The 2010 Rally Catalunya was the twelfth and penultimate round of the 2010 World Rally Championship season. The rally took place over 22–24 October 2010, and was based in Salou, the second biggest city in the Province of Tarragona in Catalonia. The rally was also the sixth and final round of the Junior World Rally Championship.
After claiming the world championship at the previous round in France, Sébastien Loeb won the 61st WRC rally of his career by leading from start to finish. Second was Petter Solberg with Loeb's team-mate Dani Sordo completing an all-Citroën podium. Loeb's victory ensured that the marque's C4 would finish with a perfect record on asphalt, with it not being beaten on any WRC rally on the surface since its début in 2007.
Despite being forced to return under Superally conditions, Aaron Burkart won the JWRC championship title after Hans Weijs Jr. was slowed by a crankshaft sensor issue on the second run through El Priorat.
Results
Event standings Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points Overall 1. Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Citroën C4 WRC 3:32:59.7 0.0 25 2. Petter Solberg Chris Patterson Citroën C4 WRC 3:33:35.0 35.3 18 3. Dani Sordo Diego Vallejo Citroën C4 WRC 3:33:40.8 41.1 15 4. Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila Ford Focus RS WRC 09 3:34:19.2 1:19.5 12 5. Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Focus RS WRC 09 3:39:32.6 6:32.9 10 6. Matthew Wilson Scott Martin Ford Focus RS WRC 08 3:41:17.3 8:17.6 8 7. Khalid Al Qassimi Michael Orr Ford Focus RS WRC 08 3:46:05.4 13:05.7 6 8. Henning Solberg Stéphane Prévot Ford Fiesta S2000 3:46:10.9 13:11.2 4 9. Ken Block Alex Gelsomino Ford Focus RS WRC 08 3:49:00.9 16:01.2 2 10. Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Citroën C4 WRC 3:50:23.8 17:24.1 1 JWRC 1. (12.) Yeray Lemes Rogelio Peňate Renault Clio S1600 3:55:58.0 0.0 25 2. (14.) Todor Slavov Dobromir Filipov Renault Clio R3 4:01:42.5 5:44.5 18 3. (18.) Hans Weijs Jr. Bjorn Degandt Citroën C2 S1600 4:06:48.5 10:50.5 15 4. (26.) Aaron Burkart André Kachel Suzuki Swift S1600 4:24:43.1 28:45.1 12 5. (27.) Harry Hunt Sebastian Marshall Ford Fiesta R2 4:24:52.4 28:54.4 10 6. (28.) Martin Kangur Martin Järveoja Honda Civic type-r R3 4:26:03.1 30:05.1 8
Special stages All dates and times are CEST (UTC+2). DayStageTimeNameLengthWinnerTimeAvg. spd.Rally leaderLeg 1(22 Oct) SS1 8:53 Terra Alta 1 35.94 km Sébastien Loeb 24:17.2 88.79 km/h Sébastien Loeb SS2 9:51 La Ribera d'Ebre 1 14.97 km Petter Solberg 11:18.3 79.45 km/h SS3 10:34 Les Garrigues 1 12.07 km Sébastien Loeb 7:22.9 98.11 km/h SS4 14:47 Terra Alta 2 35.94 km Sébastien Ogier 23:42.4 90.96 km/h SS5 15:45 La Ribera d'Ebre 2 14.97 km Petter Solberg 11:08.3 80.64 km/h SS6 16:28 Les Garrigues 2 12.07 km Sébastien Loeb 7:25.8 97.47 km/hLeg 2(23 Oct) SS7 9:59 Santa Marina 1 26.51 km Sébastien Loeb 15:40.8 101.44 km/h SS8 11:17 La Mussara 1 20.48 km Sébastien Loeb 11:08.7 110.26 km/h SS9 12:07 Riudecanyes 1 16.32 km Sébastien Loeb 10:22.7 94.35 km/h SS10 14:11 Santa Marina 2 26.51 km Dani Sordo 15:45.3 100.96 km/h SS11 15:29 La Mussara 2 20.48 km Sébastien Loeb 11:09.7 110.09 km/h SS12 16:34 Riudecanyes 2 16.32 km Petter Solberg 10:22.5 94.38 km/hLeg 3(24 Oct) SS13 8:40 El Priorat 1 42.04 km Dani Sordo 23:46.4 106.10 km/h SS14 10:09 La Serra d'Almos 1 4.11 km Dani Sordo 2:34.7 95.64 km/h SS15 12:30 El Priorat 2 42.04 km Dani Sordo 23:40.6 106.54 km/h SS16 13:59 La Serra d'Almos 2 4.11 km Petter Solberg 2:35.2 95.34 km/h
Standings after the rally
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Sébastien Loeb 251 2 Sebastien Ogier 167 3 Jari-Matti Latvala 156 4 Petter Solberg 151 5 Dani Sordo 140 6 Mikko Hirvonen 114 7 Matthew Wilson 68 8 Henning Solberg 37 9 Federico Villagra 36 10 Kimi Räikkönen 21
Manufacturers' Championship standings Manufacturer Points 1 Citroen WRT 428 2 BP Ford WRT 299 3 Citroen Junior Team 194 4 Stobart Ford 158 5 Munchi's Ford 54
References
External links The official website of the World Rally Championship Results at eWRC.com