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The 2009 World Rally Championship season was the 37th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of twelve rallies and began on 30th January, with Rally Ireland and ended with Rally GB on 25 October. Sébastien Loeb won the World Drivers' championship at Rally GB by one point from Mikko Hirvonen, taking his sixth consecutive crown.^[1] Citroën secured their fifth Manufacturers' title, Martin Prokop won the JWRC Drivers' championship and Armindo Araujo won the PWRC Drivers' championship.

Contents 1 Calendar 2 Teams and drivers 2.1 J-WRC Entries[4] 2.2 P-WRC Entries[5] 3 Results and standings 3.1 Drivers' championship 3.2 Manufacturers' championship 3.3 JWRC Drivers' championship 3.4 PWRC Drivers' championship 4 Statistics 4.1 Drivers 4.2 Constructors 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Calendar

The 2009 season included twelve rallies, which was three fewer than the 2008 season, because the FIA imposed a "Round Rotation" System in order to attract candidate rallies to have a chance to be a WRC event. Monte Carlo, Sweden, Mexico, Jordan, Turkey, Germany, New Zealand, France and Japan were dropped from the calendar for 2009, but will return at the 2010 WRC Season. Ireland, Norway, Cyprus, Portugal, Poland and Australia returned to the 2009 season ^[2].

The eight events also part of the Production World Rally Championship were Norway, Cyprus, Portugal, Argentina, Italy, Greece, Australia and Rally GB. The eight rallies also on the Junior World Rally Championship schedule were Ireland, Cyprus, Portugal, Argentina, Italy, Poland, Finland and Spain.

Round	Dates	Rally Name	Rally HQ	Support Category	Surface
01	30 January-1 February	Rally Ireland	Sligo	JWRC	Wintry asphalt
02	12-15 February	Rally Norway	Hamar	PWRC	Ice and snow covered gravel
03	13-15 March	FxPro Cyprus Rally	Limassol	JWRC/PWRC	Asphalt and gravel
04	3-5 April	Vodafone Rally de Portugal	Vilamoura	JWRC/PWRC	Gravel
05	24-26 April	Rally Argentina	Villa Carlos Paz	JWRC/PWRC	Gravel
06	22-24 May	Rally d'Italia Sardegna	Olbia	JWRC/PWRC	Gravel
07	12-14 June	Acropolis Rally of Greece	Loutraki	PWRC	Gravel
08	26-28 June	ORLEN Platinum Rally Poland	Mikołajki	JWRC	Gravel
09	31 July-2 August	Neste Oil Rally Finland	Jyväskylä	JWRC	Gravel
10	4-6 September	Repco Rally Australia	Kingscliff	PWRC	Gravel
11	2-4 October	Movistar RACC Rally Catalunya	Salou	JWRC	Asphalt
12	23-25 October	Rally of Great Britain	Cardiff	PWRC	Gravel

[edit] Teams and drivers

For The 2009 season, the championship has two manufacturer teams (Citroën Total World Rally Team and BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team) and three semi-factory teams (Stobart VK M-Sport Ford, Munchi's Ford and the Citroën Junior Team) that will be eligible for the manufacturers' championship.

Suzuki and Subaru pulled out of the WRC at the end of the 2008 championship, both citing the economic downturn currently affecting the automotive industry for their withdrawal.

