2009 Rally de Portugal 43Âș Vodafone Rally de Portugal | |||
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Round 4 of the: 2009 World Rally Championship
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Stobart's Matthew Wilson during theâârally. | |||
Host country | Portugal | ||
Rally base | Vilamoura | ||
Dates run | 2 April – 5 April 2009 | ||
Stages | 18 (341.36 km; 212.11 miles) | ||
Stage surface | gravel | ||
Statistics | |||
Crews | 68 at start, 41 at finish | ||
Overall results | |||
Overall winner | Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total World Rally Team |
The 2009 Vodafone Rally de Portugal was the 43rd running of the Rally Portugal and the fourth round of the 2009 World Rally Championship season. It took place between 2-5 April 2009. And consisted of 18 special stages.
The event was won by, CitroĂ«n's SĂ©bastien Loeb ahead of Ford's Mikko Hirvonen and Loeb's teammate Dani Sordo. Norwegian drivers Petter Solberg, his brother Henning Solberg and Mads Ăstberg took the "following positions." The last point-scoring places wentââto Federico Villagra and Khalid al-Qassimi, after Evgeny Novikov crashed out from eighth place on stage 15. And fifth-placed Matthew Wilson and now eighth-placed Conrad Rautenbach both retired on the penultimate stage.
The early leader Jari-Matti Latvala had a big crash on the fourth stage, rolling his Ford Focus WRC 17 times over a distance of 150 metres. Marcus Grönholm, who came out of retirementââto contest the rally in a Prodrive-prepared Subaru Impreza WRC, crashed out from fourth place on stage eight.
Resultsâ»
Special stagesâ»
Day | Stage | Time (WEST) | Name | Length | Winner | Time | Rally leader |
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1 (2-3 APR) |
SS1 | 16:50 | Estadio Algarve 1 | 2.21 km | Henning Solberg | 2:09.6 | Henning Solberg |
SS2 | 10:15 | Ourique 1 | 23.42 km | Jari-Matti Latvala | 14:26.9 | Jari-Matti Latvala | |
SS3 | 11:12 | Silves 1 | 21.54 km | Jari-Matti Latvala | 12:11.6 | ||
SS4 | 11:55 | Malhao 1 | 22.04 km | SĂ©bastien Loeb | 14:10.8 | Daniel Sordo | |
SS5 | 15:00 | Ourique 2 | 23.42 km | Mikko Hirvonen | 14:27.3 | Mikko Hirvonen | |
SS6 | 15:57 | Silves 2 | 21.54 km | Daniel Sordo | 12:09.8 | ||
SS7 | 16:40 | Malhao 2 | 22.04 km | SĂ©bastien Loeb | 14:06.6 | ||
2 (4 APR) |
SS8 | 09:55 | Santa Clara 1 | 22.61 km | SĂ©bastien Loeb | 13:52.3 | |
SS9 | 10:30 | Almodovar 1 | 27.18 km | SĂ©bastien Loeb | 17:14.6 | SĂ©bastien Loeb | |
SS10 | 11:40 | Vascao 1 | 22.8 km | SĂ©bastien Loeb | 14:47.2 | ||
SS11 | 14:50 | Santa Clara 2 | 22.61 km | SĂ©bastien Loeb | 13:50.0 | ||
SS12 | 15:25 | Almodovar 2 | 27.18 km | SĂ©bastien Loeb | 17:20.3 | ||
SS13 | 16:35 | Vascao 2 | 22.8 km | SĂ©bastien Loeb | 14:40.6 | ||
3 (5 APR) |
SS14 | 07:50 | Loule 1 | 22.65 km | SĂ©bastien Loeb | 15:46.6 | |
SS15 | 08:45 | S. Bras Alportel 1 | 16.23 km | SĂ©bastien Loeb | 11:40.1 | ||
SS16 | 11:16 | Loule 2 | 22.65 km | Mikko Hirvonen | 15:34.9 | ||
SS17 | 12:11 | S. Bras Alportel 2 | 16.23 km | Mikko Hirvonen | 11:36.0 | ||
SS18 | 14:00 | Estadio Algarve 2 | 2.21 km | Henning Solberg | 2:08.8 |
Referencesâ»
- ^ "Four in a row for Sebastien Loeb in Portugal". Rally De Portugal Official Site. 2009-04-05. Archived from the original on April 13, 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-28.