Rally Mexico 2019

 Rally Mexico 2019

Racing data
3rd of 14 races of the 2019 World Rally Championship
Surname:	Rally Mexico
Date:	7-10 March 2019
Begin:	Leon
Exams:	21 tests over 310.5 km
Distance:	well km
Covering:	gravel
Podium
First:	Sébastien Ogier Citroën C3 WRC
Second:	Ott Tanak Toyota Yaris WRC
Third:	Elfyn Evans Ford Fiesta WRC

Sébastien Ogier and co-driver Julien Ingrassia won the 2019 Rally Mexico

The 16th Rally Mexico was the third of 14 FIA - World Cup races in 2019 and was held from 7 to 10 March 2020th The rally included a total of 21 special stages over 310.5 kilometers.

report

Sébastien Ogier (Citroën) used his starting position three on the first day in the first rally of the season on gravel roads. Ogier put the early leader Andreas Mikkelsen (Hyundai) under pressure. As a result, Mikkelsens drove over a larger stone and a lot, Ogier took the lead after the fifth special stage and only gave it to Kris Meeke (Toyota) briefly after the tenth special stage on Saturday . Ogier had a puncture on the first round of the Guanajuatito SS. Since the test was canceled due to an accident of his teammate Esapekka Lappi and Ogier was assigned a time by the race management, his loss of time was limited. After Kris Meeke suffered a tire damage in the following special stage, the way was clear for Ogier, who from then on drove safely to victory.

With second place, Ott Tänak achieved an important result in the fight for the world title. On Friday, Tänak had to open the first special stage as world championship leader, which is a clear disadvantage in gravel rallies. From Saturday, the Estonian set faster times and came forward while some of his rivals failed. On the final day, the Toyota driver fought his way past Elfyn Evans (Ford) into second place.

With fourth place, Thierry Neuville managed damage control for the bad luck Hyundai team. Neuville already lost more than 40 seconds on the second special stage due to a puncture and was unable to keep up with the pace of the fastest. In the fifth special stage, Mikkelsen, who had been in the lead up until then, drove over a stone, damaging the suspension of his car and making him give up. Before the seventh special stage, Dani Sordo's car had electrical problems. In second place, Sordo had to park his i20 WRC.

Registration list

No	driver	Co-driver	automobile	class
1	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën C3 WRC	WRC RC1
3	Teemu Suninen	Marko salt mines	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC RC1
4th	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Citroën C3 WRC	WRC RC1
5	Kris Meeke	Sebastian Marshall	Toyota Yaris WRC	WRC RC1
6th	Dani Sordo	Carlos del Barrio	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC RC1
8th	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	WRC RC1
10	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Yaris WRC	WRC RC1
11	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC RC1
33	Elfyn Evans	Scott Martin	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC RC1
89	Andreas Mikkelsen	Jæger is different	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC RC1
41	Benito Guerra	Jaime Zapata Ortega	Škoda Fabia R5	WRC2 RC2
42	Marco Bulacia Wilkinson	Fabian Cretu	Škoda Fabia R5	WRC2 RC2
44	Alberto Heller	José Luis Díaz	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC2 RC2

A total of 23 vehicles were reported.

Classifications

Bottom line

rank	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	Residue	Points + Power Stage
WRC
01	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën C3 WRC	3: 37: 08.0		25 + 5
02	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	3: 37: 88.2	00: 30.2	18th
03	Elfyn Evans	Scott Martin	Ford Fiesta WRC	3: 37: 57.9	00: 49.9	15th
04th	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 WRC	3: 38: 35.0	01: 27.0	12 + 3
05	Kris Meeke	Sebastian Marshall	Toyota Yaris WRC	3: 43: 14.2	06: 06.2	10 + 4
06th	Benito Guerra	Jaime Zapata Ortega	Škoda Fabia R5	3: 52: 43.5	15: 35.5	8th
07th	Marco Bulacia Wilkinson	Fabian Cretu	Škoda Fabia R5	3: 55: 59.5	18: 51.5	6th
08th	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Yaris WRC	3: 56: 03.9	18: 55.9	4th
09	Dani Sordo	Carlos del Barrio	Hyundai i20 R5	3: 59: 52.1	22: 44.1	2 + 2
10	Ricardo Triviño	Marc Martí	Ford Fiesta R5	4: 03: 29.7	26: 21.7	1
WRC2
01 (6)	Benito Guerra	Jaime Zapata Ortega	Škoda Fabia R5	3: 52: 43.5		25th
02 (7)	Marco Bulacia Wilkinson	Fabian Cretu	Škoda Fabia R5	3: 55: 59.5	03: 16.0	18th
03 (12)	Alberto Heller	José Luis Díaz	Ford Fiesta R5	4: 29: 50.2	37: 06.7	15th

