The 2009 Intercontinental Rally Challenge was the fourth season of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. The season consists of twelve rounds and began on January 21, with the 77° Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo. The season ended on November 21, at the inaugural RAC Rally of Scotland. With four wins, Kris Meeke won the championship ahead of Jan Kopecký and Freddy Loix.
Calendar Rd.Start dateFinish dateRallyRally headquartersSurfaceStagesDistance121 January24 January 77th Rallye Automobile Monte-CarloValence, DrômeMixed14362.25 km25 March7 March 29th Rally Internacional de CuritibaCuritiba, ParanáGravel13220.38 km33 April4 April 57th KCB Safari RallyNairobiGravel14296.39 km47 May9 May 44th SATA Rallye AçoresPonta Delgada, AzoresGravel18229.86 km518 June20 June 45th Belgium Ypres Westhoek RallyYpres, West FlandersAsphalt16281.78 km69 July11 July 3rd Rally RussiaVyborg, LeningradGravel15223.45 km730 July1 August 50th Rali Vinho da MadeiraFunchal, MadeiraAsphalt21302.50 km820 August22 August 39th Barum Rally ZlínZlín, Zlín RegionAsphalt15254.96 km910 September12 September 46th Rally Principe de AsturiasOviedo, AsturiasAsphalt15253.72 km1024 September26 September 51st Rallye SanremoSanremo, LiguriaAsphalt9201.79 kmC22 October24 October Rally JapanSapporo, HokkaidoGravel????1119 November21 November 1st Rally of ScotlandPerth, ScotlandGravel13204.50 kmSources: The calendar had been increased from 10 events in 2008, to twelve in 2009. Out went the Istanbul Rally, the Rally de Portugal, the Rallye International du Valais and the China Rally. To be replaced by the Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo, the Rally Internacional de Curitiba, the Safari Rally, the Rallye Açores, Rally Japan and the Rally of Scotland. Rally Japan was later cancelled, mainly because the major manufacturers looked unlikely to travel to Japan.
Selected entries Entrant Constructor Car Driver Co-driver Rounds Peugeot Team Belux Peugeot Peugeot 207 S2000 Nicolas Vouilloz Nicolas Klinger 1–2, 4–5, 7–10 Freddy Loix Isidoor Smets 1–2 Frédéric Miclotte 4–5, 7–10 Pieter Tsjoen Eddy Chevaillier 5 Team Peugeot Total Stéphane Sarrazin Jacques-Julien Renucci 1 Bruno Magalhães Carlos Magalhães 4, 7 H.F. Grifone SRL Didier Auriol Denis Giraudet 1 Corrado Fontana Carlo Cassina 5, 7–9 Luigi Fontana Tullio Vitali 7 BF Goodrich Drivers Team Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia 1 Thierry Neuville Achim Maraite 5 Martin Prokop Jan Tománek 8 Luca Cantamessa Piercarlo Capolongo 10 Adam Gould Sebastian Marshall 11 Peugeot UK Kris Meeke Paul Nagle 1–2, 4–5, 7–11 F.P.F. Sport SRL Tobia Cavallini Flavio Zanella 1 Paolo Andreucci Anna Andreussi 10 Marco Signor Maurizio Barone 10 PH Sport Conrad Rautenbach Daniel Barritt 4 Gilles Schammel Renaud Jamoul 5 Cersanit Rally Team Michał Sołowow Maciek Baran 5, 7–9 Tsunami Rally Team Alexander Zheludov Iria Kolomeytseva 6 Team C.D. Nacional da Madeira/Olca Alexandre Camacho Padro Calado 7 Tescoma Rally Team Roman Kresta Petr Gross 8 Peugeot Total Hungaria János Tóth Robert Tagai 8 Island Motorsport Ranato Travaglia Lorenzo Granai 10 Abarth & C. Spa Abarth Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 Giandomenico Basso Mitia Dotta 1–2, 4–9 Luca Rossetti Matteo Chiarcossi 1, 7–8, 10 Anton Alén Timo Alanne 1–2, 4, 6 Bernd Casier Francis