2018 Rally de Portugal
The 2018 Rally de Portugal (formally known as the Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2018) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 17 and 20 May 2018. It marked the fifty-second running of Rally de Portugal, and was the sixth round of the 2018 FIA World Rally Championship and its support categories, the WRC-2 and WRC-3 championships, and the third round of the Junior WRC championship. The event was based in Matosinhos in Porto and consisted of twenty special stages totalling 358.19 km (222.57 mi) competitive kilometres. The event was also part of the Portuguese national championship (first 9 stages) and Peugeot Rally Cup Ibérica (first 12 stages); their participants did not feature in the overall placings.
| 2018 Rally de Portugal 52°Vodafone Rally de Portugal | |||
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Round 6 of 13 in the 2018 World Rally Championship
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Rally winning crew Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul at the iconic Fafe Stage. | |||
| Host country | Portugal | ||
| Rally base | Matosinhos, Porto | ||
| Dates run | 17 – 20 May 2018 | ||
| Start location | Guimarães Castle, Braga | ||
| Finish location | Fafe, Braga | ||
| Stages | 20 (358.19 km; 222.57 miles) | ||
| Stage surface | Gravel | ||
| Transport distance | 1,225.33 km (761.38 miles) | ||
| Overall distance | 1,583.08 km (983.68 miles) | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Crews registered | 85 | ||
| Crews | 85 at start, 45 at finish | ||
| Overall results | |||
| Overall winner | Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT 3:49:46.6 | ||
| Power Stage winner | Esapekka Lappi Janne Ferm Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | ||
| Support category results | |||
| WRC-2 winner | Pontus Tidemand Jonas Andersson Škoda Motorsport 4:03:57.4 | ||
| WRC-3 winner | Denis Rådström Johan Johansson Denis Rådström 4:26:51.2 | ||
Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia were the defending rally winners. Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul were the rally winners. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis 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, while Swedish crew Denis Rådström and Johan Johansson won the World Rally Championship-3 and Junior World Rally Championship.