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Event: Sata Rallye Acores
Starts: Thursday 15 July
Finishes: Saturday 17 July
Entries received: 48
IRC appearances: One (2009)
2009 winners: Kris Meeke (GBR)/Paul Nagle (IRL) Peugeot 207 S2000
Surface: Gravel
Number of stages: 19
Special stage distance: 226.32 kilometres
Liaison distance: 573.67kms
Total distance: 799.99kms
Itinerary (all times shown are local)
Shakedown - Thursday 15 July: Remedies-Lagoa, 09:00hrs-13:00hrs
Leg one - Thursday 15 July:
— Start: Ponta Delgada, 16:00hrs
— Service A: Ponta Delgada, 16:05hrs
— SS1: Lagoa/Marques 1 (14.90kms), 16:40hrs
— SS2: Coroa da Mata (7.50kms), 17:19hrs
— SS3: Grupo Marques 1 (2.00kms), 17:55hrs
— Service B Ponta Delgada, 18:19hrs
Leg two - Friday 16 July:
— Service C: Ponta Delgada, 09:30hrs
— SS4: Batalha Golfe 1 (7.90kms), 10:03hrs
— SS5: Feteiras 1 (7.47kms), 10:38hrs
— SS6: Sete Cidades 1 (18.30kms), 11:03hrs
— Service D: Ponta Delgada, 12:18hrs
— SS7: Batalha Golfe 2 (7.90kms), 12:57hrs
— SS8: Feteiras 2 (7.47kms), 13:32hrs
— SS9: Sete Cidades 2 (18.30kms), 13:57hrs
— Service E: Ponta Delgada, 15:12hrs
— SS10: Lagoa/Marques 2 (14.90kms), 15:57hrs
— SS11: Achada das Furnas 1 (8.42kms), 16:50hrs
— SS12: Lomba da Maia 1 (7.80kms), 17:13hrs
— Service F: Ponta Delgada, 18:38hrs
Leg three - Saturday 17 July:
— Service G: Ponta Delgada, 09:09hrs
— SS13: Achada das Furnas 2 (8.42kms), 10:17hrs
— SS14: Graminhais 1 (20.68kms), 10:45hrs
— SS15: Tronqueira 1 (21.94kms), 11:33hrs
— SS16: Grupo Marques 2 (2.00kms), 13:20hrs
— Service H: Ponta Delgada, 13:59hrs
— SS17: Lomba da Maia 2 (7.80kms), 15:22hrs
— SS18: Graminhais 2 (20.68kms), 15:53hrs
— SS19: Tronqueira 2 (21.94kms), 16:41hrs
— Service I: Ponta Delgada, 18:46hrs
— Finish: Ponta Delgada, 19:10hrs