WRC Sezona 2011

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Rally d'Italia Sardegna: Overall standings after Stage 8 (Top 10):

1. Sebastien Loeb   Citroen Total WRT DS3 WRC    1hr 27mins 47.0secs M
2. Petter Solberg   PSWRT Citroen DS3 WRC    +00mins 33.2secs M
3. Mikko Hirvonen   Ford Abu Dhabi WRT Fiesta RS WRC    +00mins 53.1secs M
4. Sebastien Ogier   Citroen Total WRT DS3 WRC    +00mins 55.5secs M
5. Mads Ostberg M-Sport Stobart Ford Fiesta RS WRC   +01mins 04.7secs M
6. Dani Sordo    Mini WRC Team John Cooper Works    +01mins 33.2secs M
7. Ott Tanak    Ford Fiesta S2000    +02mins 36.0secs S
8. Matthew Wilson   M-Sport Stobart Ford Fiesta RS WRC   +02mins 54.4secs A0
9. Martin Prokop   Czech Ford National Fiesta S2000    +03mins 01.7secs S
10. Juho Hanninen   Red Bull Skoda Fabia S2000    +03mins 19.8secs S


Others:

11. Armindo Araujo   Motorsport Italia Mini John Cooper Works   +04mins 30.1secs A0
12. Khalid Al-Qassimi   Team Abu Dhabi Fiesta RS WRC    +04mins 53.5secs M
13. Dennis Kuipers   FERM Powertools Ford Fiesta RS WRC   +05mins 39.2secs M
16. Peter van Merksteijn Jr Van Merksteijn Citroen DS3 WRC   +06mins 59.8secs M
20. Henning Solberg M-Sport Stobart Ford Fiesta RS WRC   +13mins 55.8secs M
27. PG Andersson M-Sport Stobart Ford Fiesta RS WRC   +17mins 21.7secs A0
28. Federico Villagra   Munchis Ford WRT Fiesta RS WRC    +21mins 39.7secs M
34. Kris Meeke   Mini WRC Team John Cooper Works    +29mins 59.5secs M
36. Peter van Merksteijn Jr Van Merksteijn Citroen DS3 WRC   +33mins 48.6secs M
37. Jari-Matti Latvala Ford Abu Dhabi WRT Fiesta RS WRC    +35mins 07.0secs M
38. Daniel Oliveira   Brazil WRT Mini John Cooper Works    +35mins 35.3secs A0

SWRC standings after Stage 8 (Top 3):

1. Ott Tanak    Ford Fiesta S2000    1hr 30mins 23.0secs S
2. Martin Prokop   Czech Ford National Fiesta S2000    +00mins 25.7secs S
3. Juho Hanninen   Red Bull Skoda Fabia S2000    +00mins 43.8secs S

Retirements:

SS2. Jari-Matti Latvala Ford Abu Dhabi WRT Fiesta RS WRC   Suspension M
SS2. Daniel Oliveira   Brazil WRT Mini John Cooper Works    Stopped in stage A0
SS3. Kris Meeke   Mini WRC Team John Cooper Works    Lost wheel M
SS5. Federico Villagra   Munchis Ford WRT Fiesta RS WRC    Stopped in stage M
SS7. Evgeny Novikov M-Sport Stobart Ford Fiesta RS WRC   Off the road A0
SS7. Henning Solberg M-Sport Stobart Ford Fiesta RS WRC   Stopped in stage

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Rally d'Italia Sardegna: Overall standings after Stage 14 (Top 10):

1. Sebastien Loeb   Citroen Total WRT DS3 WRC    2hrs 57mins 05.7secs M
2. Mikko Hirvonen   Ford Abu Dhabi WRT Fiesta RS WRC    +00mins 28.3secs M
3. Sebastien Ogier   Citroen Total WRT DS3 WRC    +00mins 34.6secs M
4. Petter Solberg   PSWRT Citroen DS3 WRC    +00mins 39.5secs M
5. Mads Ostberg M-Sport Stobart Ford Fiesta RS WRC   +01mins 44.9secs M
6. Dani Sordo    Mini WRC Team John Cooper Works    +02mins 29.0secs M
7. Ott Tanak    Ford Fiesta S2000    +05mins 19.6secs S
8. Juho Hanninen   Red Bull Skoda Fabia S2000    +06mins 08.2secs S
9. Matthew Wilson   M-Sport Stobart Ford Fiesta RS WRC   +06mins 12.5secs A0
10. Nasser Al-Attiyah   Ford Fiesta S2000    +10mins 16.7secs S

