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The 2009 World Rally Championship season is the 37th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consists of twelve rallies and began on January 30th, with Rally Ireland and will end with Rally GB.

Calendar

The 2009 season includes twelve rallies, which is three fewer than the 2008 season, because the FIA imposed a "Round Rotation" System in order to attract candidate rallies to have a chance to be a WRC event. Monte Carlo, Sweden, Mexico, Jordan, Turkey, Germany, New Zealand, France and Japan are dropped from the calendar for 2009, but will return at the 2010 WRC Season. Ireland, Norway, Cyprus, Portugal, Poland and Australia return to the 2009 season ^[1].

The eight events also part of the Production World Rally Championship are Norway, Cyprus, Portugal, Argentina, Italy, Greece, Australia and Rally GB. The eight rallies also on the Junior World Rally Championship schedule are Ireland, Cyprus, Portugal, Argentina, Italy, Poland, Finland and Spain.

Round	Dates	Rally Name	Rally HQ	Support Category	Surface
01	30 January-1 February	Rally Ireland	Sligo	JWRC	Wintry asphalt
02	12-15 February	Rally Norway	Hamar	PWRC	Ice and snow covered gravel
03	13-15 March	FxPro Cyprus Rally	Limassol	JWRC/PWRC	Asphalt and gravel
04	3-5 April	Vodafone Rally de Portugal	Vilamoura	JWRC/PWRC	Gravel
05	24-26 April	Rally Argentina	Villa Carlos Paz	JWRC/PWRC	Gravel
06	22-24 May	Rally d'Italia Sardegna	Olbia	JWRC/PWRC	Gravel
07	12-14 June	Acropolis Rally of Greece	Loutraki	PWRC	Gravel
08	26-28 June	ORLEN Platinum Rally Poland	Mikołajki	JWRC	Gravel
09	31 July-2 August	Neste Oil Rally Finland	Jyväskylä	JWRC	Gravel
10	4-6 September	Repco Rally Australia	Kingscliff	PWRC	Gravel
11	2-4 October	Movistar RACC Rally Catalunya	Salou	JWRC	Asphalt
12	23-25 October	Rally of Great Britain	Cardiff	PWRC	Gravel

Teams and drivers

For The 2009 season, the championship will have two manufacturer teams (Citroën Total World Rally Team and BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team) and three semi-factory teams (Stobart VK M-Sport Ford, Munchi's Ford and the Citroën Junior Team) that will be eligible for the manufacturers' championship.

Suzuki and Subaru pulled out of the WRC at the end of the 2008 championship, both citing the economic downturn currently affecting the automotive industry for their withdrawal.

Team	Constructor	Car	Tyre	No	Drivers	Co-drivers	Rounds
Citroën Total World Rally Team	Citroën	C4 WRC	P	1	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	1-12
Citroën Total World Rally Team	Citroën	C4 WRC	P	2	Dani Sordo	Marc Marti	1-12
BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team	Ford	Focus RS WRC 08 and 09	P	3	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	1-12
				4	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	1-12
				14	Khalid al-Qassimi	Michael Orr	1, 3-4, 6-7, 9-11
Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team	Ford	Focus RS WRC 08	P	5	Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	1-12
				6	Henning Solberg	Cato Menkerud	1-12
				-	Urmo Aava	Kuldar Sikk	1-2
				-	Krzysztof Holowczyc	Lukasz Kurzeja	8
Citroën Junior Team	Citroën	C4 WRC	P	7	Evgeny Novikov	Dale Moscatt	2-4, 6-9
				7	Evgeny Novikov	Stephane Prevot	11
				8	Conrad Rautenbach	Daniel Barritt	1-11
				12	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	1-12
				11	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	12
				-	Chris Atkinson	Stephane Prevot	1
Munchi's Ford World Rally Team	Ford	Focus RS WRC 08	P	9	Federico Villagra	Jorge Perez Companc	3, 5-7, 9-11
				9	Federico Villagra	Jose Diaz	4
				10	Paul Bird	Ian Windress	11
				-	Matti Rantanen	Mikko Lukka	9
				-	Mattias Therman	Janne Perälä	9
Major Entries Not Registered as Manufacturers
Petter Solberg World Rally Team	Citroën	Xsara WRC and C4 WRC	P	11	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	2-9, 11
Andreas Mikkelsen	Škoda and Citroën	Fabia WRC and C4 WRC	P	15	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Floene	6, 8, 11
Adapta World Rally Team	Subaru	Impreza WRC 2008	P	-	Mads Østberg	Ole Kristian Unnerud	2, 4
						Veronica Engan	6
						Jonas Andersson	7-9
Ketomaa WRT	Subaru	Impreza WRC 2008	P	-	Jari Ketomaa	Mika Stenberg	9
Prodrive	Subaru	Impreza WRC 2008	P	-	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	4
van Merksteijn Motorsport	Ford	Focus RS WRC 07	P	-	Peter van Merksteijn	Erwin Mombaerts	2,4
van Merksteijn Motorsport	Ford	Focus RS WRC 07	P	-	Peter van Merksteijn, Jr.	Eddy Chevaillier	2,4

