2012 Rally Italia Sardegna

The 2012 Rally Italia Sardegna was the penultimate round of the 2012 World Rally Championship season and was held between 18 and 21 October 2012. It was based in Olbia, Sardegna.

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Host country	Italy
Rally base	Olbia, Sardinia
Dates run	18 – 21 October 2012
Stages	16 (306.04 km; 190.16 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Overall distance	1,241.45 km (771.40 miles)

The rally was also the seventh round of the Production World Rally Championship.

Results

Event standings

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Overall
1.	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Citroën DS3 WRC	3:23:54.9	0.0	25
2.	Evgeny Novikov	Ilka Minor	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:25:15.5	1:20.6	18
3.	Ott Tänak	Kuldar Sikk	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:26:16.0	2:21.1	15
4.	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:27:37.8	3:42.9	12
5.	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:28:22.4	4:27.5	10
6.	Chris Atkinson	Stéphane Prévot	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	3:29:17.1	5:22.2	8
7.	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:30:07.4	6:12.5	6
8.	Martin Prokop	Zdeněk Hrůza	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:33:24.2	9:29.3	4
9.	Petter Solberg	Chris Patterson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:33:47.2	9:52.3	5
10.	Luca Pedersoli	Matteo Romano	Citroen DS3 WRC	3:44:30.5	20:35.6	1
PWRC
1. (14.)	Nicolás Fuchs	Fernando Mussano	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	3:49:25.7	0.0	25
2. (15.)	Marcos Ligato	Rubén García	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	3:49:56.1	30.4	18
3. (16.)	Valeriy Gorban	Andriy Nikolaev	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	3:50:07.8	42.1	15
4. (17.)	Subhan Aksa	Nicola Arena	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	3:52:26.9	3:01.2	12
5. (20.)	Oleksiy Kikireshko	Sergei Larens	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	3:56:28.4	7:02.7	10
6. (21.)	Michał Kościuszko	Maciej Szczepaniak	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	3:56:38.9	7:13.2	8
7. (22.)	Ricardo Triviño	Àlex Haro	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	3:57:44.0	8:18.3	6
8. (24.)	Benito Guerra	Borja Rozada	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	4:00:12.7	10:47.0	4
9. (25.)	Gianluca Linari	Andrea Cecchi	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	4:03:35.8	14:10.1	2
10. (30.)	Louise Cook	Stefan Davis	Ford Fiesta ST	4:42:48.5	53:22.8	1

Special Stages

Leg	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
Leg 1 (18 Oct)	SS1	16:13	Terranova 1	28.14 km	Sébastien Loeb	19:09.4	88.08 km/h	Sébastien Loeb
	SS2	18:16	Terranova 2	28.14 km	Mikko Hirvonen	18:49.4	89.41 km/h
Leg 2 (19 Oct)	SS3	8:43	Monte Lerno 1	29.68 km	Mikko Hirvonen	18:16.2	97.28 km/h	Mikko Hirvonen
	SS4	11:34	Castelsardo 1	14.00 km	Mikko Hirvonen	10:45.9	78.01 km/h
	SS5	12:24	Tergu-Osilo 1	14.88 km	Sébastien Ogier	10:16.1	86.56 km/h
	SS6	14:46	Castelsardo 2	14.00 km	Evgeny Novikov	10:27.6	80.18 km/h
	SS7	15:36	Tergu-Osilo 2	14.88 km	Evgeny Novikov	9:41.8	92.04 km/h
	SS8	17:50	Monte Lerno 2	29.68 km	Mikko Hirvonen	18:32.8	90.23 km/h
Leg 3 (20 Oct)	SS9	9:28	Coiluna-Loelle 1	29.35 km	Mads Østberg	17:39.4	99.44 km/h
	SS10	10:35	Monte di Ala 1	14.49 km	Evgeny Novikov	9:12.9	94.20 km/h
	SS11	11:37	Monte Olia 1	14.12 km	Mads Østberg	10:18.2	82.13 km/h
	SS12	14:48	Coiluna-Loelle 2	29.35 km	Mads Østberg	17:12.6	102.19 km/h
	SS13	15:55	Monti di Ala 2	14.49 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	8:57.4	97.04 km/h
	SS14	16:57	Monte Olia 2	14.12 km	Mads Østberg	10:02.6	84.21 km/h
Leg 4 (21 Oct)	SS15	9:20	Gallura 1	8.24 km	Mads Østberg	6:25.0	77.05 km/h
	SS16	11:00	Gallura (power stage)	8.24 km	Petter Solberg	6:13.4	79.44 km/h

Power stage

The "Power stage" was a 8.24 km (5.12 mi) stage at the end of the rally.^[1]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Class	Time	Difference	Avg. spd.	Points
1	4	Petter Solberg	Chris Patterson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	6:13.417	0.000	79.4 km/h	3
2	3	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	6:13.637	0.220	79.4 km/h	2
3	7	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	6:18.182	4.765	78.5 km/h	1