2009 World Rally Championship

Last updated January 04, 2024

The 2009 World Rally Championship was the 37th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of twelve rallies and began on 30 January, with Rally Ireland and ended with Rally GB on 25 October. Sébastien Loeb won the World Drivers' championship at Rally GB by one point from Mikko Hirvonen, taking his sixth consecutive crown.^[1] Citroën secured their fifth Manufacturers' title, Martin Prokop won the JWRC Drivers' championship and Armindo Araujo won the PWRC Drivers' championship.

Regulation changes

The number of mechanics available per car has been dropped from 12 to 8.^[2]

Calendar

The 2009 championship was contested over twelve rounds in Europe, South America and Oceania.

The 2009 season included twelve rallies, which was 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 were dropped from the calendar for 2009, but will return at the 2010 WRC Season. Ireland, Norway, Cyprus, Portugal, Poland and Australia returned to the 2009 season.^[3]

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

Round	Dates	Rally Name	Rally HQ	Support Category	Surface
1	30 January – 1 February	Rally Ireland	Sligo	JWRC	Wintry asphalt
2	12–15 February	Rally Norway	Hamar	PWRC	Ice and snow-covered gravel
3	13–15 March	Cyprus Rally	Limassol	JWRC/PWRC	Asphalt and gravel
4	3–5 April	Rally de Portugal	Vilamoura	JWRC/PWRC	Gravel
5	24–26 April	Rally Argentina	Villa Carlos Paz	JWRC/PWRC	Gravel
6	22–24 May	Rally d'Italia Sardegna	Olbia	JWRC/PWRC	Gravel
7	12–14 June	Acropolis Rally	Loutraki	PWRC	Gravel
8	26–28 June	Rally Poland	Mikołajki	JWRC	Gravel
9	31 July – 2 August	Rally Finland	Jyväskylä	JWRC	Gravel
10	4–6 September	Rally Australia	Kingscliff	PWRC	Gravel
11	2–4 October	Rally Catalunya	Salou	JWRC	Asphalt
12	23–25 October	Rally GB	Cardiff	PWRC	Gravel

Teams and drivers

In 2009 two categories are eligible to compete for the Manufacturer's championship:

Manufacturer (M)

must take part in all the rallies of the Championship with two cars of the same make
must enter only cars corresponding to the latest homologated version of a World Rally Car in conformity with the 2009 Appendix J
must inform the FIA of the name of the first driver entered for the season at the time of registration for the Championship. No change of the first driver is authorised, except in a case of force majeure. The driver of the second car may be changed for each of the rallies in the Championship

Manufacturer Team (MT)

must take part in a minimum of 8 Championship rallies with one or two cars; those rallies must be nominated on registering for the Championship
cannot enter World Rally Cars homologated during the year 2009 and cannot use parts homologated after 2 January 2009
can only score points in the events it nominated on registering.

The registered Manufacturers are Citroën Total World Rally Team and BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team; the registered Manufacturer Teams are Stobart VK M-Sport Ford, Munchi's Ford and Citroën Junior Team.

