2009 Intercontinental Rally Challenge

The 2009 Intercontinental Rally Challenge was the fourth season of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. The season consists of twelve rounds and began on January 21, with the 77° Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo. The season ended on November 21, at the inaugural RAC Rally of Scotland. With four wins, Kris Meeke won the championship ahead of Jan Kopecký and Freddy Loix.

Calendar[edit]

The calendar had been increased from 10 events in 2008, to twelve in 2009. Out went the Istanbul Rally, the Rally de Portugal, the Rallye International du Valais and the China Rally. To be replaced by the Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo, the Rally Internacional de Curitiba, the Safari Rally, the Rallye Açores, Rally Japan and the Rally of Scotland. Rally Japan was later cancelled, mainly because the major manufacturers looked unlikely to travel to Japan.

Round	Dates	Event title	Rally HQ	Surface
1	January 21–24	Monte Carlo Rally	Valence	Asphalt
2	March 5–7	Rallye Internacional de Curitiba	Curitiba	Gravel
3	April 3–4	Safari Rally	Nairobi	Gravel
4	May 7–9	Rally Açores	Ponta Delgada	Gravel (some Asphalt)
5	June 18–20	Belgium Ypres Westhoek Rally	Ypres	Asphalt
6	July 9–11	Rally Russia	Vyborg	Gravel
7	July 30 – August 1	Rali Vinho da Madeira	Funchal	Asphalt
8	August 21–23	Barum Czech Rally Zlín	Zlín	Asphalt
9	September 10–12	Rally Príncipe de Asturias	Oviedo	Asphalt
10	September 24–26	Rallye Sanremo	Sanremo	Asphalt
11	November 19–21	Rally Scotland	Perth	Gravel

Selected entries[edit]

Entrant	Constructor	Car	Driver	Co-driver	Rounds
Peugeot Team Belux	Peugeot	Peugeot 207 S2000	Nicolas Vouilloz	Nicolas Klinger	1–2, 4–5, 7–10
			Freddy Loix	Isidoor Smets	1–2
				Frédéric Miclotte	4–5, 7–10
			Pieter Tsjoen	Eddy Chevaillier	5
Peugeot Total			Stéphane Sarrazin	Jacques-Julien Renucci	1
			Bruno Magalhães	Carlos Magalhães	4, 7
H.F. Grifone SRL			Didier Auriol	Denis Giraudet	1
			Corrado Fontana	Carlo Cassina	5, 7–9
BF Goodrich Drivers Team			Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	1
			Thierry Neuville	Achim Maraite	5
			Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	8
			Luca Cantamessa	Piercarlo Capolongo	10
			Adam Gould	Sebastian Marshall	11
Peugeot UK			Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	1–2, 4–5, 7–11
PH Sport			Conrad Rautenbach	Daniel Barritt	4
			Gilles Schammel	Renaud Jamoul	5
Cersanit Rally Team			Michał Sołowow	Maciek Baran	5, 7–9
Tsunami Rally Team			Alexander Zheludov	Iria Kolomeytseva	6
Team C.D. Nacional da Madeira			Alexandre Camacho	Padro Calado	7
Tescoma Rally Team			Roman Kresta	Petr Gross	8
Peugeot Total Hungaria			János Tóth	Robert Tagai	8
Racing Lions SRL			Paolo Andreucci	Anna Andreussi	10
Island Motorsport			Ranato Travaglia	Lorenzo Granai	10
Abarth & C. Spa	Abarth	Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000	Giandomenico Basso	Mitia Dotta	1–2, 4–9
			Luca Rossetti	Matteo Chiarcossi	1, 7–8, 10
			Anton Alén	Timo Alanne	1–2, 4, 6
			Bernd Casier	Francis Caesemaeker	5
			Miguel Fuster	Jose Vicente Medina	9
			François Duval	Denis Giraduet	10
			Umberto Scandola	Guido D'Amore	10
Astra Racing			Toni Gardemeister	Tomi Tuominen	1
			Julien Maurin	Gilles Thimonier	1
Procar			Bernardo Sousa	Jorge Carvalho	4, 7
			Keith Cronin	Greg Shinnors	11
Škoda Motorsport	Škoda	Škoda Fabia S2000	Juho Hänninen	Mikko Markkula	1, 4–6, 8, 10
			Jan Kopecký	Petr Starý	1, 4–6, 8–10
René Georges Rally Sport			François Duval	Denis Giraudet	5
Škoda Rally Team Italia			Julien Maurin	Gilles Thimonier	7, 9–10
			Piero Longhi	Maurizio Imerito	10
Delimax Team			Pavel Valoušek	Zdeněk Hrůza	8
E-Art Rally Team			Evgeny Novikov	Stéphane Prévot	8
A.C. Principado de Asturias			Alberto Hevia	Alberto Iglesias	9
Škoda Motorsport UK			Guy Wilks	Phil Pugh	11
Mellors Elliot Motorsport	Proton	Proton Satria Neo S2000			5–10
			Bryan Bouffier	Xavier Panseri	8
			Alister McRae	Bill Hayes	11
Interwetten Racing	Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	Franz Wittmann	Bernhard Ettel	1, 4–6, 8–11
BPS Racing			Frédéric Romeyer	Thomas Fournel	1
Tango Rally Team			Marcos Ligato	Rubén García	2
			Alejandro Cancio	Santiago García	2
Triton Team			Lee Rose	Nick Patel	3
Dalbit Team			Carl Tundo	Tim Jessop	3
			Alastair Cavenagh	Saleem Haji	3
Team Além Mar			Ricardo Moura	Sancho Eiró	4
				Luís Ramalho	7
			Ricardo Carmo	Justino Reis	4
Peres Competições			Fernando Peres	Jose Pedro Silva	4, 7
Prosport			Andrey Zhigunov	Igor Ter-Oganesiants	6
EuroOil Čepro Czech National Team			Vaclav Pech	Petr Uhel	8
David Bogie Rallying			David Bogie	Kevin Rae	11
DGM Sport			Jonathan Greer	Dai Roberts	11
Heuvel Motorsport		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	Jasper van den Heuvel	Martine Kolman	5, 8
Sunvic	Volkswagen	Volkswagen Polo S2000	Lola Verlaque	Megan Verlaque	3
René Georges Rally Sport			Julien Maurin	Gilles Thimonier	4
Autostal Duindistel			Patrick Snijers	Cindy Cokelaere	5
Motor Sport Developments	Opel	Opel Corsa OPC S2000	Alexandre Bengue	Matthieu Baumel	5
			Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	8
			Toni Gardemeister	Tomi Tuominen	9
Lada Sport Rally	Honda	Honda Civic Type-R R3	Kaspar Koitla	Ain Heiskonen	6
				Andres Ots	11
Aava-Sikk Youth Team			Martin Kangur	Kuldar Sikk	11

