo Triviño 10 26 Ret 16 19 22 28 22 35 1
32 France Mathieu Arzeno Ret 10 18 Ret 1
33 Netherlands Peter van Merksteijn Jr. 19 10 Ret 1
34 Norway Eyvind Brynildsen 10 1
35 Austria Manfred Stohl 10 1
36 Italy Luca Pedersoli 10 1
Pos. Driver MON
Monaco 		SWE
Sweden 		MEX
Mexico 		POR
Portugal 		ARG
Argentina 		GRE
Greece 		NZL
New Zealand 		FIN
Finland 		GER
Germany 		GBR
United Kingdom 		FRA
France 		ITA
Italy 		ESP
Spain 		Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Notes:

  • 1 2 3 refers to the classification of the drivers on the 'Power Stage', where bonus points are awarded 3–2–1 for the fastest three drivers on the stage.

Co-drivers' championship[]

Pos. Co-driver MON
Monaco 		SWE
Sweden 		MEX
Mexico 		POR
Portugal 		ARG
Argentina 		GRE
Greece 		NZL
New Zealand 		FIN
Finland 		GER
Germany 		GBR
United Kingdom 		FRA
France 		ITA
Italy 		ESP
Spain 		Points
1 Monaco Daniel Elena 1 1 6 1 1 2 Ret 1 1 1 1 3 1 3 1 1 2 2 1 Ret 1 3 270
2 Finland Jarmo Lehtinen 4 2 2 2 EX 2 2 2 3 2 2 1 3 2 5 1 3 1 3 213
3 Finland Miikka Anttila Ret 1 3 Ret 13 2 3 2 7 1 3 2 1 3 2 12 2 2 1 154
4 Sweden Jonas Andersson 3 4 3 1 3 4 5 4 4 5 3 4 4 149
5 United Kingdom Chris Patterson 3 4 2 3 1 3 6 1 Ret 3 2 4 2 11 3 26 9 1 11 124
6 France Denis Giraudet 5 3 5 Ret 2 8 Ret 4 36 55
7 Belgium Nicolas Gilsoul Ret 12 13 8 5 6 5 16 12 7 4 2 19 3 12 53
8 Estonia Kuldar Sikk 8 Ret 5 14 3 10 9 Ret 6 Ret Ret 6 1 3 Ret 52
9 Czech Republic 9 9 5 4 5 9 Ret 9 9 8 13 46
10 France Julien Ingrassia Ret 11 8 7 7 7 10 6 12 11 5 Ret 41
11 Austria Ilka Minor 13 7 WD WD WD 10 WD 6 7 2 10 40
12 Spain Carlos del Barrio 2 Ret 11 1 Ret 6 9 Ret 9 2 35
13 Italy 21 6 4 9 3 Ret 8 10 Ret 28
14 Belgium Stéphane Prévot WD Ret 39 5 11 8 6 7 28
15 Norway Ola Floene 13 Ret Ret 27 7 3 12 7 21 13
16 Portugal 10 15 7 15 Ret 11 8 15 11
17 Finland 5 10
18 Republic of Ireland Paul Nagle Ret 13 17 6 8
19 France 6 8
20 Belgium 6 8
21 France 7 6
22 Finland 7 6
23 Finland Ret 9 11 8 6
24 Sweden Emil Axelsson Ret 14 23 11 24 24 8 4
25 United Kingdom Scott Martin 11 WD 8 4
26 United Kingdom 24 Ret 8 28 17 Ret 16 18 15 4
27 Sweden 8 4
28 Italy Alex Gelsomino 9 9 Ret 4
29 Republic of Ireland 10 14 1
30 France 19 25 28 33 15 19 10 1
31 Spain 10 26 Ret 16 19 22 28 22 35 1
32 Belgium Renaud Jamoul Ret 10 18 Ret 1
33 Belgium 19 10 Ret 1
34 Norway Cato Menkerud 10 1
35 Italy Matteo Romano 10 1
Pos. Co-driver MON
Monaco 		SWE
Sweden 		MEX
Mexico 		POR
Portugal 		ARG
Argentina 		GRE
Greece 		NZL
New Zealand 		FIN
Finland 		GER
Germany 		GBR
United Kingdom 		FRA
France 		ITA
Italy 		ESP
Spain 		Points

