Rally Mexico 2016

 Rally Mexico 2016

Racing data
3rd of 14 rounds of the 2016 World Rally Championship
Surname:	Rally Mexico
Date:	3rd-6th March 2016
Begin:	Leon
Exams:	21 tests over 684.27 km
Distance:	1077.08 km
Covering:	gravel
Podium
First:	Jari-Matti Latvala Volkswagen Motorsport
Second:	Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Motorsport
Third:	Mads Østberg M-Sport World Rally Team

The 13th Rally Mexico started on March 3rd and ended on March 6th, 2016. A total of 21 special stages were driven on gravel.

background

route

The service park for the rally was again this year near León , the fifth largest city in Mexico, around 400 kilometers northwest of Mexico City .

On Thursday evening three short special stages were driven at Guanajuato . These short special stages are particularly interesting and manageable for the numerous Mexican spectators who came this year as well. On Saturday and Sunday, the special stages were driven closer to León, which shortened the journeys to the service park. On Sunday the longest special stage with a length of 80 kilometers was on the program. This special stage was only driven once and was the longest special stage in the World Rally Championship since 1983 .

Driver and technology

The drivers have not driven a rally on gravel roads since the 2015 Rally Australia , they first had to break into the loose surface again. The highest point of the rally was at 2,737 meters above sea level. The engines lost 20 percent of their power in the thin air, plus high temperatures of around 30 degrees Celsius. The drivers and the technology were particularly stressed under these conditions.

Teams

For financial reasons, the private team Abu Dhabi Total WRT decided not to start at the Rally Mexico 2016. Robert Kubica also did not compete with his own team in Mexico, also for financial reasons.

Reports

Day 1 (Thursday, March 3)

After Hyundai driver Thierry Neuville won the first special stage, Sébastien Ogier (Volkswagen) had set the fastest time in the second and third special stages. He led the competition after the first day with 1.7 seconds ahead of Neuville.

Day 2 (Friday, March 4th)

Jari-Matti Latvala (Volkswagen) was able to start the special stages in eighth position because of his failures at the Monte Carlo Rally and the Sweden Rally . The competitors in front of him had cleared the ideal line. The decisive factor on Friday was the 54-kilometer El Chocolate special stage , where Latvala set the fastest time with a 22-second lead over teammate Sébastien Ogier , who, as the leader in the world championship, had to go first on the special stages. Ogier had to survive a moment of shock in the fourth special stage. A few cows were crossing the street immediately in front of him. With a lot of luck, the world champion avoided a collision with an animal.

Andreas Mikkelsen (Volkswagen) was in fourth place more than a minute behind Ogier. After driving errors in the morning, technical problems slowed him down in the afternoon.

Dani Sordo held third place overall , although the Hyundai i20 WRC caused some problems. The accelerator did not react properly when pressed and Sordo had to be careful not to overheat his brakes.

Thierry Neuville (Hyundai) had to give up his hope of a top spot in the first special stage of the day. About ten kilometers from the finish in El Chocolate , Neuville spun on a knoll and hit a large stone with his car, causing the left front suspension to break. Neuville could no longer continue his journey. Teammate Hayden Paddon , who was fifth overall on Friday night, sustained an unusual injury. Shortly after the start of special stage five, Paddon hit a wall and damaged a bike in the process. During the subsequent repairs, Paddon touched hot parts of the vehicle and suffered minor burns on his hand, which the team doctor treated during the lunch service.

“So far I am satisfied. The afternoon was good, but I was at the limit. It couldn't be better. "

- Sébastien Ogier : motorsport-total.com

3rd day (Saturday, March 5th)

Jari-Matti Latvala

Sébastien Ogier (Volkswagen) had nothing to oppose his team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala on Saturday either. After 19 special stages, Latvala had a lead of over 1:30 minutes and he won a total of 10 special stages in the current competition.

Third place was more than two minutes ahead of pursuers Mads Østberg (Ford) and Dani Sordo (Hyundai). With good drives on Sunday, Sordo could secure third place on the podium for Hyundai in the third rally of the year. However, like on Friday, he did not get through the day without any problems. In the 13th special stage the fan on the radiator failed, causing the engine to overheat and lose power.

For Thierry Neuville (Hyundai), the Mexico Rally on Saturday finally turned into a debacle. After he had retired from the first special stage of the day on Friday and returned to the competition under the Rally 2 regulations , he had a serious accident on the twelfth special stage. To be on the safe side, Neuville was taken to a hospital for examination and no injuries were found.

