page_title: 2011 World Rally Championship
section_title: Calendar
hierarchical_section_title: 2011 World Rally Championship / Calendar
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Rallye WRC France 2011, ES12 Grand Ballon. Ford Fiesta RS WRC - Mikko Hirvonen/J. Lehtinen
context_page_description: The 2011 World Rally Championship was the 39th season of the FIA World Rally Championship in automobile racing. The season consisted of 13 rallies, beginning with Rally Sweden on 10 February and ended with Wales Rally GB on 13 November.
  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.
context_section_description: The 2011 championship was contested over thirteen rounds in Europe, the Middle East, North America, South America 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.
caption: Mikko Hirvonen with a Ford Fiesta RS WRC at the Rallye de France.
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