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2012 Intercontinental Rally Challenge

The 2012 Intercontinental Rally Challenge was the seventh and final season of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. The season again consisted of thirteen rounds and started on 23 February with the Rallye Açores. The season ended on 3 November, at the Cyprus Rally. The season was marred by the death of Garth “Jaffa” Roberts, co-driver to Craig Breen, on stage eight of the Targa Florio Rally.

Calendar

Rd.	Start date	Finish date	Rally	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages
23 February	25 February	POR 47th SATA Rallye Açores	Ponta Delgada, Azores	Gravel	14	177.56 km
15 March	17 March	ESP 36th Rally Islas Canarias - El Corte Inglés	Las Palmas, Gran Canaria	Asphalt	15	240.92 km
6 April	7 April	GBR 71st Circuit of Ireland Rally	Armagh, Northern Ireland	Asphalt	15	221.47 km
10 May	12 May	FRA 55th Tour de Corse	Ajaccio, Corsica	Asphalt	14	318.23 km
2 June	3 June	HUN 46th Mecsek Rallye	Pécs, Baranya	Asphalt	??	??
14 June	16 June	ITA 96th Targa Florio - Rally Internazionale di Sicilia	Palermo, Sicily	Asphalt	11	151.95 km
21 June	23 June	BEL 48th Belgium Geko Ypres Rally	Ypres, West Flanders	Asphalt	18	287.66 km
6 July	7 July	SMR 40th San Marino Rally	San Marino	Gravel	13	190.30 km
19 July	21 July	ROM 12th Sibiu Rally Romania	Sibiu, Sibiu County	Gravel	12	200.20 km
31 August	2 September	CZE 42nd Barum Rally Zlín	Zlín, Zlín Region	Asphalt	15	251.62 km
14 September	16 September	UKR 14th Prime Yalta Rally	Yalta, Crimea	Asphalt	14	261.87 km
28 September	30 September	BUL 32nd Mabanol Rally Sliven	Sliven	Asphalt	13	197.32 km
11 October	13 October	ITA 54th Rallye Sanremo	Sanremo, Liguria	Asphalt	10	204.00 km
2 November	4 November	CYP 41st Cyprus Rally	Paphos	Mixed	13	239.14 km
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The calendar consisted of thirteen events run in Europe. The schedule included five new events, which were held in Sicily, Bulgaria, Ireland, Romania and San Marino. The Mecsek Rally in Hungary was dropped due to financial reasons and was replaced by the Targa Florio.

