| 2012 Rally Italia Sardegna | |
| Native Name: | Rally Italia Sardegna 2012 |
| Round: | 12 |
| Championship: | 2012 World Rally Championship |
| Previous Round: | 2012 Rallye de France |
| Next Round: | 2012 Rally Catalunya |
| Rallybase: | Olbia, Sardinia |
| Startdate: | 18 |
| Enddate: | 21 October 2012 |
| Stages: | 16 |
| Stagekm: | 306.04 |
| Overallkm: | 1241.45 |
| Surface: | Gravel |
The 2012 Rally Italia Sardegna was the penultimate round of the 2012 World Rally Championship season and was held between 18 and 21 October 2012. It was based in Olbia, Sardegna.
The rally was also the seventh round of the Production World Rally Championship.
| Driver | Co-driver | Car | Time | Difference | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | ||||||
| 1. |  Mikko Hirvonen | Jarmo Lehtinen | Citroën DS3 WRC | 3:23:54.9 | 0.0 | 25 |
| 2. |  Evgeny Novikov |  Ilka Minor | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 3:25:15.5 | 1:20.6 | 18 |
| 3. |  Ott Tänak | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 3:26:16.0 | 2:21.1 | 15 | |
| 4. |  Mads Østberg |  Jonas Andersson | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 3:27:37.8 | 3:42.9 | 12 |
| 5. |  Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 3:28:22.4 | 4:27.5 | 10 |
| 6. |  Chris Atkinson |  Stéphane Prévot | Mini John Cooper Works WRC | 3:29:17.1 | 5:22.2 | 8 |
| 7. | Andreas Mikkelsen | Ola Fløene | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 3:30:07.4 | 6:12.5 | 6 |
| 8. |  Martin Prokop | Zdeněk Hrůza | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 3:33:24.2 | 9:29.3 | 4 |
| 9. | Petter Solberg |  Chris Patterson | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 3:33:47.2 | 9:52.3 | |
| 10. |  Luca Pedersoli | Citroen DS3 WRC | 3:44:30.5 | 20:35.6 | 1 | |
| PWRC | ||||||
| 1. (14.) |  Nicolás Fuchs |  Fernando Mussano | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 3:49:25.7 | 0.0 | 25 |
| 2. (15.) | Rubén García | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 3:49:56.1 | 30.4 | 18 | |
| 3. (16.) |  Valeriy Gorban | Andriy Nikolaev | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 3:50:07.8 | 42.1 | 15 |
| 4. (17.) |  Subhan Aksa | Nicola Arena | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | 3:52:26.9 | 3:01.2 | 12 |
| 5. (20.) | Oleksiy Kikireshko | Sergei Larens | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 3:56:28.4 | 7:02.7 | 10 |
| 6. (21.) |  Michał Kościuszko | Maciej Szczepaniak | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | 3:56:38.9 | 7:13.2 | 8 |
| 7. (22.) |  Ricardo Triviño |  Àlex Haro | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 3:57:44.0 | 8:18.3 | 6 |
| 8. (24.) | Benito Guerra | Borja Rozada | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | 4:00:12.7 | 10:47.0 | 4 |
| 9. (25.) | Gianluca Linari | Andrea Cecchi | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 4:03:35.8 | 14:10.1 | 2 |
| 10. (30.) | Louise Cook | Stefan Davis | Ford Fiesta ST | 4:42:48.5 | 53:22.8 | 1 |
| Leg | Stage | Name | Length | Winner | Time | Rally leader | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leg 1 (18 Oct) | SS1 | 16:13 | Terranova 1 | 28.14 km | Sébastien Loeb | 19:09.4 | 88.08 km/h | align=left rowspan="2" | Sébastien Loeb |
| SS2 | 18:16 | Terranova 2 | 28.14 km | Mikko Hirvonen | 18:49.4 | 89.41 km/h | |||
| Leg 2 (19 Oct) | SS3 | 8:43 | Monte Lerno 1 | 29.68 km | Mikko Hirvonen | 18:16.2 | 97.28 km/h | align=left rowspan="14" | Mikko Hirvonen |
| SS4 | 11:34 | Castelsardo 1 | 14.00 km | Mikko Hirvonen | 10:45.9 | 78.01 km/h | |||
| SS5 | 12:24 | Tergu-Osilo 1 | 14.88 km | Sébastien Ogier | 10:16.1 | 86.56 km/h | |||
| SS6 | 14:46 | Castelsardo 2 | 14.00 km | Evgeny Novikov | 10:27.6 | 80.18 km/h | |||
| SS7 | 15:36 | Tergu-Osilo 2 | 14.88 km | Evgeny Novikov | 9:41.8 | 92.04 km/h | |||
| SS8 | 17:50 | Monte Lerno 2 | 29.68 km | Mikko Hirvonen | 18:32.8 | 90.23 km/h | |||
| Leg 3 (20 Oct) | SS9 | 9:28 | Coiluna-Loelle 1 | 29.35 km | Mads Østberg | 17:39.4 | 99.44 km/h | ||
| SS10 | 10:35 | Monte di Ala 1 | 14.49 km | Evgeny Novikov | 9:12.9 | 94.20 km/h | |||
| SS11 | 11:37 | Monte Olia 1 | 14.12 km | Mads Østberg | 10:18.2 | 82.13 km/h | |||
| SS12 | 14:48 | Coiluna-Loelle 2 | 29.35 km | Mads Østberg | 17:12.6 | 102.19 km/h | |||
| SS13 | 15:55 | Monti di Ala 2 | 14.49 km | Jari-Matti Latvala | 8:57.4 | 97.04 km/h | |||
| SS14 | 16:57 | Monte Olia 2 | 14.12 km | Mads Østberg | 10:02.6 | 84.21 km/h | |||
| Leg 4 (21 Oct) | SS15 | 9:20 | Gallura 1 | 8.24 km | Mads Østberg | 6:25.0 | 77.05 km/h | ||
| SS16 | 11:00 | Gallura (power stage) | 8.24 km | Petter Solberg | 6:13.4 | 79.44 km/h |
The "Power stage" was a 8.24km (05.12miles) stage at the end of the rally.[1]
| Driver | Co-driver | Car | Class | Time | Difference | Points | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Petter Solberg | Chris Patterson | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | WRC | 6:13.417 | 0.000 | 79.4 km/h | 3 | |
| 2 | 3 | Miikka Anttila | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | WRC | 6:13.637 | 0.220 | 79.4 km/h | 2 | ||
| 3 | 7 | Thierry Neuville | Nicolas Gilsoul | Citroën DS3 WRC | WRC | 6:18.182 | 4.765 | 78.5 km/h | 1 |