2009 Cyprus Rally

Template:Short description The 2009 Cyprus Rally, officially 37th FxPro Cyprus Rally, was the third round of the 2009 World Rally Championship season and was held between March 13 and March 15, 2009 in Limassol, Cyprus. Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena claimed the title and won the WRC's first mixed-surface round since 1996.

The Cyprus Rally was last held in 2006, but was dropped along with Rally Australia in favour of new rallies such as Rally Norway, and Rally Ireland, and the returning Rally de Portugal.

Its format changed to a mixed surface rally format from all-gravel rally. The Cyprus Rally was the first rally since Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia in 1996 to host a mixed surfaced event. Day 1 was contested on tarmac, while days 2 & 3 were contested on rough gravel roads.

Results

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
WRC
1.	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Loeb	Template:Flagicon Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	4:50:34.7	0.0	10
2.	Template:Flagicon Mikko Hirvonen	Template:Flagicon Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	4:51:01.9	+27.2	8
3.	Template:Flagicon Petter Solberg	Template:Flagicon Phil Mills	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:52:24.1	+1:49.4	6
4.	Template:Flagicon Dani Sordo	Template:Flagicon Marc Marti	Citroën C4 WRC	4:53:01.0	+2:26.3	5
5.	Template:Flagicon Matthew Wilson	Template:Flagicon Scott Martin	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	4:57:15.7	+6:41.0	4
6.	Template:Flagicon Conrad Rautenbach	Template:Flagicon Daniel Barritt	Citroën C4 WRC	5:01:46.6	+11:11.9	3
7.	Template:Flagicon Federico Villagra	Template:Flagicon Jorge Perez Companc	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	5:03:53.2	+13:18.5	2
8.	Template:Flagicon Khalid Al-Qassimi	Template:Flagicon Michael Orr	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	5:04:18.8	+13:44.1	1
JWRC
1. (14.)	Template:Flagicon Martin Prokop	Template:Flagicon Jan Tomanek	Citroën C2 S1600	5:20:54.0	0.0	10
2. (17.)	Template:Flagicon Michal Kosciuszko	Template:Flagicon Maciek Szczepaniak	Suzuki Swift S1600	5:22:30.8	+1:36.8	8
3. (21.)	Template:Flagicon Aaron Nicolai Burkart	Template:Flagicon Michael Koelbach	Suzuki Swift S1600	5:40:42.9	+19:48.9	6
PWRC
1. (9.)	Template:Flagicon Patrik Sandell	Template:Flagicon Emil Axelsson	Škoda Fabia S2000	5:10:11.3	0.0	10
2. (10.)	Template:Flagicon Armindo Araujo	Template:Flagicon Ramalho Miguel	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	5:10:29.6	+18.3	8
3. (11.)	Template:Flagicon Nasser Al-Attiyah	Template:Flagicon Giovanni Bernacchini	Subaru Impreza N14 2009	5:11:10.1	+58.8	6
4. (13.)	Template:Flagicon Toshi Arai	Template:Flagicon Glenn MacNeal	Subaru Impreza 2007	5:18:45.4	+8:34.1	5
5. (15.)	Template:Flagicon Andis Neiksans	Template:Flagicon Peteris Djirkals	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	5:21:46.6	+11:35.3	4
6. (16.)	Template:Flagicon Charalambos Timotheou	Template:Flagicon Savvas Laos	Subaru Impreza N12b	5:22:01.7	+11:50.4	3
7. (19.)	Template:Flagicon Gaurav Singh Gill	Template:Flagicon David Senior	Subaru Impreza 2008	5:31:22.2	+21:10.9	2
8. (20.)	Template:Flagicon Frederic Sauvan	Template:Flagicon Thibault Gorczyca	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	5:39:10.2	+28:58.9	1

