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LATVALA LEADS FORD'S 1-2 FINISH IN SARDEGNA
3 June 2009

BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team claimed a dominant one-two finish on Rally d'Italia Sardegna recently with the Focus RS World Rally Car. Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila led from start to finish to claim their second career win in the FIA World Rally Championship. The Finns reached the podium in the ... more

Jari-Matti Latvala (BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team), Rally d'Italia Sardegna, Italy, 22 - 24 May 2009

Mikko Hirvonen (BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team), Rally d'Italia Sardegna, Italy, 22 - 24 May 2009
Italy :: 2009 Rally D'Italia Sardegna :: 22 - 24 May 2009 :: After Day 3 Results :: Top 10 Positions ::
Po Driver Nat. Team Car Time
1 Jari-Matti Latvala Finland BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team Ford Focus RS 4:00:55.7
2 Mikko Hirvonen Finland BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team Ford Focus RS 4:01:25.1
3 Petter Solberg Norway Privateer Citröen Xsara 4:02:53.3
4 Sébastien Loeb France Citroën Total World Rally Team Citroën C4 4:02:29.4
5 Evgeniy Novikov Russia Citroën Junior Rally Team Citroën C4 4:06:07.5
6 Matthew Wilson Great Britain Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team Ford Focus RS 4:08:15.0
7 Mads Östberg Norway Adapta World Rally Team Subaru Impreza 4:14:16.3
8 Henning Solberg Norway Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team Ford Focus RS 4:14:16.9
9 Nasser Al Attiyah Qatar

Barwa Rally Team

Subaru Impreza 4:20:39.4
10 Patrick Sandell Sweden Red Bull Rallye Team Skoda Fabia 4:20:40.9
Time: hr:min:sec

Sébastien Loeb (Citroën Total World Rally Team), Rally d'Italia Sardegna, Italy, 22 - 24 May 2009

