2010 Cyprus Rally
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The 2010 FxPro Cyprus Rally
, was the 12th round of the 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge
(IRC) season. The fourteen stage mixed surface rally took place over 4–6 November 2010. As well as being the final round of the IRC, the event formed the penultimate round of the 2010 Middle East Rally Championship
(MERC).
, had a 2.45 km (1.5 mi) all-asphalt Super Special Stage, purpose-built at Limassol's extensive port facilities being run twice during the event. With both the drivers and manufacturers titles already decided none of the top competitors in the IRC made the trip to the event. Andreas Mikkelsen
, who was seventh in the championship heading into the event, was the highest placed driver to take part. Other IRC regulars included Daniel Oliveira
and Burcu Çetinkaya
. Nasser Al-Attiyah
headed the field of drivers competing in the MERC.
Cyprus Rally
The Cyprus Rally is a rallying competition held yearly in Cyprus since 1970. The event is run by the Cyprus Automobile Association and is based in the city of Limassol . It is run on the winding roads of the nearby mountains of Troödos. It was part of the FIA's World Rally Championship from 2000...
, was the 12th round of the 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge
2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge season
The 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge was the fifth season of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. The season consisted of twelve rounds and started on 19 January with the 78° Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo...
(IRC) season. The fourteen stage mixed surface rally took place over 4–6 November 2010. As well as being the final round of the IRC, the event formed the penultimate round of the 2010 Middle East Rally Championship
Middle East Rally Championship
The Middle East Rally Championship is one of the official annual rally championships run by the FIA.The 2011 Events are as follows:-2010 season:The 2010 Events and winners:-Past champions:-Previous rally winners:...
(MERC).
Introduction
The rally, which was based in LimassolLimassol
Limassol is the second-largest city in Cyprus, with a population of 228,000 . It is the largest city in geographical size, and the biggest municipality on the island. The city is located on Akrotiri Bay, on the island's southern coast and it is the capital of Limassol District.Limassol is the...
, had a 2.45 km (1.5 mi) all-asphalt Super Special Stage, purpose-built at Limassol's extensive port facilities being run twice during the event. With both the drivers and manufacturers titles already decided none of the top competitors in the IRC made the trip to the event. Andreas Mikkelsen
Andreas Mikkelsen
Andreas Mikkelsen is a Norwegian rally driver. His co-driver is Ola Fløene.-Career:Mikkelsen has a broad background in sports. He has competed in slalom and giant slalom, and was a member of the national juniors' alpine skiing team...
, who was seventh in the championship heading into the event, was the highest placed driver to take part. Other IRC regulars included Daniel Oliveira
Daniel Oliveira
Daniel Oliveira is a Brazilian rally driver.On entering the Intercontinental Rally Challenge in the 2010 season Oliveira was known only locally...
and Burcu Çetinkaya
Burcu Çetinkaya
Burcu Çetinkaya is a Turkish rally driver. She debuted in the World Rally Championship in 2006.-Career:1992–1999 : Played Basketball American Robert College1999–2001 : Studied Menagement at Babson College in Boston, USA....
. Nasser Al-Attiyah
Nasser Al-Attiyah
Nasser Salih Nasser Abdullah Al-Attiyah is a Qatari rally driver and sport shooter. He participates in the Production World Rally Championship , which he won in 2006, and the Dakar Rally, which he won in 2011...
headed the field of drivers competing in the MERC.
