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2011 Mecsek Rallye

FieldValue
imageMecsekrallyelogo2011.png
name2011 Mecsek Rallye
native_nameCanon 45. Mecsek Rallye
round8
championship2011 Intercontinental Rally Challenge season
previous_round2011 Czech Rally
next_round2011 Rallye Sanremo
country
rallybasePécs
startdate10
enddate11 September 2011
stages14
stagekm251.86
overallkm825.24
surfaceAsphalt
driver1CZE Jan Kopecký
team1CZE Škoda Motorsport
teamsstart47
teamsfinish31

The 2011 Mecsek Rallye, officially Canon 45. Mecsek Rallye, was the eighth round of the 2011 Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) season. The fourteen stage asphalt rally – held as a round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge for the first time – took place over 10–11 September 2011 with all stages held in daylight.

Introduction

The rally, which was run for the 45th time, was based in the Mecsek mountain city of Pécs, in the Baranya County of Hungary. The opening events took place on 9 September, starting in Széchenyi square, in the old town of Pécs with a special musical performance, composed by Tibor Bogányi, the conductor of the Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra, for brass winds and car horns. Following the short concert the racers drove from the square to the Pécs Plaza, where the ceremonial start was held and the rally was officially opened by Csaba Nagy, deputy mayor of Pécs, Erik Bánki, president of the Tourist and Sports Committee of the Parliament and Zsolt Gyulay, head of the National Automobilesport Federation of Hungary. The prologue was staged in the late afternoon on a 1.2 km track and was won by local driver Dávid Botka ahead of Bruno Magalhães.

The rally began the next day; initially eight asphalt stages covering 144.46 km were scheduled for Saturday, however, due to safety reasons the final stage of the day was cancelled. The closing six stages, consisting of 107.40 km were completed on Sunday.

Results

Andreas Mikkelsen led the rally from start, but was forced to retire on the penultimate stage after he hit a log, with Jan Kopecký taking the lead and held on to take took his second consecutive IRC victory on the rally, by just 0.8 seconds ahead of Thierry Neuville, in the closest finish in Intercontinental Rally Challenge history.

Overall

Pos.DriverCo-driverCarTimeDifferencePoints251815121086421
1.CZE Jan KopeckýCZE Petr StarýŠkoda Fabia S20002:00:06.70.0
2.BEL Thierry NeuvilleBEL Nicolas GilsoulPeugeot 207 S20002:00:07.50.8
3.BEL Freddy LoixBEL Frédéric MiclotteŠkoda Fabia S20002:01:06.71:00.0
4.FRA Bryan BouffierFRA Xavier PanseriPeugeot 207 S20002:01:42.31:35.6
5.DEU Hermann GassnerDEU Timo GottschalkŠkoda Fabia S20002:02:39.22:32.5
6.HUN György AschenbrennerHUN Zsuzsa PikóMitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX2:02:44.92:38.2
7.FIN Toni GardemeisterFIN Tapio SuominenŠkoda Fabia S20002:03:12.33:05.6
8.HUN Róbert BútorHUN Igor BacigálPeugeot 207 S20002:03:23.53:16.8
9.POR Bruno MagalhãesPOR Paulo GravePeugeot 207 S20002:03:58.43:51.7
10.AUT Beppo HarrachAUT Andreas SchindlbacherMitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX2:04:20.74:14.0

Special stages

DayStageTimeNameLengthWinnerTimeAvg. spd.Rally leaderLeg 1
(10 September)SS19:08SS210:06SS312:34SS413:37SS516:10SS617:08SS719:36SS820:39Leg 2
(11 September)SS99:08SS109:51SS1110:44SS1213:17SS1314:00SS1414:53
Hetvehely 118.21 kmNOR Andreas Mikkelsen8:50.2123.64 km/hNOR Andreas Mikkelsen
Orfű 128.00 kmNOR Andreas Mikkelsen14:16.4117.70 km/h
Pécsvárad 112.00 kmCZE Jan Kopecký6:46.0106.40 km/h
Alsómocsolád 114.02 kmNOR Andreas Mikkelsen6:53.2122.15 km/h
Hetvehely 218.21 kmCZE Jan Kopecký8:47.6124.25 km/h
Orfű 228.00 kmCZE Jan Kopecký14:10.5118.52 km/h
Pécsvárad 212.00 kmCZE Jan Kopecký6:49.1105.60 km/h
Alsómocsolád 214.02 kmstage cancelled
Zobák 112.00 kmNOR Andreas Mikkelsen6:51.2105.06 km/h
Árpádtető 124.00 kmCZE Jan Kopecký
NOR Andreas Mikkelsen11:09.8128.99 km/h
Nyárásvölgy 117.70 kmBEL Thierry Neuville8:29.9124.97 km/h
Zobák 212.00 kmBEL Thierry Neuville6:48.4105.78 km/h
Árpádtető 224.00 kmBEL Thierry Neuville11:06.4129.65 km/hCZE Jan Kopecký
Nyárásvölgy 217.70 kmBEL Thierry Neuville8:26.4125.83 km/h

References

References

  1. (31 August 2011). "Rally Itinerary". Mecsek Rallye.
  2. (9 September 2011). "Több ezer ember volt kíváncsi a rali felvezetésére". bama.hu.
  3. (9 September 2011). "Mecsek Rallye: Botkáék voltak a leggyorsabbak a prológon". bama.hu.
  4. (10 September 2011). "Due to safety reasons, the SS 8 (Alsómocsolád) is cancelled". Mecsek Rallye.
  5. (11 September 2011). "Mikkelsen crashes out". [[Intercontinental Rally Challenge]].
  6. (11 September 2011). "Kopecký's win, narrowly". [[Intercontinental Rally Challenge]].
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