Rally Mexico 2013

 Rally Mexico 2013

Racing data
3rd of 13 races in the 2013 World Rally Championship
Surname:	Rally Mexico
Date:	7-10 March 2013
Begin:	Leon
Exams:	23 tests over 394.3 km
Distance:	884.58 km
Covering:	gravel
Podium
First:	Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Motorsport
Second:	Mikko Hirvonen Citroën Total World Rally Team
Third:	Thierry Neuville Qatar World Rally Team

The 10th Rally Mexico lasted from March 7th to 10th, 2013. A total of 23 special stages were driven on gravel.

Sébastien Ogier

Reports

Qualification (Thursday, March 7th)

Mikko Hirvonen won the qualification ahead of Evgeny Novikov , he was the first to choose his starting number for the first special stage on Friday, it was number 13.

Day 1 (Friday, March 8th)

After the first two short special stages, Sébastien Ogier (Volkswagen Polo R) was in the lead. After that was Thierry Neuville forward, but fell back in the afternoon to place fourth Mads Østberg (Ford Fiesta RS) came in second, while Dani Sordo (Citroën DS3 WRC) was not at all satisfied with his daily performance and was fifth. Jari-Matti Latvala drove over a stone in the first special stage, a wishbone broke and Latvala was eliminated. He started again on Saturday thanks to the Rule 2 regulations . Mikko Hirvonen was in third place, 10.7 seconds back. Chris Atkinson damaged a bike and lost 21 minutes with the Citroën DS3. Co-driver Ilka Minor had no luck in her hundredth rally (driver Evgeny Novikov). A stone hit the underbody and damaged the car's electronics.

Day 2 (Saturday, March 9th)

Despite a locked gate (co-driver Ingrassia had to get out and open it), Ogier led the rally with 1:08 minutes ahead of Hirvonen, who had a tire damage in SS 18. Before special stage 15, Østberg had electrical problems and had to start the rally to give up. Neuville struggled with a defective steering and spun, nevertheless at the end of the day he was in third place, but already 2:44 minutes behind Ogier. Benito Guerra drove a rally for the first time in the WRC category and was in seventh place overall. In the short super stage (1.23 km) in the evening, Mikko Hirvonen was the fastest ahead of Sébastien Ogier. Evgeny Novikov returned to the top 10 after the problems on Friday.

3rd day (Sunday, March 10th)

Because of the locked gate on Saturday, Ogier received a time credit of 40 seconds on Sunday. Hirvonen secured second place in front of Thierry Neuville, who braked before a tight bend and briefly came off the road. Neuville lost around 20 seconds to Hirvonen in this mishap. Ogier won the power stage, securing an additional 3 World Championship points. The other points went to Østberg, who resumed the rally on Sunday, and to Latvala. Ogier won the Rally Mexico with 3:26 minutes ahead of Hirvonen . Benito Guerra finished his home rally in eighth place.

Registration list

Vehicles not registered as WRC, WRC-2, WRC-3 or WRC-Junior were not included in this list.