Overall
| Pos. | Driver | Co-driver | Car | Time | Difference | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Nasser Al-AttiyahNasser Al-Attiyah Nasser Salih Nasser Abdullah Al-Attiyah is a Qatari rally driver and sport shooter. He participates in the Production World Rally Championship , which he won in 2006, and the Dakar Rally, which he won in 2011... |
 Giovanni Bernacchini |
Ford Fiesta S2000 Ford Fiesta S2000 The Ford Fiesta S2000 is Super 2000 rally car built by M-Sport. It is based upon the Ford Fiesta road car. It made its racing début at Rallye Monte Carlo 2010, with factory team M-Sport and drivers Mikko Hirvonen and Julien Maurin. Hirvonen won the rally.... |
3:11:53.5 | 0.0 | 10 |
| 2. |  Roger FeghaliRoger Feghali Roger Feghali is a Lebanese Rally driver born in 1973 in Wadi Chahrour - Lebanon, he is 9 times Lebanese Rally champion and the record holder of wins in Rally of Lebanon .Roger runs his own team for rally car preparation : MOTORTUNE... |
Joseph Matar |
Škoda Fabia S2000 Škoda Fabia S2000 The Škoda Fabia S2000 is Super 2000 rally car built by Škoda Motorsport. It is based upon the Škoda Fabia road car. It made its début at Rallye Monte Carlo 2009, with factory team Škoda Motorsport and drivers Jan Kopecký and Juho Hänninen. The car appeared as fast as Hänninen was leading until a... |
3:12:24.2 | 30.7 | 8 |
| 3. |  Martin ProkopMartin Prokop Martin Prokop is a Czech rally driver. He won the Junior World Rally Championship in the 2009 season.-Career:... |
Jan Tománek |
Ford Fiesta S2000 Ford Fiesta S2000 The Ford Fiesta S2000 is Super 2000 rally car built by M-Sport. It is based upon the Ford Fiesta road car. It made its racing début at Rallye Monte Carlo 2010, with factory team M-Sport and drivers Mikko Hirvonen and Julien Maurin. Hirvonen won the rally.... |
3:16:35.5 | 4:42.0 | 6 |
| 4. | Jaromír Tarabus |
Daniel Trunkát |
Ford Fiesta S2000 Ford Fiesta S2000 The Ford Fiesta S2000 is Super 2000 rally car built by M-Sport. It is based upon the Ford Fiesta road car. It made its racing début at Rallye Monte Carlo 2010, with factory team M-Sport and drivers Mikko Hirvonen and Julien Maurin. Hirvonen won the rally.... |
3:17:34.0 | 5:40.5 | 5 |
| 5. |  Nicos Thomas |
Angelos Loizides |
Peugeot 207 S2000 Peugeot 207 S2000 The Peugeot 207 S2000 is Super 2000 rally car developed by Peugeot Sport. It is based upon the Peugeot 207 road car. Drivers Enrique García Ojeda, Nicolas Vouilloz and Kris Meeke won the Intercontinental Rally Challenge drivers' title in 2007, 2008 and 2009 respectively in a Peugeot 207 S2000.... |
3:18:39.0 | 6:45.5 | 4 |
| 6. | Roman Kresta Roman Kresta Roman Kresta , is a professional rally driver. In 2005, he drove for Ford in the World Rally Championship. His co-driver was Jan Tomanek. The pair won the Czech national rally championship in 2000, prior to their début in the WRC.Kresta's first World Rally was the 2001 Acropolis Rally, driving a... |
Petr Gross |
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | 3:19:10.1 | 7:16.6 | 3 |
| 7. | Charalambos Timotheou |
Pambos Laos |
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X | 3:24:37.5 | 12:44.0 | 2 |
| 8. | Constantinos Tingirides |
Panayiotis Shialos |
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | 3:25:14.1 | 13:20.6 | 1 |
Special stages
| Day | Stage | Time | Name | Length | Winner | Time | Avg. spd. | Rally leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leg 1 (4–5 Nov) |
SS1 | 20:30 | SSS Lemesos 1 | 2.45 km | Nasser Al-Attiyah Nasser Al-Attiyah Nasser Salih Nasser Abdullah Al-Attiyah is a Qatari rally driver and sport shooter. He participates in the Production World Rally Championship , which he won in 2006, and the Dakar Rally, which he won in 2011... |
2:21.7 | 62.24 km/h | Nasser Al-Attiyah Nasser Al-Attiyah Nasser Salih Nasser Abdullah Al-Attiyah is a Qatari rally driver and sport shooter. He participates in the Production World Rally Championship , which he won in 2006, and the Dakar Rally, which he won in 2011... |
