Rally Mexico 2020

 Rally Mexico 2020

Racing data
3rd of 13 rounds of the 2020 World Rally Championship
Surname:	Rally Mexico
Date:	12-14 March 2020
Begin:	Leon
Exams:	24 tests over 324.85 km
Distance:	well km
Covering:	gravel
Podium
First:	Sébastien Ogier Toyota WRT
Second:	Ott Tanak Hyundai WRT
Third:	Teemu Suninen M-Sport WRT

Sébastien Ogier won the 2020 Rally Mexico

The 17th Rally Mexico was the third of the planned 15 FIA - World Cup races 2020 . The rally should consist of 24 special stages, due to the expected high number of spectators on Sunday, the special stages 22 to 24 were waived. The danger for the spectators due to the COVID-19 pandemic was too great. In addition, the travel regulations in various countries had already been shut down and it was necessary to ensure that the team members could still fly home. The rally took place between March 12th and 14th and not until March 15th. Despite the cancellation, the Mexico Rally scored one hundred percent for the overall ranking of the World Rally Championship.

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The decision to end the Rally Mexico one day before the end in view of the coronavirus crisis was made while the WRC drivers were still on the special stages (SS) on Saturday afternoon.

Six-time world champion Sebastien Ogier clinched his first victory for Toyota. After SS21 he will be the leader and thus the winner of the canceled rally. Second behind Ogier went to Ott Tänak (Hyundai), 27.8 seconds back. On Friday, the reigning world champion lost almost a minute in an accident on SS4. With three special stage best times on Saturday he caught Teemu Suninen (M-Sport-Ford) in second place. Tänak was no longer able to catch up with Ogier.

Registration list

No	driver	Co-driver	automobile	class
3	Teemu Suninen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC RC1
4th	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC RC1
6th	Dani Sordo	Carlos del Barrio	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC RC1
8th	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC RC1
11	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC RC1
17th	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Toyota Yaris WRC	WRC RC1
33	Elfyn Evans	Scott Martin	Toyota Yaris WRC	WRC RC1
44	Gus Greensmith	Elliot Edmondson	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC RC1
69	Kalle Rovanperä	Jonne Halttunen	Toyota Yaris WRC	WRC RC1
20th	Nikolay Gryazin	Yaroslav Fedorov	Hyundai i20 R5	WRC2 RC2
21st	Ole Christian Veiby	Jonas Andersson	Hyundai i20 R5	WRC2 RC2
22nd	Pontus Tidemand	Patrick Barth	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	WRC2 RC2
27	Marco Bulacia Wilkinson	Giovanni Bernacchini	Citroën R5	WRC2 RC2
29	Ricardo Triviño	Marc Martí	Škoda Fabia R5	WRC2 RC2
32	Emilio Fernández	Ruben Garcia	Škoda Fabia Rally2	WRC2 RC2

A total of 36 vehicles were reported.

Classifications

Bottom line

rank	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	Residue	Points + Power Stage
WRC
01	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Toyota Yaris WRC	2: 47: 47.6		25th
02	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	2: 48: 15.4	00: 27.8	18th
03	Teemu Suninen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Fiesta WRC	2: 48: 25.5	00: 37.9	15th
04th	Elfyn Evans	Martin Scott	Toyota Yaris WRC	2: 49: 01.0	01: 13.4	12
05	Kalle Rovanperä	Jonne Halttunen	Toyota Yaris WRC	2: 50: 08.1	02: 20.5	10
06th	Pontus Tidemand	Patrick Barth	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	2: 58: 16.9	10: 29.3	8th
07th	Nikolay Gryazin	Yaroslav Fedorov	Hyundai i20 R5	3:00: 14.6	12: 27.0	6th
08th	Marco Bulacia Wilkinson	Giovanni Bernacchini	Citroën C3 R5	3: 01: 25.1	13: 37.5	4th
09	Gus Greensmith	Elliott Edmondson	Ford Fiesta WRC	3: 01: 44.1	13: 56.5	2
10	Ole Christian Veiby	Jonas Andersson	Hyundai i20 R5	3: 03: 19.8	15: 32.2	1
WRC2
01 (6)	Pontus Tidemand	Patrick Barth	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	2: 58: 16.9		25th
02 (7)	Nikolay Gryazin	Yaroslav Fedorov	Hyundai i20 R5	3:00: 14.6	01: 57.7	18th
03 (10)	Ole Christian Veiby	Jonas Andersson	Hyundai i20 R5	3: 03: 19.8	05: 02.9	15th
WRC3
01 (8)	Marco Bulacia Wilkinson	Giovanni Bernacchini	Citroën C3 R5	3: 01: 25.1		25th
02 (11)	Emilio Fernández	Ruben Garcia	Škoda Fabia Rally2	3: 05: 36.2	04: 11.1	18th
03 (12)	Ricardo Triviño	Marc Martí	Škoda Fabia R5	3: 09: 14.0	07: 48.9	15th

