2012 Intercontinental Rally Challenge

The 2012 Intercontinental Rally Challenge was the seventh and final season of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. The season again consisted of thirteen rounds and started on 23 February with the Rallye Açores. The season ended on 3 November, at the Cyprus Rally. The season was marred by the death of Garth “Jaffa” Roberts, co-driver to Craig Breen, on stage eight of the Targa Florio Rally.

Calendar[edit]

The calendar consisted of thirteen events run in Europe. The schedule included five new events, which were held in Sicily, Bulgaria, Ireland, Romania and San Marino.^[1]

Round	Dates	Event title	Rally HQ	Surface
1	23–25 February	Rallye Açores	Ponta Delgada	Gravel
2	15–17 March	Rally Islas Canarias	Las Palmas	Asphalt
3	6–7 April	Circuit of Ireland Rally	Armagh	Asphalt
4	11–12 May	Tour de Corse	Ajaccio	Asphalt
5	14–16 June	Targa Florio Rally^[2]	Sicily	Asphalt
6	21–24 June	Ypres Rally	Ypres	Asphalt
7	6–7 July	Rally San Marino	San Marino	Gravel
8	20–22 July	Sibiu Rally Romania	Sibiu	Gravel
9	31 August–2 September	Barum Czech Rally Zlín	Zlín	Asphalt
10	15–16 September	Prime Yalta Rally	Yalta	Asphalt
11	29–30 September	Rally Sliven	Sliven	Asphalt
12	12–13 October	Rallye Sanremo	Sanremo	Asphalt
13	2–3 November	Cyprus Rally	Limassol	Asphalt/Gravel

Selected entries[edit]