Others:

11. Dennis Kuipers   FERM Powertools Ford Fiesta RS WRC   +10mins 34.9secs M
12. Khalid Al-Qassimi   Team Abu Dhabi Fiesta RS WRC    +10mins 42.8secs M
13. Armindo Araujo   Motorsport Italia Mini John Cooper Works   +10mins 44.5secs A0
15. Evgeny Novikov M-Sport Stobart Ford Fiesta RS WRC   +12mins 52.2secs A0
18. PG Andersson M-Sport Stobart Ford Fiesta RS WRC   +18mins 26.3secs A0
19. Federico Villagra   Munchis Ford WRT Fiesta RS WRC    +25mins 46.7secs M
26. Jari-Matti Latvala Ford Abu Dhabi WRT Fiesta RS WRC    +34mins 13.4secs M


SWRC standings after Stage 14 (Top 3):

1. Ott Tanak    Ford Fiesta S2000    3hrs 02mins 25.3secs S
2. Juho Hanninen   Red Bull Skoda Fabia S2000    +00mins 48.6secs S
3. Nasser Al-Attiyah   Ford Fiesta S2000    +04mins 57.1secs S


WRC Academy standings after Stage 14 (Top 3)#:

1. Egon Kaur    Ford Fiesta R2 3hours 29mins 39.4secs A
2. Miguel Baldoni   Ford Fiesta R2 +01mins 42.1secs A
3. Fredrik Ahlin    Ford Fiesta R2 +02mins 42.3secs A

# WRC Academy does not include Day 3 of the event.


Notable retirements:

SS2. Jari-Matti Latvala Ford Abu Dhabi WRT Fiesta RS WRC   Suspension M*
SS2. Daniel Oliveira   Brazil WRT Mini John Cooper Works    Stopped in stage A0*
SS3. Kris Meeke   Mini WRC Team John Cooper Works    Lost wheel M*
SS5. Federico Villagra   Munchis Ford WRT Fiesta RS WRC    Stopped in stage M*
SS7. Evgeny Novikov M-Sport Stobart Ford Fiesta RS WRC   Off the road A0*
SS7. Henning Solberg M-Sport Stobart Ford Fiesta RS WRC   Withdrawn. M
SS8. Peter van Merksteijn Sr Van Merksteijn Citroen DS3 WRC   Withdrawn M

SS9. Daniel Oliveira   Brazil WRT Mini John Cooper Works   Stopped in stage A0
SS10. Kris Meeke   Mini WRC Team John Cooper Works   Stopped in stage M
SS11/12. Peter van Merksteijn Jr Van Merksteijn Citroen DS3 WRC   Engine M

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DS3 WRC na bojnem polju

[dvorjan]

Loeb z odlicno voznjo ostaja na vrhu

Tudi sobota je bila zelo zahtevna za voznike WRC. Loeb je na zadnjih dveh SS dokazal, da je tudi ko "pluzi" cesto, presneto hiter. Sicer pa je kar 5 od 6 etap dobil Latvala, ki je ze na SS2 poskodoval podvozje in odstopil, sedaj pa z velikim zaostankom kaze, da bi bil lahko na Sardiniji kar peteroboj za vrh.

Za Loebom se obeta epski boj med Hirvonenom, Ogierjem in Solbergom, saj jih pred zadnjim dnem loci vsega deset sekund!

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pa se daljse porocilo drugega dne (v anglescini):

Sebastien Loeb has increased his grip on the Rally d'Italia Sardegna winners' trophy by completing day two of the demanding world championship qualifier with a lead of almost 30 seconds.

Co-driven by Daniel Elena, Loeb began Saturday's first stage with an advantage of 33.2s in his Citroen DS3 WRC. Despite having to clean the road of the loose surface gravel for those running behind, Loeb was able to minimise any potential time loss throughout the day.

After completing the day's final stage, the 14.21-kilometre Su Filigosu test, he suggested his overnight lead of 28.3s might be enough to ensure win number two of the all-action 2011 season.