4th day (Sunday, March 6th)

Jari-Matti Latvala (Volkswagen) made perfect use of his back position on the first few days and was the fastest on Friday and Saturday. Latvala only had to manage the reassuring lead over his team-mate Sébastien Ogier skillfully on the final day and after 21 special stages he was 1: 05.0 minutes ahead of the reigning world champion. With second place and three additional World Championship points from the power stage , Ogier is the real winner of the Rally Mexico, even if he missed his fourth win in a row. Since his immediate pursuer in the drivers' world championship, Andreas Mikkelsen (Volkswagen), was out and Mads Østberg (Ford) and Hayden Paddon (Hyundai) were classified behind him, Ogier extended his championship lead and after three of 14 rallies he already had 38 Points ahead of Østberg.

"I hit back, a fantastic feeling."

- Jari-Matti Latvala : motorsport-total.com

Dani Sordo had subsequently lost third place at the Rally Mexico. The Hyundai driver was given a two-minute time penalty for using one tire more than allowed during the four-day rally. Because of the penalty, Sordo dropped from third to fourth. Mads Østberg , who took Sordos third place, benefited from the penalty . After the time penalty, the two drivers only separated by 1.5 seconds.

Registration list

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

No driver Co-driver team automobile class 1 Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Volkswagen Motorsport Volkswagen Polo R WRC WRC RC1 2 Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila Volkswagen Motorsport Volkswagen Polo R WRC WRC RC1 3 Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul Hyundai Motorsport Hyundai i20 WRC WRC RC1 4th Dani Sordo Marc Marti Hyundai Motorsport Hyundai i20 WRC WRC RC1 5 Mads Østberg Ola Fløne M-Sport World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC RC1 6th Eric Camilli Nicolas Klinger M-Sport World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC RC1 9 Andreas Mikkelsen Jæger is different Volkswagen Motorsport II Volkswagen Polo R WRC WRC RC1 12 Ott Tanak Raigo Mõlder Drive Dmack WRT Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC RC1 16 Benito Guerra Jr. Borja Rozada Benito Guerra Jr. Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC RC1 20th Hayden Paddon John Kennard Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 WRC WRC RC1 21st Martin Prokop Jan Tománek Jipocar ​​Czech National Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC RC1 31 Hubert Ptaszek Maciej Szczepaniak Peugeot Sport Slovakia Peugeot 208 T16 WRC-2 RC2 32 Teemu Suninen Mikko Markkula TGS Worldwide OU Škoda Fabia R5 WRC-2 RC2 33 Massimiliano Rendina Emanuele Inglesi Motorsport Italia Ford Fiesta R5 WRC-2 RC2 34 Radik Shaymiev Maxim Tsvetkov TAIF Motorsport Ford Fiesta R5 WRC-2 RC2 35 Nasser Al-Attiyah Matthieu Baumel Nasser Al-Attiyah Škoda Fabia R5 WRC-2 RC2 36 Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari Marshall Clarke Culture & Sport Qatar Rally Team Škoda Fabia R5 WRC-2 RC2 37 Lorenzo Bertelli Simone Scattolin FWRT srl Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC RC1 38 Armin Kremer Pirmin Winklhofer BRR Baumschlager Rally & Racing Team Škoda Fabia R5 WRC-2 RC2 39 Khalid Mohammad Al-Suwaidi Giovanni Bernacchini Culture & Sport Qatar Rally Team Ford Fiesta R5 WRC-2 RC2 42 Nicolas Fuchs Fernando Mussano Nicolas Fuchs Škoda Fabia R5 WRC-2 RC2 44 Ricardo Triviño Marco Hernández Triviño World Rally Team Citroën DS3 R5 WRC-2 RC2 61 Michel Fabre Maxim Vilmot Sainteloc Junior Team Citroën DS3 R3T Max WRC-3 RC3

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 WRC-3 Registered for WRC-3 (JWRC)

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Classifications

Bottom line

rank	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	Residue	Points + Power Stage
WRC
01	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	4: 25: 57.4		25 + 2
02	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	4: 27: 02.4	01: 05.0	18 + 3
03	Mads Østberg	Ola Fløene	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4: 31: 33.8	05: 36.4	15th
04th	Dani Sordo	Marc Mari	Hyundai i20 WRC	4: 31: 35.3	5: 37.9	12
05	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Hyundai i20 WRC	4: 32: 20.0	06: 22.6	10 + 1
06th	Ott Tanak	Raigo Mõlder	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4: 35: 56.9	09: 59.5	8th
07th	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4: 38: 55.9	12: 58.5	6th
08th	Lorenzo Bertelli	Simone Scattolin	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4: 40: 07.0	14: 09.6	4th
09	Teemu Suninen	Mikko Markkula	Škoda Fabia R5	4: 43: 59.2	18: 01.8	2
10	Valeriy Gorban	Volodymyr Corsia	Mini Cooper WRC	4: 58: 34.7	32: 37.3	1
WRC2
01 0(9)	Teemu Suninen	Mikko Markkula	Škoda Fabia R5	4: 43: 59.2	18: 01.8	25th
02 (11)	Hubert Ptaszek	Maciej Szczepaniak	Peugeot Sport Slovakia	5: 04: 10.8	38: 13.4	18th
03 (12)	Maximiliano Rendina	Emanuele Inglesi	Škoda Fabia R5	5: 08: 04.6	42: 07.2	15th
04 (14)	Nicolas Fuchs	Fernando Mussano	Ford Fiesta R5	5: 20: 54.8	54: 57.4	12
05 (17)	Armin Kremer	Pirmin Winklhofer	Škoda Fabia R5	5: 52: 06.0	1: 26: 08.6	10
WRC3
01 (15)	Michel Fabre	Maxim Vilmot	Citroën DS3 R3T Max	5: 34: 30.7	1: 08: 33.3	25th

