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Rally of Turkey 2010 counts for:
2010 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2010 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2010 FIA Junior World Rally Championship (for drivers)
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| 470th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 4 of 13 |
| Official name: | Rally of Turkey |
| Edition: | 10th |
| Date: | from Friday 16-Apr-2010 to Sunday 18-Apr-2010 |
| Rally HQ: | Istanbul, Marmara; Turkey |
| Clerk of the Course: | Metin Ceker |
| Surface: | Tarmac/gravel |
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| Entries: | 43 | |
| Starters: | 40 | |
| Finishers: | 32 | (80.0% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 23 | |
| Shortest: | 2.20 | km | (SS9 SSS Instanbul) |
| Longest: | 27.17 | km | (SS17 Riva 2) |
| Slowest: | 68.33 | km/h | (SS9 SSS Instanbul) |
| Fastest: | 126.22 | km/h | (SS8 Halli 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 356.64 | km | (33.5% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 318.56 | km | (29.9% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 745.31 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,063.87 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 57th win and 86th podium for Sebastien Loeb. |
| Second place was 40th podium for Petter Solberg. |
| Third place was 43rd podium for Mikko Hirvonen. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 63rd win and 1-2 win were 147th to 148th podiums for Citroen. |
| | Third place was 274th podium for Ford. |
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Loeb bided his time and allowed others to try out the new roads first. When he was sure that running first would not be a problem, he charged to lead and scored his 57th win.
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Even though Ogier finished only fourth after puncture cost him the lead, he led for two thirds of the rally and showed impressive speed altogether.
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Hirvonen had similar strategy as Loeb but his attack was blunted by a puncture on final day and he had to settle for third behind Petter Solberg in a private C4.
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Related links
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