2020 Rally Mexico

2020 Rally Mexico
17. Rally Guanajuato Mexico
Round 3 of 7 in the 2020 World Rally Championship
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Crews had to face the challenge of Mexico's high-altitude terrain.
Host country Mexico
Rally baseLeón, Guanajuato
Dates run12 – 15 March 2020
Start locationGuanajuato City, Guanajuato
Finish locationLeón, Guanajuato
Stages24 (324.85 km; 201.85 miles)[1]
Stage surfaceGravel
Transport distance634.40 km (394.20 miles)
Overall distance959.25 km (596.05 miles)
Statistics
Crews registered40
Crews34 at start, 21 at finish
CancellationFinal leg cancelled due to travel restrictions to Europe.
Overall results
Overall winnerFrance Sébastien Ogier
France Julien Ingrassia
Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
2:47:47.6
Power Stage winnercancelled
Support category results
WRC-2 winnerSweden Pontus Tidemand
Sweden Patrick Barth
Germany Toksport WRT
2:58:16.9
WRC-3 winnerBolivia Marco Bulacia Wilkinson
Italy Giovanni Bernacchini
3:01:25.1

The 2020 Rally Mexico (also known as the Rally Guanajuato Mexico 2020) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 12 and 15 March 2020.[2] It marked the seventeenth running of Rally Mexico and was the third round of the 2020 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2020 event was based in the town of León in Guanajuato and consists of eleven special stages. The rally covered a total competitive distance of 324.85 km (201.85 mi).[1]

Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia were the defending rally winners.[3] Citroën World Rally Team, the team they drove for in 2019, were the reigning manufacturers' winners, but were not defending their title after parent company Citroën withdrew from the sport.[4] Łukasz Pieniążek and Kamil Heller were the defending winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category, but they did not compete the rally.[5][a] In the World Rally Championship-3 category, Local privateers Benito Guerra and Jaime Zapata were the reigning rally winners.[5][b]

Ogier and Ingrassia successfully defended their titles, clinching their sixth Mexico win. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturers' winners.[6] Pontus Tidemand and Patrick Barth were the winners in the WRC-2 category.[7] Marco Bulacia Wilkinson and Giovanni Bernacchini were the winners in the WRC-3 category, winning their first victory in the class.[8]

  1. ^ a b "ItineraryMx20" (PDF). rallymexico.com. Rally Mexico. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  2. ^ Herrero, Daniel (27 September 2019). "Australia drops off WRC calendar in 2020". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Sunday in Mexico: Ogier nets fifth win". wrc.com. WRC. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  4. ^ Evans, David (20 November 2019). "Citroen ends WRC programme, cites Ogier's exit as reason". motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  5. ^ a b "WRC 2 in Mexico: Guerra takes first home victory". wrc.com. WRC. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Ogier clinches victory in Mexico". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 15 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Saturday in Mexico: Dominant Tidemand claims WRC 2 win". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 15 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Saturday in Mexico: Bulacia Bags maiden WRC 3 win". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 15 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.


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