The Intercontinental Rally Challenge turned five in 2011 with a thrilling battle for title glory raging until the very last stage of the final event of the year. With less than two months to go before IRC season six gets underway on Sata Rallye Açores, this is IRC 2011: the year in numbers.
2714.03: Competitive distance covered by the 11 IRC rallies in 2011
8879.31: Distance covered by the 11 IRC rallies in 2011
1341.75: Longest rally of the season (Rallye Monte-Carlo)
524.10: Shortest rally of the season (Rallye Sanremo)
337.06: Longest competitive distance (Rallye Monte-Carlo)
187.58: Shortest competitive distance (Cyprus Rally)
156: Number of stages contested in the 2011 IRC
44.00: Longest stage of the season (Ronde, Rallye Sanremo)
1.50: Shortest stage of the season (Gran Canaria, Rally Islas Canarias El Corte Inglés)
153.5: Most points accumulated (Andreas Mikkelsen)
38: Drivers scoring overall points in the IRC
3m56.8s: Biggest winning margin (Freddy Loix, GEKO Ypres Rally)
0.8s: Smallest winning margin (Jan Kopecký, Canon Mecsek Rallye)
3: Most wins in the year (Juho Hänninen)
18: Most stages on a rally (GEKO Ypres Rally)
38: Most fastest stage times (Andreas Mikkelsen)
4: Rallies shown live on Eurosport (Rallye Monte-Carlo, Tour de Corse-E.Leclerc, RACMSA Rally of Scotland, Cyprus Rally)