2010 Cyprus Rally

The 2010 FxPro Cyprus Rally, was the 12th round of the 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) season. The fourteen stage mixed surface rally took place over 4–6 November 2010. As well as being the final round of the IRC, the event formed the penultimate round of the 2010 Middle East Rally Championship (MERC).

2010 FxPro Cyprus Rally 38th FxPro Cyprus Rally
Round 12 of the 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge season ← Previous event
Cyprus Rally Logo
Host country	Cyprus
Rally base	Limassol
Stages	14[1][2] (236.64 km; 147.04 miles)
Stage surface	Asphalt/gravel
Overall distance	849.12 km (527.62 miles)
Statistics
Crews	40[3] at start, 27 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Nasser Al-Attiyah Nasser Al-Attiyah

Introduction

The rally, which was based in Limassol, had a 2.45 km (1.52 mi) all-asphalt Super Special Stage, purpose-built at Limassol's extensive port facilities being run twice during the event.^[4] With both the drivers and manufacturers titles already decided, none of the top competitors in the IRC made the trip to the event. Andreas Mikkelsen, who was seventh in the championship heading into the event, was the highest placed driver to take part. Other IRC regulars included Daniel Oliveira and Burcu Çetinkaya. Nasser Al-Attiyah headed the field of drivers competing in the MERC.^[3]

Results

Overall

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1.	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Giovanni Bernacchini	Ford Fiesta S2000	3:11:53.5	0.0	10
2.	Roger Feghali	Joseph Matar	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:12:24.2	30.7	8
3.	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Ford Fiesta S2000	3:16:35.5	4:42.0	6
4.	Jaromír Tarabus	Daniel Trunkát	Ford Fiesta S2000	3:17:34.0	5:40.5	5
5.	Nicos Thomas	Angelos Loizides	Peugeot 207 S2000	3:18:39.0	6:45.5	4
6.	Roman Kresta	Petr Gross	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	3:19:10.1	7:16.6	3
7.	Charalambos Timotheou	Pambos Laos	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	3:24:37.5	12:44.0	2
8.	Constantinos Tingirides	Panayiotis Shialos	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	3:25:14.1	13:20.6	1

Special stages

Day	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
Leg 1 (4–5 Nov)	SS1	20:30	SSS Lemesos 1	2.45 km	Nasser Al-Attiyah	2:21.7	62.24 km/h	Nasser Al-Attiyah
	SS2	9:09	Kalavasos 1	10.42 km	Martin Prokop	8:34.3	72.94 km/h
	SS3	10:07	Lythrodontas 1	23.45 km	Martin Prokop	19:25.7	72.42 km/h
	SS4	11:10	Agioi Vavatsinias 1	17.31 km	Nasser Al-Attiyah	16:10.5	64.21 km/h
	SS5	14:09	Kalavasos 2	10.42 km	Bryan Bouffier	8:26.4	74.08 km/h
	SS6	15:07	Lythrodontas 2	23.45 km	Bryan Bouffier	19:17.3	72.95 km/h
	SS7	16:10	Agioi Vavatsinias 2	17.31 km	Bryan Bouffier	16:06.1	64.50 km/h	Martin Prokop
	SS8	19:35	SSS Lemesos 2	2.45 km	Martin Prokop	2:18.2	63.82 km/h
Leg 2 (6 Nov)	SS9	9:04	Alassa 1	12.76 km	Martin Prokop	8:40.0	88.34 km/h
	SS10	9:47	Foini 1	31.70 km	Bryan Bouffier	28:08.1	67.60 km/h	Nasser Al-Attiyah
	SS11	11:10	Galataria 1	17.02 km	Roger Feghali	11:24.3	89.54 km/h
	SS12	14:04	Alassa 2	12.76 km	Nasser Al-Attiyah	8:41.8	88.03 km/h
	SS13	14:47	Foini 2	31.70 km	Nasser Al-Attiyah	28:14.9	67.33 km/h
	SS14	16:10	Galataria 2	17.02 km	Nasser Al-Attiyah	11:09.0	91.59 km/h