2010 Ypres Rally Explained

2010 GEKO Ypres Rally
Round:6
Championship:2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge
Previous Round:2010 Rally d'Italia Sardegna
Next Round:2010 Rally Azores
Country: Belgium
Rallybase:Ypres
Startdate:June 24
Enddate:26 2010
Stages:19
Stagekm:293.62
Stagekm Note:[1]
Overallkm:651.30
Surface:Asphalt
Driver1: Freddy Loix
Team1: Freddy Loix
Teamsstart:97
Teamsfinish:48

The 2010 GEKO Ypres Rally was the 45th running of the Ypres Rally and the sixth round of the 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC). The event was held between 24–26 June 2010 and was based in the town of Ypres, Belgium.

Introduction

The rally was held over two days with a total of 293.62km (182.45miles) covered in nineteen asphalt special stages. Friday had six stages with Saturday having a total of thirteen stages. In addition to IRC frontrunners Juho Hänninen, Jan Kopecký and Kris Meeke, other entries in S2000 cars included Freddy Loix (Škoda Fabia S2000) and factory Proton pair, Chris Atkinson and Alister McRae.[2]

Results

The event was dominated by local driver Freddy Loix after two of the main title contenders crashed out of the rally; Juho Hänninen on stage four[3] and Kris Meeke on stage eight.[4] In addition to these retirements both Proton's failed to finish due to engine problems related to valve spring failures.[5] The win was the fifth different winner of an IRC round this season, the fourth for Škoda and its first with the facelift Fabia.[6]

The Ypres Historic Rally normally runs at the same time as the main event. In 2010, the winner was Robert Droogmans, a Belgian racing driver competing with Marc Duez.

Overall standings

Pos.DriverCo-driverCarTimeDifferencePoints
1. Freddy Loix Fréderic MiclotteŠkoda Fabia S20002:35:36.90.010
2. Jan Kopecký Petr StarýŠkoda Fabia S20002:35:58.321.48
3. Thierry Neuville Nicolas KlingerPeugeot 207 S20002:37:42.42:05.56
4. Bernd Casier Francis CaesemaekerŠkoda Fabia S20002:39:38.54:01.65
5. Andreas Mikkelsen Ola FløeneFord Fiesta S20002:40:57.85:20.94
6. Bruno Magalhães Carlos MagalhãesPeugeot 207 S20002:41:43.16:06.23
7. Michał Sołowow Maciej BaranFord Fiesta S20002:43:01.47:24.52
8. Luca Betti Pierangelo ScalviniPeugeot 207 S20002:45:14.59:37.61

Special stages

DayStageTimeNameLengthWinnerTimeAvg. spd.Rally leader
1
(25 June)		SS116:29Hollebeke 128.82 km Kris Meeke15:49.4109.28 km/halign=left rowspan="2" Kris Meeke
SS217:20Westouter 16.04 km Freddy Loix3:34.3101.47 km/h
SS318:00Mesen – Sauvegarde 114.80 km Freddy Loix7:58.2111.42 km/halign=left rowspan="17" Freddy Loix
SS420:06Hollebeke 228.82 km Freddy Loix15:40.4110.33 km/h
SS520:57Westouter 26.04 km Kris Meeke3:31.8102.66 km/h
SS621:37Mesen – Sauvegarde 214.80 km Freddy Loix7:56.3111.86 km/h
2
(26 June)		SS711:13Proven-Vleteren 114.80 km Kris Meeke7:21.9120.57 km/h
SS811:31Watou 112.33 km Freddy Loix6:40.3110.89 km/h
SS912:12Kemmelberg 19.06 km Freddy Loix4:55.6110.34 km/h
SS1013:41Langemark 118.84 km Jan Kopecký9:48.4115.27 km/h
SS1114:16Dikkebus 111.32 km Jan Kopecký6:03.6112.08 km/h
SS1214:43Heuvelland 128.80 km Jan Kopecký14:59.7115.24 km/h
SS1315:56Lille-Eurométropole1.66 km Jan Kopecký1:17.577.11 km/h
SS1418:13Proven-Vleteren 214.80 km Jan Kopecký7:21.7120.62 km/h
SS1518:31Watou 212.33 km Freddy Loix6:40.1110.94 km/h
SS1619:12Kemmelberg 29.06 km Freddy Loix4:53.7111.05 km/h
SS1720:41Langemark 218.84 km Freddy Loix9:47.5115.45 km/h
SS1821:16Dikkebus 211.32 km Jan Kopecký6:03.2112.20 km/h
SS1921:43Heuvelland 228.80 km Jan Kopecký14:54.7115.88 km/h

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GEKO Ypres Rally Itinerary 2010. PDF. 13 June 2010. Intercontinental Rally Challenge.
  2. Web site: S2000 runners to dominate Ypres entry. 13 June 2010. Intercontinental Rally Challenge. https://web.archive.org/web/20110713055911/http://www.ircseries.com/html/readNews.asp?id=1836. 13 July 2011. dead. dmy-all.
  3. Web site: Hänninen accepts blame for Ypres crash. 10 July 2010. Intercontinental Rally Challenge. https://web.archive.org/web/20110713060213/http://www.ircseries.com/html/readNews.asp?id=1884. 13 July 2011. dead. dmy-all.
  4. Web site: After SS8: Meeke's crash hands Loix big lead. 10 July 2010. Intercontinental Rally Challenge. https://web.archive.org/web/20110713060302/http://www.ircseries.com/html/readNews.asp?id=1891. 13 July 2011. dead. dmy-all.
  5. Web site: Proton looks to the future after Ypres exit. 10 July 2010. Intercontinental Rally Challenge. https://web.archive.org/web/20110713060313/http://www.ircseries.com/html/readNews.asp?id=1885. 13 July 2011. dead. dmy-all.
  6. Web site: Škoda's Loix lands IRC victory in Belgium. 10 July 2010. Intercontinental Rally Challenge. https://web.archive.org/web/20110713060325/http://www.ircseries.com/html/readNews.asp?id=1910. 13 July 2011. dead. dmy-all.

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