All of the car numbers on the table above are based on the entry list for the forthcoming rally Spain ^[2] and Rally GREAT BRITAIN^[3].- indicates they were absent from the round 11 entry list.

J-WRC Entries^[4]

No	Driver	Co-driver	Car
31	Aaron Burkart	Michael Kölbach	Suzuki Swift S1600
32	Michal Kosciuszko	Maciek Szczepaniak	Suzuki Swift S1600
33	Simone Bertolotti	Luca Celestini	Suzuki Swift S1600
34	Luca Griotti	Corrado Bonato	Renault Clio R3
35	Yoann Bonato	Benjamin Boulloud	Suzuki Swift Sport
36	Hans Weijs Jr.	Bjorn Degandt	Citroën C2 S1600
37	Kevin Abbring	Erwin Mombaerts	Renault Clio R3
38	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Citroën C2 S1600
39	Alessandro Bettega	Simone Scattolin	Renault Clio R3

P-WRC Entries^[5]

No	Driver	Co-driver	Car
31	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
32	Bernardo Sousa	Jorge Carvalho	Abarth Grande Punto S2000
33	Toshi Arai	Glenn Macneal	Subaru Impreza WRX STi
34	Gianluca Linari	Andrea Cecchi	Subaru Impreza WRX STi
35	Martin Semerád	Bohuslav Ceplecha	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
36	Egoi Eder Valdés López	Daniel Lucas	Subaru Impreza WRX STi
37	Frederic Sauvan	Thibault Gorczyca	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
38	Gabor Mayer	Róbert Tagai	Subaru Impreza WRX STi
39	Ricardo Errani	Stefano Casadio	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
40	Andis Neikšāns	Pēteris Dzirkals	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
43	Mark Tapper	Jeff Rudd	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X
44	Spyros Pavlides	Denis Giraudet	Subaru Impreza WRX STi
44	Jaromir Tarabus	Daniel Trunkat	Abarth Grande Punto S2000
45	Patrik Flodin	Göran Bergsten	Subaru Impreza WRX STi
46	Patrik Sandell	Emil Axelsson	Skoda Fabia RS S2000
47	Armindo Araujo	Miguel Ramalho	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
48	Gaurav Gill	David Senior	Subaru Impreza WRX STi
49	Eyvind Brynildsen	Denis Giraudet	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
50	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Giovanni Bernacchini	Subaru Impreza WRX STi

Results and standings

Colour	Rally Surface
Gold	Gravel
Silver	Tarmac
Blue	Snow/Ice
Bronze	Mixed Surface

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers
Round	Rally name	Rank	Driver	Car	Time
1	/ 2nd Rally Ireland (January 30–February 1) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	2:48:25.7
		2	Dani Sordo	Citroën C4 WRC	2:49:53.6
		3	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	2:50:33.5

2	3rd Rally Norway (February 12–15) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	3:28:15.9
		2	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	3:28:25.7
		3	Jari Matti Latvala	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	3:29:37.7

3	37th FxPro Cyprus Rally (March 13–15) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	4:50:34.7
		2	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	4:51:01.9
		3	Petter Solberg	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:52:24.1

4	43º Vodafone Rally de Portugal (April 2–5) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	3:53:13.1
		2	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	3:53:37.4
		3	Dani Sordo	Citroën C4 WRC	3:54:58.5

