2009 World Rally Championship

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The 2009 World Rally Championship was the 37th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of twelve rallies and began on 30 January, with Rally Ireland and ended with Rally GB on 25 October. Sébastien Loeb won the World Drivers' championship at Rally GB by one point from Mikko Hirvonen, taking his sixth consecutive crown.[1] Citroën secured their fifth Manufacturers' title, Martin Prokop won the JWRC Drivers' championship and Armindo Araujo won the PWRC Drivers' championship.

Regulation changes

The number of mechanics available per car has been dropped from 12 to 8.[2]

Calendar

The 2009 championship was contested over twelve rounds in Europe, South America and Oceania.

Rd. Start date Finish date Rally Rally headquarters Surface Stages Distance Support class
1 30 January 1 February 4th Rally Ireland Sligo, Connacht Tarmac 19 349.73 km JWRC
2 12 February 15 February 23rd Rally Norway Hamar, Innlandet Snow 23 360.90 km PWRC
3 13 March 15 March 37th FxPro Cyprus Rally Lemesos, Limassol District Mixed 14 332.07 km PWRC/JWRC
4 2 April 5 April 43rd Vodafone Rally de Portugal Almancil, Algarve Gravel 18 361.36 km PWRC/JWRC
5 23 April 26 April 29th Rally Argentina Carlos Paz, Córdoba Gravel 23 331.80 km PWRC/JWRC
6 22 May 24 May 6th Rally d'Italia Sardinia Olbia, Sardinia Gravel 17 347.12 km PWRC/JWRC
7 12 June 14 June 56th Acropolis Rally of Greece Loutraki, Corinthia Gravel 17 371.02 km PWRC
8 25 June 28 June 66th Orlen Platinum Rally Poland - Rajd Polski Mikołajki, Mrągowo County Gravel 18 352.00 km JWRC
9 30 July 2 August 59th Neste Oil Rally Finland Jyväskylä, Central Finland Gravel 23 345.15 km JWRC
10 3 September 6 September 20th Repco Rally Australia Kingscliff, New South Wales Gravel 35 344.72 km PWRC
11 2 October 4 October 45th RallyRACC Catalunya - Costa Daurada Salou, Catalonia Tarmac 18 353.62 km JWRC
12 23 October 25 October 65th Rally of Great Britain Cardiff, Wales Gravel 16 348.30 km PWRC
Sources:[3]

Calendar changes

The 2009 season included twelve rallies, which was three fewer than the 2008 season, because the FIA imposed a "Round Rotation" System in order to attract candidate rallies to have a chance to be a WRC event. Monte Carlo, Sweden, Mexico, Jordan, Turkey, Germany, New Zealand, France and Japan were dropped from the calendar for 2009, but will return at the 2010 WRC Season. Ireland, Norway, Cyprus, Portugal, Poland and Australia returned to the 2009 season.

The eight events also part of the Production World Rally Championship were Norway, Cyprus, Portugal, Argentina, Italy, Greece, Australia and Rally GB. The eight rallies also on the Junior World Rally Championship schedule were Ireland, Cyprus, Portugal, Argentina, Italy, Poland, Finland and Spain.

Teams and drivers

In 2009 two categories are eligible to compete for the Manufacturer's championship:

Manufacturer (M)

  • must take part in all the rallies of the Championship with two cars of the same make
  • must enter only cars corresponding to the latest homologated version of a World Rally Car in conformity with the 2009 Appendix J
  • must inform the FIA of the name of the first driver entered for the season at the time of registration for the Championship. No change of the first driver is authorised, except in a case of force majeure. The driver of the second car may be changed for each of the rallies in the Championship

Manufacturer Team (MT)

  • must take part in a minimum of 8 Championship rallies with one or two cars; those rallies must be nominated on registering for the Championship
  • cannot enter World Rally Cars homologated during the year 2009 and cannot use parts homologated after 2 January 2009
  • can only score points in the events it nominated on registering.

