2010 World Rally Championship Explained
The 2010 World Rally Championship was the 38th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 13 rallies, beginning with Rally Sweden on 11 February and ended with Wales Rally GB on 14 November.
France's Sébastien Loeb won the drivers championship, his seventh consecutive title, after winning his home rally on 3 October and Citroën secured their sixth Manufacturers' title.[1] In the junior classes held alongside the main championship, Aaron Burkart won the JWRC Drivers' championship, Xavier Pons won the SWRC Drivers' championship, Red Bull Rally Team won the WRC Cup and Armindo Araújo retained his PWRC Drivers' championship title.
2010 was the final season that the 2.0 litre engine package–which débuted in the 1997 World Rally Championship–was used. It was also the final season that Pirelli was the sole tyre supplier for the championship; as DMACK and Michelin became the tyre suppliers and a new 1.6 litre engine package was introduced for the 2011 season.
Changes
- Event organisers are given more flexibility. Rallies can be run over two, three or four days, but must finish on a Saturday or Sunday. Mixing asphalt and gravel surfaces is allowed, either within a stage or within the itinerary of a day.[2] There will no longer be a minimum or maximum distance for a special stage. The total stage distance of the event has been changed to 300–500 kilometres. Night stages are permitted but should not form the whole itinerary of a day.[3]
- There will be a new Super 2000 World Rally Championship (SWRC) class for drivers with Super 2000 cars,[4] and within it there will be a WRC Cup for teams.[5] Teams need to contest at least seven rounds, including at least one outside Europe.[6]
- The WRC will also introduce a ranking system called the Drivers' World Rally Ranking system in 2010, similar to that in golf or tennis.[7]
- A new points system has been introduced to all classes for the 2010 season, so that more finishers in a rally are awarded points. Previously points had been awarded to the top eight finishers:[8]
| Year | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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| 2009 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2010 | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
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It is the first time since 1997 that ten drivers will score points on a rally.[9]
- From June, the name of the co-driver will be included on the rear side windows of competition cars.[10]
Calendar
The 2010 championship was contested over thirteen rounds in Europe, the Middle East, the Americas, Asia and Oceania.
The 2010 season included thirteen rallies, which was one more than 2009. Australia, Argentina, Cyprus, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Italy and Greece were dropped from the calendar for the 2010 season, while Sweden, Mexico, Jordan, Turkey, Germany, New Zealand, France and Japan returned. Bulgaria was part of the calendar for the first time.[11]
The nine events also part of the Production World Rally Championship were Sweden, Mexico, Jordan, New Zealand, Finland, Germany, Japan, France and Great Britain. The six rallies also on the Junior World Rally Championship were Turkey, Portugal, Bulgaria, Germany, France and Spain. The ten rallies on the new Super 2000 World Rally Championship (for S2000 driver) and WRC Cup (for S2000 teams) were Sweden, Mexico, Jordan, New Zealand, Portugal, Finland, Germany, Japan, France and Great Britain.