Team	Constructor	Car	Tyre	No	Drivers	Co-drivers	Rounds
Citroën Total World Rally Team	Citroën	C4 WRC	P	1	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	All
				2	Dani Sordo	Marc Marti	All
BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team	Ford	Focus RS WRC 08 and 09	P	3	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	All
				4	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	All
				15	Khalid al-Qassimi	Michael Orr	1, 3-4, 6-7, 9-12
Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team	Ford	Focus RS WRC 08	P	5	Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	All
				6	Henning Solberg	Cato Menkerud	All
				-	Urmo Aava	Kuldar Sikk	1-2
				17	Steve Perez	Paul Spooner	12
				-	Krzysztof Holowczyc	Lukasz Kurzeja	8
Citroën Junior Team	Citroën	C4 WRC	P	-	Evgeny Novikov	Dale Moscatt	2-4, 6-9
						Stephane Prevot	11
				8	Conrad Rautenbach	Daniel Barritt	All
				12	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	All
				11	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	12
				16	Aaron Burkart	Michael Kölbach	12
				-	Chris Atkinson	Stephane Prevot	1
Munchi's Ford World Rally Team	Ford	Focus RS WRC 08	P	-	Federico Villagra	Jorge Perez Companc	3, 5-7, 9-11
						Jose Diaz	4
				-	Paul Bird	Ian Windress	11
				-	Matti Rantanen	Mikko Lukka	9
				-	Mattias Therman	Janne Perälä	9
Major Entries Not Registered as Manufacturers
Adapta World Rally Team	Subaru	Impreza WRC 2008	P	14	Mads Østberg	Ole Kristian Unnerud	2, 4
						Veronica Engan	6
						Jonas Andersson	7-9, 12
Petter Solberg World Rally Team	Citroën	Xsara WRC and C4 WRC	P	-	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	2-9, 11
Andreas Mikkelsen	Škoda and Citroën	Fabia WRC and C4 WRC	P	-	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Floene	6, 8
Ketomaa WRT	Subaru	Impreza WRC 2008	P	-	Jari Ketomaa	Mika Stenberg	9
Prodrive	Subaru	Impreza WRC 2008	P	-	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	4
van Merksteijn Motorsport	Ford	Focus RS WRC 07	P	-	Peter van Merksteijn	Erwin Mombaerts	2,4
				-	Peter van Merksteijn, Jr.	Eddy Chevaillier	2,4

• All of the car numbers on the table above are based on the entry list for the forthcoming Rally GREAT BRITAIN^[3].- indicates they were absent from entry list.

[edit] J-WRC Entries^[4]

No	Driver	Co-driver	Car
31	Aaron Burkart	Michael Kölbach	Suzuki Swift S1600
32	Michal Kosciuszko	Maciek Szczepaniak	Suzuki Swift S1600
33	Simone Bertolotti	Luca Celestini	Suzuki Swift S1600
34	Luca Griotti	Corrado Bonato	Renault Clio R3
35	Yoann Bonato	Benjamin Boulloud	Suzuki Swift Sport
36	Hans Weijs Jr.	Bjorn Degandt	Citroën C2 S1600
37	Kevin Abbring	Erwin Mombaerts	Renault Clio R3
38	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Citroën C2 S1600
39	Alessandro Bettega	Simone Scattolin	Renault Clio R3

[edit] P-WRC Entries^[5]

No	Driver	Co-driver	Car
31	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
32	Bernardo Sousa	Jorge Carvalho	Abarth Grande Punto S2000
33	Toshi Arai	Glenn Macneal	Subaru Impreza WRX STi
34	Gianluca Linari	Andrea Cecchi	Subaru Impreza WRX STi
35	Martin Semerád	Bohuslav Ceplecha	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
36	Egoi Eder Valdés López	Daniel Lucas	Subaru Impreza WRX STi
37	Frederic Sauvan	Thibault Gorczyca	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
38	Gabor Mayer	Róbert Tagai	Subaru Impreza WRX STi
39	Ricardo Errani	Stefano Casadio	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
40	Andis Neikšāns	Pēteris Dzirkals	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
43	Mark Tapper	Jeff Rudd	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X
44	Spyros Pavlides	Denis Giraudet	Subaru Impreza WRX STi
44	Jaromir Tarabus	Daniel Trunkat	Abarth Grande Punto S2000
45	Patrik Flodin	Göran Bergsten	Subaru Impreza WRX STi
46	Patrik Sandell	Emil Axelsson	Skoda Fabia RS S2000
47	Armindo Araujo	Miguel Ramalho	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
48	Gaurav Gill	David Senior	Subaru Impreza WRX STi
49	Eyvind Brynildsen	Denis Giraudet	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
50	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Giovanni Bernacchini	Subaru Impreza WRX STi

[edit] Results and standings

Colour Rally Surface Gold Gravel Silver Tarmac Blue Snow/Ice Bronze Mixed Surface

