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2012 Wales Rally GB 68th Wales Rally GB
Round 10 of the 2012 World Rally Championship ← Previous event Next event →
Jari-Matti Latvala during Podium
Host country	United Kingdom
Rally base	Cardiff, Wales
Dates run	14 – 16 September 2012
Stages	19 (324.92 km; 201.90 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Overall distance	1,604.05 km (996.71 miles)
Statistics
Crews	31 at start, 29 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Jari-Matti Latvala Ford World Rally Team

The 68th Wales Rally GB is the tenth round of the 2012 World Rally Championship season and is held between 14 and 16 September 2012.

The rally is also the sixth round of the Super 2000 World Rally Championship.

Results

Event standings

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Overall
1.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:03:40.3	0.000	26
2.	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC	3:04:08.1	27.8	20
3.	Petter Solberg	Chris Pattersson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:04:09.0	28.7	15
4.	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:04:50.9	1:10.6	12
5.	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Citroën DS3 WRC	3:05:09.8	1:29.5	13
6.	Evgeny Novikov	Ilka Minor	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:07:17.3	3:37.0	8
7.	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Citroën DS3 WRC	3:07:52.2	4:11.9	6
8.	Matthew Wilson	Scott Martin	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:09:40.7	6:00.4	4
9.	Martin Prokop	Zdeněk Hrůza	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:10.39.2	6:58.9	2
10.	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Giovanni Bernacchini	Citroën DS3 WRC	3:13:12.4	9:32.1	1
SWRC
1. (13.)	Craig Breen	Paul Nagle	Ford Fiesta S2000	3:18:22.9	0.000	25
2. (14.)	Tom Cave	Craig Parry	Proton Satria Neo S2000	3:21:00.7	2:37.8	18
3. (16.)	Yazeed Al-Rajhi	Michael Orr	Ford Fiesta RRC	3:22:53.7	4:30.8	15
4. (17.)	Maciej Oleksowicz	Andrzej Obrebowski	Ford Fiesta S2000	3:26.38.8	8:15.9	12
5. (23.)	Alastair Fischer	Daniel Barritt	Ford Fiesta S2000	3:37:14.4	18:51.5	10
6. (24.)	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Emil Axelsson	Proton Satria Neo S2000	3:37:51.1	19:28.2	8

Special Stages

Leg	Stage	Time	Name	Length (km)	Winner	Time	Avg. spd. (km/h)	Rally leader
Leg 1 (14 Sep)	SS1	8:13	Dyfnant 1	20.48	Petter Solberg	11:53.5	103.33	Petter Solberg
	SS2	9:38	Hafren Sweet Lamb 1	24.87	Petter Solberg	14:46.2	101.03
	SS3	10:19	Myherin 1	27.88	Jari-Matti Latvala	15:55.1	105.09	Jari-Matti Latvala
	SS4	13:13	Dyfnant 2	20.48	Jari-Matti Latvala	11:45.9	104.45
	SS5	14:38	Hafren Sweet Lamb 2	24.87	Jari-Matti Latvala	14:44.9	101.18
	SS6	15:19	Myherin 2	27.88	Jari-Matti Latvala	15:55.7	105.02
Leg 2 (15 Sep)	SS7	9:02	Crychan 1	19.50	Mads Østberg	10:38.1	110.01
	SS8	9:40	Epynt 1	8.31	Sébastien Loeb	4:31.3	110.27
	SS9	10:06	Halfway 1	18.35	Jari-Matti Latvala	10:33.7	104.24
	SS10	15:17	Crychan 2	19.50	Petter Solberg	10:27.9	111.80
	SS11	15:55	Epynt 2	8.31	Jari-Matti Latvala	4:28.5	111.42
	SS12	16:21	Halfway 2	18.35	Petter Solberg	10:30.4	104.79
	SS13	18:30	Celtic Manor	3.04	Jari-Matti Latvala	1:46.9	102.38
Leg 3 (16 Sep)	SS14	7:18	Port Talbot 1	17.35	Sébastien Loeb	9:15.9	112.21
	SS15	8:16	Rheola 1	8.87	Sébastien Loeb	4:42.0	113.14
	SS16	8:34	Walters Arena 1	15.33	Jari-Matti Latvala	8:49.3	104.15
	SS17	12:07	Port Talbot 2	17.35	Petter Solberg	9:07.1	114.09
	SS18	13:05	Rheola 2	8.87	Sébastien Loeb	4:40.1	114.01
	SS19	13:23	Walters Arena 2 (Power stage)	15.33	Mikko Hirvonen	8:51.4	103.51

Power stage

The Power stage was a 15.33 km stage run through The Walters Arena. The three fastest crews through this stage were awarded by drivers' championship points. Mikko Hirvonen was the fastest driver through the stage, earning three additional championship points. Sébastien Loeb was second, while Ford driver Jari-Matti Latvala finished third.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Class	Time	Difference	Avg. spd.	Points
1	2	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	8:51.4	0.000	103.51km/h	3
2	1	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	8:52.6	1.2	103.37km/h	2
3	3	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	8:52.9	1.5	103.33km/h	1

References

• 2012 Wales Rally GB ewrc-results.com

External links

• "Rally official website". Archived from the original on 17 September 2012.

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