Special stages

Day	WP	Surname	length	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	leader
Day 1 March 7th	-	Llano Grande (Shakedown)	5.31 km	Kris Meeke	Sebastian Marshall	Toyota Yaris WRC	03: 44.2	n / A
	WP1	Street Stage GTO	1.14 km	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Citroën C3 WRC	01: 00.6	Esapekka Lappi
Day 2 March 8th
	Service 9:00 a.m. (15 minutes)
	WP2	El Chocolate 1	31.57 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	Jæger is different	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	23: 50.6	Andreas Mikkelsen
	WP3	Ortega 1	17.28 km	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën C3 WRC	09: 29.0
	WP4	Street Stage Léon 1	1.11 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	Jæger is different	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	01: 04.9
	Service 1:34 p.m. (40 min)
	WP5	El Chocolate 2	31.57 km	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën C3 WRC	23: 35.0	Sébastien Ogier
	WP6	Ortega 2	17.28 km	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën C3 WRC	09: 22.3
	WP7	Las Minas 1	10.72 km	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	06: 43.4
	WP8	V-Power Shell Stage 1	2.33 km	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën C3 WRC	01: 39.0
	WP9	V-Power Shell Stage 2	2.33 km	Thierry Neuville Ott Tanak	Nicolas Gilsoul Martin Järveoja	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC Toyota Yaris WRC	01: 38.3
	Service 8:03 p.m. (45 min)
Day 3 March 9th
	Service 7:15 a.m. (15 minutes)
	WP10	Guanajuatito 1	25.90 km	Kris Meeke	Sebastian Marshall	Toyota Yaris WRC	17: 44.9	Kris Meeke
	WP11	Otates 1	32.27 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Yaris WRC	24: 42.6	Sébastien Ogier
	WP12	El Brinco 1	8.13 km	Sébastien Ogier Jari-Matti Latvala	Julien Ingrassia Miikka Anttila	Citroën C3 WRC Toyota Yaris WRC	04: 40.0
	Service 12:53 p.m. (40 min)
	WP13	Guanajuatito 2	25.90 km	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën C3 WRC	17: 33.6
	WP14	Otates 2	32.27 km	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	24: 25.2
	WP15	El Brinco 2	8.13 km	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	04: 36.6
	WP16	V-Power Shell Stage 3	2.33 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	Jæger is different	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	01: 39.4
	WP17	V-Power Shell Stage 4	2.33 km	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	01: 38.5
	WP18	Street Stage Léon 2	1.11 km	Dani Sordo	Carlos del Barrio	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	01: 04.4
	Service 8:21 p.m. (45 min)
Day 4 March 10th
	Service 8:00 a.m. (15 minutes)
	WP19	Alfaro	24.38 km	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	13: 52.6
	WP20	Mesa Cuata	25.07 km	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	19: 18.8
	WP21	Las Minas 2 (Power Stage)	10.72 km	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Citroën C3 WRC	06: 30.4
	Service 13:53 (10 min)

Winner special stages

WP	number	driver	automobile
3, 5, 6, 8, 12, 13, 21	7th	Sébastien Ogier	Citroën C3 WRC
7, 9, 14, 15, 19, 20	6th	Ott Tanak	Toyota Yaris WRC
2, 4, 16	3	Andreas Mikkelsen	Hyundai Coupe i20 WRC
9, 17	2	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai Coupe i20 WRC
11, 12	2	Jari-Matti Latvala	Citroën C3 WRC
1	1	Esapekka Lappi	Citroën C3 WRC
10	1	Kris Meeke	Toyota Yaris WRC
18th	1	Dani Sordo	Hyundai Coupe i20 WRC

Drivers' Championship after the rally

Item	driver	Points
1	Ott Tanak	65
2	Sébastien Ogier	61
3	Thierry Neuville	55
4th	Kris Meeke	35
5	Elfyn Evans	28

Team world championship

Item	team	Points
1	Toyota Racing WRT	86
2	Citroën WRT	78
3	Hyundai Motorsport	77
4th	M-Sport WRT	45

Web links

Commons : Rally Mexico 2019  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Rally Mexico 2019: Second win of the season for Sebastien Ogier , accessed on July 18, 2020
2. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Entry list , accessed on July 25, 2020
3. ↑ www.ewrc-results.com: Result , accessed on July 18, 2020