2012 Wales Rally GB

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2012 Wales Rally GB 68th Wales Rally GB
Round 10 of the 2012 World Rally Championship ← Previous event Next event →
Jari-Matti Latvala during Podium
Host country	United Kingdom
Rally base	Cardiff, Wales
Dates run	14 – 16 September 2012
Stages	19 (324.92 km; 201.90 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Overall distance	1,604.05 km (996.71 miles)
Statistics
Crews	31 at start, 29 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Finland Jari-Matti Latvala United Kingdom Ford World Rally Team

The 68th Wales Rally GB is the tenth round of the 2012 World Rally Championship season and is held between 14 and 16 September 2012.

The rally is also the sixth round of the Super 2000 World Rally Championship.

Results

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Event standings

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Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Overall
1.	Finland Jari-Matti Latvala	Finland Miikka Anttila	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:03:40.3	0.000	26
2.	France Sébastien Loeb	Monaco Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC	3:04:08.1	27.8	20
3.	Norway Petter Solberg	United Kingdom Chris Pattersson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:04:09.0	28.7	15
4.	Norway Mads Østberg	Sweden Jonas Andersson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:04:50.9	1:10.6	12
5.	Finland Mikko Hirvonen	Finland Jarmo Lehtinen	Citroën DS3 WRC	3:05:09.8	1:29.5	13
6.	Russia Evgeny Novikov	Austria Ilka Minor	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:07:17.3	3:37.0	8
7.	Belgium Thierry Neuville	Belgium Nicolas Gilsoul	Citroën DS3 WRC	3:07:52.2	4:11.9	6
8.	United Kingdom Matthew Wilson	United Kingdom Scott Martin	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:09:40.7	6:00.4	4
9.	Czech Republic Martin Prokop	Czech Republic Zdeněk Hrůza	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:10.39.2	6:58.9	2
10.	Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah	Italy Giovanni Bernacchini	Citroën DS3 WRC	3:13:12.4	9:32.1	1
SWRC
1. (13.)	Republic of Ireland Craig Breen	Republic of Ireland Paul Nagle	Ford Fiesta S2000	3:18:22.9	0.000	25
2. (14.)	United Kingdom Tom Cave	United Kingdom Craig Parry	Proton Satria Neo S2000	3:21:00.7	2:37.8	18
3. (16.)	Saudi Arabia Yazeed Al-Rajhi	United Kingdom Michael Orr	Ford Fiesta RRC	3:22:53.7	4:30.8	15
4. (17.)	Poland Maciej Oleksowicz	Poland Andrzej Obrebowski	Ford Fiesta S2000	3:26.38.8	8:15.9	12
5. (23.)	United Kingdom Alastair Fischer	United Kingdom Daniel Barritt	Ford Fiesta S2000	3:37:14.4	18:51.5	10
6. (24.)	Sweden Per-Gunnar Andersson	Sweden Emil Axelsson	Proton Satria Neo S2000	3:37:51.1	19:28.2	8

Special Stages

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Leg	Stage	Time	Name	Length (km)	Winner	Time	Avg. spd. (km/h)	Rally leader
Leg 1 (14 Sep)	SS1	8:13	Dyfnant 1	20.48	Norway Petter Solberg	11:53.5	103.33	Norway Petter Solberg
	SS2	9:38	Hafren Sweet Lamb 1	24.87	Norway Petter Solberg	14:46.2	101.03	Norway Petter Solberg
	SS3	10:19	Myherin 1	27.88	Finland Jari-Matti Latvala	15:55.1	105.09	Finland Jari-Matti Latvala
	SS4	13:13	Dyfnant 2	20.48	Finland Jari-Matti Latvala	11:45.9	104.45
	SS5	14:38	Hafren Sweet Lamb 2	24.87	Finland Jari-Matti Latvala	14:44.9	101.18
	SS6	15:19	Myherin 2	27.88	Finland Jari-Matti Latvala	15:55.7	105.02
Leg 2 (15 Sep)	SS7	9:02	Crychan 1	19.50	Norway Mads Østberg	10:38.1	110.01
	SS8	9:40	Epynt 1	8.31	France Sébastien Loeb	4:31.3	110.27
	SS9	10:06	Halfway 1	18.35	Finland Jari-Matti Latvala	10:33.7	104.24
	SS10	15:17	Crychan 2	19.50	Norway Petter Solberg	10:27.9	111.80
	SS11	15:55	Epynt 2	8.31	Finland Jari-Matti Latvala	4:28.5	111.42
	SS12	16:21	Halfway 2	18.35	Norway Petter Solberg	10:30.4	104.79
	SS13	18:30	Celtic Manor	3.04	Finland Jari-Matti Latvala	1:46.9	102.38
Leg 3 (16 Sep)	SS14	7:18	Port Talbot 1	17.35	France Sébastien Loeb	9:15.9	112.21
	SS15	8:16	Rheola 1	8.87	France Sébastien Loeb	4:42.0	113.14
	SS16	8:34	Walters Arena 1	15.33	Finland Jari-Matti Latvala	8:49.3	104.15
	SS17	12:07	Port Talbot 2	17.35	Norway Petter Solberg	9:07.1	114.09
	SS18	13:05	Rheola 2	8.87	France Sébastien Loeb	4:40.1	114.01
	SS19	13:23	Walters Arena 2 (Power stage)	15.33	Finland Mikko Hirvonen	8:51.4	103.51

Power stage

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The Power stage was a 15.33 km stage run through The Walters Arena. The three fastest crews through this stage were awarded by drivers' championship points. Mikko Hirvonen was the fastest driver through the stage, earning three additional championship points. Sébastien Loeb was second, while Ford driver Jari-Matti Latvala finished third.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Class	Time	Difference	Avg. spd.	Points
1	2	Finland Mikko Hirvonen	Finland Jarmo Lehtinen	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	8:51.4	0.000	103.51km/h	3
2	1	France Sébastien Loeb	Monaco Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	8:52.6	1.2	103.37km/h	2
3	3	Finland Jari-Matti Latvala	Finland Miikka Anttila	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	8:52.9	1.5	103.33km/h	1

References

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2012 Wales Rally GB ewrc-results.com

External links

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"Rally official website". Archived from the original on 17 September 2012.

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v t e 2012 World Rally Championship
Teams	Citroën WRT Ford WRT M-Sport Ford WRT Qatar WRT 1 Loeb (Elena) 2 Hirvonen (Lehtinen) 3 Latvala (Anttila) 3 Sordo (del Barrio) 4 P. Solberg (Patterson) 5 Tänak (Sikk) 6 Novikov (Giraudet ; Klinger ; Minor) 6 Powell (Fennel) 8 Delecour (Savignoni) 8 Sołowow (Baran) 18 Kuipers (Buysmans) 7 Al-Attiyah (Bernacchini) 7 Neuville (Gilsoul) 7 Atkinson (Prévot) 7 Weijs Jr. (Degandt)