2020 Rally Mexico 17. Rally Guanajuato Mexico | |||
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Round 3 of 7 in the 2020 World Rally Championship
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Host country | Mexico | ||
Rally base | León, Guanajuato | ||
Dates run | 12 – 15 March 2020 | ||
Start location | Guanajuato City, Guanajuato | ||
Finish location | León, Guanajuato | ||
Stages | 24 (324.85 km; 201.85 miles)[1] | ||
Stage surface | Gravel | ||
Transport distance | 634.40 km (394.20 miles) | ||
Overall distance | 959.25 km (596.05 miles) | ||
Statistics | |||
Crews registered | 40 | ||
Crews | 34 at start, 21 at finish | ||
Cancellation | Final leg cancelled due to travel restrictions to Europe. | ||
Overall results | |||
Overall winner | Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 2:47:47.6 | ||
Power Stage winner | cancelled | ||
Support category results | |||
WRC-2 winner | Pontus Tidemand Patrick Barth Toksport WRT 2:58:16.9 | ||
WRC-3 winner | Marco Bulacia Wilkinson 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]
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