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2009 Rally de Portugal

FieldValue
name2009 Rally de Portugal
native_name43º Vodafone Rally de Portugal
round4
championship2009 World Rally Championship
previous_round2009 Cyprus Rally
next_round2009 Rally Argentina
countryPortugal Portugal
imageEddie Stobart motorsport number 5 Wilson Portugal Rally 2009.jpg
captionStobart's Matthew Wilson during the rally.
rallybaseVilamoura
startdate2 April
enddate5 April 2009
stages18
stagekm341.36
surfacegravel
driver1FRA Sébastien Loeb
team1FRA Citroën Total World Rally Team
teamsstart68
teamsfinish41

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 Citroën's Sébastien Loeb ahead of Ford's Mikko Hirvonen and Loeb's teammate Dani Sordo. Norwegian drivers Petter Solberg, his brother Henning Solberg and Mads Østberg took the following positions. The last point-scoring places went to 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 retirement to contest the rally in a Prodrive-prepared Subaru Impreza WRC, crashed out from fourth place on stage eight.

Results

Pos.DriverCo-driverCarTimeDifferencePointsWRC11028364554637281JWRC1102836455463PWRC11028364554637281
FRA Sébastien LoebMON Daniel ElenaCitroën C4 WRC3:53:13.10.0
FIN Mikko HirvonenFIN Jarmo LehtinenFord Focus RS WRC 083:53:37.424.3
ESP Dani SordoESP Marc MartiCitroën C4 WRC3:54:58.51:45.4
NOR Petter SolbergUK Phil MillsCitroën Xsara WRC3:55:57.72:44.6
NOR Henning SolbergNOR Cato MenkerudFord Focus RS WRC 083:58:59.45:46.3
NOR Mads ØstbergNOR Ole Kristian UnnerudSubaru Impreza WRC 083:59:33.96:20.8
ARG Federico VillagraARG Jose DiazFord Focus RS WRC 084:06:12.612:59.5
UAE Khalid al-QassimiUK Michael OrrFord Focus RS WRC 084:11:24.818:21.7
POL Michal KosciuszkoPOL Maciek SzczepaniakSuzuki Swift S16004:22:38.60.0
NED Kevin AbbringNED Erwin MombaertsRenault Clio R34:28:45.16:06.5
NED Hans Weijs Jr.BEL Bjorn DegandtCitroën C2 S16004:32:01.39:22.7
ITA Luca GriottiITA Corrado BonatoRenault Clio R34:37:48.715:10.9
ITA Alessandro BettegaITA Simone ScattolinRenault Clio R34:49:23.126:44.5
ITA Simone BertolottiITA Luca CelestiniSuzuki Swift S16005:04:38.942:00.3
POR Armindo AraujoPOR Miguel RamalhoMitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX4:15:31.60.0
CZE Martin ProkopCZE Jan TománekMitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX4:16:38.71:07.1
NOR Eyvind BrynildsenFRA Denis GiraudetMitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX4:16:44.71:13.1
QAT Nasser Al-AttiyahITA Giovanni BernacchiniSubaru Impreza WRX STi4:26:09.210:37.6
AUS Mark TapperNZL Jeff RuddMitsubishi Lancer Evolution X4:41:21.225:49.6
ITA Gianluca LinariITA Andrea CecchiSubaru Impreza WRX STi4:43:39.328:07.7
IND Gaurav Singh GillUK David SeniorSubaru Impreza WRX STi4:46:25.330:53.7
CZE Martin SemerádCZE Bohuslav CeplechaMitsubishi Lancer Evolution X5:00:32.745:01.1

Special stages

DayStageTime (WEST)NameLengthWinnerTimeRally leader1
(2-3 APR)SS116:50SS210:15SS311:12SS411:55SS515:00SS615:57SS716:402
(4 APR)SS809:55SS910:30SS1011:40SS1114:50SS1215:25SS1316:353
(5 APR)SS1407:50SS1508:45SS1611:16SS1712:11SS1814:00
Estadio Algarve 12.21 kmNOR Henning Solberg2:09.6NOR Henning Solberg
Ourique 123.42 kmFIN Jari-Matti Latvala14:26.9FIN Jari-Matti Latvala
Silves 121.54 kmFIN Jari-Matti Latvala12:11.6
Malhao 122.04 kmFRA Sébastien Loeb14:10.8Spain Daniel Sordo
Ourique 223.42 kmFIN Mikko Hirvonen14:27.3FIN Mikko Hirvonen
Silves 221.54 kmSpain Daniel Sordo12:09.8
Malhao 222.04 kmFRA Sébastien Loeb14:06.6
Santa Clara 122.61 kmFRA Sébastien Loeb13:52.3
Almodovar 127.18 kmFRA Sébastien Loeb17:14.6FRA Sébastien Loeb
Vascao 122.8 kmFRA Sébastien Loeb14:47.2
Santa Clara 222.61 kmFRA Sébastien Loeb13:50.0
Almodovar 227.18 kmFRA Sébastien Loeb17:20.3
Vascao 222.8 kmFRA Sébastien Loeb14:40.6
Loule 122.65 kmFRA Sébastien Loeb15:46.6
S. Bras Alportel 116.23 kmFRA Sébastien Loeb11:40.1
Loule 222.65 kmFIN Mikko Hirvonen15:34.9
S. Bras Alportel 216.23 kmFIN Mikko Hirvonen11:36.0
Estadio Algarve 22.21 kmNOR Henning Solberg2:08.8

References

References

  1. (2009-04-05). "Four in a row for Sebastien Loeb in Portugal". Rally De Portugal Official Site.
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