2012 World Rally Championship
40th season of the FIA World Rally Championship
Sébastien Loeb won his ninth Drivers' Championship title.Mikko Hirvonen , who finished second, interviewed during the Rally Finland The 2012 World Rally Championship was the 40th season of the FIA World Rally Championship . The season consisted of thirteen rallies, beginning with Monte Carlo Rally on 17 January, and ending on 11 November with Rally Catalunya .
Sébastien Loeb won the drivers' championship for the ninth time in his career, ahead of Finns Mikko Hirvonen and Jari-Matti Latvala . Citroën won the manufacturers' championship.
Calendar
The 2012 championship was contested over thirteen rounds in Europe , North America , South America and Oceania .
The 2012 calendar was announced at a meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council in Singapore on 26 September 2011.[ 1]
Round
Rally Name(Base)
Surface
Dates
Support Categories
1
Monte Carlo Rally (Monte Carlo , Monaco )
Mixed(Tarmac, snow)
18–22 January
Super 2000 WRC Production WRC
2
Rally Sweden (Karlstad , Värmland )
Snow
9–12 February
Super 2000 WRC
3
Rally Mexico (León , Guanajuato)
Gravel
8–11 March
Production WRC
4
Rally de Portugal (Faro , Algarve )
Gravel
29 March – 1 April
Super 2000 WRCWRC Academy
5
Rally Argentina (Villa Carlos Paz , Córdoba )
Gravel
26–29 April
Production WRC
6
Acropolis Rally (Loutraki , Corinthia )
Gravel
24–27 May
Production WRC
7
Rally New Zealand (Auckland , Te Ika-a-Māui )
Gravel
22–24 June
Super 2000 WRC
8
Rally Finland (Jyväskylä , Keski-Suomi )
Gravel
2–4 August
Super 2000 WRC
9
Rallye Deutschland (Trier , Rhineland-Palatinate)
Tarmac
24–26 August
Production WRC
10
Wales Rally GB (Cardiff , South Glamorgan )
Gravel
14–16 September
Super 2000 WRC
11
Rallye de France Alsace (Strasbourg , Alsace)
Tarmac
4–7 October
Super 2000 WRC
12
Rally Italia Sardegna (Olbia , Sardinia)
Gravel
18–21 October
Production WRC
13
Rally Catalunya (Salou , Tarragona )
Mixed(Tarmac, gravel)
8–11 November
Super 2000 WRC
Calendar changes
Early plans to run the Rally Argentina over an "endurance" format with stages in neighbouring Uruguay and Chile were abandoned in favour of a new route which featured over 500 km (311 mi) of competitive stages and made it the longest rally in the modern era of the sport.[ 2] FIA President Jean Todt .[ 2]
The Jordan Rally was removed from the calendar. Rally Abu Dhabi was expected to be promoted in its place, but was omitted from the final calendar and given candidate status for future inclusion in the championship.
The Wales Rally GB was brought forward from its traditional November date to September, making Rally of Spain the season finale.
The route of the Rally Finland was revised from the 2011 event, and included the return of several famous stages, including Ouninpohja, Mokkipera and Palsankyla.[ 3]
The Rally Italia Sardegna was moved back from May to October.
The Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo returned to the calendar after a three-year absence.
The Rally New Zealand replaced Rally Australia , in keeping with their event-sharing arrangement.