Constructor	Car	Entrant	Driver	Co-driver	Rounds
Škoda	Škoda Fabia S2000	Škoda Motorsport	Juho Hänninen	Mikko Markkula	1, 3, 6, 9, 12
		Škoda Motorsport	Jan Kopecký	Pavel Dresler	2–6, 9, 12
		Škoda UK	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	1–9, 13
		Red Bull Team	Hermann Gassner	Klaus Wicha	1–2, 4
		Škoda Auto Deutschland	Sepp Wiegand	Timo Gottschalk	1–9, 13
		Skydive Dubai Rally Team	Rashid Al Ketbi	Khalid Al Kendi	1–2, 4–6
		AMP Classic Team	Alberto Hevia	Alberto Igresias	2
		Eurosol Racing Team	János Puskádi	Barnabás Gódor	2, 7, 12
		Eurosol Racing Team	László Vizin	Gábor Zsiros	6, 10, 13
		Škoda Ireland	Robert Barrable	Damien Connolly	3
		Škoda Ireland	Robert Barrable	Stuart Loudon	6, 9
		S.A. Motorsport Italia SRL	Umberto Scandola	Guido D'Amore	5, 7, 12
		Wevers Sport	Pieter Tsjoen	Eddy Chevaillier	6
		Napoca Rally Academy	Marco Tempestini	Dorin Pulpea	8
		Jack Daniel's Rally Team	Gergely Szabó	Károly Borbély	8
		Škoda România Motorsport	Dan Gîrtofan	Adrian Berghea	8
		Adell Mogul Racing Team	Roman Kresta	Petr Gross	9
		ME3 Rally Team	Karl Kruuda	Martin Järveoja	9
		AK Rallysport Brno	Jaromír Tarabus	Daniel Trunkát	9
		Rufa Sport	Tomáš Kostka	Miroslav Houšť	9
		Surfin	Emil Triner	Petr Machů	9
		Vivacom Rally Team	Dimitar Iliev	Yanaki Yanakiev	11
Peugeot	Peugeot 207 S2000	Delta Rally	Bryan Bouffier	Xavier Panseri	1, 4
			Bruno Magalhães	Carlos Magalhães	1
			Bruno Magalhães	Nuno Rodrigues da Silva	12
			Jean-Marc Manzagol	Etienne Patrone	4
		AMP Classic Team	Jonathan Pérez	Enrique Velasco	2
		Canarias Sport Club	Luis Monzón	Jose Carlos Deniz	2
		Saintéloc Racing	Craig Breen	Gareth Roberts	3–4
			Craig Breen	Paul Nagle	12
			Mathieu Arzeno	Renaud Jamoul	3–4, 8
			Jean-Mathieu Leandri	Pierre-Marien Leonardi	4
			Florian Gonon	Sandra Arlettaz	6, 9, 12
			Michaël Burri	Stéphane Rey	8
		Munaretto Sport	Pierre Campana	Sabrina de Castelli	4
		Munaretto Sport	François Delecour	Dominique Savignoni	8
		F.P.F. Sport SRL	Paolo Andreucci	Anna Andreussi	5, 12
		Casarano Racing	Matteo Gamba	Emanuele Inglesi	5
		United Rally Management	Alessandro Perico	Fabrizio Carrara	5, 12
		HRT Motorsport	Craig Breen	Gareth Roberts	5
		Autostal Duindistel	Freddy Loix	Lara Vanneste	6
		Synthos Cersanit Rally Team	Michał Sołowow	Maciek Baran	6, 9
		Autostal Atrantic	Mathias Viaene	Pieter Vyncke	6
			Jonas Langenakens	Nico Beernaert	6
			Philip Cracco	Geert Demuynck	6
		Peugeot Sport France	Germain Bonnefis	Olivier Fournier	7
		Peugeot Delimax Total Team	Pavel Valoušek	Lukáš Kostka	9
		77 Rally Team	Yukhym Vazheyevskyy	Yevgen Kochkovoyi	10
		ASC Prestige	Petar Gyoshev	Dimitar Spasov	11
		Globul Rally Team	Krum Donchev	Petar Yordanov	11
		Power Car Team	Pierre Campana	Sabrina de Castelli	12
		Peugeot Sport Italia	Stefano Albertini	Simone Scattolin	12
		Kronos Racing	Harry Hunt	Dale Moscatt	12
Ralliart	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	Team Além Mar	Ricardo Moura	Sancho Eiró	1
			Ricardo Moura	António Costa	2
			Ricardo Carmo	Jorge Diniz	1
			Luís Miguel Rego	Pedro Rodrigues	1
		Jennings Motorsport	Garry Jennings	Barry McNulty	3
		Napoca Rally Academy	Bogdan Marișca	Sebastian Itu	8
		Mentos Ascania Racing	Valeriy Gorban	Andriy Nikolaiev	10
	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	Rally Project	Max Rendina	Mario Pizzuti	5, 12
		Dream Team Ukraine	Vitaliy Pushkar	Ivan Mishyn	5–6, 8, 13
		Colina Motorsport	Edwin Keleti	Botond Csomortáni	8
	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X R4	Heuvel Motorsport	Jasper van den Heuvel	Kris Botson	6
		Colina Motorsport	Valentin Porcișteanu	Dan Dobre	8
		Odesa Rally Team	Vitaliy Pushkar	Ivan Mishyn	10, 12
	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX R4	Island Motorsport	Marco Cavigioli	Monica Fortunato	9–10, 12
Ford	Ford Fiesta S2000	Dream Team Ukraine	Oleksandr Saliuk	Pavlo Cherepin	1–2, 4
			Oleksandr Saliuk	Adrian Aftanaziv	6
			Oleksiy Tamrazov	Nicola Arena	1–2, 4, 6–7
			Mikko Pajunen	Kaj Lindström	10
		M-Sport	Alastair Fisher	Rory Kennedy	3
		Team Emap Yacco	Julien Maurin	Olivier Ural	4
		PS Engineering	Martin McCormack	David Moynihan	4
			Patrik Flodin	Göran Bergsten	6, 8–9
			Patrik Flodin	Morgan Olsson	7
			Frigyes Turán	Gabor Zsiros	12
		Rali SM	Juha Salo	Marko Salminen	7
		Castrol Ford Team Türkiye	Yağiz Avci	Bahadir Gücenmez	10–11
		Sports Racing Technologies	Vasiliy Gryazin	Dmitry Chumak	13
	Ford Fiesta RRC	Movisport	Giandomenico Basso	Mitia Dotta	4–5, 7, 12
		77 Rally Team	Yuriy Protasov	Kyrylo Nesvit	10
		Qatar World Rally Team	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Giovanni Bernacchini	13
		Motortune Racing	Roger Feghali	Joseph Matar	13
		Yazeed Racing	Yazeed Al Rajhi	Michael Orr	13
		QMMF Qatar Rally Team	Khalid Al-Suwaidi	Nicky Beech	13
Subaru	Subaru Impreza STi R4	Napoca Rally Academy	Marco Tempestini	Dorin Pulpea	1–2, 4–5, 7, 10–13
		Team Arai	Toshihiro Arai	Dale Moscatt	4, 7, 9, 13
		Stohl Racing	Andreas Aigner	Daniela Ertl	4, 6
		Stohl Racing	Andreas Aigner	Ilka Minor	8–9, 12–13
		Tommi Mäkinen Racing	Jarkko Nikara	Jarkko Kalliolepo	4, 7, 9, 13
	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	Napoca Rally Academy	Simone Tempestini	Lucio Baggio	8, 10
	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	Xado Motorsport	Mykola Chmykh	Oleksandr Vilchynskyy	10
Renault	Renault Mégane RS	Renault Sport Technologies	Robert Consani	Nicolas Klinger	2–6, 9–12
			François Delecour	Dominique Savignoni	4
			Emmanuel Guigou	Gabin Moreau	4
			Kris Princen	Bram Eelbode	6
	Renault Clio R3	Bulbet Rally Team	Todor Slavov	Dobromir Filipov	11
Mini	Mini John Cooper Works S2000	SMG Motorsport	Dani Sordo	Carlos del Barrio	4
		Autostal Duindistel	Patrick Snijers	Johan Gitsels	6
		EuroOil Invelt Team	Václav Pech	Petr Uhel	9
		AT Rally Team	Oleksiy Tamrazov	Nicola Arena	10
		Seashore Qatar Rally Team	Misfer Al-Marri	Nicola Arena	13
		Seashore Qatar Rally Team	Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari	Killian Duffy	13
Abarth	Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000	Pegasus Racing	Fatih Kara	Guray Karacar	11

