2009 Cyprus Rally

2009 Cyprus Rally
*37th FxPro Cyprus Rally*
2009 Cyprus Rally; 37th FxPro Cyprus Rally
Round 3 of the 2009 World Rally Championship
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	Petter Solberg driving a Citroën Xsara WRC
Host country	Cyprus
Rally base	Limassol, Cyprus
Dates run	March 13 – March 15, 2009
Stages	14 (332.07 km; 206.34 miles)
Stage surface	Tarmac/Gravel
Overall results
Overall winner	Sébastien Loeb; Citroën Total World Rally Team

Host country

Cyprus

Rally baseLimassol, Cyprus

Dates runMarch 13 – March 15, 2009

Stages14 (332.07 km; 206.34 miles)

The 2009 Cyprus Rally, officially 37th FxPro Cyprus Rally, was the third round of the 2009 World Rally Championship season and was held between March 13 and March 15, 2009 in Limassol, Cyprus. Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena claimed the title and won the WRC's first mixed-surface round since 1996.^[1]

The Cyprus Rally was last held in 2006, but was dropped along with Rally Australia in favour of new rallies such as Rally Norway, and Rally Ireland, and the returning Rally de Portugal.

Its format changed to a mixed surface rally format from all-gravel rally.^[2] The Cyprus Rally was the first rally since Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia in 1996 to host a mixed surfaced event. Day 1 was contested on tarmac, while days 2 & 3 were contested on rough gravel roads.^{[citation needed]}

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Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
WRC
1.	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	4:50:34.7	0.0	10
2.	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	4:51:01.9	+27.2	8
3.	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:52:24.1	+1:49.4	6
4.	Dani Sordo	Marc Marti	Citroën C4 WRC	4:53:01.0	+2:26.3	5
5.	Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	4:57:15.7	+6:41.0	4
6.	Conrad Rautenbach	Daniel Barritt	Citroën C4 WRC	5:01:46.6	+11:11.9	3
7.	Federico Villagra	Jorge Perez Companc	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	5:03:53.2	+13:18.5	2
8.	Khalid Al-Qassimi	Michael Orr	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	5:04:18.8	+13:44.1	1
JWRC
1. (14.)	Martin Prokop	Jan Tomanek	Citroën C2 S1600	5:20:54.0	0.0	10
2. (17.)	Michal Kosciuszko	Maciek Szczepaniak	Suzuki Swift S1600	5:22:30.8	+1:36.8	8
3. (21.)	Aaron Nicolai Burkart	Michael Koelbach	Suzuki Swift S1600	5:40:42.9	+19:48.9	6
PWRC
1. (9.)	Patrik Sandell	Emil Axelsson	Škoda Fabia S2000	5:10:11.3	0.0	10
2. (10.)	Armindo Araujo	Ramalho Miguel	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	5:10:29.6	+18.3	8
3. (11.)	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Giovanni Bernacchini	Subaru Impreza N14 2009	5:11:10.1	+58.8	6
4. (13.)	Toshi Arai	Glenn MacNeal	Subaru Impreza 2007	5:18:45.4	+8:34.1	5
5. (15.)	Andis Neiksans	Peteris Djirkals	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	5:21:46.6	+11:35.3	4
6. (16.)	Charalambos Timotheou	Savvas Laos	Subaru Impreza N12b	5:22:01.7	+11:50.4	3
7. (19.)	Gaurav Singh Gill	David Senior	Subaru Impreza 2008	5:31:22.2	+21:10.9	2
8. (20.)	Frederic Sauvan	Thibault Gorczyca	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	5:39:10.2	+28:58.9	1

Day	Stage	Time (EET)	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
1 (13 MAR)	SS1	09:23	Panagia 1	30.33 km	Sébastien Loeb	22:01.3	82.68 km/h	Sébastien Loeb
	SS2	10:21	Mylikouri 1	7.37 km	Sébastien Loeb	5:33.9	79.53 km/h
	SS3	10:46	Gerakies 1	29.40 km	Sébastien Loeb	21:09.2	83.36 km/h
	SS4	14:34	Panagia 2	30.33 km	Sébastien Loeb	22:06.8	82.30 km/h
	SS5	15:32	Mylikouri 2	7.37 km	Sébastien Loeb	5:34.9	79.25 km/h
	SS6	15:57	Gerakies 2	29.40 km	Daniel Sordo	21:18.0	82.82 km/h
2 (14 MAR)	SS7	08:43	Anadiou Dam 1	11.70 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	11:02.4	63.59 km/h
	SS8	09:11	Pano Panagia	28.17 km	Mikko Hirvonen	30:29.8	55.42 km/h
	SS9	11:19	Orkontas	18.54 km	Sébastien Loeb	18:36.5	59.77 km/h
	SS10	15:17	Xyliatos	30.94 km	Petter Solberg	28:16.1	65.66 km/h
	SS11	16:20	Kourdali	26.25 km	Petter Solberg	26:31.5	59.37 km/h
3 (15 MAR)	SS12	09:18	Foini	30.03 km	Mikko Hirvonen	26:18.7	68.48 km/h
	SS13	10:49	Anadiou	40.54 km	Mikko Hirvonen	39:27.2	61.66 km/h
	SS14	12:02	Anadiou Dam 2	11.70 km	Matthew Wilson	10:14.8	68.49 km/h

Rank	Driver	Event												Total points
Rank	Driver	IRL	NOR	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRC	POL	FIN	AUS	ESP	GBR	Total points
1	Citroën Total World Rally Team	18	14	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	48
2	BP Ford World Rally Team	8	14	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	32
3	Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team	8	8	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22
4	Citroën Junior Team	5	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11
5	Munchi's Ford World Rally Team	0	0	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3

v t e 2009 World Rally Championship
Teams	Citroën 1 Loeb 2 Sordo Ford 3 Hirvonen 4 Latvala 14 al-Qassimi Stobart Ford 5 Wilson 6 H. Solberg - Aava Citroën Junior 7 Novikov 8 Rautenbach 12 Ogier Munchi's Ford 9 Villagra 10 Bird
Rallies	Ireland Norway Cyprus Portugal Argentina Italy Greece Poland Finland Australia Catalunya Great Britain

2009 Cyprus Rally

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