2010 Rally Estonia

2010 Rally Estonia
1. Mad-Croc Rally Estonia 2010
Host country Estonia
Rally baseTartu, Tartu County
Dates run16 – 18 July 2010
Start locationKääriku, Valga County
Finish locationAbissaare, Põlva County
Stages12 (189.83 km; 117.95 miles)
Stage surfaceGravel
Statistics
Crews115 at start, 63 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerEstonia Markko Märtin
Estonia Kristo Kraag
Estonia MM Motorsport
1:33:19.1

The 2010 Rally Estonia (formally known as the Mad-Croc Rally Estonia 2010) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over three days between 16 and 18 July 2010. It was the inaugural running of Rally Estonia. The event consisted of twelve special stages totalling 189.83 km (117.95 mi) in competitive kilometres. The stages were run on smooth gravel roads of Southern Estonia.

Local hero Markko Märtin (co-driver Kristo Kraag) was dominant as he won all twelve stages driving a Ford Focus RS WRC 03.[1] Rising star Ott Tänak (co-driver Kuldar Sikk) finished second on his Subaru Impreza STi N14. Finnish driver Toni Gardemeister (co-driver Tapio Suominen) completed the podium driving a Ford Fiesta S2000.

Report

Classification

Pos. No. Driver Co-driver Team Car Time Difference
Overall classification
1 1 Estonia Markko Märtin Estonia Kristo Kraag Estonia MM Motorsport Ford Focus RS WRC 03 1:33:19.1 0.0
2 6 Estonia Ott Tänak Estonia Kuldar Sikk Estonia MM Motorsport Subaru Impreza STi N14 1:36:09.4 +2:50.3
3 5 Finland Toni Gardemeister Finland Tapio Suominen Finland GPOWER Ky Ford Fiesta S2000 1:37:32.5 +4:13.4
4 17 Estonia Margus Murakas Estonia Jaago Kuriks Estonia Prorehv Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:38:07.4 +4:48.3
5 4 Czech Republic Martin Prokop Czech Republic Jan Tománek Czech Republic Czech Ford National Team Ford Fiesta S2000 1:38:38.7 +5:19.6
6 14 Estonia Marko Kasepõld Estonia Rein Jõessar Estonia Märjamaa Rally Team Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 1:39:31.0 +6:11.9
7 12 Estonia Ago Ahu Estonia Kalle Ahu Estonia Sar-Tech Motorsport Subaru Impreza WRX STi 1:39:48.5 +6:29.4
8 14 Latvia Raimonds Kisiels Latvia Arnis Ronis Latvia Skandi Auto rallija komanda Mitsubishi Lancer WRC 05 1:40:07.0 +6:47.9
9 7 Finland Marko Kakko Finland Panu Plosila Finland JMP-Yhtiö Ford Fiesta S2000 1:40:09.3 +6:50.2
10 9 Estonia Margus Remmak Estonia Urmas Roosimaa Estonia Harju KEK Ralliklubi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 1:41:16.3 +7:57.2
Source:[2]

Special stages

Date No. Stage name Distance Winners Car Time Rally leaders
16 July SS1 Kääriku 4.56 km Märtin / Kraag Ford Focus RS WRC 03 2:22.8 Märtin / Kraag
SS2 Koikküla 13.00 km Märtin / Kraag Ford Focus RS WRC 03 6:43.6
SS3 Vaabina 30.41 km Märtin / Kraag Ford Focus RS WRC 03 14:38.8
17 July SS4 Raiga 1 12.15 km Märtin / Kraag Ford Focus RS WRC 03 5:44.9
SS5 Kambja 1 15.41 km Märtin / Kraag Ford Focus RS WRC 03 7:27.6
SS6 Sulaoja 1 25.40 km Märtin / Kraag Ford Focus RS WRC 03 12:14.9
SS7 Raiga 2 12.15 km Märtin / Kraag Ford Focus RS WRC 03 5:54.3
SS8 Kambja 2 15.41 km Märtin / Kraag Ford Focus RS WRC 03 7:22.1
SS9 Sulaoja 2 25.40 km Märtin / Kraag Ford Focus RS WRC 03 12:04.6
18 July SS10 Rüa 11.07 km Märtin / Kraag Ford Focus RS WRC 03 6:14.4
SS11 Jõksi 14.14 km Märtin / Kraag Ford Focus RS WRC 03 7:14.7
SS12 Abissaare 10.73 km Märtin / Kraag Ford Focus RS WRC 03 5:16.4

References

  1. ^ "Märtin võitis ülekaalukalt Rally Estonia". sport.postimees.ee. Postimees. Retrieved 29 July 2019. (in Estonian)
  2. ^ "Mad-Croc Rally Estonia 2010 Final Results". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results. Retrieved 29 July 2019.