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2010 Ypres Rally


FieldValue
captionGEKO Ypres Rally Logo
name2010 GEKO Ypres Rally
round6
championship2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge
previous_round2010 Rally d'Italia Sardegna
next_round2010 Rally Azores
countryBEL Belgium
rallybaseYpres
startdateJune 24
enddate26 2010
stages19
stagekm293.62stagekm_note=
overallkm651.30
surfaceAsphalt
driver1BEL Freddy Loix
team1BEL Freddy Loix
teamsstart97
teamsfinish48

The 2010 GEKO Ypres Rally was the 45th running of the Ypres Rally and the sixth round of the 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC). The event was held between 24–26 June 2010 and was based in the town of Ypres, Belgium.

Introduction

The rally was held over two days with a total of 293.62 km covered in nineteen asphalt special stages. Friday had six stages with Saturday having a total of thirteen stages. In addition to IRC frontrunners Juho Hänninen, Jan Kopecký and Kris Meeke, other entries in S2000 cars included Freddy Loix (Škoda Fabia S2000) and factory Proton pair, Chris Atkinson and Alister McRae.

Results

The event was dominated by local driver Freddy Loix after two of the main title contenders crashed out of the rally; Juho Hänninen on stage four and Kris Meeke on stage eight. In addition to these retirements both Proton's failed to finish due to engine problems related to valve spring failures. The win was the fifth different winner of an IRC round this season, the fourth for Škoda and its first with the facelift Fabia.

The Ypres Historic Rally normally runs at the same time as the main event. In 2010, the winner was Robert Droogmans, a Belgian racing driver competing with Marc Duez.

Overall standings

Pos.DriverCo-driverCarTimeDifferencePoints108654321
1.BEL Freddy LoixBEL Fréderic MiclotteŠkoda Fabia S20002:35:36.90.0
2.CZE Jan KopeckýCZE Petr StarýŠkoda Fabia S20002:35:58.321.4
3.BEL Thierry NeuvilleFRA Nicolas KlingerPeugeot 207 S20002:37:42.42:05.5
4.BEL Bernd CasierBEL Francis CaesemaekerŠkoda Fabia S20002:39:38.54:01.6
5.NOR Andreas MikkelsenNOR Ola FløeneFord Fiesta S20002:40:57.85:20.9
6.POR Bruno MagalhãesPOR Carlos MagalhãesPeugeot 207 S20002:41:43.16:06.2
7.POL Michał SołowowPOL Maciej BaranFord Fiesta S20002:43:01.47:24.5
8.ITA Luca BettiITA Pierangelo ScalviniPeugeot 207 S20002:45:14.59:37.6

Special stages

DayStageTimeNameLengthWinnerTimeAvg. spd.Rally leader1
(25 June)SS116:29SS217:20SS318:00SS420:06SS520:57SS621:372
(26 June)SS711:13SS811:31SS912:12SS1013:41SS1114:16SS1214:43SS1315:56SS1418:13SS1518:31SS1619:12SS1720:41SS1821:16SS1921:43
Hollebeke 128.82 kmGBR Kris Meeke15:49.4109.28 km/hGBR Kris Meeke
Westouter 16.04 kmBEL Freddy Loix3:34.3101.47 km/h
Mesen – Sauvegarde 114.80 kmBEL Freddy Loix7:58.2111.42 km/hBEL Freddy Loix
Hollebeke 228.82 kmBEL Freddy Loix15:40.4110.33 km/h
Westouter 26.04 kmGBR Kris Meeke3:31.8102.66 km/h
Mesen – Sauvegarde 214.80 kmBEL Freddy Loix7:56.3111.86 km/h
Proven-Vleteren 114.80 kmGBR Kris Meeke7:21.9120.57 km/h
Watou 112.33 kmBEL Freddy Loix6:40.3110.89 km/h
Kemmelberg 19.06 kmBEL Freddy Loix4:55.6110.34 km/h
Langemark 118.84 kmCZE Jan Kopecký9:48.4115.27 km/h
Dikkebus 111.32 kmCZE Jan Kopecký6:03.6112.08 km/h
Heuvelland 128.80 kmCZE Jan Kopecký14:59.7115.24 km/h
Lille-Eurométropole1.66 kmCZE Jan Kopecký1:17.577.11 km/h
Proven-Vleteren 214.80 kmCZE Jan Kopecký7:21.7120.62 km/h
Watou 212.33 kmBEL Freddy Loix6:40.1110.94 km/h
Kemmelberg 29.06 kmBEL Freddy Loix4:53.7111.05 km/h
Langemark 218.84 kmBEL Freddy Loix9:47.5115.45 km/h
Dikkebus 211.32 kmCZE Jan Kopecký6:03.2112.20 km/h
Heuvelland 228.80 kmCZE Jan Kopecký14:54.7115.88 km/h

References

References

  1. (April 2019). "GEKO Ypres Rally Itinerary 2010". [[Intercontinental Rally Challenge]]}}{{Dead link.
  2. "S2000 runners to dominate Ypres entry". [[Intercontinental Rally Challenge]].
  3. "Hänninen accepts blame for Ypres crash". [[Intercontinental Rally Challenge]].
  4. "After SS8: Meeke's crash hands Loix big lead". [[Intercontinental Rally Challenge]].
  5. "Proton looks to the future after Ypres exit". [[Intercontinental Rally Challenge]].
  6. "Škoda's Loix lands IRC victory in Belgium". [[Intercontinental Rally Challenge]].
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