2012 Intercontinental Rally Challenge
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The 2012 Intercontinental Rally Challenge was the seventh and final season of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. The season again consisted of thirteen rounds and started on 23 February with the Rallye Açores. The season ended on 3 November, at the Cyprus Rally. The season was marred by the death of Garth “Jaffa” Roberts, co-driver to Craig Breen, on stage eight of the Targa Florio Rally.
Calendar
| Rd. | Start date | Finish date | Rally | Rally headquarters | Surface | Stages | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 February | 25 February | Portugal 47th SATA Rallye Açores | Ponta Delgada, Azores | Gravel | 14 | 177.56 km |
| 2 | 15 March | 17 March | Spain 36th Rally Islas Canarias - El Corte Inglés | Las Palmas, Gran Canaria | Asphalt | 15 | 240.92 km |
| 3 | 6 April | 7 April | United Kingdom 71st Circuit of Ireland Rally | Armagh, Northern Ireland | Asphalt | 15 | 221.47 km |
| 4 | 10 May | 12 May | France 55th Tour de Corse | Ajaccio, Corsica | Asphalt | 14 | 318.23 km |
| C | 2 June | 3 June | Hungary 46th Mecsek Rallye | Pécs, Baranya | Asphalt | ?? | ?? |
| 5 | 14 June | 16 June | Italy 96th Targa Florio - Rally Internazionale di Sicilia | Palermo, Sicily | Asphalt | 11 | 151.95 km |
| 6 | 21 June | 23 June | Belgium 48th Belgium Geko Ypres Rally | Ypres, West Flanders | Asphalt | 18 | 287.66 km |
| 7 | 6 July | 7 July | San Marino 40th San Marino Rally | San Marino | Gravel | 13 | 190.30 km |
| 8 | 19 July | 21 July | Romania 12th Sibiu Rally Romania | Sibiu, Sibiu County | Gravel | 12 | 200.20 km |
| 9 | 31 August | 2 September | Czech Republic 42nd Barum Rally Zlín | Zlín, Zlín Region | Asphalt | 15 | 251.62 km |
| 10 | 14 September | 16 September | Ukraine 14th Prime Yalta Rally | Yalta, Crimea | Asphalt | 14 | 261.87 km |
| 11 | 28 September | 30 September | Bulgaria 32nd Mabanol Rally Sliven | Sliven | Asphalt | 13 | 197.32 km |
| 12 | 11 October | 13 October | Italy 54th Rallye Sanremo | Sanremo, Liguria | Asphalt | 10 | 204.00 km |
| 13 | 2 November | 4 November | Cyprus 41st Cyprus Rally | Paphos | Mixed | 13 | 239.14 km |
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The calendar consisted of thirteen events run in Europe. The schedule included five new events, which were held in Sicily, Bulgaria, Ireland, Romania and San Marino. The Mecsek Rally in Hungary was dropped due to financial reasons and was replaced by the Targa Florio.
Selected entries
Results
Notes
Standings
Drivers
- Only the best eight scores from each driver count towards the championship.
| Pos | Driver | AZO Portugal | CAN Spain | IRE United Kingdom | COR France | TAR Italy | YPR Belgium | SMR San Marino | ROM Romania | ZLI Czech Republic | YAL Ukraine | SLI Bulgaria | SAN Italy | CYP Cyprus | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos Driver AZO Portugal CAN Spain IRE United Kingdom COR France TAR Italy YPR Belgium SMR San Marino ROM Romania ZLI Czech Republic YAL Ukraine SLI Bulgaria SAN Italy CYP Cyprus Pts 1 Norway Andreas Mikkelsen 1 2 2 5 2 Ret 2 1 8 2 168 2 Czech Republic Jan Kopecký 1 3 2 1 Ret 2 101 3 Finland Juho Hänninen 2 1 1 1 Ret 93 4 Germany Sepp Wiegand 4 4 7 8 7 4 Ret 10 5 73 5 Italy Giandomenico Basso Ret 3 1 1 65 6 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah 1 50 7 Turkey Yagiz Avci 1 5 35 8 Finland Jarkko Nikara Ret 5 Ret 4 34 9 France Robert Consani Ret 10 Ret 10 Ret 6 2 8 32 10 Japan Toshihiro Arai 14 Ret 11 3 30 11 Sweden Patrik Flodin 5 Ret 2 15 28 12 France Bryan Bouffier 3 4 27 Italy Umberto Scandola 4 3 27 14 Republic of Ireland Craig Breen 5 6 Ret 6 26 15 Bulgaria Dimitar Iliev 1 25 Spain Dani Sordo 1 25 17 Italy Paolo Andreucci 5 5 20 18 France Pierre Campana 3 8 19 Italy Alessandro Perico 8 3 19 20 Bulgaria Petar Gyoshev 2 18 Belgium Freddy Loix 2 18 Czech Republic Roman Kresta 2 18 Republic of Ireland Robert Barrable 6 Ret 5 18 24 Romania Marco Tempestini Ret 20 Ret 17 7 Ret 5 16 25 Belgium Pieter Tsjoen 3 15 Bulgaria Krum Donchev 3 15 Hungary László Vizin 3 15 Czech Republic Tomáš Kostka 3 15 Spain Luis Monzón 3 15 France François Delecour 3 15 31 Turkey Murat Bostanci 6 7 14 Poland Michał Sołowow 4 9 14 33 Italy Stefano Albertini 4 12 Bulgaria Todor Slavov 4 12 Czech Republic Jaromir Tarabus 4 12 