Results[edit]

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers
Round	Rally name	Rank	Driver	Car	Time
1	Rallye Açores (23–25 February)	1	Andreas Mikkelsen	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:12:43.2
		2	Juho Hänninen	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:13:08.3
		3	Bryan Bouffier	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:14:48.0

2	Rally Islas Canarias (15–17 March)	1	Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:21:46.5
		2	Andreas Mikkelsen	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:22:14.8
		3	Luis Monzón	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:25:00.1

3	Circuit of Ireland (6–7 April) — Results and report	1	Juho Hänninen	Škoda Fabia S2000	1:58:21.8
		2	Andreas Mikkelsen	Škoda Fabia S2000	1:59:06.0
		3	Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:00:01.3

4	Tour de Corse (11–12 May)	1	Dani Sordo	Mini John Cooper Works S2000	3:22:01.6
		2	Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:22:19.5
		3	Pierre Campana	Peugeot 207 S2000	3:22:34.0

5	Targa Florio Rally (14–16 June)^{[N 1]}	1	Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia S2000	1:04:59.1
		2	Andreas Mikkelsen	Škoda Fabia S2000	1:04:59.9
		3	Giandomenico Basso	Ford Fiesta RRC	1:05:01.6

6	Ypres Rally (21–24 June)	1	Juho Hänninen	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:36:52.7
		2	Freddy Loix	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:37:39.2
		3	Pieter Tsjoen	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:39:07.3

7	Rally San Marino (6–7 July)	1	Giandomenico Basso	Ford Fiesta RRC	2:35:56.6
		2	Andreas Mikkelsen	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:35:59.4
		3	Umberto Scandola	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:37:38.2