Manufacturers' championship[]

Pos. Manufacturer No. MON
Monaco 		SWE
Sweden 		MEX
Mexico 		POR
Portugal 		ARG
Argentina 		GRE
Greece 		NZL
New Zealand 		FIN
Finland 		GER
Germany 		GBR
United Kingdom 		FRA
France 		ITA
Italy 		ESP
Spain 		Points
1 France Citroën Total World Rally Team 1 1 5 1 Ret 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 Ret 1 453
2 4 2 2 EX 2 2 2 2 3 5 3 1 3
2 United Kingdom Ford World Rally Team 3 Ret 1 Ret 6 Ret 3 6 3 2 1 2 5 2 309
4 3 3 3 2 5 Ret 3 4 6 3 8 4 5
3 United Kingdom M-Sport Ford World Rally Team 5 7 Ret 5 7 8 5 Ret 6 Ret Ret 6 3 Ret 170
6 5 4 Ret 1 6 Ret 4 8 Ret 6 7 2 Ret
4 Norway Adapta World Rally Team 10 4 3 5 4 4 5 4 83
5 France Citroën Junior World Rally Team 8 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 72
6 Qatar Qatar World Rally Team 7 6 6 3 7 Ret 5 9 5 8 Ret 6 Ret 71
7 Brazil Brazil World Rally Team 9 5 Ret Ret 7 8 Ret 6 28
8 United Kingdom Mini WRC Team † 37 2 26
52 6
– Portugal Armindo Araújo World Rally Team ‡ 12 8 0
– Brazil Palmeirinha Rally ‡ 14 9 0
Pos. Manufacturer No. MON
Monaco 		SWE
Sweden 		MEX
Mexico 		POR
Portugal 		ARG
Argentina 		GRE
Greece 		NZL
New Zealand 		FIN
Finland 		GER
Germany 		GBR
United Kingdom 		FRA
France 		ITA
Italy 		ESP
Spain 		Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Notes:

SWRC Drivers' championship[]

Pos. Driver MON
Monaco 		SWE
Sweden 		POR
Portugal 		NZL
New Zealand 		FIN
Finland 		GBR
United Kingdom 		FRA
France 		ESP
Spain 		Points
1 Republic of Ireland Craig Breen 1 2 Ret Ret 1 1 1 118
2 Sweden Per-Gunnar Andersson Ret 1 2 1 6 3 2 109
3 Saudi Arabia Yazeed Al-Rajhi 5 Ret 4 2 3 2 3 88
4 New Zealand Hayden Paddon 4 1 1 Ret 7 Ret 5 78
5 Poland 6 2 3 4 4 Ret Ret 65
6 United Kingdom 5 4 22
7 United Kingdom Tom Cave 2 18
8 Sweden Pontus Tidemand 3 15
9 Portugal 3 15
10 Finland Juha Salo 3 15
11 Austria Andreas Aigner 4 12
12 Finland Esapekka Lappi 5 10
13 United Kingdom Alister McRae 7 Ret 6
— Italy Giandomenico Basso Ret 0
— Norway Marius Aasen Ret 0
— Andorra Albert Llovera Ret 0
Pos. Driver MON
Monaco 		SWE
Sweden 		POR
Portugal 		NZL
New Zealand 		FIN
Finland 		GBR
United Kingdom 		FRA
France 		ESP
Spain 		Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)
Co-drivers[]
Pos. Co-driver MON
Monaco 		SWE
Sweden 		POR
Portugal 		NZL
New Zealand 		FIN
Finland 		GBR
United Kingdom 		FRA
France 		ESP
Spain 		Points
1 Sweden Emil Axelsson Ret 1 2 1 6 3 2 109
2 United Kingdom 5 Ret 4 2 3 2 3 88
3 New Zealand John Kennard 4 1 1 Ret 7 Ret 5 78
4 Republic of Ireland Paul Nagle Ret 1 1 1 75
5 Poland 6 2 3 4 4 Ret Ret 65
6 United Kingdom Gareth Roberts 1 2 Ret 43
7 United Kingdom Daniel Barritt 5 4 22
8 United Kingdom Craig Parry 2 18
9 Sweden 3 15
10 Portugal 3 15
11 Finland Marko Salminen 3 15
12 Germany 4 12
13 Finland Janne Ferm 5 10
14 Australia 7 Ret 6
— Italy Ret 0
— Norway Ret 0
— Spain Diego Vallejo Ret 0
Pos. Co-driver MON
Monaco 		SWE
Sweden 		POR
Portugal 		NZL
New Zealand 		FIN
Finland 		GBR
United Kingdom 		FRA
France 		ESP
Spain 		Points

