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2010 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship

The 2010 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship season is an international rally championship sanctioned by the FIA.

With four-time champion Cody Crocker no longer contesting the series, it was expected to be a more open championship, and so it has proven. After five rounds of the series 1999 champion Katsuhiko Taguchi holds a three-point lead over fellow Mitsubishi driver Gaurav Gill. Taguchi won the first event of the series at Malaysia and was first registered competitor home in Japan behind veteran campaigner Toshi Arai (Subaru), but disappointing rallies in New Zealand and Australia left his early lead vulnerable. Gill was second in Malaysia and collected the points for third in Japan. Gill broke through for a points win at the Rally of Queensland, finishing over two minutes behind overall event winner, Australian Rally Championship competitor, Simon Evans (Subaru).

Subaru driver Rifat Sungkar got his breakthrough points win at the New Caledonia rally, finishing second behind Pacific Cup registered racer Brendan Reeves (Subaru), putting the Indonesian driver in a clear third.

The only factory team in the series the Proton R3 Malaysia Rally Team, entered a pair of S2000 class Proton Satrias for former WRC drivers Chris Atkinson and Alister McRae. The pair have pushed hard for podium finishes but have had reliability issues developing completely new cars.

With the completion of Rallye de Nouvelle Calédonie, the Pacific Cup was completed. Australian driver Brendan Reeves rounded off the competition with an outright win and claiming the Pacific Cup, which takes in the Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia rallies. Reeves scored almost double the points of New Zealand Production World Rally Championship competitor, Hayden Paddon (Mitsubishi). Paddon tied for second with Glen Raymond (Mitsubishi) and Brian Green.

The Asia Cup still has one round to run, Taguchi leads by two points over Gill with Hiroshi Yanagisawa third also in a Mitsubishi.

Race calendar and results

The 2010 APRC was as follows:

RoundDateEventLocationWinner1234567
April 24–25Malaysian RallyMYS MalaysiaJPN Katsuhiko Taguchi
May 22–23Rally HokkaidoJPN Hokkaidō, JapanJPN Toshi Arai*
July 3–4Rally of WhangareiNZL Whangārei, New ZealandNZL Hayden Paddon
July 31–August 1Rally QueenslandAUS Imbil, AustraliaAUS Simon Evans*
August 28–29Rallye de Nouvelle CalédonieFRA Nouméa, New CaledoniaAUS Brendan Reeves*
September 25–26Rally IndonesiaIDN Indonesiaevent cancelled
November 6–7China RallyCHN ChinaJPN Yuya Sumiyama*
  • Not registered for APRC points.

Championship standings

The 2010 APRC for Drivers points was as follows:

PositionDriverVehicleMalaysiaHokkaidoWhangareiQueenslandN.CalédonieChinaTotal1234567891011121314151616181820202023
JPN Katsuhiko TaguchiMitsubishi Lancer Evolution X1st (37)1st (37)6th (8)3rd (18)Ret100
IND Gaurav GillMitsubishi Lancer Evolution X2nd (26)3rd (23)7th (11)1st (37)DNSRet97
GBR Alister McRaeProton Satria Neo S2000Ret (7)Ret (3)2nd (26)Ret (5)1st (40)81
IDN Rifat SungkarSubaru Impreza WRX
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX3rd (20)5th (10)Ret1st (39)Ret (2)71
AUS Chris AtkinsonProton Satria Neo S20004th (15)RetRet (7)2nd (26)48
NZL Hayden PaddonMitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX1st (39)39
JPN Hiroshi YanagisawaMitsubishi Lancer Evolution XRet2nd (26)Ret (7)33
AUS Glen RaymondMitsubishi Lancer Evolution X2nd (24)24
FRA Alain DalsteinMitsubishi Lancer Evo2nd (24)24
NZL Dean SumnerMitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX3rd (20)20
FRA Stephane Lechanteur-SocciMitsubishi Lancer Evo3rd (19)19
CHN Wei HongjieMitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX3rd (17)17
JPN Yuya SumiyamaMitsubishi Lancer Evolution X4th (16)16
CHN Liu CaodongMitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX4th (15)15
NZL Sloan CoxMitsubishi Lancer Evolution X4th (14)14
JPN Fuyuhiko TakahashiSubaru Impreza WRX STI5th (10)10
CHN Li WeiSubaru Impreza WRX STI5th (10)10
FRA Alexis BarbouMitsubishi Lancer EvoRet (5)5
FRA Steeve OctobonSubaru Impreza WRX STIRet (5)5
AUS Brendan ReevesSubaru Impreza WRX STIRet (2)2
NZL Ben JaggerSubaru Impreza WRXRet (2)2
CHN Xu JunMitsubishi Lancer Evolution XRet (2)2
JPN Satoru ItoMitsubishi Lancer Evolution IXRet (1)1

References

References

  1. "2010 Events Calendar". FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship.
  2. (15 May 2020). "Home".
  3. (15 May 2020). "Home".
  4. Wade, Giles. (2010-08-26). "Rally Indonesia cancelled, APRC reduced to six rounds". Mediatica.
  5. "2010 FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship for Drivers". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.
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