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Rally of Great Britain 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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| 466th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 12 of 12 |
| Official name: | Rally of Great Britain |
| Edition: | 65th |
| Date: | from Friday 23-Oct-2009 to Sunday 25-Oct-2009 |
| Rally HQ: | Cardiff, Wales; United Kingdom |
| Clerk of the Course: | Fred Gallagher |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 64 | |
| Starters: | 62 | |
| Finishers: | 50 | (80.6% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 16 | |
| Shortest: | 5.13 | km | (SS2 Sweet Lamb 1) |
| Longest: | 35.72 | km | (SS10 Rhondda 2) |
| Slowest: | 90.49 | km/h | (SS5 Sweet Lamb 2) |
| Fastest: | 116.02 | km/h | (SS13 Port Talbot 1) |
| Planned stage distance: | 348.30 | km | (23.8% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 348.30 | km | (23.8% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 1,117.97 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,466.27 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 54th win and 82nd podium for Sebastien Loeb. |
| Second place was 41st podium for Mikko Hirvonen. |
| Third place was 24th podium for Daniel Sordo Castillo. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 60th win and win and third place were 139th to 140th podiums for Citroen. |
| | Second place was 270th podium for Ford. |
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Loeb maintained steady pace throughout the rally, except deciding stages in Saturday morning where he blitzed incredible time and demoralized Hirvonen.
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On Friday Hirvonen kept in touch with Loeb, made his attack on foggy first stage of Saturday but lost the rally over next two stages.
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Sordo's performance was incredible. He often was very close to Hirvonen despite Mikko's big fight for championship.
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Related links
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Rally Catalunya 2009
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Rally Sweden 2010
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