Ukraine Mykola Chmykh 4 12 Germany Hermann Gassner 5 Ret 9 12 Ukraine Vitaliy Pushkar 23 31 4 12 France Mathieu Arzeno 4 11 Ret Ret 12 40 Spain Jonathan Pérez 5 10 Romania Edwin Keleti 5 10 Austria Andreas Aigner 12 8 Ret 7 10 43 Belgium Mathias Viaene 6 8 Hungary Gergély Szabó 6 Ret 8 Spain Angel Marrero 6 8 Estonia Karl Kruuda 6 8 Italy Matteo Gamba 6 8 Portugal Ricardo Moura 6 Ret 8 Estonia Martin Kangur 6 8 50 Belgium Jonas Langenakens 7 6 France Jean-Marc Manzagol 7 6 Romania Valentin Porcisteanu 7 6 Hungary János Puskádi 7 Ret 6 Italy Marco Cavigioli 7 6 Ukraine Oleksandr Saliuk, Jr. 7 Ret Ret Ret 6 56 Slovenia Asja Zupanc 8 4 Ukraine Oleksiy Panoc 8 4 United Kingdom Garry Jennings 8 4 Italy Gabriele Noberasco 8 4 Portugal Sérgio Silva 8 4 United Arab Emirates Rashid Al Ketbi Ret 8 22 19 15 4 62 Bulgaria Stoyan Apostolov 9 2 Czech Republic Antonín Tlusťák 9 2 Ukraine Stanislav Besedin 9 2 Spain Germán Hernández 9 2 Hungary Miklós Bujdos 9 2 Republic of Ireland Donagh Kelly 9 2 Italy Massimiliano Rendina 9 2 Portugal Ruben Rodrigues 9 2 Romania Bogdan Marişca 9 2 71 Italy Federico Gasperetti 10 1 Turkey Bugra Banaz 10 1 Turkey Eytan Halfon 10 1 Belgium Bob Colsoul 10 1 Republic of Ireland Sam Moffett 10 1 Italy Paolo Diana 10 1 Portugal Miguel Barbosa 10 1 Romania Alexandru Filip 10 1 France Jean-Mathieu Leandri 10 1 Pos Driver AZO Portugal CAN Spain IRE United Kingdom COR France TAR Italy YPR Belgium SMR San Marino ROM Romania ZLI Czech Republic YAL Ukraine SLI Bulgaria SAN Italy CYP Cyprus Pts | Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD) | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Norway Andreas Mikkelsen | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 168 | |||
| 2 | Czech Republic Jan Kopecký | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Ret | 2 | 101 | |||||||
| 3 | Finland Juho Hänninen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 93 | ||||||||
| 4 | Germany Sepp Wiegand | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | Ret | 10 | 5 | 73 | ||||
| 5 | Italy Giandomenico Basso | Ret | 3 | 1 | 1 | 65 | |||||||||
| 6 | Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah | 1 | 50 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Turkey Yagiz Avci | 1 | 5 | 35 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Finland Jarkko Nikara | Ret | 5 | Ret | 4 | 34 | |||||||||
| 9 | France Robert Consani | Ret | 10 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 6 | 2 | 8 | 32 | |||||
| 10 | Japan Toshihiro Arai | 14 | Ret | 11 | 3 | 30 | |||||||||
| 11 | Sweden Patrik Flodin | 5 | Ret | 2 | 15 | 28 | |||||||||
| 12 | France Bryan Bouffier | 3 | 4 | 27 | |||||||||||
| Italy Umberto Scandola | 4 | 3 | 27 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Republic of Ireland Craig Breen | 5 | 6 | Ret | 6 | 26 | |||||||||
| 15 | Bulgaria Dimitar Iliev | 1 | 25 | ||||||||||||
| Spain Dani Sordo | 1 | 25 | |||||||||||||
| 17 | Italy Paolo Andreucci | 5 | 5 | 20 | |||||||||||
| 18 | France Pierre Campana | 3 | 8 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Italy Alessandro Perico | 8 | 3 | 19 | ||||||||||||
| 20 | Bulgaria Petar Gyoshev | 2 | 18 | ||||||||||||
| Belgium Freddy Loix | 2 | 18 | |||||||||||||
| Czech Republic Roman Kresta | 2 | 18 | |||||||||||||
| Republic of Ireland Robert Barrable | 6 | Ret | 5 | 18 | |||||||||||
| 24 | Romania Marco Tempestini | Ret | 20 | Ret | 17 | 7 | Ret | 5 | 16 | ||||||
| 25 | Belgium Pieter Tsjoen | 3 | 15 | ||||||||||||
| Bulgaria Krum Donchev | 3 | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Hungary László Vizin | 3 | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Czech Republic Tomáš Kostka | 3 | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Spain Luis Monzón | 3 | 15 | |||||||||||||
| France François Delecour | 3 | 15 | |||||||||||||
| 31 | Turkey Murat Bostanci | 6 | 7 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Poland Michał Sołowow | 4 | 9 | 14 | ||||||||||||
| 33 | Italy Stefano Albertini | 4 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Bulgaria Todor Slavov | 4 | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Czech Republic Jaromir Tarabus | 4 | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Ukraine Mykola Chmykh | 4 | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Germany Hermann Gassner | 5 | Ret | 9 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Ukraine Vitaliy Pushkar | 23 | 31 | 4 | 12 | |||||||||||
