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. The rally was also the fourth round of both the

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and the Super 2000 World Rally Championship.

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took his third WRC win after taking advantage of an error by

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on the final stage; which promoted the Finn into first place. Latvala eventually took the victory by just 2.4 seconds with

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a further 12.8 seconds back in third position. Loeb had been leading prior to stage 19, before hitting a tree which cost him over 40 seconds. Jari Ketomaa won the Super 2000 class of the rally, finishing in eighth position overall. Xavier Pons also broke the top ten overall as he finished behind Ketomaa to extend his championship lead to 20 points over

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, who finished third in the class. Home drivers dominated the PWRC class as

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, Emma Gilmour and Kingsley Thompson took a 1-2-3 for New Zealand drivers. __TOC__

Results

Event standings

Special stages

Standings after the rally

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Manufacturers' Championship standings

References

External links

Results
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May 2010 sports events in New Zealand