2018 Monte Carlo Rally
The 2018 Monte Carlo Rally (formally known as the 86e Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 25 and 28 January 2018. It marked the eighty-sixth running of the Monte Carlo Rally, and was the first round of the 2018 FIA World Rally Championship and its support categories, the WRC-2 and WRC-3 championships. The event, which was based in the town of Gap in the Hautes-Alpes department of France, was contested over seventeen special stages totalling a competitive distance of 394.74 km (245.28 mi).
| 2018 Monte Carlo Rally 86e Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo | ||
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Round 1 of 13 in the 2018 World Rally Championship
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| Host country | Monaco / France | |
| Rally base | Gap, Hautes-Alpes | |
| Dates run | 25 – 28 January 2018 | |
| Start location | Casino Square, Monaco | |
| Finish location | Casino Square, Monaco | |
| Stages | 17 (394.74 km; 245.28 miles) | |
| Stage surface | Tarmac and snow | |
| Transport distance | 1,290.22 km (801.71 miles) | |
| Overall distance | 1,684.96 km (1,046.99 miles) | |
| Statistics | ||
| Crews registered | 73 | |
| Crews | 67 at start, 47 at finish | |
| Overall results | ||
| Overall winner | Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia M-Sport Ford WRT 4:18:55.5 | |
| Power Stage winner | Kris Meeke Paul Nagle Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT | |
| Support category results | ||
| WRC-2 winner | Jan Kopecký Pavel Dresler Škoda Motorsport II 4:35:38.5 | |
| WRC-3 winner | Enrico Brazzoli Luca Beltrame Enrico Brazzoli 5:22:03.0 | |
Reigning World Drivers' and World Co-Drivers Champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia were the defending rally winners. Their team, M-Sport Ford WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners. Ogier and Ingrassis successfully defended their title to take their sixth win on the event, becoming the second most-successful crew in the event's history. The Škoda Motorsport crew of Jan Kopecký and Pavel Dresler won the World Rally Championship-2 category in a Škoda Fabia R5, while Italian privateers Enrico Brazzoli and Luca Beltrame won the World Rally Championship-3.