2012 Rallye Deutschland

The 2012 Rallye Deutschland is the ninth round of the 2012 World Rally Championship season. Based in Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, the event took place from 24–26 August. The rally was also the sixth round of the World Rally Championship for Production cars, and the fifth round of the World Rally Championship Academy.

2012 Rallye Deutschland 30. ADAC Rallye Deutschland
Round 9 of the 2012 World Rally Championship season ← Previous event Next event →
Mikko Hirvonen during Rally with Jump
Host country	Germany
Rally base	Trier, Germany
Held on	24–26 August 2012
Stages	15 (368.63 km; 229.06 miles)
Stage surface	Tarmac
Statistics
Crews	71 at start, 40 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total World Rally Team

Results

Event standings

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Overall
1.	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC	3:41:52.4	0.000	28
2.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:43:52.5	2:00.1	18
3.	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Citroën DS3 WRC	3:44:23.8	2:31.4	17
4.	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:45:16.8	3:24.4	12
5.	Chris Atkinson	Stéphane Prevot	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	3:51:02.8	9:10.4	10
6.	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:51:43.2	9:50.8	8
7.	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:54:15.1	12:22.7	7
8.	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Giovanni Bernacchini	Citroën DS3 WRC	3:54:42.8	12:50.4	4
9.	Dani Sordo	Carlos del Barrio	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	3:56:09.7	14:17.3	2
10.	Mathieu Arzeno	Renaud Jamoul	Peugeot 207 S2000	3:57:12.1	15:20.1	1
PWRC
1. (13.)	Michał Kościuszko	Maciej Szczepaniak	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	4:08:35.4	0.000	25
2. (16.)	Benito Guerra	Borja Rozada	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	4:10:35.9	2:00.5	18
3. (19.)	Marcos Ligato	Rubén García	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4:18:37.2	10:01.8	15
4. (22.)	Ricardo Triviño	Àlex Haro	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4:24:10.5	15:35.1	12
5. (24.)	Nicolás Fuchs	Fernando Mussano	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4:26:19.0	17:43.6	10
6. (28.)	Subhan Aksa	Jeff Judd	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	4:35:35.0	23:59.6	8
WRC Academy
1.	Elfyn Evans	Philip Pugh	Ford Fiesta R2	1:34:34.2	0.000	25
2.	José Antonio Suárez	Cándido Carrera	Ford Fiesta R2	1:34:44.1	0:09.9	18
3.	Brendan Reeves	Rhianon Smyth	Ford Fiesta R2	1:35:29.3	0:55.1	15
4.	Alastair Fisher	Daniel Barritt	Ford Fiesta R2	1:36:05.3	1:31.1	12
5.	John MacCrone	Stuart Loudon	Ford Fiesta R2	1:36:07.6	1:33.4	10
6.	Timo van der Marel	Erwin Berkhof	Ford Fiesta R2	1:36:30.9	1:56.7	8

Notes

• ^† — The WRC Academy only competes on the first two days of the rally.

Special stages

Leg	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
Leg 1 (24 Aug)	SS1	10:48	Mittelmosel 1	24.90 km	Sébastien Loeb	14:42.9	101.53 km/h	Sébastien Loeb
	SS2	11:36	Moselland 1	22.79 km	Sébastien Loeb	14:19.7	95.43 km/h
	SS3	12:29	Grafschaft 1	21.23 km	Sébastien Loeb	12:19.5	103.35 km/h
	SS4	16:17	Mittelmosel 2	24.90 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	14:31.7	102.83 km/h
	SS5	17:05	Moselland 2	22.79 km	Sébastien Loeb	14:09.9	96.53 km/h
	SS6	17:58	Grafschaft 2	21.23 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	12:12.2	104.38 km/h
Leg 2 (25 Aug)	SS7	7:58	Stein and Wein 1	26.54 km	Sébastien Loeb	15:25.2	103.27 km/h
	SS8	9:01	Peterberg 1	9.37 km	Dani Sordo	5:51.3	96.02 km/h
	SS9	10:57	Arena Panzerplatte 1	46.54 km	Sébastien Loeb	27:31.9	101.43 km/h
	SS10	14:48	Stein and Wein 2	26.54 km	Ott Tänak	15:12.1	104.75 km/h
	SS11	15:51	Peterberg 2	9.37 km	Ott Tänak	5:31.5	101.76 km/h
	SS12	17:47	Arena Panzerplatte 2	46.54 km	Sébastien Loeb	26:54.0	103.80 km/h
Day 3 (26 August)	SS13	9:13	Dhrontal 1	30.76 km	Sébastien Loeb	19:45.6	93.44 km/h
	SS14	11:36	Dhrontal 2	30.76 km	Petter Solberg	19:40.3	93.84 km/h
	SS15	13:21	SSS Circus Maximus Trier	4.37 km	Sébastien Loeb	3:24.8	77.11 km/h

Power stage

The Power stage was a short 4.37 km stage run through the streets of Trier known as the Circus Maximus. The three fastest crews through this stage were awarded by drivers' championship points. Sébastien Loeb was the fastest driver through the stage, earning three additional championship points. His teammate, Mikko Hirvonen was second, while Volkswagen Motorsport driver Andreas Mikkelsen finished third. The single point Mikkelsen earned marked the first time a S2000 car scored points on a Power stage.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Class	Time	Difference	Avg. spd.	Points
1	1	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	3:24.8	0.000	77.11 km/h	3
2	2	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	3:27.0	2.2	76.00 km/h	2
3	23	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	Škoda Fabia S2000	Super 2000	3:31.7	6.9	74.55 km/h	1