The registered Manufacturers are Citroën Total World Rally Team and BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team; the registered Manufacturer Teams are Stobart VK M-Sport Ford, Munchi's Ford and Citroën Junior Team.

All teams ran Pirelli tyres.

Manufacturers
Manufacturer Car Team No Drivers Co-drivers Rounds
Citroën C4 WRC Citroën Total World Rally Team 1 Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena All
2 Daniel Sordo Marc Marti All
Ford Focus RS WRC 08 1-5
Focus RS WRC 09 6-13 		BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team 3 Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen All
4 Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila All
Manufacturer Teams
Ford Focus RS WRC 08 Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team 5 Urmo Aava Kuldar Sikk 1–2
Matthew Wilson Scott Martin 3–12
6 Henning Solberg Cato Menkerud All
Munchi's Ford World Rally Team 9 Federico Villagra Jorge Perez Companc 3, 5–6, 9–11
José Díaz 4, 7
Citroën C4 WRC Citroën Junior Team 7 Chris Atkinson Stéphane Prévot 1
Evgeny Novikov Dale Moscatt 2–4, 6–9
8 Conrad Rautenbach Daniel Barritt 1–8, 10–11
11 Petter Solberg Phil Mills 12
12 Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia 5, 9–12
World Rally Car entries ineligible to score manufacturer points
Manufacturer Car Team Drivers Co-drivers Rounds
Citroën C4 WRC Citroën Junior Team Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia 1–4, 6–8
Conrad Rautenbach Daniel Barritt 9, 12
Evgeny Novikov Stéphane Prévot 11
Aaron Burkart Michael Kölbach 12
Petter Solberg World Rally Team Petter Solberg Phil Mills 11
Xsara WRC 2–9
Ford Focus RS WRC 08 BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team Khalid Al Qassimi Michael Orr 1, 3–4, 6–7, 9–12
Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team Matthew Wilson Scott Martin 1–2
Krzysztof Holowczyc Lukasz Kurzeja 8
Steve Perez Paul Spooner 12
Munchi's Ford World Rally Team Matti Rantanen Mikko Lukka 9
Mattias Therman Janne Perälä 9
Paul Bird Ian Windress 11
Focus RS WRC 07 Van Merksteijn Motorsport Peter Van Merksteijn, Sr. Erwin Mombaerts 2
Hans van Goor 4
Focus RS WRC 06 Peter Van Merksteijn, Jr. Eddy Chevaillier 2, 4
Ipatec Racing Dennis Kuipers Kees Hagman 4, 12
René Kuipers Erwin Berkhof 4
Erwin Mombaerts 12
Peter Stephenson Peter Stephenson Chris Murphy 12
Focus RS WRC 04 MacHale Racing Gareth MacHale Brian Murphy 1
Aaron MacHale Killian Duffy 1
Austin MacHale Dermot O'Gorman 1
Clo Racing Jouni Arolainen Tapio Suominen 2
Risto Pietiläinen 9
Peugeot 307 WRC Bozian Racing Dany Snobeck Gilles Mondesir 11
Škoda Fabia WRC P-G Andersson Rallying Per-Gunnar Andersson Anders Fredriksson 2
Andreas Mikkelsen Andreas Mikkelsen Ola Fløene 8
Octavia WRC Jukka Ketomäki Jukka Ketomäki Kai Risberg 9
Subaru Impreza WRC 2008 Adapta World Rally Team Mads Østberg Ole Kristian Unnerud 2, 4, 6–7
Veronica Engan 8
Jonas Andersson 9, 12
Anders Grøndal Maria Andersson 2
Prodrive Marcus Grönholm Timo Rautiainen 4
Impreza WRC 2007 Eamonn Boland Eamonn Boland Damien Morrissey 1–2
Tim McNulty Tim McNulty Eugene O'Donnell 1
Fabio Montanari Fabio Montanari Silvio Stefanelli 6
Ketomaa World Rally Team Jari Ketomaa Mika Stenberg 9
Graham Coffey Graham Coffey David Gamblin 11
Impreza WRC 2004 Pier Lorenzo Zanchi Pier Lorenzo Zanchi Dario D'Esposito 6