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers
		Rank	Driver	Car	Time
1	/ 2nd Rally Ireland (January 30–February 1) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	2:48:25.7
		2	Dani Sordo	Citroën C4 WRC	2:49:53.6
		3	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	2:50:33.5
2	3rd Rally Norway (February 12–15) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	3:28:15.9
		2	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	3:28:25.7
		3	Jari-Matti Latvala	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	3:29:37.7
3	37th FxPro Cyprus Rally (March 13–15) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	4:50:34.7
		2	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	4:51:01.9
		3	Petter Solberg	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:52:24.1
4	43º Vodafone Rally de Portugal (April 2–5) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	3:53:13.1
		2	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	3:53:37.4
		3	Dani Sordo	Citroën C4 WRC	3:54:58.5
5	29º Rally Argentina (April 24–26) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	3:57:40.3
		2	Dani Sordo	Citroën C4 WRC	3:58:53.4
		3	Henning Solberg	Focus RS WRC 08	4:01:44.4
6	6º Rally d'Italia Sardegna (May 22–24) — Results and report	1	Jari-Matti Latvala	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	4:00:55.7
		2	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	4:01:25.1
		3	Petter Solberg	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:02:53.3
7	56th Acropolis Rally of Greece (June 12–14) — Results and report	1	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	4:09:42.5
		2	Sébastien Ogier	Citroën C4 WRC	4:10:55.4
		3	Jari-Matti Latvala	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	4:11:27.5
8	66th Rally Poland (June 26–29) — Results and report	1	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	3:07:27.5
		2	Dani Sordo	Citroën C4 WRC	3:08:37.8
		3	Henning Solberg	Focus RS WRC 08	3:09:33.2
9	59th Neste Oil Rally Finland (July 31–August 2) — Results and report	1	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	2:50:40.9
		2	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	2:51:06.0
		3	Jari-Matti Latvala	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	2:51:30.8
10	20th Repco Rally Australia (September 4–6) — Results and report	1	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	2:53:06.5
		2	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	2:53:54.0
		3	Dani Sordo	Citroën C4 WRC	2:54:11.1
11	45º Movistar Rally RACC Catalunya - Costa Daurada (October 2–4) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	3:22:14.7
		2	Dani Sordo	Citroën C4 WRC	3:22:26.7
		3	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	3:23:08.8
12	65th Rally of Great Britain (October 23–October 25) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	3:16:25.4
		2	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	3:17:31.5
		3	Dani Sordo	Citroën C4 WRC	3:17:32.5

[edit] Drivers' championship

Pos Driver IRL NOR CYP POR ARG ITA GRC POL FIN AUS ESP GBR  Pts  1 Sébastien Loeb 1 1 1 1 1 4 Ret 7 2 2 1 1 93 2 Mikko Hirvonen 3 2 2 2 Ret 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 92 3 Dani Sordo 2 5 4 3 2 23 12 2 4 3 2 3 64 4 Jari-Matti Latvala 14 3 12 Ret 6 1 3 Ret 3 4 6 7 41 5 Petter Solberg 6 3 4 Ret 3 Ret 4 Ret 4 4 35 6 Henning Solberg 4 4 18 5 3 8 15 3 30 7 9 5 33 7 Matthew Wilson 7 7 5 Ret 5 6 14 5 8 6 7 6 28 8 Sébastien Ogier 6 10 Ret 17 7 Ret 2 Ret 6 5 5 Ret 24 9 Federico Villagra 7 7 4 Ret 4 11 8 8 16 10 Conrad Rautenbach 18 Ret 6 Ret Ret 9 5 8 Ret Ret 11 8 9 11 Mads Østberg 9 6 7 7 Ret Ret Ret 7 12 Khalid al-Qassimi 8 8 8 16 6 9 19 14 20 6 13 Evgeny Novikov 12 Ret Ret 5 16 9 Ret Ret 4 14 Chris Atkinson 5 4 15 Matti Rantanen 5 4 16 Krzysztof Hołowczyc 6 3 17 Jari Ketomaa 7 2 18 Nasser Al-Attiyah 11 16 8 10 33 Ret 1 19 Urmo Aava 10 8 29 1 20 Lambros Athanassoulas 8 25 1 Pos Driver IRL NOR CYP POR ARG ITA GRC POL FIN AUS ESP GBR Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish (top 8) Blue Non-points finish Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Injured or ill (Inj) Excluded (EX) Suspended (SUS) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

[edit] Manufacturers' championship

Pos	Team	Event												Total points
		IRL	NOR	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRC	POL	FIN	AUS	ESP	GBR
1	Citroën Total World Rally Team	18	14	16	16	18	8	4	12	13	14	18	16	167
2	BP Ford World Rally Team	8	14	10	8	3	18	18	10	16	15	10	10	140
3	Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team	8	8	6	5	10	7	5	11	4	5	4	7	80
4	Citroën Junior Team	5	2	4	0	2	5	6	5	4	4	5	5	47
5	Munchi's Ford World Rally Team	0	0	3	4	5	0	6	0	2	1	2	0	23