PWRC Drivers' championship[]

Pos. Driver MON
Monaco 		MEX
Mexico 		ARG
Argentina 		GRE
Greece 		NZL
New Zealand 		GER
Germany 		ITA
Italy 		ESP
Spain 		Points
1 Mexico Benito Guerra 1 1 4 2 8 1 109
2 Argentina Marcos Ligato 4 Ret 1 3 2 2 88
3 Ukraine Valeriy Gorban 3 1 4 7 3 4 85
4 Poland Michał Kościuszko 1 3 Ret 1 6 6 81
5 Indonesia 7 2 2 6 4 3 77
6 Peru Nicolás Fuchs WD 2 2 Ret 5 1 9 73
7 Mexico Ricardo Triviño Ret 3 3 4 7 8 52
8 United Kingdom Louise Cook 2 6 6 Ret 10 WD 35
9 Italy 4 5 Ret 5 9 10 35
10 Italy Lorenzo Bertelli Ret 8 5 Ret Ret 5 24
11 Ukraine Oleksiy Kikireshko Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 11 10
12 Mexico 5 10
13 Sweden Ramona Karlsson 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret WD WD 8
14 Argentina 6 8
15 Spain 7 6
NC Spain Ret 0
Pos. Driver MON
Monaco 		MEX
Mexico 		ARG
Argentina 		GRE
Greece 		NZL
New Zealand 		GER
Germany 		ITA
Italy 		ESP
Spain 		Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)
Co-drivers[]
Pos. Co-driver MON
Monaco 		MEX
Mexico 		ARG
Argentina 		GRE
Greece 		NZL
New Zealand 		GER
Germany 		ITA
Italy 		ESP
Spain 		Points
1 Spain Borja Rozada 1 1 4 2 8 1 109
2 Argentina 4 Ret 1 3 2 2 88
3 Ukraine 3 1 4 7 3 4 85
4 Poland 1 3 Ret 1 6 6 81
5 Argentina WD 2 2 Ret 5 1 9 73
6 Spain Ret 3 3 4 7 8 52
7 New Zealand 2 2 6 44
8 United Kingdom 2 6 6 Ret 10 WD 35
9 Italy Andrea Cecchi Ret 5 9 10 35
10 Italy 4 5 4 34
11 Italy Ret 8 5 Ret Ret 5 24
11 Australia 3 15
13 Estonia Ret 5 11 10
14 Mexico 5 10
15 Sweden 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret WD WD 8
16 Argentina 6 8
17 Indonesia 7 6
18 Spain 7 6
NC Ukraine Pavlo Cherepin Ret Ret Ret 0
NC Italy Ret 0
NC Spain Ret 0
Pos. Co-driver MON
Monaco 		MEX
Mexico 		ARG
Argentina 		GRE
Greece 		NZL
New Zealand 		GER
Germany 		ITA
Italy 		ESP
Spain 		Points

WRC Academy Drivers' championship[]