The finalised calendar was published by the FIA on 11 December 2009,[4] following earlier proposed calendars issued in September[11] and October 2009.[12]
| Round | Dates | Rally Name | Rally HQ | Support Category | Surface |
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| 1 | 11–14 February | | | PWRC/SWRC | nowrap | Ice and snow covered gravel |
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| 2 | 5–7 March | | | PWRC/SWRC | Gravel |
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| 3 | 1–3 April | | | PWRC/SWRC | Gravel |
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| 4 | 16–18 April | | Istanbul | JWRC | Gravel with some asphalt |
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| 5 | 7–9 May | | | PWRC/SWRC | Gravel with some asphalt |
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| 6 | 28–30 May | | | JWRC/SWRC | Gravel |
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| 7 | 9–11 July | | | JWRC | Asphalt |
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| 8 | 29–31 July | | | PWRC/SWRC | Gravel |
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| 9 | 20–22 August | | | nowrap | JWRC/PWRC/SWRC | Asphalt |
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| 10 | nowrap | 10–12 September | | | PWRC/SWRC | Gravel |
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| 11 | 30 September–3 October | nowrap | | | JWRC/PWRC/SWRC | Asphalt |
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| 12 | 22–24 October | | | JWRC | Asphalt with some gravel |
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| 13 | 11–14 November | | | PWRC/SWRC | Gravel | |
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Teams and drivers
In 2010 two categories were eligible to compete for the Manufacturer's championship:
Manufacturer
- must take part in all the rallies of the Championship with two cars of the same make
- must enter only cars corresponding to the 2009 homologated version of a World Rally Car in conformity with the 2010 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. The driver may change only after the agreement of the WRC Commission. The driver of the second car may be changed for each of the rallies in the Championship
WRC Team
- must take part in a minimum of 8 rallies, including two outside Europe, 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 2010
- can only score points in the events it nominated on registering.
The registered Manufacturers were Citroën Total World Rally Team and BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team; the registered WRC Teams were Stobart M-Sport Ford, Munchi's Ford and the Citroën Junior Team.
| Team | Constructor | Car | Tyre | No | Drivers | Co-drivers | Rounds |
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| Manufacturers |
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 Citroën Total World Rally Team[13] | Citroën | C4 WRC | | 1 | Sébastien Loeb[14] |  Daniel Elena | All |
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| 2 |  Dani Sordo | Marc Martí | 1–7 |
| Diego Vallejo | 9, 11–12 |
| Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | 8, 10, 13 |
 BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team[15] | Ford | Focus RS WRC 09 | 3 |  Mikko Hirvonen | Jarmo Lehtinen | All |
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| 4 | Jari-Matti Latvala | Miikka Anttila | All |
| WRC Teams |
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| Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team | Ford | Focus RS WRC 08 | | 5 | Marcus Grönholm | Timo Rautiainen | 1 |
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| Matthew Wilson | Scott Martin | 2–13 |
| 6 |  Henning Solberg[16] |  Ilka Minor | 1–6, 8, 10 |
 Stéphane Prévot | 13 |
| nowrap |  Per-Gunnar Andersson[17] | nowrap | | 7 |
| François Duval[18] | Denis Giraudet | 9 |
| 43 |  Ken Block |  Alex Gelsomino | 11–12 |
