2010 Monte Carlo Rally

The 2010 Monte-Carlo Rally, officially 78ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo, was the first round of the 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) season. The rally took place over January 19–23, 2010.

2010 Monte Carlo Rally 78ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo
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Host country	Monaco
Rally base	Monte Carlo
Dates run	January 19 – 23 2010
Stage surface	Tarmac and Ice
Statistics
Crews	63 at start, 36 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Mikko Hirvonen M-Sport Ltd.

Introduction

The rally started in Valence on Tuesday 19 January covering 1,668 km (1,036 mi) including 405 km (252 mi) on fifteen special stages. New to the IRC Championship, a 9 km (5.6 mi) prologue was held on Tuesday evening to determine the starting order for Wednesday's stages. Stages were run both during the day and at night and included the famous Col de Turini.

Entrants for the event included the current IRC Champion Kris Meeke who was seeded at number 1, Formula One driver Robert Kubica, WRC stars Mikko Hirvonen and Toni Gardemeister and Rally Scotland winner Guy Wilks.^[1] The event saw the debut of the Ford Fiesta S2000 rally car. A total of 63 crews entered the rally including nineteen S2000 cars.

Results

Finn Mikko Hirvonen driving the Ford Fiesta in competition for the first time and making his debut in the IRC, led the event from start to finish.^[2][3]

Overall

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1.	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Fiesta S2000	4:32:58.5	0.0	10
2.	Juho Hänninen	Mikko Markkula	Škoda Fabia S2000	4:34:49.9	1:51.4	8
3.	Nicolas Vouilloz	Benjamin Veillas	Škoda Fabia S2000	4:36:17.6	3:19.1	6
4.	Stéphane Sarrazin	Jacques-Julien Renucci	Peugeot 207 S2000	4:40:24.0	7:25.5	5
5.	Jan Kopecký	Petr Starý	Škoda Fabia S2000	4:41:47.2	8:48.7	4
6.	Guy Wilks	Phil Pugh	Škoda Fabia S2000	4:42:23.0	9:24.5	3
7.	Bruno Magalhães	Carlos Magalhães	Peugeot 207 S2000	4:42:43.9	9:45.4	2
8.	Jean-Sébastien Vigion	Stéphane Prevot	Peugeot 207 S2000	4:46:32.0	13:33.5	1

Special stages

Day	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
Prologue (19 Jan)	SSS	18:38	Lente – Col de Gaudissart	8.83 km	Toni Gardemeister	6:54:2	76.75 km/h	none*
Leg 1 (20 Jan)	SS1	11:51	Burzet – Lachamp-Raphaël	27.27 km	Mikko Hirvonen	16:01.4	102.11 km/h	Mikko Hirvonen
	SS2	12:59	St-Pierreville – Antraigues	45.17 km	Sébastien Ogier	30:54.2	87.70 km/h
	SS3	15:02	Burzet – Lachamp-Raphaël	27.27 km	Mikko Hirvonen	15:49.7	103.37 km/h
	SS4	16:10	St-Pierreville – Antraigues	45.17 km	Sébastien Ogier	30:45.9	88.09 km/h
Leg 2 (21 Jan)	SS5	10:13	Labatie d'Andaure – St-Pierre sur Doux	25.30 km	Nicolas Vouilloz	17:38.5	86.05 km/h
	SS6	10:55	St-Bonnet-le-Froid – St-Julien-Molhesabate – St-Bonnet-le-Froid	25.67 km	Sébastien Ogier	17:19.7	88.88 km/h
	SS7	12:20	Lamastre – Gilhoc – Alboussière	21.92 km	Mikko Hirvonen	14:43.0	89.37 km/h
	SS8	15:28	Labatie d'Andaure – St-Pierre sur Doux	25.30 km	Juho Hänninen	16:36.8	91.37 km/h
	SS9	16:10	St-Bonnet-le-Froid – St-Julien-Molhesabate – St-Bonnet-le-Froid	25.67 km	Sébastien Ogier	15:51.1	97.16 km/h
	SS10	18:05	Lamastre – Gilhoc – Alboussière	21.92 km	Sébastien Ogier	15:03.0	87.39 km/h
Leg 3 (22 Jan)	SS11	09:23	Montauban sur l'Ouvèze – Eygalayes	30.42 km	Sébastien Ogier	23:18.5	78.31 km/h
	SS12	19:15	Peïra-Cava – La Bollène-Vésubie	18.42 km	Sébastien Ogier	13:23.4	82.54 km/h
	SS13	19:48	Lantosque – Lucéram	19.13 km	Stéphane Sarrazin	14:12.9	80.75 km/h
	SS14	23:20	Peïra-Cava – La Bollène-Vésubie	18.42 km	Juho Hänninen	13:52.3	79.67 km/h
	SS15	23:53	Lantosque – Lucéram	19.13 km	Stéphane Sarrazin	14:40.2	78.24 km/h

• * The super-special set the running order for the first leg with the top ten running in reverse order from where they finished.

References

1. Coursey, Scott (2010-01-11). "2010 Rallye Monte Carlo: Entry List – Meeke number 1 seed". rallybuzz.com. RallyBuzz. Archived from the original on 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
2. "Monte triumph delights Hirvonen". ircseries.com. Intercontinental Rally Challenge. 23 January 2010. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
3. "Final Official Classification" (PDF). ircseries.com. Intercontinental Rally Challenge. 25 January 2010. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2010-09-28. Retrieved 26 October 2010.

External links

• The official website of the Automobile Club de Monaco
• The official website of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge