The 2010 Rali Vinho da Madeira (Madeira Wine Rally), was the eighth round of the 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) season. The 21 stage asphalt rally took place on the island of

Madeira Madeira ( ; ), officially the Autonomous Region of Madeira (), is an autonomous Regions of Portugal, autonomous region of Portugal. It is an archipelago situated in the North Atlantic Ocean, in the region of Macaronesia, just under north of ...

between 5 – 7 August 2010 with all stages running in daylight.

Introduction

The rally was based in

Funchal Funchal () officially Funchal City (), is the capital, largest city and a Municipality (Portugal), municipality in Portugal's Madeira, Autonomous Region of Madeira, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean. The city has a population of 105,795, making it ...

, which is the largest city on the island of Madeira. The Thursday evening had a single stage, the Avenida Do Mar stage, which was the only stage that was run once during the event. Friday consisted of twelve stages covering with a further eight stages on the Saturday covering . The top four protagonists of the IRC;

Juho Hänninen Juho Ville Matias Hänninen (born 25 July 1981) is a Finnish rally driver. He is the 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) champion and 2011 Super 2000 World Rally Championship (S-WRC) champion with co-driver Mikko Markkula driving a work ...

Jan Kopecký Jan Kopecký (born 28 January 1982) is a professional rally driver from Czech Republic who drives for Škoda Motorsport. He is the 2013 ERC champion, 2018 WRC-2 champion as well as a multiple champion of the Czech Rally Championship. Career ...

Bruno Magalhães Bruno Magalhães (born 10 July 1980) is a Portuguese rally driver. He is a regular competitor in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, driving a Peugeot 207 S2000 for Peugeot Sport Portugal. He is a twice-podium finisher on the Rali Vinho da Mad ...

and

Kris Meeke Kris Meeke (born 2 July 1979) is a British professional rally driver from Northern Ireland, best known for competing in the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC). He was the 2009 Intercontinental Rally Challenge champion. His co-driver is Seb ...

took part in the event, while

Guy Wilks Guy Wilks (born 22 January 1981) is a British rally driver. Wilks started rallying at the age of 19, but currently drives for JRM in the FIA World Rallycross Championship. In 2011 Wilks drove for Peugeot Sport, Peugeot UK in the Intercontinental ...

did not take part due to an injury sustained at the Rally d'Italia Sardegna.

Results

Freddy Loix joined

as a two-time winner in the 2010 IRC season with victory in Madeira, with a comfortable victory of nearly 40 seconds over

. His victory, the fifth of his IRC career, tied the record of

for number of victories in the series. Loix, who claimed fourteen stage victories during the event, fought off the challenges of the other Škodas,

Luca Rossetti Luca Rossetti may refer to: * Luca Rossetti (painter), Italian painter and architect of the 18th century * Luca Rossetti (racing driver), Italian rally driver See also * Luca Rossettini {{hndis, Rossetti, Luca ...

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and Meeke's

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. Rossetti crashed out of the event during the second run through the Cidade de Santana stage, while Meeke retired on stage 17 due to a mechanical problem, two stages after breaking an alternator belt. Behind Loix and Kopecký, Hänninen finished third but still holds a seven-point lead over Kopecký in the championship.

Overall

Special stages

References

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External links

The official website for the rally

The official website of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge

Rally Madeira Rali Vinho da Madeira