The 2009 Rally Norway, officially ''3rd Rally Norway'', is the second round of the

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and the first round of the

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and is held between February 12 and February 15, 2009. The rally was held on ice- and snow-covered gravel roads between

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and

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. Rally Norway returned to the calendar in 2009 Season after a years absence. This is the Snow Rally of the season. Historically, the

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has usually been the rally held on snow in every WRC Season except

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and

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due to cancellation,

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when it was only part of the FIA 2-Litre World Cup for Manufacturers.

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, driving a

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car, won the first stage of the rally. But

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of France won in a

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, his second win on snow since the 2004 Swedish Rally, remaining only non-Scandinavian rally driver ever to win a Snow Rally. Loeb finished ahead of

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by +9.8 seconds. Jari Matti Latvala finished third, despite having spun on the last stage on the second running of the Budor. The highest placed Norwegian driver was

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in fourth, who was in a tight battle for the position with

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. Sordo had held the position for most of the stages until SS14 Mountain 2, where Solberg passed Sordo for fourth place. Both were under pressure from Swede P-G Andersson, on board a privately entered

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, who passed Solberg at SS7 Finnskogen 2. Andersson had to retire at SS12 Ringsaker 1 when he broke his

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after hitting a snow bank. Solberg finished in sixth in one peace, although he doubted his clutch would last until the end. He was in a tight battle with Matthew Wilson of Great Britain, who finished in seventh place, ahead of Urmo Aava in eighth who collected his first point of the season. This rally marks the opening Round of the PWRC Season and as the WRC supporting event. Previously, the JWRC was the supporting event in

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. Swede

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won the class. Eyvind Brynildsen and his

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's former co-driver finished second.

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finished in third place ahead of Armindo Araujo. Andis Neiksans of

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finished fifth ahead of Jaromir Tarabus in sixth.

Results

Special stages

Championship standings after the event

Drivers' championship

Manufacturers' championship

References

External links

Results
on the official site
WRC.com

Results
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RallyNorway.com
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