Special stages

Day	Stage	Time (EET)	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
1 (13 MAR)	SS1	09:23	Panagia 1	30.33 km	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Loeb	22:01.3	82.68 km/h	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Loeb
	SS2	10:21	Mylikouri 1	7.37 km	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Loeb	5:33.9	79.53 km/h
	SS3	10:46	Gerakies 1	29.40 km	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Loeb	21:09.2	83.36 km/h
	SS4	14:34	Panagia 2	30.33 km	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Loeb	22:06.8	82.30 km/h
	SS5	15:32	Mylikouri 2	7.37 km	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Loeb	5:34.9	79.25 km/h
	SS6	15:57	Gerakies 2	29.40 km	Template:Flagicon Daniel Sordo	21:18.0	82.82 km/h
2 (14 MAR)	SS7	08:43	Anadiou Dam 1	11.70 km	Template:Flagicon Jari-Matti Latvala	11:02.4	63.59 km/h
	SS8	09:11	Pano Panagia	28.17 km	Template:Flagicon Mikko Hirvonen	30:29.8	55.42 km/h
	SS9	11:19	Orkontas	18.54 km	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Loeb	18:36.5	59.77 km/h
	SS10	15:17	Xyliatos	30.94 km	Template:Flagicon Petter Solberg	28:16.1	65.66 km/h
	SS11	16:20	Kourdali	26.25 km	Template:Flagicon Petter Solberg	26:31.5	59.37 km/h
3 (15 MAR)	SS12	09:18	Foini	30.03 km	Template:Flagicon Mikko Hirvonen	26:18.7	68.48 km/h
	SS13	10:49	Anadiou	40.54 km	Template:Flagicon Mikko Hirvonen	39:27.2	61.66 km/h
	SS14	12:02	Anadiou Dam 2	11.70 km	Template:Flagicon Matthew Wilson	10:14.8	68.49 km/h

Championship standings after the event

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver IRL Template:Flagicon NOR Template:Flagicon CYP Template:Flagicon POR Template:Flagicon ARG Template:Flagicon ITA Template:Flagicon GRC Template:Flagicon POL Template:Flagicon FIN Template:Flagicon AUS Template:Flagicon ESP Template:Flagicon GBR Template:Flagicon  Pts  1 Template:Flagicon Sébastien Loeb 1 1 1 30 2 Template:Flagicon Mikko Hirvonen 3 2 2 22 3 Template:Flagicon Dani Sordo 2 5 4 17 4 Template:Flagicon Henning Solberg 4 4 18 10 5 Template:Flagicon Petter Solberg 6 3 9 6 Template:Flagicon Matthew Wilson 7 7 5 8 7 Template:Flagicon Jari-Matti Latvala 14 3 12 6 8 Template:Flagicon Chris Atkinson 5 4 9 Template:Flagicon Sébastien Ogier 6 10 Ret 3 Template:Flagicon Conrad Rautenbach 18 Ret 6 3 11 Template:Flagicon Federico Villagra 7 2 Template:Flagicon Khalid al-Qassimi 8 8 2 13 Template:Flagicon Urmo Aava 10 8 1 Pos Driver IRL Template:Flagicon NOR Template:Flagicon CYP Template:Flagicon POR Template:Flagicon ARG Template:Flagicon ITA Template:Flagicon GRC Template:Flagicon POL Template:Flagicon FIN Template:Flagicon AUS Template:Flagicon ESP Template:Flagicon GBR Template:Flagicon 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' championship

Rank	Driver	Event												Total points
		IRL Template:Flagicon	NOR Template:Flagicon	CYP Template:Flagicon	POR Template:Flagicon	ARG Template:Flagicon	ITA Template:Flagicon	GRC Template:Flagicon	POL Template:Flagicon	FIN Template:Flagicon	AUS Template:Flagicon	ESP Template:Flagicon	GBR Template:Flagicon
1	Template:Flagicon Citroën Total World Rally Team	18	14	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	48
2	Template:Flagicon BP Ford World Rally Team	8	14	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	32
3	Template:Flagicon Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team	8	8	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22
4	Template:Flagicon Citroën Junior Team	5	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11
5	Template:Flagicon Munchi's Ford World Rally Team	0	0	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3

External links

• Official site