Special stages

Day	WP number	WP name	length	Start UTC −7 ( CET )	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	Ø km / h	leader
Day 1 March 3rd	WP1	Street Stage Guanajuato	1.09 km	20:10 (03:10)	Thierry Neuville Lorenzo Bertelli	Nicolas Gilsoul Simone Scattolin	Hyundai i20 WRC Ford Fiesta RS WRC	00: 59.1 +0: ​​00.1	66.4 km / h 66.4 km / h	Thierry Neuville
	WP2	Super special 1	2.30 km	21:30 (04:30)	Sébastien Ogier Dani Sordo	Julien Ingrassia Marc Marti	Volkswagen Polo R WRC Hyundai i20 WRC	01: 38.9 +0: ​​01.2	83.7 km / h 82.7 km / h	Sébastien Ogier
	WP3	Super special 2	2.30 km	21:35 (04:35)	Sébastien Ogier Andreas Mikkelsen	Julien Ingrassia Anders Jæger	Volkswagen Polo R WRC Volkswagen Polo R WRC	01: 38.1 +0: ​​00.6	84.4 km / h 83.9 km / h
Day 2 March 4th
	Service Park 08:00 a.m. (15:00 / 15 min)
	WP4	El Chocolate 1	54.21 km	09:18 (16:18)	Jari-Matti Latvala Dani Sordo	Miikka Anttila Marc Marti	Volkswagen Polo R WRC Hyundai i20 WRC	38: 48.1 +0: ​​22.1	83.8 km / h 83.0 km / h	Jari-Matti Latvala
	WP5	Las Minas 1	15.36 km	10:41 (17:41)	Jari-Matti Latvala Sébastien Ogier	Miikka Anttila Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC Volkswagen Polo R WRC	11: 00.1 +0: ​​03.4	83.8 km / h 83.3 km / h
	WP6	Street Stage León 1	1.41 km	12:14 (18:15)	Andreas Mikkelsen Sébastien Ogier	Jæger Julien Ingrassia is different	Volkswagen Polo R WRC Volkswagen Polo R WRC	01: 19.0 +0: ​​00.2	64.3 km / h 64.1 km / h
	Service Park 12:54 p.m. (18:54 / 30 min)
	WP7	El Chocolate 2	54.21 km	14:27 (21:27)	Jari-Matti Latvala Sébastien Ogier	Miikka Anttila Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC Volkswagen Polo R WRC	38: 16.3 +0: ​​10.0	85.0 km / h 84.6 km / h
	WP8	Las Minas 2	15.36 km	15:50 (22:50)	Jari-Matti Latvala Sébastien Ogier	Miikka Anttila Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC Volkswagen Polo R WRC	10: 57.7 +0: ​​00.5	84.1 km / h 84.0 km / h
	WP9	Super special 3	2.30 km	17:20 (00:20)	Jari-Matti Latvala Dani Sordo	Miikka Anttila Marc Marti	Volkswagen Polo R WRC Hyundai i20 WRC	01: 39.1 +0: ​​00.1	83.6 km / h 83.5 km / h
	WP10	Super special 4	2.30 km	17:25 (00:25)	Sébastien Ogier Dani Sordo	Julien Ingrassia Marc Marti	Volkswagen Polo R WRC Hyundai i20 WRC	01: 38.1 +0: ​​00.0	84.4 km / h 84.4 km / h
	Service Park 10:00 p.m. (05:00 / 45 min)
Day 3 March 5th
	Service Park 8:15 a.m. (3:15 p.m. / 15 min)
	WP11	Ibarrilla	30.38 km	09:03 (16:03)	Jari-Matti Latvala Thierry Neuville	Miikka Anttila Nicolas Gilsoul	Volkswagen Polo R WRC Hyundai i20 WRC	17: 41.8 +0: ​​13.7	103.0 km / h 101.7 km / h
	WP12	Otates 1	42.62 km	10:21 (17:21)	Jari-Matti Latvala Andreas Mikkelsen	Miikka Anttila Anders Jæger	Volkswagen Polo R WRC Volkswagen Polo R WRC	29: 39.8 +0: ​​18.2	86.2 km / h 85.3 km / h
	WP13	El Brinco 1	7.15 km	11:19 (18:19)	Jari-Matti Latvala Andreas Mikkelsen	Miikka Anttila Anders Jæger	Volkswagen Polo R WRC Volkswagen Polo R WRC	4: 00.5 +0: ​​00.4	107.0 km / h 106.8 km / h
	Service Park 1:04 p.m. (8:04 p.m. / 30 min)
	WP14	Agua Zarca	16.47 km	14:08 (21:08)	Jari-Matti Latvala Andreas Mikkelsen	Miikka Anttila Anders Jæger	Volkswagen Polo R WRC Volkswagen Polo R WRC	10: 07.6 +0: ​​02.0	97.6 km / h 97.3 km / h
	WP15	Otates 2	42.62 km	15:36 (22:36)	Jari-Matti Latvala Sébastien Ogier	Miikka Anttila Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC Volkswagen Polo R WRC	29: 17.8 +0: ​​12.2	87.3 km / h 86.7 km / h
	WP16	El Brinco 2	7.15 km	16:34 (23:34)	Jari-Matti Latvala Sébastien Ogier	Miikka Anttila Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3: 57.3 +0: ​​02.2	108.5 km / h 107.5 km / h
	WP17	Super special 5	2.30 km	17:29 (00:29)	Dani Sordo Ott Tanak	Marc Marti Raigo Mõlder	Volkswagen Polo R WRC Ford Fiesta RS WRC	1: 39.2 +0: ​​00.1	83.5 km / h 83.4 km / h
	WP18	Super special 6	2.30 km	17:34 (00:34)	Sébastien Ogier Dani Sordo	Julien Ingrassia Marc Marti	Volkswagen Polo R WRC Hyundai i20 WRC	1: 38.1 +0: ​​00.5	84.4 km / h 84.0 km / h
	Service Park 6:29 p.m. (01:29 / 45 min)
	WP19	Street Stage León 2	1.37 km	20:30 (03:30)	Sébastien Ogier Dani Sordo	Julien Ingrassia Marc Marti	Volkswagen Polo R WRC Hyundai i20 WRC	1: 18.6 +0: ​​00.4	67.7 km / h 67.4 km / h
Day 4 March 6th
	Service Park 07:30 a.m. (14:30 / 15 min)
	WP20	Guanajuato	80.00 km	08:33 (15:33)	Sébastien Ogier Jari-Matti Latvala	Julien Ingrassia Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC Volkswagen Polo R WRC	48: 06.8 +0: ​​25.3	99.8 km / h 98.9 km / h
	WP21	Agua Zarca Power Stage	16.47 km	12:08 (19:08)	Sébastien Ogier Jari-Matti Latvala	Julien Ingrassia Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC Volkswagen Polo R WRC	9: 57.1 +0: ​​05.4	99.3 km / h 98.4 km / h
	Service Park 1:11 p.m. (8:11 p.m. / 10 min)

