2018 Rally Mexico 15. Rally Guanajuato Mexico | |||
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Round 3 of 13 in the 2018 World Rally Championship
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Host country | Mexico | ||
Rally base | León, Guanajuato | ||
Dates run | 8 – 11 March 2018 | ||
Start location | Street Stage GTO, Guanajuato | ||
Finish location | Las Minas, Guanajuato | ||
Stages | 22 (344.49 km; 214.06 miles) | ||
Stage surface | Gravel | ||
Transport distance | 1,055.88 km (656.09 miles) | ||
Overall distance | 1,400.37 km (870.15 miles) | ||
Statistics | |||
Crews registered | 31 | ||
Crews | 29 at start, 21 at finish | ||
Overall results | |||
Overall winner | Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia M-Sport Ford WRT 3:54:08.0 | ||
Power Stage winner | Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | ||
Support category results | |||
WRC-2 winner | Pontus Tidemand Jonas Andersson Škoda Motorsport 4:04:32.7 | ||
WRC-3 winner | no 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.