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

Manufacturers
Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	No	Drivers	Co-drivers	Rounds
Citroën Total World Rally Team	Citroën	C4 WRC	P	1	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	All
Citroën Total World Rally Team	Citroën	C4 WRC	P	2	Daniel Sordo	Marc Marti	All
BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team	Ford	Focus RS WRC 08 Focus RS WRC 09	P	3	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	All
BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team	Ford	Focus RS WRC 08 Focus RS WRC 09	P	4	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	All
Manufacturer Teams
Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team	Ford	Focus RS WRC 08	P	5	Urmo Aava	Kuldar Sikk	1–2
				5	Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	3–12
				6	Henning Solberg	Cato Menkerud	All
Citroën Junior Team	Citroën	C4 WRC	P	7	Chris Atkinson	Stéphane Prévot	1
				7	Evgeny Novikov	Dale Moscatt	2–4, 6–9
				8	Conrad Rautenbach	Daniel Barritt	1–8, 10–11
				11	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	12
				12	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	5, 9–12
Munchi's Ford World Rally Team	Ford	Focus RS WRC 08	P	9	Federico Villagra	Jorge Perez Companc	3, 5–6, 9–11
Munchi's Ford World Rally Team	Ford	Focus RS WRC 08	P	9	Federico Villagra	José Díaz	4, 7
Major entries not registered as Manufacturers
Petter Solberg World Rally Team	Citroën	Xsara WRC	P	11	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	2–9
Petter Solberg World Rally Team		C4 WRC	P	11	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	11
Citroën Junior Team			P	7	Evgeny Novikov	Stéphane Prévot	11
				8	Conrad Rautenbach	Daniel Barritt	9, 12
				12	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	1–4, 6–8
				16	Aaron Burkart	Michael Kölbach	12
Adapta World Rally Team	Subaru	Impreza WRC 2008	P	14	Mads Østberg	Ole Kristian Unnerud	2, 4, 6–7
						Veronica Engan	8
						Jonas Andersson	9, 12
				20	Anders Grøndal	Maria Andersson	2
Prodrive			P	15	Marcus Grönholm	Timo Rautiainen	4
Ketomaa World Rally Team		Impreza WRC 2007	P	16	Jari Ketomaa	Mika Stenberg	9
BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team	Ford	Focus RS WRC 08	P	15	Khalid Al Qassimi	Michael Orr	1, 3–4, 6–7, 9–12
Stobart VK M-Sport Ford Rally Team			P	15	Krzysztof Holowczyc	Lukasz Kurzeja	8
				16	Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	1–2
				17	Steve Perez	Paul Spooner	12
Andreas Mikkelsen	Škoda	Fabia WRC	P	16	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløne	8
P-G Andersson Rallying	Škoda	Fabia WRC	P	19	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Anders Fredriksson	2
Van Merksteijn Motorsport	Ford	Focus RS WRC 06/07	P	17	Peter Van Merksteijn, Jr.	Eddy Chevaillier	2, 4
				18	Peter Van Merksteijn, Sr.	Erwin Mombaerts	2
				18	Peter Van Merksteijn, Sr.	Hans van Goor	4
Ipatec Racing		Focus RS WRC 06	P	66	Dennis Kuipers	Kees Hagman	4, 12
				68	René Kuipers	Erwin Berkhof	4
				68	René Kuipers	Erwin Mombaerts	12
Bozian Racing	Peugeot	307 WRC	P	66	Dany Snobeck	Gilles Mondesir	11
Munchi's Ford World Rally Team	Ford	Focus RS WRC 08	P	10	Matti Rantanen	Mikko Lukka	9
				10	Paul Bird	Ian Windress	11
				72	Mattias Therman	Janne Perälä	9

J-WRC Entries

^[4]

No	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Rounds
31	Aaron Burkart	Michael Kölbach	Suzuki Swift S1600	1, 3, 5–6, 9, 11
32	Michał Kościuszko	Maciek Szczepaniak	Suzuki Swift S1600	3–6, 8–9
33	Simone Bertolotti	Luca Celestini	Suzuki Swift S1600	1, 4, 6, 8–9, 11
34	Luca Griotti	Corrado Bonato	Renault Clio R3	1, 4, 6, 8–9, 11
35	Yoann Bonato	Benjamin Boulloud	Suzuki Swift S1600	1, 4, 6, 8–9, 11
36	Hans Weijs, Jr.	Bjorn Degandt	Citroën C2 S1600	1, 4, 6, 8–9, 11
37	Kevin Abbring	Erwin Mombaerts	Renault Clio R3	1, 4, 6, 8–9, 11
38	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Citroën C2 S1600	1, 3, 6, 8–9, 11
39	Alessandro Bettega	Simone Scattolin	Renault Clio S1600	5
	Alessandro Bettega	Simone Scattolin	Renault Clio R3	4, 6, 8
	Mark Wallenwein	Stefan Kopczyk	Renault Clio R3	9, 11
Additional guest entries^†
60	Ross Forde	Arron Forde	Suzuki Swift Sport	1
59	Radosław Typa	Maciek Wislawski	Citroën C2 R2	8
60	Marcin Dobrowolski	Michal Dobrowolski	Citroën C2 R2	8
59	Kalle Pinomaki	Matti Kaskinen	Renault Clio R3	9
59	Jordi Martí	Gabriel Sánchez	Renault Clio R3	11

P-WRC Entries

^[5]