* During the specified times, you can work on the cars in the Service Park.

Winner special stages

WP	number	driver	automobile
4-5, 7-9, 11-16	11	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC
2-3, 10, 18-21	7th	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC
6th	1	Andreas Mikkelsen	Volkswagen Polo R WRC
1	1	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 WRC
17th	1	Dani Sordo	Hyundai i20 WRC

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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.

Item	driver	Points
01	Sébastien Ogier	77
02	Mads Østberg	42
03	Andreas Mikkelsen	33
04th	Dani Sordo	30th
05	Hayden Paddon	29
06th	Jari-Matti Latvala	27
07th	Ott Tanak	24
08th	Thierry Neuville	15th
09	Stéphane Lefebvre	10
10	Henning Solberg	6th

Individual evidence

1. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Sebastien Ogier after a good start at the front , accessed on March 5, 2016
2. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Jari-Matti Latvala on the second day up front , accessed on March 6, 2016
3. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Jari-Matti Latvala storms towards victory , accessed on March 6, 2016
4. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Jari-Matti Latvala strikes back with victory , accessed on March 6, 2016
5. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Dani Sordo loses third place , accessed on March 9, 2016
6. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Entry list , accessed on February 20, 2016
7. ↑ ewrc-results.com Stage results , accessed on March 6, 2016

Web links

• Information and results at http://www.wrc.com/
• Official Site Rally Mexico http://www.rallymexico.com/site/es