Teams and drivers
World Rally Championship entries
Manufacturer teams
Constructor
Team
Tyre
No
Driver
Co-driver
Rounds
Citroën (Citroën DS3 WRC )
Citroën Total World Rally Team [ 4] M 1
Sébastien Loeb [ 4] Daniel Elena
All
2
Mikko Hirvonen [ 5] Jarmo Lehtinen [ 5] All
Qatar World Rally Team [ 6] [ 7] M 7
Nasser Al-Attiyah [ 8] Giovanni Bernacchini [ 8] 2–6, 9–11
Thierry Neuville [ 9] Nicolas Gilsoul [ 10] 7, 12
Chris Atkinson [ 11] Stéphane Prévot
8
Hans Weijs, Jr. [ 12] Björn Degandt
13
Citroën Junior World Rally Team [ 13] M 8
Thierry Neuville [ 14] Nicolas Gilsoul [ 6] 1–6, 8–11, 13
Ford (Ford Fiesta RS WRC )
Ford World Rally Team [ 10] [ 15] M 3
Jari-Matti Latvala [ 16] Miikka Anttila
1–4, 6–13
Dani Sordo [ 17] Carlos del Barrio [ 17] 5
4
Petter Solberg [ 18] Chris Patterson
All
M-Sport Ford World Rally Team [ 10] M 5
Ott Tänak [ 10] Kuldar Sikk
All
6
Evgeny Novikov [ 10] Denis Giraudet
1–8
Nicolas Klinger [ 19] 9
Ilka Minor [ 20] 10–12
John Powell [ 12] Michael Fennell
13
8
François Delecour [ 21] Dominique Savignoni
1
Michał Sołowow [ 6] Maciek Baran
2
15
Matthew Wilson [ 22] Scott Martin
10
16
Jannie Habig [ 23] Robbie Durant
10
18
Dennis Kuipers [ 24] Robin Buysmans
4
Brazil World Rally Team [ 25] M 9
Daniel Oliveira [ 26] Carlos Magalhães
4–6, 9, 11, 13
Manfred Stohl [ 27] Ilka Minor [ 28] 7
Adapta World Rally Team [ 13] [ 29] M 10
Mads Østberg [ 30] Jonas Andersson
2–3, 5, 8–11, 13
64
Eyvind Brynildsen [ 29] Cato Menkerud [ 6] 2
Mini (Mini John Cooper Works WRC )
Armindo Araújo World Rally Team [ 6] [ 31] M 12
Armindo Araújo [ 32] Miguel Ramalho
1
Palmeirinha Rally [ 6] [ 31] M 14
Paulo Nobre [ 32] Edu Paula
1
WRC Team Mini Portugal [ 12] [ 13] [ 32] 2 M 12
Armindo Araújo [ 32] Miguel Ramalho
2–8
Chris Atkinson [ 33] Stéphane Prévot
9–10, 12
Glenn MacNeall [ 34] 11, 13
14
Paulo Nobre [ 32] Edu Paula
2–13
Mini WRC Team [ 35] 1 M 37
Dani Sordo [ 35] Carlos del Barrio
1
52
Pierre Campana [ 35] Sabrina de Castelli
1
World Rally Car entries not registered as manufacturers
Ford (Ford Fiesta RS WRC )
Go Fast Energy World Rally Team [ 36] [ 37] M 9
Matthew Wilson [ 10] Scott Martin
1
16
Henning Solberg [ 14] Ilka Minor
1–4, 6, 8
Autotek Motorsport [ 38] D 17
Jari Ketomaa
Mika Stenberg
2, 4, 7–8
21
Martin Prokop [ 39] Zdeněk Hrůza
5
Michal Ernst [ 40] 13
22
Evgeny Novikov [ 12] [ 41] Ilka Minor [ 12] 13
M 51
Spyros Pavlides
Nicolas Klinger
6
M-Sport [ 14] M 18
Matti Rantanen [ 11] Mikko Lukka
8
D 52
Ricardo Triviño
Àlex Haro
3
AT Rally Team
M 19
Sebastian Lindholm [ 11] Timo Hantunen
8
53
Oleksiy Tamrazov [ 42] Oleksandr Gorbyk
6
Czech Ford National Team
M 21
Martin Prokop [ 43] Zdeněk Hrůza [ 44] 1–2, 4, 6, 8–11
D 12
Monster World Rally Team
M 21
Chris Atkinson [ 14] Stéphane Prévot
3
43
Ken Block [ 45] Alex Gelsomino
3, 7–8
Team Emap Yacco [ 10] M 53
Julien Maurin
Olivier Ural
1
Nicolas Klinger [ 46] 11
Citroën (Citroën DS3 WRC )
Van Merksteijn Motorsport [ 6] M 11
Peter van Merksteijn Sr. [ 10] [ 47] Eddy Chevaillier
1
15
Peter van Merksteijn Jr. [ 6] [ 48] 2, 4, 9
PH Sport
M 24
Luca Pedersoli [ 49] Matteo Romano
12
Collectif Equipe de France Rallye
M 52
Sébastien Chardonnet [ 46] Thibault de la Haye
11
Mini (Mini John Cooper Works WRC )
Prodrive [ 6] M 19
Richard Göransson
Anders Fredriksson
2
52
Eliseo Salazar
Marc Martí [ 17] 5
M 23
Jarkko Nikara [ 50] Jarkko Kalliolepo [ 12] 13
37
Dani Sordo [ 35] Carlos del Barrio
2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 13
52
Patrik Sandell [ 51] [ 52] Staffan Parmander [ 51] 2
Maria Andersson [ 24] 4
68
Yvan Muller [ 53] Guy Leveneu [ 46] 11
Seashore Qatar Rally Team [ 42] M 24
Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari
Nicola Arena
6
Killian Duffy [ 12] 13
Toksport
M 53
Riku Tahko
Markus Soininen
8
Dumas Rallye Team
M 69
Romain Dumas [ 46] Matthieu Baumel
11
Škoda (Škoda Fabia S2000 )
Volkswagen Motorsport
M 23
Kevin Abbring [ 54] Lara Vanneste [ 54] 1
Frédéric Miclotte [ 14] 3–4, 10
24
Sepp Wiegand [ 19] Timo Gottschalk
9
25
Sébastien Ogier [ 55] Julien Ingrassia
