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2009 Intercontinental Rally Challenge

The 2009 Intercontinental Rally Challenge was the fourth season of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. The season consists of twelve rounds and began on January 21, with the 77° Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo. The season ended on November 21, at the inaugural RAC Rally of Scotland. With four wins, Kris Meeke won the championship ahead of Jan Kopecký and Freddy Loix.

Calendar

Rd.	Start date	Finish date	Rally	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages
21 January	24 January	MON 77th Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo	Valence, Drôme	Mixed	14	362.25 km
5 March	7 March	BRA 29th Rally Internacional de Curitiba	Curitiba, Paraná	Gravel	13	220.38 km
3 April	4 April	KEN 57th KCB Safari Rally	Nairobi	Gravel	14	296.39 km
7 May	9 May	POR 44th SATA Rallye Açores	Ponta Delgada, Azores	Gravel	18	229.86 km
18 June	20 June	BEL 45th Belgium Ypres Westhoek Rally	Ypres, West Flanders	Asphalt	16	281.78 km
9 July	11 July	RUS 3rd Rally Russia	Vyborg, Leningrad	Gravel	15	223.45 km
30 July	1 August	POR 50th Rali Vinho da Madeira	Funchal, Madeira	Asphalt	21	302.50 km
20 August	22 August	CZE 39th Barum Rally Zlín	Zlín, Zlín Region	Asphalt	15	254.96 km
10 September	12 September	ESP 46th Rally Principe de Asturias	Oviedo, Asturias	Asphalt	15	253.72 km
24 September	26 September	ITA 51st Rallye Sanremo	Sanremo, Liguria	Asphalt	9	201.79 km
22 October	24 October	JPN Rally Japan	Sapporo, Hokkaido	Gravel	??	??
19 November	21 November	GBR 1st Rally of Scotland	Perth, Scotland	Gravel	13	204.50 km
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The calendar had been increased from 10 events in 2008, to twelve in 2009. Out went the Istanbul Rally, the Rally de Portugal, the Rallye International du Valais and the China Rally. To be replaced by the Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo, the Rally Internacional de Curitiba, the Safari Rally, the Rallye Açores, Rally Japan and the Rally of Scotland. Rally Japan was later cancelled, mainly because the major manufacturers looked unlikely to travel to Japan.

