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2011 Rally de Portugal

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2011 Rally de Portugal
Vodafone Rally de Portugal
Round 3 of the 2011 World Rally Championship
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Host country Portugal
Rally baseFaro, Portugal
Dates runMarch 24 – 27 2011
Stages17 (385.37 km; 239.46 miles)[1]
Stage surfaceGravel
Overall distance1,359.71 km (844.88 miles)[1]
Statistics
Crews70 at start, 38 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerFrance Sébastien Ogier
France Citroën World Rally Team

The 2011 Rally de Portugal was the third round of the 2011 World Rally Championship season. It was the season's first European event held on gravel roads. The rally took place over 24–27 March, beginning with a super special stage in the city of Lisbon. The rally was also the second round of the Production World Rally Championship and the inaugural event of the WRC Academy.

Sébastien Ogier won the event for the second consecutive year, to take his third WRC victory.[2] Ogier had taken the lead midway through the second leg of the rally and held on to his lead to win by 31.8 seconds from teammate Sébastien Loeb, with Ford's Jari-Matti Latvala rounding out the podium in third place. Championship leader Mikko Hirvonen ended the rally in fourth place, which coupled with power stage points for Loeb, created a tie between the two at the head of the drivers' championship.[3]

In the support classes, Hayden Paddon won the PWRC class by a comfortable margin of over seven minutes,[4] while Egon Kaur won the inaugural WRC Academy event by a more marginal sixteen seconds.[5]

Results

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Event standings

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Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points
Overall
1. France Sébastien Ogier France Julien Ingrassia Citroën DS3 WRC 4:10:53.4 0.0 26
2. France Sébastien Loeb Monaco Daniel Elena Citroën DS3 WRC 4:11:25.2 31.8 21
3. Finland Jari-Matti Latvala Finland Miikka Anttila Ford Fiesta RS WRC 4:14:15.5 3:22.1 17
4. Finland Mikko Hirvonen Finland Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Fiesta RS WRC 4:17:09.7 6:16.3 12
5. United Kingdom Matthew Wilson United Kingdom Scott Martin Ford Fiesta RS WRC 4:18:41.9 7:48.5 10
6. Norway Petter Solberg United Kingdom Chris Patterson Citroën DS3 WRC 4:21:10.8 10:17.4 8
7. Finland Kimi Räikkönen Finland Kaj Lindström Citroën DS3 WRC 4:21:47.5 10:54.1 6
8. Argentina Federico Villagra Argentina Jorge Pérez Companc Ford Fiesta RS WRC 4:22:32.2 11:38.8 4
9. Norway Henning Solberg Austria Ilka Minor Ford Fiesta RS WRC 4:25:09.8 14:16.4 2
10. Netherlands Dennis Kuipers Belgium Frédéric Miclotte Ford Fiesta RS WRC 4:28:48.0 17:54.6 1
PWRC
1. (11.) New Zealand Hayden Paddon New Zealand John Kennard Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:33:33.4 0.0 25
2. (15.) Finland Jukka Ketomäki Finland Kai Risberg Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 4:41:13.3 7:39.9 18
3. (16.) Czech Republic Martin Semerád Czech Republic Michal Ernst Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 4:42:46.0 9:12.6 15
4. (18.) Mexico Benito Guerra Spain Borja Rozada Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 4:47:12.7 13:39.3 12
5. (19.) Ukraine Valeriy Gorban Estonia Sergey Larens Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 4:47:16.7 13:43.3 10
6. (20.) Ukraine Oleksandr Saliuk, Jr. Ukraine Pavlo Cherepin Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 4:48:10.9 14:37.5 8
7. (24.) Poland Michał Kościuszko Poland Maciek Szczepaniak Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 4:53:02.0 19:28.6 6
8. (26.) United Arab Emirates Majed Al Shamsi United Arab Emirates Khaled Al Kendi Subaru Impreza WRX STI 4:54:17.3 20:43.9 4
9. (28.) United Arab Emirates Bader Al Jabri Republic of Ireland Stephen McAuley Subaru Impreza WRX STI 5:01:58.7 28:25.3 2
10. (29.) Sweden Patrik Flodin Sweden Göran Bergsten Subaru Impreza WRX STI 5:02:57.1 29:23.7 1
WRC Academy
1. Estonia Egon Kaur Estonia Mait Laidvee Ford Fiesta R2 3:30:13.8 0.0 28
2. Sweden Victor Henriksson Sweden Joel Ardell Ford Fiesta R2 3:30:30.2 16.4 19
3. Germany Christian Riedemann Germany Michael Wenzel Ford Fiesta R2 3:33:45.0 3:31.2 15
4. Australia Brendan Reeves Australia Rhianon Smyth Ford Fiesta R2 3:34:57.2 4:43.4 12
5. United Kingdom Alastair Fisher United Kingdom Daniel Barritt Ford Fiesta R2 3:36:09.4 5:55.6 12
6. Argentina Miguel Baldoni Argentina Fernando Mussano Ford Fiesta R2 3:36:55.2 6:41.4 8
7. Italy Andrea Crugnola Italy Roberto Mometti Ford Fiesta R2 3:42:39.8 12:26.0 6
8. Australia Molly Taylor Australia Rebecca Smart Ford Fiesta R2 3:43:05.7 12:51.9 4
9. Italy Matteo Brunello Italy Michele Ferrara Ford Fiesta R2 3:51:43.2 21:29.4 2
10. Netherlands Timo van den Marel Netherlands Erwin Berkhof Ford Fiesta R2 4:11:05.6 40:51.8 1
^ – The WRC Academy features only the first two legs of the rally.

