# 2010 Jordan Rally

The 2010 Jordan Rally was the third round of the 2010 World Rally Championship season. The rally took place over April 1–3, and was based beside the Dead Sea, 50 kilometres (31 mi) from Jordan's capital, Amman. The rally was also the third round of both the Production Car World Rally Championship, and the Super 2000 World Rally Championship. Sébastien Loeb won the 56th WRC rally of his career, taking the lead midway through the second leg, and holding on to win by 35.8 seconds ahead of Jari-Matti Latvala, who had been the pacesetter on the first day. Petter Solberg finished third, taking his second successive podium after his first in Mexico.
Much of the talk on the rally was down to controversial team orders in relation to road position. Citroën Junior Team's Sébastien Ogier left the final morning's service five minutes late, getting a time penalty that dropped him behind Ford's Latvala. Ford used Mikko Hirvonen – who had retired on the first day, and was returning under SupeRally conditions – as their hand, to leave service early so he jumped up the running order. Citroën countered by making Ogier check into the time control at SS14 eight minutes early, to road sweep ahead of Loeb. Citroën later stated that Ogier's late departure was due to an electrical problem. Ogier's teammate Kimi Räikkönen finished eighth and became the second driver after Carlos Reutemann to score drivers' championship points in both Formula One and the World Rally Championship.
In the SWRC, Xavier Pons won his second consecutive event, and again managed to break into the top ten placings in the overall standings. His margin of victory over Eyvind Brynildsen was nearly twelve minutes, as he moved into a ten-point lead in the SWRC standings. Sweden victor Per-Gunnar Andersson finished third ahead of Nasser Al-Attiyah, Patrik Sandell and Jari Ketomaa.
In the PWRC, Patrik Flodin took his second victory in two starts, beating Armindo Araújo by close to two minutes. Araújo's second place was enough to maintain his lead in the championship standings, but Flodin now trails by just eight points. Nicholai Georgiou finished third.

## Results
### Event standings

| Pos. | Driver | Co-driver | Car | Time | Difference | Points |
| Overall |||||||
| 1. | Sébastien Loeb | Daniel Elena | Citroën C4 WRC | 3:51:35.9 | 0.0 | 25 |
| 2. | Jari-Matti Latvala | Miikka Anttila | Ford Focus RS WRC 09 | 3:52:11.7 | 35.8 | 18 |
| 3. | Petter Solberg | Phil Mills | Citroën C4 WRC | 3:52:47.7 | 1:11.8 | 15 |
| 4. | Dani Sordo | Marc Martí | Citroën C4 WRC | 3:53:25.2 | 1:49.3 | 12 |
| 5. | Matthew Wilson | Scott Martin | Ford Focus RS WRC 08 | 4:00:00.2 | 8:24.3 | 10 |
| 6. | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Citroën C4 WRC | 4:02:02.3 | 10:26.4 | 8 |
| 7. | Federico Villagra | Jorge Pérez Companc | Ford Focus RS WRC 08 | 4:03:03.9 | 11:28.0 | 6 |
| 8. | Kimi Räikkönen | Kaj Lindstrom | Citroën C4 WRC | 4:04:06.9 | 12:31.0 | 4 |
| 9. | Henning Solberg | Ilka Minor | Ford Focus RS WRC 08 | 4:05:44.5 | 14:08.6 | 2 |
| 10. | Xavier Pons | Alex Haro | Ford Fiesta S2000 | 4:10:09.8 | 18:33.9 | 1 |
| SWRC |||||||
| 1. (10.) | Xavier Pons | Alex Haro | Ford Fiesta S2000 | 4:10:09.8 | 0.0 | 25 |
| 2. (14.) | Eyvind Brynildsen | Cato Menkerud | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 4:22:01.8 | 11:52.0 | 18 |
| 3. (16.) | Per-Gunnar Andersson | Jonas Andersson | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 4:29:07.2 | 18:57.4 | 15 |
| 4. (18.) | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Giovanni Bernacchini | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 4:31:26.0 | 21:16.2 | 12 |
| 5. (23.) | Patrik Sandell | Emil Axelsson | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 4:51:50.0 | 41:40.2 | 10 |
| 6. (25.) | Jari Ketomaa | Mika Stenberg | Ford Fiesta S2000 | 5:04:29.3 | 54:19.5 | 8 |
| PWRC |||||||
| 1. (11.) | Patrik Flodin | Göran Bergsten | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 4:10:42.9 | 0.0 | 25 |
| 2. (12.) | Armindo Araújo | Miguel Ramalho | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | 4:12:39.5 | 1:56.6 | 18 |
| 3. (15.) | Nicholai Georgiou | Joseph Matar | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 4:29:01.3 | 18:18.4 | 15 |
| 4. (17.) | Spyros Pavlides | Chris Patterson | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 4:29:54.8 | 19:11.9 | 12 |
| 5. (19.) | Amjad Farrah | Nancy Al-Majali | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 4:33:00.4 | 22:17.5 | 10 |
| 6. (21.) | Wang Rui | Pan Hongyu | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 4:38:14.8 | 27:31.9 | 8 |
| 7. (24.) | Paulo Nobre | Edu Paula | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | 4:55:12.0 | 44:29.1 | 6 |

