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The new 2012 World Rally Ranking, after 9 months of rallying and before the Rallye de France

The world rally ranking of the IRDA (International Rally Drivers Association) is a classification system for rally drivers and co-drivers, produced weekly by the IRDA to enable objective comparisons between the various drivers and co-drivers of the world who race in the various leagues and trophies, at world, continental and national level.

The ranking, which is the only one dedicated exclusively to rallyes worldwide, is established through a system of coefficients assigned to each rally, based on its importance and validity. From these factors, scores are obtained and are given to the first thirty classified crews of each rally in the 2012 FIA "International Sporting Calendar - Rallyes"  which currently has 134 scheduled rallyes run or to be run on the 5 continents. Under the system currently in use, the scores are calculated on the results achieved by drivers and co-drivers in the last 12 months of racing, this system has been adopted to respond to the criticism according to which, over longer periods of time, the ranking would not have accurately reflected the actual and current value of drivers and co-drivers. There are currently 1062 drivers of 72 different nations who have obtained the results necessary to enter the ranking, the top ten are:

Name                                                                     Country                                              Points

1)      LOEB Sebastien                                             France                                               5905

2)      MIKKELSEN Andreas                                     Norway                                              5674

3)      HANNINEN Juho                                             Finland                                                5265

4)      HIRVONEN Mikko                                            Finland                                                5175

5)      OSTBERG Mads                                              Norway                                             4830

6)      KOPECKY Jan                                                 Czech Republic                                  4476

7)      LATVALA Jari-Matti                                         Finland                                                4455

8)      SOLBERG Petter                                              Norway                                               4110

9)      NEUVILLE Thierry                                            Belgium                                                3423

10)   NOVIKOV Evgeny                                            Russia                                                  3345

The best drivers for each continent are:

Name                                                            Continent                                          Points

LOEB Sebastian (France)                             Europe                                               5905

AL ATTIYAH Nasser (Qatar)                         Middle East                                        2918

ATKINSON Chris (Australia)                          Oceania                                              2191

TRIVINO Ricardo (Mexico)                             North and Central America                2122

ARAI Toshihiro (Japan)                                  Asia                                                    1482

FUCHS Nicolas (Perù)                                   South America                                    1205

ESSA Mohamed (Zambia)                            Africa                                                    976

All these drivers have competed with 113 different car models from 23 manufacturers. To be able to see all the ranking standings, drivers, co-drivers, manufacturers, car models and nations, please visit the www.worldrallyranking.com website, and insert your e-mail address in the form. You will immediately receive the password to access all the data and the various ranking standings.