Selected entries

Constructor	Car	Entrant	Driver	Co-driver
Škoda Fabia S2000	CZE Škoda Motorsport	FIN Juho Hänninen	FIN Mikko Markkula	1, 3, 6, 9, 12
CZE Jan Kopecký	CZE Pavel Dresler	2–6, 9, 12
GBR Škoda UK	NOR Andreas Mikkelsen	NOR Ola Fløene	1–9, 13
AUT Red Bull Team	GER Hermann Gassner	GER Klaus Wicha	1–2, 4
GER Škoda Auto Deutschland	GER Sepp Wiegand	GER Timo Gottschalk	1–9, 13
ARE Skydive Dubai Rally Team	ARE Rashid Al Ketbi	ARE Khalid Al Kendi	1–2, 4–6
ESP AMP Classic Team	ESP Alberto Hevia	ESP Alberto Igresias	2
HUN Eurosol Racing Team	HUN János Puskádi	HUN Barnabás Gódor	2, 7, 12
HUN László Vizin	HUN Gábor Zsiros	6, 10, 13
IRL Škoda Ireland	IRL Robert Barrable	IRL Damien Connolly	3
GBR Stuart Loudon	6, 9
ITA S.A. Motorsport Italia SRL	ITA Umberto Scandola	ITA Guido D'Amore	5, 7, 12
NED Wevers Sport	BEL Pieter Tsjoen	BEL Eddy Chevaillier	6
ROU Napoca Rally Academy	ITA Marco Tempestini	ROU Dorin Pulpea	8
ROU Jack Daniel's Rally Team	HUN Gergely Szabó	ROU Károly Borbély	8
ROU Škoda România Motorsport	ROU Dan Gîrtofan	ROU Adrian Berghea	8
CZE Adell Mogul Racing Team	CZE Roman Kresta	CZE Petr Gross	9
EST ME3 Rally Team	EST Karl Kruuda	EST Martin Järveoja	9
CZE AK Rallysport Brno	CZE Jaromír Tarabus	CZE Daniel Trunkát	9
SVK Rufa Sport	CZE Tomáš Kostka	CZE Miroslav Houšť	9
CZE Surfin	CZE Emil Triner	CZE Petr Machů	9
BUL Vivacom Rally Team	BUL Dimitar Iliev	BUL Yanaki Yanakiev	11
Peugeot 207 S2000	ITA Delta Rally	FRA Bryan Bouffier	FRA Xavier Panseri	1, 4
POR Bruno Magalhães	POR Carlos Magalhães	1
POR Nuno Rodrigues da Silva	12
FRA Jean-Marc Manzagol	FRA Etienne Patrone	4
ESP AMP Classic Team	ESP Jonathan Pérez	ESP Enrique Velasco	2
ESP Canarias Sport Club	ESP Luis Monzón	ESP Jose Carlos Deniz	2
FRA Saintéloc Racing	IRL Craig Breen	GBR Gareth Roberts	3–4
IRL Paul Nagle	12
FRA Mathieu Arzeno	BEL Renaud Jamoul	3–4, 8
FRA Jean-Mathieu Leandri	FRA Pierre-Marien Leonardi	4
CHE Florian Gonon	CHE Sandra Arlettaz	6, 9, 12
CHE Michaël Burri	CHE Stéphane Rey	8
ITA Munaretto Sport	FRA Pierre Campana	FRA Sabrina de Castelli	4
FRA François Delecour	FRA Dominique Savignoni	8
ITA F.P.F. Sport SRL	ITA Paolo Andreucci	ITA Anna Andreussi	5, 12
ITA Casarano Racing	ITA Matteo Gamba	ITA Emanuele Inglesi	5
ITA United Rally Management	ITA Alessandro Perico	ITA Fabrizio Carrara	5, 12
ITA HRT Motorsport	IRL Craig Breen	GBR Gareth Roberts	5
BEL Autostal Duindistel	BEL Freddy Loix	BEL Lara Vanneste	6
POL Synthos Cersanit Rally Team	POL Michał Sołowow	POL Maciek Baran	6, 9
BEL Autostal Atrantic	BEL Mathias Viaene	BEL Pieter Vyncke	6
BEL Jonas Langenakens	BEL Nico Beernaert	6
BEL Philip Cracco	BEL Geert Demuynck	6
FRA Peugeot Sport France	FRA Germain Bonnefis	FRA Olivier Fournier	7
CZE Peugeot Delimax Total Team	CZE Pavel Valoušek	CZE Lukáš Kostka	9
UKR 77 Rally Team	UKR Yukhym Vazheyevskyy	UKR Yevgen Kochkovoyi	10
BUL ASC Prestige	BUL Petar Gyoshev	BUL Dimitar Spasov	11
BUL Globul Rally Team	BUL Krum Donchev	BUL Petar Yordanov	11
ITA Power Car Team	FRA Pierre Campana	FRA Sabrina de Castelli	12
ITA Peugeot Sport Italia	ITA Stefano Albertini	ITA Simone Scattolin	12
BEL Kronos Racing	GBR Harry Hunt	AUS Dale Moscatt	12
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	POR Team Além Mar	POR Ricardo Moura	POR Sancho Eiró	1
POR António Costa	2
POR Ricardo Carmo	POR Jorge Diniz	1