No driver Co-driver automobile team class 2 Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen Citroën DS3 WRC Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT WRC 3 Dani Sordo Carlos del Barrio Citroën DS3 WRC Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT WRC 4th Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson Ford Fiesta RS WRC M-Sport World Rally Team WRC 5 Evgeny Novikov Ilka Minor Ford Fiesta RS WRC M-Sport World Rally Team WRC 6th Nasser Al-Attiyah Giovanni Bernacchini Ford Fiesta RS WRC Qatar World Rally Team WRC 7th Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka | Anttila Volkswagen Polo R WRC Volkswagen Motorsport WRC 8th Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Volkswagen Polo R WRC Volkswagen Motorsport WRC 10 Chris Atkinson Stéphane | Prévot Citroën DS3 WRC Abu Dhabi Citroën Total WRT WRC 11 Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul Ford Fiesta RS WRC Qatar World Rally Team WRC 12 Michał Kościuszko Maciej Szczepaniak Mini Cooper Lotus Team WRC WRC 14th Benito Guerra Jr. Borja Rozada Citroën DS3 WRC Qatar World Rally Team WRC 21st Martin Prokop Michal Ernst Ford Fiesta RS WRC Qatar World Rally Team WRC 33 Armin Kremer Klaus Wicha Subaru Impreza Stohl Racing WRC-2 34 Yuriy Protasov Kuldar Sikk Subaru Impreza Symtech Racing WRC-2 37 Lorenzo Bertelli Lorenzo Granai Subaru Impreza Lorenzo Bertelli WRC-2 38 Ricardo Triviño Àlex Haro Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X Moto Club Igualda WRC-2 41 Nicolàs Fox Fernando Mussano Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X Nicolàs Fox WRC-2 43 Ken Block Alex Gelsomino Ford Fiesta RS WRC Hoonigan Racing Division WRC 48 Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari Killian Duffy Ford Fiesta S2000 Seashore Qatar Rally Team WRC-2 source

Icon class WRC WRC works teams and private teams registered for manufacturer points WRC Factory teams and private teams registered for non-manufacturer points WRC-2 Registered for WRC-2

Classifications

Bottom line

rank	No	driver	Co-driver	team	automobile	class	time	Residue	Points + power stage
Overall ranking
1	8th	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	4: 30: 31.2		25 + 3
02	2	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	4: 33: 58.0	03: 26.8	18th
03	11	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Qatar World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	4: 34: 50.8	04: 19.6	15th
04th	3	Dani Sordo	Carlos del Barrio	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	4: 36: 33.7	06: 02.5	12
05	6th	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Giovanni Bernacchini	Qatar World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	4: 39: 01.6	08: 30.4	10
06th	10	Chris Atkinson	Stéphane Prévot	Abu Dhabi Citroën Total WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	4: 41: 55.0	11: 23.8	08th
07th	43	Ken Block	Alex Gelsomino	Hoonigan Racing Division	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	4: 42: 15.3	11: 44.1	06th
08th	14th	Benito Guerra, Jr.	Borja Rozada	Benito Guerra, Jr.	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	4: 43: 12.3	12: 41.1	04th
09	21st	Martin Prokop	Michal Ernst	Jipocar ​​Czech National Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	4: 44: 56.0	14: 24.8	02
10	5	Evgeny Novikov	Ilka Minor	Qatar M-Sport WRT	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	4: 47: 42.3	17: 11.1	01
11	4th	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Qatar M-Sport WRT	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	4: 57: 07.4	26: 36.2	0 + 2
16	7th	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	5: 25: 20.3	54: 49.1	0 + 1
WRC-2
1 (12)	48	Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari	Killian Duffy	Seashore Qatar Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RRC	WRC-2	5: 01: 10.3		25th
2 (13)	41	Nicolás Fuchs	Fernando Mussano	Nicolás Fuchs	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	WRC-2	5: 10: 25.7	09: 15.4	18th
3 (14)	38	Ricardo Triviño	Àlex Haro	Moto Club Igualda	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	WRC-2	5: 18: 44.5	17: 34.2	15th
4 (17)	33	Armin Kremer	Klaus Wicha	Stohl Racing	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	WRC-2	5: 49: 13.1	48: 02.8	12
5 (18)	34	Yuriy Protasov	Kuldar Sikk	Symtech Racing	Subaru Impreza STi R4	WRC-2	5: 57: 12.3	56: 02.0	10
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Failures

WP	No	driver	Co-driver	team	automobile	class	reason
WP13	37	Lorenzo Bertelli	Lorenzo Granai	Lorenzo Bertelli	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	WRC-2	Lack of petrol
WP21	12	Michał Kościuszko	Maciej Szczepaniak	Lotus Team WRC	Mini Cooper Works WRC	WRC	Engine failure
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Special stages