"It was a great day, a very hard day also, but a great day," said the 37-year-old Loeb. "It's really difficult to accept losing time when you are cleaning the road in difficult conditions but we had to keep concentrated and continue to believe it would be okay. Twenty-eight seconds should be enough but it's still a difficult day tomorrow."

But while Loeb, world title winner for the last seven years, is eyeing his fourth victory on the Mediterranean island, a thrilling battle is raging for second place with Mikko Hirvonen, Sebastien Ogier and Petter Solberg covered a little more than 10 seconds heading into Sunday's final quartet of stages.

Hirvonen is second in his Ford Fiesta RS WRC, 6.3s up on Citroen driver Ogier with Solberg a further 4.9s behind in his DS3.

"Sebastien [Loeb] was very fast in the last two stages and I wasn't really able to take much time out of him," said Hirvonen. "Petter and Ogier are very close and we will all have to go flat-out tomorrow and that will keep the pressure on Sebastien. You never know what will happen."

Solberg, meanwhile, suggested his time loss with a puncture on Saturday's second stage has ended his hopes of victory but he remains firmly on course for his first podium of 2011. "Generally I'm very happy and feeling very good pushing like this," said the Norwegian.

Mads Ostberg is fifth overnight having overcome a few handling issues in the morning and a minor scare on Saturday's final test when a steering arm worked loose on his M-Sport Stobart Fiesta.

Dani Sordo has completed day two in an impressive sixth overall in his MINI John Cooper Works WRC. The Spaniard reported a throttle problem during the afternoon but was more fortunate than team-mate Kris Meeke who stopped on the day's second test when his car developed a water leak.

Ott Tanak is the leading Super 2000 World Rally Championship competitor in seventh overall. Class rival Juho Hanninen is eighth with Matthew Wilson ninth for the M-Sport Stobart team, after reporting no recurrence of the brake problems that slowed him on Friday.

Nasser Al-Attiyah completes the top 10 in his S2000 Fiesta with Dennis Kuipers 11th in his FERM Power Tools World Rally Team Fiesta RS WRC. Khalid Al Qassimi is 12th in his Team Abu Dhabi example with Armindo Araujo 13th in a Motorsport Italia MINI. The Portuguese admitted to struggling to find a workable set-up on his car and also lost ground when a water bottle worked loose during stage 12.

One of the stars of day two, however, was factory Ford driver Jari-Matti Latvala. The Finn restarted under SupeRally regulations this morning following his retirement on day one. He gave an indication of what might have been when he went fastest on five of the day's six special stages.

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Zmaga je naša:

1. Loeb
2. Hirvonen
3. Solberg

[garac]

nedelja 08.05.2011, 12:53

Loeb zmagal na Sardiniji
Gallura - Citroënov tovarniški dirkač v svetovnem reli prvenstvu Sebastian Loeb je zmagal na peti dirki sezone po Sardiniji.

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Sedemkratni svetovni prvak je konkurenco ugnal z 11,2 sekunde naskoka. Najbolj se mu je po 18 hitrostnih preizkušnjah uspel približati Fordov tovarniški dirkač Mikko Hirvonen. Tretja stopnička je tokrat pripadla Citroënovemu zasebniku Pettru Solbergu, ki je zaostal malo manj kot pol sekunde. Zmagovalec prejšnje dirke po Jordaniji, Loebov moštveni kolega Sebastien Ogier se je moral zadovoljiti s četrto pozicijo. Vsekakor pa so lahko zadovoljni pri novincu Miniju, saj so že na svojem debiju osvojili točke. Dani Sordo jim je pridirkal šesto mesto, kar je lep obet za nadaljevanje prvenstva.

Loeb je z drugo letošnjo zmago povečal svojo prednost pred Hirvonenom povečal z 2 na 7 točk, v konstruktorski razvrstitvi pa se je Citroën odlepil od Forda.