POR Luís Miguel Rego	POR Pedro Rodrigues	1
GBR Jennings Motorsport	GBR Garry Jennings	IRL Barry McNulty	3
ROU Napoca Rally Academy	ROU Bogdan Marișca	ROU Sebastian Itu	8
UKR Mentos Ascania Racing	UKR Valeriy Gorban	UKR Andriy Nikolaiev	10
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	ITA Rally Project	ITA Max Rendina	ITA Mario Pizzuti	5, 12
UKR Dream Team Ukraine	UKR Vitaliy Pushkar	UKR Ivan Mishyn	5–6, 8, 13
ROU Colina Motorsport	ROU Edwin Keleti	ROU Botond Csomortáni	8
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X R4	NED Heuvel Motorsport	NED Jasper van den Heuvel	BEL Kris Botson	6
ROU Colina Motorsport	ROU Valentin Porcișteanu	ROU Dan Dobre	8
UKR Odesa Rally Team	UKR Vitaliy Pushkar	UKR Ivan Mishyn	10, 12
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX R4	ITA Island Motorsport	ITA Marco Cavigioli	ITA Monica Fortunato	9–10, 12
Ford Fiesta S2000	UKR Dream Team Ukraine	UKR Oleksandr Saliuk	UKR Pavlo Cherepin	1–2, 4
UKR Adrian Aftanaziv	6
UKR Oleksiy Tamrazov	ITA Nicola Arena	1–2, 4, 6–7
FIN Mikko Pajunen	FIN Kaj Lindström	10
GBR M-Sport	GBR Alastair Fisher	GBR Rory Kennedy	3
FRA Team Emap Yacco	FRA Julien Maurin	FRA Olivier Ural	4
NOR PS Engineering	GBR Martin McCormack	IRL David Moynihan	4
SWE Patrik Flodin	SWE Göran Bergsten	6, 8–9
SWE Morgan Olsson	7
HUN Frigyes Turán	HUN Gabor Zsiros	12
FIN Rali SM	FIN Juha Salo	FIN Marko Salminen	7
TUR Castrol Ford Team Türkiye	TUR Yağiz Avci	TUR Bahadir Gücenmez	10–11
LAT Sports Racing Technologies	RUS Vasiliy Gryazin	RUS Dmitry Chumak	13
Ford Fiesta RRC	ITA Movisport	ITA Giandomenico Basso	ITA Mitia Dotta	4–5, 7, 12
UKR 77 Rally Team	UKR Yuriy Protasov	UKR Kyrylo Nesvit	10
QAT Qatar World Rally Team	QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah	ITA Giovanni Bernacchini	13
LBN Motortune Racing	LBN Roger Feghali	LBN Joseph Matar	13
SAU Yazeed Racing	SAU Yazeed Al Rajhi	GBR Michael Orr	13
QAT QMMF Qatar Rally Team	QAT Khalid Al-Suwaidi	GBR Nicky Beech	13
Subaru Impreza STi R4	ROU Napoca Rally Academy	ITA Marco Tempestini	ROU Dorin Pulpea	1–2, 4–5, 7, 10–13
JPN Team Arai	JPN Toshihiro Arai	AUS Dale Moscatt	4, 7, 9, 13
AUT Stohl Racing	AUT Andreas Aigner	AUT Daniela Ertl	4, 6
AUT Ilka Minor	8–9, 12–13
FIN Tommi Mäkinen Racing	FIN Jarkko Nikara	FIN Jarkko Kalliolepo	4, 7, 9, 13
Subaru Impreza WRX STi	ROU Napoca Rally Academy	ITA Simone Tempestini	ITA Lucio Baggio	8, 10
UKR Xado Motorsport	UKR Mykola Chmykh	UKR Oleksandr Vilchynskyy	10
Renault Mégane RS	FRA Renault Sport Technologies	FRA Robert Consani	FRA Nicolas Klinger	2–6, 9–12
FRA François Delecour	FRA Dominique Savignoni	4
FRA Emmanuel Guigou	FRA Gabin Moreau	4
BEL Kris Princen	BEL Bram Eelbode	6
Renault Clio R3	BUL Bulbet Rally Team	BUL Todor Slavov	BUL Dobromir Filipov	11
Mini John Cooper Works S2000	GBR SMG Motorsport	ESP Dani Sordo	ESP Carlos del Barrio	4
BEL Autostal Duindistel	BEL Patrick Snijers	BEL Johan Gitsels	6
CZE EuroOil Invelt Team	CZE Václav Pech	CZE Petr Uhel	9
UKR AT Rally Team	UKR Oleksiy Tamrazov	ITA Nicola Arena	10
QAT Seashore Qatar Rally Team	QAT Misfer Al-Marri	ITA Nicola Arena	13
QAT Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari	IRL Killian Duffy	13
Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000	TUR Pegasus Racing	TUR Fatih Kara	TUR Guray Karacar	11

