2009 World Rally Championship

The 2009 World Rally Championship was the 37th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of twelve rallies and began on 30 January, with Rally Ireland and ended with Rally GB on 25 October. Sébastien Loeb won the World Drivers' championship at Rally GB by one point from Mikko Hirvonen, taking his sixth consecutive crown.[1] Citroën secured their fifth Manufacturers' title, Martin Prokop won the JWRC Drivers' championship and Armindo Araujo won the PWRC Drivers' championship.

Regulation changes

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The number of mechanics available per car has been dropped from 12 to 8.[2]

Calendar

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The 2009 championship was contested over twelve rounds in Europe, South America and Oceania.

The 2009 season included twelve rallies, which was three fewer than the 2008 season, because the FIA imposed a "Round Rotation" System in order to attract candidate rallies to have a chance to be a WRC event. Monte Carlo, Sweden, Mexico, Jordan, Turkey, Germany, New Zealand, France and Japan were dropped from the calendar for 2009, but will return at the 2010 WRC Season. Ireland, Norway, Cyprus, Portugal, Poland and Australia returned to the 2009 season.[3]

The eight events also part of the Production World Rally Championship were Norway, Cyprus, Portugal, Argentina, Italy, Greece, Australia and Rally GB. The eight rallies also on the Junior World Rally Championship schedule were Ireland, Cyprus, Portugal, Argentina, Italy, Poland, Finland and Spain.

Round Dates Rally Name Rally HQ Support Category Surface
1 30 January – 1 February Rally Ireland Republic of Ireland Sligo JWRC Wintry asphalt
2 12–15 February Rally Norway Norway Hamar PWRC Ice and snow-covered gravel
3 13–15 March Cyprus Rally Cyprus Limassol JWRC/PWRC Asphalt and gravel
4 3–5 April Rally de Portugal Portugal Vilamoura JWRC/PWRC Gravel
5 24–26 April Rally Argentina Argentina Villa Carlos Paz JWRC/PWRC Gravel
6 22–24 May Rally d'Italia Sardegna Italy Olbia JWRC/PWRC Gravel
7 12–14 June Acropolis Rally Greece Loutraki PWRC Gravel
8 26–28 June Rally Poland Poland Mikołajki JWRC Gravel
9 31 July – 2 August Rally Finland Finland Jyväskylä JWRC Gravel
10 4–6 September Rally Australia Australia Kingscliff PWRC Gravel
11 2–4 October Rally Catalunya Spain Salou JWRC Asphalt
12 23–25 October Rally GB United Kingdom Cardiff PWRC Gravel

Teams and drivers

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In 2009 two categories are eligible to compete for the Manufacturer's championship:

Manufacturer (M)

  • must take part in all the rallies of the Championship with two cars of the same make
  • must enter only cars corresponding to the latest homologated version of a World Rally Car in conformity with the 2009 Appendix J
  • must inform the FIA of the name of the first driver entered for the season at the time of registration for the Championship. No change of the first driver is authorised, except in a case of force majeure. The driver of the second car may be changed for each of the rallies in the Championship

Manufacturer Team (MT)

  • must take part in a minimum of 8 Championship rallies with one or two cars; those rallies must be nominated on registering for the Championship
  • cannot enter World Rally Cars homologated during the year 2009 and cannot use parts homologated after 2 January 2009
  • can only score points in the events it nominated on registering.

The registered Manufacturers are Citroën Total World Rally Team and BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team; the registered Manufacturer Teams are Stobart VK M-Sport Ford, Munchi's Ford and Citroën Junior Team.

Suzuki and Subaru pulled out of the WRC at the end of the 2008 championship, both citing the economic downturn then affecting the automotive industry for their withdrawal.

