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2010 Rally Azores

Field	Value
image	2010 rally azores.png
image_size	290px
caption	Rally Azores Logo
name	2010 Sata Rally Azores
native_name	45º Sata Rallye Açores
round	7
championship	2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge season
previous_round	2010 Ypres Rally
next_round	2010 Rali Vinho da Madeira
country	POR Portugal
rallybase	Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Azores
startdate	July 15
enddate	17 2010
stages	19
stagekm	217.90	stagekm_note=
overallkm	799.99
surface	Gravel
driver1	POR Bruno Magalhães
team1	POR Peugeot Sport Portugal
teamsstart	38
teamsfinish	22

The 2010 Sata Rally Azores, officially 45º Sata Rallye Açores, was the seventh round of the 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) season. The 19 stage gravel rally took place on the island of São Miguel in the Azores between 15–17 July 2010.

Introduction

The rally was based in the major city of Ponta Delgada. Day one consisted of three stages covering a total of 24.40 km. Day two covered a total of 98.46 km over nine stages with the remaining seven stages, covering 95.04 km were completed on day three.

Results

Bruno Magalhães became the sixth different winner of an IRC rally in 2010, after taking advantage of troubles for the Škodas of championship contenders Juho Hänninen and Jan Kopecký over the closing stages of the rally. Magalhães had dominated the early running of the event, holding a 2.2-second advantage into the final day. Hänninen eroded the gap on the first stage on Saturday, but would have to wait until stage fifteen to take the lead, as stage fourteen was cancelled after Andreas Mikkelsen hit a stray cow. Hänninen would hold the lead until the penultimate stage, when he picked up a right-front puncture on the Graminhais test, losing nearly two minutes to his chasers, falling to fourth behind Kopecký, Magalhães and Kris Meeke. Kopecký held a lead of 6.4 seconds going into the final 21.94 km Tronqueira test over Magalhães. However, Kopecký's bid for a second win of the season would come to a premature end as he slid off the road with four kilometres remaining in the stage. His bad luck rewarded Magalhães with his first-ever win in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, with Meeke coming home in second to record Peugeot's first 1-2 in the series since Meeke and Nicolas Vouilloz finished in those positions at the 2009 Rally International de Curitiba. Hänninen's third-place finish extended his championship lead over Kopecký to nine points, with Magalhães moving into third position.

Overall

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference
1.	POR Bruno Magalhães	POR Carlos Magalhães	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:34:00.4	0.0
2.	GBR Kris Meeke	IRL Paul Nagle	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:35:00.5	1:00.1
3.	FIN Juho Hänninen	FIN Mikko Markkula	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:35:21.1	1:20.7
4.	NOR Andreas Mikkelsen	NOR Ola Fløene	Ford Fiesta S2000	2:38:46.0	4:45.6
5.	POR Ricardo Moura	POR Sancho Eiró	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	2:39:22.4	5:22.0
6.	POR Vítor Pascoal	POR Mário Castro	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:42:59.1	8:58.7
7.	POR Pedro Vale	POR Rui Medeiros	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII	2:44:55.7	10:55.3
8.	POR Sérgio Silva	POR Paulo Leal	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2:46:54.9	12:54.5

Special stages

Day	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader	Leg 1
(15 July)	SS1	16:40	SS2	17:19	SS3	17:55	Leg 2
(16 July)	SS4	10:03	SS5	10:38	SS6	11:03	SS7	12:57	SS8	13:32	SS9	13:57	SS10	15:57	SS11	16:50	SS12	17:13	Leg 3
(17 July)	SS13	10:17	SS14	10:45	SS15	11:33	SS16	13:20	SS17	15:22	SS18	15:53	SS19	16:41
Lagoa/Marques 1	14.90 km	POR Bruno Magalhães	10:14.4	87.30 km/h	POR Bruno Magalhães
Coroa da Mata	7.50 km	FIN Juho Hänninen	6:30.3	69.18 km/h
Grupo Marques 1	2.00 km	NOR Andreas Mikkelsen	1:47.3	67.10 km/h	FIN Juho Hänninen
Batalha Golfe 1	7.90 km	POR Bruno Magalhães	5:48.0	81.72 km/h	POR Bruno Magalhães
Feteiras 1	7.47 km	CZE Jan Kopecký	5:48.5	77.16 km/h
Sete Cidades 1	18.30 km	POR Bruno Magalhães	13:14.9	82.88 km/h
Batalha Golfe 2	7.90 km	FIN Juho Hänninen	5:39.1	83.87 km/h
Feteiras 2	7.47 km	GBR Kris Meeke	5:40.7	78.93 km/h
Sete Cidades 2	18.30 km	POR Bruno Magalhães	13:05.9	83.83 km/h
Lagoa/Marques 2	14.90 km	FIN Juho Hänninen	10:03.8	88.84 km/h
Achada das Furnas 1	8.42 km	CZE Jan Kopecký	6:01.2	83.92 km/h
Lomba da Maia 1	7.80 km	FIN Juho Hänninen	4:15.1	110.07 km/h
Achada das Furnas 2	8.42 km	FIN Juho Hänninen	5:51.6	86.21 km/h	POR Bruno Magalhães
FIN Juho Hänninen
Graminhais 1	20.68 km	stage cancelled
Tronqueira 1	21.94 km	POR Bernardo Sousa	18:42.2	70.38 km/h	FIN Juho Hänninen
Grupo Marques 2	2.00 km	FIN Juho Hänninen	1:46.6	67.54 km/h
Lomba da Maia 2	7.80 km	FIN Juho Hänninen	4:15.8	109.77 km/h
Graminhais 2	20.68 km	CZE Jan Kopecký	15:29.7	80.08 km/h	CZE Jan Kopecký
Tronqueira 2	21.94 km	GBR Kris Meeke	18:35.5	70.81 km/h	POR Bruno Magalhães

References

(2010-03-30). "Itinerary Days 1 and 2". [[Intercontinental Rally Challenge]].
(2010-03-30). "Itinerary Day 3". [[Intercontinental Rally Challenge]].
(2010-07-16). "Magalhães holds slender lead in the Azores". [[Intercontinental Rally Challenge]].
(2010-07-17). "Cows on road force stage axe". [[Intercontinental Rally Challenge]].
(2010-07-17). "Puncture for Hänninen in Azores". [[Intercontinental Rally Challenge]].
(2010-07-17). "Magalhães takes last-gasp win". [[Intercontinental Rally Challenge]].

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