2011 Prime Yalta Rally

The Prime Yalta Rally 2011, was the 4th round of the 2011 Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) season. The fourteen stage asphalt rally took place over 2–4 June 2011.

Prime Yalta Rally 2011
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Host country	Ukraine
Rally base	Yalta
Dates run	02 – 4 June 2011
Stages	14[1] (261.87 km; 162.72 miles)
Stage surface	Asphalt
Overall distance	459.74 km (285.67 miles)
Statistics
Crews	43 at start, 24 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Juho Hänninen Škoda Motorsport

Introduction

Yalta was the base for the first ever visit of the IRC to Ukraine. The rally started with two short stages on the afternoon of Thursday 2 June prior to the ceremonial start on the Yalta waterfront.^[2] Fifteen of the top IRC competitors contested the rally, including Bryan Bouffier, Juho Hänninen, and Tour de Corse winner Thierry Neuville.^[3]

Results

Juho Hänninen won his second IRC rally of the season, having taken the lead towards the end of the second day of the rally, and held an advantage all the way to the end.^[4] His victory gave him the championship lead by three points ahead of Jan Kopecký. Kopecký finished the rally in third position, behind Bryan Bouffier.

Overall

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1.	Juho Hänninen	Mikko Markkula	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:54:14.0	0.0	25
2.	Bryan Bouffier	Xavier Panseri	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:54:25.7	11.7	18
3.	Jan Kopecký	Petr Starý	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:54:52.7	38.7	15
4.	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:55:11.3	57.3	12
5.	Guy Wilks	Phil Pugh	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:58:14.4	4:00.4	10
6.	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:59:15.5	5:01.5	8
7.	Toni Gardemeister	Tapio Suominen	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:02:13.3	7:59.3	6
8.	Karl Kruuda	Martin Järveoja	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:04:15.3	10:01.3	4
9.	Patrik Sandell	Staffan Parmander	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:12:22.9	18:08.9	2
10.	Jean-Michel Raoux	Laurent Magat	Renault Clio R3	3:16:06.9	21:52.9	1

Special stages

Day	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
Leg 1 (2 June)	SS1	13:14	Yalta	2.12 km	Thierry Neuville	1:09.7	109.50 km/h	Thierry Neuville
	SS2	13:47	Livadija	5.49 km	Guy Wilks	3:19.5	99.07 km/h
Leg 2 (3 June)	SS3	8:44	Ai-Petri 1	17.26 km	Thierry Neuville	12:15.8	84.45 km/h
	SS4	9:12	Plato 1	22.55 km	Thierry Neuville	15:46.6	85.76 km/h
	SS5	10:55	Orlinoje 1	28.95 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	18:23.2	94.47 km/h	Bryan Bouffier
	SS6	13:03	Ai-Petri 2	17.26 km	Thierry Neuville	12:06.5	85.53 km/h
	SS7	13:31	Plato 2	22.55 km	Juho Hänninen	15:21.0	88.14 km/h	Juho Hänninen
	SS8	15:14	Orlinoje 2	28.95 km	Juho Hänninen	17:59.2	96.57 km/h
Leg 3 (4 June)	SS9	8:07	Opolznevoje 1	18.95 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	11:16.8	100.80 km/h
	SS10	9:45	Sokolinoje 1	22.35 km	Jan Kopecký	15:09.0	88.51 km/h
	SS11	10:13	Uchan-Su 1	10.13 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	11:53.1	86.18 km/h
	SS12	12:25	Opolznevoje 2	18.95 km	Jan Kopecký	11:06.2	102.40 km/h
	SS13	14:03	Sokolinoje 2	22.35 km	Jan Kopecký	15:06.2	88.79 km/h
	SS14	14:31	Uchan-Su 2	10.13 km	Bryan Bouffier	11:50.4	86.50 km/h