Selected entries

Entrant	Constructor	Car	Driver	Co-driver
BEL Peugeot Team Belux	Peugeot 207 S2000	FRA Nicolas Vouilloz	FRA Nicolas Klinger	1–2, 4–5, 7–10
BEL Freddy Loix	BEL Isidoor Smets	1–2
BEL Frédéric Miclotte	4–5, 7–10
BEL Pieter Tsjoen	BEL Eddy Chevaillier	5
FRA Team Peugeot Total	FRA Stéphane Sarrazin	FRA Jacques-Julien Renucci	1
POR Bruno Magalhães	POR Carlos Magalhães	4, 7
ITA H.F. Grifone SRL	FRA Didier Auriol	FRA Denis Giraudet	1
ITA Corrado Fontana	ITA Carlo Cassina	5, 7–9
ITA Luigi Fontana	ITA Tullio Vitali	7
FRA BF Goodrich Drivers Team	FRA Sébastien Ogier	FRA Julien Ingrassia	1
BEL Thierry Neuville	BEL Achim Maraite	5
CZE Martin Prokop	CZE Jan Tománek	8
ITA Luca Cantamessa	ITA Piercarlo Capolongo	10
GBR Adam Gould	GBR Sebastian Marshall	11
GBR Peugeot UK	GBR Kris Meeke	IRL Paul Nagle	1–2, 4–5, 7–11
ITA F.P.F. Sport SRL	ITA Tobia Cavallini	ITA Flavio Zanella	1
ITA Paolo Andreucci	ITA Anna Andreussi	10
ITA Marco Signor	ITA Maurizio Barone	10
FRA PH Sport	ZIM Conrad Rautenbach	GBR Daniel Barritt	4
LUX Gilles Schammel	BEL Renaud Jamoul	5
POL Cersanit Rally Team	POL Michał Sołowow	POL Maciek Baran	5, 7–9
UKR Tsunami Rally Team	RUS Alexander Zheludov	UKR Iria Kolomeytseva	6
POR Team C.D. Nacional da Madeira/Olca	POR Alexandre Camacho	POR Padro Calado	7
CZE Tescoma Rally Team	CZE Roman Kresta	CZE Petr Gross	8
HUN Peugeot Total Hungaria	HUN János Tóth	HUN Robert Tagai	8
ITA Island Motorsport	ITA Ranato Travaglia	ITA Lorenzo Granai	10
ITA Abarth & C. Spa	Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000	ITA Giandomenico Basso	ITA Mitia Dotta	1–2, 4–9
ITA Luca Rossetti	ITA Matteo Chiarcossi	1, 7–8, 10
FIN Anton Alén	FIN Timo Alanne	1–2, 4, 6
BEL Bernd Casier	BEL Francis Caesemaeker	5
ESP Miguel Fuster	ESP Jose Vicente Medina	9
BEL François Duval	FRA Denis Giraduet	10
ITA Umberto Scandola	ITA Guido D'Amore	10
ITA Astra Racing	FIN Toni Gardemeister	FIN Tomi Tuominen	1
FRA Julien Maurin	FRA Gilles Thimonier	1
ITA Procar	POR Bernardo Sousa	POR Jorge Carvalho	4, 7
IRL Keith Cronin	IRL Greg Shinnors	11
CZE Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia S2000	FIN Juho Hänninen	FIN Mikko Markkula	1, 4–6, 8, 10
CZE Jan Kopecký	CZE Petr Starý	1, 4–6, 8–10
BEL René Georges Rally Sport	BEL François Duval	FRA Denis Giraudet	5
ITA Škoda Rally Team Italia	FRA Julien Maurin	FRA Gilles Thimonier	7, 9–10
ITA Piero Longhi	ITA Maurizio Imerito	10
CZE Delimax Team	CZE Pavel Valoušek	CZE Zdeněk Hrůza	8
ITA E-Art Rally Team	RUS Evgeny Novikov	BEL Stéphane Prévot	8
ESP A.C. Principado de Asturias	ESP Alberto Hevia	ESP Alberto Iglesias	9
GBR Škoda Motorsport UK	GBR Guy Wilks	GBR Phil Pugh	11
GBR Mellors Elliot Motorsport	Proton Satria Neo S2000	5–10
FRA Bryan Bouffier	FRA Xavier Panseri	8
GBR Alister McRae	AUS Bill Hayes	11
AUT Interwetten Racing	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	AUT Franz Wittmann	AUT Bernhard Ettel	1, 4–6, 8–11
FRA BPS Racing	FRA Frédéric Romeyer	FRA Thomas Fournel	1
ARG Tango Rally Team	ARG Marcos Ligato	ARG Rubén García	2
ARG Alejandro Cancio	ARG Santiago García	2
KEN Triton Team	KEN Lee Rose	KEN Nick Patel	3
KEN Dalbit Team	KEN Carl Tundo	KEN Tim Jessop	3
GBR Alastair Cavenagh	KEN Saleem Haji	3
POR Team Além Mar	POR Ricardo Moura	POR Sancho Eiró	4
POR Luís Ramalho	7
POR Ricardo Carmo	POR Justino Reis	4
POR Peres Competições	POR Fernando Peres	POR Jose Pedro Silva	4, 7
RUS Prosport	RUS Andrey Zhigunov	RUS Igor Ter-Oganesiants	6
CZE EuroOil Čepro Czech National Team	CZE Vaclav Pech	CZE Petr Uhel	8
GBR David Bogie Rallying	GBR David Bogie	GBR Kevin Rae	11
GBR DGM Sport	GBR Jonathan Greer	GBR Dai Roberts	11
NED Heuvel Motorsport	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	NED Jasper van den Heuvel	NED Martine Kolman	5, 8
RSA Sunvic	Volkswagen Polo S2000	RSA Lola Verlaque	RSA Megan Verlaque	3
BEL René Georges Rally Sport	FRA Julien Maurin	FRA Gilles Thimonier	4
BEL Autostal Duindistel	BEL Patrick Snijers	BEL Cindy Cokelaere	5
GBR Motor Sport Developments	Opel Corsa OPC S2000	FRA Alexandre Bengue	FRA Matthieu Baumel	5
NOR Andreas Mikkelsen	NOR Ola Fløene	8
FIN Toni Gardemeister	FIN Tomi Tuominen	9
RUS Lada Sport Rally	Honda Civic Type-R R3	EST Kaspar Koitla	EST Ain Heiskonen	6
EST Andres Ots	11
EST Aava-Sikk Youth Team	EST Martin Kangur	EST Kuldar Sikk	11

