The 2010 Rally Japan, was the 10th round of the

2010 World Rally Championship The 2010 World Rally Championship was the 38th season of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 13 rallies, beginning with Rally Sweden on 11 February and ended with Wales Rally GB ...

(WRC) season. The 26 stage gravel rally took place on 9 – 12 September 2010 and was based in the city of

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. The rally featured eight super specials at the

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with the rally finishing at the Dome on the Sunday afternoon.

Sébastien Ogier Sébastien Eugène Emile Ogier (; born 17 December 1983) is a French Rallying, rally driver, competing for the Toyota Gazoo Racing Team in the World Rally Championship (WRC). He is currently teamed with co-driver Vincent Landais. He has won 8 List ...

took the second WRC victory of his career, capitalising on a broken damper for

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which dropped him out of the lead on the final morning of the rally. Ogier also cut into teammate

Sébastien Loeb Sébastien Loeb (; born 26 February 1974) is a French professional rally, racing and rallycross driver. He is the most successful driver in the World Rally Championship (WRC), having won the world championship a record nine times in a row. He ho ...

's championship lead, reducing it to 43 points before their home event in France.

Introduction

Prior to the rally, depending on results,

could have clinched his seventh consecutive world title with three events to spare. With a 58-point lead over teammate

pre-rally, Loeb had to outscore Ogier by 18 points in order to secure the championship, as well as beating Ford's Jari-Matti Latvala by 2 points, as the Finnish driver was 74 points behind Loeb.

and Dani Sordo were still in mathematical contention but would have to finish in the top two placings in Japan, with Loeb failing to score, to stay in contention.

Results

Event standings

Special stages

All dates and times are JST (

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Standings after the rally

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Manufacturers' Championship standings

References

External links

The official website for the rally

The official website of the World Rally Championship

Results
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Rally Japan

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September 2010 sports events in Japan