Loeb claimed his 6th ever Monte Carlo WRC win in Fashion and a relaxed manner today after 5 tiring days in Monte Carlo. The French Man who was fighting with Ford’s Latvala on day 1 took a bit of a conservative approach to finish the rally without any problems. On his way to his 6th success Loeb took the power stage win to add 3 points to his total and claim a commanding lead in the championship. Dani Sordo was able to keep his second place and to give MINI a boost start for the WRC campaign this season alongside French man Pierre Campana who finished 7th. Ford had only 1 car in the points with former WRC champion Solberg in 3rd and Hirvonen finished his first ever Citroen WRC outing 4th. 5 ht was yet the very impressive Novikov who start his season on a high and would be looking to capitalize in Sweden 2 weeks from now. Delecour finished 6th on his return while Tanak, Prokop and Araujo completed the top 10.
Monte Carlo Rally Final Standings:
Pos | Pilote / Pilot | Car | N° | Time | Diff. | Penalty |
01 | LOEB Sébastien (FRA) | CITROEN DS 3 WRC | 1 | 4:32:39:900 | –:–:– | –:–:– |
02 | SORDO CASTILLO Daniel (ESP) | MINI COOPER WRC | 37 | 4:35:25:400 | +0:02:45:500 | –:–:– |
03 | SOLBERG Petter (NOR) | FORD FIESTA WRC | 4 | 4:35:54:100 | +0:03:14:200 | –:–:– |
04 | HIRVONEN Mikko (FIN) | CITROEN DS 3 WRC | 2 | 4:36:46:700 | +0:04:06:800 | –:–:– |
05 | NOVIKOV Evgeny (RUS) | FORD FIESTA WRC | 6 | 4:38:43:300 | +0:06:03:400 | –:–:– |
06 | DELECOUR François (FRA) | FORD FIESTA WRC | 8 | 4:40:27:800 | +0:07:47:900 | –:–:– |
07 | CAMPANA Pierre (FRA) | MINI COOPER WRC | 52 | 4:41:11:300 | +0:08:31:400 | –:–:– |
08 | TANAK Ott (EST) | FORD FIESTA WRC | 5 | 4:43:14:500 | +0:10:34:600 | –:–:– |
09 | PROKOP Martin (CZE) | FORD FIESTA WRC | 21 | 4:48:50:600 | +0:16:10:700 | –:–:– |
10 | ARAUJO Armindo (PRT) | MINI COOPER WRC | 12 | 4:48:56:500 | +0:16:16:600 | –:–:– |
11 | WILSON Matthew (GBR) | FORD FIESTA WRC | 9 | 4:51:30:900 | +0:18:51:000 | –:–:– |
12 | ABBRING Kevin (DEU) | SKODA FABIA S2000 | 17 | 4:51:36:200 | +0:18:56:300 | –:–:– |
13 | SOLBERG Henning (NOR) | FORD FIESTA WRC | 10 | 4:52:56:200 | +0:20:16:300 | –:–:– |
14 | BREEN Craig (IRL) | FORD FIESTA S2000 | 32 | 4:57:06:200 | +0:24:26:300 | –:–:– |
15 | BOUFFIER Bryan (FRA) | PEUGEOT 207 S2000 | 16 | 5:00:05:300 | +0:27:25:400 | +1:30 |
16 | BURRI Michael (CHE) | PEUGEOT 207 S2000 | 22 | 5:02:59:400 | +0:30:19:500 | –:–:– |
17 | ROBERT Cédric (FRA) | CITROEN DS3 R3T | 71 | 5:05:07:600 | +0:32:27:700 | –:–:– |
18 | BURRI Olivier (CHE) | MITSUBISHI EVO X | 24 | 5:08:10:400 | +0:35:30:500 | –:–:– |
19 | CHARDONNET Sébastien (FRA) | RENAULT CLIO R3 | 76 | 5:09:35:200 | +0:36:55:300 | –:–:– |
20 | NOBRE Paulo (BRA) | MINI COOPER WRC | 14 | 5:11:39:600 | +0:38:59:700 | –:–:– |
21 | MELICHAREK Jaroslav (SLO) | PEUGEOT 207 S2000 | 19 | 5:17:03:100 | +0:44:23:200 | +0:40 |
22 | LATOUR Bertrand (FRA) | CITROEN DS3 R3T | 80 | 5:17:37:600 | +0:44:57:700 | +0:30 |
23 | SIAS Franck (FRA) | PEUGEOT 207 R3T | 82 | 5:18:37:900 | +0:45:58:000 | –:–:– |