8	Sibiu Rally Romania (20–21 July)	1	Andreas Mikkelsen	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:15:28.0
		2	Patrik Flodin	Ford Fiesta S2000	2:21:01.8
		3	François Delecour	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:27:24.9

9	Barum Rally Zlín (31 August – 2 September) — Results and report	1	Juho Hänninen	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:11:28.2
		2	Roman Kresta	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:13:11.3
		3	Tomáš Kostka	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:13:20.0

10	Prime Yalta Rally (15–16 September)	1	Yağiz Avci	Ford Fiesta S2000	3:09:58.7
		2	Robert Consani	Renault Mégane RS	3:13:11.1
		3	László Vizin	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:13:37.1

11	Rally Sliven (29–30 September)	1	Dimitar Iliev	Škoda Fabia S2000	1:48:58.7
		2	Petar Gyoshev	Peugeot 207 S2000	1:49:09.9
		3	Krum Donchev	Peugeot 207 S2000	1:52:24.0

12	Rallye Sanremo (12–13 October)	1	Giandomenico Basso	Ford Fiesta RRC	2:19:03.6
		2	Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:19:39.3
		3	Alessandro Perico	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:21:17.3

13	Cyprus Rally (2–3 November)	1	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Ford Fiesta RRC	3:16:25.2
		2	Andreas Mikkelsen	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:20:00.5
		3	Toshihiro Arai	Subaru Impreza R4	3:26:32.3

Notes

^ The rally was abandoned after eight stages following the death of Gareth Roberts, co-driver to Craig Breen, in a crash on stage eight.^[3]^[4]

Standings[edit]

Drivers[edit]

Only the best eight scores from each driver count towards the championship.

Pos	Driver	AZO	CAN	IRE	COR	TAR	YPR	SMR	ROM	ZLI	YAL	SLI	SAN	CYP	Pts
1	Andreas Mikkelsen	1	2	2	5	2	Ret	2	1	8				2	168
2	Jan Kopecký		1	3	2	1				Ret			2		101
3	Juho Hänninen	2		1			1			1			Ret		93
4	Sepp Wiegand	4	4	7	8	7		4	Ret	10				5	73
5	Giandomenico Basso				Ret	3		1					1		65
6	Nasser Al-Attiyah													1	50
7	Yagiz Avci										1	5			35
8	Jarkko Nikara				Ret			5		Ret				4	34
9	Robert Consani	Ret	10	Ret		10		Ret	6		2	8			32
10	Toshihiro Arai				14			Ret		11				3	30
11	Patrik Flodin						5	Ret	2	15					28
12	Bryan Bouffier	3			4										27
12	Umberto Scandola					4		3							27
14	Craig Breen			5	6	Ret							6		26
15	Dimitar Iliev											1			25
15	Dani Sordo				1										25
17	Paolo Andreucci					5							5		20
18	Pierre Campana				3								8		19
18	Alessandro Perico					8							3		19
20	Petar Gyoshev											2			18
	Freddy Loix						2								18
	Roman Kresta									2					18
	Robert Barrable			6			Ret			5					18
24	Marco Tempestini	Ret	20		Ret	17		7	Ret		5				16
25	Pieter Tsjoen						3								15
	Krum Donchev											3			15
	László Vizin										3				15
	Tomáš Kostka									3					15
	Luis Monzón		3												15
	François Delecour								3						15
31	Murat Bostanci										6	7			14
31	Michał Sołowow						4			9					14
33	Stefano Albertini												4		12
	Todor Slavov											4			12
	Jaromir Tarabus									4					12
	Mykola Chmykh										4				12
	Hermann Gassner	5	Ret		9										12
	Vitaliy Pushkar					23	31		4						12
	Mathieu Arzeno			4	11		Ret		Ret						12
40	Jonathan Pérez		5												10
	Edwin Keleti								5						10
	Andreas Aigner				12		8		Ret	7					10
43	Mathias Viaene						6								8
	Gergély Szabó							6	Ret						8
	Angel Marrero		6												8
	Karl Kruuda									6					8
	Matteo Gamba					6									8
	Ricardo Moura	6	Ret												8
	Martin Kangur											6			8
50	Jonas Langenakens						7								6
	Jean-Marc Manzagol				7										6
	Valentin Porcisteanu								7						6
	János Puskádi		7					Ret							6
	Marco Cavigioli										7				6
	Oleksandr Saliuk, Jr.	7	Ret		Ret		Ret								6
56	Asja Zupanc								8						4
	Oleksiy Panoc										8				4
	Garry Jennings			8											4
	Gabriele Noberasco							8							4
	Sérgio Silva	8													4
	Rashid Al Ketbi	Ret	8		22	19	15								4
62	Stoyan Apostolov											9			2
	Antonín Tlusťák						9								2
	Stanislav Besedin										9				2
	Germán Hernández		9												2
	Miklós Bujdos							9							2
	Donagh Kelly			9											2
	Massimiliano Rendina					9									2
	Ruben Rodrigues	9													2
	Bogdan Marişca								9						2
71	Federico Gasperetti												10		1
	Bugra Banaz											10			1
	Eytan Halfon										10				1
	Bob Colsoul						10								1
	Sam Moffett			10											1
	Paolo Diana							10							1
	Miguel Barbosa	10													1
	Alexandru Filip								10						1
	Jean-Mathieu Leandri				10										1
Pos	Driver	AZO	CAN	IRE	COR	TAR	YPR	SMR	ROM	ZLI	YAL	SLI	SAN	CYP	Pts

