2011 Intercontinental Rally Challenge


The 2011 Intercontinental Rally Challenge was the sixth season of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. The season consisted of twelve rounds and started on 19 January with the Monte Carlo Rally. The season ended on 5 November, at the Cyprus Rally.
The series introduced a new points system for the 2011 season, applying the FIA points system – 25–18–15–12–10–8–6–4–2–1 – which had been introduced to other championships within the last twelve months. Within the new system, the final two events in Scotland and Cyprus offered more points via a scoring coefficient. Scotland offered crews points on a 1.5 coefficient, meaning that the winner earned 37.5 points, second place 27 points, third place 22.5 points and so on. In Cyprus, double points were offered, meaning the winner received 50 points, second place 36, third place 30 and so forth.

Calendar

The calendar had consisted of twelve events run on two continents. The schedule will include two new countries, France and Hungary, plus a return to Argentina for the new gravel-based Rally de los Alerces. The final calendar was released on 10 December 2010, with the Prime Yalta Rally in Ukraine added, and the Rally Islas Canarias listed without a confirmed date. Rally Islas Canarias was reinstated to the calendar on 19 January 2011 at the expense of Rally de los Alerces, which was cancelled. Rali Vinho da Madeira was later dropped in June 2011.
RoundDatesEvent titleRally HQSurface
119–22 JanuaryMonte Carlo Rally ValenceAsphalt
214–16 AprilRally Islas Canarias Las PalmasAsphalt
312–14 MayTour de Corse AjaccioAsphalt
42–4 JunePrime Yalta Rally YaltaAsphalt
523–25 JuneYpres Rally YpresAsphalt
614–16 JulyRallye Açores Ponta DelgadaGravel
726–28 AugustBarum Czech Rally Zlín ZlínAsphalt
89–11 SeptemberMecsek Rallye PécsAsphalt
922–24 SeptemberRallye Sanremo SanremoAsphalt
107–9 OctoberRally Scotland PerthGravel
113–5 NovemberCyprus Rally LimassolAsphalt/Gravel