Results

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers	Rank	Driver
1	POR Rallye Açores
(23–25 February)	1	NOR Andreas Mikkelsen	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:12:43.2
2	FIN Juho Hänninen	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:13:08.3
3	FRA Bryan Bouffier	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:14:48.0
2	ESP Rally Islas Canarias
(15–17 March)	1	CZE Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:21:46.5
2	NOR Andreas Mikkelsen	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:22:14.8
3	ESP Luis Monzón	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:25:00.1
3	GBR Circuit of Ireland
(6–7 April) — Results and report	1	FIN Juho Hänninen	Škoda Fabia S2000	1:58:21.8
2	NOR Andreas Mikkelsen	Škoda Fabia S2000	1:59:06.0
3	CZE Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:00:01.3
4	FRA Tour de Corse
(11–12 May)	1	ESP Dani Sordo	Mini John Cooper Works S2000	3:22:01.6
2	CZE Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:22:19.5
3	FRA Pierre Campana	Peugeot 207 S2000	3:22:34.0
5	ITA Targa Florio Rally
(14–16 June)	1	CZE Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia S2000	1:04:59.1
2	NOR Andreas Mikkelsen	Škoda Fabia S2000	1:04:59.9
3	ITA Giandomenico Basso	Ford Fiesta RRC	1:05:01.6
6	BEL Ypres Rally
(21–24 June)	1	FIN Juho Hänninen	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:36:52.7
2	BEL Freddy Loix	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:37:39.2
3	BEL Pieter Tsjoen	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:39:07.3
7	SMR Rally San Marino
(6–7 July)	1	ITA Giandomenico Basso	Ford Fiesta RRC	2:35:56.6
2	NOR Andreas Mikkelsen	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:35:59.4
3	ITA Umberto Scandola	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:37:38.2
8	ROM Sibiu Rally Romania
(20–21 July)	1	NOR Andreas Mikkelsen	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:15:28.0
2	SWE Patrik Flodin	Ford Fiesta S2000	2:21:01.8
3	FRA François Delecour	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:27:24.9
9	CZE Barum Rally Zlín
(31 August – 2 September) — Results and report	1	FIN Juho Hänninen	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:11:28.2
2	CZE Roman Kresta	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:13:11.3
3	CZE Tomáš Kostka	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:13:20.0
10	UKR Prime Yalta Rally
(15–16 September)	1	TUR Yağiz Avci	Ford Fiesta S2000	3:09:58.7
2	FRA Robert Consani	Renault Mégane RS	3:13:11.1
3	HUN László Vizin	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:13:37.1
11	BUL Rally Sliven
(29–30 September)	1	BUL Dimitar Iliev	Škoda Fabia S2000	1:48:58.7
2	BUL Petar Gyoshev	Peugeot 207 S2000	1:49:09.9
3	BUL Krum Donchev	Peugeot 207 S2000	1:52:24.0
12	ITA Rallye Sanremo
(12–13 October)	1	ITA Giandomenico Basso	Ford Fiesta RRC	2:19:03.6
2	CZE Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:19:39.3
3	ITA Alessandro Perico	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:21:17.3
13	CYP Cyprus Rally
(2–3 November)	1	QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah	Ford Fiesta RRC	3:16:25.2
2	NOR Andreas Mikkelsen	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:20:00.5
3	JPN Toshihiro Arai	Subaru Impreza R4	3:26:32.3

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Standings

Drivers

Only the best eight scores from each driver count towards the championship.

