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Rallye de France Alsace 2012 counts for:
2012 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2012 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2012 FIA Super 2000 World Rally Championship for Drivers
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| 503rd WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 11 of 13 |
| Official name: | Rallye de France - Alsace |
| Edition: | 3rd |
| Date: | from Thursday 4-Oct-2012 to Sunday 7-Oct-2012 |
| Rally HQ: | Strasbourg, Alsace; France |
| Clerk of the Course: | Francis Murac |
| Surface: | Tarmac |
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| Entries: | 74 | |
| Starters: | 71 | |
| Finishers: | 45 | (63.4% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 22 | |
| Shortest: | 3.63 | km | (SS1 Strasbourg) |
| Longest: | 43.45 | km | (SS14 Pays d'Ormont 2) |
| Slowest: | 76.89 | km/h | (SS8 Mulhouse) |
| Fastest: | 128.37 | km/h | (SS15 Pays de la Haute Bruche 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 404.90 | km | (29.4% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 394.22 | km | (28.6% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 983.59 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,377.81 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 75th win and 112th podium for Sebastien Loeb. |
| Second place was 31st podium for Jari-Matti Latvala. |
| Third place was 59th podium for Mikko Hirvonen. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 88th win and win and third place were 205th to 206th podiums for Citroen. |
| | Second place was 312th podium for Ford. |
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Loeb's result made sure of his ninth world championship title. This was already second time he made sure of the title in his home event.
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Loeb also won the rally even though he didn't need to in order to win the title.
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Latvala put up a brave fight but despite a good run, his performance wasn't good enough to challenge Loeb.
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Related links
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Wales Rally GB 2012
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Sardinia 2012
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