| France Mathieu Arzeno | 4 | 11 | Ret | Ret | 12 | ||||||||||
| 40 | Spain Jonathan Pérez | 5 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Romania Edwin Keleti | 5 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Austria Andreas Aigner | 12 | 8 | Ret | 7 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 43 | Belgium Mathias Viaene | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Hungary Gergély Szabó | 6 | Ret | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Spain Angel Marrero | 6 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Estonia Karl Kruuda | 6 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Italy Matteo Gamba | 6 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Portugal Ricardo Moura | 6 | Ret | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Estonia Martin Kangur | 6 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| 50 | Belgium Jonas Langenakens | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| France Jean-Marc Manzagol | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Romania Valentin Porcisteanu | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Hungary János Puskádi | 7 | Ret | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Italy Marco Cavigioli | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Ukraine Oleksandr Saliuk, Jr. | 7 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6 | ||||||||||
| 56 | Slovenia Asja Zupanc | 8 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Ukraine Oleksiy Panoc | 8 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| United Kingdom Garry Jennings | 8 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Italy Gabriele Noberasco | 8 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Portugal Sérgio Silva | 8 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates Rashid Al Ketbi | Ret | 8 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 4 | |||||||||
| 62 | Bulgaria Stoyan Apostolov | 9 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Czech Republic Antonín Tlusťák | 9 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Ukraine Stanislav Besedin | 9 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Spain Germán Hernández | 9 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Hungary Miklós Bujdos | 9 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Republic of Ireland Donagh Kelly | 9 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Italy Massimiliano Rendina | 9 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Portugal Ruben Rodrigues | 9 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Romania Bogdan Marişca | 9 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 71 | Italy Federico Gasperetti | 10 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Turkey Bugra Banaz | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Turkey Eytan Halfon | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Belgium Bob Colsoul | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Republic of Ireland Sam Moffett | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Italy Paolo Diana | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Portugal Miguel Barbosa | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Romania Alexandru Filip | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| France Jean-Mathieu Leandri | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Pos | Driver | AZO Portugal | CAN Spain | IRE United Kingdom | COR France | TAR Italy | YPR Belgium | SMR San Marino | ROM Romania | ZLI Czech Republic | YAL Ukraine | SLI Bulgaria | SAN Italy | CYP Cyprus | Pts |
| Key | |||||||||||||||
| Colour | Result | ||||||||||||||
| Gold | Winner | ||||||||||||||
| Silver | 2nd place | ||||||||||||||
| Bronze | 3rd place | ||||||||||||||
| Green | Points finish | ||||||||||||||
| Blue | Non-points finish | ||||||||||||||
| Non-classified finish (NC) | |||||||||||||||
| Purple | Did not finish (Ret) | ||||||||||||||
| Black | Excluded (EX) | ||||||||||||||
| Disqualified (DSQ) | |||||||||||||||
| White | Did not start (DNS) | ||||||||||||||
| Cancelled (C) | |||||||||||||||
| Blank | Withdrew entry from the event (WD) |
Manufacturers
- Only the best eight scores from each manufacturer count towards the championship.