Day	WP number	WP name	length	WP winner	No	team	time	Residue	leader
Day 1 (March 7th - 8th)	WP1	Monster Street Stage Guanajuato	01.05 km	Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul	11	Qatar World Rally Team	00: 53.7	070.39 km / h	Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul
	WP2	Parque Bicentenario	02.60 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8th	Volkswagen Motorsport	02: 25.3	064.42 km / h	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
	WP3	El Cubilete 1	21.91 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8th	Volkswagen Motorsport	12: 50.7	102.34 km / h
	WP4	Las Minas 1	15.31 km	Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson	4th	Qatar M-Sport WRT	11: 18.4	081.24 km / h	Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson
	WP5	Los Mexicanos 1	09.76 km	Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson	4th	Qatar M-Sport WRT	07: 44.0	075.72 km / h
	WP6	El Chocolate 1	30.57 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8th	Volkswagen Motorsport	23: 28.8	078.11 km / h	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
	WP7	Street Stage León 1	01.23 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8th	Volkswagen Motorsport	01: 15.6	058.57 km / h
	WP8	El Cubilete 2	21.91 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8th	Volkswagen Motorsport	12: 43.9	103.25 km / h
	WP9	Las Minas 2	15.31 km	Mads Østber Jonas Andersson	4th	Qatar M-Sport WRT	11: 07.5	082.57 km / h
	WP10	Los Mexicanos 2	09.76 km	Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson	4th	Qatar M-Sport WRT	07: 37.6	076.78 km / h
	WP11	El Chocolate 2	30.57 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8th	Volkswagen Motorsport	22: 54.6	080.06 km / h
	WP12	Super special 1	02.21 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8th	Volkswagen Motorsport	01: 37.7	081.43 km / h
	WP13	Super special 2	02.21 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8th	Volkswagen Motorsport	01: 35.5	083.30 km / h
Day 2 (March 9th)	WP14	Ibarrilla 1	30.04 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8th	Volkswagen Motorsport	17: 49.8	101.09 km / h
	WP15	Otates 1	42.17 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8th	Volkswagen Motorsport	30: 21.4	083.35 km / h
	WP16	Street Stage León 2	01.23 km	Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen	2	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	01: 15.8	058.42 km / h
	WP17	Ibarrilla 2	30.04 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8th	Volkswagen Motorsport	17: 40.3	101.99 km / h
	WP18	Otates 2	42.17 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8th	Volkswagen Motorsport	29: 55.4	084.56 km / h
	WP19	Super special 3	02.21 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8th	Volkswagen Motorsport	01: 37.4	081.68 km / h
	WP20	Super special 4	02.21 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8th	Volkswagen Motorsport	01: 35.0	083.75 km / h
Day 3 (March 11th)	WP21	Guanajuatito	54.85 km	Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen	2	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	35: 58.4	091.48 km / h
	WP22	Derramadero (power stage)	21.14 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8th	Volkswagen Motorsport	13: 00.5	097.51 km / h
	WP23	Super special 5	04.42 km	Dani Sordo Carlos del Barrio	3	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	03: 10.0	083.75 km / h
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Media (German)

Web

The official website of the World Rally Championship, wrc.com, reported live from the event every day. The websites rallye-magazin.de, volkswagen-motorsport.de, motorsport-magazin.com and motorsport-total.com, along with other magazines, kept those interested in rallying up to date.

TV

Sport1 broadcast a daily report that was at least 30 minutes long. ServusTV broadcast a 60-minute summary in the evening program on the Monday after the rally. The ORF reported on the Sunday after the rally in the motorsport magazine "DRIVE!" In German and occasionally in English on ORF SPORT +.

Web links

• Information and results at http://www.wrc.com/

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} motorsport-total.com website: Rally Mexico: motorsport-total.com/rallye/ergeb/ergeb_WRC_2257_7371.html/ . Retrieved November 2, 2013 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Wikipedia EN website: 2013 Rally México , accessed on November 2, 2013.