| Citroën Junior Team[19] | Citroën | C4 WRC | 7 | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | nowrap | 1–7, 9, 11–12 |
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| Dani Sordo | Marc Martí | 8 |
| Diego Vallejo | 10, 13 |
| 8 | Kimi Räikkönen | Kaj Lindström[20] | 1–4, 6–13 |
 Munchi's Ford World Rally Team[21] | Ford | Focus RS WRC 08 | 9 | Federico Villagra | nowrap | Jorge Pérez Companc | nowrap | 2–3, 5–6, 10 |
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| José Díaz[22] | 4, 12 |
| Diego Curletto[23] | 11 |
| Major entries not registered as manufacturers |
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| BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team | Ford | Focus RS WRC 08 | |
|  Khalid Al Qassimi[24] | Michael Orr | 1, 6, 8–13 |
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| Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team | Ford | Focus RS WRC 08 | 12 | Matthew Wilson | Scott Martin | 1 |
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| Juha Kankkunen | Juha Repo | 8 |
| 15 |  Liu Chao Dong |  Anthony McLoughlin | 13 |
| 17 | Mattias Therman | Janne Perala | 1, 8 |
| Ford Fiesta S2000 | 16 | Xavier Pons | Alex Haro | 12 |
| 17 | Henning Solberg | Ilka Minor | 7, 9 |
| Stéphane Prévot | 11–12 |
| 18 | Mads Østberg | Jonas Andersson | 8, 11 |
| 61 |  Dennis Kuipers | Frédéric Miclotte | 4, 6–9, 11–13 |
| Petter Solberg World Rally Team[25] | Citroën | C4 WRC | 11 | Petter Solberg | Phil Mills | 1–6 |
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| Chris Patterson[26] | 7–13 |
| Xsara WRC | 68 | Yvan Muller[27] | Gilles Mondesir | 11 |
| Adapta World Rally Team | Subaru | nowrap | Impreza WRC 2007/8 | 14 | Mads Østberg | Jonas Andersson | 1, 6, 8, 13 |
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 Synergon Turan Motorsport | Peugeot | 307 WRC | 15 | Frigyes Turán | Gábor Zsiros | 6–7, 11 |
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| Ford | Focus RS WRC 08 | 12 |
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| Van Merksteijn Motorsport | Ford | Focus RS WRC 07 | 16 | Bernhard ten Brinke | Eddy Chevaillier | 9 |
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| 63 | Peter van Merksteijn Jr. | 1 |
| 65 | Peter van Merksteijn Sr. | Erwin Mombearts | 1 |
| Monster World Rally Team[28] | Ford | Focus RS WRC 08 | 43 | Ken Block[29] | Alex Gelsomino[30] | 2, 4, 6, 9, 13 |
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| Ipatec Racing | Ford | Focus RS WRC 06 | 64 | Dennis Kuipers | Frédéric Miclotte | 1 |
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| 66 | René Kuipers | Erwin Berkhof | 6, 13 |
| Subaru | Impreza WRC 2008 | 1, 9 |
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- – indicates a car running with varying numbers during the season
Driver changes
J-WRC entries
[31] [32]
| No | Team | Driver | Co-driver | Car | Rounds |
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| 21 |  Suzuki Sport Europe | Aaron Burkart | Andre Kachel | Suzuki Swift S1600 | 4, 6, 9, 11–12 |
| 22 | Knaf Talent First Team Holland | Kevin Abbring | Erwin Mombaerts | Renault Clio R3 | 4, 6–7, 9, 11 |
| 23 | Hans Weijs Jr. | Bjorn Degandt | Citroën C2 S1600 | 6–7, 9, 11–12 |
| 24 | Rubicone Corse | Egoi Eder Valdés López | Albert Garduno | Renault Clio R3 | 6–7, 9, 11–12 |
| 25 | Mattei Racing Team | Loic Mattei | Julien Vial | Renault Clio R3 | 4 |
| 26 | Bulbet Rally Team | Todor Slavov | Dobromir Filipov | Renault Clio R3 | 4, 7, 9, 11–12 |
| 27 | Team Sab Motorsport |  Alessandro Broccoli | Angela Forina | Renault Clio R3 | 4, 6–7, 11–12 |
| 28 | Harry Hunt Motorsport | Harry Hunt | Sebastian Marshall | Ford Fiesta R2 | 4, 6–7, 11–12 |
| 29 | Automeca Rallye & Racing | Thierry Neuville | Nicolas Klinger | Citroën C2 S1600 | 4, 6–7, 9, 11 |
| 30 |  World Rally Team Estonia | Karl Kruuda | Martin Järveoja | Suzuki Swift S1600 | 4, 6–7, 9 |
| Martin Kangur | Honda Civic Type-R R3 | 12 |
| 31 | GMA Racing | Yeray Lemes | Rogelio Peňate | Renault Clio S1600 | 6–7, 9, 11–12 |
