| 2011 Wales Rally GB 67th Wales Rally of Great Britain | ||
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Round 13 of the 2011 World Rally Championship season
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| Host country |  Great Britain | |
| Rally base | Cardiff, Wales | |
| Dates run | 10 November – 13 November 2011 | |
| Stages | 23 (358.59 km; 222.82 miles)[1] | |
| Stage surface | Gravel with some tarmac | |
| Overall distance | 1,883.73 km (1,170.50 miles)[1] | |
| Statistics | ||
| Crews | 78 at start, 39 at finish | |
| Overall results | ||
| Overall winner |  Jari-Matti Latvala Ford World Rally Team | |
The 2011 Wales Rally GB, formally the 67th Wales Rally of Great Britain, was the thirteenth and final round of the 2011 World Rally Championship season. The rally took place over 10–13 November, and was based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales.[1] The rally was also the seventh and final round of the Production World Rally Championship, and the sixth and final round of the WRC Academy. The route returned to the Great Orme stage for the first time in thirty years,[2] as well as the Dyfnant and Dyfi East and West stages for the first time in fifteen years.
Jari-Matti Latvala took his first WRC victory since 2010 Rally Finland, and the fifth of his career, after taking the lead midway through the running on Saturday. With Sébastien Loeb's retirement on Sunday after a collision on a road section,[3] Latvala's eventual winning margin was almost four minutes over Mads Østberg,[4] who matched his best WRC result from Rally Sweden at the beginning of the season. Henning Solberg took his first podium since 2009 Rally Poland after Kris Meeke, who had been challenging Solberg for his first WRC podium, spun on the final stage of the event.[4] Patrik Flodin took the PWRC victory to finish in second place in the class championship, while Craig Breen took the WRC Academy victory, and enough bonus points to win the championship.
- ^ a b c "Itineraries" (PDF). Wales Rally GB. Motor Sports Association. 14 May 2011. pp. 16–18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 November 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
- ^ "Great Orme Stage – Thursday 10 November". Wales Rally GB. Motor Sports Association. 9 November 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-11-05. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
- ^ Evans, David; Beer, Matt (13 November 2011). "Sebastien Loeb retires from Rally GB after road section collision". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
- ^ a b "Jari-Matti Latvala clinches Rally GB victory for Ford". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 13 November 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2011.