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2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge

The 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge was the fifth season of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. The season consisted of twelve rounds and started on 19 January with the Monte Carlo Rally. The season ended on November 6, at the Cyprus Rally.

Juho Hänninen became the drivers' champion after winning Rally Scotland, the third of his rally wins during the season. Hänninen also won in Argentina and Sardinia as he finished on the podium in ten of the eleven events that he contested during the season, of which three wins and four second places counted towards the championship's best seven scores rule. Škoda Motorsport team-mate Jan Kopecký finished in second place, some 18 points behind Hänninen. Although not as consistent as his team-mate, Kopecký won one event during the season, winning in the Canary Islands.

Third place was claimed by the top Peugeot driver and reigning champion Kris Meeke, after a third place in Scotland took him ahead of Freddy Loix. Meeke's season was blighted by errors of which retiring from five of the eleven events he contested but did take a win in Brazil. Despite taking part in four rallies, Loix's tarmac expertise shone through, winning the events in Ypres, Belgium, Madeira and the Czech Republic as well as a third place in Sanremo. Four other drivers took victories during the season; World Rally Championship front-runner Mikko Hirvonen won a one-off outing in Monte Carlo, Bruno Magalhães took his first IRC win in the Azores, Paolo Andreucci won in Sanremo and Nasser Al-Attiyah won in Cyprus when many of the leading contenders skipped the event. Škoda took the manufacturers' championship after the Barum Rally Zlín in the Czech Republic.

Calendar

Rd.	Start date	Finish date	Rally	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages
19 January	23 January	MON 78th Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo	Valence, Drôme	Mixed	14	396.18 km
4 March	6 March	BRA 30th Rally Internacional de Curitiba	Curitiba, Paraná	Gravel	15	216.93 km
19 March	21 March	ARG 30th Rally Argentina	Carlos Paz, Córdoba	Gravel	15	231.45 km
29 April	1 May	ESP 34th Rally Islas Canarias - El Corte Inglés	Las Palmas, Gran Canaria	Asphalt	15	221.59 km
4 June	6 June	ITA 7th Rally d'Italia Sardegna	Olbia, Sardinia	Gravel	13	218.70 km
24 June	26 June	BEL 46th Belgium Geko Ypres Rally	Ypres, West Flanders	Asphalt	19	293.62 km
15 July	17 July	POR 45th SATA Rallye Açores	Ponta Delgada, Azores	Gravel	19	226.32 km
5 August	8 August	POR 51st Rali Vinho da Madeira	Funchal, Madeira	Asphalt	21	298.20 km
27 August	29 August	CZE 40th Barum Rally Zlín	Zlín, Zlín Region	Asphalt	17	265.26 km
9 September	11 September	ESP 47th Rally Principe de Asturias	Oviedo, Asturias	Asphalt	13	256.14 km
23 September	25 September	ITA 52nd Rallye Sanremo	Sanremo, Liguria	Asphalt	11	220.03 km
15 October	17 October	GBR 2nd Rally of Scotland	Perth, Scotland	Gravel	12	196.92 km
4 November	6 November	CYP 39th FxPro Cyprus Rally	Limassol	Gravel	14	229.34 km
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The calendar consisted of twelve events run on two continents. Changes for 2010 season included the replacement of Rally Russia, Rally Japan and the Safari Rally with Rally Argentina, Rally d'Italia Sardegna and Cyprus Rally. In March it was announced that the Rally Islas Canarias would replace the Rally Principe de Asturias as the Spanish round on the schedule, moving from September to April.

Selected entries

M-Sport (Ford) and Subaru became the latest registered manufacturers to join the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, alongside Abarth (Fiat), Honda, Ralliart (Mitsubishi), Peugeot, Proton and Škoda.