Results[edit]

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers
		Rank	Driver	Car	Time
1	/ Monte Carlo Rally (January 21–24) – Results and report	1	Sébastien Ogier	Peugeot 207 S2000	4:40:45.7
		2	Freddy Loix	Peugeot 207 S2000	4:42:29.3
		3	Stéphane Sarrazin	Peugeot 207 S2000	4:43:07.3
2	Rallye Internacional de Curitiba (March 5–7)	1	Kris Meeke	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:08:05.7
		2	Nicolas Vouilloz	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:08:31.9
		3	Giandomenico Basso	Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000	2:08:53.6
3	Safari Rally (April 3–4)	1	Carl Tundo	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	2:47:25.0
		2	Alastair Cavenagh	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	2:48:42.0
		3	Lee Rose	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	2:48:51.0
4	Rally Açores (May 7–9)	1	Kris Meeke	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:36:48.3
		2	Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:37:41.4
		3	Nicolas Vouilloz	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:37:53.1
5	Belgium Ypres Westhoek Rally (June 18–20)	1	Kris Meeke	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:32:16.3
		2	Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:32:36.7
		3	Freddy Loix	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:33:56.8
6	Rally Russia (July 9–11)	1	Juho Hänninen	Škoda Fabia S2000	1:45:15.2
		2	Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia S2000	1:46:36.1
		3	Giandomenico Basso	Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000	1:49:21:2
7	Rali Vinho da Madeira (July 30–August 1)	1	Giandomenico Basso	Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000	3:09:55.4
		2	Bruno Magalhães	Peugeot 207 S2000	3:09:58.9
		3	Alexandre Camacho	Peugeot 207 S2000	3:10:37.1
8	Barum Czech Rally Zlín (August 21–23) Results and report	1	Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:24:21:1
		2	Kris Meeke	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:25:21.5
		3	Juho Hänninen	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:26:21.9
9	Rally Príncipe de Asturias (September 10–12)	1	Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:41:51.3
		2	Kris Meeke	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:44:38.2
		3	Nicolas Vouilloz	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:44:40.8
10	Rallye Sanremo (September 24–26)	1	Kris Meeke	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:20:03.5
		2	Luca Rossetti	Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000	2:20:19.2
		3	Nicolas Vouilloz	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:20:20.4
11	Rally Scotland (November 19–21) – Results and report	1	Guy Wilks	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:17:07.5
		2	Alister McRae	Proton Satria Neo S2000	2:19:54.8
		3	Jonathan Greer	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	2:22:29.3

Standings[edit]

Drivers[edit]

• Only the best seven scores from each driver count towards the championship.