5	29º Rally Argentina (April 24–26) — Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	3:57:40.3
		2	Dani Sordo	Citroën C4 WRC	3:58:53.4
		3	Henning Solberg	Focus RS WRC 08	4:01:44.4

6	6º Rally d'Italia Sardegna (May 22–24) — Results and report	1	Jari-Matti Latvala	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	4:00:55.7
		2	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	4:01:25.1
		3	Petter Solberg	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:02:53.3

7	56th Acropolis Rally of Greece (June 12–14) — Results and report	1	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	4:09:42.5
		2	Sébastien Ogier	Citroën C4 WRC	4:10:55.4
		3	Jari-Matti Latvala	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	4:11:27.5

8	66th Rally Poland (June 26–29) — Results and report	1	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	3:07:27.5
		2	Dani Sordo	Citroën C4 WRC	3:08:37.8
		3	Henning Solberg	Focus RS WRC 08	3:09:33.2

9	59th Neste Oil Rally Finland (July 31–August 2) — Results and report	1	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	2:50:40.9
		2	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	2:51:06.0
		3	Jari-Matti Latvala	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	2:51:30.8

10	20th Repco Rally Australia (September 4–6) — Results and report	1	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	2:53:06.5
		2	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	2:53:54.0
		3	Dani Sordo	Citroën C4 WRC	2:54:11.1

11	45º Movistar Rally RACC Catalunya - Costa Daurada (October 2–4) — Results and report	1	-	-	-
		2	-	-	-
		3	-	-	-

12	65th Rally of Great Britain (October 23–October 25) — Results and report	1	-	-	-
		2	-	-	-
		3	-	-	-

Drivers' championship

Pos	Driver	IRL	NOR	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRC	POL	FIN	AUS	ESP	GBR	Pts
1	Mikko Hirvonen	3	2	2	2	Ret	2	1	1	1	1			78
2	Sébastien Loeb	1	1	1	1	1	4	Ret	7	2	2			73
3	Dani Sordo	2	5	4	3	2	23	12	2	4	3			50
4	Jari-Matti Latvala	14	3	12	Ret	6	1	3	Ret	3	4			36
5	Henning Solberg	4	4	18	5	3	8	15	3	30	7			29
6	Petter Solberg		6	3	4	Ret	3	Ret	4	Ret				25
7	Matthew Wilson	7	7	5	Ret	5	6	14	5	8	6			23
8	Sébastien Ogier	6	10	Ret	17	7	Ret	2	Ret	6	5			20
9	Federico Villagra			7	7	4	Ret	4		11	8			15
10	Conrad Rautenbach	18	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	9	5	8	Ret	Ret			8
11	Mads Østberg		9		6		7	7	Ret	Ret				7
12	Khalid al-Qassimi	8		8	8		16	6		9	19			6
13	Evgeny Novikov		12	Ret	Ret		5	16	9	Ret				4
14	Chris Atkinson	5												4
15	Matti Rantanen									5				4
16	Krzysztof Hołowczyc								6					3
17	Jari Ketomaa									7				2
18	Nasser Al-Attiyah			11	16	8	10	EX						1
19	Urmo Aava	10	8							29				1
20	Lambros Athanassoulas							8						1
Pos	Driver	IRL	NOR	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRC	POL	FIN	AUS	ESP	GBR	Pts

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Excluded (EX)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Cancelled (C)
Blank	Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

Manufacturers' championship

Pos	Team	Event												Total points
Pos	Team	IRL	NOR	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRC	POL	FIN	AUS	ESP	GBR	Total points
1	Citroën Total World Rally Team	18	14	16	16	18	8	4	12	13	14			133
2	BP Ford World Rally Team	8	14	10	8	3	18	18	10	16	15			120
3	Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team	8	8	6	5	10	7	5	11	4	5			69
4	Citroën Junior Team	5	2	4	0	2	5	6	5	4	4			37
5	Munchi's Ford World Rally Team	0	0	3	4	5	0	6	0	2	1			21