Entrant	Manufacturer	Car	Driver	Co-driver	Tyres
GBR Peugeot UK	Peugeot 207 S2000	GBR Kris Meeke	IRL Paul Nagle		1–11
FRA Peugeot France	FRA Sébastien Ogier	FRA Julien Ingrassia		1
	5
FRA Stéphane Sarrazin	FRA Jacques-Julien Renucci		1, 6
FRA Bryan Bouffier	FRA Xavier Panseri	9–10
POR Peugeot Sport Portugal	POR Bruno Magalhães	POR Carlos Magalhães		1–8, 10
AUT Interwetten Racing	AUT Franz Wittmann	GER Klaus Wicha		1, 4–5, 9
GER Josefine Beinke	12
FRA Bryan Bouffier	FRA Xavier Panseri	12
ITA Kimera Motorsport	ITA Luca Betti	ITA Alessandro Mattioda		1
ITA Pierangelo Scalvini	5
AUT Stohl Racing	BRA Daniel Oliveira	ESP Carlos del Barrio		1, 3–4, 6–10
FRA Denis Giraudet	2
BRA Armando Miranda	11–12
BEL Peugeot Team Belux	BEL Thierry Neuville	FRA Nicolas Klinger		4–6, 9–11
BEL Pieter Tsjoen	BEL Eddy Chevaillier	6
KSA Yazeed Al Rajhi Team	KSA Yazeed Al Rajhi	FRA Matthieu Baumel		5
ITA F.P.F. Sport SRL	ITA Paolo Andreucci	ITA Anna Andreussi		5, 10
TUR Peugeot Team Turkey	TUR Burcu Çetinkaya	TUR Çiçek Güney		5–12
ITA Bluthunder Racing Italy	ITA Corrado Fontana	ITA Nicola Arena		6, 8–9
ITA Luigi Fontana	ITA Renzo Casazza	8
BEL Duindistel	BEL Patrick Snijers	BEL Cindy Cokelaere		6
BEL Dominique Bruyneel	BEL Lara Vanneste	6, 8
FRA Jean-Charles Descamps	9
POR Amarante Rally Team	POR Vítor Pascoal	POR Mário Castro		7–8
ITA Power Car Team	ITA Marco Tempestini	ROU Dorin Pulpea		8
POR Team C.D. Nacional da Madeira	POR Miguel Nunes	POR Victor Calado		8
CYP Nicos Thomas Racing	CYP Nicos Thomas	CYP Angelos Loizides		12
GBR M-Sport Ltd.	Ford Fiesta S2000	FIN Mikko Hirvonen	FIN Jarmo Lehtinen		1
FRA Julien Maurin	FRA Gilles Thimonier	1
NOR Andreas Mikkelsen	NOR Ola Fløene		5–7, 9–12
ARG Munchi's Ford World Rally Team	ARG Federico Villagra	ARG Jorge Pérez Companc		3
ESP ESC. Ourense	ESP Sergio Vallejo	ESP Diego Vallejo		4
POL Cersanit Rally Team	POL Michał Sołowow	POL Maciek Baran		6
POR Team Ford Quinta do Lorde	POR Bernardo Sousa	POR Nuno Rodrigues da Silva		7–8
ESP RMC Motorsport	POR Miguel Campos	POR Aloisio Monteiro		8
CZE Czech Ford Rally Team	CZE Jaromír Tarabus	CZE Daniel Trunkát		9, 12
CZE Martin Prokop	CZE Jan Tománek		12
ITA Car Racing	ITA Umberto Scandola	ITA Guido D'Amore		10
QAT Barwa Rally Team	QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah	ITA Giovanni Bernacchini		12
CZE Škoda Motorsport	Škoda Fabia S2000	CZE Jan Kopecký	CZE Petr Starý		1–10
FIN Juho Hänninen	FIN Mikko Markkula	1–11
FRA Nicolas Vouilloz	FRA Benjamin Veillas	1
BEL Freddy Loix	BEL Frédéric Miclotte	6, 8–10
GBR Škoda UK	GBR Guy Wilks	GBR Phil Pugh		1–5, 9–11
QAT Barwa Rally Team	QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah	ITA Giovanni Bernacchini		3
ESP B9 Racing	ESP Alberto Hevia	ESP Alberto Iglesias		4
BEL René Georges Rally Sport	BEL Bernd Casier	BEL Francis Caesemaeker		6
CZE Škoda Delimax Czech National Team	CZE Pavel Valoušek	CZE Zdeněk Hrůza		9
CZE Mogul Racing Team	CZE Roman Kresta	CZE Petr Gross		9
LBN Motortune Racing	LBN Roger Feghali	LBN Joseph Matar		12
ITA Astra Racing	Abarth Grande Punto S2000	FIN Toni Gardemeister	FIN Tomi Tuominen		1
ITA Procar	ITA Luca Rossetti	ITA Matteo Chiarcossi		8
ITA Abarth & C. Spa	10
ITA Giandomenico Basso	ITA Mitia Dotta	10
FIN Tommi Mäkinen Racing	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	FRA Bryan Bouffier	FRA Xavier Panseri		1
ARG Barattero	ARG Gabriel Pozzo	ARG Daniel Stillo		3
ARG Claudio Menzi	ARG Diego Cagnotti	3
ITA Motoring Club	FIN Teemu Arminen	FIN Tuomo Nikkola		5
SMR WAR Racing	ITA Luigi Ricci	ITA Christine Pfister		5
JPN Subaru Team Arai	JPN Toshihiro Arai	GBR Daniel Barritt		6
BRA Intercontinental Motul	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	BRA Oswaldo Scheer	BRA Gilvan Jablonski		2
BRA Sidinei Bröering	3
BRA Eduardo Scheer	BRA Geferson Pavinatto	2–3
ARG Tango Rally Team	ARG Federico Bassi	ARG Jorge García Quiroga		3
ARG Agustín Elvíra	ARG Oscar Tagle	3
ARG Agustín Rossi	ARG Leonardo Suaya	3
ARG Gonzalo Monarca	ARG Laureano Grigera	3
POR Team Além Mar	POR Ricardo Moura	POR Sancho Eiró		7
POR António Costa	8
CZE EuroOil Čepro Czech National Team	CZE Václav Pech	CZE Petr Uhel		9
JPN Advan-Piaa Rally Team	JPN Fumio Nutahara	JPN Hakaru Ichino		9
GBR DGM Sport	GBR Jonathan Greer	GBR Dai Roberts		11
GBR David Bogie Rallying	GBR David Bogie	GBR Kevin Rae		11
CZE Kresta Racing	CZE Roman Kresta	CZE Petr Gross	/	12
ARG Tango Rally Team	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	ARG Nicolas Madero	ARG Guillermo Piazzano		3
ARG Marcos Ligato	ARG Rubén García	3
ARG Luciano Bernardi	ARG Fabian Cretu	3
ARG Alejandro Cancio	ARG Santiego García	3
ARG Juan Jose Gil de Marchi	ARG Mauro Albornoz	3
ESP Escudería GPR Sport	ESP Rubén Gracia	ESP Diego Sanjuan		4
GBR JRM Engineering	SWE Per-Gunnar Andersson	SWE Anders Fredriksson		5
NED Heuvel Motorsport	NED Jasper ven den Heuvel	NED Martine Kolman		6
MYS Proton R3 Malaysia Rally Team	Proton Satria Neo S2000	AUS Chris Atkinson	BEL Stéphane Prévot		6–7
GBR Alister McRae	AUS Bill Hayes	6–7, 11
GBR Tom Cave	GBR Craig Parry	6–7, 11
GBR Niall McShea	GBR Marshall Clarke	9–10
IRL Keith Cronin	IRL Barry McNulty	9, 11
FRA Gilles Panizzi	MON Freddy Delorme	10
EST Catwees Honda Racing	Honda Civic Type-R R3	EST Siim Plangi	EST Marek Sarapuu		9, 11