Selected entries

had already confirmed their entry for the 2011 season with Guy Wilks who previously raced for Škoda UK instead of 2009 champion Kris Meeke who made the switch to World Rally Championship driving for MINI. 2003 World Rally champion Petter Solberg made a one-off appearance at the Monte Carlo Rally for Peugeot. Škoda UK, had also announced their plan to compete in IRC in 2011. The team's single car was occupied by Andreas Mikkelsen, who competed in the Skoda Italia-run car, alongside the works cars of the top two drivers in 2010, Juho Hänninen and Jan Kopecký.
Entrant/TeamManufacturerCarDriverCo-driverTyresRounds
Škoda MotorsportŠkodaŠkoda Fabia S2000 Juho Hänninen Mikko Markkula1–2, 4, 6–7, 10–11
Škoda MotorsportŠkodaŠkoda Fabia S2000 Jan Kopecký Petr StarýAll
Škoda MotorsportŠkodaŠkoda Fabia S2000 Nicolas Vouilloz Benjamin Veillas1
Škoda MotorsportŠkodaŠkoda Fabia S2000 Freddy Loix Frédéric Miclotte1
BFO-Škoda Rally TeamŠkodaŠkoda Fabia S2000 Freddy Loix Frédéric Miclotte2–3, 5, 7–11
Škoda UKŠkodaŠkoda Fabia S2000 Andreas Mikkelsen Ola FløeneAll
Škoda Auto DeutschlandŠkodaŠkoda Fabia S2000 Mark Wallenwein Stefan Kopczyk1, 7–8, 11
Škoda Auto DeutschlandŠkodaŠkoda Fabia S2000 Matthias Kahle Peter Göbel7–8, 10–11
TGS Worldwide OÜŠkodaŠkoda Fabia S2000 Toni Gardemeister Tapio Suominen2–5, 7–10
Škoda SwedenŠkodaŠkoda Fabia S2000 Patrik Sandell Staffan Parmander3–4
Škoda SwedenŠkodaŠkoda Fabia S2000 Patrik Sandell Staffan Parmander6–7, 10–11
ME3 Rally TeamŠkodaŠkoda Fabia S2000 Karl Kruuda Martin Järveoja4–5, 7–11
Autostal DuindistelŠkodaŠkoda Fabia S2000 Bernd Casier Francis Caesemaeker5
Wevers SportŠkodaŠkoda Fabia S2000 Hans Weijs Bjorn Degandt5
Wevers SportŠkodaŠkoda Fabia S2000 Mark van Eldik Robin Buysmans5
Wevers SportŠkodaŠkoda Fabia S2000 Edwin Schilt Lisette Bakker5
Simpsons ŠkodaŠkodaŠkoda Fabia S2000 Jonathan Greer Dai Roberts5, 10
Škoda IrelandŠkodaŠkoda Fabia S2000 Robert Barrable Damien Connolly5
Škoda IrelandŠkodaŠkoda Fabia S2000 Robert Barrable Damien Connolly7, 10
Adell Mogul Racing TeamŠkodaŠkoda Fabia S2000 Roman Kresta Petr Gross7
Škoda Rally Team HungariaŠkodaŠkoda Fabia S2000 Norbert Herczig Kálmán Benics8
Red Bull ŠkodaŠkodaŠkoda Fabia S2000 Hermann Gassner Timo Gottschalk8
René Georges MotorsportŠkodaŠkoda Fabia S2000 Burcu Çetinkaya Çiçek Güney10–11
Peugeot FrancePeugeotPeugeot 207 S2000 Petter Solberg Chris Patterson1
Peugeot FrancePeugeotPeugeot 207 S2000 Bryan Bouffier Xavier Panseri1–10
Peugeot FrancePeugeotPeugeot 207 S2000 Stéphane Sarrazin Jacques-Julien Renucci1
Peugeot FrancePeugeotPeugeot 207 S2000 Robert Bútor Igor Bacigál8
Enjolras SportPeugeotPeugeot 207 S2000 François Delecour Dominique Savignoni1, 3
Peugeot UKPeugeotPeugeot 207 S2000 Guy Wilks Phil Pugh1–10
Astra RacingPeugeotPeugeot 207 S2000 Toni Gardemeister Tomi Tuominen1
Peugeot Sport PortugalPeugeotPeugeot 207 S2000 Bruno Magalhães Paulo Grave1–3, 5–6, 8–9
FriulmotorPeugeotPeugeot 207 S2000 Giandomenico Basso Mitia Dotta1
Peugeot Team BeluxPeugeotPeugeot 207 S2000 Thierry Neuville Nicolas Klinger1
Peugeot Team BeluxPeugeotPeugeot 207 S2000 Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul2–5, 7–11
Kimera MotorsportPeugeotPeugeot 207 S2000 Luca Betti Alessandro Mattioda1
Kimera MotorsportPeugeotPeugeot 207 S2000 Luca Betti Maurizio Barone5, 7
Munaretto SportPeugeotPeugeot 207 S2000 Max Settembrini Corrado Bonato1–3
