Rally Codriver – Elena n° 1 in the World Rally Ranking

Anttila and Ingrassia join him on the podium

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3 February 2011 - 09:38
Rally Codriver – Elena n° 1 in the (…)

The important role of the codriver in modern rallies has recently been enhanced by the FIA (Federation Internationale Automobile) which has established the World Championship and Continental Championships reserved for codrivers.

As for the drivers, the IRDA (International Rally Drivers Association) has established the 2010 world ranking WRR reserved for codrivers.

In the special 2010 WRR standings Daniel Elena is without doubt the number one, followed by Finnish Mikka Anttila, the podium is completed by French Julien Ingrassia, only a few points ahead of the Skoda Team codriver, Mikko Markkula who is first amongst the codrivers to have earned all his points with an S2000 car.

Amongst the first 10 codrivers in the world there are four Finns, two French, one English, one from the Czech Republic, a Belgian and a Spaniard.

The world number one of snow rallies is the Ford Team Finnish codriver Jarmo Lehtinen, number one on tarmac is surprisingly Belgian Frederic Miclotte, number one on gravel is once again Daniel Elena.

1670 codrivers from the 5 continents and 72 countries in the world, after the running of the international rallies in the FIA calendar, have scored the necessary results to enter the World Rally Ranking.

This is the final standing of the new IRDA ranking for the first 20 positions:
1) Daniel Elena
2) Mikka Anttila
3) Julien Ingrassia
4) Mikko Markkula
5) Jarmo Lehtinen
6) Scott Martin
7) Petr Stary
8) Christopher Patterson
9) Frederic Miclotte
10) Marc Marti
11) Matteo Chiarcossi
12) Carlos Magalhaes
13) Nicola Arena
14) Stéphane Prevot
15) Paul Nagle
16) Diego Vallejo
17) Jan Tomanek
18) Jan Skaloud
19) Emil Axelsson
20) Ola Floene

Number 1 in Europe is: Daniel Elena, Mikka Anttila is second, Julien Ingrassia is third.
Number 1 in Asia is: Cicek Guney, Aycan Alakoc is second, Unal Tezel is third.
Number 1 in Medio Oriente is: Bazel Ghazzawi, Nancy Al Majali is second, Khalid Alkendi and Emad Jumà are third ex aequo.
Number 1 in Africa is: Philx Archenoul , Silvya Vindevogel is second, David Sihoka is third.
Number 1 in Sud America is: Jorge Perez Companc, Juan Pedro Cilloniz is second, Edgardo Galindo is third.
Number 1 in Nord America is: Marco Hernandez, Alex Gelsomino is second, Javier Marin is third.
Number 1 in Oceania is: John Kennard, Glenn Macneall is second, Chris Murphy is third.

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