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2009 Rally Poland

The2009 ORLEN Platinum Rally Polandwas the 66th running of theRally Polandand the eighth round of the2009 World Rally Championship season.Rally Poland had previously been part of the WRC schedule during the inaugural1973 season.The rally consisted of 18special stagesand was won byFord'sMikko Hirvonen,who took his first-ever back-to-back victories. However, the team's celebration was subdued afterJari-Matti Latvalacrashed out from second place on the final super special stage, losing important manufacturers' championship points.[1]

2009 Rally Poland
66thORLEN PlatinumRally Poland
Round 8 of the2009 World Rally Championship
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Host countryPolandPoland
Rally baseMikołajki
Dates run25 – 28 June 2009
Stages18
Stage surfaceGravel
Statistics
Crews48 at start, 34 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerFinlandMikko Hirvonen
United KingdomBP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team

Citroën'sDani Sordothen finished second andStobart'sHenning Solbergbeat his brotherPetterto take the final podium spot. Home country'sKrzysztof Hołowczyc,a three-time winner of the event, finished sixth behind regular Stobart driverMatthew Wilson.This marked the first time a Polish driver scored WRC points in the history of the series.[2]

Citroën's defending world championSébastien Loeblost the drivers' championship lead by crashing out in the second rally in a row. However, he re-joined the event undersuperallyrules and with mechanical problems forAndreas Mikkelsen,Mads ØstbergandSébastien Ogier,he had climbed back into the top ten. Citroën then issued team orders andCitroën Junior Team'sConrad RautenbachandEvgeny Novikovboth stopped for enough minutes to let the Frenchman take the eighth place, which eventually became seventh after Latvala's mistake.[1]

Results

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Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points
WRC
1 Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Focus RS WRC 09 3:07:27.5 0.0 10
2 Dani Sordo Marc Martí Citroën C4 WRC 3:08:37.8 +1:10.3 8
3 Henning Solberg Cato Menkerud Ford Focus RS WRC 08 3:09:33.2 +2:05.7 6
4 Petter Solberg Phil Mills Citroën Xsara WRC 3:09:51.8 +2:24.3 5
5 Matthew Wilson Scott Martin Ford Focus RS WRC 08 3:11:45.0 +4:17.5 4
6 Krzysztof Hołowczyc Łukasz Kurzeja Ford Focus RS WRC 08 3:12:01.4 +4:33.9 3
7 Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Citroën C4 WRC 3:26:42.6 +19:15.1 2
8 Conrad Rautenbach Daniel Barritt Citroën C4 WRC 3:26:48.1 +19:20.6 1
JWRC
1 Kevin Abbring Erwin Mombaerts Renault Clio R3 3:35:05.2 0.0 10
2 Martin Prokop Jan Tománek Citroën C2 S1600 3:36:15.4 +1:10.2 8
3 Yoann Bonato Benjamin Boulloud Suzuki Swift S1600 3:40:39.7 +5:34.5 6
4 Hans Weijs Bjorn Degandt Citroën C2 S1600 3:45:17.2 +10:12.0 5
5 Simone Bertolotti Luca Celestini Suzuki Swift S1600 3:51:50.3 +16:45.1 4
6 Radosław Typa Maciej Wisławski Citroën C2 R2 3:56:32.3 +21:27.1 3
7 Luca Griotti Corrado Bonato Renault Clio R3 4:00:53.6 +25:48.4 2

