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2010 Wales Rally GB

Rally car race

Field	Value
name	2010 Wales Rally GB
image	WRC Wales Rally GB 2010 - Myherin Stage - 5235517973.jpg
native_name	66th Wales Rally of Great Britain
round	13
championship	2010 World Rally Championship season
previous_round	Rally Catalunya
country	UK United Kingdom
rallybase	Cardiff
startdate	11
enddate	14 November 2010
stages	20
stagekm	348.32
overallkm	1505.70
surface	Gravel
driver1	FRA Sébastien Loeb
team1	FRA Citroën World Rally Team
teamsstart	61
teamsfinish	45

The 2010 Wales Rally GB, was the thirteenth and final round of the 2010 World Rally Championship (WRC) season. The twenty stage gravel rally took place over 11–14 November 2010 and was based in the Welsh capital of Cardiff. The rally was the final event for two-litre World Rally Cars as the 2011 season will see the introduction of 1.6-litre World Rally Cars.

Sébastien Loeb won his eighth event of the season and the 62nd WRC rally of his career after holding off Petter Solberg by under 20 seconds. Jari-Matti Latvala finished third to secure second place in the drivers' championship.

Armindo Araújo finished second – behind Ott Tänak – in the PWRC class to claim his second successive championship, while Xavier Pons claimed the inaugural SWRC championship taking third on the rally behind Andreas Mikkelsen and Craig Breen.

Introduction

The rally started with a super special stage being held at the Cardiff Bay Barrage on the Thursday evening. Friday and Saturday saw the rally complete fourteen stages in Mid Wales, with servicing at Builth Wells, before another super special stage at Cardiff Bay. Sunday had a further four stages in the South Wales area.

Results

Event standings

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference
1.	FRA Sébastien Loeb	MON Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	3:14:54.0	0.0
2.	NOR Petter Solberg	GBR Chris Patterson	Citroën C4 WRC	3:15:13.1	19.1
3.	FIN Jari-Matti Latvala	FIN Miikka Anttila	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	3:16:29.3	1:35.3
4.	FIN Mikko Hirvonen	FIN Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	3:16:47.3	1:53.3
5.	ESP Dani Sordo	ESP Diego Vallejo	Citroën C4 WRC	3:17:06.2	2:12.2
6.	NOR Henning Solberg	AUT Ilka Minor	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	3:21:20.5	6:26.5
7.	GBR Matthew Wilson	GBR Scott Martin	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	3:23:31.8	8:37.8
8.	FIN Kimi Räikkönen	FIN Kaj Lindström	Citroën C4 WRC	3:25:21.9	10:27.9
9.	NOR Mads Østberg	SWE Jonas Andersson	Subaru Impreza WRC 2007	3:27:07.7	12:13.7
10.	NOR Andreas Mikkelsen	NOR Ola Fløene	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:28:55.2	14:01.2
1. (10.)	NOR Andreas Mikkelsen	NOR Ola Fløene	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:28:55.2	0.0
2. (12.)	IRE Craig Breen	GBR Gareth Roberts	Ford Fiesta S2000	3:34:57.9	6:02.7
3. (13.)	ESP Xavier Pons	ESP Alex Haro	Ford Fiesta S2000	3:35:10.7	6:15.5
4. (14.)	SWE Patrik Sandell	SWE Emil Axelsson	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:35:15.9	6:20.7
5. (15.)	POL Michał Kościuszko	POL Maciek Szczepaniak	Skoda Fabia S2000	3:37:14.1	8:18.9
1. (17.)	EST Ott Tänak	EST Kuldar Sikk	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	3:38:31.0	0.0
2. (18.)	POR Armindo Araújo	POR Miguel Ramalho	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	3:41:46.8	3:15.8
3. (19.)	NZL Hayden Paddon	NZL John Kennard	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	3:42:58.9	4:27.9
4. (20.)	GBR Jason Pritchard	GBR Robbie Durant	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3:45:35.4	7:04.4
5. (22.)	SWE Patrik Flodin	SWE Göran Bergsten	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3:46:51.9	8:20.9
6. (25.)	GBR Dave Weston Jr.	GBR Ieuan Thomas	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3:53:18.4	14:47.4
7. (26.)	MEX Michel Jourdain Jr.	ESP Óscar Sánchez	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	3:54:29.1	15:58.1
8. (28.)	SMR Alex Raschi	ITA Rudy Pollet	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	3:55:51.4	17:20.4
9. (30.)	JPN Toshi Arai	GBR Daniel Barritt	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3:58:55.1	20:24.1
10. (32.)	FIN Reijo Muhonen	FIN Juha Kanerva	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	4:05:08.5	26:37.5

Special stages

All dates and times are GMT (UTC±0).