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Vrstni red v prvenstvu:

Vozniki:
                           

 1. S. LOEB                100 točk

 2. M. HIRVONEN             93    

 3. S. OGIER                81    

 4. J.-M. LATVALA           68    

 5. P. SOLBERG              46    

 6. M. ÖSTBERG              38    

 7. M. WILSON               24    

 8. K. RÄIKKÖNEN            18    

Moštva:
                           

 1. CITROËN DS3            167    

 2. FORD                   149    

 3. STOBART FORD            59

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WRC Rally Argentina 2011

Shakedown:

01) S. Ogier/J. Ingrassia
Citroen DS3 WRC – 04m 42s

02) S. Loeb/D. Elena
Citroen DS3 WRC + 0.1s

03) P. Solberg/C. Patterson
Citroen DS3 WRC + 3s

04) M. Ostberg/J. Andersson
Ford Fiesta RS WRC + 4s

05) M. Hirvonen/J. Lehtinen
Ford Fiesta RS WRC + 4s

06) F. Villagra/J-P. Companc
Ford Fiesta RS WRC + 6s

07) M. Wilson/S. Martin
Ford Fiesta RS WRC + 9s

08) P. Van Merksteijn/B. Mombaerts
Citroen DS3 WRC + 15s

09) J-M. Latvala/M. Anttila
Ford Fiesta RS WRC + 16s

10) K. Block/A. Gelsomino
Ford Fiesta RS WRC + 18s

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Po SS4:

1Latvala J.
2.Solberg p.
3.Ogier S.
4.Hirvonen M.
5.Loeb S.

[dvorjan]

Po SS7 je vrstni red se vedno enak. SS6 je osvojil P. Solberg, ki je tako dobil ze svojo 400. preizkusnjo na rallyjih za svetovni pokal.

Zalostna novica za vse navijace Loeba - na SS5 je zaradi prehitre prijave na start dobil 60 sekund kazni, tako da ce dirkaci pred njim ne zaidejo v tezave, verjetno ne more racunati na stopnicke, kaj sele na novo zmago ...

Aja, pa ce koga zanima, koliko je bil prehiter. Sovoznik Elena je dirkalnik prijavil 2 sekundi prezgodaj ... Zaenkrat se ni jasno, ali se bo Citroen WRT na kazen pritozila ...

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Rally Argentina: Overall standings after Stage 11 (Top 10):

1. Jari-Matti Latvala   Ford Abu Dhabi WRT Fiesta RS WRC   2hours 34mins 45.1secs M
2. Sebastien Ogier   Citroen Total WRT DS3 WRC    +00mins 17.8secs M
3. Petter Solberg   PSWRT Citroen DS3 WRC    +00mins 20.8secs M
4. Mikko Hirvonen   Ford Abu Dhabi WRT Fiesta RS WRC   +00mins 40.5secs M
5. Sebastien Loeb   Citroen Total WRT DS3 WRC    +01mins 06.7secs M
6. Mads Ostberg M-Sport Stobart Ford Fiesta RS WRC   +03mins 54.2secs M
7. Federico Villagra   Munchis Ford WRT Fiesta RS WRC   +04mins 42.0secs M
8. Matthew Wilson   M-Sport Stobart Ford Fiesta RS WRC   +05mins 31.8secs M
9. Hayden Paddon   Subaru Impreza STi    +16mins 55.5secs P
10. Patrik Flodin   Subaru Impreza STi    +25mins 27.3secs P


Others:

11. Michal Kosciuszko Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X    +25mins 41.6secs P
12. Dmitriy Tagirov   Subaru Impreza STi    +26mins 16.6secs P
17. Daniel Oliveira   Brazil WRT Mini John Cooper Works   +36mins 51.7secs M


PWRC standings after Stage 11 (Top 3):

1. Hayden Paddon   Subaru Impreza STi    2 hours 51mins 40.6secs P
2. Patrik Flodin    Subaru Impreza STi    +08mins 31.8secs P
3. Michal Kosciuszko Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X    +08mins 49.1secs P


Notable retirements:

SS5/SS6. Peter van Merksteijn Jr Van Merksteijn Citroen DS3 WRC   Turbo M
SS11. Ken Block    Monster WRT Ford Fiesta RS WRC   Mechanical M

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Rally Argentina: Overall standings after Stage 15 (Top 10):

1. Sebastien Ogier   Citroen Total WRT DS3 WRC    3hours 20mins 05.8secs M
2. Mikko Hirvonen   Ford Abu Dhabi WRT Fiesta RS WRC   +00mins 43.7secs M
3. Sebastien Loeb   Citroen Total WRT DS3 WRC    +00mins 47.7secs M
4. Petter Solberg   PSWRT Citroen DS3 WRC    +01mins 16.1secs M
5. Mads Ostberg M-Sport Stobart Ford Fiesta RS WRC   +04mins 55.9secs M
6. Federico Villagra   Munchis Ford WRT Fiesta RS WRC   +05mins 52.9secs M
7. Matthew Wilson   M-Sport Stobart Ford Fiesta RS WRC   +07mins 00.3secs M
8. Jari-Matti Latvala   Ford Abu Dhabi WRT Fiesta RS WRC   +12mins 12.6secs M#
9. Hayden Paddon   Subaru Impreza STi    +21mins 58.3secs P
10. Patrik Flodin   Subaru Impreza STi    +29mins 58.3secs P

