2011 Jordan Rally

The 2011 Jordan Rally was the fourth round of the 2011 World Rally Championship season. The rally took place over 14–16 April, and was based beside the Dead Sea, some 50 kilometres (31 mi) from the country's capital, Amman. The rally was also the second round of the Super 2000.

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Host country	Jordan
Rally base	Dead Sea Centre, Jordan
Dates run	April 14 – 16 2011
Stages	20 (333.04 km; 206.94 miles)^[1]
Stage surface	Gravel
Overall distance	1,008.89 km (626.90 miles)^[1]
Statistics
Crews	31 at start, 23 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Sébastien Ogier Citroën World Rally Team

The rally concluded with the closest finish in the history of the World Rally Championship.^[2] Heading into the final 10.50 km (6.52 mi) Power Stage, Jari-Matti Latvala held a lead of 0.5 seconds over Sébastien Ogier, but Ogier overhauled his rival by just 0.2 seconds after winning the stage by 0.04 seconds over Latvala's Ford teammate Mikko Hirvonen,^[3] and crucially, 0.7 seconds over Latvala. Sébastien Loeb finished third ahead of Hirvonen. Bernardo Sousa won the Super 2000 class with a tenth place overall finish.

Results

Event standings

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Overall
1.	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën DS3 WRC	2:48:28.2	0.0	28
2.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	2:48:28.4	0.2	18
3.	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC	2:48:55.9	27.7	16
4.	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	2:51:12.9	2:44.7	14
5.	Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	2:54:13.1	5:44.9	10
6.	Kimi Räikkönen	Kaj Lindström	Citroën DS3 WRC	2:54:43.1	6:14.9	8
7.	Federico Villagra	Jorge Pérez Companc	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	2:57:46.9	9:18.7	6
8.	Khalid Al Qassimi	Michael Orr	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	2:58:11.9	9:43.7	4
9.	Dennis Kuipers	Bjorn Degandt	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:02:55.7	14:27.5	2
10.	Bernardo Sousa	António Costa	Ford Fiesta S2000	3:03:33.7	15:05.5	1
SWRC
1. (10.)	Bernardo Sousa	António Costa	Ford Fiesta S2000	3:03:33.7	0.0	25
2. (11.)	Karl Kruuda	Martin Järveoja	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:03:55.4	21.7	18
3. (12.)	Hermann Gassner, Jr.	Kathi Wüstenhagen	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:05:55.8	2:22.1	15
4. (17.)	Albert Llovera	Diego Vallejo	Abarth Grande Punto S2000	3:21:07.2	17:33.5	12
5. (18.)	Eyvind Brynildsen	Cato Menkerud	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:26:55.2	23:21.5	10

Special stages

Day	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
Leg 1 (14 Apr)	SS1	11:33	Wadi Shueib 1	8.65 km	Leg cancelled^[4]^[5]
	SS2	12:16	Mount Nebo 1	11.09 km
	SS3	13:03	Ma'in 1	17.00 km
	SS4	15:30	Wadi Shueib 2	8.65 km
	SS5	16:13	Mount Nebo 2	11.09 km
	SS6	17:00	Ma'in 2	17.00 km
Leg 2 (15 Apr)	SS7	09:03	Suwayma 1	13.50 km	Sébastien Loeb	7:01.0	115.44 km/h	Sébastien Loeb
	SS8	09:46	Kafrain 1	17.20 km	Petter Solberg	12:11.6	84.64 km/h	Sébastien Loeb   Sébastien Ogier
	SS9	10:49	Jordan River 1	41.45 km	Sébastien Ogier	27:32.6	90.29 km/h	Sébastien Ogier
	SS10	13:37	Suwayma 2	13.50 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	6:59.0	115.99 km/h
	SS11	14:20	Kafrain 2	17.20 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	11:48.2	87.43 km/h
	SS12	15:23	Jordan River 2	41.45 km	Sébastien Ogier	27:13.5	91.35 km/h
Leg 3 (16 Apr)	SS13	08:20	Yakrut 1	14.16 km	Sébastien Loeb	8:30.6	99.84 km/h
	SS14	08:50	Bahath 1	12.53 km	Mikko Hirvonen	9:30.0	79.14 km/h
	SS15	09:35	Mahes 1	20.44 km	Mikko Hirvonen	14:33.0	84.29 km/h
	SS16	10:18	Baptism Site 1	10.50 km	Sébastien Loeb	5:21.7	117.50 km/h
	SS17	12:18	Yakrut 2	14.16 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	8:15.8	102.82 km/h
	SS18	12:48	Bahath 2	12.53 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	9:10.5	81.94 km/h
	SS19	13:33	Mahes 2	20.44 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	14:09.1	86.66 km/h	Jari-Matti Latvala
	SS20	15:00	Baptism Site 2 (Power stage)	10.50 km	Sébastien Ogier	5:21.7	117.50 km/h	Sébastien Ogier

Power Stage

The "Power stage" was a live, televised 10.50 km (6.52 mi) stage at the end of the rally, held near the Dead Sea Centre.

Pos	Driver	Time	Diff.	Avg. speed	Points
1	Sébastien Ogier	5:21.7	0.0	117.50 km/h	3
2	Mikko Hirvonen	5:21.7	0.0	117.50 km/h	2
3	Sébastien Loeb	5:22.0	0.3	117.39 km/h	1

References

1. (PDF). Jordan Rally. Jordan Motorsport. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-03. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
2. . World Rally Championship. International Sportsworld Communicators. 16 April 2011. Archived from the original on 19 April 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
3. . World Rally Championship. International Sportsworld Communicators. 16 April 2011. Archived from the original on 20 April 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
4. Evans, David (13 April 2011). "Rally Jordan's first day cancelled". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
5. . World Rally Championship. International Sportsworld Communicators. 13 April 2011. Archived from the original on 18 April 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2011.

External links

• Results^{[permanent dead link]} at eWRC.com