Munaretto SportPeugeotPeugeot 207 S2000 Max Settembrini David Boselli9
Munaretto SportPeugeotPeugeot 207 S2000 Marco Tempestini Dorin Pulpea1, 4, 8
Munaretto SportPeugeotPeugeot 207 S2000 Pierre Campana Sabrina De Castelli3, 5, 9
Munaretto SportPeugeotPeugeot 207 S2000 Doros Loucaides Costas Laos11
AMP Classic TeamPeugeotPeugeot 207 S2000 Jonathan Pérez Enrique Velasco2
Yazeed Al Rajhi TeamPeugeotPeugeot 207 S2000 Yazeed Al Rajhi Mathieu Baumel3
Kronos RacingPeugeotPeugeot 207 S2000 Pieter Tsjoen Lara Vanneste5
Peugeot Delimax Czech National TeamPeugeotPeugeot 207 S2000 Pavel Valoušek Zdeněk Hrůza7
Peugeot Total Hungária Rallye TeamPeugeotPeugeot 207 S2000 János Tóth Róbert Tagai8
National ProklamaPeugeotPeugeot 207 S2000 Alessandro Perico Fabrizio Carrara9
Petter Solberg World Rally TeamM-SportFord Fiesta S2000 Henning Solberg Ilka Minor1
Team Emap YaccoM-SportFord Fiesta S2000 Julien Maurin Olivier Ural1, 3, 5–6
AT Rally TeamM-SportFord Fiesta S2000 Oleksiy Tamrazov Ivan German3–4, 7
Cersanit Rally TeamM-SportFord Fiesta S2000 Michał Sołowow Maciek Baran5, 7
Keltech MotorsportM-SportFord Fiesta S2000 Craig Breen Gareth Roberts7, 10
Synergon Turán MotorsportM-SportFord Fiesta S2000 Frigyes Turán Gábor Zsiros8
Car RacingM-SportFord Fiesta S2000 Umberto Scandola Guido D'Amore9
M-SportM-SportFord Fiesta S2000 Alastair Fisher Daniel Barritt10
Barwa World Rally TeamM-SportFord Fiesta S2000 Nasser Al-Attiyah Giovanni Bernacchini11
Proton MotorsportProtonProton Satria Neo S2000 Per-Gunnar Andersson Emil Axelsson1–2, 4–5, 7–8, 10
Proton MotorsportProtonProton Satria Neo S2000 Chris Atkinson Stéphane Prévot1, 9
Proton MotorsportProtonProton Satria Neo S2000 Giandomenico Basso Mitia Dotta2, 4–5, 7–9
Proton MotorsportProtonProton Satria Neo S2000 Oleksandr Saliuk Evgen Chervonenko4
Proton MotorsportProtonProton Satria Neo S2000 Alister McRae Bill Hayes10
Dytko SportRalliartMitsubishi Lancer Evo X Andreas Aigner Daniela Ertl1
Amarante Rally TeamRalliartMitsubishi Lancer Evo X Vítor Pascoal Luis Ramalho6
Team Além MarRalliartMitsubishi Lancer Evo IX Ricardo Moura Sancho Eiró6
David Bogie RallyingRalliartMitsubishi Lancer Evo IX David Bogie Kevin Rae10
Sonax RacingRalliartMitsubishi Lancer Evo IX Jarkko Nikara Petri Nikara10
Nicos Thomas RacingRalliartMitsubishi Lancer Evo IX Nicos Thomas Angelos Loizides11
Heuvel MotorsportRalliartMitsubishi Lancer Evo X R4 Jasper van den Heuvel Martine Kolman5
EuroOil Čepro Czech National TeamRalliartMitsubishi Lancer Evo IX R4 Václav Pech Petr Uhel7
Martevo Kft.RalliartMitsubishi Lancer Evo IX R4 György Aschenbrenner Zsuzsa Pikó8
Team AraiSubaruSubaru Impreza R4 Toshihiro Arai Dale Moscatt3, 6, 8, 10–11
Advan Team NutaharaSubaruSubaru Impreza R4 Fumio Nutahara Hakaru Ichino6–7, 10
National ProklamaAbarthAbarth Grande Punto S2000 Luca Rossetti Matteo Chiarcossi5

Results

Standings

Drivers

Manufacturers

  • Only the best seven scores from each manufacturer count towards the championship.

2WD Cup drivers' standings

  • Only the best seven scores from each driver count towards the championship.

2WD Cup manufacturers' standings

  • Only the best seven scores from each manufacturer count towards the championship.

Production Cup drivers' standings

  • Only the best seven scores from each driver count towards the championship.

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