The 2010 FxPro Cyprus Rally, was the 12th round of the
2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge
The 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge was the fifth season of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. The season consisted of twelve rounds and started on 19 January with the Monte Carlo Rally. The season ended on November 6, at the Cyprus Rally ...
(IRC) season. The fourteen stage mixed surface rally took place over 4–6 November 2010. As well as being the final round of the IRC, the event formed the penultimate round of the 2010
Middle East Rally Championship
The Middle East Rally Championship (MERC) is a motor rally championship run under the auspicies of the FIA. First held in 1984 the championship encompasses a series of rallies held across Western Asia. The championship has featured long-running ...
(MERC).
Introduction
The rally, which was based in
Limassol
Limassol (; el, Λεμεσός, Lemesós ; tr, Limasol or ) is a city on the southern coast of Cyprus and capital of the district with the same name. Limassol is the second largest urban area in Cyprus after Nicosia, with an urban population ...
, had a all-asphalt Super Special Stage, purpose-built at Limassol's extensive port facilities being run twice during the event.
With both the drivers and manufacturers titles already decided, none of the top competitors in the IRC made the trip to the event.
Andreas Mikkelsen
Andreas Mikkelsen (born 22 June 1989) is a Norwegian rally driver. He is currently competing in the World Rally Championship-2 for Toksport World Rally Team. He previously drove for the factory teams of Volkswagen, Citroën and Hyundai in the W ...
, who was seventh in the championship heading into the event, was the highest placed driver to take part. Other IRC regulars included
Daniel Oliveira and
Burcu Çetinkaya
Burcu Çetinkaya (born March 19, 1981) is a Turkish rally driver and currently a television presenter.
She was educated in Robert College between 1992 and 1999. During this time, she played basketball. After two years spent at Babson College in Bo ...
.
Nasser Al-Attiyah
Nasser Salih Nasser Abdullah Al-Attiyah ( ar, ناصر صالح ناصر عبدالله العطية : nāṣir ṣāliḥ nāṣir ʿabdullāh al-ʿaṭṭīyah; born 21 December 1970 in Doha) is a Qatari rally driver and sport shooter. He was ...
headed the field of drivers competing in the MERC.
Results
Overall
Special stages
References
External links
Official website for the rallyOfficial website of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge
Cyprus Rally
Rally
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Gatherings
* Demonstration (political), a political rally, a political demonstration of support or protest, march, or parade
* Pep rally, an event held at a United States school or college sporting event
Spor ...
Cyprus
Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ...
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