Manufacturers
Team Manufacturer Car Tyre No Drivers Co-drivers Rounds
France Citroën Total World Rally Team Citroën C4 WRC P 1 France Sébastien Loeb Monaco Daniel Elena All
2 Spain Daniel Sordo Spain Marc Marti All
United Kingdom BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 08
Focus RS WRC 09
P 3 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Finland Jarmo Lehtinen All
4 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala Finland Miikka Anttila All
Manufacturer Teams
United Kingdom Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 08 P 5 Estonia Urmo Aava Estonia Kuldar Sikk 1–2
United Kingdom Matthew Wilson United Kingdom Scott Martin 3–12
6 Norway Henning Solberg Norway Cato Menkerud All
France Citroën Junior Team Citroën C4 WRC P 7 Australia Chris Atkinson Belgium Stéphane Prévot 1
Russia Evgeny Novikov Australia Dale Moscatt 2–4, 6–9
8 Zimbabwe Conrad Rautenbach United Kingdom Daniel Barritt 1–8, 10–11
11 Norway Petter Solberg United Kingdom Phil Mills 12
12 France Sébastien Ogier France Julien Ingrassia 5, 9–12
Argentina Munchi's Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 08 P 9 Argentina Federico Villagra Argentina Jorge Perez Companc 3, 5–6, 9–11
Argentina José Díaz 4, 7
Major entries not registered as Manufacturers
Norway Petter Solberg World Rally Team Citroën Xsara WRC P 11 Norway Petter Solberg United Kingdom Phil Mills 2–9
C4 WRC 11
France Citroën Junior Team P 7 Russia Evgeny Novikov Belgium Stéphane Prévot 11
8 Zimbabwe Conrad Rautenbach United Kingdom Daniel Barritt 9, 12
12 France Sébastien Ogier France Julien Ingrassia 1–4, 6–8
16 Germany Aaron Burkart Germany Michael Kölbach 12
Norway Adapta World Rally Team Subaru Impreza WRC 2008 P 14 Norway Mads Østberg Norway Ole Kristian Unnerud 2, 4, 6–7
Norway Veronica Engan 8
Sweden Jonas Andersson 9, 12
20 Norway Anders Grøndal Sweden Maria Andersson 2
United Kingdom Prodrive P 15 Finland Marcus Grönholm Finland Timo Rautiainen 4
Finland Ketomaa World Rally Team Impreza WRC 2007 P 16 Finland Jari Ketomaa Finland Mika Stenberg 9
United Kingdom BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 08 P 15 United Arab Emirates Khalid Al Qassimi United Kingdom Michael Orr 1, 3–4, 6–7, 9–12
United Kingdom Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team P 15 Poland Krzysztof Holowczyc Poland Lukasz Kurzeja 8
16 United Kingdom Matthew Wilson United Kingdom Scott Martin 1–2
17 United Kingdom Steve Perez United Kingdom Paul Spooner 12
Norway Andreas Mikkelsen Škoda Fabia WRC P 16 Norway Andreas Mikkelsen Norway Ola Fløene 8
Sweden P-G Andersson Rallying P 19 Sweden Per-Gunnar Andersson Sweden Anders Fredriksson 2
Netherlands Van Merksteijn Motorsport Ford Focus RS WRC 06/07 P 17 Netherlands Peter Van Merksteijn, Jr. Belgium Eddy Chevaillier 2, 4
18 Netherlands Peter Van Merksteijn, Sr. Belgium Erwin Mombaerts 2
Netherlands Hans van Goor 4
Netherlands Ipatec Racing Focus RS WRC 06 P 66 Netherlands Dennis Kuipers Netherlands Kees Hagman 4, 12
68 Netherlands René Kuipers Netherlands Erwin Berkhof 4
Belgium Erwin Mombaerts 12
France Bozian Racing Peugeot 307 WRC P 66 France Dany Snobeck France Gilles Mondesir 11
Argentina Munchi's Ford World Rally Team Ford Focus RS WRC 08 P 10 Finland Matti Rantanen Finland Mikko Lukka 9
United Kingdom Paul Bird United Kingdom Ian Windress 11
72 Finland Mattias Therman Finland Janne Perälä 9

