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Rally Australia 2009 counts for:
2009 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2009 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2009 FIA Production Car World Championship (for drivers)
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| 464th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 10 of 12 |
| Official name: | Repco Rally Australia |
| Edition: | 20th |
| Date: | from Thursday 3-Sep-2009 to Sunday 6-Sep-2009 |
| Rally HQ: | Kingscliff, New South Wales; Australia |
| Clerk of the Course: | Michelle Gatton |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 44 | |
| Starters: | 40 | |
| Finishers: | 25 | (62.5% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 35 | |
| Shortest: | 2.55 | km | (SS1 Tweed 1) |
| Longest: | 22.41 | km | (SS35 Repco 2) |
| Slowest: | 71.00 | km/h | (SS19 Urliup) |
| Fastest: | 132.50 | km/h | (SS20 Armor All 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 344.72 | km | (20.1% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 322.06 | km | (18.8% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 1,389.03 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,711.09 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 11th win and 39th podium for Mikko Hirvonen. |
| Second place was 80th podium for Sebastien Loeb. |
| Third place was 22nd podium for Daniel Sordo Castillo. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 73rd win and 268th podium for Ford. |
| | Second and third places were 135th to 136th podiums for Citroen. |
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Hirvonen suffered from his road position during Legs 1 and 3. He finished second on the road but as Citroens were found to have unhomologated rollbars and were penalized, Mikko took win.
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One of the surprises of the rally was Dani Sordo who was able to put pressure on Mikko and for a moment it looked like he would finish second overall.
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Ogier won all six runs through the Super Special plus two other stages, surprising many with his good run.
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Ford equals Lancia
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Mikko's win was 73rd for Ford and brought them at level with Lancia in terms of WRC wins.
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Related links
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Rally Finland 2009
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Rally Catalunya 2009
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