2011 Wales Rally GB

2011 Wales Rally GB 67th Wales Rally of Great Britain
Round 13 of the 2011 World Rally Championship season ← Previous event
Host country	Great Britain
Rally base	Cardiff, Wales
Dates run	10 November – 13 November 2011
Stages	23 (358.59 km; 222.82 miles)[1]
Stage surface	Gravel with some tarmac
Overall distance	1,883.73 km (1,170.50 miles)[1]
Statistics
Crews	78 at start, 39 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Jari-Matti Latvala Ford World Rally Team

The 2011 Wales Rally GB, formally the 67th Wales Rally of Great Britain, was the thirteenth and final round of the 2011 World Rally Championship season. The rally took place over 10–13 November, and was based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales.^[1] The rally was also the seventh and final round of the Production World Rally Championship, and the sixth and final round of the WRC Academy. The route returned to the Great Orme stage for the first time in thirty years,^[2] as well as the Dyfnant and Dyfi East and West stages for the first time in fifteen years.

Jari-Matti Latvala took his first WRC victory since 2010 Rally Finland, and the fifth of his career, after taking the lead midway through the running on Saturday. With Sébastien Loeb's retirement on Sunday after a collision on a road section,^[3] Latvala's eventual winning margin was almost four minutes over Mads Østberg,^[4] who matched his best WRC result from Rally Sweden at the beginning of the season. Henning Solberg took his first podium since 2009 Rally Poland after Kris Meeke, who had been challenging Solberg for his first WRC podium, spun on the final stage of the event.^[4] Patrik Flodin took the PWRC victory to finish in second place in the class championship, while Craig Breen took the WRC Academy victory, and enough bonus points to win the championship.