Special stages

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Day Stage Time Name Length Winner Time Avg. spd. Rally leader
Leg 1
(24–25 Mar)
SS1 15:30 SSS Lisboa 3.27 km Finland Mikko Hirvonen 2:49.6 69.41 km/h Finland Mikko Hirvonen
SS2 09:05 Santa Clara 1 22.99 km Norway Petter Solberg 14:03.5 98.12 km/h
SS3 09:53 Ourique 1 20.27 km France Sébastien Loeb
France Sébastien Ogier
12:53.9 94.29 km/h
SS4 11:06 Felizes 1 21.31 km France Sébastien Ogier 13:25.4 95.25 km/h France Sébastien Ogier
SS5 14:25 Santa Clara 2 22.99 km France Sébastien Ogier
Finland Jari-Matti Latvala
13:50.9 99.61 km/h
SS6 15:13 Ourique 2 20.27 km Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 12:45.2 95.36 km/h
SS7 16:26 Felizes 2 21.31 km Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 13:27.1 95.05 km/h Finland Jari-Matti Latvala
Leg 2
(26 Mar)
SS8 10:17 Almodovar 1 26.23 km France Sébastien Loeb 16:12.8 97.07 km/h
SS9 11:10 Vascão 1 25.26 km Norway Petter Solberg 16:25.9 92.24 km/h
SS10 12:00 Loulé 1 22.56 km France Sébastien Ogier 15:31.6 87.18 km/h France Sébastien Ogier
SS11 15:02 Almodovar 2 26.23 km France Sébastien Ogier 15:59.6 98.40 km/h
SS12 15:55 Vascão 2 25.26 km Norway Petter Solberg 16:11.2 93.63 km/h
SS13 16:45 Loulé 2 22.56 km Norway Petter Solberg 15:13.6 88.90 km/h
Leg 3
(27 Mar)
SS14 07:34 Silves 1 21.39 km Finland Mikko Hirvonen 12:13.1 105.04 km/h
SS15 08:27 Santana da Serra 1 31.04 km Norway Petter Solberg 22:52.2 81.43 km/h
SS16 11:55 Silves 2 21.39 km Norway Petter Solberg 12:12.5 105.12 km/h
SS17 16:11 Santana da Serra 2 (Power stage) 31.04 km France Sébastien Loeb 22:35.9 82.41 km/h

Power Stage

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The "Power stage" was a live, televised 31.04 km (19.29 mi) stage at the end of the rally, held near São Marcos da Serra.

Pos Driver Time Diff. Avg. speed Points
1 France Sébastien Loeb 22:35.9 0.0 82.41 km/h 3
2 Finland Jari-Matti Latvala 22:37.6 +1.7 82.31 km/h 2
3 France Sébastien Ogier 22:40.0 +4.1 82.16 km/h 1

References

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  1. ^ a b "Itineraries" (PDF). Rally de Portugal. Automóvel Club de Portugal. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Ogier reigns in Portugal". World Rally Championship. International Sportsworld Communicators. 27 March 2011. Archived from the original on 3 April 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  3. ^ "Ogier strikes gold in Portugal". World Rally Championship. International Sportsworld Communicators. 27 March 2011. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  4. ^ "Portugal PWRC win for Paddon". World Rally Championship. International Sportsworld Communicators. 27 March 2011. Archived from the original on 24 September 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  5. ^ "Kaur is the first FIA WRC Academy winner". World Rally Championship. International Sportsworld Communicators. 26 March 2011. Archived from the original on 30 August 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
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