Results

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers	Rank	Driver
1	MON/FRA Monte Carlo Rally
(January 19–23) — Results and report	1	FIN Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Fiesta S2000	4:32:58.5
2	FIN Juho Hänninen	Škoda Fabia S2000	4:34:49.9
3	FRA Nicolas Vouilloz	Škoda Fabia S2000	4:36:17.6
2	BRA Rally Internacional de Curitiba
(March 4–6) — Results and report	1	GBR Kris Meeke	Peugeot 207 S2000	1:42:45.4
2	GBR Guy Wilks	Škoda Fabia S2000	1:43:32.1
3	FIN Juho Hänninen	Škoda Fabia S2000	1:44:05.6
3	ARG Rally Argentina
(March 19–21) — Results and report	1	FIN Juho Hänninen	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:30:38.1
2	GBR Guy Wilks	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:31:29.1
3	CZE Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:32:58.2
4	ESP Rally Islas Canarias
(April 29 – May 1) — Results and report	1	CZE Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:12:27.4
2	FIN Juho Hänninen	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:12:36.5
3	GBR Guy Wilks	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:13:03.8
5	ITA Rally d'Italia Sardegna
(June 4–6) — Results and report	1	FIN Juho Hänninen	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:31:28.6
2	ITA Paolo Andreucci	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:32:04.2
3	CZE Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:32:06.8
6	BEL Ypres Rally
(June 24–26) — Results and report	1	BEL Freddy Loix	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:35:36.9
2	CZE Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:35:58.3
3	BEL Thierry Neuville	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:37:42.4
7	POR Rallye Açores
(July 15–17) — Results and report	1	POR Bruno Magalhães	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:34:00.4
2	GBR Kris Meeke	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:35:00.5
3	FIN Juho Hänninen	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:35:21.1
8	POR Rali Vinho da Madeira
(August 5–7) — Results and report	1	BEL Freddy Loix	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:08:14.3
2	CZE Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:08:52.1
3	FIN Juho Hänninen	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:10:40.1
9	CZE Barum Czech Rally Zlín
(August 27–29) — Results and report	1	BEL Freddy Loix	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:31:31.0
2	FIN Juho Hänninen	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:31:56.0
3	CZE Pavel Valoušek	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:32:51.2
10	ITA Rallye Sanremo
(September 23–25) — Results and report	1	ITA Paolo Andreucci	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:35:32.7
2	FIN Juho Hänninen	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:35:37.1
3	BEL Freddy Loix	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:36:06.8
11	GBR Rally Scotland
(October 15–17) — Results and report	1	FIN Juho Hänninen	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:01:07.4
2	NOR Andreas Mikkelsen	Ford Fiesta S2000	2:01:32.9
3	GBR Kris Meeke	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:04:31.6
12	CYP Cyprus Rally
(November 4–6) — Results and report	1	QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah	Ford Fiesta S2000	3:11:53.5
2	LBN Roger Feghali	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:12:24.2
3	CZE Martin Prokop	Ford Fiesta S2000	3:16:35.5