1–6, 8–13
26
Andreas Mikkelsen [ 6] [ 56] Ola Fløene
2, 5–6, 8–9, 11–13
Notes:
Team and driver changes
After 12 years, Petter Solberg returned to the Ford factory team. Evgeny Novikov drives for M-Sport Ford. Chris Atkinson returned to the WRC to contest the Rally of Mexico with the Monster World Rally Team .[ 14] Rally of Finland on behalf of the Qatar World Rally Team [ 11] Nasser Al-Attiyah was competing at the London Olympic Games ,[ 57] [ 58] WRC Team Mini Portugal in the place of Armindo Araújo for the Rally of Germany .[ 33] Citroën Junior Team at the 2009 Rally Ireland .Ken Block will contest a reduced WRC program, appearing at Rally Mexico, Rally New Zealand and Rally Finland.[ 45] The Citroën World Rally Team will expand to a three-car operation, entering a third Citroën DS3 WRC for 2011 Dakar Rally winner Nasser Al-Attiyah .[ 8] Rallye Monte Carlo owing to a date clash with the 2012 Dakar Rally .[ 59] represent his native Qatar at the London Olympics in skeet shooting and was forced to miss the Rally of New Zealand and the Rally of Finland.
François Delecour returned to the WRC to compete in the 80ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo .[ 21] Ford Fiesta RS WRC in the rally, his first event at the WRC level since the 2002 Rally of Great Britain . The Rallye Monte Carlo is Delecour's only planned appearance in the 2012 season.2011 championship runner-up Mikko Hirvonen and co-driver Jarmo Lehtinen moved from the Ford World Rally Team to Citroën .[ 5] Jari-Matti Latvala was injured in an accident during a training exercise two weeks before Rally Argentina, forcing him out of the event.[ 60] Dani Sordo for the event.[ 17] Lotus Cars planned to enter a Lotus Exige R-GT at all tarmac events on the 2012 calendar, pending the homologation of the car.[ 61] [ 62] Talbot Sunbeam Lotus in 1983 Rally of Portugal , but the team later changed their plans and the team made its debut appearance at the Rali Vinho da Madeira , a round of the European Rally Championship instead of the WRC.[ 63] Mini WRC Team will only enter one works driver in selected events of 2012, after the team was unable to find the budget for two full-time entries.[ 35] Dani Sordo will enter in every event, with the second car driven by local competitors. The team has stated that Kris Meeke will not compete in every rally, but will remain a part of the team.[ 35] Prodrive -operated team had been demoted to a works-supported private team, while the Motorsport Italia-run WRC Team Mini Portugal became the factory team of Mini .[ 32] Rally de Portugal .[ 24] Thierry Neuville , winner of the 2011 Tour de Corse in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge , will compete in nine rallies at the WRC level – with a provision for two more – in a Citroën DS3 WRC prepared by Citroën Racing Technology [ 64] PH Sport , which was re-opened after being closed down for the 2011 season.[ 10] Qatar World Rally Team at the Rally of New Zealand . Neuville had previously contested the Junior World Rally Championship in with a Citroën C2 S1600 in 2010 .Evgeny Novikov and Ott Tänak will join the M-Sport Ford World Rally Team .[ 10] Sébastien Ogier was released from his three-year contract with Citroën after just one season.[ 65] Volkswagen to develop the Polo R WRC for their 2013 WRC entry,[ 66] Škoda Fabia S2000 with regular co-driver Julien Ingrassia .[ 55] Martin Prokop , who previously competed in the Super 2000 World Rally Championship , will take part in ten rallies driving a Ford Fiesta RS WRC .[ 43] 2007 Formula One World Champion Kimi Räikkönen returned to Formula One .[ 67] Ice 1 Racing team was subsequently shut down.Former M-Sport drivers Henning Solberg and Matthew Wilson joined the newly formed non-manufacturer Go Fast Energy World Rally Team with the intention of completing the season, but the team only appeared at the Rally Monte Carlo and the Rally of Sweden. Wilson later re-joined M-Sport for a one-off appearance at the Wales Rally GB .