No	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Rounds
31	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	2, 4–5, 7, 10, 12
32	Bernardo Sousa	Jorge Carvalho	Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000	2–4, 6–7, 10, 12
33	Toshihiro Arai	Glenn Macneal	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2–3, 5, 7, 10, 12
34	Gianluca Linari	Andrea Cecchi	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2–4, 7, 10
34	Gianluca Linari	Paolo Gregoriani	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	6
35	Martin Semerád	Bohuslav Ceplecha	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	2–3
64	Martin Semerád	Bohuslav Ceplecha	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	4, 6–7, 12
36	Egoi Eder Valdés López	Daniel Lucas	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3–7, 12
37	Frederic Sauvan	Thibault Gorczyca	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	2–3, 5–6
37	Frederic Sauvan	Sebastien Capanna	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	7, 12
38	Gabor Mayer	Róbert Tagai	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3–7, 12
39	Riccardo Errani	Stefano Casadio	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	–
	Simone Campedelli	Danilo Fappani		3, 6
	Thomas Privé	Patrice Zurro		4
	Stefano Marrini	Roberto Mometti		5
	Armindo Araujo	Miguel Ramalho		10
	Eyvind Brynildsen	Denis Giraudet	Škoda Fabia S2000	12
40	Andis Neikšāns	Pēteris Dzirkals	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	2–4, 6–7
40	Dave Weston, Jr.	Iuean Thomas	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	12
43	Luciano Bernardi	Fabian Cretu	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	5
43	Mark Tapper	Jeff Rudd	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	10
65	Mark Tapper	Jeff Rudd	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	4, 6–7, 12
44	Jaromir Tarabus	Daniel Trunkat	Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000	2
	Jaromir Tarabus	Filip Schovánek	Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000	4
	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Giovanni Bernacchini	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3
	Spyros Pavlides	Chris Patterson		5, 12
	Spyros Pavlides	Denis Giraudet		7
45	Patrik Flodin	Göran Bergsten	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2, 4, 6–7, 12
45	Stewart Taylor	Warwick Searle	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	10
46	Patrik Sandell	Emil Axelsson	Škoda Fabia S2000	2–4, 6–7, 12
47	Armindo Araujo	Miguel Ramalho	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	2–4, 6–7, 12
48	Gaurav Gill	David Senior	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2–4
	Hermann Gassner, Jr.	Katharina Wustenhagen	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	6, 12
	Stefano Marrini	Roberto Mometti		7
	Liu Chao Dong	Anthony McLoughlin		10
49	Eyvind Brynildsen	Denis Giraudet	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	2, 4–6, 10
49	Giorgio Bacco	Nicola Arena	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	12
50	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Giovanni Bernacchini	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	4–7, 12
50	Richard Mason	Sara Mason	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	10
Additional guest entries^†
59	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2
60	Bernt Kollevold	Veronica Engan	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	2
159	Nicos Thomas	Stéphane Prévot	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	3
160	Charalambos Timotheu	Savvas Laos	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	3
159	Bruno Magalhães	Carlos Magalhães	Peugeot 207 S2000	4
160	Ricardo Moura	Paulo Fiuza	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	4
159	Gabriel Pozzo	Daniel Stillo	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	5
160	Marcos Ligato	Rubén Garcia	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	5
59	Lambros Athanassoulas	Nikolaos Zakheos	Škoda Fabia S2000	7
59	Cody Crocker	Ben Atkinson	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	10
60	Neal Bates	Coral Taylor	Toyota Corolla S2000	10

† ^ – At each rally, the organiser may nominate two "guest drivers" from their country to score support category points.

Results and standings

Results and statistics

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

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers				Statistics
Round	Rally name	Rank	Driver	Car	Time	Stages	Length	Starters	Finishers
1	/ Rally Ireland (30 January – 1 February) – Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	2:48:25.7	(19)^1a 17	(349.65 km)^1b 310.18 km	36	28
		2	Daniel Sordo	Citroën C4 WRC	2:49:53.6
		3	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	2:50:33.5

2	Rally Norway (12 – 15 February) – Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	3:28:15.9	23	360.90 km	42	34
		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	Cyprus Rally (13 – 15 March) – Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	4:50:34.7	14	332.07 km	32	24
		2	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	4:51:01.9
		3	Petter Solberg	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:52:24.1

4	Rally de Portugal (2 – 5 April) – Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	3:53:13.1	18	361.36 km	70	41
		2	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	3:53:37.4
		3	Daniel Sordo	Citroën C4 WRC	3:54:58.5

5	Rally Argentina (24 – 26 April) – Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	3:57:40.3	23	331.80 km	51	33
		2	Daniel Sordo	Citroën C4 WRC	3:58:53.4
		3	Henning Solberg	Focus RS WRC 08	4:01:44.4