Pos Driver MON CUR SAF AZO YPR RUS MAD ZLI AST ITA SCO  T. Pts   Drop   Pts  1 Kris Meeke Ret 1 1 1 5 2 4 1 DSQ 60 60 2 Jan Kopecký 4 2 2 2 1 1 Ret 49 49 3 Freddy Loix 2 4 4 3 6 Ret 6 4 37 37 4 Nicolas Vouilloz Ret 2 3 Ret 4 Ret 5 3 31 31 5 Giandomenico Basso 5 3 Ret 8 3 1 Ret 11 28 28 6 Juho Hänninen Ret Ret 5 1 3 8 21 21 7 Guy Wilks Ret 5 11 Ret 22 13 1 15 15 8 Sébastien Ogier 1 10 10 9 Carl Tundo 1 10 10 10 Bruno Magalhães 9 2 8 8 11 Luca Rossetti Ret Ret 10 2 8 8 12 Alistair Cavenagh 2 8 8 13 Alister McRae 2 8 8 14 Franz Wittmann Ret 6 Ret 6 15 12 20 Ret 7 7 15 Alexandre Camacho 3 6 6 16 Jonathan Greer 3 6 6 17 Lee Rose 3 6 6 18 Stéphane Sarrazin 3 6 6 19 Kaspar Koitla 10 5 6 6 20 Roman Kresta 4 5 5 21 Pieter Tsjoen 4 5 5 22 Corrado Fontana 10 8 Ret 7 5 5 23 Asad Anwar 7 5 5 24 Fernando Peres 5 Ret 4 4 25 Paolo Andreucci 5 4 4 26 Alejandro Cancio 5 4 4 27 Martin Prokop 5 4 4 28 Eamonn Boland 6 4 4 29 Alex Horsey 12 4 4 30 Frédéric Romeyer 6 3 3 31 Gilles Schammel 6 3 3 32 Renato Travaglia 6 3 3 33 Pavel Valoušek 6 3 3 34 Anton Alén Ret Ret 18 7 3 3 35 Alberto Hevia 8 3 3 36 William Bonniwell 9 3 3 37 Rafael Túlio 9 3 3 38 Quentin Mitchel 14 3 3 39 Olivier Burri 7 2 2 40 Jesper van den Heuvel 7 2 2 41 Miguel Nunes 7 2 2 42 Conrad Rautenbach 7 2 2 43 Janos Toth 7 2 2 44 Boris Zimin 8 2 2 45 Michal Solowow 11 9 9 9 2 2 46 Luis Tedesco 10 2 2 47 Richard Nicoll 11 2 2 48 Navraj Hans 16 2 2 49 Ricardo Moura 8 Ret 1 1 50 Luca Cantamessa 8 1 1 51 Václav Pech 8 1 1 52 Patrick Atrtru 9 1 1 53 Donnie MacDonald 12 1 1 54 Marcos Tokarski 12 1 1 55 Peter Horsey 18 1 1 Pos Driver MON CUR SAF AZO YPR RUS MAD ZLI AST ITA SCO  T. Pts   Drop   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[edit]

• Only the best seven scores from each manufacturer count towards the championship.

Pos Manufacturer MON CUR SAF AZO YPR RUS MAD ZLI AST ITA SCO  T. Pts   Drop   Pts  1 Peugeot 18 18 0 16 16 0 14 0 14 16 0 112 112 2 Škoda 5 0 0 8 12 18 0 16 13 0 10 82 82 3 Ralliart 4 4 18 7 2 6 0 1 0 0 9 51 1 50 4 Abarth 6 8 0 0 1 9 10 0 1 8 0 43 43 5 Proton 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 8 13 13 6 Honda 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 5 5 Pos Manufacturer MON CUR SAF AZO YPR RUS MAD ZLI AST ITA SCO  T. Pts   Drop   Pts

References[edit]

• IRC 2009 at ewrc-results.com

External links[edit]

• The official website of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge