Rally Monte Carlo 2018

 Rally Monte Carlo 2018

Racing data
1st of 13 races of the 2018 World Rally Championship
Surname:	Rally Monte Carlo
Date:	25.-28. January 2018
Begin:	Monaco
Exams:	16 tests over 388.59 km
Distance:	well km
Covering:	Asphalt (ice / snow)
Podium
First:	Sébastien Ogier M-Sport World Rally Team
Second:	Ott Tanak Toyota WRT
Third:	Jari-Matti Latvala Toyota WRT

The 86th Monte Carlo Rally was held from January 25th to 28th, 2018. The rally included a total of 17 special stages over 388.59 kilometers.

report

Snow and ice, sometimes heavy rain and then bright sunshine again: the Monte Carlo Rally lived up to its reputation as the most unpredictable rally on the WRC calendar and challenged the drivers in a wide variety of weather conditions. The choice of tires was correspondingly difficult; you had to choose from dry tires, rain tires and winter tires with and without spikes.

Once again, Sébastien Ogier mastered this challenge best , who won the Monte Carlo Rally for the fifth time in a row and celebrated his sixth victory in this rally. The M-Sport pilot won the first two special stages on Thursday evening and then increased his lead over the pursuers on Friday.

The duo Sébastien Ogier and co-driver Julien Ingrassia were definitely not given victory. On Friday afternoon they slipped into a ditch in heavy rain during the seventh special stage. Fortunately, there were plenty of spectators on site to push the car back onto the road. On Saturday, Ogier distanced his pursuers on the snowy ninth special stage by a good minute and then concentrated on managing his lead.

Ott Tänak celebrated a successful debut at Toyota with second place . The Estonian showed no teething problems in the Yaris WRC, won four special stages and underlined his ambitions to fight for the world title in the 2018 season. Jari-Matti Latvala in third and Esapekka Lappi in seventh completed Toyota's good result .

For Citroën , the rally ended with a mixed result. Fourth place for Kris Meeke and ninth place for Craig Breen were not what the French manufacturer had hoped for. Meeke had fallen back more than two minutes after an accident on Thursday evening, but he was not able to keep up with the fastest as the rally continued.

It was even worse for Hyundai , for which the fight for both world titles began with a setback. Thierry Neuville slipped into a ditch in the first special stage after a few kilometers, from which he was only able to free himself after a good four minutes with the help of some spectators. Andreas Mikkelsen had technical problems on Friday . In second place, the generator of his i20 WRC turned off a lot after the third special stage, which forced the Norwegian to give up for the day. The last hope for a top result was Dani Sordo . But the Spaniard shouldn't see the goal. On Saturday he flew off the road in third place in the ninth special stage and retired.

Winner of the 2018 Monte Carlo Rally; Sébastien Ogier

The winning car of the 2018 Monte Carlo Rally, the M-Sport-Ford

Registration list

No	driver	Co-driver	automobile	class
1	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC RC1
2	Elfyn Evans	Scott Martin	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC RC1
3	Bryan Bouffier	Xavier Panseri	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC RC1
4th	Andreas Mikkelsen	Jæger is different	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC RC1
5	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC RC1
6th	Dani Sordo	Carlos del Barrio	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC RC1
7th	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Yaris WRC	WRC RC1
8th	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	WRC RC1
9	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Toyota Yaris WRC	WRC RC1
10	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën C3 WRC	WRC RC1
11	Craig Breen	Scott Martin	Citroën C3 WRC	WRC RC1
18th	Manuel Villa	Daniele Michi	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC RC1

A total of 67 vehicles were reported.

Classifications

Bottom line

rank	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	Residue	Points + Power Stage
WRC
01	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Ford Fiesta WRC	4: 18: 55.5		25 + 1
02	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	4: 19: 53.8	00: 58.3	18th
03	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Yaris WRC	4: 20: 47.5	01: 51.0	15 + 2
04th	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën C3 WRC	4: 23: 38.6	04: 43.1	12 + 5
05	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 WRC	4: 23: 49.3	04: 53.8	10 + 4
06th	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	Ford Fiesta WRC	4: 23: 50.3	04: 54.8	8th
07th	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Toyota Yaris WRC	4: 23: 53.0	04: 57.5	6th
08th	Bryan Bouffier	Xavier Panseri	Ford Fiesta WRC	4: 26: 35.0	07: 39.5	4th
09	Craig Breen	Scott Martin	Citroën DS3 WRC	4: 28: 02.2	09: 06.7	2
10	Jan Kopecký	Pavel Dresler	Škoda Fabia R5	4: 35: 38.5	16: 43.0	1
WRC2
01 (10)	Jan Kopecký	Pavel Dresler	Škoda Fabia R5	4: 35: 38.5		25th
02 (14)	Eddie Sciessere	Flavio Zanella	Citroën DS3 R5	4: 58: 26.2	22: 47.7	18th
03 (18)	Teemu Suninen	Mikko Markkula	Ford Fiesta R5	5: 09: 09.6	33: 31.1	15th
04 (19)	Guillaume de Mevius	Louis Louka	Peugeot 208 T16 R5	5: 09: 24.6	33: 46.1	12
WRC3
01 (20)	Enrico Brazzoli	Luca Beltrame	Peugeot 208 R2	5: 22: 03.0		25th
02 (31)	Amauri Molle	Renaud Herman	Peugeot 208 R2	5: 44: 27.9	22: 44.9	18th
03 (35)	Taisko Lario	Tatu Hämäläinen	Peugeot 208 R2	5: 55: 00.2	32: 57.2	15th

