2009 Rally Catalunya

2009 Rally Catalunya
*45è RACC Rally de Catalunya*
2009 Rally Catalunya; 45è RACC Rally de Catalunya
Round 11 of the 2009 World Rally Championship
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Rally base	Salou, Catalonia, Spain
Dates run	2 – 4 October 2009
Stages	18
Stage surface	Tarmac
Statistics
Crews	69 at start, 52 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Sébastien Loeb; Citroën Total WRT

The 2009 RACC Rallye de Catalunya was the eleventh round of the 2009 World Rally Championship season and the 45th running of Rally Catalunya. The rally consisted of 18 special stages and took place between October 2–4, 2009. Citroën's Sébastien Loeb and Dani Sordo took their fourth Catalunya double win in a row.^[1] Loeb's title rival Mikko Hirvonen of Ford finished third and will head to the season-ending Rally GB with a one-point lead over Loeb. Petter Solberg made his debut in a Citroën C4 WRC, finishing fourth and recording four stage wins.

Results edit

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Penalty	Difference	Points
WRC
1	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	3:22:14.7		0.0	10
2	Dani Sordo	Marc Martí	Citroën C4 WRC	3:22:26.7		+12.0	8
3	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	3:23:08.8		+54.1	6
4	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Citroën C4 WRC	3:23:27.1		+1:12.4	5
5	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën C4 WRC	3:23:56.3		+1:41.6	4
6	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	3:25:04.5		+2:49.8	3
7	Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	3:29:30.2		+7:15.5	2
8	Federico Villagra	Jorge Pérez Companc	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	3:30:42.8		+8:28.1	1
JWRC
1	Hans Weijs	Bjorn Degandt	Citroën C2 S1600	3:40:25.5	0:10	0.0	10
2	Simone Bertolotti	Luca Celestini	Suzuki Swift S1600	3:45:24.6		+4:49.1	8
3	Jordi Martí	Gabriel Sánchez	Renault Clio Sport R3	3:45:58.3	1:00	+6:22.8	6
4	Kevin Abbring	Erwin Mombaerts	Renault Clio RS R3	3:55:18.1	0:20	+15:02.6	5
5	Aaron Nikolai Burkart	Michael Kölbach	Suzuki Swift S1600	4:06:48.5		+26:13.0	4

Day	Stage	Time (CEST)	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Rally leader
1 (2 Oct)	SS1	08:46	La Mussara 1	20.48 km	Dani Sordo	11:33.4	Dani Sordo
	SS2	10:24	Querol 1	21.26 km	Dani Sordo	11:22.0
	SS3	11:07	El Montmell 1	24.14 km	Dani Sordo	12:37.6
	SS4	13:54	La Mussara 2	20.48 km	Dani Sordo	11:17.4
	SS5	15:32	Querol 2	21.26 km	Sébastien Loeb	11:17.4
	SS6	16:15	El Montmell 2	24.14 km	Sébastien Loeb	12:34.2
2 (3 Oct)	SS7	9:14	El Priorat/La Ribera d'Ebre 1	38.27 km	Sébastien Loeb	21:44.6	Sébastien Loeb
	SS8	10:27	Les Garrigues 1	8.6 km	Sébastien Ogier	5:05.5	Sébastien Loeb
	SS9	10:58	La Llena 1	17.12 km	Dani Sordo	9:38.1	Dani Sordo
	SS10	14:17	El Priorat/La Ribera d'Ebre 2	38.27 km	Sébastien Ogier	21:46.1
	SS11	15:30	Les Garrigues 2	8.6 km	Sébastien Loeb	5:06.0
	SS12	16:01	La Llena 2	17.12 km	Petter Solberg	9:49.0	Sébastien Loeb
3 (4 Oct)	SS13	08:05	Riudecanyes 1	16.32 km	Dani Sordo	10:32.6
	SS14	09:06	Santa Marina 1	26.51 km	Petter Solberg	15:52.3
	SS15	10:02	La Serra d'Almos 1	4.11 km	Sébastien Loeb	2:37.8
	SS16	12:01	Riudecanyes 2	16.32 km	Petter Solberg	10:32.8
	SS17	13:02	Santa Marina 2	26.51 km	Petter Solberg	15:53.9
	SS18	13:58	La Serra d'Almos 2	4.11 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	2:39.5

^ "Sébastien Loeb wins in Spain to take championship contest to final race". Guardian. 2009-10-04. Archived from the original on 7 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-05.