2011 Rallye Sanremo

The 2011 Rallye Sanremo (53º Rallye Sanremo), was the 9th round of the 2011 Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) season. The thirteen stage asphalt rally took place over 22 – 24 September 2011. The longest stage of the rally, Ronde, was run in darkness. All other stages were run in daylight.

2011 Rallye Sanremo 52º Rallye Sanremo
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Host country	Italy
Rally base	Sanremo
Dates run	22 – 24 September 2011
Stages	13[1] (225.77 km; 140.29 miles)
Stage surface	Asphalt
Overall distance	524.10 km (325.66 miles)
Statistics
Crews	57[2] at start, 44 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Thierry Neuville Peugeot Team Belux

Introduction

The rally took place in the province of Imperia, with a total length of 524.10 km (325.66 mi) of which 225.77 km (140.29 mi) were special stages. The rally base was located along the sea front and the old railway station in the heart of the town of Sanremo. Fifteen S2000 cars started the event with the main front runners in the championship, excluding Juho Hänninen, taking part.^[3]

Results

Overall

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1.	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:19:57.8	0.0	25
2.	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:19:59.3	1.5	18
3.	Bryan Bouffier	Xavier Panseri	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:20:13.8	16.0	15
4.	Jan Kopecký	Petr Starý	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:21:06.9	1:09.1	12
5.	Bruno Magalhães	Paulo Grave	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:21:23.8	1:26.0	10
6.	Alessandro Perico	Fabrizio Carrara	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:23:45.6	3:47.8	8
7.	Umberto Scandola	Guido D'Amore	Ford Fiesta S2000	2:24:03.7	4:05.9	6
8.	Pierre Campana	Sabrina De Castelli	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:24:25.8	4:28.0	4
9.	Toni Gardemeister	Tapio Suominen	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:25:21.9	5:24.1	2
10.	Giandomenico Basso	Mitia Dotta	Proton Satria Neo S2000	2:27:24.7	7:26.9	1

Special stages

Day	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
Leg 1 (23 September)	SS1	13:54	Coldirodi 1	13.06 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	8:27.3	92.68 km/h	Andreas Mikkelsen
	SS2	14:33	Bajardo	7.36 km	Freddy Loix	5:18.7	83.14 km/h
	SS3	14:51	Bignone 1	10.59 km	Freddy Loix	6:51.5	92.65 km/h
	SS4	16:50	Coldirodi 2	13.06 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	8:22.1	93.64 km/h
	SS5	17:12	Apricale	17.43 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	12:19.4	84.86 km/h
	SS6	17:39	Bignone 2	10.59 km	Thierry Neuville Andreas Mikkelsen	6:47.0	93.67 km/h
	SS7	22:33	Ronde	44.00 km	Freddy Loix	29:35.7	89.20 km/h	Freddy Loix
Leg 2 (24 September)	SS8	10:16	Colle Langan 1	20.57 km	Thierry Neuville	13:49.9	89.23 km/h	Andreas Mikkelsen
	SS9	10:53	Passo Teglia 1	18.80 km	Thierry Neuville	13:38.6	82.68 km/h
	SS10	12:02	Colle d'Oggia 1	15.47 km	Freddy Loix	10:27.8	88.71 km/h	Freddy Loix
	SS11	15:16	Colle Langan 2	20.57 km	stage cancelled			Andreas Mikkelsen
	SS12	16:00	Passo Teglia 2	18.80 km	Thierry Neuville	13:33.1	83.24 km/h	Thierry Neuville
	SS13	17:09	Colle d'Oggia 2	15.47 km	Thierry Neuville	10:21.3	89.64 km/h