2010 Wales Rally GB

The 2010 Wales Rally GB, was the thirteenth and final round of the 2010 World Rally Championship (WRC) season. The twenty stage gravel rally took place over 11–14 November 2010 and was based in the Welsh capital of Cardiff.^[1] The rally was the final event for two-litre World Rally Cars as the 2011 season will see the introduction of 1.6-litre World Rally Cars.

2010 Wales Rally GB 66th Wales Rally of Great Britain
Round 13 of the 2010 World Rally Championship season ← Previous event
Host country	United Kingdom
Rally base	Cardiff
Dates run	11 – 14 November 2010
Stages	20[1] (348.32 km; 216.44 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Overall distance	1,505.70 km (935.60 miles)
Statistics
Crews	61 at start, 45 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Sébastien Loeb Citroën World Rally Team

Sébastien Loeb won his eighth event of the season and the 62nd WRC rally of his career after holding off Petter Solberg by under 20 seconds.^[2] Jari-Matti Latvala finished third to secure second place in the drivers' championship.

Armindo Araújo finished second – behind Ott Tänak – in the PWRC class to claim his second successive championship, while Xavier Pons claimed the inaugural SWRC championship taking third on the rally behind Andreas Mikkelsen and Craig Breen.^[3]

Introduction

The rally started with a super special stage being held at the Cardiff Bay Barrage on the Thursday evening. Friday and Saturday saw the rally complete fourteen stages in Mid Wales, with servicing at Builth Wells, before another super special stage at Cardiff Bay. Sunday had a further four stages in the South Wales area.

Results

Event standings

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Overall
1.	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	3:14:54.0	0.0	25
2.	Petter Solberg	Chris Patterson	Citroën C4 WRC	3:15:13.1	19.1	18
3.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	3:16:29.3	1:35.3	15
4.	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	3:16:47.3	1:53.3	12
5.	Dani Sordo	Diego Vallejo	Citroën C4 WRC	3:17:06.2	2:12.2	10
6.	Henning Solberg	Ilka Minor	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	3:21:20.5	6:26.5	8
7.	Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	3:23:31.8	8:37.8	6
8.	Kimi Räikkönen	Kaj Lindström	Citroën C4 WRC	3:25:21.9	10:27.9	4
9.	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Subaru Impreza WRC 2007	3:27:07.7	12:13.7	2
10.	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:28:55.2	14:01.2	1
SWRC
1. (10.)	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:28:55.2	0.0	25
2. (12.)	Craig Breen	Gareth Roberts	Ford Fiesta S2000	3:34:57.9	6:02.7	18
3. (13.)	Xavier Pons	Alex Haro	Ford Fiesta S2000	3:35:10.7	6:15.5	15
4. (14.)	Patrik Sandell	Emil Axelsson	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:35:15.9	6:20.7	12
5. (15.)	Michał Kościuszko	Maciek Szczepaniak	Skoda Fabia S2000	3:37:14.1	8:18.9	10
PWRC
1. (17.)	Ott Tänak	Kuldar Sikk	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	3:38:31.0	0.0	25
2. (18.)	Armindo Araújo	Miguel Ramalho	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	3:41:46.8	3:15.8	18
3. (19.)	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	3:42:58.9	4:27.9	15
4. (20.)	Jason Pritchard	Robbie Durant	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3:45:35.4	7:04.4	12
5. (22.)	Patrik Flodin	Göran Bergsten	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3:46:51.9	8:20.9	10
6. (25.)	Dave Weston Jr.	Ieuan Thomas	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3:53:18.4	14:47.4	8
7. (26.)	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Óscar Sánchez	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	3:54:29.1	15:58.1	6
8. (28.)	Alex Raschi	Rudy Pollet	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	3:55:51.4	17:20.4	4
9. (30.)	Toshi Arai	Daniel Barritt	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3:58:55.1	20:24.1	2
10. (32.)	Reijo Muhonen	Juha Kanerva	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	4:05:08.5	26:37.5	1

Special stages

All dates and times are GMT (UTC±0).

Day	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
Leg 1 (11–12 Nov)	SS1	19:30	Cardiff Bay 1	1.70 km	Sébastien Loeb	1:16.1	80.42 km/h	Sébastien Loeb
	SS2	9:38	Hafren 1	32.14 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	18:43.2	103.01 km/h	Jari-Matti Latvala
	SS3	10:19	Sweet Lamb 1	4.26 km	Sébastien Loeb	2:54.4	87.94 km/h	Sébastien Loeb
	SS4	10:37	Myherin 1	27.88 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	15:33.3	107.54 km/h	Jari-Matti Latvala
	SS5	13:51	Hafren 2	32.14 km	Sébastien Ogier	18:39.0	103.40 km/h
	SS6	14:32	Sweet Lamb 2	4.26 km	Sébastien Loeb	2:57.1	86.60 km/h
	SS7	14:50	Myherin 2	27.88 km	Sébastien Loeb	15:16.5	109.51 km/h	Sébastien Loeb
Leg 2 (13 Nov)	SS8	9:03	Radnor 1	14.78 km	Petter Solberg Jari-Matti Latvala	7:31.5	117.85 km/h	Petter Solberg
	SS9	10:19	Monument Hill 1	10.14 km	Petter Solberg	5:46.5	105.35 km/h
	SS10	10:43	Four Ways Crychan 1	25.14 km	Sébastien Loeb	13:48.7	109.21 km/h	Sébastien Loeb
	SS11	11:22	Halfway 1	18.37 km	Petter Solberg	10:28.2	105.27 km/h
	SS12	14:07	Radnor 2	14.78 km	Sébastien Loeb	7:22.3	120.30 km/h
	SS13	15:23	Monument Hill 2	10.14 km	Sébastien Loeb	5:46.0	105.50 km/h
	SS14	15:47	Four Ways Crychan 2	25.14 km	Sébastien Loeb	14:04.9	107.12 km/h
	SS15	16:26	Halfway 2	18.37 km	Petter Solberg	10:35.9	104.00 km/h
	SS16	18:34	Cardiff Bay 2	1.70 km	Sébastien Loeb	1:15.5	81.06 km/h
Leg 3 (14 Nov)	SS17	8:33	Resolfen 1	29.99 km	Sébastien Loeb	15:57.8	112.72 km/h
	SS18	9:46	Margam Park 1	8.08 km	Sébastien Loeb	5:06.2	95.00 km/h
	SS19	11:25	Resolfen 2	29.99 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	16:03.8	112.02 km/h
	SS20	12:38	Margam Park 2	8.08 km	Dani Sordo	5:08.2	94.38 km/h

Standings after the rally

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Sébastien Loeb 276 2 Jari-Matti Latvala 171 3 Petter Solberg 169 4 Sebastien Ogier 167 5 Dani Sordo 150 6 Mikko Hirvonen 126 7 Matthew Wilson 74 8 Henning Solberg 45 9 Federico Villagra 36 10 Kimi Räikkönen 25

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos. Manufacturer Points 1 Citroen WRT 456 2 BP Ford WRT 337 3 Citroen Junior Team 217 4 Stobart Ford 176 5 Munchi's Ford 58