J-WRC Entries

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No Driver Co-driver Car Rounds
31 Germany Aaron Burkart Germany Michael Kölbach Suzuki Swift S1600 1, 3, 5–6, 9, 11
32 Poland Michał Kościuszko Poland Maciek Szczepaniak Suzuki Swift S1600 3–6, 8–9
33 Italy Simone Bertolotti Italy Luca Celestini Suzuki Swift S1600 1, 4, 6, 8–9, 11
34 Italy Luca Griotti Italy Corrado Bonato Renault Clio R3 1, 4, 6, 8–9, 11
35 France Yoann Bonato France Benjamin Boulloud Suzuki Swift S1600 1, 4, 6, 8–9, 11
36 Netherlands Hans Weijs, Jr. Belgium Bjorn Degandt Citroën C2 S1600 1, 4, 6, 8–9, 11
37 Netherlands Kevin Abbring Belgium Erwin Mombaerts Renault Clio R3 1, 4, 6, 8–9, 11
38 Czech Republic Martin Prokop Czech Republic Jan Tománek Citroën C2 S1600 1, 3, 6, 8–9, 11
39 Italy Alessandro Bettega Italy Simone Scattolin Renault Clio S1600 5
Renault Clio R3 4, 6, 8
Germany Mark Wallenwein Germany Stefan Kopczyk 9, 11
Additional guest entries
60 Republic of Ireland Ross Forde Republic of Ireland Arron Forde Suzuki Swift Sport 1
59 Poland Radosław Typa Poland Maciek Wislawski Citroën C2 R2 8
60 Poland Marcin Dobrowolski Poland Michal Dobrowolski Citroën C2 R2 8
59 Finland Kalle Pinomaki Finland Matti Kaskinen Renault Clio R3 9
59 Spain Jordi Martí Spain Gabriel Sánchez Renault Clio R3 11

P-WRC Entries

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No Driver Co-driver Car Rounds
31 Czech Republic Martin Prokop Czech Republic Jan Tománek Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2, 4–5, 7, 10, 12
32 Portugal Bernardo Sousa Portugal Jorge Carvalho Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 2–4, 6–7, 10, 12
33 Japan Toshihiro Arai Australia Glenn Macneal Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2–3, 5, 7, 10, 12
34 Italy Gianluca Linari Italy Andrea Cecchi Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2–4, 7, 10
Italy Paolo Gregoriani 6
35 Czech Republic Martin Semerád Czech Republic Bohuslav Ceplecha Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2–3
64 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 4, 6–7, 12
36 Spain Egoi Eder Valdés López Spain Daniel Lucas Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3–7, 12
37 France Frederic Sauvan France Thibault Gorczyca Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2–3, 5–6
France Sebastien Capanna 7, 12
38 Hungary Gabor Mayer Hungary Róbert Tagai Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3–7, 12
39 Italy Riccardo Errani Italy Stefano Casadio Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
Italy Simone Campedelli Italy Danilo Fappani 3, 6
France Thomas Privé France Patrice Zurro 4
Italy Stefano Marrini Italy Roberto Mometti 5
Portugal Armindo Araujo Portugal Miguel Ramalho 10
Norway Eyvind Brynildsen France Denis Giraudet Škoda Fabia S2000 12
40 Latvia Andis Neikšāns Latvia Pēteris Dzirkals Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2–4, 6–7
United Kingdom Dave Weston, Jr. United Kingdom Iuean Thomas Subaru Impreza WRX STI 12
43 Argentina Luciano Bernardi Argentina Fabian Cretu Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 5
New Zealand Mark Tapper New Zealand Jeff Judd Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 10
65 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 4, 6–7, 12
44 Czech Republic Jaromir Tarabus Czech Republic Daniel Trunkat Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 2
Czech Republic Filip Schovánek 4
Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah Italy Giovanni Bernacchini Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3
Cyprus Spyros Pavlides United Kingdom Chris Patterson 5, 12
France Denis Giraudet 7
45 Sweden Patrik Flodin Sweden Göran Bergsten Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2, 4, 6–7, 12
New Zealand Stewart Taylor New Zealand Warwick Searle Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 10
46 Sweden Patrik Sandell Sweden Emil Axelsson Škoda Fabia S2000 2–4, 6–7, 12
47 Portugal Armindo Araujo Portugal Miguel Ramalho Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2–4, 6–7, 12
48 India Gaurav Gill United Kingdom David Senior Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2–4
Germany Hermann Gassner, Jr. Germany Katharina Wustenhagen Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 6, 12
Italy Stefano Marrini Italy Roberto Mometti 7
China Liu Chao Dong Australia Anthony McLoughlin 10
49 Norway Eyvind Brynildsen France Denis Giraudet Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2, 4–6, 10
Italy Giorgio Bacco Italy Nicola Arena 12
50 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah Italy Giovanni Bernacchini Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4–7, 12
New Zealand Richard Mason New Zealand Sara Mason 10
Additional guest entries
59 Norway Andreas Mikkelsen Norway Ola Fløene Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2
60 Norway Bernt Kollevold Norway Veronica Engan Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2
159 Cyprus Nicos Thomas Belgium Stéphane Prévot Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 3
160 Cyprus Charalambos Timotheu Cyprus Savvas Laos Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3
159 Portugal Bruno Magalhães Portugal Carlos Magalhães Peugeot 207 S2000 4
160 Portugal Ricardo Moura Portugal Paulo Fiuza Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 4
159 Argentina Gabriel Pozzo Argentina Daniel Stillo Subaru Impreza WRX STI 5
160 Argentina Marcos Ligato Argentina Rubén Garcia Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 5
59 Greece Lambros Athanassoulas Greece Nikolaos Zakheos Škoda Fabia S2000 7
59 Australia Cody Crocker Australia Ben Atkinson Subaru Impreza WRX STI 10
60 Australia Neal Bates Australia Coral Taylor Toyota Corolla S2000 10
^ – At each rally, the organiser may nominate two "guest drivers" from their country to score support category points.

