2009 Rally Poland

The 2009 ORLEN Platinum Rally Poland was the 66th running of the Rally Poland and the eighth round of the 2009 World Rally Championship season. Rally Poland had previously been part of the WRC schedule during the inaugural 1973 season. The rally consisted of 18 special stages and was won by Ford's Mikko Hirvonen, who took his first-ever back-to-back victories. However, the team's celebration was subdued after Jari-Matti Latvala crashed out from second place on the final super special stage, losing important manufacturers' championship points.^[1]

2009 Rally Poland 66th ORLEN Platinum Rally Poland
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Host country	Poland
Rally base	Mikołajki
Dates run	25 – 28 June 2009
Stages	18
Stage surface	Gravel
Results
Overall winner	Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team
Crews	48 at start, 34 at finish

Citroën's Dani Sordo then finished second and Stobart's Henning Solberg beat his brother Petter to take the final podium spot. Home country's Krzysztof Hołowczyc, a three-time winner of the event, finished sixth behind regular Stobart driver Matthew Wilson. This marked the first time a Polish driver scored WRC points in the history of the series.^[2]

Citroën's defending world champion Sébastien Loeb lost the drivers' championship lead by crashing out in the second rally in a row. However, he re-joined the event under superally rules and with mechanical problems for Andreas Mikkelsen, Mads Østberg and Sébastien Ogier, he had climbed back into the top ten. Citroën then issued team orders and Citroën Junior Team's Conrad Rautenbach and Evgeny Novikov both stopped for enough minutes to let the Frenchman take the eighth place, which eventually became seventh after Latvala's mistake.^[1]

Results

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
WRC
1	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Focus RS WRC 09	3:07:27.5	0.0	10
2	Dani Sordo	Marc Martí	Citroën C4 WRC	3:08:37.8	+1:10.3	8
3	Henning Solberg	Cato Menkerud	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	3:09:33.2	+2:05.7	6
4	Petter Solberg	Phil Mills	Citroën Xsara WRC	3:09:51.8	+2:24.3	5
5	Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	3:11:45.0	+4:17.5	4
6	Krzysztof Hołowczyc	Łukasz Kurzeja	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	3:12:01.4	+4:33.9	3
7	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C4 WRC	3:26:42.6	+19:15.1	2
8	Conrad Rautenbach	Daniel Barritt	Citroën C4 WRC	3:26:48.1	+19:20.6	1
JWRC
1	Kevin Abbring	Erwin Mombaerts	Renault Clio R3	3:35:05.2	0.0	10
2	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Citroën C2 S1600	3:36:15.4	+1:10.2	8
3	Yoann Bonato	Benjamin Boulloud	Suzuki Swift S1600	3:40:39.7	+5:34.5	6
4	Hans Weijs	Bjorn Degandt	Citroën C2 S1600	3:45:17.2	+10:12.0	5
5	Simone Bertolotti	Luca Celestini	Suzuki Swift S1600	3:51:50.3	+16:45.1	4
6	Radosław Typa	Maciej Wisławski	Citroën C2 R2	3:56:32.3	+21:27.1	3
7	Luca Griotti	Corrado Bonato	Renault Clio R3	4:00:53.6	+25:48.4	2

Special stages

Day	Stage	Time (CEST)	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Rally leader
1 (June 25)	SS1	20:00	Mikołajki 1	2.50 km	Petter Solberg	1:48.3	Petter Solberg
2 (June 26)	SS2	9:51	Grabówka 1	12.09 km	Mikko Hirvonen	6:49.7	Sébastien Loeb
	SS3	10:19	Pianki 1	11.34 km	Mikko Hirvonen	5:22.2	Mikko Hirvonen
	SS4	10:39	Paprotki 1	33.17 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	18:14.0
	SS5	14:01	Grabówka 2	12.09 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	6:49.3
	SS6	14:29	Pianki 2	11.34 km	Mikko Hirvonen	5:15.4
	SS7	14:59	Paprotki 2	33.17 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	17:57.2
3 (June 27)	SS8	10:14	Danowo 1	11.88 km	Sébastien Loeb	6:18.1
	SS9	10:59	Gawliki 1	32.75 km	Dani Sordo	17:44.4
	SS10	11:52	Wydminy 1	30.09 km	Sébastien Loeb	15:40.9
	SS11	15:18	Danowo 2	11.88 km	Mikko Hirvonen	6:12.5
	SS12	16:03	Gawliki 2	32.75 km	Sébastien Loeb	17:21.1
	SS13	16:56	Wydminy 2	30.09 km	Sébastien Loeb	15:26.9
4 (June 28)	SS14	7:51	Miłki 1	27.07 km	Sébastien Ogier	13:59.3
	SS15	8:57	Tros 1	15.11 km	Henning Solberg	7:53.2
	SS16	11:49	Miłki 2	27.07 km	Henning Solberg	13:56.0
	SS17	12:55	Tros 2	15.11 km	Sébastien Loeb	7:44.4
	SS18	14:24	Mikołajki 2	2.50 km	Petter Solberg	1:49.0

Championship standings after the event

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 58 2   Sébastien Loeb 1 1 1 1 1 4 Ret 7 57 3   Dani Sordo 2 5 4 3 2 23 12 2 39 4   Henning Solberg 4 4 18 5 3 8 15 3 27 5   Jari-Matti Latvala 14 3 12 Ret 6 1 3 Ret 25   Petter Solberg 6 3 4 Ret 3 Ret 4 25 7   Matthew Wilson 7 7 5 Ret 5 6 14 5 19 8   Federico Villagra 7 7 4 Ret 4 14 9   Sébastien Ogier 6 10 Ret 17 7 Ret 2 Ret 13 10   Conrad Rautenbach 18 Ret 6 Ret Ret 9 5 8 8 11   Mads Østberg 9 6 7 7 Ret 7 12   Khalid al-Qassimi 8 8 8 16 6 6 13   Evgeny Novikov 12 Ret Ret 5 16 9 4   Chris Atkinson 5 4 15   Krzysztof Hołowczyc 6 3 16   Nasser Al-Attiyah 11 16 8 10 9 1   Urmo Aava 10 8 1   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 Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

Manufacturers' championship

Pos	Team	Event												Total points
		IRL	NOR	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRC	POL	FIN	AUS	ESP	GBR
1	Citroën Total World Rally Team	18	14	16	16	18	8	4	12					106
2	BP Ford World Rally Team	8	14	10	8	3	18	18	10					89
3	Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team	8	8	6	5	10	7	5	11					60
4	Citroën Junior Team	5	2	4	0	2	5	6	5					29
5	Munchi's Ford World Rally Team	0	0	3	4	5	0	6	0					18

References

1. Beer, Matt (28 June 2009). "Hirvonen takes win and points lead". Autosport. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
2. "Solberg snatches a place on the podium". Rally-Live.com. 28 June 2009. Retrieved 29 June 2009.

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