| 2009 Rally Poland 66thORLEN PlatinumRally Poland | |||
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Round 8 of the2009 World Rally Championship
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| Host country |  Poland | ||
| Rally base | Mikołajki | ||
| Dates run | 25 – 28 June 2009 | ||
| Stages | 18 | ||
| Stage surface | Gravel | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Crews | 48 at start, 34 at finish | ||
| Overall results | |||
| Overall winner |  Mikko Hirvonen BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team | ||
The2009 ORLEN Platinum Rally Poland was the 66th running of theRally Poland and the eighth round of the2009 World Rally Championship season. Rally Poland had previously been part of the WRC schedule during the inaugural1973 season. The rally consisted of 18special stages and was won byFord'sMikko Hirvonen, who took his first-ever back-to-back victories. However, the team's celebration was subdued afterJari-Matti Latvala crashed out from second place on the final super special stage, losing important manufacturers' championship points.[1]
Citroën'sDani Sordo then finished second andStobart'sHenning Solberg beat his brotherPetter to take the final podium spot. Home country'sKrzysztof Hołowczyc, a three-time winner of the event, finished sixth behind regular Stobart driverMatthew Wilson. This marked the first time a Polish driver scored WRC points in the history of the series.[2]
Citroën's defending world championSébastien Loeb lost the drivers' championship lead by crashing out in the second rally in a row. However, he re-joined the event undersuperally rules and with mechanical problems forAndreas Mikkelsen,Mads Østberg andSébastien Ogier, he had climbed back into the top ten. Citroën then issued team orders andCitroën Junior Team'sConrad Rautenbach andEvgeny Novikov both stopped for enough minutes to let the Frenchman take the eighth place, which eventually became seventh after Latvala's mistake.[1]
| Pos. | Driver | Co-driver | Car | Time | Difference | Points |
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| WRC | ||||||
| 1 | Mikko Hirvonen | Jarmo Lehtinen | Ford Focus RS WRC 09 | 3:07:27.5 | 0.0 | 10 |
| 2 |  Dani Sordo | Marc Martí | Citroën C4 WRC | 3:08:37.8 | +1:10.3 | 8 |
| 3 |  Henning Solberg | Cato Menkerud | Ford Focus RS WRC 08 | 3:09:33.2 | +2:05.7 | 6 |
| 4 | Petter Solberg | Phil Mills | Citroën Xsara WRC | 3:09:51.8 | +2:24.3 | 5 |
| 5 | Matthew Wilson | Scott Martin | Ford Focus RS WRC 08 | 3:11:45.0 | +4:17.5 | 4 |
| 6 | Krzysztof Hołowczyc | Łukasz Kurzeja | Ford Focus RS WRC 08 | 3:12:01.4 | +4:33.9 | 3 |
| 7 |  Sébastien Loeb |  Daniel Elena | Citroën C4 WRC | 3:26:42.6 | +19:15.1 | 2 |
| 8 |  Conrad Rautenbach | Daniel Barritt | Citroën C4 WRC | 3:26:48.1 | +19:20.6 | 1 |
| JWRC | ||||||
| 1 |  Kevin Abbring |  Erwin Mombaerts | Renault Clio R3 | 3:35:05.2 | 0.0 | 10 |
| 2 |  Martin Prokop | Jan Tománek | Citroën C2 S1600 | 3:36:15.4 | +1:10.2 | 8 |
| 3 | Yoann Bonato | Benjamin Boulloud | Suzuki Swift S1600 | 3:40:39.7 | +5:34.5 | 6 |
| 4 | Hans Weijs | Bjorn Degandt | Citroën C2 S1600 | 3:45:17.2 | +10:12.0 | 5 |
| 5 |  Simone Bertolotti | Luca Celestini | Suzuki Swift S1600 | 3:51:50.3 | +16:45.1 | 4 |
| 6 | Radosław Typa | Maciej Wisławski | Citroën C2 R2 | 3:56:32.3 | +21:27.1 | 3 |
| 7 | Luca Griotti | Corrado Bonato | Renault Clio R3 | 4:00:53.6 | +25:48.4 | 2 |
| Day | Stage | Time (CEST) | Name | Length | Winner | Time | Rally leader |
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| 1 (June 25) | SS1 | 20:00 | Mikołajki 1 | 2.50 km | Petter Solberg | 1:48.3 | Petter Solberg |
| 2 (June 26) | SS2 | 9:51 | Grabówka 1 | 12.09 km | Mikko Hirvonen | 6:49.7 | Sébastien Loeb |
| SS3 | 10:19 | Pianki 1 | 11.34 km | Mikko Hirvonen | 5:22.2 | Mikko Hirvonen | |
| SS4 | 10:39 | Paprotki 1 | 33.17 km | Jari-Matti Latvala | 18:14.0 | ||
| SS5 | 14:01 | Grabówka 2 | 12.09 km | Jari-Matti Latvala | 6:49.3 | ||
| SS6 | 14:29 | Pianki 2 | 11.34 km | Mikko Hirvonen | 5:15.4 | ||
| SS7 | 14:59 | Paprotki 2 | 33.17 km | Jari-Matti Latvala | 17:57.2 | ||
| 3 (June 27) | SS8 | 10:14 | Danowo 1 | 11.88 km | Sébastien Loeb | 6:18.1 | |
| SS9 | 10:59 | Gawliki 1 | 32.75 km | Dani Sordo | 17:44.4 | ||
| SS10 | 11:52 | Wydminy 1 | 30.09 km | Sébastien Loeb | 15:40.9 | ||
| SS11 | 15:18 | Danowo 2 | 11.88 km | Mikko Hirvonen | 6:12.5 | ||
| SS12 | 16:03 | Gawliki 2 | 32.75 km | Sébastien Loeb | 17:21.1 | ||
| SS13 | 16:56 | Wydminy 2 | 30.09 km | Sébastien Loeb | 15:26.9 | ||
| 4 (June 28) | SS14 | 7:51 | Miłki 1 | 27.07 km | Sébastien Ogier | 13:59.3 | |
| SS15 | 8:57 | Tros 1 | 15.11 km | Henning Solberg | 7:53.2 | ||
| SS16 | 11:49 | Miłki 2 | 27.07 km | Henning Solberg | 13:56.0 | ||
| SS17 | 12:55 | Tros 2 | 15.11 km | Sébastien Loeb | 7:44.4 | ||
| SS18 | 14:24 | Mikołajki 2 | 2.50 km | Petter Solberg | 1:49.0 |
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| Pos | Team | Event | Total points | |||||||||||
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IRL | NOR | CYP | POR | ARG | ITA | GRC | POL | FIN | AUS | ESP | GBR | |||
| 1 | Citroën Total World Rally Team | 18 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 106 | ||||
| 2 |  BP Ford World Rally Team | 8 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 89 | ||||
| 3 | Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 60 | ||||
| 4 | Citroën Junior Team | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 29 | ||||
| 5 | Munchi's Ford World Rally Team | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 18 | ||||
