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(IRC) season. The rally took place over January 19–23, 2010.

Introduction

The rally started in Valence on Tuesday 19 January covering including on fifteen special stages. New to the IRC Championship, a prologue was held on Tuesday evening to determine the starting order for Wednesday's stages. Stages were run both during the day and at night and included the famous

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. Entrants for the event included the current IRC Champion

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who was seeded at number 1,

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driver

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stars

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and

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winner

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. The event saw the debut of the

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rally car. A total of 63 crews entered the rally including nineteen S2000 cars.

Results

Finn

driving the Ford Fiesta in competition for the first time and making his debut in the IRC, led the event from start to finish.

Overall

Special stages

* * The super-special set the running order for the first leg with the top ten running in reverse order from where they finished.

References

External links

The official website of the Automobile Club de Monaco

The official website of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge
{{Monte Carlo Rally

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