6	Rally d'Italia Sardegna (22 – 24 May) – Results and report	1	Jari-Matti Latvala	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	4:00:55.7	17	347.12 km	59	37
		2	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	4:01:25.1
		3	Petter Solberg	Citroën Xsara WRC	4:02:53.3

7	Acropolis Rally (12 – 14 June) – Results and report	1	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	4:09:42.5	(17)^2a 15	(371.02 km)^2b 341.01 km	45	32
		2	Sébastien Ogier	Citroën C4 WRC	4:10:55.4
		3	Jari-Matti Latvala	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	4:11:27.5

8	Rally Poland (26 – 29 June) – Results and report	1	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	3:07:27.5	18	352.00 km	48	34
		2	Daniel Sordo	Citroën C4 WRC	3:08:37.8
		3	Henning Solberg	Focus RS WRC 08	3:09:33.2

9	Rally Finland (31 July – 2 August) – Results and report	1	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	2:50:40.9	23	345.15 km	90	60
		2	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	2:51:06.0
		3	Jari-Matti Latvala	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	2:51:30.8

10	Rally Australia (4 – 6 September) – Results and report	1	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	2:53:06.5	(35)^3a 33	(344.72 km)^3b 322.06 km	40	25
		2	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	2:53:54.0
		3	Daniel Sordo	Citroën C4 WRC	2:54:11.1

11	Rally Catalunya (2 – 4 October) – Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	3:22:14.7	18	353.62 km	70	52
		2	Daniel Sordo	Citroën C4 WRC	3:22:26.7
		3	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	3:23:08.8

12	Rally of Great Britain (23 – 25 October) – Results and report	1	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën C4 WRC	3:16:25.4	16	348.30 km	62	50
		2	Mikko Hirvonen	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	3:17:31.5
		3	Daniel Sordo	Citroën C4 WRC	3:17:32.5

Notes:

^1 – Stages 7 (Murley) and 8 (Fardross) were cancelled.^[6]
^2 – Stages 3 (Evangelistria) and 16 (Loutraki 2) were cancelled.^[7]
^3 – Stages 6 (CTEK East 1) and 11 (CTEK East 2) were cancelled.^[8]

Drivers' championship

Pos.	Driver	IRL	NOR	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRC	POL	FIN	AUS	ESP	GBR	Pts
1	Sébastien Loeb	1	1	1	1	1	4	Ret	7	2	2	1	1	93
2	Mikko Hirvonen	3	2	2	2	Ret	2	1	1	1	1	3	2	92
3	Daniel Sordo	2	5	4	3	2	22	11	2	4	3	2	3	64
4	Jari-Matti Latvala	14	3	12	Ret	6	1	3	Ret	3	4	6	7	41
5	Petter Solberg		6	3	4	Ret	3	Ret	4	Ret		4	4	35
6	Henning Solberg	4	4	18	5	3	8	14	3	30	7	9	5	33
7	Matthew Wilson	7	7	5	Ret	5	6	13	5	8	6	7	6	28
8	Sébastien Ogier	6	10	Ret	17	7	Ret	2	Ret	6	5	5	Ret	24
9	Federico Villagra			7	7	4	Ret	4		11	8	8		16
10	Conrad Rautenbach	18	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	8	Ret	Ret	11	8	9
11	Mads Østberg		9		6		7	7	Ret	Ret			Ret	7
12	Khalid al-Qassimi	8		8	8		15	6		9	19	14	19	6
13	Evgeny Novikov		11	Ret	Ret		5	15	9	Ret		Ret	DNS	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	9	DSQ					Ret	1
19	Urmo Aava	10	8							29				1
20	Lambros Athanassoulas							8				25		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)

Sébastien Loeb secured the drivers' championship title in Wales.

Manufacturers' championship

Pos.	Manufacturer	No.	IRL	NOR	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRE	POL	FIN	AUS	ESP	GBR	Points
1	Citroën Total World Rally Team	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	Ret	5	2	2	1	1	167
1	Citroën Total World Rally Team	2	2	5	3	3	2	7	5	2	4	3	2	3	167
2	BP Ford World Rally Team	3	3	2	2	2	Ret	2	1	1	1	1	3	2	140
2	BP Ford World Rally Team	4	7	3	7	Ret	6	1	2	Ret	3	4	5	7	140
3	Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team	5	6	6	4	Ret	5	5	6	4	6	6	6	6	80
3	Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team	6	4	4	8	4	3	6	7	3	8	7	8	5	80
4	Citroën Junior Team	7	5	7	Ret	Ret		4	8	7	Ret				47
		8	8	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	6		Ret	9
		11												4
		12					7				5	5	4	Ret
5	Munchi's Ford World Rally Team	9			6	5	4	Ret	3		7	8	7		23
Pos.	Manufacturer	No.	IRL	NOR	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRE	POL	FIN	AUS	ESP	GBR	Points

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)

Citroën secured the manufacturers' championship in Catalunya.

