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2009 International Rally of Nations
The International Rally of Nations is an international rally event held in Mexico for the first time in 2009.
According to the organization, "the idea of this event is to bring the emotional side of the Olympic Games or the world cup to the automobile world with the possibility of several teams per country." The idea for the event came after the Rally Mexico was not included in the 2009 World Rally Championship due to the rotation system.
The event was won by Spain's Xavier Pons and Daniel Solà, with the two drivers amassing a total of 1067.5 points.
Format
This Rally has a special format since, unlike other rallies, time will not be added stage by stage. Each Special Stage will give points to the top 16 drivers. A team representing a nation will consist of two cars and the points scored by each driver will be added together to determine the Nations Champion.
According to the official rules:
"Points will be awarded to each member of a Team per each Special Stage or Super Special Stage completed. The best-classified crew of each Team will be awarded points as Car 1, the second crew as Car 2. Each crew will be awarded points according to its overall position in the stage classification from the eligible crews (Competing for the Rally of Nations) in each Super Special Stage or Special Stage according to the following scale:"
| Position | Car 1 | Car 2 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 40 | 30 | |||||||||||||||||
| 36 | 27 | |||||||||||||||||
| 32 | 24 | |||||||||||||||||
| 28 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| 24 | 18 | |||||||||||||||||
| 20 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
| 18 | 13.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | 10.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 7.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 4.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 |
The Team scoring the most points at the end of the Rally will be declared the Winner of the Rally of Nations.
2009 Entries
There are some very important drivers, including former and/or World Rally Championship, Production World Rally Championship and NACAM Rally Championship champions.
| Team | Driver | Codriver | Group | Car |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUT Austria | Manfred Stohl | Ilka Minor | N4 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo |
| AUT Austria | Andreas Aigner | Daniela Weissengruber | N4 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo |
| ECU Ecuador | Juan Pablo Villota | Juan Carlos Viteri | A6 | Peugeot 206 XS |
| ECU Ecuador | Camilo Rivera | Juan José Rivera | A6 | Peugeot 206 XS |
| FIN Corona Team Finland | Harri Rovanperä | Jouni Arolainen | N4 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo |
| FIN Corona Team Finland | Toni Gardemeister | Tomi Tuominen | N4 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo |
| FRA France | Didier Auriol | Denis Giraudet | N4 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo |
| FRA France | Brice Tirabassi | Fabrice Gordon | N4 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo |
| GBR Great Britain | Phillip Morrow | Damien Connolly | N4 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo |
| GBR Great Britain | Niall McShea | Marshall Clarke | N4 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo |
| GER Germany | Hermann Gassner Jr. | Kathi Wüstenhagen | N4 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo |
| GER Germany | Mark Wallenwein | Stefan Kopczyk | N4 | Subaru Impreza WRX |
| ITA Pirelli Team Italia | Mario Isola | Roberto Mometti | N4 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo |
| ITA Pirelli Team Italia | Stefano Marrini | Matteo Braga | N4 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo |
| MEX Mexico 1 | Rodrigo Ordóñez | Mauricio Pimentel | N4 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo |
| MEX Mexico 1 | José Cortés | Alex Prieto | N4 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo |
| MEX Mexico 2 | Ricardo Triviño | Checo Salom | N4 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo |
| MEX Mexico 2 | Rodrigo Salgado | Diódoro Salgado | N4 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo |
| MEX México 3 | Francisco Name | Armando Zapata | A6 | Peugeot 206 XS |
| MEX Mexico 3 | Guillermo Fonseca | José Alonso López | A6 | Peugeot 206 XS |
| MEX Mexico 3 | Jorge González | Jaime Zapata | N2 | Renault Clio |
| PER Peru | Humberto Tijero | Michael Espinoza | N3 | Renault Clio |
| PER Peru | Sandro Pestana | Gianpier Giacchetti | A6 | Peugeot 206 XS |
| ESP Spain | Dani Sola | Oscar Sanchez | N4 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo |
| ESP Spain | Xavier Pons | Alex Haro | N4 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo |
| SWE Sweden | Patrik Sandell | Emil Axelsson | N4 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo |
| SWE Sweden | Per-Gunnar Andersson | Anders Fredriksson | N4 | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo |
| URU Uruguay | Felipe Guelfi | Ignacio Albanell | A6 | Peugeot 206 XS |
| URU Uruguay | Diego Elola | Pablo Irrazabal | A6 | Peugeot 206 XS |
| USA United States 1 | Matthew Johnson | Chrissie Beavis | N4 | Subaru Impreza WRX |
| USA United States 1 | Kenny Bartram | Dennis Hotson | N4 | Subaru Impreza WRX |
| USA United States 2 | Patrick Moro | Ole Holter | N4 | Subaru Impreza STI |
| USA United States 2 | Piotr Wiktorczyk | Martin Brady | N4 | Subaru Impreza WRX |
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