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2010 Monte Carlo Rally
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| image | 2010 monte logo.png |
| name | 2010 Monte Carlo Rally |
| native_name | 78ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo |
| round | 1 |
| championship | 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge season |
| next_round | 2010 Rally International of Curitiba |
| country | MCO Monaco |
| rallybase | Monte Carlo |
| startdate | January 19 |
| enddate | 23 2010 |
| surface | Tarmac and Ice |
| driver1 | FIN Mikko Hirvonen |
| team1 | GBR M-Sport Ltd. |
| teamsstart | 63 |
| teamsfinish | 36 |
The 2010 Monte-Carlo Rally, officially 78ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo, was the first round of the 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) season. The rally took place over January 19–23, 2010.
Introduction
The rally started in Valence on Tuesday 19 January covering 1668 km including 405 km on fifteen special stages. New to the IRC Championship, a 9 km prologue was held on Tuesday evening to determine the starting order for Wednesday's stages. Stages were run both during the day and at night and included the famous Col de Turini.
Entrants for the event included the current IRC Champion Kris Meeke who was seeded at number 1, Formula One driver Robert Kubica, WRC stars Mikko Hirvonen and Toni Gardemeister and Rally Scotland winner Guy Wilks. The event saw the debut of the Ford Fiesta S2000 rally car. A total of 63 crews entered the rally including nineteen S2000 cars.
Results
Finn Mikko Hirvonen driving the Ford Fiesta in competition for the first time and making his debut in the IRC, led the event from start to finish.
Overall
| Pos. | Driver | Co-driver | Car | Time | Difference | Points | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | FIN Mikko Hirvonen | FIN Jarmo Lehtinen | Ford Fiesta S2000 | 4:32:58.5 | 0.0 | |||||||||
| 2. | FIN Juho Hänninen | FIN Mikko Markkula | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 4:34:49.9 | 1:51.4 | |||||||||
| 3. | FRA Nicolas Vouilloz | FRA Benjamin Veillas | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 4:36:17.6 | 3:19.1 | |||||||||
| 4. | FRA Stéphane Sarrazin | FRA Jacques-Julien Renucci | Peugeot 207 S2000 | 4:40:24.0 | 7:25.5 | |||||||||
| 5. | CZE Jan Kopecký | CZE Petr Starý | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 4:41:47.2 | 8:48.7 | |||||||||
| 6. | GBR Guy Wilks | GBR Phil Pugh | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 4:42:23.0 | 9:24.5 | |||||||||
| 7. | POR Bruno Magalhães | POR Carlos Magalhães | Peugeot 207 S2000 | 4:42:43.9 | 9:45.4 | |||||||||
| 8. | FRA Jean-Sébastien Vigion | BEL Stéphane Prevot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | 4:46:32.0 | 13:33.5 |
Special stages
| Day | Stage | Time | Name | Length | Winner | Time | Avg. spd. | Rally leader | Prologue | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (19 Jan) | SSS | 18:38 | Leg 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (20 Jan) | SS1 | 11:51 | SS2 | 12:59 | SS3 | 15:02 | SS4 | 16:10 | Leg 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (21 Jan) | SS5 | 10:13 | SS6 | 10:55 | SS7 | 12:20 | SS8 | 15:28 | SS9 | 16:10 | SS10 | 18:05 | Leg 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (22 Jan) | SS11 | 09:23 | SS12 | 19:15 | SS13 | 19:48 | SS14 | 23:20 | SS15 | 23:53 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lente – Col de Gaudissart | 8.83 km | FIN Toni Gardemeister | 6:54:2 | 76.75 km/h | *none** | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Burzet – Lachamp-Raphaël | 27.27 km | FIN Mikko Hirvonen | 16:01.4 | 102.11 km/h | FIN Mikko Hirvonen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St-Pierreville – Antraigues | 45.17 km | FRA Sébastien Ogier | 30:54.2 | 87.70 km/h | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Burzet – Lachamp-Raphaël | 27.27 km | FIN Mikko Hirvonen | 15:49.7 | 103.37 km/h | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St-Pierreville – Antraigues | 45.17 km | FRA Sébastien Ogier | 30:45.9 | 88.09 km/h | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Labatie d'Andaure – St-Pierre sur Doux | 25.30 km | FRA Nicolas Vouilloz | 17:38.5 | 86.05 km/h | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St-Bonnet-le-Froid – St-Julien-Molhesabate – St-Bonnet-le-Froid | 25.67 km | FRA Sébastien Ogier | 17:19.7 | 88.88 km/h | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lamastre – Gilhoc – Alboussière | 21.92 km | FIN Mikko Hirvonen | 14:43.0 | 89.37 km/h | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Labatie d'Andaure – St-Pierre sur Doux | 25.30 km | FIN Juho Hänninen | 16:36.8 | 91.37 km/h | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St-Bonnet-le-Froid – St-Julien-Molhesabate – St-Bonnet-le-Froid | 25.67 km | FRA Sébastien Ogier | 15:51.1 | 97.16 km/h | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lamastre – Gilhoc – Alboussière | 21.92 km | FRA Sébastien Ogier | 15:03.0 | 87.39 km/h | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montauban sur l'Ouvèze – Eygalayes | 30.42 km | FRA Sébastien Ogier | 23:18.5 | 78.31 km/h | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Peïra-Cava – La Bollène-Vésubie | 18.42 km | FRA Sébastien Ogier | 13:23.4 | 82.54 km/h | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lantosque – Lucéram | 19.13 km | FRA Stéphane Sarrazin | 14:12.9 | 80.75 km/h | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Peïra-Cava – La Bollène-Vésubie | 18.42 km | FIN Juho Hänninen | 13:52.3 | 79.67 km/h | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lantosque – Lucéram | 19.13 km | FRA Stéphane Sarrazin | 14:40.2 | 78.24 km/h |
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- The super-special set the running order for the first leg with the top ten running in reverse order from where they finished.
References
References
- Coursey, Scott. (2010-01-11). "2010 Rallye Monte Carlo: Entry List – Meeke number 1 seed". RallyBuzz.
- (23 January 2010). "Monte triumph delights Hirvonen". [[Intercontinental Rally Challenge]].
- (25 January 2010). "Final Official Classification". [[Intercontinental Rally Challenge]].
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