2010 Rally New Zealand

2010 Rally New Zealand 40th Rally New Zealand
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Host country	New Zealand
Rally base	Auckland, New Zealand
Dates run	7 May – 9 2010
Stages	21 (396.50 km; 246.37 mi)
Stage surface	Gravel with some asphalt
Overall distance	1,496.51 km (929.89 mi)[1]
Results
Overall winner	Jari-Matti Latvala BP Ford Abu Dhabi WRT
Crews	54 at start, 38 at finish

The 2010 Rally New Zealand was the fifth round of the 2010 World Rally Championship season. The rally took place over 7–9 May and is based in the country's largest city, Auckland. The rally was also the fourth round of both the Production World Rally Championship and the Super 2000 World Rally Championship.

Jari-Matti Latvala took his third WRC win after taking advantage of an error by Sébastien Ogier on the final stage; which promoted the Finn into first place.^[2] Latvala eventually took the victory by just 2.4 seconds with Sébastien Loeb a further 12.8 seconds back in third position. Loeb had been leading prior to stage 19, before hitting a tree which cost him over 40 seconds.^[3]

Jari Ketomaa won the Super 2000 class of the rally, finishing in eighth position overall. Xavier Pons also broke the top ten overall as he finished behind Ketomaa to extend his championship lead to 20 points over Martin Prokop, who finished third in the class. Home drivers dominated the PWRC class as Pirelli Star Driver Hayden Paddon, Emma Gilmour and Kingsley Thompson took a 1-2-3 for New Zealand drivers.

Results

Event standings

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	4:04:09.8	0.0	25
2.	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën C4 WRC	4:04:12.2	2.4	18
3.	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	4:04:25.0	15.2	15
4.	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	4:04:31.1	21.3	12
5.	Dani Sordo	Marc Martí	Citroën C4 WRC	4:04:35.6	25.8	10
6.	Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	4:07:35.8	3:26.0	8
7.	Henning Solberg	Ilka Minor	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	4:10:25.1	6:15.3	6
8.	Jari Ketomaa	Mika Stenberg	Ford Fiesta S2000	4:14:29.1	10:19.3	4
9.	Federico Villagra	Jorge Pérez Companc	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	4:14:59.6	10:49.8	2
10.	Xavier Pons	Alex Haro	Ford Fiesta S2000	4:15:23.2	11:13.4	1
SWRC
1. (8.)	Jari Ketomaa	Mika Stenberg	Ford Fiesta S2000	4:14:29.1	0.0	25
2. (10.)	Xavier Pons	Alex Haro	Ford Fiesta S2000	4:15:23.2	54.1	18
3. (11.)	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Ford Fiesta S2000	4:15:43.1	1:14.0	15
4. (12.)	Patrik Sandell	Emil Axelsson	Škoda Fabia S2000	4:16:08.5	1:39.4	12
5. (13.)	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Giovanni Bernacchini	Škoda Fabia S2000	4:16:43.9	2:14.8	10
PWRC
1. (14.)	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	4:19:28.8	0.0	25
2. (17.)	Emma Gilmour	Glenn MacNeall	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	4:22:44.2	3:15.4	18
3. (20.)	Kingsley Thompson	Malcolm Peden	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	4:28:38.8	9:10.0	15
4. (26.)	Toshi Arai	Daniel Barritt	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	4:37:39.3	18:10.5	12
5. (27.)	Gianluca Linari	Paolo Gregoriani	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	4:38:54.1	19:25.3	10
6. (35.)	Paulo Nobre	Edu Paula	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	5:07:02.3	47:33.5	8

Special stages

Day	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
1 (7 May)	SS1	09:03	Waipu Gorge	11.09 km	Petter Solberg	6:34.8	101.12 km/h	Petter Solberg
	SS2	09:26	Brooks 1	13.60 km	Sébastien Ogier	8:13.7	99.17 km/h
	SS3	10:19	Bull 1	32.56 km	Dani Sordo	20:50.9	93.71 km/h	Dani Sordo
	SS4	11:02	Cassidy 1	22.20 km	Dani Sordo	12:47.5	104.13 km/h
	SS5	13:38	Springfield	9.87 km	Sébastien Ogier	5:36.5	105.59 km/h	Sébastien Ogier
	SS6	14:11	Brooks 2	13.60 km	Sébastien Ogier	7:56.5	102.75 km/h
	SS7	14:59	Bull 2	32.56 km	Sébastien Loeb	20:01.1	97.59 km/h	Jari-Matti Latvala
	SS8	15:42	Cassidy 2	22.20 km	Petter Solberg	12:15.2	108.71 km/h	Petter Solberg
	SS9	18:45	SSS Auckland Domain	1.50 km	Sébastien Loeb Sébastien Ogier	1:06.4	81.33 km/h
2 (8 May)	SS10	07:43	New Franklin 1	20.82 km	Sébastien Loeb	11:39.9	107.09 km/h	Sébastien Ogier
	SS11	08:33	Baker 1	21.42 km	Sébastien Loeb	12:45.6	100.72 km/h
	SS12	09:11	Te Akau Coast 1	30.89 km	Sébastien Loeb	18:08.3	102.18 km/h
	SS13	11:46	SSS Hampton Downs 1	4.68 km	Sébastien Ogier	2:38.3	106.43 km/h
	SS14	12:49	New Franklin 2	20.82 km	Sébastien Loeb	11:14.5	111.12 km/h
	SS15	13:39	Baker 2	21.42 km	Sébastien Loeb	12:05.1	106.35 km/h
	SS16	14:17	Te Akau Coast 2	30.89 km	Sébastien Loeb	17:26.2	106.29 km/h
	SS17	15:59	SSS Hampton Downs 2	4.68 km	Sébastien Ogier	2:36.3	107.79 km/h
3 (9 May)	SS18	08:38	Te Hutewai 1	11.13 km	Mikko Hirvonen	7:53.5	84.62 km/h	Sébastien Loeb
	SS19	09:11	Whaanga Coast 1	29.67 km	Petter Solberg	21:27.9	82.94 km/h	Sébastien Ogier
	SS20	10:51	Te Hutewai 2	11.13 km	Sébastien Loeb	7:30.9	88.86 km/h
	SS21	11:24	Whaanga Coast 2	29.67 km	Dani Sordo	20:49.3	85.50 km/h	Jari-Matti Latvala

Standings after the rally

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Sébastien Loeb 108 2 Jari-Matti Latvala 72 3 Mikko Hirvonen 64 4 Sebastien Ogier 63 5 Petter Solberg 53 6 Dani Sordo 34 7 Matthew Wilson 30 8 Henning Solberg 24 9 Federico Villagra 22 10 Kimi Räikkönen 14

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos. Manufacturer Points 1 Citroen WRT 156 2 BP Ford WRT 151 3 Citroen Junior Team 75 4 Stobart Ford 74 5 Munchi's Ford 32

References

1. "Rally New Zealand 2010: Itinerary" (PDF). World Rally Championship. Rally New Zealand; International Sportsworld Communicators. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-06.
2. "Jari-Matti Latvala wins Rally New Zealand!". World Rally Championship. International Sportsworld Communicators. 9 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-09.
3. "SS19: Loeb goes off!". World Rally Championship. International Sportsworld Communicators. 9 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-09.

External links

• Results at eWRC.com