2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge
The 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge was the fifth season of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. The season consisted of twelve rounds and started on 19 January with the Monte Carlo Rally. The season ended on November 6, at the Cyprus Rally.
Juho Hänninen became the drivers' champion after winning Rally Scotland, the third of his rally wins during the season. Hänninen also won in Argentina and Sardinia as he finished on the podium in ten of the eleven events that he contested during the season, of which three wins and four second places counted towards the championship's best seven scores rule. Škoda Motorsport team-mate Jan Kopecký finished in second place, some 18 points behind Hänninen. Although not as consistent as his team-mate, Kopecký won one event during the season, winning in the Canary Islands.
Third place was claimed by the top Peugeot driver and reigning champion Kris Meeke, after a third place in Scotland took him ahead of Freddy Loix. Meeke's season was blighted by errors of which retiring from five of the eleven events he contested but did take a win in Brazil. Despite taking part in four rallies, Loix's tarmac expertise shone through, winning the events in Ypres, Belgium, Madeira and the Czech Republic as well as a third place in Sanremo. Four other drivers took victories during the season; World Rally Championship front-runner Mikko Hirvonen won a one-off outing in Monte Carlo, Bruno Magalhães took his first IRC win in the Azores, Paolo Andreucci won in Sanremo and Nasser Al-Attiyah won in Cyprus when many of the leading contenders skipped the event. Škoda took the manufacturers' championship after the Barum Rally Zlín in the Czech Republic.
Calendar
The calendar consisted of twelve events run on two continents. Changes for 2010 season included the replacement of Rally Russia, Rally Japan and the Safari Rally with Rally Argentina, Rally d'Italia Sardegna and FxPro Cyprus Rally. In March it was announced that the Rally Islas Canarias would replace the Rally Principe de Asturias as the Spanish round on the schedule, moving from September to April.| Round | Dates | Event title | Rally HQ | Surface |
| 1 | January 19–23 | Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo |  Valence | Asphalt |
| 2 | March 4–6 | Rally Internacional de Curitiba |  Curitiba | Gravel |
| 3 | March 19–21 | Rally Argentina |  Córdoba | Gravel |
| 4 | April 29 – May 1 | Rally Islas Canarias |  Las Palmas | Asphalt |
| 5 | June 4–6 | Rally d'Italia Sardegna |  Olbia | Gravel |
| 6 | June 24–26 | Ypres Rally |  Ypres | Asphalt |
| 7 | July 15–17 | Rallye Açores |  Ponta Delgada | Gravel |
| 8 | August 5–7 | Rali Vinho da Madeira | Funchal | Asphalt |
| 9 | August 27–29 | Barum Czech Rally Zlín |  Zlín | Asphalt |
| 10 | September 23–25 | Rallye Sanremo | Sanremo | Asphalt |
| 11 | October 15–17 | Rally Scotland |  Perth | Gravel |
| 12 | November 4–6 | Cyprus Rally |  Limassol | Asphalt/Gravel |
Selected entries
and Subaru became the latest registered manufacturers to join the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, alongside Abarth, Honda, Ralliart, Peugeot, Proton and Škoda.| Entrant | Manufacturer | Car | Driver | Co-driver | Tyres | Rounds |
| Peugeot UK | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Kris Meeke |  Paul Nagle | 1–11 | |
| Peugeot France | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | 1 | |
| Peugeot France | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | 5 | |
| Peugeot France | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Stéphane Sarrazin | Jacques-Julien Renucci | 1, 6 | |
| Peugeot France | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Bryan Bouffier | Xavier Panseri | 9–10 | |
| Peugeot Sport Portugal | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Bruno Magalhães | Carlos Magalhães | 1–8, 10 | |
 Interwetten Racing | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Franz Wittmann |  Klaus Wicha | 1, 4–5, 9 | |
| Interwetten Racing | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Franz Wittmann | Josefine Beinke | 12 | |
| Interwetten Racing | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Bryan Bouffier | Xavier Panseri | 12 | |
| Kimera Motorsport | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Luca Betti | Alessandro Mattioda | 1 | |
| Kimera Motorsport | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Luca Betti | Pierangelo Scalvini | 5 | |
| Stohl Racing | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Daniel Oliveira | Carlos Del Barrio | 1, 3–4, 6–10 | |
| Stohl Racing | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Daniel Oliveira | Denis Giraudet | 2 | |
| Stohl Racing | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Daniel Oliveira | Armando Miranda | 11–12 | |
| Peugeot Team Belux | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Thierry Neuville | Nicolas Klinger | 4–6, 9–11 | |
 Yazeed Al Rajhi Team | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Yazeed Al Rajhi | Matthieu Baumel | 5 | |
| F.P.F. Sport SRL | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Paolo Andreucci | Anna Andreussi | 5, 10 | |
 Peugeot Team Turkey | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Burcu Çetinkaya | Çiçek Güney | 5–12 | |
| Bluthunder Racing Italy | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Corrado Fontana | Nicola Arena | 6, 8–9 | |
| Autostal Duindistel | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Pieter Tsjoen | Eddy Chevaillier | 6 | |
| Amarante Rally Team | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Vítor Pascoal | Mário Castro | 7–8 | |
| Power Car Team | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Marco Tempestini |  Dorin Pulpea | 8 | |
| Team C.D. Nacional da Madeira | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Miguel Nunes | Victor Calado | 8 | |
| Nicos Thomas Racing | Peugeot | Peugeot 207 S2000 | Nicos Thomas | Angelos Loizides | 12 | |
| M-Sport Ltd. | M-Sport | Ford Fiesta S2000 |  Mikko Hirvonen | Jarmo Lehtinen | 1 | |
| M-Sport Ltd. | M-Sport | Ford Fiesta S2000 | Julien Maurin | Gilles Thimonier | 1 | |
| M-Sport Ltd. | M-Sport | Ford Fiesta S2000 |  Andreas Mikkelsen | Ola Fløene | 5–7, 9–12 | |
| Munchi's Ford World Rally Team | M-Sport | Ford Fiesta S2000 | Federico Villagra | Jorge Pérez Companc | 3 | |
| ESC. Ourense | M-Sport | Ford Fiesta S2000 | Sergio Vallejo | Diego Vallejo | 4 | |
 Cersanit Rally Team | M-Sport | Ford Fiesta S2000 | Michał Sołowow | Maciek Baran | 6 | |
| Team Ford Quinta do Lorde | M-Sport | Ford Fiesta S2000 | Bernardo Sousa | Nuno Rodrigues da Silva | 7–8 | |
| RMC Motorsport | M-Sport | Ford Fiesta S2000 | Miguel Campos | Aloisio Monteiro | 8 | |
| Czech Ford Rally Team | M-Sport | Ford Fiesta S2000 | Jaromír Tarabus | Daniel Trunkát | 9, 12 | |
| Czech Ford Rally Team | M-Sport | Ford Fiesta S2000 | Martin Prokop | Jan Tománek | 12 | |
| Car Racing | M-Sport | Ford Fiesta S2000 | Umberto Scandola | Guido D'Amore | 10 | |
 Barwa Rally Team | M-Sport | Ford Fiesta S2000 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Giovanni Bernacchini | 12 | |
| Škoda Motorsport | Škoda | Škoda Fabia S2000 | Jan Kopecký | Petr Starý | 1–10 | |
| Škoda Motorsport | Škoda | Škoda Fabia S2000 | Juho Hänninen | Mikko Markkula | 1–11 | |
| Škoda Motorsport | Škoda | Škoda Fabia S2000 | Nicolas Vouilloz | Benjamin Veillas | 1 | |
| Škoda Motorsport | Škoda | Škoda Fabia S2000 | Freddy Loix | Frédéric Miclotte | 6, 8–10 | |
| Škoda UK | Škoda | Škoda Fabia S2000 | Guy Wilks | Phil Pugh | 1–5, 9–11 | |
| Barwa Rally Team | Škoda | Škoda Fabia S2000 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Giovanni Bernacchini | 3 | |
| A.C. Principado de Asturias | Škoda | Škoda Fabia S2000 | Alberto Hevia | Alberto Iglesias | 4 | |
| René Georges Rally Sport | Škoda | Škoda Fabia S2000 | Bernd Casier | Francis Caesemaeker | 6 | |
| Škoda Delimax Czech National Team | Škoda | Škoda Fabia S2000 | Pavel Valoušek | Zdeněk Hrůza | 9 | |
| Mogul Racing Team | Škoda | Škoda Fabia S2000 | Roman Kresta | Petr Gross | 9 | |
 Motortune Racing | Škoda | Škoda Fabia S2000 | Roger Feghali | Joseph Matar | 12 | |
| Astra Racing | Abarth | Abarth Grande Punto S2000 | Toni Gardemeister | Tomi Tuominen | 1 | |
| Procar | Abarth | Abarth Grande Punto S2000 | Luca Rossetti | Matteo Chiarcossi | 8 | |
| Abarth & C. Spa | Abarth | Abarth Grande Punto S2000 | Luca Rossetti | Matteo Chiarcossi | 10 | |
