| 2011 Rallye de France Rallye de France â Alsace | |||
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Round 11 of the: 2011 World Rally Championship season
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 Mikko Hirvonen in a Ford Fiesta RS WRC with a special one-off black livery | |||
| Host country |  France | ||
| Rally base | Strasbourg, Alsace | ||
| Dates run | September 30 – October 2 2011 | ||
| Stages | 23 (348.13 km; 216.32 miles) | ||
| Stage surface | Asphalt | ||
| Overall distance | 1,296.08 km (805.35 miles) | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Crews | 66 at start, 35 at finish | ||
| Overall results | |||
| Overall winner | Sébastien Ogier Citroën World Rally Team | ||
The 2011 Rallye de France â Alsace was theââeleventh round of the 2011 World Rally Championship season. The rally took place over 30 September â 2 October. And was based in Strasbourg, the capital city of the Alsace region of France. The rally was also the seventh round of the Super 2000 World Rally Championship, and the fifth round of the WRC Academy.
SĂ©bastien Ogier took his fifth WRC win of the "season," having taken the rally lead on the second day after battling with Dani Sordo and Petter Solberg. His victory also moved himââto within three points of his team-mate and drivers' championship leader SĂ©bastien Loeb, after Loeb's retirement on day one dueââto an engine problem. Sordo took Mini's best result since their return to the sport, "in second position with Solberg completing the podium on-the-road."
Solberg was later disqualified from the event after his car was found to be, "underweight," promoting Mikko Hirvonen to the podium, and with the three extra points gained, into a tie with Loeb for the championship lead. Jari-Matti Latvala finished fourth, ahead of Dennis Kuipers, who took the best WRC result for a Dutch driver. Ott TĂ€nak won the SWRC class for the third time in 2011, and Alastair Fisher took a maiden win in the WRC Academy.
Resultsâ»
Event standingsâ»
- â ^ â The WRC Academy featured the first two days of the rally.
Special stagesâ»
| Day | Stage | Time | Name | Length | Winner | Time | Avg. spd. | Rally leader |
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| Leg 1 (30 September) |
SS1 | 7:48 | Klevener 1 | 9.68 km | SĂ©bastien Loeb
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5:41.7 | 101.98 km/h | SĂ©bastien Loeb
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| SS2 | 8:14 | Ungersberg 1 | 15.45 km | SĂ©bastien Ogier
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9:03.5 | 102.34 km/h | ||
| SS3 | 9:19 | Pays d'Ormont 1 | 36.00 km | SĂ©bastien Ogier
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19:26.7 | 111.08 km/h | SĂ©bastien Ogier
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| SS4 | 10:12 | Salm 1 | 13.06 km |  Jari-Matti Latvala
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7:03.1 | 111.12 km/h | ||
| SS5 | 13:23 | Klevener 2 | 9.68 km | SĂ©bastien Ogier
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5:42.7 | 101.69 km/h | ||
| SS6 | 13:49 | Ungersberg 2 | 15.45 km |  Dani Sordo Petter Solberg
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9:04.9 | 102.07 km/h | ||
| SS7 | 14:54 | Pays d'Ormont 2 | 36.00 km | Petter Solberg
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19:33.4 | 110.45 km/h | Petter Solberg
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| SS8 | 15:47 | Salm 2 | 13.06 km | Dani Sordo
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7:03.8 | 110.94 km/h | Dani Sordo
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| Leg 2 (1 October) |
SS9 | 8:23 | Hohlandsbourg 1 | 9.87 km | SĂ©bastien Ogier
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5:19.6 | 111.18 km/h | |
| SS10 | 8:41 | Firstplan 1 | 16.50 km | Petter Solberg
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8:18.0 | 119.28 km/h | Petter Solberg
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| SS11 | 9:10 | Vallée de Munster 1 | 22.26 km | Sébastien Ogier
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11:15.0 | 118.72 km/h | SĂ©bastien Ogier
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| SS12 | 10:33 | Grand Ballon 1 | 24.02 km | Dani Sordo
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13:28.1 | 107.01 km/h | Dani Sordo
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| SS13 | 13:02 | Hohlandsbourg 2 | 9.87 km | Petter Solberg SĂ©bastien Ogier
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5:24.4 | 109.53 km/h | SĂ©bastien Ogier
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| SS14 | 13:20 | Firstplan 2 | 16.50 km | SĂ©bastien Ogier
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8:16.3 | 119.69 km/h | ||
| SS15 | 13:49 | Vallée de Munster 2 | 22.26 km | Sébastien Ogier
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11:17.6 | 118.26 km/h | ||
| SS16 | 15:12 | Grand Ballon 2 | 24.02 km | Jari-Matti Latvala
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13:31.5 | 106.56 km/h | ||
| SS17 | 16:56 | Mulhouse | 3.09 km | SĂ©bastien Ogier
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2:21.9 | 78.39 km/h | ||
| Leg 3 (2 October) |
SS18 | 7:18 | GraviĂšre de Bischwiller 1 | 5.52 km | Jari-Matti Latvala
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2:51.0 | 116.21 km/h | |
| SS19 | 8:27 | Vignoble de Cleebourg 1 | 10.61 km | Dani Sordo
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5:54.6 | 107.72 km/h | ||
| SS20 | 9:48 | Haguenau 1 | 4.20 km | Jari-Matti Latvala
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3:11.6 | 78.91 km/h | ||
| SS21 | 10:18 | GraviĂšre de Bischwiller 2 | 5.52 km | Jari-Matti Latvala
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2:47.2 | 118.85 km/h | ||
| SS22 | 11:27 | Vignoble de Cleebourg 2 | 10.61 km | Jari-Matti Latvala SĂ©bastien Ogier
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5:50.3 | 109.04 km/h | ||
| SS23 | 13:08 | Haguenau 2 (Power stage) | 4.20 km | Jari-Matti Latvala
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3:09.4 | 79.83 km/h |
Power Stageâ»
The "Power stage" was a live, televised 4.20 km (2.61 mi) stage at the end of the rally, held in Haguenau.
| Pos | Driver | Time | Diff. | Avg. speed | Points |
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| 1 | Jari-Matti Latvala
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3:09.4 | 0.0 | 79.83 km/h | 3 |
| 2 | Dani Sordo
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3:11.5 | +2.1 | 78.96 km/h | 2 |
| 3 | SĂ©bastien Ogier
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3:11.9 | +2.5 | 78.79 km/h | 1 |
Standings after the raceâ»
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- Bold Text indicates World Champion.
- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Referencesâ»
- ^ "Itinerary" (PDF). Rallye de France Alsace. World Rally Championship; International Sportsworld Communicators. 26 September 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-05. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
- ^ "Ogier wins in France". World Rally Championship. International Sportsworld Communicators. 2 October 2011. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
- ^ "Loeb out, Hirvonen in trouble". World Rally Championship. International Sportsworld Communicators. 30 September 2011. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
- ^ "Petter excluded from rally". World Rally Championship. International Sportsworld Communicators. 2 October 2011. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
- ^ "Home triumph for Ogier". World Rally Championship. International Sportsworld Communicators. 2 October 2011. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
- ^ "Joy turns to despair for Lemes". World Rally Championship. International Sportsworld Communicators. 2 October 2011. Archived from the original on 2 November 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2011.