Team and Driver changes

Subaru pulled out of the WRC at the end of the 2008 season, citing the economic downturn then affecting the automotive industry for their withdrawal, leaving Petter Solberg and Chris Atkinson without a drive.[4] Solberg would set up his own team for the 2009 season, running an eight year old Citroën Xsara WRC for the majority of the season, although the Norwegian did consider switching to a Peugeot 307 WRC for Rally Finland.[5][6] Chris Atkinson would drive for the Citroën Junior Team in the season opener in Ireland as a one off.[7]

Suzuki pulled out of the WRC at the end of the 2008 season, citing the economic downturn then affecting the automotive industry for their withdrawal, leaving Toni Gardemeister and Per-Gunnar Andersson without a seat.[8] Gardemeister would leave the WRC while Andersson would do a one off round at Rally Norway in a Škoda Fabia WRC.

Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team retained Henning Solberg and Matthew Wilson for 2009 and had planned to run Urmo Aava in eight rallies but was dropped after two.[9] 2008 drivers François Duval and Gianluigi Galli left the WRC.

Citroën set up the Citroën Junior Team as a manufacturer Team run by PH Sport who had run privateer C4’s the previous year.[10] Their three main drivers were 2008 JWRC champion Sébastien Ogier, Conrad Rautenbach and Evgeny Novikov.

J-WRC Entries

[11]

No Driver Co-driver Car Rounds
31 Aaron Burkart Michael Kölbach Suzuki Swift S1600 1, 3, 5–6, 9, 11
32 Michał Kościuszko Maciek Szczepaniak Suzuki Swift S1600 3–6, 8–9
33 Simone Bertolotti Luca Celestini Suzuki Swift S1600 1, 4, 6, 8–9, 11
34 Luca Griotti Corrado Bonato Renault Clio R3 1, 4, 6, 8–9, 11
35 Yoann Bonato Benjamin Boulloud Suzuki Swift S1600 1, 4, 6, 8–9, 11
36 Hans Weijs, Jr. Bjorn Degandt Citroën C2 S1600 1, 4, 6, 8–9, 11
37 Kevin Abbring Erwin Mombaerts Renault Clio R3 1, 4, 6, 8–9, 11
38 Martin Prokop Jan Tománek Citroën C2 S1600 1, 3, 6, 8–9, 11
39 Alessandro Bettega Simone Scattolin Renault Clio S1600 5
Renault Clio R3 4, 6, 8
Mark Wallenwein Stefan Kopczyk 9, 11
Additional guest entries†
60 Ross Forde Arron Forde Suzuki Swift Sport 1
59 Radosław Typa Maciek Wislawski Citroën C2 R2 8
60 Marcin Dobrowolski Michal Dobrowolski Citroën C2 R2 8
59 Kalle Pinomaki Matti Kaskinen Renault Clio R3 9
59 Jordi Martí Gabriel Sánchez Renault Clio R3 11

P-WRC Entries

[12]