| 32 | Citroën Junior Team | Mathieu Arzeno | Romain Roche | Citroën C2 S1600 | 6–7 |
| Renaud Jamoul | 9, 11–12 |
| Additional guest entries < | -- PLEASE KEEP THESE ENTRIES IN THE ORDER THEY JOINED THE CHAMPIONSHIP, RATHER THAN NUMERICAL ORDER--> |
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| 149 | ADAC Weser-Ems | Christian Riedemann | Josefine Beinke | Ford Fiesta R2 | 9 |
| 149 | Suzuki France | Jérémi Ancian | Damien Mezy | Suzuki Swift S1600 | 11 |
| 49 | Escudería La Selva | Climent Domingo | Joan Venceslao | Peugeot 206 S1600 | 12 | |
S-WRC entries
[33] [34]
| No | Team | Driver | Co-driver | Car | Rounds |
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| 21 |  Czech Ford National Team | Martin Prokop | Jan Tománek | Ford Fiesta S2000 | 1–2, 5, 8–9, 11 |
| Andreas Mikkelsen | Ola Fløene | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 13 |
| 22 |  Barwa Rally Team | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Giovanni Bernacchini | Škoda Fabia S2000[35] | 2–3, 5 |
| Ford Fiesta S2000 | 6, 8 |
| Martin Prokop | Jan Tománek | 10 |
| Craig Breen | Gareth Roberts | 13 |
| 23 |  Dynamic World Rally Team | Michał Kościuszko | Maciek Szczepaniak | Ford Fiesta S2000 | 2–3 |
| Škoda Fabia S2000 | 6, 8–9, 11, 13 |
| 24 | Red Bull Rallye Team | Patrik Sandell | Emil Axelsson | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 1, 3, 5, 8–9, 11, 13 |
| 25 | Rene Georges Rally Sport | Eyvind Brynildsen | Cato Menkerud | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 1–3, 6, 9, 11, 13 |
| 26 | Team Ford/Quinta Do Lorde | Bernardo Sousa | | Ford Fiesta S2000 | 1, 3, 6, 9–11, 13 |
| 27 | Janpro | Janne Tuohino | Markku Tuohino | Ford Fiesta S2000 | 1, 3, 5 |
| Risto Pietiläinen | 6, 9 |
| Marko Sallinen | 8 |
| 28 | Nupel Global Racing | Xavier Pons | Alex Haro | Ford Fiesta S2000 | 2–3, 5–6, 9, 11, 13 |
| 29 | Shanghai FCACA Rally Team | Jari Ketomaa | Mika Stenberg | Ford Fiesta S2000 | 3, 5–6, 8, 10–11, 13 |
| 30 | PCR Sport |  Albert Llovera | Borja Rozada | Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 | 2, 5–6, 8–9, 11, 13 |
| 53 |  Rufa Sport | Per-Gunnar Andersson | Jonas Andersson | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 3 |
| Anders Fredriksson | 6, 8–9, 11 |
| Roman Pešek | Vit Housť | Toyota Auris S2000 | 10 |
| Additional guest entries < | -- PLEASE KEEP THESE ENTRIES IN THE ORDER THEY JOINED THE CHAMPIONSHIP, RATHER THAN NUMERICAL ORDER --> |
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| 49 | JM Racing | Per-Gunnar Andersson | Anders Fredriksson | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 1 |
| 51 | NH Super 2000 | Per-Arne Sääv | Karl-Olof Lexe | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 1 |
| 49 |  Amarante Rally Team | Vitor Pascoal | Mário Castro | Peugeot 207 S2000 | 6 |
| 51 | Baumschlager Rallye & Racing | Juho Hänninen | Mikko Markkula | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 8 |
| 52 | Rally Drive Finland | Matti Rantanen | Mikko Lukka | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 8 |
| 49 | Team 2C Compétition | Jean-Sébastien Vigion | Tibo Gorczyca | Peugeot 207 S2000 | 11 |
| 50 | Team Emap Yacco | Julien Maurin | Gilles Thimonnier | Ford Fiesta S2000 | 11 | |
P-WRC entries
[36] [37]
| No | Driver | Co-driver | Car | Rounds |
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| 31 | Armindo Araújo | Miguel Ramalho | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | 1–3, 9, 11, 13 |
| 32 | Toshi Arai | Daniel Barritt | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | 2, 5, 9–11, 13 |
| 33 | Gianluca Linari | Paolo Gregoriani | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | 1–2, 5 |
| Massimo Salvucci | 10–11, 13 |
| 34 | Martin Semerád | Bohuslav Ceplecha | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 1, 3 |
| Michal Ernst | 8–9 |
| Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | 13 |
 Kingsley Thompson | Malcolm Peden | 5 |
