2018 Monte Carlo Rally

2018 Monte Carlo Rally
86e Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo
Round 1 of 13 in the 2018 World Rally Championship
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Host country Monaco /  France
Rally baseFrance Gap, Hautes-Alpes
Dates run25 – 28 January 2018
Start locationCasino Square, Monaco
Finish locationCasino Square, Monaco
Stages17 (394.74 km; 245.28 miles)
Stage surfaceTarmac and snow
Transport distance1,290.22 km (801.71 miles)
Overall distance1,684.96 km (1,046.99 miles)
Statistics
Crews registered73
Crews67 at start, 47 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerFrance Sébastien Ogier
France Julien Ingrassia
United Kingdom M-Sport Ford WRT
4:18:55.5
Power Stage winnerUnited Kingdom Kris Meeke
Republic of Ireland Paul Nagle
France Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT
Support category results
WRC-2 winnerCzech Republic Jan Kopecký
Czech Republic Pavel Dresler
Czech Republic Škoda Motorsport II
4:35:38.5
WRC-3 winnerItaly Enrico Brazzoli
Italy Luca Beltrame
Italy Enrico Brazzoli
5:22:03.0

The 2018 Monte Carlo Rally (formally known as the 86e Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo)[1] was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 25 and 28 January 2018.[2] It marked the eighty-sixth running of the Monte Carlo Rally, and was the first round of the 2018 FIA World Rally Championship and its support categories, the WRC-2 and WRC-3 championships.[3] The event, which was based in the town of Gap in the Hautes-Alpes department of France, was contested over seventeen special stages totalling a competitive distance of 394.74 km (245.28 mi).[4]

Reigning World Drivers' and World Co-Drivers Champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia were the defending rally winners.[5] Their team, M-Sport Ford WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[5] Ogier and Ingrassis successfully defended their title to take their sixth win on the event, becoming the second most-successful crew in the event's history.[6] The Škoda Motorsport crew of Jan Kopecký and Pavel Dresler won the World Rally Championship-2 category in a Škoda Fabia R5, while Italian privateers Enrico Brazzoli and Luca Beltrame won the World Rally Championship-3.[7]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Rallye Monte-Carlo Entry List was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Rally Calendar Overview". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Rally Aus retains WRC finale in 2018". Speedcafe. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Monte Carlo 2018". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Sebastien Ogier lands first victory of new WRC era". Speedcafe. 22 January 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Ogier wins Rallye Monte-Carlo". Speedcafe. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  7. ^ "Sunday in WRC 2: Kopecký Wins in Style". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 28 January 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.