2018 Rally Mexico
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. 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).
| 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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Andreas Mikkelsen and Anders Jæger-Synnevaag during the event. | |||
| 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 | ||
Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle were the defending rally winners. Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia were the rally winners. Their team, M-Sport Ford WRT, were the manufacturers' winners. The Škoda Motorsport crew of Pontus Tidemand and Jonas Andersson won the World Rally Championship-2 category in a Škoda Fabia R5. In the World Rally Championship-3, there were no classified finishers.