2003 World Champion Petter Solberg secured a seat with the Ford World Rally Team .[ 18] privately entered team , with which he had competed with between 2009 and 2011 , was closed down.
SWRC entries
No
Team
Driver
Co-driver
Car
Rounds
31
ASM Motorsport [ 68] Hayden Paddon [ 68] John Kennard [ 6] Škoda Fabia S2000
2, 4, 7
Baumschlager Rallye & Racing [ 69] 8, 10–11, 13
32
Keltech Motorsport
Craig Breen [ 10] Gareth Roberts
Ford Fiesta S2000
1–2, 4
Paul Nagle [ 11] 8, 10–11, 13
33
Proton Motorsports [ 6] [ 70] Per-Gunnar Andersson [ 70] Emil Axelsson
Proton Satria Neo S2000
1–2, 7–8, 10–11, 13
34
Giandomenico Basso [ 70] Mitia Dotta
1
Alister McRae [ 71] Bill Hayes
2, 7
Juha Salo [ 11] Marko Salminen
8
Tom Cave [ 23] 10
Andreas Aigner [ 46] Detlef Ruf
11
Alastair Fisher [ 12] Daniel Barritt
13
35
Castrol TRW Motointegrator [ 6] Maciej Oleksowicz
Andrzej Obrebowski
Ford Fiesta S2000
2, 4, 7–8, 10–11, 13
36
Yazeed Racing [ 6] Yazeed Al-Rajhi [ 72] Michael Orr
Ford Fiesta RRC
2, 4, 7–8, 10–11, 13
Additional guest entries
49
Even Management [ 6] Pontus Tidemand
Göran Bergsten
Škoda Fabia S2000
2
63
Gundersen Motorsport [ 6] Marius Aasen
Veronica Engan
Ford Fiesta S2000
2
49
Team Vianauto/Galp Formula [ 24] Pedro Meireles
Mário Castro
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X R4
4
49
Printsport [ 11] Esapekka Lappi
Janne Ferm
Ford Fiesta S2000
8
49
M-Sport [ 23] Alastair Fisher
Daniel Barritt
Ford Fiesta S2000
10
49
PCR Sport [ 12] Albert Llovera
Diego Vallejo
Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000
13
Team and driver changes
PWRC entries
No
Team
Driver
Co-driver
Car
Rounds
31
Lotos Dynamic Rally Team [ 10] Michał Kościuszko
Maciek Szczepaniak
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X
1, 3, 5, 9, 12–13
32
FRT Rally [ 10] Nicolás Fuchs
Rubén García
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X
1
Fernando Mussano [ 14] 3, 5
Symtech Racing [ 73] Subaru Impreza WRX STI
6, 9, 12–13
33
Top Run Motorsport [ 74] Marcos Ligato
Rubén García
Subaru Impreza WRX STI
5–7, 9, 12–13
34
Miele Racing [ 10] Lorenzo Bertelli
Lorenzo Granai
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
1, 5
Subaru Impreza WRX STI
6–7, 12–13
36
Rally Team GB [ 10] Louise Cook
Stefan Davis
Ford Fiesta ST
1, 6–7, 12
Ford Fiesta R2
9, 13
38
Ralliart Italy [ 75] Benito Guerra
Borja Rozada
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X
3, 5–6, 9, 12–13
39
Mentos Ascania Racing [ 75] Valeriy Gorban
Andriy Nikolaiev
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
5–7, 9, 12–13
41
Oleksiy Kikireshko
Pavlo Cherepin
5–7
Sergei Larens [ 19] 9, 12–13
40
G.B. Motors [ 75] Gianluca Linari
Nicola Arena
Subaru Impreza WRX STI
3, 5, 7
Monica Fortunato [ 42] 6
Andrea Cecchi [ 49] 12–13
42
Triviño World Rally Team [ 75] Ricardo Triviño
Àlex Haro
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X
5
Subaru Impreza WRX STI
6, 9, 12–13
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
7
44
Ramona Rallying [ 74] Ramona Karlsson
Miriam Walfridsson
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X
3, 5, 7, 9, 12–13
45
Bosowa Rally Team [ 76] Subhan Aksa
Hade Mboi
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X
5
Jeff Judd [ 42] 6–7, 9
Nicola Arena [ 49] 12
Bill Hayes [ 12] 13
Additional guest entries
49
Salgado Rally Team [ 14] Rodrigo Salgado