Pos	Driver	AZO
POR	CAN
ESP	IRE
GBR	COR
FRA	TAR
ITA	YPR
BEL	SMR
SMR	ROM
ROM	ZLI
CZE	YAL
UKR	SLI
BUL	SAN
ITA	CYP
CYP	Pts	1	168	2	101	3	93	4	73	5	65	6	50	7	35	8	34	9	32	10	30	11	28	12	27	27	14	26	15	25	25	17	20	18	19	19	20	18	18	18	18	24	16	25	15	15	15	15	15	15	31	14	14	33	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	40	10	10	10	43	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	50	6	6	6	6	6	6	56	4	4	4	4	4	4	62	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	71	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	Pos	Driver	AZO
POR	CAN
ESP	IRE
GBR	COR
FRA	TAR
ITA	YPR
BEL	SMR
SMR	ROM
ROM	ZLI
CZE	YAL
UKR	SLI
BUL	SAN
ITA	CYP
CYP	Pts
NOR Andreas Mikkelsen	1	2	2	5	2	Ret	2	1	8				2
CZE Jan Kopecký		1	3	2	1				Ret			2
FIN Juho Hänninen	2		1			1			1			Ret
DEU Sepp Wiegand	4	4	7	8	7		4	Ret	10				5
ITA Giandomenico Basso				Ret	3		1					1
QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah													1
TUR Yagiz Avci										1	5
FIN Jarkko Nikara				Ret			5		Ret				4
FRA Robert Consani	Ret	10	Ret		10		Ret	6		2	8
JPN Toshihiro Arai				14			Ret		11				3
SWE Patrik Flodin						5	Ret	2	15
FRA Bryan Bouffier	3			4
ITA Umberto Scandola					4		3
IRL Craig Breen			5	6	Ret							6
BUL Dimitar Iliev											1
ESP Dani Sordo				1
ITA Paolo Andreucci					5							5
FRA Pierre Campana				3								8
ITA Alessandro Perico					8							3
BUL Petar Gyoshev											2
BEL Freddy Loix						2
CZE Roman Kresta									2
IRL Robert Barrable			6			Ret			5
ROU Marco Tempestini	Ret	20		Ret	17		7	Ret		5
BEL Pieter Tsjoen						3
BUL Krum Donchev											3
HUN László Vizin										3
CZE Tomáš Kostka									3
ESP Luis Monzón		3
FRA François Delecour								3
TUR Murat Bostanci										6	7
POL Michał Sołowow						4			9
ITA Stefano Albertini												4
BUL Todor Slavov											4
CZE Jaromir Tarabus									4
UKR Mykola Chmykh										4
DEU Hermann Gassner	5	Ret		9
UKR Vitaliy Pushkar					23	31		4
FRA Mathieu Arzeno			4	11		Ret		Ret
ESP Jonathan Pérez		5
ROU Edwin Keleti								5
AUT Andreas Aigner				12		8		Ret	7
BEL Mathias Viaene						6
HUN Gergély Szabó							6	Ret
ESP Angel Marrero		6
EST Karl Kruuda									6
ITA Matteo Gamba					6
POR Ricardo Moura	6	Ret
EST Martin Kangur											6
BEL Jonas Langenakens						7
FRA Jean-Marc Manzagol				7
ROU Valentin Porcisteanu								7
HUN János Puskádi		7					Ret
ITA Marco Cavigioli										7
UKR Oleksandr Saliuk, Jr.	7	Ret		Ret		Ret
SLO Asja Zupanc								8
UKR Oleksiy Panoc										8
GBR Garry Jennings			8
ITA Gabriele Noberasco							8
POR Sérgio Silva	8
UAE Rashid Al Ketbi	Ret	8		22	19	15
BUL Stoyan Apostolov											9
CZE Antonín Tlusťák						9
UKR Stanislav Besedin										9
ESP Germán Hernández		9
HUN Miklós Bujdos							9
IRL Donagh Kelly			9
ITA Massimiliano Rendina					9
POR Ruben Rodrigues	9
ROU Bogdan Marişca								9
ITA Federico Gasperetti												10
TUR Bugra Banaz											10
TUR Eytan Halfon										10
BEL Bob Colsoul						10
IRL Sam Moffett			10
ITA Paolo Diana							10
POR Miguel Barbosa	10
ROU Alexandru Filip								10
FRA Jean-Mathieu Leandri				10

Manufacturers

Only the best eight scores from each manufacturer count towards the championship.

Pos	Manufacturer	AZO
POR	CAN
ESP	IRE
GBR	COR
FRA	TAR
ITA	YPR
BEL	SMR
SMR	ROM
ROM	ZLI
CZE	YAL
UKR	SLI
BUL	SAN
ITA	CYP
CYP	Total	Drop	Pts	1	468	120	348	2	247	30	217	3	244	32	212	4	168	6	162	5	140	14	126	6	67	67	Pos	Manufacturer	AZO
POR	CAN
ESP	IRE
GBR	COR
FRA	TAR
ITA	YPR
BEL	SMR
SMR	ROM
ROM	ZLI
CZE	YAL
UKR	SLI
BUL	SAN
ITA	CYP
CYP	Total	Drop	Pts
CZE Škoda	43	43	43	37	43	40	33	25	43	15	25	22	56
FRA Peugeot	15	27	27	33	22	30	0	15	18	0	33	27	0
GBR M-Sport	12	4	6	2	15	14	31	18	8	33	16	35	50
JPN Subaru	10	2	0	16	3	10	22	0	25	22	2	2	54
FRA Renault	0	7	18	12	14	1	12	22	6	18	16	14	0
JPN Honda	0	18	0	0	4	6	0	8	1	6	8	0	16

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References

"IRC 2012 calendar".
O'Leary, Jamie. (24 September 2011). "Circuit of Ireland and three other new events on 2012 IRC calendar".
Peacock, Anthony. "Targa Florio is reborn".
(16 June 2012). "Statement following accident on stage eight". [[Intercontinental Rally Challenge]].
(16 June 2012). "Craig Breen's co-driver Gareth Roberts dies in Targa Florio crash". [[Haymarket Media Group.

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