Others:

11. Michal Kosciuszko Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X    +30mins 18.5secs P
12. Dmitriy Tagirov   Subaru Impreza STi    +32mins 45.0secs P
15. Ken Block    Monster WRT Ford Fiesta RS WRC   +37mins 21.7secs M#


PWRC standings after Stage 15 (Top 3):

1. Hayden Paddon   Subaru Impreza STi    3hours 42mins 04.1secs P
2. Patrik Flodin    Subaru Impreza STi    +08mins 00.0secs P
3. Michal Kosciuszko Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X    +08mins 20.2secs P


Notable retirements:

SS5/SS6. Peter van Merksteijn Jr Van Merksteijn Citroen DS3 WRC   Turbo M
SS8. Daniel Oliveira   Brazil WRT Mini John Cooper Works   Went off the road M
SS11. Ken Block    Monster WRT Ford Fiesta RS WRC   Mechanical M#
SS14. Jari-Matti Latvala   Ford Abu Dhabi WRT Fiesta RS WRC   Suspension M#

# SupeRally runner.

[dvorjan]

Danes se stiri SS, od tega SS16, ki ima prek 48 km in bo najverjetneje odlocilna pri razpletu za vrh. Loeb ima vse moznosti za 2. mesto, kar bi bil pravi podvig. Ostale SS so kratke specialke, med 3 in 4 km dolge, kjer je skoraj nemogoce narediti vecjo razliko ...

[dvorjan]

Ni se konec!!!

Po SS16 so se karte premesale:
1. S. OGIER   3:58:57.4
2. S. LOEB +12.8
3. M. HIRVONEN    +15.0
4. P. SOLBERG +46.5

...

[dvorjan]

O, ja, pred zadnjo preizkusnjo (SS19) bo vroce. Po predzadnji, SS18, je namrec vrstni red na vrhu naslednji:

1. S. OGIER   4:01:33.0
2. S. LOEB +3.3
3. M. HIRVONEN    +5.7
4. P. SOLBERG +36.4

...

Prav mozno je, da bo Ogier izgubil tako prvo kot drugo mesto, saj je prevrnil svoj dirkalnik, ki je sedaj poskodovan, tezave pa naj bi mu povzrocalo predvsem nedelovanje servo ojacitve volana. Samo v SS18 (3km) je proti najboljsim izgubil celih 10 sekund ...

[dvorjan]

Loeb je CAR!

Pravkar dobil tudi rally po Argentini, kljub minutni kazni, ki jo je utrpel med rallyjem. Ow yeah. Ogier pristal na 3. mestu ...

1. S. LOEB 4:03:56.9
2. M. HIRVONEN +2.4
3. S. OGIER +7.3
4. P. SOLBERG +32.6
5. M. ØSTBERG +5:16.8
6. F. VILLAGRA +6:48.5
7. J. LATVALA +11:34.5
8. M. WILSON +13:32.7

Sebastien Loeb has won Rally Argentina for a sixth time following a dramatic final morning.

The Citroen DS3 WRC ace, hamstrung by a one-minute penalty handed out on day one for an early check-in, started day three in third overall, 47.7s behind event leader and team-mate Sebastien Ogier.

But after powering ahead of Ford Fiesta RS WRC driver Mikko Hirvonen for second on Sunday's first test, Loeb began stage 18 21.5s behind Ogier, who had rolled on stage 17, losing the use of his power steering in the process.

With Ogier unable to prevent further time loss through the final two stages and with Hirvonen's best efforts not enough to defeat Loeb, the Frenchman held on for his 65th WRC triumph, which means he extends his title lead over his Finnish rival, who finished second with Ogier a despondent third.

"I didn't feel I would be able to fight for the victory at the end of rally but I'm really happy how it has gone," said Loeb. "It was important to keep the lead of the championship and not lose these points."
Vir: wrc.com