Results and standings

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Results and statistics

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Colour Rally Surface
Gold Gravel
Silver Tarmac
Blue Snow/Ice
Bronze Mixed Surface
Round Rally name Podium finishers Statistics
Rank Driver Car Time Stages Length Starters Finishers
1 Republic of Ireland/Northern Ireland Rally Ireland
(30 January – 1 February) – Results and report
1 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 2:48:25.7 (19)1a
17
(349.65 km)1b
310.18 km
36 28
2 Spain Daniel Sordo Citroën C4 WRC 2:49:53.6
3 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 08 2:50:33.5
2 Norway Rally Norway
(12 – 15 February) – Results and report
1 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 3:28:15.9 23 360.90 km 42 34
2 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 08 3:28:25.7
3 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala Ford Focus RS WRC 08 3:29:37.7
3 Cyprus Cyprus Rally
(13 – 15 March) – Results and report
1 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 4:50:34.7 14 332.07 km 32 24
2 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 08 4:51:01.9
3 Norway Petter Solberg Citroën Xsara WRC 4:52:24.1
4 Portugal Rally de Portugal
(2 – 5 April) – Results and report
1 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 3:53:13.1 18 361.36 km 70 41
2 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 08 3:53:37.4
3 Spain Daniel Sordo Citroën C4 WRC 3:54:58.5
5 Argentina Rally Argentina
(24 – 26 April) – Results and report
1 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 3:57:40.3 23 331.80 km 51 33
2 Spain Daniel Sordo Citroën C4 WRC 3:58:53.4
3 Norway Henning Solberg Focus RS WRC 08 4:01:44.4
6 Italy Rally d'Italia Sardegna
(22 – 24 May) – Results and report
1 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala Ford Focus RS WRC 09 4:00:55.7 17 347.12 km 59 37
2 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 09 4:01:25.1
3 Norway Petter Solberg Citroën Xsara WRC 4:02:53.3
7 Greece Acropolis Rally
(12 – 14 June) – Results and report
1 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 09 4:09:42.5 (17)2a
15
(371.02 km)2b
341.01 km
45 32
2 France Sébastien Ogier Citroën C4 WRC 4:10:55.4
3 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala Ford Focus RS WRC 09 4:11:27.5
8 Poland Rally Poland
(26 – 29 June) – Results and report
1 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 09 3:07:27.5 18 352.00 km 48 34
2 Spain Daniel Sordo Citroën C4 WRC 3:08:37.8
3 Norway Henning Solberg Focus RS WRC 08 3:09:33.2
9 Finland Rally Finland
(31 July – 2 August) – Results and report
1 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 09 2:50:40.9 23 345.15 km 90 60
2 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 2:51:06.0
3 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala Ford Focus RS WRC 09 2:51:30.8
10 Australia Rally Australia
(4 – 6 September) – Results and report
1 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 09 2:53:06.5 (35)3a
33
(344.72 km)3b
322.06 km
40 25
2 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 2:53:54.0
3 Spain Daniel Sordo Citroën C4 WRC 2:54:11.1
11 Spain Rally Catalunya
(2 – 4 October) – Results and report
1 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 3:22:14.7 18 353.62 km 70 52
2 Spain Daniel Sordo Citroën C4 WRC 3:22:26.7
3 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 09 3:23:08.8
12 United Kingdom Rally of Great Britain
(23 – 25 October) – Results and report
1 France Sébastien Loeb Citroën C4 WRC 3:16:25.4 16 348.30 km 62 50
2 Finland Mikko Hirvonen Ford Focus RS WRC 09 3:17:31.5
3 Spain Daniel Sordo Citroën C4 WRC 3:17:32.5