Results

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers	Rank	Driver
1	MON/FRA Monte Carlo Rally
(January 21–24) – Results and report	1	France Sébastien Ogier	Peugeot 207 S2000	4:40:45.7
2	Belgium Freddy Loix	Peugeot 207 S2000	4:42:29.3
3	France Stéphane Sarrazin	Peugeot 207 S2000	4:43:07.3
2	Brazil Rallye Internacional de Curitiba
(March 5–7)	1	UK Kris Meeke	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:08:05.7
2	France Nicolas Vouilloz	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:08:31.9
3	Italy Giandomenico Basso	Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000	2:08:53.6
3	Kenya Safari Rally
(April 3–4)	1	Kenya Carl Tundo	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	2:47:25.0
2	UK Alastair Cavenagh	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	2:48:42.0
3	Kenya Lee Rose	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	2:48:51.0
4	Portugal Rally Açores
(May 7–9)	1	UK Kris Meeke	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:36:48.3
2	CZE Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:37:41.4
3	FRA Nicolas Vouilloz	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:37:53.1
5	Belgium Belgium Ypres Westhoek Rally
(June 18–20)	1	UK Kris Meeke	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:32:16.3
2	CZE Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:32:36.7
3	BEL Freddy Loix	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:33:56.8
6	Russia Rally Russia
(July 9–11)	1	FIN Juho Hänninen	Škoda Fabia S2000	1:45:15.2
2	CZE Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia S2000	1:46:36.1
3	ITA Giandomenico Basso	Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000	1:49:21:2
7	Portugal Rali Vinho da Madeira
(July 30–August 1)	1	ITA Giandomenico Basso	Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000	3:09:55.4
2	POR Bruno Magalhães	Peugeot 207 S2000	3:09:58.9
3	POR Alexandre Camacho	Peugeot 207 S2000	3:10:37.1
8	CZE Barum Czech Rally Zlín
(August 21–23) Results and report	1	CZE Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:24:21:1
2	UK Kris Meeke	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:25:21.5
3	Finland Juho Hänninen	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:26:21.9
9	Spain Rally Príncipe de Asturias
(September 10–12)	1	Czech Republic Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:41:51.3
2	UK Kris Meeke	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:44:38.2
3	France Nicolas Vouilloz	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:44:40.8
10	Italy Rallye Sanremo
(September 24–26)	1	UK Kris Meeke	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:20:03.5
2	ITA Luca Rossetti	Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000	2:20:19.2
3	FRA Nicolas Vouilloz	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:20:20.4
11	GBR Rally Scotland
(November 19–21) – Results and report	1	UK Guy Wilks	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:17:07.5
2	UK Alister McRae	Proton Satria Neo S2000	2:19:54.8
3	UK Jonathan Greer	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	2:22:29.3

Standings

Drivers

Only the best seven scores from each driver count towards the championship.

