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Rally Australia 2011 counts for:
2011 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2011 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2011 FIA Production Car World Championship (for drivers)
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| 489th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 10 of 13 |
| Official name: | Rally Australia |
| Edition: | 21st |
| Date: | from Thursday 8-Sep-2011 to Sunday 11-Sep-2011 |
| Rally HQ: | Coffs Harbour, New South Wales; Australia |
| Clerk of the Course: | Michelle Gatton |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 31 | |
| Starters: | 29 | |
| Finishers: | 24 | (82.8% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 26 | |
| Shortest: | 3.77 | km | (SS1 Coffs 1) |
| Longest: | 30.00 | km | (SS25 Plum Pudding 2) |
| Slowest: | 73.84 | km/h | (SS7 Brooklana 2) |
| Fastest: | 123.99 | km/h | (SS24 Bucca 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 368.96 | km | (29.6% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 368.96 | km | (29.6% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 877.82 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,246.78 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 14th win and 49th podium for Mikko Hirvonen. |
| Second place was 23rd podium for Jari-Matti Latvala. |
| Third place was 47th podium for Petter Solberg. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 78th win and 1-2 win were 290th to 291st podiums for Ford. |
| | Third place was 187th podium for Citroen. |
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When both Loeb and Ogier crashed on opening stages, Latvala and Hirvonen were left to drive as they pleased. Latvala took lead but gave win to Hirvonen who still has chance to title.
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Petter Solberg was the only threat to Fords but for some reason he had a quiet rally and couldn't put pressure on leaders.
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Related links
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Deutschland 2011
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Alsace 2011
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