2012 Rally New Zealand

The 42nd Brother Rally New Zealand was the seventh round of 2012 FIA World Rally Championship. The event took place between 22 and 24 June 2012.

2012 Rally New Zealand 42nd Brother Rally New Zealand
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Host country	New Zealand
Rally base	Auckland, New Zealand
Dates run	22 – 24 June 2012
Stages	22 (413.94 km; 257.21 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Overall distance	1,656.38 km (1,029.23 miles)
Overall results
Overall winner	Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total WRT

Results

Event standings

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Overall
1.	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC	4:04:51.2	0.0	26
2.	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Citroën DS3 WRC	4:05:20.8	29.6	18
3.	Petter Solberg	Chris Patterson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:06:27.6	1:36.4	17
4.	Evgeny Novikov	Denis Giraudet	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:07:04.8	2:13.6	12
5.	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Citroën DS3 WRC	4:07:33.6	2:42.4	10
6.	Dani Sordo	Carlos del Barrio	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	4:07:54.3	3:03.1	8
7.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:09:44.1	4:52.9	9
8.	Armindo Araújo	Miguel Ramalho	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	4:14:27.6	9:36.4	4
9.	Ken Block	Alex Gelsomino	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:15:21.5	10:30.3	2
10.	Manfred Stohl	Ilka Minor	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:16:17.5	11:26.3	1
SWRC
1. (12.)	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Škoda Fabia S2000	4:20:17.4	0.0	25
2. (23.)	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Emil Axelsson	Proton Satria Neo S2000	4:53:37.1	+33:19.7	18
3. (26.)	Maciej Oleksowicz	Andrzej Obrebowski	Ford Fiesta S2000	5:03:55.3	+43:37.9	15
4. (28.)	Yazeed Al-Rajhi	Michael Orr	Ford Fiesta RRC	5:10:02.5	+49:45.1	12
PWRC
1. (16.)	Marcos Ligato	Rubén Garcíá	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	4:35:20.9	0.0	25
2. (18.)	Subhan Aksa	Jeff Judd	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	4:41:11.7	+5:50.8	18
3. (19.)	Ricardo Triviño	Àlex Haro	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	4:42:27.9	+7:07.0	15
4. (20.)	Valeriy Gorban	Andriy Nikolaiev	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	4:43:30.3	+8:09.4	12
5. (22.)	Gianluca Linari	Nicola Arena	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	4:53:33.1	+18:12.2	10
6. (27.)	Louise Cook	Stefan Davis	Ford Fiesta ST	5:07:21.3	+32:00.4	8

Special stages

Day	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
Leg 1 (22 Jun)	SS1	8:28	Te Hutewai 1	11.18 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	7:38.4	87.80 km/h	Jari-Matti Latvala
	SS2	8:51	Brother Whaanga Coast 1	29.67 km	Mikko Hirvonen	20:51.8	85.32 km/h	Mikko Hirvonen
	SS3	10:24	Te Akau South 1	31.82 km	Sébastien Loeb	18:21.9	103.96 km/h
	SS4	11:07	Te Akau North 1	32.13 km	Sébastien Loeb	17:04.3	112.92 km/h
	SS5	13:33	Te Hutewai 2	11.18 km	Sébastien Loeb	7:33.5	88.75 km/h
	SS6	13:56	Brother Whaanga Coast 2	29.67 km	Mikko Hirvonen	20:41.3	86.04 km/h
	SS7	15:29	Te Akau South 2	31.82 km	Sébastien Loeb	18:09.9	105.10 km/h
	SS8	16:12	Te Akau North 2	32.13 km	Sébastien Loeb	16:54.1	114.05 km/h	Sébastien Loeb
Leg 2 (23 Jun)	SS9	9:13	Batley	17.61 km	Petter Solberg	9:45.3	108.31 km/h
	SS10	10:01	Brother Mititai 1	23.22 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	12:14.4	113.82 km/h
	SS11	10:34	Girls High School 1	26.99 km	Petter Solberg	15:34.6	103.96 km/h
	SS12	14:02	Waipu Gorge	11.38 km	Sébastien Loeb	6:34.2	103.92  km/h
	SS13	14:25	Brooks	13.6 km	Sébastien Loeb	8:00.7	101.85 km/h
	SS14	15:08	Brother Mititai 1	23.22 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	12:13.6	113.94 km/h
	SS15	15:41	Girls High School 1	26.99 km	Mikko Hirvonen	15:36.2	103.79 km/h
Leg 3 (24 Jun)	SS16	8:08	Burnside / Wech Access 1	7.30 km	Thierry Neuville	4:13.6	103.62 km/h
	SS17	8:26	Brother Puhoi 1	17.94 km	Thierry Neuville	10:22.6	103.73 km/h
	SS18	9:44	SSS Auckland Domain 1	2.05 km	Dani Sordo	1:44.0	70.96 km/h
	SS19	11:28	SSS Auckland Domain 2	2.05 km	Dani Sordo	1:41.7	72.56 km/h
	SS20	12:36	Brother Puhoi 2	17.94 km	Thierry Neuville	10:22.2	103.80 km/h
	SS21	13:09	Auckland Conventions Ahuroa	6.75 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	3:58.6	101.84 km/h
	SS22	13:40	Burnside / Wech Access 2 (Power Stage)	7.30 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	4:14.3	103.34 km/h

Power stage

The three fastest crews of this stage were awarded by championship points.

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Avg. spd.	Points
1.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:14.3	0.0	103.34 km/h	3
2.	Petter Solberg	Chris Patterson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:15.8	1.5	102.74 km/h	2
3.	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC	4:16.0	1.7	102.66 km/h	1