No Driver Co-driver Car Rounds
31 Martin Prokop Jan Tománek Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2, 4–5, 7, 10, 12
32 Bernardo Sousa Jorge Carvalho Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 2–4, 6–7, 10, 12
33 Toshihiro Arai Glenn Macneal Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2–3, 5, 7, 10, 12
34 Gianluca Linari Andrea Cecchi Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2–4, 7, 10
Paolo Gregoriani 6
35 Martin Semerád Bohuslav Ceplecha Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2–3
64 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 4, 6–7, 12
36 Egoi Eder Valdés López Daniel Lucas Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3–7, 12
37 Frederic Sauvan Thibault Gorczyca Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2–3, 5–6
Sebastien Capanna 7, 12
38 Gabor Mayer Róbert Tagai Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3–7, 12
39 Riccardo Errani Stefano Casadio Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX –
Simone Campedelli Danilo Fappani 3, 6
Thomas Privé Patrice Zurro 4
Stefano Marrini Roberto Mometti 5
Armindo Araujo Miguel Ramalho 10
Eyvind Brynildsen Denis Giraudet Škoda Fabia S2000 12
40 Andis Neikšāns Pēteris Dzirkals Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2–4, 6–7
Dave Weston, Jr. Iuean Thomas Subaru Impreza WRX STI 12
43 Luciano Bernardi Fabian Cretu Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 5
Mark Tapper Jeff Judd Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 10
65 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 4, 6–7, 12
44 Jaromir Tarabus Daniel Trunkat Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 2
Filip Schovánek 4
Nasser Al-Attiyah Giovanni Bernacchini Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3
Spyros Pavlides Chris Patterson 5, 12
Denis Giraudet 7
45 Patrik Flodin Göran Bergsten Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2, 4, 6–7, 12
Stewart Taylor Warwick Searle Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 10
46 Patrik Sandell Emil Axelsson Škoda Fabia S2000 2–4, 6–7, 12
47 Armindo Araujo Miguel Ramalho Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2–4, 6–7, 12
48 Gaurav Gill David Senior Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2–4
Hermann Gassner, Jr. Katharina Wustenhagen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 6, 12
Stefano Marrini Roberto Mometti 7
Liu Chao Dong Anthony McLoughlin 10
49 Eyvind Brynildsen Denis Giraudet Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2, 4–6, 10
Giorgio Bacco Nicola Arena 12
50 Nasser Al-Attiyah Giovanni Bernacchini Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4–7, 12
Richard Mason Sara Mason 10
Additional guest entries†
59 Andreas Mikkelsen Ola Fløene Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2
60 Bernt Kollevold Veronica Engan Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2
159 Nicos Thomas Stéphane Prévot Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 3
160 Charalambos Timotheu Savvas Laos Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3
159 Bruno Magalhães Carlos Magalhães Peugeot 207 S2000 4
160 Ricardo Moura Paulo Fiuza Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 4
159 Gabriel Pozzo Daniel Stillo Subaru Impreza WRX STI 5
160 Marcos Ligato Rubén Garcia Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 5
59 Lambros Athanassoulas Nikolaos Zakheos Škoda Fabia S2000 7
59 Cody Crocker Ben Atkinson Subaru Impreza WRX STI 10
60 Neal Bates Coral Taylor Toyota Corolla S2000 10
†^ – At each rally, the organiser may nominate two "guest drivers" from their country to score support category points.