Notes:

  • ^1 – Stages 7 (Murley) and 8 (Fardross) were cancelled.[6]
  • ^2 – Stages 3 (Evangelistria) and 16 (Loutraki 2) were cancelled.[7]
  • ^3 – Stages 6 (CTEK East 1) and 11 (CTEK East 2) were cancelled.[8]

Drivers' championship

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Pos. Driver IRL
Republic of Ireland
NOR
Norway
CYP
Cyprus
POR
Portugal
ARG
Argentina
ITA
Italy
GRC
Greece
POL
Poland
FIN
Finland
AUS
Australia
ESP
Spain
GBR
United Kingdom
 Pts 
1 France Sébastien Loeb 1 1 1 1 1 4 Ret 7 2 2 1 1 93
2 Finland Mikko Hirvonen 3 2 2 2 Ret 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 92
3 Spain Daniel Sordo 2 5 4 3 2 22 11 2 4 3 2 3 64
4 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 14 3 12 Ret 6 1 3 Ret 3 4 6 7 41
5 Norway Petter Solberg 6 3 4 Ret 3 Ret 4 Ret 4 4 35
6 Norway Henning Solberg 4 4 18 5 3 8 14 3 30 7 9 5 33
7 United Kingdom Matthew Wilson 7 7 5 Ret 5 6 13 5 8 6 7 6 28
8 France Sébastien Ogier 6 10 Ret 17 7 Ret 2 Ret 6 5 5 Ret 24
9 Argentina Federico Villagra 7 7 4 Ret 4 11 8 8 16
10 Zimbabwe Conrad Rautenbach 18 Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret 5 8 Ret Ret 11 8 9
11 Norway Mads Østberg 9 6 7 7 Ret Ret Ret 7
12 United Arab Emirates Khalid al-Qassimi 8 8 8 15 6 9 19 14 19 6
13 Russia Evgeny Novikov 11 Ret Ret 5 15 9 Ret Ret DNS 4
14 Australia Chris Atkinson 5 4
15 Finland Matti Rantanen 5 4
16 Poland Krzysztof Hołowczyc 6 3
17 Finland Jari Ketomaa 7 2
18 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah 11 16 8 9 DSQ Ret 1
19 Estonia Urmo Aava 10 8 29 1
20 Greece Lambros Athanassoulas 8 25 1
Pos. Driver IRL
Republic of Ireland
NOR
Norway
CYP
Cyprus
POR
Portugal
ARG
Argentina
ITA
Italy
GRC
Greece
POL
Poland
FIN
Finland
AUS
Australia
ESP
Spain
GBR
United Kingdom
Pts
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Manufacturers' championship

