2018 Rally Mexico

2018 Rally Mexico
15. Rally Guanajuato Mexico
Round 3 of 13 in the 2018 World Rally Championship
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Host country Mexico
Rally baseLeón, Guanajuato
Dates run8 – 11 March 2018
Start locationStreet Stage GTO, Guanajuato
Finish locationLas Minas, Guanajuato
Stages22 (344.49 km; 214.06 miles)
Stage surfaceGravel
Transport distance1,055.88 km (656.09 miles)
Overall distance1,400.37 km (870.15 miles)
Statistics
Crews registered31
Crews29 at start, 21 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerFrance Sébastien Ogier
France Julien Ingrassia
United Kingdom M-Sport Ford WRT
3:54:08.0
Power Stage winnerEstonia Ott Tänak
Estonia Martin Järveoja
Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
Support category results
WRC-2 winnerSweden Pontus Tidemand
Sweden Jonas Andersson
Czech Republic Škoda Motorsport
4:04:32.7
WRC-3 winnerno classified finishers

The 2018 Rally Mexico (formally known as the Rally Guanajuato Mexico 2018) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 8 and 11 March 2018.[1] It marked the fifteenth running of Rally Mexico, and was the third round of the 2018 World Rally Championship and its support categories, the WRC-2 and WRC-3 championships. The event was based in the town of León in Guanajuato, and was contested over twenty-two special stages totalling a competitive distance of 344.49 km (214.06 mi).[2]

Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle were the defending rally winners.[3] Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia were the rally winners. Their team, M-Sport Ford WRT, were the manufacturers' winners.[4] The Škoda Motorsport crew of Pontus Tidemand and Jonas Andersson won the World Rally Championship-2 category in a Škoda Fabia R5.[5] In the World Rally Championship-3, there were no classified finishers.

  1. ^ "Rally Guanajuato México". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Mexico Countdown: Rally Route". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Breaking News: Meeke Wins in Mexico". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Sunday In Mexico: Ogier Nets Fourth Win". wrc.com. WRC. 11 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  5. ^ "WRC 2 In Mexico:Easy for Pontus". wrc.com. WRC. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2019.