Special stages

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Day Stage Time (CEST) Name Length Winner Time Rally leader
1
(June 25) 		SS1 20:00 Mikołajki 1 2.50 km Petter Solberg 1:48.3 Petter Solberg
2
(June 26) 		SS2 9:51 Grabówka 1 12.09 km Mikko Hirvonen 6:49.7 Sébastien Loeb
SS3 10:19 Pianki 1 11.34 km Mikko Hirvonen 5:22.2 Mikko Hirvonen
SS4 10:39 Paprotki 1 33.17 km Jari-Matti Latvala 18:14.0
SS5 14:01 Grabówka 2 12.09 km Jari-Matti Latvala 6:49.3
SS6 14:29 Pianki 2 11.34 km Mikko Hirvonen 5:15.4
SS7 14:59 Paprotki 2 33.17 km Jari-Matti Latvala 17:57.2
3
(June 27) 		SS8 10:14 Danowo 1 11.88 km Sébastien Loeb 6:18.1
SS9 10:59 Gawliki 1 32.75 km Dani Sordo 17:44.4
SS10 11:52 Wydminy 1 30.09 km Sébastien Loeb 15:40.9
SS11 15:18 Danowo 2 11.88 km Mikko Hirvonen 6:12.5
SS12 16:03 Gawliki 2 32.75 km Sébastien Loeb 17:21.1
SS13 16:56 Wydminy 2 30.09 km Sébastien Loeb 15:26.9
4
(June 28) 		SS14 7:51 Miłki 1 27.07 km Sébastien Ogier 13:59.3
SS15 8:57 Tros 1 15.11 km Henning Solberg 7:53.2
SS16 11:49 Miłki 2 27.07 km Henning Solberg 13:56.0
SS17 12:55 Tros 2 15.11 km Sébastien Loeb 7:44.4
SS18 14:24 Mikołajki 2 2.50 km Petter Solberg 1:49.0

Championship standings after the event

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Drivers' championship

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Pos Driver IRL
 NOR
 CYP
 POR
 ARG
 ITA
 GRC
 POL
 FIN
 AUS
 ESP
 GBR
 Pts
1 Mikko Hirvonen 3 2 2 2 Ret 2 1 1 58
2 Sébastien Loeb 1 1 1 1 1 4 Ret 7 57
3 Dani Sordo 2 5 4 3 2 23 12 2 39
4 Henning Solberg 4 4 18 5 3 8 15 3 27
5 Jari-Matti Latvala 14 3 12 Ret 6 1 3 Ret 25
Petter Solberg 6 3 4 Ret 3 Ret 4 25
7 Matthew Wilson 7 7 5 Ret 5 6 14 5 19
8 Federico Villagra 7 7 4 Ret 4 14
9 Sébastien Ogier 6 10 Ret 17 7 Ret 2 Ret 13
10 Conrad Rautenbach 18 Ret 6 Ret Ret 9 5 8 8
11 Mads Østberg 9 6 7 7 Ret 7
12 Khalid al-Qassimi 8 8 8 16 6 6
13 Evgeny Novikov 12 Ret Ret 5 16 9 4
Chris Atkinson 5 4
15 Krzysztof Hołowczyc 6 3
16 Nasser Al-Attiyah 11 16 8 10 9 1
Urmo Aava 10 8 1
Lambros Athanassoulas 8 1
Pos Driver IRL
 NOR
 CYP
 POR
 ARG
 ITA
 GRC
 POL
 FIN
 AUS
 ESP
 GBR
 Pts
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Manufacturers' championship

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Pos Team Event Total
points
IRL
 NOR
 CYP
 POR
 ARG
 ITA
 GRC
 POL
 FIN
 AUS
 ESP
 GBR
1 Citroën Total World Rally Team 18 14 16 16 18 8 4 12 106
2 BP Ford World Rally Team 8 14 10 8 3 18 18 10 89
3 Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team 8 8 6 5 10 7 5 11 60
4 Citroën Junior Team 5 2 4 0 2 5 6 5 29
5 Munchi's Ford World Rally Team 0 0 3 4 5 0 6 0 18

References

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  1. ^abBeer, Matt (28 June 2009)."Hirvonen takes win and points lead".Autosport.Retrieved29 June2009.
  2. ^"Solberg snatches a place on the podium".Rally-Live.28 June 2009.Retrieved29 June2009.
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