| 35 | Gábor Mayer | Róbert Tagai | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | 2 |
| 36 |  Nicholai Georgiou | Joseph Matar | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | 3, 8, 9, 11, 13 |
| Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 5 |
| 37 |  Peter Horsey | Calvin Cooledge | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | 8–9, 11, 13 |
| 38 | Hayden Paddon | John Kennard | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 5, 10 |
| Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | 8–9, 11, 13 |
| 39 | Alex Raschi | Rudy Pollet | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | 8–9 |
| Silvio Stefanelli | 11, 13 |
| 40 | Richard Mason | Sara Mason | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | 5 |
| Ott Tänak | Kuldar Sikk | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | 8–9, 11, 13 |
| 41 | Fabio Frisiero | Jordi Costa | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 1, 5 |
| Simone Scattolin | 11 |
| Giorgio Bacco | Giovanni Agnese | 2 |
| Alessandro Bruschetta | Edoardo Civiero | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | 8 |
| Giovanni Manfrinato | Maurizio Barone | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | 13 |
| 42 | Miguel Baldoni | José Díaz | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 2, 5, 8 |
| 43 | Reijo Muhonen | Lasse Miettinen | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | 1, 3 |
| Miika Teiskonen | 8, 10 |
| 55 | Juha Kanerva | 9, 13 |
| 44 |  Paulo Nobre | Edu Paula | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 13 |
| 45 | Rui Wang | Hongyu Pan | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | 3, 5 |
| Yiping Chen | 8, 10–11, 13 |
| 46 | Anders Grøndal | Veronica Engan | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | 1, 8, 11, 13 |
| Liu Caodong | Anthony McLoughlin | 5 |
| Kyosuke Kamata | Takumi Takahashi | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 10 |
| 47 |  Spyros Pavlides | Chris Patterson | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | 3 |
| Denis Giraudet | 13 |
| Nuno Barroso Pereira | Pedro Conde | 8–9 |
| Luis Ramalho | 11 |
| Shuhei Muta | Naoya Tanaka | 10 |
| 48 | Patrik Flodin | Göran Bergsten | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | 3, 8–10, 13 |
| Dave Weston Jr. | Ieuan Thomas | 11 |
| 54 |  Michel Jourdain Jr. | Óscar Sánchez | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 5, 8, 10 |
| 9, 11, 13 |
| Additional guest entries < | -- PLEASE KEEP THESE ENTRIES IN THE ORDER THEY JOINED THE CHAMPIONSHIP, RATHER THAN NUMERICAL ORDER --> |
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| 50 | Patrik Flodin | Göran Bergsten | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | 1 |
| 52 | Joakim Nyman | Bosse Holmstrand | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 1 |
| 49 | Benito Guerra | Javier Marín | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 2 |
| 50 | Rodrigo Salgado | Diodoro Salgado | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 2 |
| 49 |  Amjad Farrah | Nancy Al-Majali | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | 3 |
| 50 | Emma Gilmour | Glenn MacNeall | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | 5 |
| 49 | Juha Salo | Jarkko Kalliolepo | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | 8 |
| 50 | Jukka Ketomäki | Kai Risberg | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | 8 |
| 49 | Hermann Gassner Jr. | Katharina Wustenhagen | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 9 |
| 50 | Florian Niegel | Thomas Fuchs | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 9 |
| 49 | Dave Weston Jr. | Ieuan Thomas | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | 13 |
| 50 | Jason Pritchard | Robbie Durant | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | 13 | |
† – At each rally, the organiser may nominate two "guest drivers" from their country to score support category points.