Evgeniy Novikov (Citroën Junior Rally Team), Rally d'Italia Sardegna, Italy, 22 - 24 May 2009
:: 2009 WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP :: DRIVERS :: POINTS ::
PO DRIVER Nat. CAR Ireland Norway Cyprus Portugal Argentina Italy Greece Poland Finland New Zealand Spain Great Britain PTS
1 Position: Stay S. Loeb France Citroën C4 10 10 10 10 10 5 - - - - - - 55
2 Position: Moved Up M. Hirvonen Finland Ford Focus RS 6 8 8 8 R 8 - - - - - - 38
3 Position: Moved Down D. Sordo Spain Citroën C4 8 4 5 6 8
0
- - - - - - 31
4 Position: Stay H. Solberg Norway Ford Focus RS 5 5 0 4 6 1 - - - - - - 21
5 Position: Stay P. Solberg Norway Citröen Xsara - 3 6 5 R 6 - - - - - - 20
6 Position: Moved Up J. M. Latvala Finland Ford Focus RS 0 6 0 R 3 10 - - - - - - 19
7 Position: Moved Down M. Wilson Great Britain Ford Focus RS 2 2 4 R 4 3 - - - - - - 15
8 Position: Stay F. Villagra Argentina Ford Focus RS - - 2 2 5 R - - - - - - 9
9 Position: Moved Up M. Ostberg Norway Subaru Impreza - 0 - 3 - 2 - - - - - - 5
10 Position: Moved Down S. Ogier France Citroën C4 3 0 R 0 2 R - - - - - - 5
11 Position: Moved Up E. Novikov Russia Citroën C4 - 0 R R - 4 - - - - - - 4
12 Position: Moved Down C. Atkinson Australia Citroën C4 4 - - - - - - - - - - - 4
13 Position: Moved Down C. Rautenbach Zimbabwe Citroën C4 0 R 3 R R 0 - - - - - - 3
14 Position: Moved Down K. Al-Qassimi UAE Ford Focus RS 1 - 1 1 - 0 - - - - - - 3
15 Position: Moved Down U. Aava Finland Ford Focus RS 0 1 - - - - - - - - - - 1
16 Position: Moved Down N. Al Attiyah Qatar Subaru Impreza - 0 0 0 1 0 - - - - - - 1
17 Position: Stay A. Araujo Portugal Mitsubishi Lancer - 0 0 0 - 0 - - - - - - 0
18 Position: Stay P. Sandell Sweden Skoda Fabia - 0 0 R - 0 - - - - - - 0
19 Position: Stay E. Boland Ireland Subaru Impreza 0 R - - - - - - - - - - 0
20 Position: Stay J. Marchetto Argentina Mitsubishi Evolution IX - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0
21 Position: Stay M. Prokop Czech Republic Citroën C2 0 0 0 0 X 0 - - - - - - 0
22 Position: Stay M. Ligato Argentina Mitsubishi Evolution X - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0
23 Position: Stay E. Brynildsen Norway Mitsubishi Lancer - 0 - 0 R 0 - - - - - - 0
24 Position: Stay A. MacHale Ireland Ford Focus RS 0 - - - - - - - - - - - 0
25 Position: Stay N. Fuchs Peru Subaru Impreza - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0
26 Position: Stay T. Arai Japan Subaru Impreza - R 0 - 0 - - - - - - - 0
27 Position: Stay J. Nikara Finland Mitsubishi Evolution X - - - 0 - 0 - - - - - - 0
28 Position: Stay T. McNulty Ireland Subaru Impreza 0 - - - - - - - - - - - 0
29 Position: Stay H. Gassner Jr. Germany Mitsubishi Evolution X - - - 0 - - - - - - - - 0
30 Position: Stay M. Kosciuszko  Poland Suzuki Swift S1600 - - 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0
31 Position: Stay S. Gallagher Ireland Mitsubishi Lancer 0 - - - - - - - - - - - 0
32 Position: Stay P. Martinez Argentina - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0
33 Position: Stay V. Pascoal Portugal Peugeot 207 S2000 - - - 0 - - - - - - - - 0
34 Position: Stay A. Grondal Norway Subaru Impreza - 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
35 Position: Stay A. Burkart Germany Suzuki Swift S1600 0 - 0 - 0 0 - - - - - - 0
36 Position: Stay A. Neiksans Latvia Mitsubishi Evolution X - 0 0 0 - X - - - - - - 0
37 Position: Stay R. Teodosio Portugal Mitsubishi Evolution X - - - 0 - - - - - - - - 0
38 Position: Stay G. Jennings Ireland Mitsubishi Lancer 0 - - - - - - - - - - - 0
- Did Not Participate R Retire X Excluded

2009 Drivers' championship standings
Drivers' championship points are allocated to the top eight finishers on every round on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis. If two or more drivers have the same number of points (including zero), their positions are fixed according to the quality of their finishes.

Drivers' table notes:
Points scored on each rally are shown on the table below. (Excl) excluded; (R) retired. Rallies completed, but outside the points, are written as (0). More detailed results of each rally can be found in the 'live stage times' section (on the home page).

Matthew Wilson (Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team), Rally d'Italia Sardegna, Italy, 22 - 24 May 2009

Henning Solberg (Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team), Rally d'Italia Sardegna, Italy, 22 - 24 May 2009
:: 2009 WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP :: MANUFACTURER :: POINTS ::
PO MANUFACTURER Ireland Norway Cyprus Portugal Argentina Italy Greece Poland Finland New Zealand Spain Great Britain PTS
1 Position: Stay Citroën Total WRT 18 14 16 16 18 8 - - - - - - 90
2 Position: Stay BP-Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team 8 14 10 8 3 18 - - - - - - 61
3 Position: Stay Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team 8 8 6 5 10 7 - - - - - - 44
4 Position: Stay Citroen Junior Rally Team 5 2 4 0 2 5 - - - - - - 19
5 Position: Stay Munchi's Ford World Rally Team - - 3 4 5 0 - - - - - - 12

2009 Manufacturers' championship standings
Four teams are contesting the 2009 WRC manufacturers' championship. Teams nominate two cars per rally to score points for them. Points are allocated to the top eight nominated cars on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.

If two or more manufacturer teams have the same number of points (including zero), their positions in the championship are fixed according to the quality of their finishes. Under this system one first place is better than any number of second places, one second place is better than any number of third places, and so on.

WRC: 2009 Rally D'Italia Sardegna, 22 - 24 May 2009
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