2018 Tour de Corse
The 2018 Tour de Corse (formally known as the Corsica Linea – Tour de Corse 2018) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 5 and 8 April 2018. It marked the sixty-first running of the Tour de Corse and the fourth round of the 2018 World Rally Championship and its support categories, the WRC-2 and WRC-3 championships. It was also the second round of the Junior World Rally Championship. The event was based in the town of Bastia in Corsica, and was contested over twelve special stages totalling a competitive distance of 333.48 km (207.21 mi).
| 2018 Tour de Corse 61e Corsica Linea – Tour de Corse | |||
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Round 4 of 13 in the 2018 World Rally Championship
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The Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC of Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul during the event. | |||
| Host country | France | ||
| Rally base | Bastia, Corsica | ||
| Dates run | 5 – 8 April 2018 | ||
| Start location | La Porta, Corsica | ||
| Finish location | Coti-Chiavari, Corsica | ||
| Stages | 12 (333.48 km; 207.21 miles) | ||
| Stage surface | Tarmac | ||
| Transport distance | 1,119.68 km (695.74 miles) | ||
| Overall distance | 1,454.16 km (903.57 miles) | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Crews registered | 92 | ||
| Crews | 87 at start, 71 at finish | ||
| Overall results | |||
| Overall winner | Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia M-Sport Ford WRT 3:26:52.7 | ||
| Power Stage winner | Esapekka Lappi Janne Ferm Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | ||
| Support category results | |||
| WRC-2 winner | Jan Kopecký Pavel Dresler Škoda Motorsport II 3:37:27.5 | ||
| WRC-3 winner | Jean-Baptiste Franceschi Romain Courbon Jean-Baptiste Franceschi 3:56:28.7 | ||
Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul were the defending rally winners. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners. Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia were the rally winners. Their team, M-Sport Ford WRT, were the manufacturers' winners. The Škoda Motorsport II crew of Jan Kopecký and Pavel Dresler won the World Rally Championship-2 category in a Škoda Fabia R5, while local crew Jean-Baptiste Franceschi and Romain Courbon won the World Rally Championship-3 and Junior World Rally Championship.