| Abarth & C. Spa | Abarth | Abarth Grande Punto S2000 | Giandomenico Basso | Mitia Dotta | 10 | |
| Tommi Mäkinen Racing | Subaru | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | Bryan Bouffier | Xavier Panseri | 1 | |
| Barattero | Subaru | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | Gabriel Pozzo | Daniel Stillo | 3 | |
| Barattero | Subaru | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | Claudio Menzi | Diego Cagnotti | 3 | |
| Motoring Club | Subaru | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | Teemu Arminen | Tuomo Nikkola | 5 | |
 WAR Racing | Subaru | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | Luigi Ricci | Christine Pfister | 5 | |
 Subaru Team Arai | Subaru | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | Toshihiro Arai | Daniel Barrit | 6 | |
| Intercontinental Motul | Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | Oswaldo Scheer | Gilvan Jablonski | 2 | |
| Intercontinental Motul | Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | Oswaldo Scheer | Sidinei Bröering | 3 | |
| Intercontinental Motul | Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | Eduardo Scheer | Geferson Pavinatto | 2–3 | |
| Tango Rally Team | Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | Federico Bassi | Jorge García Quiroga | 3 | |
| Tango Rally Team | Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | Agustín Elvíra | Oscar Tagle | 3 | |
| Tango Rally Team | Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | Agustín Rossi | Leonardo Suaya | 3 | |
| Tango Rally Team | Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | Gonzalo Monarca | Laureano Grigera | 3 | |
| Team Além Mar | Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | Ricardo Moura | Sancho Eiró | 7 | |
| Team Além Mar | Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | Ricardo Moura | António Costa | 8 | |
| EuroOil Čepro Czech National Team | Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | Václav Pech | Petr Uhel | 9 | |
| Advan-Piaa Rally Team | Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | Fumio Nutahara | Hakaru Ichino | 9 | |
| DGM Sport | Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | Jonathan Greer | Dai Roberts | 11 | |
| David Bogie Rallying | Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | David Bogie | Kevin Rae | 11 | |
| Kresta Racing | Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | Roman Kresta | Petr Gross | 12 | |
| Tango Rally Team | Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | Nicolas Madero | Guillermo Piazzano | 3 | |
| Tango Rally Team | Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | Marcos Ligato | Rubén García | 3 | |
| Tango Rally Team | Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | Luciano Bernardi | Fabian Cretu | 3 | |
| Tango Rally Team | Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | Alejandro Cancio | Santiego García | 3 | |
| Tango Rally Team | Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | Juan Jose Gil de Marchi | Mauro Albornoz | 3 | |
| Escudería GPR Sport | Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | Rubén Gracia | Diego Sanjuan | 4 | |
| JRM Engenierring | Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X |  Per-Gunnar Andersson | Anders Fredriksson | 5 | |
 Heuvel Motorsport | Ralliart | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | Jasper ven den Heuvel | Martine Kolman | 6 | |
 Proton R3 Malaysia Rally Team | Proton | Proton Satria Neo S2000 |  Chris Atkinson | Stéphane Prévot | 6–7 | |
| Proton R3 Malaysia Rally Team | Proton | Proton Satria Neo S2000 | Alister McRae | Bill Hayes | 6–7, 11 | |
| Proton R3 Malaysia Rally Team | Proton | Proton Satria Neo S2000 | Tom Cave | Craig Parry | 6–7, 11 | |
| Proton R3 Malaysia Rally Team | Proton | Proton Satria Neo S2000 | Niall McShea | Marshall Clarke | 9–10 | |
| Proton R3 Malaysia Rally Team | Proton | Proton Satria Neo S2000 | Keith Cronin | Barry McNulty | 9, 11 | |
| Proton R3 Malaysia Rally Team | Proton | Proton Satria Neo S2000 | Gilles Panizzi |  Freddy Delorme | 10 | |
 Catwees Honda Racing | Honda | Honda Civic Type-R R3 | Siim Plangi | Marek Sarapuu | 9, 11 |
Results
Standings
Drivers
- Only the best seven scores from each driver counted towards the championship.
Manufacturers
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