Rally Mexico 2013
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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.
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.
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Classifications
Bottom line
rank | No | driver | Co-driver | team | automobile | class | time | Residue | Points + power stage | |
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1 | 8th | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Volkswagen Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | WRC | 4: 30: 31.2 | 25 + 3 | ||
2 | 2 | Mikko Hirvonen | Jarmo Lehtinen | Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT | Citroën DS3 WRC | WRC | 4: 33: 58.0 | 3: 26.8 | 18th | |
3 | 11 | Thierry Neuville | Nicolas Gilsoul | Qatar World Rally Team | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | WRC | 4: 34: 50.8 | 4: 19.6 | 15th | |
4th | 3 | Dani Sordo | Carlos del Barrio | Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT | Citroën DS3 WRC | WRC | 4: 36: 33.7 | 6: 02.5 | 12 | |
5 | 6th | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Giovanni Bernacchini | Qatar World Rally Team | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | WRC | 4: 39: 01.6 | 8: 30.4 | 10 | |
6th | 10 | Chris Atkinson | Stéphane Prévot | Abu Dhabi Citroën Total WRT | Citroën DS3 WRC | WRC | 4: 41: 55.0 | 11: 23.8 | 8th | |
7th | 43 | Ken Block | Alex Gelsomino | Hoonigan Racing Division | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | WRC | 4: 42: 15.3 | 11: 44.1 | 6th | |
8th | 14th | Benito Guerra, Jr. | Borja Rozada | Benito Guerra, Jr. | Citroën DS3 WRC | WRC | 4: 43: 12.3 | 12: 41.1 | 4th | |
9 | 21st | Martin Prokop | Michal Ernst | Jipocar Czech National Team | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | WRC | 4: 44: 56.0 | 14: 24.8 | 2 | |
10 | 5 | Evgeny Novikov | Ilka Minor | Qatar M-Sport WRT | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | WRC | 4: 47: 42.3 | 17: 11.1 | 1 | |
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 | 9: 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 | |||
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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 | |
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Day 1 (March 7th - 8th) |
WP1 | Monster Street Stage Guanajuato | 1.05 km |
Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul
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11 | Qatar World Rally Team | 0: 53.7 | 70.39 km / h |
Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul
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WP2 | Parque Bicentenario | 2.60 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia |
8th | Volkswagen Motorsport | 2: 25.3 | 64.42 km / h |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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WP3 | El Cubilete 1 | 21.91 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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8th | Volkswagen Motorsport | 12: 50.7 | 102.34 km / h | |||
WP4 | Las Minas 1 | 15.31 km |
Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson
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4th | Qatar M-Sport WRT | 11: 18.4 | 81.24 km / h |
Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson
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WP5 | Los Mexicanos 1 | 9.76 km |
Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson
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4th | Qatar M-Sport WRT | 7: 44.0 | 75.72 km / h | |||
WP6 | El Chocolate 1 | 30.57 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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8th | Volkswagen Motorsport | 23: 28.8 | 78.11 km / h |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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WP7 | Street Stage León 1 | 1.23 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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8th | Volkswagen Motorsport | 1: 15.6 | 58.57 km / h | |||
WP8 | El Cubilete 2 | 21.91 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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8th | Volkswagen Motorsport | 12: 43.9 | 103.25 km / h | |||
WP9 | Las Minas 2 | 15.31 km |
Mads Østber Jonas Andersson
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4th | Qatar M-Sport WRT | 11: 07.5 | 82.57 km / h | |||
WP10 | Los Mexicanos 2 | 9.76 km |
Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson
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4th | Qatar M-Sport WRT | 7: 37.6 | 76.78 km / h | |||
WP11 | El Chocolate 2 | 30.57 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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8th | Volkswagen Motorsport | 22: 54.6 | 80.06 km / h | |||
WP12 | Super special 1 | 2.21 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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8th | Volkswagen Motorsport | 1: 37.7 | 81.43 km / h | |||
WP13 | Super special 2 | 2.21 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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8th | Volkswagen Motorsport | 1: 35.5 | 83.30 km / h | |||
Day 2 (March 9th) |
WP14 | Ibarrilla 1 | 30.04 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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8th | Volkswagen Motorsport | 17: 49.8 | 101.09 km / h | ||
WP15 | Otates 1 | 42.17 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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8th | Volkswagen Motorsport | 30: 21.4 | 83.35 km / h | |||
WP16 | Street Stage León 2 | 1.23 km |
Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen |
2 | Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT | 1: 15.8 | 58.42 km / h | |||
WP17 | Ibarrilla 2 | 30.04 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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8th | Volkswagen Motorsport | 17: 40.3 | 101.99 km / h | |||
WP18 | Otates 2 | 42.17 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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8th | Volkswagen Motorsport | 29: 55.4 | 84.56 km / h | |||
WP19 | Super special 3 | 2.21 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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8th | Volkswagen Motorsport | 1: 37.4 | 81.68 km / h | |||
WP20 | Super special 4 | 2.21 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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8th | Volkswagen Motorsport | 1: 35.0 | 83.75 km / h | |||
Day 3 (March 11th) |
WP21 | Guanajuatito | 54.85 km |
Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen
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2 | Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT | 35: 58.4 | 91.48 km / h | ||
WP22 | Derramadero (power stage) | 21.14 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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8th | Volkswagen Motorsport | 13: 00.5 | 97.51 km / h | |||
WP23 | Super special 5 | 4.42 km |
Dani Sordo Carlos del Barrio
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3 | Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT | 3: 10.0 | 83.75 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
- ↑ a b c d motorsport-total.com website: Rally Mexico: motorsport-total.com/rallye/ergeb/ergeb_WRC_2257_7371.html/ . Retrieved November 2, 2013 .
- ↑ a b c d Wikipedia EN website: 2013 Rally México , accessed on November 2, 2013.