The 2009 ORLEN Platinum Rally Poland was the 66th running of the Rally Poland and the eighth round of the 2009 World Rally Championship season. Rally Poland had previously been part of the WRC schedule during the inaugural 1973 season. The rally consisted of 18 special stages and was won by Ford's Mikko Hirvonen, who took his first-ever back-to-back victories. However, the team's celebration was subdued after Jari-Matti Latvala crashed out from second place on the final super special stage, losing important manufacturers' championship points.[1]
| 2009 Rally Poland 66th ORLEN Platinum Rally Poland | |||
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Round 8 of the 2009 World Rally Championship
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| Host country |  Poland | ||
| Rally base | Mikołajki | ||
| Dates run | 25 – 28 June 2009 | ||
| Stages | 18 | ||
| Stage surface | Gravel | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Crews | 48 at start, 34 at finish | ||
| Overall results | |||
| Overall winner |  Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team | ||
Citroën's Dani Sordo then finished second and Stobart's Henning Solberg beat his brother Petter to take the final podium spot. Home country's Krzysztof Hołowczyc, a three-time winner of the event, finished sixth behind regular Stobart driver Matthew Wilson. This marked the first time a Polish driver scored WRC points in the history of the series.[2]
Citroën's defending world champion Sébastien Loeb lost the drivers' championship lead by crashing out in the second rally in a row. However, he re-joined the event under superally rules and with mechanical problems for Andreas Mikkelsen, Mads Østberg and Sébastien Ogier, he had climbed back into the top ten. Citroën then issued team orders and Citroën Junior Team's Conrad Rautenbach and Evgeny Novikov both stopped for enough minutes to let the Frenchman take the eighth place, which eventually became seventh after Latvala's mistake.[1]
Results edit
Special stages edit
| Day | Stage | Time (CEST) | Name | Length | Winner | Time | Rally leader |
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| 1 (June 25) |
SS1 | 20:00 | Mikołajki 1 | 2.50 km |  Petter Solberg
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1:48.3 | Petter Solberg
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| 2 (June 26) |
SS2 | 9:51 | Grabówka 1 | 12.09 km | Mikko Hirvonen
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6:49.7 |  Sébastien Loeb
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| SS3 | 10:19 | Pianki 1 | 11.34 km | Mikko Hirvonen
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5:22.2 | Mikko Hirvonen
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| SS4 | 10:39 | Paprotki 1 | 33.17 km | Jari-Matti Latvala
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18:14.0 | ||
| SS5 | 14:01 | Grabówka 2 | 12.09 km | Jari-Matti Latvala
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6:49.3 | ||
| SS6 | 14:29 | Pianki 2 | 11.34 km | Mikko Hirvonen
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5:15.4 | ||
| SS7 | 14:59 | Paprotki 2 | 33.17 km | Jari-Matti Latvala
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17:57.2 | ||
| 3 (June 27) |
SS8 | 10:14 | Danowo 1 | 11.88 km | Sébastien Loeb
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6:18.1 | |
| SS9 | 10:59 | Gawliki 1 | 32.75 km |  Dani Sordo
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17:44.4 | ||
| SS10 | 11:52 | Wydminy 1 | 30.09 km | Sébastien Loeb
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15:40.9 | ||
| SS11 | 15:18 | Danowo 2 | 11.88 km | Mikko Hirvonen
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6:12.5 | ||
| SS12 | 16:03 | Gawliki 2 | 32.75 km | Sébastien Loeb
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17:21.1 | ||
| SS13 | 16:56 | Wydminy 2 | 30.09 km | Sébastien Loeb
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15:26.9 | ||
| 4 (June 28) |
SS14 | 7:51 | Miłki 1 | 27.07 km | Sébastien Ogier
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13:59.3 | |
| SS15 | 8:57 | Tros 1 | 15.11 km | Henning Solberg
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7:53.2 | ||
| SS16 | 11:49 | Miłki 2 | 27.07 km | Henning Solberg
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13:56.0 | ||
| SS17 | 12:55 | Tros 2 | 15.11 km | Sébastien Loeb
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7:44.4 | ||
| SS18 | 14:24 | Mikołajki 2 | 2.50 km | Petter Solberg
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1:49.0 |
Championship standings after the event edit
Drivers' championship edit
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Manufacturers' championship edit
| Pos | Team | Event | Total points | |||||||||||
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IRL
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NOR
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CYP
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POR
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ARG
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ITA
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GRC
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POL
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FIN
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AUS
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ESP
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GBR
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| 1 | Citroën Total World Rally Team
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18 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 106 | ||||
| 2 |  BP Ford World Rally Team
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8 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 89 | ||||
| 3 | Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team
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8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 60 | ||||
| 4 | Citroën Junior Team
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5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 29 | ||||
| 5 | Munchi's Ford World Rally Team
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0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 18 | ||||
References edit
- ^ a b Beer, Matt (28 June 2009). "Hirvonen takes win and points lead". Autosport. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
- ^ "Solberg snatches a place on the podium". Rally-Live.com. 28 June 2009. Retrieved 29 June 2009.