2011 World Rally Championship

Sébastien Loeb claimed his eighth consecutive World Championship title at the Wales Rally of Great Britain when title rival Mikko Hirvonen retired on the first day with an engine that was too damaged to restart.

[1][2][3] The 2011 championship was contested over thirteen rounds in Europe, the Middle East, the Americas and Oceania.

Following a fax vote by the members of the World Motor Sport Council (WMSC), the following calendar had been agreed for the 2011 FIA World Rally Championship.

[17] [20] The WRC Academy used identical Ford Fiesta R2s.

[21] Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.

The Mini factory team returned to rallying with the John Cooper Works WRC .
Defending champion Sébastien Loeb driving a Citroën DS3 WRC in Portugal .
Mikko Hirvonen with a Ford Fiesta RS WRC at the Rallye de France .
Peter van Merksteijn Jr. driving at the Rallye Deutschland .