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 / Rally Ireland
(30 January – 1 February) – Results and report 		1 Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 2:48:25.7 (19)1a
17 		(349.65 km)1b
310.18 km 		36 28
2 Daniel Sordo Citroën C4 WRC 2:49:53.6
3 Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 08 2:50:33.5
2 Rally Norway
(12 – 15 February) – Results and report 		1 Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 3:28:15.9 23 360.90 km 42 34
2 Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 08 3:28:25.7
3 Jari-Matti Latvala Ford Focus RS WRC 08 3:29:37.7
3 Cyprus Rally
(13 – 15 March) – Results and report 		1 Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 4:50:34.7 14 332.07 km 32 24
2 Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 08 4:51:01.9
3 Petter Solberg Citroën Xsara WRC 4:52:24.1
4 Rally de Portugal
(2 – 5 April) – Results and report 		1 Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 3:53:13.1 18 361.36 km 70 41
2 Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 08 3:53:37.4
3 Daniel Sordo Citroën C4 WRC 3:54:58.5
5 Rally Argentina
(24 – 26 April) – Results and report 		1 Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 3:57:40.3 23 331.80 km 51 33
2 Daniel Sordo Citroën C4 WRC 3:58:53.4
3 Henning Solberg Focus RS WRC 08 4:01:44.4
6 Rally d'Italia Sardegna
(22 – 24 May) – Results and report 		1 Jari-Matti Latvala Ford Focus RS WRC 09 4:00:55.7 17 347.12 km 59 37
2 Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 09 4:01:25.1
3 Petter Solberg Citroën Xsara WRC 4:02:53.3
7 Acropolis Rally
(12 – 14 June) – Results and report 		1 Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 09 4:09:42.5 (17)2a
15 		(371.02 km)2b
341.01 km 		45 32
2 Sébastien Ogier Citroën C4 WRC 4:10:55.4
3 Jari-Matti Latvala Ford Focus RS WRC 09 4:11:27.5
8 Rally Poland
(26 – 29 June) – Results and report 		1 Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 09 3:07:27.5 18 352.00 km 48 34
2 Daniel Sordo Citroën C4 WRC 3:08:37.8
3 Henning Solberg Focus RS WRC 08 3:09:33.2
9 Rally Finland
(31 July – 2 August) – Results and report 		1 Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 09 2:50:40.9 23 345.15 km 90 60
2 Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 2:51:06.0
3 Jari-Matti Latvala Ford Focus RS WRC 09 2:51:30.8
10 Rally Australia
(4 – 6 September) – Results and report 		1 Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 09 2:53:06.5 (35)3a
33 		(344.72 km)3b
322.06 km 		40 25
2 Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 2:53:54.0
3 Daniel Sordo Citroën C4 WRC 2:54:11.1
11 Rally Catalunya
(2 – 4 October) – Results and report 		1 Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 3:22:14.7 18 353.62 km 70 52
2 Daniel Sordo Citroën C4 WRC 3:22:26.7
3 Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 09 3:23:08.8
12 Rally of Great Britain
(23 – 25 October) – Results and report 		1 Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 3:16:25.4 16 348.30 km 62 50
2 Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 09 3:17:31.5
3 Daniel Sordo Citroën C4 WRC 3:17:32.5


Notes:

  • ^1 – Stages 7 (Murley) and 8 (Fardross) were cancelled.[13]
  • ^2 – Stages 3 (Evangelistria) and 16 (Loutraki 2) were cancelled.[14]
  • ^3 – Stages 6 (CTEK East 1) and 11 (CTEK East 2) were cancelled.[15]

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver IRL
 NOR
 CYP
 POR
 ARG
 ITA
 GRC
 POL
 FIN
 AUS
 ESP
 GBR
  Pts 
1 Sébastien Loeb 1 1 1 1 1 4 Ret 7 2 2 1 1 93
2 Mikko Hirvonen 3 2 2 2 Ret 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 92
3 Daniel Sordo 2 5 4 3 2 22 11 2 4 3 2 3 64
4 Jari-Matti Latvala 14 3 12 Ret 6 1 3 Ret 3 4 6 7 41
5 Petter Solberg 6 3 4 Ret 3 Ret 4 Ret 4 4 35
6 Henning Solberg 4 4 18 5 3 8 14 3 30 7 9 5 33
7 Matthew Wilson 7 7 5 Ret 5 6 13 5 8 6 7 6 28
8 Sébastien Ogier 6 10 Ret 17 7 Ret 2 Ret 6 5 5 Ret 24
9 Federico Villagra 7 7 4 Ret 4 11 8 8 16
10 Conrad Rautenbach 18 Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret 5 8 Ret Ret 11 8 9
11 Mads Østberg 9 6 7 7 Ret Ret Ret 7
12 Khalid al-Qassimi 8 8 8 15 6 9 19 14 19 6
13 Evgeny Novikov 11 Ret Ret 5 15 9 Ret Ret DNS 4
14 Chris Atkinson 5 4
15 Matti Rantanen 5 4
16 Krzysztof Hołowczyc 6 3
17 Jari Ketomaa 7 2
18 Nasser Al-Attiyah 11 16 8 9 DSQ Ret 1
19 Urmo Aava 10 8 29 1
20 Lambros Athanassoulas 8 25 1
Pos. Driver IRL
 NOR
 CYP
 POR
 ARG
 ITA
 GRC
 POL
 FIN
 AUS
 ESP
 GBR
 Pts
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)

