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The 2009 Monte-Carlo Rally, officially 77ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo was the first round of the 2009 Intercontinental Rally Challenge season.The rally took place between January 21–24, 2009 and was won by Sébastien Ogier, who was making his début in the series.
The calendar had been increased from 10 events in 2008, to twelve in 2009. Out went the Istanbul Rally, the Rally de Portugal, the Rallye International du Valais and the China Rally. To be replaced by the Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo, the Rally Internacional de Curitiba, the Safari Rally, the Rallye Açores, Rally Japan and the Rally of ...
The Monte Carlo Historic Rally (officially Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique) is a classic regularity rally held annually since 1998. The event currently takes place one week after the contemporary rally, and is open for car models from the 1960s through the early 1980s that participated in earlier editions of the original race.
The 2009 World Rally Championship was the 37th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of twelve rallies and began on 30 January, with Rally Ireland and ended with Rally GB on 25 October. Sébastien Loeb won the World Drivers' championship at Rally GB by one point from Mikko Hirvonen, taking his sixth consecutive crown. [1]
He won his first rally in 2002 at the 2002 Rallye Deutschland, and his last in 2022 at the 2022 Monte Carlo Rally, a span of 19 years, 4 months and 28 days. Esapekka Lappi holds the record for the longest period of time between two wins – 6 years and 204 days between the 2017 Rally Finland and the 2024 Rally Sweden for the Finnish driver. [ 2 ]
The Rallye Monte Carlo relocated its base from Valence in the French province of Rhône-Alpes to the town of Gap in the neighbouring province of Hautes-Alpes. [5] The 2014 calendar saw the Rally of Poland return to the championship for the first time since 2009. [2] The event also crossed the border into Lithuania for one day of competition. [4]
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Grönholm with a Peugeot 307 WRC at the 2004 Monte Carlo Rally. In 2003 Peugeot stuck with the same lineup as 2002 (Grönholm, Burns, Panizzi and Rovanperä) and also the 206. The only change was that the team now had major sponsorship from cigarette giants Marlboro painting the cars red and white. However the 206 was now four years old and ...