The 2010 Rally Bulgaria was the seventh round of the 2010 World Rally Championship season. The rally took place over July 9–11, and was based in Borovets, around outside the capital city, Sofia. The rally was also the third round of the Junior World Rally Championship.
Rally Bulgaria made its début in the World Rally Championship, having been approved to the calendar in September 2009. The event was won by Sébastien Loeb, who took his fourth win of the season, and the 58th of his WRC career. Loeb was part of a 1-2-3-4 by Citroën cars, as team-mate Dani Sordo finished second, Petter Solberg finished third in his privately run car and Sébastien Ogier was fourth in a car run by the Citroën Junior Team; the first such result by any manufacturer since 1993. __TOC__
Results
Event standings Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points Overall 1. Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Citroën C4 WRC 3:02:39.2 0.0 25 2. Dani Sordo Marc Martí Citroën C4 WRC 3:03:08.7 29.5 18 3. Petter Solberg Chris Patterson Citroën C4 WRC 3:03:15.5 36.3 15 4. Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Citroën C4 WRC 3:04:34.2 1:55.0 12 5. Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Focus RS WRC 09 3:05:57.0 3:17.8 10 6. Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila Ford Focus RS WRC 09 3:07:07.7 4:28.5 8 7. Per-Gunnar Andersson Jonas Andersson Ford Focus RS WRC 08 3:08:04.4 5:25.2 6 8. Frigyes Turán Gábor Zsiros Peugeot 307 WRC 3:09:43.2 7:04.0 4 9. Matthew Wilson Scott Martin Ford Focus RS WRC 08 3:12:07.8 9:28.6 2 10. Henning Solberg Ilka Minor Ford Fiesta S2000 3:15:45.2 13:06.0 1 JWRC 1. (12.) Thierry Neuville Nicolas Klinger Citroën C2 3:18:21.8 0.0 25 2. (14.) Hans Weijs Bjorn Degandt Citroën C2 3:19:14.3 52.5 18 3. (16.) Todor Slavov Dobromir Filipov Renault Clio R3 3:24:38.4 6:16.6 15 4. (17.) Alessandro Broccoli Angela Forina Renault Clio R3 3:25:13.6 6:51.8 12 5. (18.) Karl Kruuda Martin Järveoja Suzuki Swift S1600 3:25:14.6 6:52.8 10 6. (19.) Egoi Eder Valdés López Albert Garduno Renault Clio R3 3:30:24.1 12:02.3 8 7. (21.) Kevin Abbring Erwin Mombaerts Renault Clio R3 3:31:55.8 13:34.0 6 8. (22.) Mathieu Arzeno Romain Roche Citroën C2 3:38:45.6 20:23.8 4
Special stages All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3). DayStageTimeNameLengthWinnerTimeAvg. spd.Rally leader 1(9 July) SS1 10:05 Batak Lake 1 31.77 km Sébastien Loeb 17:33.8 108.53 km/h Sébastien Loeb SS2 11:38 Belmeken Lake 1 27.57 km Sébastien Loeb 15:08.5 109.25 km/h SS3 14:37 Batak Lake 2 31.77 km Sébastien Loeb 17:35.2 108.39 km/h SS4 16:10 Belmeken Lake 2 27.57 km Sébastien Loeb 15:09.2 109.16 km/h2(10 July) SS5 07:43 Sestrimo 1 27.46 km Sébastien Loeb 16:27.4 100.12 km/h SS6 09:36 Peshtera 1 18.13 km Dani Sordo 10:23.6 104.66 km/h SS7 10:54 Lyubnitsa 1 24.86 km stage cancelled SS8 13:22 Sestrimo 2 27.46 km Petter Solberg 16:19.5 100.92 km/h SS9 15:15 Peshtera 2 18.13 km Petter Solberg 10:24.2 104.56 km/h SS10 16:33 Lyubnitsa 2 24.86 km Petter Solberg 13:32.8 110.11 km/h3(11 July) SS11 08:46 Muhovo 1 29.53 km Petter Solberg 15:29.7 114.35 km/h SS12 09:28 Slavovitsa 1 17.73 km Dani Sordo 9:23.2 113.33 km/h SS13 11:52 Muhovo 2 29.53 km Petter Solberg 15:22.7 115.21 km/h SS14 12:34 Slavovitsa 2 17.73 km Sébastien Ogier 9:17.4 114.51 km/h
Standings after the rally
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Sébastien Loeb 151 2 Sebastien Ogier 100 3 Mikko Hirvonen 86 4 Jari-Matti Latvala 80 5 Petter Solberg 78 6 Dani Sordo 67 7 Matthew Wilson 40 8 Federico Villagra 26 9 Henning Solberg 25 10 Kimi Räikkönen 15
Manufacturers' Championship standings Manufacturer Points 1 Citroën WRT 232 2 BP Ford WRT 185 3 Citroën Junior Team 125 4 Stobart Ford 98 5 Munchi's Ford 40
References
External links Results at eWRC.com