2018 Tour de Corse

2018 Tour de Corse
61e Corsica Linea – Tour de Corse
Round 4 of 13 in the 2018 World Rally Championship
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The Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC of Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul during the event.
Host country France
Rally baseBastia, Corsica
Dates run5 – 8 April 2018
Start locationLa Porta, Corsica
Finish locationCoti-Chiavari, Corsica
Stages12 (333.48 km; 207.21 miles)
Stage surfaceTarmac
Transport distance1,119.68 km (695.74 miles)
Overall distance1,454.16 km (903.57 miles)
Statistics
Crews registered92
Crews87 at start, 71 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerFrance Sébastien Ogier
France Julien Ingrassia
United Kingdom M-Sport Ford WRT
3:26:52.7
Power Stage winnerFinland Esapekka Lappi
Finland Janne Ferm
Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
Support category results
WRC-2 winnerCzech Republic Jan Kopecký
Czech Republic Pavel Dresler
Czech Republic Škoda Motorsport II
3:37:27.5
WRC-3 winnerFrance Jean-Baptiste Franceschi
France Romain Courbon
France Jean-Baptiste Franceschi
3:56:28.7

The 2018 Tour de Corse (formally known as the Corsica Linea – Tour de Corse 2018) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 5 and 8 April 2018.[1] It marked the sixty-first running of the Tour de Corse and the fourth round of the 2018 World Rally Championship and its support categories, the WRC-2 and WRC-3 championships. It was also the second round of the Junior World Rally Championship.[2] The event was based in the town of Bastia in Corsica, and was contested over twelve special stages totalling a competitive distance of 333.48 km (207.21 mi).[3]

Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul were the defending rally winners. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[4] Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia were the rally winners. Their team, M-Sport Ford WRT, were the manufacturers' winners.[5] The Škoda Motorsport II crew of Jan Kopecký and Pavel Dresler won the World Rally Championship-2 category in a Škoda Fabia R5, while local crew Jean-Baptiste Franceschi and Romain Courbon won the World Rally Championship-3 and Junior World Rally Championship.[6][7]

  1. ^ "Tour de Corse". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Junior WRC Calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Corsica Countdown: Rally Route". wrc.com. WRC. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Sunday In Corsica: Neuville Breaks Victory Jinx". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Breaking News: Ogier Wins In Corsica". wrc.com. WRC. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  6. ^ "WRC 2 in France:Kopecký cruises to win". wrc.com. WRC. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Junior WRC in France:Franceschi's debut win". wrc.com. WRC. 8 April 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2019.