Philippe Bugalski has become the first man in a decade to win a World Championship Rally in a Formula 2 car. The Frenchman controlled the final leg of the Rallye Catalunya, finishing the event over 30 seconds ahead of Didier Auriol, whose Toyota team mate Carlos Sainz retired after the final stage with alternator problems.
The F2 Citroens dominated the rally. Local man Jesus Puras led the first day, but his Xsara would not restart in parc ferme at the beginning of the second leg. Team mate Philippe Bugalski inherited 1st position and continued to pull away over the rest of the event.
Tommi Makinen and Freddy Loix took 3rd and 4th for Mitsubishi, ahead of the Subaru's.
Rallye Catalunya, final positions
1. Philippe Bugalski Citroen 4h13m45.6s
2. Didier Auriol Toyota + 31.8s
3. Tommi Makinen Mitsubishi +2m21.1s
4. Freddy Loix Mitsubishi + 2m35.4s
5. Richard Burns Subaru + 4m01.9s
6. Juha Kankkunen Subaru + 4m47.3s
7. Bruno Thiry Subaru + 5m01.3s
8. Oriol Gomez Renault + 5m48.3s
9. Carlos Sainz Toyota + 6m20.5s
10. Luis Climent Subaru + 6m28.8s
Abu Dhabi / Results
Pos | Driver | Time |
---|---|---|
1 | Max Verstappen | 1h36m28.645s |
2 | Valtteri Bottas | 1h36m44.621s |
3 | Lewis Hamilton | 1h36m47.060s |
4 | Alexander Albon | 1h36m48.632s |
5 | Lando Norris | 1h37m29.374s |
Standings / After 17 races
Pos | Driver | Points |
---|---|---|
1 | Lewis Hamilton | 347 |
2 | Valtteri Bottas | 223 |
3 | Max Verstappen | 214 |
4 | Sergio Perez | 125 |
5 | Daniel Ricciardo | 119 |
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Coming up
Race | Circuit | Date |
---|---|---|
Bahrain | Bahrain | 28 Mar |
Emilia Romagna | Imola | 18 Apr |
? | ? | 2 May |
Spain | Catalunya | 9 May |
Monaco | Monte Carlo | 23 May |
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Berlin / Results
Pos | Driver | Time |
---|---|---|
1 | Stoffel Vandoorne | 47m22.107s |
2 | Nyck de Vries | 47m23.447s |
3 | Sebastien Buemi | 47m24.948s |
4 | Rene Rast | 47m25.687s |
5 | Sam Bird | 47m30.817s |
Standings / After 11 races
Pos | Driver | Points |
---|---|---|
1 | Antonio Felix da Costa | 158 |
2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | 87 |
3 | Jean-Eric Vergne | 86 |
4 | Sebastien Buemi | 84 |
5 | Oliver Rowland | 83 |
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Coming up
Race | Circuit | Date |
---|---|---|
Diriyah | Diriyah | 26 Feb 2021 |
Diriyah | Diriyah | 27 Feb 2021 |
Santiago | Parque O'Higgins | |
Santiago | Parque O'Higgins | |
Sanya | Sanya | |
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