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Results from Turkey 16th - 18th April 2010Loeb wins in Jordan
Turkey is the only mixed surface rally on the 2010 calendar, with some stages having both tarmac and gravel sections. Loeb's road-sweeping position wasn't quite the disadvantage it was in Jordan, but it still dropped him to fifth by the end of Friday, with the lead shuffling several times over the course of the day, finally ending with Citroën colleagues Ogier and Sordo at the head of the field. Ken Block and Henning Solberg clipped the same tree stump on the very first stage; both retired to rejoin the following day under the SupeRally regulations. Block was to crash out again on Saturday. Rally leader Ogier had a sudden puncture, causing an off and a 3-minute delay while the tyre was changed, putting an end to his rally challenge, though he still whipped Kimi again. Latvala had a pace note confidently predicting a "flat" corner, which turned out to be rather less so, propelling Latvala into the scenery and onto his roof. He would eventually fight back to eighth place while Loeb relentlessly stole time from everyone else and took the lead, which he would hold until the end. Mikko Hirvonen sustained a puncture but survived to take third. On the final day, two stages were cancelled because of muddy conditions (!) and in the afternoon Dani Sordo was the first to go off on a particularly slippery corner and into the trees. Ogier backed off as he came up to the stricken Sordo, but still couldn't stop sliding into his car, while star of the rally Petter Solberg did much the same thing just a few moments later. Both survived with only light damage and Petter claimed a superb second place, jumping him over the Fords to second place in the championship. Go Petter. Loeb now leads the championship by a massive 40 points from Petter Solberg and his seventh consecutive title now looks to be an inevitability. In the JWRC, Aaron Burkart found his rhythm to seal a comfortable opening round and making him look a strong favourite for the title even after only one round. As wrc.com put it: ----- Report quoted from wrc.com ----- Aaron Burkart survived a late scare to open his Junior World Rally Championship bid with victory on Rally of Turkey. The 27-year-old from Germany led from the fourth stage of the demanding gravel rally in his works Suzuki Swift Super 1600 for his second win in the young driver class. The result also meant he secured his first world drivers' championship point by claiming tenth overall. However, triumph almost turned to despair for Burkart when his Suzuki's powersteering failed close to the end of the penultimate stage. “I was two kilometres from the end of stage 22 and there was not any time before the next stage to make repairs so I had to do that stage with no powersteering,” said Burkart, who was reunited with co-driver Andre Kachel after a seven-year break."It was very tough getting through the bumpy sections because the steering movement was so great and it was difficult to hold on through the chicanes and hairpins." Asked whether he thought he would lose out on victory as a result of his late drama, Burkart said, "I had a gap of four and a half minutes so I knew it would still be okay but I was relieved when I got to the finish. For a Tarmac driver like me it's great to win on gravel. It would have been nice to have had more of a battle but this is a great start to my season and I'm very happy." After surviving brake and suspension problems earlier in the rally, Alessandro Broccoli took second in class in his Renault Clio R3, despite the car's front suspension failing during the closing stages. Kevin Abbring, who lost more than 11 minutes with an electrical fault, claimed third in his similar Clio after his new MCC Sport team identified the cause of the brake problem that struck on stage 20. "It was actually some stones getting under the bolts," said the Dutchman. "Fortunately there was no problem in the afternoon. It was disappointing that we couldn't challenge for the win here having led after three stages due to the electrical problem we had but I enjoyed the final day because I liked the roads and had a good feeling." Todor Slavov, from Bulgaria, took fourth in his Clio with Briton Harry Hunt bagging fifth, and the Fiesta SportTrophy International honours in his Fiesta R2, following an impressive drive on his second world championship rally. Slavov feared his rally was over when he holed his car's sump on Friday's final stage. Fortunately his engine wasn't too badly damaged and he was able to restart under SupeRally regulations on day two. Starter motor and exhaust system glitches also slowed Slavov who said he was relieved to have finished. Like Slavov, Estonian Karl Kruuda also needed SupeRally to finish the event after being forced to retire on Saturday when his Suzuki suffered a broken driveshaft. Belgian Thierry Neuville was 7.5 seconds behind Burkart at the end of the opening day but went no further than Saturday's first stage when his Citroen C2 Super 1600 suffered a differential failure. With no spare available Neuville was forced to retire. ----- End of report from wrc.com -----
WRC final standings
Other WRC finishers (2 points each)
Number of stage wins (10 points for the first, 1 point for all others)
Points contributions by WRC driversWRC drivers contribute double championship points, plus 1 point for each stage win (10 for the first), plus 2 points for a finish, all multiplied by their weighting at the start of the rally.
WRC team pointsWRC teams score the average of the nominated drivers' unweighted points (which is the same as adding them up and halving the result), multiplied by the team's weighting. BP Ford's nominated drivers were Hirvonen/Latvala, Stobart's were H Solberg/Wilson, Citroën Juniors' were Räikkönen/Ogier. (Citroën Total's are always Loeb/Sordo)
JWRC final standings
Other JWRC finishers (2 points each)
JWRC stage wins (10 points for the first, 1 point for all others)
Points contributions for each JWRC driverDriver's contribution = double championship points, plus one point for each stage win (10 for the first), plus 2 points for a finish, all multiplied by the weighting at the start of the rally.
Next race - New Zealand - 7th MayThree weeks until round five in New Zealand, which hosts another round of the PWRC and SWRC. Teams will be frozen from midnight GMT on the night of Thursday 6th May. |
