Event Name: 2010 Rally Japan
Date: September 9–12, 2010
Start/Finish Location: Sapporo, Hokkaido
Total Distance: 1,272.04 km overall (303.54 km of special stages)
Participating Teams: 53 starters, 46 finishers
Japan’s compact gravel tests were tight and twisty, rewarding rhythm over outright speed. Ogier outpaced Latvala to take a controlled victory while Loeb finished out of podium contention.
Stages wound through forests near Sapporo, with a mix of slow corners and short straights.
Soft gravel often degraded quickly, creating deep ruts for later runners.
Ogier’s second WRC win confirmed his growing reputation as a future champion.
Japan rewarded measured aggression, car preservation, and error-free pacenotes.
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