2010 Jordan Rally

The 2010 Jordan Rally was the third round of the 2010 World Rally Championship season. The rally took place over April 1–3, and was based beside the Dead Sea, some 50 kilometres (31 mi) from the country's capital, Amman. The rally was also the third round of both the Production Car World Rally Championship, and the Super 2000 World Rally Championship. Sébastien Loeb won the 56th WRC rally of his career, taking the lead midway through the second leg, and holding on to win by 35.8 seconds ahead of Jari-Matti Latvala, who had been the pacesetter on the first day. Petter Solberg finished third, taking his second successive podium after his second in Mexico.

2010 Jordan Rally
28th Jordan Rally
Round 3 of the 2010 World Rally Championship
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Host country Jordan
Rally baseDead Sea Centre, Jordan
Dates runApril 1 – 3 2010
Stages21 (339.48 km; 210.94 miles)
Stage surfaceGravel
Overall distance911.78 km (566.55 miles)[1]
Results
Overall winner Sébastien Loeb
Citroën Total World Rally Team
Crews33 at start, 27 at finish

Much of the talk on the rally was down to controversial team orders in relation to road position. Citroën Junior Team's Sébastien Ogier left the final morning's service five minutes late, getting a time penalty that dropped him behind Ford's Latvala. Ford used Mikko Hirvonen – who had retired on the first day, and was returning under SupeRally conditions – as their hand, to leave service early so he jumped up the running order.[2] Citroën countered by making Ogier check into the time control at SS14 eight minutes early, to road sweep ahead of Loeb.[2] Citroën later stated that Ogier's late departure was due to an electrical problem.[3] Ogier's teammate Kimi Räikkönen finished eighth and became the second driver after Carlos Reutemann to score drivers' championship points in both Formula One and the World Rally Championship.[4]

In the SWRC, Xavier Pons won his second consecutive event, and again managed to break into the top ten placings in the overall standings. His margin of victory over Eyvind Brynildsen was nearly twelve minutes, as he moved into a ten-point lead in the SWRC standings. Sweden victor Per-Gunnar Andersson finished third ahead of Nasser Al-Attiyah, Patrik Sandell and Jari Ketomaa.

In the PWRC, Patrik Flodin took his second victory in two starts, beating Armindo Araújo by close to two minutes. Araújo's second place was enough to maintain his lead in the championship standings, but Flodin now trails by just eight points. Nicholai Georgiou finished third.

Results

Event standings
Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points
Overall
1. Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Citroën C4 WRC 3:51:35.9 0.0 25
2. Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila Ford Focus RS WRC 09 3:52:11.7 35.8 18
3. Petter Solberg Phil Mills Citroën C4 WRC 3:52:47.7 1:11.8 15
4. Dani Sordo Marc Martí Citroën C4 WRC 3:53:25.2 1:49.3 12
5. Matthew Wilson Scott Martin Ford Focus RS WRC 08 4:00:00.2 8:24.3 10
6. Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Citroën C4 WRC 4:02:02.3 10:26.4 8
7. Federico Villagra Jorge Pérez Companc Ford Focus RS WRC 08 4:03:03.9 11:28.0 6
8. Kimi Räikkönen Kaj Lindstrom Citroën C4 WRC 4:04:06.9 12:31.0 4
9. Henning Solberg Ilka Minor Ford Focus RS WRC 08 4:05:44.5 14:08.6 2
10. Xavier Pons Alex Haro Ford Fiesta S2000 4:10:09.8 18:33.9 1
SWRC
1. (10.) Xavier Pons Alex Haro Ford Fiesta S2000 4:10:09.8 0.0 25
2. (14.) Eyvind Brynildsen Cato Menkerud Škoda Fabia S2000 4:22:01.8 11:52.0 18
3. (16.) Per-Gunnar Andersson Jonas Andersson Škoda Fabia S2000 4:29:07.2 18:57.4 15
4. (18.) Nasser Al-Attiyah Giovanni Bernacchini Škoda Fabia S2000 4:31:26.0 21:16.2 12
5. (23.) Patrik Sandell Emil Axelsson Škoda Fabia S2000 4:51:50.0 41:40.2 10
6. (25.) Jari Ketomaa Mika Stenberg Ford Fiesta S2000 5:04:29.3 54:19.5 8
PWRC
1. (11.) Patrik Flodin Göran Bergsten Subaru Impreza WRX STi 4:10:42.9 0.0 25
2. (12.) Armindo Araújo Miguel Ramalho Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 4:12:39.5 1:56.6 18
3. (15.) Nicholai Georgiou Joseph Matar Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 4:29:01.3 18:18.4 15
4. (17.) Spyros Pavlides Chris Patterson Subaru Impreza WRX STi 4:29:54.8 19:11.9 12
5. (19.) Amjad Farrah Nancy Al-Majali Subaru Impreza WRX STi 4:33:00.4 22:17.5 10
6. (21.) Wang Rui Pan Hongyu Subaru Impreza WRX STi 4:38:14.8 27:31.9 8
7. (24.) Paulo Nobre Edu Paula Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 4:55:12.0 44:29.1 6