JWRC Drivers' championship

Pos	Driver	IRL	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	POL	FIN	ESP	Pts
1	Martin Prokop	2	1			1	2	1		46
2	Michał Kościuszko		2	1	1	2	Ret	3		42
3	Aaron Nikolai Burkart	1	3		2	3		4		35
4	Kevin Abbring	5		2		Ret	1	Ret		22
5	Simone Bertolotti	3		6		7	5	6		18
6	Yoann Bonato	4		Ret		4	3	Ret		16
7	Hans Weijs Jr.	Ret		3		6	4	7		16
8	Alessandro Bettega			5	3	5				14
9	Luca Griotti	6		4		Ret	7	Ret		10
10	Kalle Pinomaki							2		8
11	Mark Wallenwein							5		4
12	Radoslaw Typa						6			3
Pos	Driver	IRL	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	POL	FIN	ESP	Pts

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Excluded (EX)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Cancelled (C)
Blank	Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

PWRC Drivers' championship

Pos	Driver	NOR	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRC	AUS	GBR	Pts
1	Armindo Araujo	4	2	1		3	2	4		42
2	Nasser Al-Attiyah		3	4	1	1	EX			31
3	Martin Prokop	3		2	DSQ		4	1		29
4	Patrik Sandell	1	1	Ret		2	11			28
5	Eyvind Brynildsen	2		3	5	5		Ret		22
6	Toshihiro Arai	Ret	4		3		3	Ret		17
7	Andis Neikšāns	5	5	Ret			6			11
8	Lambros Athanassoulas						1			10
9	Patrik Flodin	7		Ret		4	7			9
10	Marcos Ligato				2					8
11	Richard Mason							2		8
12	Gianluca Linari	11	9	6		7	10	6		8
13	Cody Crocker							3		6
14	Frederic Sauvan	8	7		Ret	6	12			6
15	Spyros Pavlides				4		9			5
16	Mark Tapper			5		Ret	8	Ret		5
17	Gabor Mayer		8	Ret	6	8	Ret			5
18	Bernardo Sousa						5	Ret		4
19	Stewart Taylor							5		4
20	Jaromir Tarabus	6		Ret						3
21	Charalambos Timotheu		6							3
22	Gaurav Singh Gill		Ret	7						2
23	Martin Semerád	10	Ret	8		Ret	Ret			1
Pos	Driver	NOR	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRC	AUS	GBR	Pts

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Excluded (EX)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Cancelled (C)
Blank	Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

Statistics

Drivers

Pos	Driver	Starts	Finishes	Wins	Podiums	Stage wins	Points
1	Mikko Hirvonen	10	9	4	9	42	78
2	Sébastien Loeb	10	9	5	7	75	73
3	Dani Sordo	10	10	0	5	11	50
4	Jari-Matti Latvala	10	8	1	4	38	36
5	Henning Solberg	10	10	0	2	8	29
6	Petter Solberg	8	5	0	2	6	25
7	Matthew Wilson	10	9	0	0	2	23
8	Sébastien Ogier	10	7	0	1	11	20
9	Federico Villagra	7	6	0	0	0	15
10	Conrad Rautenbach	10	5	0	0	0	8
11	Mads Østberg	6	4	0	0	1	7
12	Khalid al-Qassimi	7	7	0	0	0	6
13	Chris Atkinson	1	1	0	0	0	4
14	Evgeny Novikov	7	4	0	0	4	4
15	Matti Rantanen	1	1	0	0	0	4
16	Krzysztof Hołowczyc	1	1	0	0	0	3
17	Jari Ketomaa	1	1	0	0	0	3
18	Urmo Aava	3	3	0	0	0	1
19	Nasser Al-Attiyah	5	5	0	0	0	1
20	Lambros Athanassoulas	1	1	0	0	0	1

Constructors

Pos	Constructor	Chassis	Starts	Finishes	Wins	Podiums	Stage wins	Points
1	Citroën Total World Rally Team	C4 WRC	20	19	5	12	86	133
2	BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team	Focus RS WRC 08 and 09	27	24	5	13	80	120
3	Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team	Focus RS WRC 08	23	22	0	2	10	69
4	Citroën Junior Team	C4 WRC	28	18	0	1	15	37
5	Munchi's Ford World Rally Team	Focus RS WRC 08	9	8	0	0	0	21

References

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^ http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=a30

External links

Official website of the World Rally Championship

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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