2012 Rallye de France

The 2012 Rallye de France – Alsace was the eleventh round of the 2012 World Rally Championship season. The rally took place over 4–7 October, and was based in Strasbourg, the capital city of the Alsace region of France. The rally was also the seventh round of the Super 2000 World Rally Championship, and the fifth round of the WRC Academy.

2012 Rallye de France Rallye de France – Alsace 2012
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Dani Sordo during Rally
Host country	France
Rally base	Strasbourg, Alsace
Dates run	4 – 7 October 2012
Stages	22 (404.14 km; 251.12 miles)
Stage surface	Tarmac
Overall distance	1,404.89 km (872.96 miles)
Statistics
Crews	71 at start, 45 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Sébastien Loeb Citroën World Rally Team

Victor Sébastien Loeb retained his driver champion title in this rally, and the third place of his teammate Mikko Hirvonen allowed Citroën to retain the manufacturer title as well, making this rally a repeat of the 2010 event.

Results

Event standings

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Overall
1.	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC	3:32:53.0	0.0	25
2.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:33:08.5	15.5	18
3.	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Citroën DS3 WRC	3:33:37.1	44.1	15
4.	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Citroën DS3 WRC	3:34:00.3	1:07.3	14
5.	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:34:09.4	1:16.4	11
6.	Ott Tänak	Kuldar Sikk	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:35.20.9	2:27.9	11
7.	Evgeny Novikov	Ilka Minor	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:38:44.6	5:51.6	6
8.	Chris Atkinson	Glenn MacNeall	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	3:39:35.4	6:42.4	4
9.	Martin Prokop	Zdeněk Hrůza	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:41:39.8	8:46.8	2
10.	Sébastien Chardonnet	Thibault de la Haye	Citroën DS3 WRC	3:41:52.7	8:59.7	1
SWRC
1. (17.)	Craig Breen	Paul Nagle	Ford Fiesta S2000	3:50:11.3	0.0	25
2. (18.)	Yazeed Al-Rajhi	Michael Orr	Ford Fiesta RRC	3:50:48.9	37.6	18
3. (24.)	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Emil Axelsson	Proton Satria Neo S2000	4:07:44.1	17:32.5	15
4. (30.)	Andreas Aigner	Detlef Ruf	Proton Satria Neo S2000	4:10:26.6	20:15.3	12
WRC Academy
1.	Elfyn Evans	Philip Pugh	Ford Fiesta R2	3:20:42.6	0.0	28
2.	José Antonio Suárez	Cándido Carrera	Ford Fiesta R2	3:21:25.1	42.5	22
3.	John MacCrone	Stuart Loudon	Ford Fiesta R2	3:22:18.0	1:35.4	17
4.	Brendan Reeves	Rhianon Smyth	Ford Fiesta R2	3:23:49.1	3:06.5	13
5.	Fredrik Åhlin	Morten Erik Abrahamsen	Ford Fiesta R2	3:24:18.9	3:36.3	11
6.	Pontus Tidemand	Stig Rune Skjærmoen	Ford Fiesta R2	3:27:57.7	7:15.1	10
7.	Timo van der Marel	Erwin Berkhof	Ford Fiesta R2	3:35:09.8	14:27.2	6

• Note: ^† – The WRC Academy featured the two first legs of the rally.

Special stages

Leg	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
Leg 1 (4 Oct/5 Oct)	SS1	16:30	SSS Strasbourg	3.63 km	Thierry Neuville	2:44.7	79.34 km/h	Thierry Neuville
	SS2	9:23	Hohlandsbourg – Firstplan 1	28.67 km	Sébastien Loeb	14:36.1	117.81 km/h	Sébastien Loeb
	SS3	10:06	Vallée de Munster 1	22.16 km	Sébastien Loeb	11:18.8	117.53 km/h
	SS4	11:22	Soultzeren – Pays Welche 1	19.93 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	9:49.2	121.77 km/h
	SS5	13:56	Hohlandsbourg – Firstplan 2	28.67 km	Sébastien Loeb	14:28.9	118.78 km/h
	SS6	14:39	Vallée de Munster 2	22.16 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	11:07.0	119.60 km/h
	SS7	15:55	Soultzeren – Pays Welche 2	19.93 km	Sébastien Loeb	9:44.6	122.73 km/h
	SS8	18:35	SSS Mulhouse	4.65 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	3:37.7	76.89 km/h
Leg 2 (6 Oct)	SS9	8:38	Massif des Grands Crus – Ungersberg 1	18.16 km	Sébastien Loeb	10:58.0	99.36 km/h
	SS10	9:36	Pays d'Ormont 1	43.45 km	Sébastien Loeb	23:20.0	111.73 km/h
	SS11	10:47	Pays de la Haute Bruche 1	24.04 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	11:13.1	128.58 km/h
	SS12	11:45	Klevener 1	10.75 km	Stage cancelled
	SS13	14:38	Massif des Grands Crus – Ungersberg 2	18.16 km	Mikko Hirvonen Jari-Matti Latvala	10:53.8	99.99 km/h
	SS14	15:36	Pays d'Ormont 2	43.45 km	Sébastien Loeb	23:09.9	112.54 km/h
	SS15	16:47	Pays de la Haute Bruche 2	24.04 km	Sébastien Loeb	11:10.8	129.02 km/h
	SS16	17:45	Klevener 2	10.75 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	6:08.4	105.05 km/h
Leg 3 (7 Oct)	SS17	9:23	Vignoble de Cleebourg 1	17.08 km	Thierry Neuville	10:11.7	100.52 km/h
	SS18	10:46	Bischwiller – Gries 1	7.95 km	Thierry Neuville	4:19.2	110.42 km/h
	SS19	11:16	SSS Haguenau 1	5.74 km	Thierry Neuville	4:16.2	80.66 km/h
	SS20	12:44	Vignoble de Cleebourg 2 (Power stage)	17.08 km	Ott Tänak	10:24.0	98.54 km/h
	SS21	14:07	Bischwiller – Gries 2	7.95 km	Thierry Neuville	4:16.8	111.45 km/h
	SS22	14:37	SSS Haguenau 2	5.74 km	Thierry Neuville	4:03.7	84.79 km/h

Power stage

The Power stage was a 17.08 km stage run through the Vignoble de Cleebourg. The three fastest crews through this stage were awarded by drivers' championship points. Ott Tänak was the fastest driver through the stage, earning three additional championship points. Thierry Neuville was second, while Mads Østberg finished third.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Class	Time	Difference	Avg. spd.	Points
1	5	Ott Tänak	Kuldar Sikk	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	10:24.0	0.000	98.32 km/h	3
2	8	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	10:24.9	0.9	98.23 km/h	2
3	10	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	10:25.8	1.8	98.15 km/h	1

External links

• Rally official website
• Rallye de France at WRC.com Archived 2012-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
• Rallye de France at JUWRA.com