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Rallye de France Alsace 2011 counts for:
2011 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2011 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2011 FIA Super 2000 World Rally Championship for Drivers
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| 490th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 11 of 13 |
| Official name: | Rallye de France - Alsace |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Date: | from Friday 30-Sep-2011 to Sunday 2-Oct-2011 |
| Rally HQ: | Strasbourg, Alsace; France |
| Clerk of the Course: | Francis Murac |
| Surface: | Tarmac |
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| Entries: | 66 | |
| Starters: | 64 | |
| Finishers: | 34 | (53.1% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 23 | |
| Shortest: | 3.09 | km | (SS17 Mulhouse) |
| Longest: | 36.00 | km | (SS7 Pays d'Ormont 2) |
| Slowest: | 78.39 | km/h | (SS17 Mulhouse) |
| Fastest: | 119.69 | km/h | (SS14 Firstplan 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 337.43 | km | (26.3% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 337.43 | km | (26.3% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 947.95 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,285.38 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 7th win and 14th podium for Sebastien Ogier. |
| Second place was 31st podium for Daniel Sordo Castillo. |
| Third place was 50th podium for Mikko Hirvonen. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 79th win and 188th podium for Citroen. |
| | Second place was 2nd podium for Mini. |
| | Third place was 292nd podium for Ford. |
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Winner Sebastien Ogier being shadowed by TV-chopper. For two days, free live broadcast was available for the fans on the internet and it proved a success.
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Once again Mini proved very competitive on experienced hands. Dani Sordo even led rally and pushed Ogier very hard until the end.
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Another Citroen in top three until the end, Petter Solberg was also able to lead the event until puncture ended his challenge. His DS3 was found to be underweight and Petter was excluded.
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Related links
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Rally Australia 2011
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Rally Catalunya 2011
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