Results and standings
Results
| Colour | Rally Surface |
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| Gold | Gravel | | Silver | Tarmac | | Blue | Snow/Ice | | Bronze | Mixed Surface | |
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Standings
Drivers' championship
Manufacturers' championship
JWRC Drivers' championship
- Notes:† Egoi Eder Valdes Lopez has been removed from the Classification.
SWRC Drivers' championship
- Notes:† Andersson's entrant RUFA Sport failed to compete in the required number of events, meaning all of Andersson's points scored with the team have been annulled. His win in Sweden remains as he competed as a wildcard entrant and not with RUFA.[38]
‡ Tuohino has not completed the season due to a lack of budget, which resulted in the FIA excluding him from the championship.
WRC Cup for Super 2000 Teams championship
| Team | SWE
| MEX
| JOR
| NZL
| POR
| FIN
| GER
| JPN
| FRA
| GBR
| Pts |
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| 1 | Red Bull Rally Team | 15 | | 12 | 12 | | 25 | 25 | | 25 | 12 | 126 |
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| 2 | Nupel Global Racing | | 25 | 25 | 18 | 18 | | 12 | | 12 | 15 | 125 |
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| 3 | Czech Ford National Team | 18 | 18 | | 15 | | 18 | 18 | | 8 | 25 | 120 |
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| 4 | Shanghai FCACA Rally Team | | | 10 | 25 | 25 | 0 | | 25 | 18 | 0 | 103 |
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| 5 | Barwa Rally Team | | 0 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 10 | | 18 | | 18 | 81 |
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| 6 | Dynamic World Rally Team | | 15 | 0 | | 15 | 15 | 10 | | 15 | 10 | 80 |
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| 7 | Rene Georges Rally Sport | 12 | 12 | 18 | | 6 | | 15 | | 10 | 0 | 73 |
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| 8 | Team Ford/Quinta Do Lorde | 10 | | 0 | | 12 | | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 36 |
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| 9 | Janpro | 25 | | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | | | | | 0‡ |
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| Team | SWE
| MEX
| JOR
| NZL
| POR
| FIN
| GER
| JPN
| FRA
| GBR
| Pts | |
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PWRC Drivers' championship
- Notes:† Miguel Baldoni has been removed from the Classification.[39]
External links
Notes and References
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- News: World Motor Sport Council: WRC Decisions: 2010 Calendar – S2000 ‘WRC Cup’ – 1600cc Turbo for 2011 . rallybuzz.com . RallyBuzz . 2009-06-24 . 2010-01-06 . Scott . Coursey . 2011-10-06 . https://archive.today/20111006153930/http://www.rallybuzz.com/fia-wmsc-decisions-wrc/ . dead .
- News: More WRC rule changes announced . . . 2009-06-25 . 2010-01-06 .
- News: World Motor Sport Council, 11/12/2009 . fia.com . . 2009-12-11 . 2009-12-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091214204808/http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/pressreleases/wmsc/2009/Pages/wmsc_111209.aspx . 14 December 2009 . dead .
- News: New S-WRC gets the green light . . . 2009-12-11 . 2010-01-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091231035040/http://wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=101&id=6618&desc=New%20S-WRC%20gets%20the%20green%20light . 2009-12-31 . dead .
- News: World Motor Sport Council, 24/06/2009 . fia.com . . 2009-06-24 . 2010-01-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100106132957/http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/pressreleases/wmsc/2009/Pages/wmsc_240609.aspx . 6 January 2010 . dead .
- News: WRC to introduce ranking system . autosport.com . . 2009-06-25 . 2010-01-06 . David . Evans.
- News: FIA introduces new WRC points allocation . . . 2010-02-10 . 2010-02-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100213075552/http://wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=101&id=6843&desc=FIA+introduces+new+WRC+points+allocation . 2010-02-13 . dead .
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