2012 Circuit of Ireland

The 2012 Circuit of Ireland, officially the Donnelly Group Circuit of Ireland Rally was the third round of the 2012 Intercontinental Rally Challenge. The fifteen stage tarmac event took place between 6–7 April 2012 with two of the Friday stages taking place at night.

2012 Circuit of Ireland
Round 3 of the 2012 Intercontinental Rally Challenge season ← Previous event Next event →
Host country
Rally base	Armagh
Dates run	6 – 7 April 2012
Stages	15[1] (220.30 km; 136.89 miles)
Stage surface	Tarmac
Overall distance	621.75 km (386.34 miles)
Statistics
Crews	39[2] at start

It was the first time the event had been included in the IRC calendar.

Introduction

The rally was based in Armagh with the fifteen stages rally covering a total of 220.30 km (136.89 mi) primarily on closed public road. A super special stage started the event at the Titanic Quarter, Belfast on the Friday afternoon.^[1]

Results

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1.	Juho Hänninen	Mikko Markkula	Škoda Fabia S2000	1:58:21.8	0.0	25
2.	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	Škoda Fabia S2000	1:59:06.0	1:39.5	18
3.	Jan Kopecký	Pavel Dresler	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:00:01.3	1:39.5	15
4.	Mathieu Arzeno	Renoul Jamoul	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:02:23.4	4:01.6	12
5.	Craig Breen	Gareth Roberts	Ford Fiesta S2000	2:03:15.6	4:53.8	10
6.	Robert Barrable	Damien Connolly	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:03:36.3	5:14.5	8
7.	Sepp Wiegand	Timo Gottschalk	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:04:37.7	6:15.9	6
8.	Garry Jennings	Barry McNulty	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	2:06:49.7	8:27.9	4
9.	Donagh Kelly	Kevin Flanagan	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	2:07:33.2	9:11.4	2
10.	Sam Moffett	James O'Reilly	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	2:07:37.8	9:16.0	1

Special stages

Day	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
1 (6 April)	SS1	17:00	Titanic	1.80 km	Jan Kopecký	2:11.8	51.90 km/h	Jan Kopecký
	SS2	18:30	Drummond 1	12.96 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	8:14.6	94.84 km/h	Andreas Mikkelsen
	SS3	18:58	Legane 1	25.16 km	Juho Hänninen	16:08.7	93.99 km/h
	SS4	21:25	Drummond 2	12.96 km	Juho Hänninen	8:13.9	94.97 km/h	Jan Kopecký
	SS5	21:53	Legane 2	25.16 km	stage cancelled
2 (7 April)	SS6	09:07	Redrock 1	25.00 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	13:50.2	108.93 km/h	Andreas Mikkelsen
	SS7	09:50	Drumhillery 1	14.24 km	Juho Hänninen	96.04	km/h	Juho Hänninen
	SS8	10:26	Hollow 1	14.56 km	Juho Hänninen	8:45.0	100.53 km/h
	SS9	12:03	Redrock 2	25.00 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	13:26.2	112.17 km/h
	SS10	12:46	Drumhillery 2	14.24 km	Juho Hänninen	8:48.1	97.62 km/h
	SS11	13:22	Hollow 2	14.56 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	8:29.8	103.52 km/h
	SS12	16:00	Lisburn 1	1.06 km	Juho Hänninen	0:57.9	64.04 km/h
	SS13	16:15	Lisburn 2	1.06 km	Juho Hänninen	0:57.9	64.04 km/h
	SS14	16:53	Banbridge North	7.54 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	4:54.7	92.23 km/h
	SS15	17:41	Redrock 3	25.00 km	Juho Hänninen	14:10.7	106.30 km/h