Special stages

Day	WP	Surname	length	winner	Co-pilot	automobile	time	leader
Day 1 Jan 25
	-	Gap (shakedown)	3.35 km	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	2: 00.2	n / A
	WP1	Thoard - Sisteron	36.69 km	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Ford Fiesta WRC	23: 16.6	Sébastien Ogier
	WP2	Bayons - Bréziers 1	25.49 km	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Ford Fiesta WRC	14: 53.2
	Service Park Gap 11:56 p.m. (45 + 3 min)
Day 2 Jan. 26
	Service Park Gap 08:00 a.m. (15 + 3 min)
	WP3	Vitrolles - Oze 1	26.72 km	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	16: 32.3
	WP4	Roussieux – Eygalayes 1	33.67 km	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Ford Fiesta WRC	18: 25.3
	WP5	Vaumeilh - Claret 1	15.18 km	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	Ford Fiesta WRC	8: 42.6
	Service Park Gap 12:52 p.m. (30 + 3 min)
	WP6	Vitrolles - Oze 2	26.72 km	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	16: 45.5
	WP7	Roussieux - Eygalayes 2	33.67 km	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	Ford Fiesta WRC	19: 03.5
	WP8	Vaumeilh - Claret 2	15.18 km	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	8: 36.2
	Service Park Gap 5:49 p.m. (45 + 3 min)
Day 3 Jan. 27
	Service Park Gap 6:57 a.m. (15 + 3 min)
	WP9	Agnières en Dévoluy - Corps 1	29.16 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	Jæger is different	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	25: 11.8
	WP10	St. Leger les Mélèzes - La-Bâtie Neuve 1	16.87 km	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	12: 16.8
	Service Park Gap 10:31 a.m. (30 + 3 min)
	WP11	Agnières en Dévoluy - Corps 2	29.16 km	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	19: 06.4
	WP12	St. Leger les Mélèzes - La-Bâtie Neuve 2	16.87 km	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	10: 48.6
	Service Park Gap 2:23 p.m. (30 + 3 min)
	WP13	Bayons - Bréziers 2	25.49 km	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	14: 32.8
	Service Park Gap 5:29 p.m. (45 + 3 min)
Day 4 Jan 28	WP14	La Bollène Vésubie - Peïra Cava 1	18.41 km	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Ford Fiesta WRC	13: 51.4
	WP15	La Cabarette - Col de Braus 1	13.58 km	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	10: 34.1
	WP16	La Bollène Vésubie - Peïra Cava 2	18.41 km	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	13: 07.8
	WP17	La Cabarette - Col de Braus 2 (Power Stage)	13.58 km	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën C3 WRC	10: 06.7

Winner special stages

WP	number	driver	automobile
8, 12, 13, 15, 16	5	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai Coupe i20 WRC
1, 2, 4, 14	4th	Sébastien Ogier	M-Sport Ford Fiesta WRC
3, 6, 10, 11	4th	Ott Tanak	Toyota Yaris WRC
5, 7	2	Elfyn Evans	M-Sport Ford Fiesta WRC
9	1	Andreas Mikkelsen	Hyundai Coupe i20 WRC
17th	1	Kris Meeke	Citroën C3 WRC

Drivers' Championship after the rally

Item	driver	Points
1	Sébastien Ogier	26th
2	Ott Tanak	18th
3	Jari-Matti Latvala	17th
4th	Kris Meeke	17th
5	Thierry Neuville	14th

Team world championship

Item	team	Points
1	M-Sport WRT	33
2	Toyota Racing WRT	33
3	Citroën WRT	18th
4th	Hyundai Motorsport	14th

Web links

Commons : Rallye Monte Carlo 2018  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Information and results at http://www.wrc.com/
• Official Site Rallye Monte Carlo http://acm.mc/

Individual evidence

1. ↑ motorsport-total.com: WRC Rallye Monte Carlo: Sixth victory for Sebastien Ogier , accessed on July 3, 2020
2. ↑ ewrc-results.com: Entry list , accessed on August 29, 2020
3. ↑ www.ewrc-results.com: 86th Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 2018 , accessed on July 3, 2020
4. ↑ www.ewrc-results.com: 86th Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 2018 , accessed on July 4, 2020

Coordinates: 44 °  N , 7 °  E