### Special stages

All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3).
| Day | Stage | Time | Name | Length | Winner | Time | Avg. spd. | Rally leader |
| 1 (1 Apr) | SS1 | 11:28 | Rumman Forest | 15.34 km | Jari-Matti Latvala | 12:12.1 | 75.43 km/h | Jari-Matti Latvala |
| 1 (1 Apr) | SS2 | 12:26 | Wadi Shueib 1 | 8.65 km | Jari-Matti Latvala | 7:05.2 | 73.24 km/h | Jari-Matti Latvala |
| 1 (1 Apr) | SS3 | 12:54 | Mahes 1 | 20.44 km | Dani Sordo | 14:44.1 | 83.23 km/h | Dani Sordo |
| 1 (1 Apr) | SS4 | 13:37 | Mount Nebo 1 | 11.09 km | Petter Solberg | 8:16.3 | 80.44 km/h | Jari-Matti Latvala |
| 1 (1 Apr) | SS5 | 15:50 | Wadi Shueib 2 | 8.65 km | Jari-Matti Latvala | 6:44.1 | 77.06 km/h | Jari-Matti Latvala |
| 1 (1 Apr) | SS6 | 16:13 | Mahes 2 | 20.44 km | Petter Solberg | 14:17.7 | 85.79 km/h | Jari-Matti Latvala |
| 1 (1 Apr) | SS7 | 16:56 | Mount Nebo 2 | 11.09 km | Sébastien Loeb | 8:00.6 | 83.07 km/h | Jari-Matti Latvala |
| 2 (2 Apr) | SS8 | 08:11 | Suwayma 1 | 10.49 km | Sébastien Loeb | 5:13.7 | 120.38 km/h | Jari-Matti Latvala |
| 2 (2 Apr) | SS9 | 08:51 | Kafrain 1 | 17.20 km | Petter Solberg | 11:54.0 | 86.72 km/h | Jari-Matti Latvala |
| 2 (2 Apr) | SS10 | 09:49 | Jordan River 1 | 41.45 km | Sébastien Loeb | 27:38.4 | 89.98 km/h | Jari-Matti Latvala |
| 2 (2 Apr) | SS11 | 12:50 | Suwayma 2 | 10.49 km | Sébastien Loeb | 5:13.7 | 120.38 km/h | Sébastien Loeb Jari-Matti Latvala |
| 2 (2 Apr) | SS12 | 13:30 | Kafrain 2 | 17.20 km | Petter Solberg | 11:43.3 | 88.04 km/h | Sébastien Loeb |
| 2 (2 Apr) | SS13 | 14:28 | Jordan River 2 | 41.45 km | Sébastien Loeb | 27:10.0 | 91.55 km/h | Sébastien Loeb |
| 3 (3 Apr) | SS14 | 08:20 | Yakrut 1 | 14.16 km | Sébastien Loeb | 8:30.4 | 99.87 km/h | Sébastien Loeb |
| 3 (3 Apr) | SS15 | 08:50 | Bahath 1 | 12.53 km | Petter Solberg | 9:30.3 | 79.10 km/h | Sébastien Loeb |
| 3 (3 Apr) | SS16 | 09:33 | Shuna 1 | 15.23 km | Sébastien Loeb | 11:55.5 | 76.63 km/h | Sébastien Loeb |
| 3 (3 Apr) | SS17 | 10:16 | Baptism Site 1 | 10.83 km | Sébastien Loeb | 5:21.1 | 121.42 km/h | Sébastien Loeb |
| 3 (3 Apr) | SS18 | 12:11 | Yakrut 2 | 14.16 km | Jari-Matti Latvala | 8:21.1 | 101.73 km/h | Sébastien Loeb |
| 3 (3 Apr) | SS19 | 12:41 | Bahath 2 | 12.53 km | Sébastien Loeb | 9:17.0 | 80.98 km/h | Sébastien Loeb |
| 3 (3 Apr) | SS20 | 13:24 | Shuna 2 | 15.23 km | Jari-Matti Latvala | 12:00.6 | 76.09 km/h | Sébastien Loeb |
| 3 (3 Apr) | SS21 | 14:07 | Baptism Site 2 | 10.83 km | Sébastien Ogier | 5:25.8 | 119.67 km/h | Sébastien Loeb |

### Standings after the rally

| Pos. | Driver | Points |
| 1 | Sébastien Loeb | 68 |
| 2 | Jari-Matti Latvala | 43 |
| 3 | Mikko Hirvonen | 37 |
| 4 | Petter Solberg | 35 |
| 5 | Sebastien Ogier | 33 |
| 6 | Dani Sordo | 24 |
| 7 | Henning Solberg | 18 |
| 8 | Matthew Wilson | 16 |
| 9 | Federico Villagra | 12 |
| 10 | Xavier Pons | 5 |
| Pos. | Manufacturer | Points |
| 1 | Citroen WRT | 101 |
| 2 | BP Ford WRT | 87 |
| 3 | Citroen Junior Team | 48 |
| 4 | Stobart Ford | 44 |
| 5 | Munchi's Ford | 16 |