[edit] JWRC Drivers' championship

Pos Driver IRL CYP POR ARG ITA POL FIN ESP  Pts  1 Martin Prokop 2 1 1 2 1 Ret 46 2 Michał Kościuszko 2 1 1 2 Ret 3 42 3 Aaron Nikolai Burkart 1 3 2 3 4 5 39 4 Kevin Abbring 5 2 Ret 1 Ret 4 27 5 Hans Weijs Jr. Ret 3 6 4 7 1 26 6 Simone Bertolotti 3 6 7 5 6 2 26 7 Yoann Bonato 4 Ret 4 3 Ret 16 8 Alessandro Bettega 5 3 5 14 9 Luca Griotti 6 4 Ret 7 Ret 10 10 Kalle Pinomaki 2 8 11 Jordi Marti 3 6 12 Mark Wallenwein 5 Ret 4 13 Radoslaw Typa 6 3 Pos Driver IRL CYP POR ARG ITA POL FIN ESP Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish (top 8) Blue Non-points finish Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Injured or ill (Inj) Excluded (EX) Suspended (SUS) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

[edit] PWRC Drivers' championship

Pos Driver NOR CYP POR ARG ITA GRC AUS GBR  Pts  1 Armindo Araujo 4 2 1 3 2 4 42 2 Martin Prokop 3 2 DSQ 4 1 1 39 3 Nasser Al-Attiyah 3 4 1 1 13 Ret 31 4 Patrik Sandell 1 1 Ret 2 11 7 30 5 Toshihiro Arai Ret 4 3 3 Ret 2 25 6 Eyvind Brynildsen 2 3 5 5 Ret DSQ 22 7 Patrik Flodin 7 Ret 4 7 6 12 8 Andis Neikšāns 5 5 Ret 6 11 9 Lambros Athanassoulas 1 10 10 Bernardo Sousa 5 Ret 4 9 11 Mark Tapper 5 Ret 8 Ret 5 9 12 Marcos Ligato 2 8 13 Richard Mason 2 8 14 Gianluca Linari 11 9 6 7 10 6 8 15 Martin Semerad 10 Ret 8 Ret Ret 3 7 16 Cody Crocker 3 6 17 Frederic Sauvan 8 7 Ret 6 12 10 6 18 Spyros Pavlides 4 9 5 19 Gabor Mayer 8 Ret 6 8 Ret 9 5 20 Stewart Taylor 5 4 21 Jaromir Tarabus 6 Ret 3 22 Charalambos Timotheu 6 3 23 Gaurav Singh Gill Ret 7 2 24 Hermann Gassner Jr. Ret 8 1 Pos Driver NOR CYP POR ARG ITA GRC AUS GBR Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish (top 8) Blue Non-points finish Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Injured or ill (Inj) Excluded (EX) Suspended (SUS) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Drivers

Pos	Driver	Starts	Finishes	Wins	Podiums	Stage wins	Points
1	Sébastien Loeb	12	11	7	9	88	93
2	Mikko Hirvonen	12	11	4	11	51	92
3	Dani Sordo	12	12	0	7	18	64
4	Jari-Matti Latvala	12	10	1	4	40	41
5	Petter Solberg	10	7	0	2	10	35
6	Henning Solberg	12	12	0	2	8	33
7	Matthew Wilson	12	11	0	0	2	28
8	Sébastien Ogier	12	8	0	1	13	24
9	Federico Villagra	8	7	0	0	0	16
10	Conrad Rautenbach	12	7	0	0	0	9
11	Mads Østberg	7	4	0	0	1	7
12	Khalid al-Qassimi	9	9	0	0	0	6
13	Chris Atkinson	1	1	0	0	0	4
14	Evgeny Novikov	8	4	0	0	4	4
15	Matti Rantanen	1	1	0	0	0	4
16	Krzysztof Hołowczyc	1	1	0	0	0	3
17	Jari Ketomaa	1	1	0	0	0	3
18	Nasser Al-Attiyah	6	5	0	0	0	1
19	Urmo Aava	3	3	0	0	0	1
20	Lambros Athanassoulas	2	2	0	0	0	1

[edit] Constructors

Pos	Constructor	Chassis	Starts	Finishes	Wins	Podiums	Stage wins	Points
1	Citroën Total World Rally Team	C4 WRC	24	23	7	16	106	167
2	BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team	Focus RS WRC 08 and 09	33	30	5	15	91	140
3	Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team	Focus RS WRC 08	28	27	0	2	10	80
4	Citroën Junior Team	C4 WRC	35	23	0	1	17	42
5	Munchi's Ford World Rally Team	Focus RS WRC 08	11	9	0	0	0	23

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