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Pos. Manufacturer No. IRL
Republic of Ireland
NOR
Norway
CYP
Cyprus
POR
Portugal
ARG
Argentina
ITA
Italy
GRE
Greece
POL
Poland
FIN
Finland
AUS
Australia
ESP
Spain
GBR
United Kingdom
Points
1 France Citroën Total World Rally Team 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 Ret 5 2 2 1 1 167
2 2 5 3 3 2 7 5 2 4 3 2 3
2 United Kingdom BP Ford World Rally Team 3 3 2 2 2 Ret 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 140
4 7 3 7 Ret 6 1 2 Ret 3 4 5 7
3 United Kingdom Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team 5 6 6 4 Ret 5 5 6 4 6 6 6 6 80
6 4 4 8 4 3 6 7 3 8 7 8 5
4 France Citroën Junior Team 7 5 7 Ret Ret 4 8 7 Ret 47
8 8 Ret 5 Ret Ret Ret 4 6 Ret 9
11 4
12 7 5 5 4 Ret
5 Argentina Munchi's Ford World Rally Team 9 6 5 4 Ret 3 7 8 7 23
Pos. Manufacturer No. IRL
Republic of Ireland
NOR
Norway
CYP
Cyprus
POR
Portugal
ARG
Argentina
ITA
Italy
GRE
Greece
POL
Poland
FIN
Finland
AUS
Australia
ESP
Spain
GBR
United Kingdom
Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)
  • Citroën secured the manufacturers' championship in Catalunya.

JWRC Drivers' championship

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Pos. Driver IRL
Republic of Ireland
CYP
Cyprus
POR
Portugal
ARG
Argentina
ITA
Italy
POL
Poland
FIN
Finland
ESP
Spain
 Pts 
1 Czech Republic Martin Prokop 2 1 1 2 1 Ret 46
2 Poland Michał Kościuszko 2 1 1 2 Ret 3 42
3 Germany Aaron Burkart 1 3 2 3 4 5 39
4 Netherlands Kevin Abbring 5 2 Ret 1 Ret 4 27
5 Netherlands Hans Weijs, Jr. Ret 3 6 4 7 1 26
6 Italy Simone Bertolotti 3 6 7 5 6 2 26
7 France Yoann Bonato 4 Ret 4 3 Ret 16
8 Italy Alessandro Bettega 5 3 5 14
9 Italy Luca Griotti 6 4 Ret 7 Ret 10
10 Finland Kalle Pinomaki 2 8
11 Spain Jordi Marti 3 6
12 Germany Mark Wallenwein 5 Ret 4
13 Poland Radosław Typa 6 3
Pos. Driver IRL
Republic of Ireland
CYP
Cyprus
POR
Portugal
ARG
Argentina
ITA
Italy
POL
Poland
FIN
Finland
ESP
Spain
Pts
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

PWRC Drivers' championship

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Pos. Driver NOR
Norway
CYP
Cyprus
POR
Portugal
ARG
Argentina
ITA
Italy
GRC
Greece
AUS
Australia
GBR
United Kingdom
 Pts 
1 Portugal Armindo Araujo 4 2 1 3 2 4 42
2 Czech Republic Martin Prokop 3 2 DSQ 4 1 1 39
3 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah 3 4 1 1 13 Ret 31
4 Sweden Patrik Sandell 1 1 Ret 2 11 7 30
5 Japan Toshihiro Arai Ret 4 3 3 Ret 2 25
6 Norway Eyvind Brynildsen 2 3 5 5 Ret DSQ 22
7 Sweden Patrik Flodin 7 Ret 4 7 6 12
8 Latvia Andis Neikšāns 5 5 Ret EX 6 11
9 Greece Lambros Athanassoulas 1 10
10 Portugal Bernardo Sousa Ret Ret 5 Ret 4 9
11 New Zealand Mark Tapper 5 Ret 8 Ret 5 9
12 Argentina Marcos Ligato 2 8
13 New Zealand Richard Mason 2 8
14 Italy Gianluca Linari 11 9 6 7 10 6 8
15 Czech Republic Martin Semerad 10 Ret 8 Ret Ret 3 7
16 Australia Cody Crocker 3 6
17 France Frederic Sauvan 8 7 Ret 6 12 10 6
18 Cyprus Spyros Pavlides 4 9 5
19 Hungary Gabor Mayer 8 Ret 6 8 Ret 9 5
20 New Zealand Stewart Taylor 5 4
21 Czech Republic Jaromir Tarabus 6 Ret 3
22 Cyprus Charalambos Timotheu 6 3
23 India Gaurav Singh Gill Ret 7 2
24 Germany Hermann Gassner Jr. Ret 8 1
Pos. Driver NOR
Norway
CYP
Cyprus
POR
Portugal
ARG
Argentina
ITA
Italy
GRC
Greece
AUS
Australia
GBR
United Kingdom
Pts
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

References

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