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Championship status
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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)

Facts
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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 
 
 Entries: 60  
 Starters: 59  
 Finishers: 38 (64.4% of starters) 
 
 Stages: 17 
 Shortest: 10.24km(SS15 Arzachena)
 Longest: 29.15km(SS12 Monte Lerno 2)
 Slowest: 72.97km/h(SS8 Fiorentini 1)
 Fastest: 106.33km/h(SS15 Arzachena)
 Planned stage distance: 347.12km(27.5% of total distance)
 Actual stage distance: 347.12km(27.5% of total distance)
 Road section distance: 916.08km
 Total distance: 1,263.20km
Milestones
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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.
Jari-Matti Latvala
(Click picture to see larger version in a pop-up window)
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. Click picture to see larger version in a pop-up window
Yevgeni Novikov
Citroen Junior Team's driver Yevgeni Novikov scored his career best finish to date after a relatively steady drive.
Related links
Rally Argentina 2009
Acropolis 2009
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