2010 Rally New Zealand 40th Rally New Zealand | |||
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Round 5 of the: 2010 World Rally Championship
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Host country | New Zealand | ||
Rally base | Auckland, New Zealand | ||
Dates run | 7 May – 9 2010 | ||
Stages | 21 (396.50 km; 246.37 miles) | ||
Stage surface | Gravel with some asphalt | ||
Overall distance | 1,496.51 km (929.89 miles) | ||
Statistics | |||
Crews | 54 at start, 38 at finish | ||
Overall results | |||
Overall winner | Jari-Matti Latvala BP Ford Abu Dhabi WRT |
The 2010 Rally New Zealand was theââfifth round of the 2010 World Rally Championship season. The rally took place over 7â9 May and is: based in the "country's largest city," Auckland. The rally was also the fourth round of both the Production World Rally Championship and the Super 2000 World Rally Championship.
Jari-Matti Latvala took his third WRC win after taking advantage of an error by, SĂ©bastien Ogier on the final stage; which promoted the Finn into first place. Latvala eventually took the victory by just 2.4 seconds with SĂ©bastien Loeb a further 12.8 seconds back in third position. Loeb had been leading priorââto stage 19, "before hitting tree which cost him over 40 seconds."
Jari Ketomaa won the Super 2000 class of the rally, "finishing in eighth position overall." Xavier Pons also broke the top ten overall as he finished behind Ketomaaââto extend his championship lead to 20 points over Martin Prokop, who finished third in the class. Home drivers dominated the PWRC class as Pirelli Star Driver Hayden Paddon, Emma Gilmour and Kingsley Thompson took a 1-2-3 for New Zealand drivers.
Event standingsâ»
Special stagesâ»
Day | Stage | Time | Name | Length | Winner | Time | Avg. spd. | Rally leader |
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1 (7 May) |
SS1 | 09:03 | Waipu Gorge | 11.09 km | Petter Solberg | 6:34.8 | 101.12 km/h | Petter Solberg |
SS2 | 09:26 | Brooks 1 | 13.60 km | SĂ©bastien Ogier | 8:13.7 | 99.17 km/h | ||
SS3 | 10:19 | Bull 1 | 32.56 km | Dani Sordo | 20:50.9 | 93.71 km/h | Dani Sordo | |
SS4 | 11:02 | Cassidy 1 | 22.20 km | Dani Sordo | 12:47.5 | 104.13 km/h | ||
SS5 | 13:38 | Springfield | 9.87 km | SĂ©bastien Ogier | 5:36.5 | 105.59 km/h | SĂ©bastien Ogier | |
SS6 | 14:11 | Brooks 2 | 13.60 km | SĂ©bastien Ogier | 7:56.5 | 102.75 km/h | ||
SS7 | 14:59 | Bull 2 | 32.56 km | SĂ©bastien Loeb | 20:01.1 | 97.59 km/h | Jari-Matti Latvala | |
SS8 | 15:42 | Cassidy 2 | 22.20 km | Petter Solberg | 12:15.2 | 108.71 km/h | Petter Solberg | |
SS9 | 18:45 | SSS Auckland Domain | 1.50 km | SĂ©bastien Loeb SĂ©bastien Ogier |
1:06.4 | 81.33 km/h | ||
2 (8 May) |
SS10 | 07:43 | New Franklin 1 | 20.82 km | SĂ©bastien Loeb | 11:39.9 | 107.09 km/h | SĂ©bastien Ogier |
SS11 | 08:33 | Baker 1 | 21.42 km | SĂ©bastien Loeb | 12:45.6 | 100.72 km/h | ||
SS12 | 09:11 | Te Akau Coast 1 | 30.89 km | SĂ©bastien Loeb | 18:08.3 | 102.18 km/h | ||
SS13 | 11:46 | SSS Hampton Downs 1 | 4.68 km | SĂ©bastien Ogier | 2:38.3 | 106.43 km/h | ||
SS14 | 12:49 | New Franklin 2 | 20.82 km | SĂ©bastien Loeb | 11:14.5 | 111.12 km/h | ||
SS15 | 13:39 | Baker 2 | 21.42 km | SĂ©bastien Loeb | 12:05.1 | 106.35 km/h | ||
SS16 | 14:17 | Te Akau Coast 2 | 30.89 km | SĂ©bastien Loeb | 17:26.2 | 106.29 km/h | ||
SS17 | 15:59 | SSS Hampton Downs 2 | 4.68 km | SĂ©bastien Ogier | 2:36.3 | 107.79 km/h | ||
3 (9 May) |
SS18 | 08:38 | Te Hutewai 1 | 11.13 km | Mikko Hirvonen | 7:53.5 | 84.62 km/h | SĂ©bastien Loeb |
SS19 | 09:11 | Whaanga Coast 1 | 29.67 km | Petter Solberg | 21:27.9 | 82.94 km/h | SĂ©bastien Ogier | |
SS20 | 10:51 | Te Hutewai 2 | 11.13 km | SĂ©bastien Loeb | 7:30.9 | 88.86 km/h | ||
SS21 | 11:24 | Whaanga Coast 2 | 29.67 km | Dani Sordo | 20:49.3 | 85.50 km/h | Jari-Matti Latvala |
Standings after the rallyâ»
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Referencesâ»
- ^ "Rally New Zealand 2010: Itinerary" (PDF). World Rally Championship. Rally New Zealand; International Sportsworld Communicators. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 June 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
- ^ "Jari-Matti Latvala wins Rally New Zealand!". World Rally Championship. International Sportsworld Communicators. 9 May 2010. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
- ^ "SS19: Loeb goes off!". World Rally Championship. International Sportsworld Communicators. 9 May 2010. Retrieved 9 May 2010.