Standings

Drivers

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

Pos	Driver	MON
MON	CUR
BRA	ARG
ARG	CAN
ESP	SAR
ITA	YPR
BEL	AZO
POR	MAD
POR	ZLI
CZE	SAN
ITA	SCO
GBR	CYP
CYP	T. Pts	Drop	Pts	1	80	18	62	2	50	3	47	3	39	39	4	36	36	5	30	30	6	27	27	7	21	21	8	18	18	9	12	12	10	10	10	11	10	10	12	8	8	13	6	6	14	6	6	15	6	6	16	6	6	17	5	5	18	5	5	19	5	5	20	5	5	21	5	5	22	4	4	23	4	4	24	4	4	25	4	4	26	4	4	27	4	4	28	3	3	29	3	3	30	3	3	31	3	3	32	3	3	33	3	3	34	3	3	35	3	3	36	2	2	37	2	2	38	2	2	39	2	2	40	2	2	41	2	2	42	2	2	43	2	2	44	2	2	45	2	2	46	1	1	47	1	1	48	1	1	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	ARG
ARG	CAN
ESP	SAR
ITA	YPR
BEL	AZO
POR	MAD
POR	ZLI
CZE	SAN
ITA	SCO
GBR	CYP
CYP	T. Pts	Drop	Pts
FIN Juho Hänninen	2	3	1	2	1	Ret	3	3	2	2	1
CZE Jan Kopecký	5	4	3	1	3	2	Ret	2	Ret	6
GBR Kris Meeke	Ret	1	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	4	4	3
BEL Freddy Loix						1		1	1	3
POR Bruno Magalhães	7	5	6	5	5	6	1	Ret		10
GBR Guy Wilks	6	2	2	3	Ret				7	Ret	Ret
NOR Andreas Mikkelsen					Ret	5	4		5	Ret	2	Ret
ITA Paolo Andreucci					2					1
BEL Thierry Neuville				Ret	4	3			Ret	8	Ret
QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah			Ret									1
FIN Mikko Hirvonen	1
LBN Roger Feghali												2
CZE Martin Prokop												3
CZE Pavel Valoušek									3
FRA Nicolas Vouilloz	3
CZE Jaromír Tarabus									8			4
FRA Stéphane Sarrazin	4					Ret
GBR David Bogie											4
BEL Bernd Casier						4
POR Miguel Nunes								4
ARG Gabriel Pozzo			4
POR Ricardo Moura							5	10
ITA Luca Rossetti								Ret		5
POR Vítor Sá								5
CYP Nicos Thomas												5
ARG Federico Villagra			5
EST Siim Plangi									Ret		6
POR Vítor Pascoal							6	18
CZE Roman Kresta									Ret			6
BRA Eduardo Scheer		6	Ret
FIN Teemu Arminen					6
POR Filipe Freitas								6
ESP Alberto Hevia				6
CZE Václav Pech									6
IRL Eamonn Boland	19										7
BRA Daniel Oliveira	20	7	Ret	Ret		Ret		21	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret
ITA Giandomenico Basso										7
ARG Nicolás Madero			7
POR João Magalhães								7
ITA Luigi Ricci					7
POL Michał Sołowow						7
CYP Charalambos Timotheou												7
POR Pedro Vale							7
TUR Burcu Çetinkaya					Ret	Ret		19	44	38	8	15
ESP Ruben Gracia				12
ITA Daniele Batistini					8
ITA Luca Betti	Ret					8
PAR Diego Domínguez			8
POR Sérgio Silva							8
CYP Constantinos Tingirides												8
FRA Jean-Sébastien Vigion	8
GBR Harry Hunt	34				12	Ret			49	48	9	19
POR Pedro Peres								9
BRA Marcos Tokarski		11
ESP Sergio Vallejo				13

Manufacturers

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

Pos	Manufacturer	MON
MON	CUR
BRA	ARG
ARG	CAN
ESP	SAR
ITA	YPR
BEL	AZO
POR	MAD
POR	ZLI
CZE	SAN
ITA	SCO
GBR	CYP
CYP	T. Pts	Drop	Pts	1	172	52	120	2	114	27	87	3	56	1	55	4	35	2	33	5	11	11	6	6	6	Pos	Manufacturer	MON
MON	CUR
BRA	ARG
ARG	CAN
ESP	SAR
ITA	YPR
BEL	AZO
POR	MAD
POR	ZLI
CZE	SAN
ITA	SCO
GBR	CYP
CYP	T. Pts	Drop	Pts
CZE Škoda	14	14	18	18	16	18	6	18	18	14	10	8
FRA Peugeot	7	14	3	9	13	9	18	9	5	15	8	4
GBR M-Sport	10	0	4	1	0	6	5	0	5	0	9	16
JPN Ralliart	0	3	3	2	0	0	6	5	3	0	8	5
JPN Subaru	0	0	5	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
ITA Abarth	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0

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