2011 Rallye Açores Explained

2011 Sata Rally Azores
Native Name:	46º Sata Rallye Açores
Round:	6
Championship:	2011 Intercontinental Rally Challenge season
Previous Round:	2011 Ypres Rally
Next Round:	2011 Czech Rally
Startdate:	July 14
Enddate:	16 2011
Stages:	17
Stagekm:	205.09
Stagekm Note:	^[1] ^[2]
Overallkm:	743.61
Surface:	Gravel
Driver1:	Juho Hänninen
Team1:	Škoda Motorsport
Teamsstart:	41
Teamsfinish:	18

The 2011 Sata Rally Azores, officially 46º Sata Rallye Açores, was the sixth round of the 2011 Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) season. The 17-stage gravel rally took place on the island of São Miguel in the Azores between 14 and 16 July 2011.^{[1] [2]}

Introduction

The rally was based in the major city of Ponta Delgada. Day one consisted of three stages covering a total of 22.56km (14.02miles). Day two covered a total of 95.05km (59.06miles) over nine stages with the remaining five stages, covering 87.48km (54.36miles) completed on day three.

Results

Juho Hänninen won his third IRC rally of the season, having led the rally for most of the running, before Andreas Mikkelsen made a late charge for the lead. Hänninen held an advantage into the final day and after Mikkelsen took the lead for a period, Hänninen regained the lead for the final time.^[3] His victory gave him the championship lead by four points ahead of Bryan Bouffier. Bouffier finished the rally in fourth position, behind Mikkelsen and Jan Kopecký.

Overall

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1.	Juho Hänninen	Mikko Markkula	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:19:03.8	0.0	25
2.	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:19:46.1	42.3	18
3.	Jan Kopecký	Petr Starý		2:20:49.8	1:46.0	15
4.	Bryan Bouffier	Xavier Panseri	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:22:40.0	3:36.2	12
5.	Patrik Sandell	Staffan Parmander	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:23:37.1	4:33.3	10
6.	Ricardo Moura	Sancho Eiró	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	2:25:10.8	6:07.0	8
7.	Vítor Lopes	Hugo Magalhães	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2:28:55.9	9:52.1	6
8.	Vítor Pascoal	Luis Ramalho	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	2:31:51.1	12:47.3	4
9.	Sérgio Silva	Nelson Cordeiro	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2:33:04.1	14:00.3	2
10.	Paulo Maciel	Filipe Gouveira	Citroën Saxo VTS	2:37:14.5	18:10.7	1

Special stages

Day	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
Leg 1 (14 July)	SS1	16:45	Lagoa – Marques 1	13.06 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	8:41.9	90.09 km/h	Andreas Mikkelsen
	SS2	17:24	Coroa da Mata 1	7.50 km	Bruno Magalhães	6:25.3	70.08 km/h	align=left rowspan=11	Juho Hänninen
	SS3	18:00	Grupo Marques 1	2.00 km	Juho Hänninen	1:57.4	61.33 km/h
Leg 2 (15 July)	SS4	10:08	Batalha Golfe 1	7.90 km	Juho Hänninen	5:40.2	83.60 km/h
	SS5	10:43	Feteiras 1	7.47 km	align=center colspan=3	stage cancelled
	SS6	11:08	Sete Cidades 1	18.30 km	Juho Hänninen	13:46.3	79.73 km/h
	SS7	13:02	Batalha Golfe 2	7.90 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	5:32.3	85.59 km/h
	SS8	13:37	Feteiras 2	7.47 km	Juho Hänninen	5:48.7	77.12 km/h
	SS9	14:02	Sete Cidades 2	18.30 km	align=center colspan=3	stage cancelled
	SS10	16:02	Remédios – Água de Pau	7.15 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	4:56.8	86.73 km/h
	SS11	16:25	Lagoa – Marques 2	13.06 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	8:29.6	92.26 km/h
	SS12	17:04	Coroa da Mata 2	7.50 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	6:14.3	72.13 km/h
Leg 3 (16 July)	SS13	10:27	Graminhais 1	20.80 km	Jan Kopecký	15:45.0	79.24 km/h	Andreas Mikkelsen
	SS14	11:25	Tronqueira 1	21.94 km	Juho Hänninen	18:33.7	70.92 km/h	align=left rowspan=4	Juho Hänninen
	SS15	12:57	Grupo Marques 2	2.00 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	1:59.4	60.30 km/h
	SS16	15:26	Graminhais 2	20.80 km	Juho Hänninen	15:54.9	78.42 km/h
	SS17	16:24	Tronqueira 2	21.94 km	Patrik Sandell	18:58.4	69.38 km/h

External links

• The official website for the rally
• The official website of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge

Notes and References

1. Web site: Itinerary Days 1 and 2. PDF. 18 June 2011. 14 July 2011. Sata Rallye Açores. GDC. https://web.archive.org/web/20111119211828/http://www.satarallyeacores.com/documentos/itinerary_leg_1_2.pdf. 19 November 2011. dead. dmy-all.
2. Web site: Itinerary Day 3. PDF. 18 June 2011. 14 July 2011. Sata Rallye Açores. GDC. https://web.archive.org/web/20100702182456/http://www.satarallyeacores.com/uk/docs_drivers/simple_itinerary_day_3.pdf. 2 July 2010. dead. dmy-all.
3. News: Hänninen wins rally and praises team. 16 July 2011. 16 July 2011. ircseries.com. Intercontinental Rally Challenge.