Pos	Driver	MON
MON	CUR
BRA	SAF
KEN	AZO
POR	YPR
BEL	RUS
RUS	MAD
POR	ZLI
CZE	AST
ESP	ITA
ITA	SCO
UK	T. Pts	Drop	Pts	1	60	60	2	49	49	3	37	37	4	31	31	5	28	28	6	21	21	7	15	15	8	10	10	9	10	10	10	8	8	11	8	8	12	8	8	13	8	8	14	7	7	15	6	6	16	6	6	17	6	6	18	6	6	19	6	6	20	5	5	21	5	5	22	5	5	23	5	5	24	4	4	25	4	4	26	4	4	27	4	4	28	4	4	29	4	4	30	3	3	31	3	3	32	3	3	33	3	3	34	3	3	35	3	3	36	3	3	37	3	3	38	3	3	39	2	2	40	2	2	41	2	2	42	2	2	43	2	2	44	2	2	45	2	2	46	2	2	47	2	2	48	2	2	49	1	1	50	1	1	51	1	1	52	1	1	53	1	1	54	1	1	55	1	1	Pos	Driver	MON
MON	CUR
BRA	SAF
KEN	AZO
POR	YPR
BEL	RUS
RUS	MAD
POR	ZLI
CZE	AST
ESP	ITA
ITA	SCO
UK	T. Pts	Drop	Pts
UK Kris Meeke	Ret	1		1	1		5	2	4	1	DSQ
CZE Jan Kopecký	4			2	2	2		1	1	Ret
BEL Freddy Loix	2	4		4	3		6	Ret	6	4
FRA Nicolas Vouilloz	Ret	2		3	Ret		4	Ret	5	3
ITA Giandomenico Basso	5	3		Ret	8	3	1	Ret	11
FIN Juho Hänninen	Ret			Ret	5	1		3		8
GBR Guy Wilks					Ret	5	11	Ret	22	13	1
FRA Sébastien Ogier	1
KEN Carl Tundo			1
POR Bruno Magalhães				9			2
ITA Luca Rossetti	Ret						Ret	10		2
UK Alistair Cavenagh			2
UK Alister McRae											2
AUT Franz Wittmann	Ret			6	Ret	6		15	12	20	Ret
POR Alexandre Camacho							3
GBR Jonathan Greer											3
KEN Lee Rose			3
FRA Stéphane Sarrazin	3
EST Kaspar Koitla						10					5
CZE Roman Kresta								4
BEL Pieter Tsjoen					4
ITA Corrado Fontana					10		8	Ret	7
KEN Asad Anwar			7
POR Fernando Peres				5			Ret
ITA Paolo Andreucci										5
ARG Alejandro Cancio		5
CZE Martin Prokop								5
IRL Eamonn Boland											6
KEN Alex Horsey			12
FRA Frédéric Romeyer	6
LUX Gilles Schammel					6
ITA Renato Travaglia										6
CZE Pavel Valoušek								6
FIN Anton Alén	Ret	Ret		18		7
ESP Alberto Hevia									8
GBR William Bonniwell											9
BRA Rafael Túlio		9
KEN Quentin Mitchel			14
SUI Olivier Burri	7
NED Jesper van den Heuvel					7
POR Miguel Nunes							7
ZIM Conrad Rautenbach				7
HUN Janos Toth								7
RUS Boris Zimin						8
POL Michal Solowow					11		9	9	9
BRA Luis Tedesco		10
GBR Richard Nicoll											11
TAN Navraj Hans			16
POR Ricardo Moura				8			Ret
ITA Luca Cantamessa										8
CZE Václav Pech								8
FRA Patrick Atrtru	9
GBR Donnie MacDonald											12
BRA Marcos Tokarski		12
KEN Peter Horsey			18

Manufacturers

Only the best seven scores from each manufacturer count towards the championship.

Pos	Manufacturer	MON
MON	CUR
BRA	SAF
KEN	AZO
POR	YPR
BEL	RUS
RUS	MAD
POR	ZLI
CZE	AST
ESP	ITA
ITA	SCO
UK	T. Pts	Drop	Pts	1	112	112	2	82	82	3	51	1	50	4	43	43	5	13	13	6	5	5	Pos	Manufacturer	MON
MON	CUR
BRA	SAF
KEN	AZO
POR	YPR
BEL	RUS
RUS	MAD
POR	ZLI
CZE	AST
ESP	ITA
ITA	SCO
UK	T. Pts	Drop	Pts
FRA Peugeot	18	18	0	16	16	0	14	0	14	16	0
CZE Škoda	5	0	0	8	12	18	0	16	13	0	10
JPN Ralliart	4	4	18	7	2	6	0	1	0	0	9
ITA Abarth	6	8	0	0	1	9	10	0	1	8	0
MYS Proton	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	8
JPN Honda	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4

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References

IRC 2009 at ewrc-results.com

References

"IRC 2009 calendar".
Wilkins, Robert. "IRC: 2009 calendar revealed".

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