Diódoro Salgado
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
3
49
CRS Team [ 77] Ezequiel Campos
Cristian Winkler
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X
5
49
RMC Motorsport [ 12] Yeray Lemes
Rogelio Peñate
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X
13
50
Escuderia Gironella [ 12] Josep Maria Membrado
Josep Ramón Ribolledo
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X
13
WRC Academy entries
The WRC Academy uses identical Ford Fiesta R2s .[ 78]
Driver
Co-driver
Rounds
Christopher Duplessis
Karl Atkinson
4, 6
Alexander Kihurani
8
José Antonio Suárez
Cándido Carrera
4, 6, 8–9, 11, 13
Alastair Fisher
Daniel Barritt
4, 6, 8–9, 11
Mark Donnelly
Dai Roberts
4
Pontus Tidemand
Stig Rune Skjærmoen
4, 6, 8, 11, 13
Emil Axelsson
9
Brendan Reeves
Rhianon Smyth
4, 6, 8–9, 11, 13
Timo van der Marel
Erwin Berkhof
4, 6, 8–9, 11, 13
John MacCrone
Stuart Loudon
4, 6, 8–9, 11, 13
Elfyn Evans
Andrew Edwards
4, 6
Philip Pugh
8–9, 11
Sebastian Marshall
13
Yeray Lemes
Rogelio Peñate
4
João Silva
José Janela
4
Hugo Magalhães [ 42] 6, 8–9
Ashley Haigh-Smith
4, 6, 8–9
Fredrik Åhlin
Morten Erik Abrahamsen
4, 6, 8–9, 11, 13
Entries not scoring Academy points
Martin Koči
Lukáš Zámečník
9
Aron Domzala [ 12] Kacper Pietrusinski
13
Results and standings
Results and statistics
Colour
Rally Surface
Gold
Gravel
Silver
Tarmac
Blue
Snow/Ice
Bronze
Mixed Surface
Notes † – Event was shortened after stages were cancelled.
Standings
Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.
Position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
Points
25
18
15
12
10
8
6
4
2
1
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
Notes:
1 2 3 refers to the classification of the drivers on the 'Power Stage', where bonus points are awarded 3–2–1 for the fastest three drivers on the stage.
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
Citroën secured the manufacturers' championship in France.Notes:
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
Co-drivers
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
Co-drivers
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
Notes:
1 refers to the number of stages won, where a bonus point is awarded per stage win.
Co-drivers
Changes
In November 2011, Europol issued an arrest warrant for Russian banker Vladimir Antonov at the request of Lithuanian prosecutors as part of an investigation into asset-stripping at Antonov's commercial banks, Snoras and Latvijas Krājbanka .[ 80] embezzlement .[ 81] [ 80] receivership at the end of the month.[ 82] [ 83] Qatar and French broadcaster Eurosport .[ 84] [ 85]
The FIA World Motor Sport Council permitted tyre suppliers to provide teams and drivers with a second tyre compound, following several complaints from drivers about a lack of grip at the 2011 Rally Australia .[ 86]
On gravel rallies, shakedown stage will be used as a qualifying stage for P1 and P2 drivers. According to the results of qualifying, P1 and P2 crews – in order of fastest to slowest – will then select their start positions for the first day of the rally.[ 87] [ 88]
Organisers of WRC events will be allowed to specify whether cars failed to complete a section are permitted to restart the event on the next day.[ 87] [ 88]
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