Great Britain 2010

IT SEEMED LIKE EVERYONE HAD SOMETHING TO FIGHT FOR IN THIS LAST EVENT OF 2010 AND THE LAST TIME THE 2-LITRE CARS WOULD BE RUNNING, A RESULT OF THE REGULATION CHANGES FOR 2011. SEBASTIEN OGIER, JARI-MATTI LATVALA AND PETTER SOLBERG ALL WANTED TO FINISH 2ND IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP BEHIND RUNAWAY VICTOR, SEBASTIEN LOEB, AND HE JUST WANTED TO WIN ANOTHER RALLY TO EXTEND THE RECORD EVEN FURTHER.

DANIEL SORDO WANTED TO DO WELL IN THE HOPE OF GETTING A 2011 DRIVE, MIKKO HIRVONEN JUST WANTED TO FORGET ABOUT THE SEASON BUT, NEVERTHELESS, WANTED TO TRY TO PUT HIS POOR FORM BEHIND HIM AND FORD HOPED TO WIN THIS LAST 2-LITRE EVENT AGAINST THE ALL-CONQUERING CITROËN.

IN THE EVENT, ONLY SEBASTIEN LOEB, JARI-MATTI AND CITROËN ACHIEVED THEIR TARGET ALTHOUGH PETTER CAME DESPERATELY CLOSE TO TAKING THE SECOND CHAMPIONSHIP PLACE BY ACTUALLY BEATING SEBASTIEN FOR THE VICTORY. HE GOT TO WITHIN 1.8 SECONDS OF LOEB MIDWAY THROUGH DAY 2 BUT THEN GRADUALLY DRIFTED AWAY TO FINISH SECOND. DESPITE THIS HE CAN BE INORDINATELY PROUD OF THIRD PLACE IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP - AS A PRIVATEER, HE HAS LIT UP THE SEASON AND IS CLEARLY ON TOP FORM.

SEBASTIEN OGIER CRASHED OUT AND RUINED HIS CHANCES OF SECOND PLACE. JARI-MATTI DROPPED A LOT OF TIME AFTER A PUNCTURE AT THE START OF A LONG STAGE BUT GRADUALLY MOVED FAR ENOUGH UP THE LEADER-BOARD TO CLAIM ENOUGH POINTS FOR THIRD TO TAKE THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SECOND PLACE. MIKKO AND FORD DID NOT WIN AND DANI WON'T KNOW FOR SOMETIME IF HE HAS A DRIVE.

ROLL ON SWEDEN - 11TH FEBRUARY, 2011.

Rally Results posted by
David Little
15th November 2010

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