Pos. Driver POR
Portugal 		GRE
Greece 		FIN
Finland 		GER
Germany 		FRA
France 		ESP
Spain 		Points
1 United Kingdom Elfyn Evans 7 1 7 1 7 1 3 1 3 3 3 144
2 Spain 5 5 1 4 1 2 2 4 1 1 100
3 Sweden Pontus Tidemand 3 1 Ret 1 2 6 6 6 2 2 7 84
4 Australia 2 2 3 3 2 5 1 4 1 6 84
5 United Kingdom 9 4 1 5 3 2 3 2 4 2 73
6 United Kingdom 1 3 2 9 1 Ret 4 Ret 1 54
7 Netherlands 4 7 Ret 4 1 7 5 47
8 Sweden 6 3 Ret Ret Ret 5 1 Ret 22
9 United States Ret 6 6 16
10 Portugal 8 Ret 7 DNS 10
11 South Africa WD Ret 8 DNS WD 4
Pos. Driver POR
Portugal 		GRE
Greece 		FIN
Finland 		GER
Germany 		FRA
France 		ESP
Spain 		Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Notes:

  • 1 refers to the number of stages won, where a bonus point is awarded per stage win.
Co-drivers[]
Pos. Co-driver POR
Portugal 		GRE
Greece 		FIN
Finland 		GER
Germany 		FRA
France 		ESP
Spain 		Points
1 United Kingdom 1 7 1 7 1 3 1 3 120
2 Spain Cándido Carrera 5 5 1 4 1 2 2 4 1 1 100
3 Norway 3 1 Ret 1 2 6 6 2 2 7 76
4 Australia 2 2 3 3 2 5 1 4 1 6 84
5 United Kingdom Stuart Loudon 9 4 1 5 3 2 3 2 4 2 73
6 United Kingdom Daniel Barritt 1 3 2 9 1 Ret 4 Ret 1 54
7 Netherlands 4 7 Ret 4 1 7 5 47
8 Norway 6 3 Ret Ret Ret 5 1 Ret 22
9 United Kingdom Sebastian Marshall 3 3 18
10 Republic of Ireland Ret 6 8
11 United States 6 8
12 Sweden Emil Axelsson 6 8
13 United Kingdom 7 6
14 Portugal Ret 7 DNS 6
15 Portugal 8 4
16 United Kingdom Craig Parry WD Ret 8 DNS WD 4
Pos. Co-driver POR
Portugal 		GRE
Greece 		FIN
Finland 		GER
Germany 		FRA
France 		ESP
Spain 		Points

Changes[]

  • In November 2011, Europol issued an arrest warrant for Russian banker Vladimir Antonov at the request of Lithuanian prosecutors as part of an investigation into asset-stripping at Antonov's commercial banks, Snoras and Latvijas Krājbanka.[80] Antonov, who held the commercial rights to the sport through Convers Sports Initiatives, was arrested in London two days later and charged with fraud and embezzlement.[81] Convers Sports Initiatives initially claimed to be unaffected by the arrest,[80] but went into receivership at the end of the month.[82] Promoter North One Sport issued a statement clarifying the situation, confirming that they were unaffected by Antonov's arrest and parent company Convers Sports Initiatives entering into receivership and that they would co-operate with the investigation into Bank Snoras.[83] However, North One Sport were subsequently forced to find new investors, with bids from Qatar and French broadcaster Eurosport.[84] It was later reported that negotiations with the Qatari bidders had collapsed, forcing the closure of North One Sport.[85]
  • The FIA World Motor Sport Council permitted tyre suppliers to provide teams and drivers with a second tyre compound, following several complaints from drivers about a lack of grip at the 2011 Rally Australia.[86]
  • On gravel rallies, shakedown stage will be used as a qualifying stage for P1 and P2 drivers. According to the results of qualifying, P1 and P2 crews – in order of fastest to slowest – will then select their start positions for the first day of the rally.[87] On day two and three, P1 and P2 drivers will restart in reverse order according to their provisional overall classification. On asphalt rallies, regulations in previous years still apply.[88]
  • Organisers of WRC events will be allowed to specify whether cars failed to complete a section are permitted to restart the event on the next day.[87] Restart after retirement, formerly known as SupeRally, will now be called "Rally 2".[88]

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