2018 Rally Turkey
The 2018 Rally Turkey (formally known as the Marmaris Rally Turkey 2018) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 13 and 16 September 2018. It marked the return and the eleventh running of Rally Turkey, last held in 2010. The event was the tenth round of the 2018 FIA World Rally Championship and its support series, the WRC-2 and WRC-3 championships. It was also the fifth and the last round of the Junior WRC championship. The event was based in Marmaris in Muğla and consists of seventeen special stages totalling 312.44 km (194.14 mi) in competitive kilometres.
| 2018 Rally Turkey 11. Marmaris Rally Turkey 2018 | |||
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Round 10 of 13 in the 2018 World Rally Championship
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| Host country | Turkey | ||
| Rally base | Marmaris, Muğla | ||
| Dates run | 13 – 16 September 2018 | ||
| Start location | Marmaris Castle, Muğla | ||
| Finish location | Marmaris, Muğla | ||
| Stages | 17 (312.44 km; 194.14 miles) | ||
| Stage surface | Gravel | ||
| Transport distance | 562.90 km (349.77 miles) | ||
| Overall distance | 875.34 km (543.91 miles) | ||
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| Crews registered | 52 | ||
| Crews | 45 at start, 29 at finish | ||
| Overall results | |||
| Overall winner | Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 3:59:24.5 | ||
| Power Stage winner | Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | ||
| Support category results | |||
| WRC-2 winner | Jan Kopecký Pavel Dresler Škoda Motorsport II 4:17:49.7 | ||
| WRC-3 winner | Emil Bergkvist Joakim Sjöberg Emil Bergkvist 4:40:03.2 | ||
Coming into the event, Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena were the reigning rally winning crew, but they chose not to participate in this year's event. Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were the rally winners. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturers' winners. The Škoda Motorsport II crew of Jan Kopecký and Pavel Dresler won in the World Rally Championship-2 in a Škoda Fabia R5, while the Swedish crew of Emil Bergkvist and Joakim Sjöberg won in the World Rally Championship-3 and Junior World Rally Championship.
After five rounds' battle, Emil Bergkvist and Johan Johansson became the drivers' and co-drivers' champion of 2018 Junior World Rally Championship respectively.