Rally Mexico 2014
| Racing data | |
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| 3rd of 13 rounds of the 2014 World Rally Championship | |
| Surname: | Rally Mexico |
| Date: | 6-9 March 2014 |
| Begin: | Leon |
| Exams: | 22 tests over 399.93 km |
| Distance: | 1128.79 km |
| Covering: | gravel |
| Podium | |
| First: |
 Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Motorsport
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| Second: |
 Jari-Matti Latvala Volkswagen Motorsport
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| Third: |
 Thierry Neuville Hyundai World Rally Team
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The 11th Rally Mexico was held from March 6th to 9th, 2014. A total of 22 special stages were driven on gravel.
Reports
Day 1 (Thursday, March 6th)
Sébastien Ogier (Volkswagen) set the fastest time on the first special stage and stayed in the lead ahead of Ott Tänak (Ford / WRC2) and Andreas Mikkelsen (Volkswagen).
Day 2 (Friday, March 7th)
In the third special stage, Mads Østberg (Citroën) took the lead, around 3 seconds ahead of Sébastien Ogier (Volkswagen) and Mikko Hirvonen (Ford). World champion Ogier set three best times in SS 6-8 and took the lead. In the eighth special stage, the third Hirvonen dropped out due to electrical problems. Kris Meeke (Citroën) had to retire due to an accident, also in SS 8, in which the wheel suspension was damaged. Ogier finished the day with a 26.1 second lead over Østberg and Latvala (+42.5 seconds) in first place overall.
3rd day (Saturday, March 8th)
Runner-up Østberg hit the back of his car and damaged the suspension. This was makeshiftly repaired, in the 13th special stage the failure could no longer be avoided. He started again on Sunday according to rule 2 regulations. Andreas Mikkelsen (VW) and Robert Kubica (Ford) rolled over and also dropped out. Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) was third in the evening. Apart from all this, Ogier and Latvala drove towards a double victory.
4th day (Sunday, March 9th)
Mads Østberg set the fastest time in the longest special stage (SS 20 / 55.92 kilometers) with the repaired Citroën DS3 WRC . Behind Ogier and Latvala (both Volkswagen Polo R WRC ), the Hyundai i20 WRC achieved its first podium since the return to the race. On the way back to the service park, Neuville's third place was almost lost due to a radiator leak. After completing the last special stage, all vehicles had to return to the service park so that they could also be scored. After the provisional award ceremony, after the last special stage, the first placed got a large bottle of Mexican beer instead of champagne. Neuville emptied this beer into the cooler tank during a brief stop and drove back. In the world championship, Ogier was leading with 63 points ahead of teammate Latvala with 60 points. In third place Østberg with 32 World Championship points.
Quoting Thierry Neuville on the radiator problem: “We could fix it pretty quickly, but to refill the system we had to take everything we had in the car. Luckily we got the beer at the end of the power stage . "
Registration list
Vehicles not registered as WRC or WRC-2 were not included in this list.
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Classifications
Bottom line
| rank | driver | Co-driver | team | automobile | time | Residue | Points + Power Stage | ||
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| 1 |
Sébastien Ogier
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Julien Ingrassia
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Volkswagen Motorsport
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 4: 27: 41.8 | 25 + 3 | |||
| 2 |
Jari-Matti Latvala
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Miikka Anttila
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Volkswagen Motorsport
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 4: 28: 54.4 | 1: 12.6 | 18 + 2 | ||
| 3 |
Thierry Neuville
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Nicolas Gilsoul
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Hyundai World Rally Team
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Hyundai i20 WRC | 4: 33: 10.4 | 4: 16.0 | 15th | ||
| 4th |
 Elfyn Evans
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Daniel Barritt
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M-Sport World Rally Team
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Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 4: 34: 31.1 | 6: 49.3 | 12 | ||
| 5 |
 Martin Prokop
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Jan Tománek
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Jipocar Czech National Team
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Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 4: 37: 36.2 | 9: 54.4 | 10 | ||
| 6th |
 Benito Guerra
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 Borja Rozada
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M-Sport World Rally Team
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Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 4: 37: 36.2 | 9: 54.4 | 8th | ||
| 7th |
 Chris Atkinson
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Stéphane Prévot
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Hyundai World Rally Team
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Hyundai i20 WRC | 4: 42: 57.2 | 15: 15.4 | 6th | ||
| 8th |
Mikko Hirvonen
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Jarmo Lehtinen
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M-Sport WRT
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Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 4: 44: 48.6 | 17: 06.8 | 4 + 1 | ||
| 9 |
 Mads Østberg
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 Jonas Andersson
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Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT
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Citroën DS3 WRC | 4: 53: 23.4 | 25: 41.6 | 2 | ||
| 10 |
 Yuriy Protasov
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Pavlo Cherepin
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Yuriy Protasov
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Ford Fiesta R5 | 4: 56: 00.0 | 28: 18.2 | 1 | ||
| WRC-2 | |||||||||
| 1 (10) |
Yuriy Protasov
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Pavlo Cherepin
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Yuriy Protasov
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Ford Fiesta R5 | 4: 56: 00.0 | 25th | |||
| 2 (13) |
 Lorenzo Bertelli
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Mitia Dotta
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FWRT s.