24 | COMOLE Lionel (FRA) | HONDA CIVIC R3 | 75 | 5:19:13:300 | +0:46:33:400 | –:–:– |
25 | FRAU Richard (FRA) | MITSUBISHI EVO X | 53 | 5:21:55:600 | +0:49:15:700 | –:–:– |
26 | RESSEGAIRE Nicolas (FRA) | RENAULT CLIO R3 | 73 | 5:23:54:200 | +0:51:14:300 | +0:20 |
27 | CORNU Stéphane (FRA) | RENAULT MEGANE RS | 30 | 5:24:15:600 | +0:51:35:700 | –:–:– |
28 | AYMARD Jérôme (FRA) | SUBARU IMPREZA | 51 | 5:27:11:800 | +0:54:31:900 | –:–:– |
29 | GATTI Jean Pierre (FRA) | PEUGEOT 206 XS | 93 | 5:35:08:800 | +1:02:28:900 | –:–:– |
30 | KOSCIUSZKO Michal (POL) | MITSUBISHI EVO X | 131 | 5:35:14:800 | +1:02:34:900 | +1:50 |
31 | TEMPESTINI Marco (ITA) | SUBARU IMPREZA | 68 | 5:36:33:100 | +1:03:53:200 | –:–:– |
32 | FONTAINE Christophe (FRA) | RENAULT CLIO R3 | 78 | 5:36:48:200 | +1:04:08:300 | –:–:– |
33 | DROXLER Sylvain (CHE) | FORD FIESTA R2 | 92 | 5:37:31:200 | +1:04:51:300 | +1:30 |
34 | BECT Fabrice (FRA) | CITROEN DS3 R3T | 83 | 5:39:09:400 | +1:06:29:500 | +0:30 |
35 | PANCIATICI Nelson (FRA) | CITROEN DS3 R3T | 84 | 5:39:23:900 | +1:06:44:000 | –:–:– |
36 | BOLAND Eamonn (IRL) | MITSUBISHI EVO X | 27 | 5:40:35:100 | +1:07:55:200 | +1:30 |
37 | ESPOSITO Rodolfo (CHE) | FORD FIESTA R2 | 90 | 5:40:43:500 | +1:08:03:600 | –:–:– |
38 | FOULON Alain (FRA) | MITSUBISHI EVO X | 66 | 5:43:08:000 | +1:10:28:100 | +3:30 |
39 | RIBERI Bruno (MCO) | PEUGEOT 207 R3T | 86 | 5:45:02:200 | +1:12:22:300 | –:–:– |
40 | CASTRO SANTAMARIA Joseba (ESP) | MITSUBISHI EVO X | 54 | 5:45:08:600 | +1:12:28:700 | –:–:– |
41 | BACLE Olivier (FRA) | CITROEN C2R2 | 87 | 5:45:13:400 | +1:12:33:500 | +1:10 |
42 | RADA Martin (CZE) | ALFA ROMEO 147 | 95 | 5:48:32:200 | +1:15:52:300 | –:–:– |
43 | PETIET Cédric (FRA) | RENAULT TWINGO R1 | 100 | 5:49:20:000 | +1:16:40:100 | +0:50 |
44 | METIFFIOT Stéphane (FRA) | CITROEN C2R2 | 89 | 5:50:03:900 | +1:17:24:000 | +0:10 |
45 | VOSSEN Henk (NLD) | MITSUBISHI EVO X | 56 | 5:50:42:500 | +1:18:02:600 | +0:10 |
46 | FOSTIER Romain (FRA) | SUZUKI SWIFT | 97 | 5:51:31:500 | +1:18:51:600 | +0:30 |
47 | BESSON Jean Pascal (FRA) | MITSUBISHI EVO X | 62 | 5:51:48:200 | +1:19:08:300 | –:–:– |
48 | BERTON Charlotte (FRA) | SUZUKI SWIFT | 99 | 5:56:04:000 | +1:23:24:100 | +1:00 |
49 | CALI Gianluca Maria (ITA) | RENAULT CLIO R3 | 72 | 5:56:14:500 | +1:23:34:600 | +1:50 |
50 | COVI Carlo (ITA) | SUBARU IMPREZA | 67 | 6:05:07:000 | +1:32:27:100 | +1:20 |
WRC Standings After Round 1
Pos | Total | ||||||||||||||
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1 | S.Loeb | 28 | 28 | ||||||||||||
2 | D.Sordo | 18 | 18 | ||||||||||||
3 | P.Solberg | 15 | 15 | ||||||||||||
4 | M.Hirvonen | 14 | 14 | ||||||||||||
5 | E.Novikov | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||||
6 | F.Delecour | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||||
7 | P.Campana | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||
8 | O.Tänak | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||
9 | M.Prokop | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
10 | A.Araújo | 1 | 1 |