Manufacturers' championship

Pos. Manufacturer No. IRL
 NOR
 CYP
 POR
 ARG
 ITA
 GRE
 POL
 FIN
 AUS
 ESP
 GBR
 Points
1 Citroën Total World Rally Team 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 Ret 5 2 2 1 1 167
2 2 5 3 3 2 7 5 2 4 3 2 3
2 BP Ford World Rally Team 3 3 2 2 2 Ret 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 140
4 7 3 7 Ret 6 1 2 Ret 3 4 5 7
3 Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team 5 6 6 4 Ret 5 5 6 4 6 6 6 6 80
6 4 4 8 4 3 6 7 3 8 7 8 5
4 Citroën Junior Team 7 5 7 Ret Ret 4 8 7 Ret 47
8 8 Ret 5 Ret Ret Ret 4 6 Ret 9
11 4
12 7 5 5 4 Ret
5 Munchi's Ford World Rally Team 9 6 5 4 Ret 3 7 8 7 23
Pos. Manufacturer No. IRL
 NOR
 CYP
 POR
 ARG
 ITA
 GRE
 POL
 FIN
 AUS
 ESP
 GBR
 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)
  • Citroën secured the manufacturers' championship in Catalunya.

JWRC Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver IRL
 CYP
 POR
 ARG
 ITA
 POL
 FIN
 ESP
  Pts 
1 Martin Prokop 2 1 1 2 1 Ret 46
2 Michał Kościuszko 2 1 1 2 Ret 3 42
3 Aaron Burkart 1 3 2 3 4 5 39
4 Kevin Abbring 5 2 Ret 1 Ret 4 27
5 Hans Weijs, Jr. Ret 3 6 4 7 1 26
6 Simone Bertolotti 3 6 7 5 6 2 26
7 Yoann Bonato 4 Ret 4 3 Ret 16
8 Alessandro Bettega 5 3 5 14
9 Luca Griotti 6 4 Ret 7 Ret 10
10 Kalle Pinomaki 2 8
11 Jordi Marti 3 6
12 Mark Wallenwein 5 Ret 4
13 Radosław Typa 6 3
Pos. Driver IRL
 CYP
 POR
 ARG
 ITA
 POL
 FIN
 ESP
 Pts
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)

PWRC Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver NOR
 CYP
 POR
 ARG
 ITA
 GRC
 AUS
 GBR
  Pts 
1 Armindo Araujo 4 2 1 3 2 4 42
2 Martin Prokop 3 2 DSQ 4 1 1 39
3 Nasser Al-Attiyah 3 4 1 1 13 Ret 31
4 Patrik Sandell 1 1 Ret 2 11 7 30
5 Toshihiro Arai Ret 4 3 3 Ret 2 25
6 Eyvind Brynildsen 2 3 5 5 Ret DSQ 22
7 Patrik Flodin 7 Ret 4 7 6 12
8 Andis Neikšāns 5 5 Ret EX 6 11
9 Lambros Athanassoulas 1 10
10 Bernardo Sousa Ret Ret 5 Ret 4 9
11 Mark Tapper 5 Ret 8 Ret 5 9
12 Marcos Ligato 2 8
13 Richard Mason 2 8
14 Gianluca Linari 11 9 6 7 10 6 8
15 Martin Semerad 10 Ret 8 Ret Ret 3 7
16 Cody Crocker 3 6
17 Frederic Sauvan 8 7 Ret 6 12 10 6
18 Spyros Pavlides 4 9 5
19 Gabor Mayer 8 Ret 6 8 Ret 9 5
20 Stewart Taylor 5 4
21 Jaromir Tarabus 6 Ret 3
22 Charalambos Timotheu 6 3
23 Gaurav Singh Gill Ret 7 2
24 Hermann Gassner Jr. Ret 8 1
Pos. Driver NOR
 CYP
 POR
 ARG
 ITA
 GRC
 AUS
 GBR
 Pts
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)

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