The 2009 Cyprus Rally, officially 37th FxPro Cyprus Rally, was the third round of the 2009 World Rally Championship season and was held between March 13 and March 15, 2009 in Limassol, Cyprus. Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena claimed the title and won the WRC's first mixed-surface round since 1996.

The Cyprus Rally was last held in 2006, but was dropped along with Rally Australia in favour of new rallies such as Rally Norway, and Rally Ireland, and the returning Rally de Portugal.

Its format changed to a mixed surface rally format from all-gravel rally. The Cyprus Rally was the first rally since Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia in 1996 to host a mixed surfaced event. Day 1 was contested on tarmac, while days 2 & 3 were contested on rough gravel roads.

Results Pos.DriverCo-driverCarTimeDifferencePoints WRC 1. Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Citroën C4 WRC 4:50:34.7 0.0 10 2. Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Focus RS WRC 08 4:51:01.9 +27.2 8 3. Petter Solberg Phil Mills Citroën Xsara WRC 4:52:24.1 +1:49.4 6 4. Dani Sordo Marc Marti Citroën C4 WRC 4:53:01.0 +2:26.3 5 5. Matthew Wilson Scott Martin Ford Focus RS WRC 08 4:57:15.7 +6:41.0 4 6. Conrad Rautenbach Daniel Barritt Citroën C4 WRC 5:01:46.6 +11:11.9 3 7. Federico Villagra Jorge Perez Companc Ford Focus RS WRC 08 5:03:53.2 +13:18.5 2 8. Khalid Al-Qassimi Michael Orr Ford Focus RS WRC 08 5:04:18.8 +13:44.1 1 JWRC 1. (14.) Martin Prokop Jan Tomanek Citroën C2 S1600 5:20:54.0 0.0 10 2. (17.) Michal Kosciuszko Maciek Szczepaniak Suzuki Swift S1600 5:22:30.8 +1:36.8 8 3. (21.) Aaron Nicolai Burkart Michael Koelbach Suzuki Swift S1600 5:40:42.9 +19:48.9 6 PWRC 1. (9.) Patrik Sandell Emil Axelsson Škoda Fabia S2000 5:10:11.3 0.0 10 2. (10.) Armindo Araujo Ramalho Miguel Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 5:10:29.6 +18.3 8 3. (11.) Nasser Al-Attiyah Giovanni Bernacchini Subaru Impreza N14 2009 5:11:10.1 +58.8 6 4. (13.) Toshi Arai Glenn MacNeal Subaru Impreza 2007 5:18:45.4 +8:34.1 5 5. (15.) Andis Neiksans Peteris Djirkals Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 5:21:46.6 +11:35.3 4 6. (16.) Charalambos Timotheou Savvas Laos Subaru Impreza N12b 5:22:01.7 +11:50.4 3 7. (19.) Gaurav Singh Gill David Senior Subaru Impreza 2008 5:31:22.2 +21:10.9 2 8. (20.) Frederic Sauvan Thibault Gorczyca Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 5:39:10.2 +28:58.9 1

Special stages DayStageTime (EET)NameLengthWinnerTimeAvg. spd.Rally leader 1(13 MAR) SS1 09:23 Panagia 1 30.33 km Sébastien Loeb 22:01.3 82.68 km/h Sébastien Loeb SS2 10:21 Mylikouri 1 7.37 km Sébastien Loeb 5:33.9 79.53 km/h SS3 10:46 Gerakies 1 29.40 km Sébastien Loeb 21:09.2 83.36 km/h SS4 14:34 Panagia 2 30.33 km Sébastien Loeb 22:06.8 82.30 km/h SS5 15:32 Mylikouri 2 7.37 km Sébastien Loeb 5:34.9 79.25 km/h SS6 15:57 Gerakies 2 29.40 km Daniel Sordo 21:18.0 82.82 km/h 2(14 MAR) SS7 08:43 Anadiou Dam 1 11.70 km Jari-Matti Latvala 11:02.4 63.59 km/h SS8 09:11 Pano Panagia 28.17 km Mikko Hirvonen 30:29.8 55.42 km/h SS9 11:19 Orkontas 18.54 km Sébastien Loeb 18:36.5 59.77 km/h SS10 15:17 Xyliatos 30.94 km Petter Solberg 28:16.1 65.66 km/h SS11 16:20 Kourdali 26.25 km Petter Solberg 26:31.5 59.37 km/h 3(15 MAR) SS12 09:18 Foini 30.03 km Mikko Hirvonen 26:18.7 68.48 km/h SS13 10:49 Anadiou 40.54 km Mikko Hirvonen 39:27.2 61.66 km/h SS14 12:02 Anadiou Dam 2 11.70 km Matthew Wilson 10:14.8 68.49 km/h

Championship standings after the event

Drivers' championship Pos Driver IRL NOR CYP POR ARG ITA GRC POL FIN AUS ESP GBR  Pts  1 Sébastien Loeb 1 1 130 2 Mikko Hirvonen 3 2 222 3 Dani Sordo 2 5 417 4 Henning Solberg 4 4 18 10 5 Petter Solberg 6 3 9 6 Matthew Wilson 7 7 5 8 7 Jari-Matti Latvala 14 3 126 8 Chris Atkinson 54 9 Sébastien Ogier 6 10 Ret3 Conrad Rautenbach 18 Ret 63 11 Federico Villagra 72 Khalid al-Qassimi 8 8 2 13 Urmo Aava 10 8 1 Pos Driver IRL NOR CYP POR ARG ITA GRC POL FIN AUS ESP GBR Pts

Manufacturers' championship Rank Driver Event Totalpoints IRL NOR CYP POR ARG ITA GRC POL FIN AUS ESP GBR 1 Citroën Total World Rally Team 18 14 16 - - - - - - - - - 48 2 BP Ford World Rally Team 8 14 10 - - - - - - - - - 32 3 Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team 8 8 6 - - - - - - - - - 22 4 Citroën Junior Team 5 2 4 - - - - - - - - - 11 5 Munchi's Ford World Rally Team 0 0 3 - - - - - - - - - 3

References

External links

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