BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team driver Mikko Hirvonen cruised to victory on the 2010 Serbia Rally, by recording fastest time on all 17 stages.
The Finn was contesting the asphalt surfaced event in a Ford Focus RS WRC as preparation for the upcoming WRC Rally Bulgaria.
Petar Gioszew finished second in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX to claim top Bulgarian championship points, while Italian Marco Tempestini was third behind the wheel of a Peugeot 207 S2000.
Dimitar Iliev had to settle for fourth place after putting his Skoda Fabia S2000 off the road for several minutes on day one of the event.
Meanwhile, Krum Donchev slipped from second to sixth place on the final day when his Peugeot 207 S2000 had a crankshaft sensor problem, while 2009 winner Jasen Popov crashed his Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9 into retirement.
2010 SERBIA RALLY - RESULTS
1. Mikko Hirvonen/Jarmo Lehtinen (FIN) Ford Focus RS WRC 09 2:00.27,8 (1. A8)
2. Petar Gioszev/Dimitar Spasov (BG) Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX +7.39,0
3. Marco Tempestini/Dorin Pulpea (I/RO) Peugeot 207 S2000 +9.34,5
4. Dimitar Iliev/Janaki Janakijev (BG) Skoda Fabia S2000 +9.48,8
5. Vladan Petrović/Srdjan Kondić (SRB) Subaru Impreza WRX STI N11 +10.56,4
6. Krum Donchev/Petar Jordanov (BG) Peugeot 207 S2000 +17.30,7
7. Tihomir Stratiev/Dorin Borisov (BG) Citroen C2 R2 Max +18.46,4 (1. A6)
8. Vladica Rabrenović/Radmil Radivojević (SRB) Renault Clio RS +21.05,9 (1. N3)
9. Tural Metkov/Wasko Christov (BG) Peugeot 206 RC +23.20,7 (2. N3)
10. Emil Denev/Bogomił Nenov (BG) Renault Clio RS +23.58,3 (3. N3)
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