JWRC Drivers' championship

Pos.	Driver	IRL	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	POL	FIN	ESP	Pts
1	Martin Prokop	2	1			1	2	1	Ret	46
2	Michał Kościuszko		2	1	1	2	Ret	3		42
3	Aaron Burkart	1	3		2	3		4	5	39
4	Kevin Abbring	5		2		Ret	1	Ret	4	27
5	Hans Weijs, Jr.	Ret		3		6	4	7	1	26
6	Simone Bertolotti	3		6		7	5	6	2	26
7	Yoann Bonato	4		Ret		4	3	Ret		16
8	Alessandro Bettega			5	3	5				14
9	Luca Griotti	6		4		Ret	7	Ret		10
10	Kalle Pinomaki							2		8
11	Jordi Marti								3	6
12	Mark Wallenwein							5	Ret	4
13	Radosław 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	Martin Prokop	3		2	DSQ		4	1	1	39
3	Nasser Al-Attiyah		3	4	1	1	13		Ret	31
4	Patrik Sandell	1	1	Ret		2	11		7	30
5	Toshihiro Arai	Ret	4		3		3	Ret	2	25
6	Eyvind Brynildsen	2		3	5	5		Ret	DSQ	22
7	Patrik Flodin	7		Ret		4	7		6	12
8	Andis Neikšāns	5	5	Ret		EX	6			11
9	Lambros Athanassoulas						1			10
10	Bernardo Sousa	Ret		Ret			5	Ret	4	9
11	Mark Tapper			5		Ret	8	Ret	5	9
12	Marcos Ligato				2					8
13	Richard Mason							2		8
14	Gianluca Linari	11	9	6		7	10	6		8
15	Martin Semerad	10	Ret	8		Ret	Ret		3	7
16	Cody Crocker							3		6
17	Frederic Sauvan	8	7		Ret	6	12		10	6
18	Spyros Pavlides				4		9			5
19	Gabor Mayer		8	Ret	6	8	Ret		9	5
20	Stewart Taylor							5		4
21	Jaromir Tarabus	6		Ret						3
22	Charalambos Timotheu		6							3
23	Gaurav Singh Gill		Ret	7						2
24	Hermann Gassner Jr.					Ret			8	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)

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References

↑ "Loeb secures sixth title in a row". BBC Sport. 25 October 2009. Archived from the original on 28 October 2009. Retrieved 26 October 2009.
↑ "2009 WRC sporting regulations (section 51.3)" (PDF).
↑ "2009 WRC calendars finalised". 6 November 2008. Retrieved 6 November 2008.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "World Rally Championship – FIA Juniors –". Archived from the original on 29 May 2009. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
↑ "World Rally Championship - P-WRC -". Archived from the original on 19 April 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
↑ "4. Rally Ireland 2009 - Event stats". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
↑ "56. Acropolis Rally of Greece 2009 - Event stats". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
↑ "20. Repco Rally Australia 2009 - Event stats". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 9 February 2014.

External links

Official website of the World Rally Championship
FIA World Rally Championship 2009 at ewrc-results.com

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[1] "Loeb secures sixth title in a row". BBC Sport. 25 October 2009. Archived from the original on 28 October 2009. Retrieved 26 October 2009.

[2] "2009 WRC sporting regulations (section 51.3)" (PDF).

[3] "2009 WRC calendars finalised". 6 November 2008. Retrieved 6 November 2008.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[4] "World Rally Championship – FIA Juniors –". Archived from the original on 29 May 2009. Retrieved 3 July 2009.

[5] "World Rally Championship - P-WRC -". Archived from the original on 19 April 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2009.

[6] "4. Rally Ireland 2009 - Event stats". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 9 February 2014.

[7] "56. Acropolis Rally of Greece 2009 - Event stats". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 9 February 2014.

[8] "20. Repco Rally Australia 2009 - Event stats". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 9 February 2014.

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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