Caesemaeker 5 Miguel Fuster Jose Vicente Medina 9 François Duval Denis Giraduet 10 Umberto Scandola Guido D'Amore 10 Astra Racing Toni Gardemeister Tomi Tuominen 1 Julien Maurin Gilles Thimonier 1 Procar Bernardo Sousa Jorge Carvalho 4, 7 Keith Cronin Greg Shinnors 11 Škoda Motorsport Škoda Škoda Fabia S2000 Juho Hänninen Mikko Markkula 1, 4–6, 8, 10 Jan Kopecký Petr Starý 1, 4–6, 8–10 René Georges Rally Sport François Duval Denis Giraudet 5 Škoda Rally Team Italia Julien Maurin Gilles Thimonier 7, 9–10 Piero Longhi Maurizio Imerito 10 Delimax Team Pavel Valoušek Zdeněk Hrůza 8 E-Art Rally Team Evgeny Novikov Stéphane Prévot 8 A.C. Principado de Asturias Alberto Hevia Alberto Iglesias 9 Škoda Motorsport UK Guy Wilks Phil Pugh 11 Mellors Elliot Motorsport Proton Proton Satria Neo S2000 5–10 Bryan Bouffier Xavier Panseri 8 Alister McRae Bill Hayes 11 Interwetten Racing Mitsubishi Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX Franz Wittmann Bernhard Ettel 1, 4–6, 8–11 BPS Racing Frédéric Romeyer Thomas Fournel 1 Tango Rally Team Marcos Ligato Rubén García 2 Alejandro Cancio Santiago García 2 Triton Team Lee Rose Nick Patel 3 Dalbit Team Carl Tundo Tim Jessop 3 Alastair Cavenagh Saleem Haji 3 Team Além Mar Ricardo Moura Sancho Eiró 4 Luís Ramalho 7 Ricardo Carmo Justino Reis 4 Peres Competições Fernando Peres Jose Pedro Silva 4, 7 Prosport Andrey Zhigunov Igor Ter-Oganesiants 6 EuroOil Čepro Czech National Team Vaclav Pech Petr Uhel 8 David Bogie Rallying David Bogie Kevin Rae 11 DGM Sport Jonathan Greer Dai Roberts 11 Heuvel Motorsport Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X Jasper van den Heuvel Martine Kolman 5, 8 Sunvic Volkswagen Volkswagen Polo S2000 Lola Verlaque Megan Verlaque 3 René Georges Rally Sport Julien Maurin Gilles Thimonier 4 Autostal Duindistel Patrick Snijers Cindy Cokelaere 5 Motor Sport Developments Opel Opel Corsa OPC S2000 Alexandre Bengue Matthieu Baumel 5 Andreas Mikkelsen Ola Fløene 8 Toni Gardemeister Tomi Tuominen 9 Lada Sport Rally Honda Honda Civic Type-R R3 Kaspar Koitla Ain Heiskonen 6 Andres Ots 11 Aava-Sikk Youth Team Martin Kangur Kuldar Sikk 11
Results Round Rally name Podium finishers Rank Driver Car Time 1 / Monte Carlo Rally(January 21–24) – Results and report1 Sébastien OgierPeugeot 207 S20004:40:45.72 Freddy LoixPeugeot 207 S20004:42:29.33 Stéphane SarrazinPeugeot 207 S20004:43:07.3 2 Rallye Internacional de Curitiba(March 5–7)1 Kris MeekePeugeot 207 S20002:08:05.72 Nicolas VouillozPeugeot 207 S20002:08:31.93 Giandomenico BassoFiat Abarth Grande Punto S20002:08:53.6 3 Safari Rally(April 3–4)1 Carl TundoMitsubishi Lancer Evo IX2:47:25.02 Alastair CavenaghMitsubishi Lancer Evo IX2:48:42.03 Lee RoseMitsubishi Lancer Evo IX2:48:51.0 4 Rally Açores(May 7–9) 1 Kris Meeke Peugeot 207 S2000 2:36:48.32 Jan Kopecký Škoda Fabia S2000 2:37:41.43 Nicolas Vouilloz Peugeot 207 S2000 2:37:53.1 5 Belgium Ypres Westhoek Rally(June 18–20) 1 Kris Meeke Peugeot 207 S2000 2:32:16.32 Jan Kopecký Škoda Fabia S2000 2:32:36.73 Freddy Loix Peugeot 207 S2000 2:33:56.8 6 Rally Russia(July 9–11) 1 Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S2000 1:45:15.22 Jan Kopecký Škoda Fabia S2000 1:46:36.13 Giandomenico Basso Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 1:49:21:2 7 Rali Vinho da Madeira(July 30–August 1) 1 Giandomenico