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Rally Poland 2009 counts for:
2009 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2009 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2009 FIA Junior World Championship (for drivers)
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| 462nd WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 8 of 12 |
| Official name: | Orlen Platinum Rally Poland - Rajd Polski |
| Edition: | 66th |
| Date: | from Wednesday 24-Jun-2009 to Sunday 28-Jun-2009 |
| Rally HQ: | Mikolajki, North-East Poland; Poland |
| Clerk of the Course: | Tomasz Bartos |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 55 | |
| Starters: | 48 | |
| Finishers: | 34 | (70.8% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 18 | |
| Shortest: | 2.50 | km | (SS1 Mikolajki SSS 1) |
| Longest: | 33.17 | km | (SS7 Paprotki 2) |
| Slowest: | 82.57 | km/h | (SS18 Mikolajki SSS 2) |
| Fastest: | 129.44 | km/h | (SS6 Pianki 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 352.00 | km | (34.4% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 352.00 | km | (34.4% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 672.38 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,024.38 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 9th win and 37th podium for Mikko Hirvonen. |
| Second place was 21st podium for Daniel Sordo Castillo. |
| Third place was 5th podium for Henning Solberg. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 71st win and win and third place were 264th to 265th podiums for Ford. |
| | Second place was 133rd podium for Citroen. |
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Hirvonen took lead early on and following Loeb's accident in first day, needed only to keep eye on Daniel Sordo.
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Sordo saw a chance to score his first WRC win and pressed Ford drivers quite hard during Saturday. Ultimately he couldn't get past but was promoted to second after Latvala's crash.
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Latvala was on course to finish second but turned from hero to a fool as he clipped a barrel and retired during final super special stage.
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Related links
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Acropolis 2009
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Rally Finland 2009
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