| SS2 | 9:09 | Kalavasos 1 | 10.42 km | Martin Prokop Martin Prokop Martin Prokop is a Czech rally driver. He won the Junior World Rally Championship in the 2009 season.-Career:... |
8:34.3 | 72.94 km/h | ||
| SS3 | 10:07 | Lythrodontas 1 | 23.45 km | Martin Prokop Martin Prokop Martin Prokop is a Czech rally driver. He won the Junior World Rally Championship in the 2009 season.-Career:... |
19:25.7 | 72.42 km/h | ||
| SS4 | 11:10 | Agioi Vavatsinias 1 | 17.31 km | Nasser Al-Attiyah Nasser Al-Attiyah Nasser Salih Nasser Abdullah Al-Attiyah is a Qatari rally driver and sport shooter. He participates in the Production World Rally Championship , which he won in 2006, and the Dakar Rally, which he won in 2011... |
16:10.5 | 64.21 km/h | ||
| SS5 | 14:09 | Kalavasos 2 | 10.42 km |  Bryan BouffierBryan Bouffier Bryan Bouffier is French rally driver. Currently competing in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, he won the 2011 Monte Carlo Rally.-Career:... |
8:26.4 | 74.08 km/h | ||
| SS6 | 15:07 | Lythrodontas 2 | 23.45 km | Bryan Bouffier Bryan Bouffier Bryan Bouffier is French rally driver. Currently competing in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, he won the 2011 Monte Carlo Rally.-Career:... |
19:17.3 | 72.95 km/h | ||
| SS7 | 16:10 | Agioi Vavatsinias 2 | 17.31 km | Bryan Bouffier Bryan Bouffier Bryan Bouffier is French rally driver. Currently competing in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, he won the 2011 Monte Carlo Rally.-Career:... |
16:06.1 | 64.50 km/h | Martin Prokop Martin Prokop Martin Prokop is a Czech rally driver. He won the Junior World Rally Championship in the 2009 season.-Career:... |
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| SS8 | 19:35 | SSS Lemesos 2 | 2.45 km | Martin Prokop Martin Prokop Martin Prokop is a Czech rally driver. He won the Junior World Rally Championship in the 2009 season.-Career:... |
2:18.2 | 63.82 km/h | ||
| Leg 2 (6 Nov) |
SS9 | 9:04 | Alassa 1 | 12.76 km | Martin Prokop Martin Prokop Martin Prokop is a Czech rally driver. He won the Junior World Rally Championship in the 2009 season.-Career:... |
8:40.0 | 88.34 km/h | |
| SS10 | 9:47 | Foini 1 | 31.70 km | Bryan Bouffier Bryan Bouffier Bryan Bouffier is French rally driver. Currently competing in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, he won the 2011 Monte Carlo Rally.-Career:... |
28:08.1 | 67.60 km/h | Nasser Al-Attiyah Nasser Al-Attiyah Nasser Salih Nasser Abdullah Al-Attiyah is a Qatari rally driver and sport shooter. He participates in the Production World Rally Championship , which he won in 2006, and the Dakar Rally, which he won in 2011... |
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| SS11 | 11:10 | Galataria 1 | 17.02 km | Roger Feghali Roger Feghali Roger Feghali is a Lebanese Rally driver born in 1973 in Wadi Chahrour - Lebanon, he is 9 times Lebanese Rally champion and the record holder of wins in Rally of Lebanon .Roger runs his own team for rally car preparation : MOTORTUNE... |
11:24.3 | 89.54 km/h | ||
| SS12 | 14:04 | Alassa 2 | 12.76 km | Nasser Al-Attiyah Nasser Al-Attiyah Nasser Salih Nasser Abdullah Al-Attiyah is a Qatari rally driver and sport shooter. He participates in the Production World Rally Championship , which he won in 2006, and the Dakar Rally, which he won in 2011... |
8:41.8 | 88.03 km/h | ||
| SS13 | 14:47 | Foini 2 | 31.70 km | Nasser Al-Attiyah Nasser Al-Attiyah Nasser Salih Nasser Abdullah Al-Attiyah is a Qatari rally driver and sport shooter. He participates in the Production World Rally Championship , which he won in 2006, and the Dakar Rally, which he won in 2011... |
28:14.9 | 67.33 km/h | ||
| SS14 | 16:10 | Galataria 2 | 17.02 km | Nasser Al-Attiyah Nasser Al-Attiyah Nasser Salih Nasser Abdullah Al-Attiyah is a Qatari rally driver and sport shooter. He participates in the Production World Rally Championship , which he won in 2006, and the Dakar Rally, which he won in 2011... |
11:09.0 | 91.59 km/h |