Day	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader	Leg 1
(11–12 Nov)	SS1	19:30	SS2	9:38	SS3	10:19	SS4	10:37	SS5	13:51	SS6	14:32	SS7	14:50	Leg 2
(13 Nov)	SS8	9:03	SS9	10:19	SS10	10:43	SS11	11:22	SS12	14:07	SS13	15:23	SS14	15:47	SS15	16:26	SS16	18:34	Leg 3
(14 Nov)	SS17	8:33	SS18	9:46	SS19	11:25	SS20	12:38
Cardiff Bay 1	1.70 km	FRA Sébastien Loeb	1:16.1	80.42 km/h	FRA Sébastien Loeb
Hafren 1	32.14 km	FIN Jari-Matti Latvala	18:43.2	103.01 km/h	FIN Jari-Matti Latvala
Sweet Lamb 1	4.26 km	FRA Sébastien Loeb	2:54.4	87.94 km/h	FRA Sébastien Loeb
Myherin 1	27.88 km	FIN Jari-Matti Latvala	15:33.3	107.54 km/h	FIN Jari-Matti Latvala
Hafren 2	32.14 km	FRA Sébastien Ogier	18:39.0	103.40 km/h
Sweet Lamb 2	4.26 km	FRA Sébastien Loeb	2:57.1	86.60 km/h
Myherin 2	27.88 km	FRA Sébastien Loeb	15:16.5	109.51 km/h	FRA Sébastien Loeb
Radnor 1	14.78 km	NOR Petter Solberg
FIN Jari-Matti Latvala	7:31.5	117.85 km/h	NOR Petter Solberg
Monument Hill 1	10.14 km	NOR Petter Solberg	5:46.5	105.35 km/h
Four Ways Crychan 1	25.14 km	FRA Sébastien Loeb	13:48.7	109.21 km/h	FRA Sébastien Loeb
Halfway 1	18.37 km	NOR Petter Solberg	10:28.2	105.27 km/h
Radnor 2	14.78 km	FRA Sébastien Loeb	7:22.3	120.30 km/h
Monument Hill 2	10.14 km	FRA Sébastien Loeb	5:46.0	105.50 km/h
Four Ways Crychan 2	25.14 km	FRA Sébastien Loeb	14:04.9	107.12 km/h
Halfway 2	18.37 km	NOR Petter Solberg	10:35.9	104.00 km/h
Cardiff Bay 2	1.70 km	FRA Sébastien Loeb	1:15.5	81.06 km/h
Resolfen 1	29.99 km	FRA Sébastien Loeb	15:57.8	112.72 km/h
Margam Park 1	8.08 km	FRA Sébastien Loeb	5:06.2	95.00 km/h
Resolfen 2	29.99 km	FIN Jari-Matti Latvala	16:03.8	112.02 km/h
Margam Park 2	8.08 km	ESP Dani Sordo	5:08.2	94.38 km/h

Standings after the rally

;Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	FRA Sébastien Loeb	276
2	FIN Jari-Matti Latvala	171
3	NOR Petter Solberg	169
4	FRA Sebastien Ogier	167
5	ESP Dani Sordo	150
6	FIN Mikko Hirvonen	126
7	GBR Matthew Wilson	74
8	NOR Henning Solberg	45
9	ARG Federico Villagra	36
10	FIN Kimi Räikkönen	25

;Manufacturers' Championship standings

Pos.	Manufacturer	Points
1	FRA Citroen WRT	456
2	GBR BP Ford WRT	337
3	FRA Citroen Junior Team	217
4	GBR Stobart Ford	176
5	ARG Munchi's Ford	58

References

(14 June 2010). "Rally Guide 1". walesrallygb.com.
(14 November 2010). "Loeb claims win number 62 in Wales". [[International Sportsworld Communicators]].
Beer, Matt. (14 November 2010). "Loeb clinches Rally GB victory". [[Haymarket Group.

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