Special stages

Day	WP	Surname	length	winner	Co-pilot	automobile	time	leader
Day 1 March 12th	-	Llano Grande Shakedown	5.51 km	Elfyn Evans	Scott Martin	Toyota Yaris WRC	03: 41.8	n / A
	WP1	Street Stage GTO 1	1.12 km	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	00: 59.1	Thierry Neuville
	WP2	Street Stage GTO 2	1.12 km	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	00: 57.5
Day 2 March 13th
	Service Park 07:45 a.m. (15 min)
	WP3	El Chocolate 1	31.45 km	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	23: 34.6	Ott Tanak
	WP4	Ortega 1	17.24 km	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Toyota Yaris WRC	09: 29.1	Sébastien Ogier
	WP5	Las Minas 1	13.69 km	Dani Sordo	Carlos del Barrio	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	09: 01.2
	WP6	Parque Bicentenario	2.71 km	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	02: 30.3
	Service Park 1:52 p.m. (40 min)
	WP7	El Chocolate 2	31.45 km	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	23: 16.2
	WP8	Ortega 2	17.24 km	called off
	WP9	Las Minas 2	13.69 km	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	08: 53.5
	WP10	Autodromo Shell V-Power 1	2.33 km	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Toyota Yaris WRC	01: 39.0
	WP11	Autodromo Shell V-Power 2	2.33 km	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Toyota Yaris WRC	01: 37.4
	WP12	Street Stage León	0.73 km	Kalle Rovanperä	Jonne Halttunen	Toyota Yaris WRC	00: 45.7
	Service Park 8:44 p.m. (45 min)
Day 3 March 14th
	Service Park 07:45 a.m. (15 min)
	WP13	Guanajuatito 1	24.96 km	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Toyota Yaris WRC	16: 44.8
	WP14	Alfaro 1	16.99 km	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	10: 39.5
	WP15	Derramadero 1	21.78 km	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	12: 25.7
	Service Park 1:18 p.m. (40 min)
	WP16	Guanajuatito 2	24.96 km	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	16: 36.0
	WP17	Alfaro 2	16.99 km	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	10: 37.1
	WP18	Derramadero 2	21.78 km	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	12: 19.0
	WP19	Autodromo Shell V-Power 3	2.33 km	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	01: 38.4
	WP20	Autodromo Shell V-Power 4	2.33 km	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	01: 37.1
	WP21	Rock & Rally León	1.62 km	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	01: 38.6
	Service Park 7:56 p.m. (45 min)
Day 4 March 15th	WP22	Otates	33.61 km	called off
	WP23	San Diego	12.76 km
	WP24	El Brinco Power Stage	9.64 km

Winner special stages

WP	number	driver	automobile
1, 2, 6, 14, 16, 19-21	8th	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai Coupe i20 WRC
3, 7, 9, 15, 17, 18	6th	Ott Tanak	Hyundai Coupe i20 WRC
4, 10, 11, 13	4th	Sébastien Ogier	Toyota Yaris WRC
5	1	Dani Sordo	Hyundai Coupe i20 WRC
12	1	Kalle Rovanperä	Toyota Yaris WRC

Drivers' Championship after the rally

Item	driver	Points
1	Sébastien Ogier	62
2	Elfyn Evans	54
3	Thierry Neuville	42
4th	Kalle Rovanperä	40
5	Ott Tanak	38

Team world championship

Item	team	Points
1	Toyota Racing WRT	110
2	Hyundai Motorsport	89
3	M-Sport WRT	65

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ motorsport-total.com: Canceled Rally Mexico 2020: Ogier wins for Toyota for the first time , accessed on July 12, 2020
2. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Entry list , accessed on August 24, 2020
3. ↑ ewrc-results.com: final result , accessed on July 13, 2020
4. ↑ ewrc-results.com: 17th Rally Guanajuato México 2020 , accessed on July 13, 2020