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Rally Bulgaria 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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| 473rd WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 7 of 13 |
| Official name: | Rally Bulgaria |
| Edition: | 41st |
| Date: | from Friday 9-Jul-2010 to Saturday 10-Jul-2010 |
| Rally HQ: | Borovets, Sofia Province; Bulgaria |
| Clerk of the Course: | Boris Kapev |
| Surface: | Tarmac |
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| Entries: | 49 | |
| Starters: | 42 | |
| Finishers: | 27 | (64.3% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 14 | |
| Shortest: | 17.73 | km | (SS12 Slavovitsa 2) |
| Longest: | 31.77 | km | (SS3 Batak Lake 2) |
| Slowest: | 100.12 | km/h | (SS5 Sestrimo 1) |
| Fastest: | 115.21 | km/h | (SS13 Muhovo 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 354.10 | km | (33.9% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 329.24 | km | (31.5% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 715.46 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,044.70 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 58th win and 89th podium for Sebastien Loeb. |
| Second place was 26th podium for Daniel Sordo Castillo. |
| Third place was 41st podium for Petter Solberg. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 65th win and triple win were 154th to 156th podiums for Citroen. |
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Citroen scored their first 1-2-3-4 win as Ford's abysmal tarmac performance offered no opposition at all. From left to right, Loeb (1st), Sordo (2nd), Ogier (4th) and Petter Solberg (3rd).
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Loeb's tactic was again the same - take lead in 1st day and keep it till the end. As Ford was unable to offer any opposition, Loeb's rally was relatively relaxed.
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Behind Loeb, Dani Sordo and Petter Solberg fought hard for the second place. In the end, works driver was faster but not by much.
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Related links
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Portugal 2010
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Rally Finland 2010
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