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Rally Italia Sardinia 2009 counts for:
2009 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2009 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2009 FIA Production Car World Championship (for drivers)
2009 FIA Junior World Championship (for drivers)
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| 460th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 6 of 12 |
| Official name: | Rallye d'Italia-Sardegna |
| Edition: | 6th |
| Date: | from Friday 22-May-2009 to Sunday 24-May-2009 |
| Rally HQ: | Olbia, Sardinia; Italy |
| Clerk of the Course: | Lucio de Mori |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 60 | |
| Starters: | 59 | |
| Finishers: | 38 | (64.4% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 17 | |
| Shortest: | 10.24 | km | (SS15 Arzachena) |
| Longest: | 29.15 | km | (SS12 Monte Lerno 2) |
| Slowest: | 72.97 | km/h | (SS8 Fiorentini 1) |
| Fastest: | 106.33 | km/h | (SS15 Arzachena) |
| Planned stage distance: | 347.12 | km | (27.5% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 347.12 | km | (27.5% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 916.08 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,263.20 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 2nd win and 9th podium for Jari-Matti Latvala. |
| Second place was 35th podium for Mikko Hirvonen. |
| Third place was 37th podium for Petter Solberg. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 69th win and 1-2 win were 260th to 261st podiums for Ford. |
| | Third place was 131st podium for Citroen. |
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Latvala shot into lead from stage one and held his own despite sweeping the road for two days. His progress was helped when pursuers were hampered by dust in final day.
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Citroen Junior Team's driver Yevgeni Novikov scored his career best finish to date after a relatively steady drive.
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Related links
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Rally Argentina 2009
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Acropolis 2009
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