Special stages
Day Stage Time Name Length Winner Time Avg. spd. Rally leader
1
(1 Apr)		 SS1 11:28 Rumman Forest 15.34 km Jari-Matti Latvala 12:12.1 75.43 km/h Jari-Matti Latvala
SS2 12:26 Wadi Shueib 1 8.65 km Jari-Matti Latvala 7:05.2 73.24 km/h
SS3 12:54 Mahes 1 20.44 km Dani Sordo 14:44.1 83.23 km/h Dani Sordo
SS4 13:37 Mount Nebo 1 11.09 km Petter Solberg 8:16.3 80.44 km/h Jari-Matti Latvala
SS5 15:50 Wadi Shueib 2 8.65 km Jari-Matti Latvala 6:44.1 77.06 km/h
SS6 16:13 Mahes 2 20.44 km Petter Solberg 14:17.7 85.79 km/h
SS7 16:56 Mount Nebo 2 11.09 km Sébastien Loeb 8:00.6 83.07 km/h
2
(2 Apr)		 SS8 08:11 Suwayma 1 10.49 km Sébastien Loeb 5:13.7 120.38 km/h
SS9 08:51 Kafrain 1 17.20 km Petter Solberg 11:54.0 86.72 km/h
SS10 09:49 Jordan River 1 41.45 km Sébastien Loeb 27:38.4 89.98 km/h
SS11 12:50 Suwayma 2 10.49 km Sébastien Loeb 5:13.7 120.38 km/h Sébastien Loeb
Jari-Matti Latvala
SS12 13:30 Kafrain 2 17.20 km Petter Solberg 11:43.3 88.04 km/h Sébastien Loeb
SS13 14:28 Jordan River 2 41.45 km Sébastien Loeb 27:10.0 91.55 km/h
3
(3 Apr)		 SS14 08:20 Yakrut 1 14.16 km Sébastien Loeb 8:30.4 99.87 km/h
SS15 08:50 Bahath 1 12.53 km Petter Solberg 9:30.3 79.10 km/h
SS16 09:33 Shuna 1 15.23 km Sébastien Loeb 11:55.5 76.63 km/h
SS17 10:16 Baptism Site 1 10.83 km Sébastien Loeb 5:21.1 121.42 km/h
SS18 12:11 Yakrut 2 14.16 km Jari-Matti Latvala 8:21.1 101.73 km/h
SS19 12:41 Bahath 2 12.53 km Sébastien Loeb 9:17.0 80.98 km/h
SS20 13:24 Shuna 2 15.23 km Jari-Matti Latvala 12:00.6 76.09 km/h
SS21 14:07 Baptism Site 2 10.83 km Sébastien Ogier 5:25.8 119.67 km/h

Standings after the rally
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References
  1. "Jordan Rally Schedule 2010" (PDF). World Rally Championship. Jordan Rally; International Sportsworld Communicators. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
  2. Beer, Matt (3 April 2010). "Loeb still leads as teams use tactics". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Archived from the original on 5 April 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  3. Evans, David (3 April 2010). "Ford attacks Citroen over tactics". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Archived from the original on 5 April 2010. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
  4. "Räikkönen teki suomalaista moottoriurheiluhistoriaa!". MTV3 (in Finnish). Bonnier Group. 3 April 2010. Archived from the original on 5 April 2010. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
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