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Excluded (EX)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Cancelled (C)
Blank	Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

Manufacturers[edit]

Only the best eight scores from each manufacturer count towards the championship.

Pos	Manufacturer	AZO	CAN	IRE	COR	TAR	YPR	SMR	ROM	ZLI	YAL	SLI	SAN	CYP	Total	Drop	Pts
1	Škoda	43	43	43	37	43	40	33	25	43	15	25	22	56	468	120	348
2	Peugeot	15	27	27	33	22	30	0	15	18	0	33	27	0	247	30	217
3	M-Sport	12	4	6	2	15	14	31	18	8	33	16	35	50	244	32	212
4	Subaru	10	2	0	16	3	10	22	0	25	22	2	2	54	168	6	162
5	Renault	0	7	18	12	14	1	12	22	6	18	16	14	0	140	14	126
6	Honda	0	18	0	0	4	6	0	8	1	6	8	0	16	67		67
Pos	Manufacturer	AZO	CAN	IRE	COR	TAR	YPR	SMR	ROM	ZLI	YAL	SLI	SAN	CYP	Total	Drop	Pts

References[edit]

^ "Exciting IRC calendar for 2012 revealed". ircseries.com. Intercontinental Rally Challenge. 24 November 2011. Archived from the original on 27 November 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
^ "Targa Florio to replace Mecsek Rally on 2012 IRC calendar". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
^ "Statement following accident on stage eight". IRCSeries.com. Intercontinental Rally Challenge. 16 June 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-06-19. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
^ "Craig Breen's co-driver Gareth Roberts dies in Targa Florio crash". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 16 June 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2012.

External links[edit]

The official website of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge

[5] The rally was abandoned after eight stages following the death of Gareth Roberts, co-driver to Craig Breen, in a crash on stage eight.^[3]^[4]

[1] "Exciting IRC calendar for 2012 revealed". ircseries.com. Intercontinental Rally Challenge. 24 November 2011. Archived from the original on 27 November 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2011.

[2] "Targa Florio to replace Mecsek Rally on 2012 IRC calendar". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2012.

[3] "Statement following accident on stage eight". IRCSeries.com. Intercontinental Rally Challenge. 16 June 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-06-19. Retrieved 16 June 2012.

[4] "Craig Breen's co-driver Gareth Roberts dies in Targa Florio crash". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 16 June 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2012.

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