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Ford Fiesta RRC | 5: 19: 43.9 | 23: 43.9 | 18th | ||
| 3 (14) |
Massimiliano Rendina
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Mario Pizzuti
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www.Rallyproject.com srl
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Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | 5: 18: 59.8 | 23: 59.8 | 15th | ||
| 4 (15) |
 Ott Tanak
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Raigo Mõlder
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Drive DMACK
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Ford Fiesta R5 | 5: 22: 19.2 | 26: 19.2 | 12 | ||
| 5 (17) |
Gianluca Linari
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Nicola Arena
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Gianluca Linari
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Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 5: 23: 38.8 | 27: 38.8 | 10 | ||
| 6 (18) |
 Nicolás Fuchs
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 Fernando Mussano
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Nicolás Fuchs
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Ford Fiesta RRC | 5: 25: 27.0 | 29: 27.0 | 8th | ||
| 7 (21) |
 Augusto Bestard
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Fernando Mendonca
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ABR Paraguay by Astra
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Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | 5: 52: 33.7 | 56: 33.7 | 6th | ||
Special stages
| Day | WP number |
WP name | length | Start time | driver | automobile | time | Ø km / h | leader |
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| Day 1 March 6th |
WP1 | Monster Street Stage Guanajuato | 1.9 km | 8:09 pm |
Sébastien Ogier
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 0: 52.9 | 68.7 km / h |
Sébastien Ogier
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| Day 2 March 7th |
WP2 | Los Mexicanos 1 | 9.40 km | 8:38 |
Sébastien Ogier
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 7: 40.2 | 77.3 km / h | |
| WP3 | El Chocolate 1 | 44.03 km | 9:11 |
Mads Østberg
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Citroën DS3 WRC | 30: 04.8 | 87.8 km / h |
Mads Østberg
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| WP4 | Las Minas 1 | 15.70 km | 10:14 |
Mads Østberg
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Citroën DS3 WRC | 11: 18.2 | 82.4 km / h | ||
| WP5 | Parque Bicentenario 1 | 2.60 km | 11:07 |
Sébastien Ogier
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 2: 23.3 | 65.3 km / h | ||
| WP6 | Los Mexicanos 2 | 9.40 km | 14:20 |
Sébastien Ogier
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 7: 33.7 | 78.4 km / h | ||
| WP7 | El Chocolate 2 | 44.03 km | 14:53 |
Sébastien Ogier
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 29: 29.0 | 89.6 km / h |
Sébastien Ogier
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| WP8 | Las Minas 2 | 15.70 km | 15:56 |
Sébastien Ogier
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 11: 06.1 | 84.3 km / h | ||
| WP9 | Parque Bicentenario 2 | 2.60 km | 16:49 |
Jari-Matti Latvala
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 2: 22.2 | 65.8 km / h | ||
| WP10 | Super Special Stage 1 | 2.21 km | 17:49 |
Sébastien Ogier
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 1: 42.1 | 77.9 km / h | ||
| WP11 | Super Special Stage 2 | 2.21 km | 17:54 |
Mads Østberg
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Citroën DS3 WRC | 1: 42.5 | 77.6 km / h | ||
| Day 3 March 8th |
WP12 | Ibarrilla 1 | 30.43 km | 9:28 |
Sébastien Ogier
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 17: 44.3 | 102.6 km / h | |
| WP13 | Otates 1 | 53.69 km | 10:46 |
Sébastien Ogier
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 36: 40.1 | 87.9 km / h | ||
| WP14 | Ibarrilla 2 | 30.43 km | 14:24 |
Sébastien Ogier
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 17: 30.0 | 104.0 km / h | ||
| WP15 | Otatitos 2 | 43.06 km | 15:37 |
Sébastien Ogier
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 30: 19.8 | 85.2 km / h | ||
| WP16 | El Brinco 1 | 8.25 km | 17:08 |
Sébastien Ogier
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 4: 40.2 | 106.0 km / h | ||
| WP17 | Super Special Stage 3 | 2.21 km | 18:08 |
Jari-Matti Latvala
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 1: 40.0 | 79.6 km / h | ||
| WP18 | Super Special Stage 4 | 2.21 km | 18:13 |
Kris Meeke
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Citroën DS3 WRC | 1: 41.2 | 78.6 km / h | ||
| Day 4 March 9th |
WP19 | Super Special Stage 5 | 4.42 km | 8:55 |
Sébastien Ogier
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 3: 22.0 | 78.8 km / h | |
| WP20 | Guanajuatito | 55.92 km | 9:58 |
Mads Østberg
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Citroën DS3 WRC | 35: 45.8 | 93.8 km / h | ||
| WP21 | Derramadero | 11.63 km | 11:21 |
Mads Østberg
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Citroën DS3 WRC | 7: 07.5 | 97.9 km / h | ||
| WP22 | El Brinco 2 power stage | 8.25 km | 12:08 |
Sébastien Ogier
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 4: 34.2 | 108.3 km / h |
Driver ranking after the rally
The scoring system for the first ten drivers is 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1. For the power stage, the three fastest drivers each receive 3-2-1 bonus points for the drivers' world championship.
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Media (German)
Web
The official website of the World Rally Championship, wrc.com, reported live daily from the event. The website is now also in German. The websites rallye-magazin.de, volkswagen-motorsport.de and motorsport-total.com, along with other magazines, kept those interested in rallying up to date.
watch TV
Sport1 ran a 30-minute daily report on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. On the Monday after the rally, ServusTV broadcast a 60-minute summary in the late evening program. Motors TV broadcast a 25-minute daily report on Saturday and Sunday and a 45-minute summary in the week after the rally, which was repeated several times.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ motorsport-magazin.com - Website: Rally Mexico: motorsport-total.com/WRC-World-Rally-Championship . Retrieved February 8, 2014 .
- ↑ wrc.com: A bottle of beer saves Neuville's podium , accessed on August 27, 2014
- ↑ wrc.com - Internet page : Entry list: wrc.com/de/wrc/results/live/entry/startlist/page/70-294-59--.html . Retrieved March 8, 2014 .
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