2009 International Rally of Nations


The International Rally of Nations is an international Rally event held in México for the first time in 2009.
According to the organization, "the idea of this event is to bring the emotional side of the Olympic Games or the world cup to the automobile world with the possibility of several teams per country." The idea for the event came after the Rally Mexico was not included in the 2009 World Rally Championship due to the rotation system.
The event was won by Spain's Xavier Pons and Daniel Solà, with the two drivers amassing a total of 1067.5 points.

Format

This Rally has a special format since, unlike other rallies, time will not be added stage by stage. Each Special Stage will give points to the top 16 drivers. A team representing a nation will consist of two cars and the points scored by each driver will be added together to determine the Nations Champion.
According to the official rules:
"Points will be awarded to each member of a Team per each Special Stage or Super Special Stage completed.
The best-classified crew of each Team will be awarded points as Car 1, the second crew as Car 2. Each crew will be awarded points according to its overall position in the stage classification from the eligible crews in each Super Special Stage or Special Stage according to the following scale:"
PositionCar 1Car 2
1st45
2nd4030
3rd3627
4th3224
5th2821
6th2418
7th2015
8th1813.5
9th1612
10th1410.5
11th129
12th107.5
13th86
14th64.5
15th43
16th21

The Team scoring the most points at the end of the Rally will be declared the
Winner of the Rally of Nations.

2009 Entries

There are some very important drivers, including former and/or World Rally Championship, Production World Rally Championship and NACAM Rally Championship champions.
TeamDriverCodriverGroupCar
AustriaManfred StohlIlka MinorN4Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
AustriaAndreas AignerDaniela WeissengruberN4Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
EcuadorJuan Pablo VillotaJuan Carlos ViteriA6Peugeot 206 XS
EcuadorCamilo RiveraJuan José RiveraA6Peugeot 206 XS
Corona Team FinlandHarri RovanperäJouni ArolainenN4Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
Corona Team FinlandToni GardemeisterTomi TuominenN4Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
FranceDidier AuriolDenis GiraudetN4Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
FranceBrice TirabassiFabrice GordonN4Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
Great BritainPhillip MorrowDamien ConnollyN4Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
Great BritainNiall McSheaMarshall ClarkeN4Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
GermanyHermann Gassner Jr.Kathi WüstenhagenN4Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
GermanyMark WallenweinStefan KopczykN4Subaru Impreza WRX
Pirelli Team ItaliaMario IsolaRoberto MomettiN4Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
Pirelli Team ItaliaStefano MarriniMatteo BragaN4Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
México 1Rodrigo OrdóñezMauricio PimentelN4Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
México 1José CortésAlex PrietoN4Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
México 2Ricardo TriviñoCheco SalomN4Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
México 2Rodrigo SalgadoDiódoro SalgadoN4Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
México 3Francisco NameArmando ZapataA6Peugeot 206 XS
México 3Guillermo FonsecaJosé Alonso LópezA6Peugeot 206 XS
México 3Jorge GonzálezJaime ZapataN2Renault Clio
PerúHumberto TijeroMichael EspinozaN3Renault Clio
PerúSandro PestanaGianpier GiacchettiA6Peugeot 206 XS
SpainDani SolaOscar SanchezN4Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
SpainXavier PonsAlex HaroN4Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
SwedenPatrik SandellEmil AxelssonN4Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
SwedenPer-Gunnar AnderssonAnders FredrikssonN4Mitsubishi Lancer Evo
UruguayFelipe GuelfiIgnacio AlbanellA6Peugeot 206 XS
UruguayDiego ElolaPablo IrrazabalA6Peugeot 206 XS
USA 1Matthew JohnsonChrissie BeavisN4Subaru Impreza WRX
United States 1Kenny BartramDennis HotsonN4Subaru Impreza WRX
United States 2Patrick MoroOle HolterN4Subaru Impreza STI
United States 2Piotr WiktorczykMartin BradyN4Subaru Impreza WRX