Basso Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 3:09:55.42 Bruno Magalhães Peugeot 207 S2000 3:09:58.93 Alexandre Camacho Peugeot 207 S2000 3:10:37.1 8 Barum Czech Rally Zlín(August 21–23) Results and report1 Jan Kopecký Škoda Fabia S2000 2:24:21:12 Kris Meeke Peugeot 207 S2000 2:25:21.53 Juho Hänninen Škoda Fabia S2000 2:26:21.9 9 Rally Príncipe de Asturias(September 10–12) 1 Jan Kopecký Škoda Fabia S2000 2:41:51.32 Kris Meeke Peugeot 207 S2000 2:44:38.23 Nicolas Vouilloz Peugeot 207 S2000 2:44:40.8 10 Rallye Sanremo(September 24–26) 1 Kris Meeke Peugeot 207 S2000 2:20:03.52 Luca Rossetti Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 2:20:19.23 Nicolas Vouilloz Peugeot 207 S2000 2:20:20.4 11 Rally Scotland(November 19–21) – Results and report1 Guy Wilks Škoda Fabia S2000 2:17:07.52 Alister McRae Proton Satria Neo S2000 2:19:54.83 Jonathan Greer Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2:22:29.3
Standings
Drivers Only the best seven scores from each driver count towards the championship. Pos Driver MON CUR SAF AZO YPR RUS MAD ZLI AST ITA SCO T. Pts Drop Pts 1 Kris Meeke Ret 1 1 1 5 2 4 1 DSQ 60 60 2 Jan Kopecký 4 2 2 2 1 1 Ret 49 49 3 Freddy Loix 2 4 4 3 6 Ret 6 4 37 37 4 Nicolas Vouilloz Ret 2 3 Ret 4 Ret 5 3 31 31 5 Giandomenico Basso 5 3 Ret 8 3 1 Ret 11 28 28 6 Juho Hänninen Ret Ret 5 1 3 8 21 21 7 Guy Wilks Ret 5 11 Ret 22 13 1 15 15 8 Sébastien Ogier 1 10 10 9 Carl Tundo 1 10 10 10 Bruno Magalhães 9 2 8 8 11 Luca Rossetti Ret Ret 10 2 8 8 12 Alistair Cavenagh 2 8 8 13 Alister McRae 2 8 8 14 Franz Wittmann Ret 6 Ret 6 15 12 20 Ret 7 7 15 Alexandre Camacho 3 6 6 16 Jonathan Greer 3 6 6 17 Lee Rose 3 6 6 18 Stéphane Sarrazin 3 6 6 19 Kaspar Koitla 10 5 6 6 20 Roman Kresta 4 5 5 21 Pieter Tsjoen 4 5 5 22 Corrado Fontana 10 8 Ret 7 5 5 23 Asad Anwar 7 5 5 24 Fernando Peres 5 Ret 4 4 25 Paolo Andreucci 5 4 4 26 Alejandro Cancio 5 4 4 27 Martin Prokop 5 4 4 28 Eamonn Boland 6 4 4 29 Alex Horsey 12 4 4 30 Frédéric Romeyer 6 3 3 31 Gilles Schammel 6 3 3 32 Renato Travaglia 6 3 3 33 Pavel Valoušek 6 3 3 34 Anton Alén Ret Ret 18 7 3 3 35 Alberto Hevia 8 3 3 36 William Bonniwell 9 3 3 37 Rafael Túlio 9 3 3 38 Quentin Mitchel 14 3 3 39 Olivier Burri 7 2 2 40 Jesper van den Heuvel 7 2 2 41 Miguel Nunes 7 2 2 42 Conrad Rautenbach 7 2 2 43 Janos Toth 7 2 2 44 Boris Zimin 8 2 2 45 Michal Solowow 11 9 9 9 2 2 46 Luis Tedesco 10 2 2 47 Richard Nicoll 11 2 2 48 Navraj Hans 16 2 2 49 Ricardo Moura 8 Ret 1 1 50 Luca Cantamessa 8 1 1 51 Václav Pech 8 1 1 52 Patrick Atrtru 9 1 1 53 Donnie MacDonald 12 1 1 54 Marcos Tokarski 12 1 1 55 Peter Horsey 18 1 1 Pos Driver MON CUR SAF AZO YPR RUS MAD ZLI AST ITA SCO T. Pts Drop Pts
Manufacturers Only the best seven scores from each manufacturer count towards the championship. Pos Manufacturer MON CUR SAF AZO YPR RUS MAD ZLI AST ITA SCO T. Pts Drop Pts 1 Peugeot 18 18 0 16 16 0 14 0 14 16 0 112 112 2 Škoda 5 0 0 8 12 18 0 16 13 0 10 82 82 3 Ralliart 4 4 18 7 2 6 0 1 0 0 9 51 1 50 4 Abarth 6 8 0 0 1 9 10 0 1 8 0 43 43 5 Proton 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 8 13 13 6 Honda 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 5 5 Pos Manufacturer MON CUR SAF AZO YPR RUS MAD ZLI AST ITA SCO T. Pts Drop Pts
References
IRC 2009 at ewrc-results.com
External links The official website of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge