2013 Rally México

2013 Rally México
*27° Rally Guanajuato México*
2013 Rally México; 27° Rally Guanajuato México
Round 3 of 13 of the 2013 World Rally Championship
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Host country	Mexico
Rally base	León
Dates run	7 – 10 March 2013
Stages	23 (394.88 km; 245.37 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Statistics
Crews	25 at start, 20 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Sébastien Ogier; Julien Ingrassia; Volkswagen Motorsport

The 2013 Rally Guanajuato México was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 7 and 10 March, which marked the 27th running of the Rally México. The rally was based in the town of León, Guanajuato. The rally itself was contested over 23 special stages, covering a total of 394.88 km (245.37 mi) in competitive stages.

The rally was the third round of the 2013 World Rally Championship season, and marked the fortieth anniversary of the World Rally Championship. Thirteen World Rally Car crews were entered in the event. It was the first WRC event since the 2006 Rally GB where reigning World Rally Champion Sébastien Loeb has not featured on the entry list as he elected not to enter Rally México as part of his four-race 'retirement' season. Loeb has won every Rally México since 2006. Since there is no previous Rally Mexico winner competing in the 2013 event, it is guaranteed that there will be a new winner.

Entry list

Thirteen World Rally Cars were entered into the event, as were six entries in the newly formed WRC-2 championship for cars built to Group N and Super 2000 regulations. There were no WRC-3 entries.^[1]

Notable entrants
No.	Entrant	Class	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Tyre
2	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	WRC	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Citroën DS3 WRC	M
3	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	WRC	Dani Sordo	Carlos del Barrio	Citroën DS3 WRC	M
4	Qatar M-Sport WRT	WRC	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
5	Qatar M-Sport WRT	WRC	Evgeny Novikov	Ilka Minor	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
6	Qatar World Rally Team	WRC	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Giovanni Bernacchini	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
7	Volkswagen Motorsport	WRC	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	M
8	Volkswagen Motorsport	WRC	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	M
10	Abu Dhabi Citroën Total WRT	WRC	Chris Atkinson	Stéphane Prévot	Citroën DS3 WRC	M
11	Qatar World Rally Team	WRC	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
12	Lotos Team WRC	WRC	Michał Kościuszko	Maciej Szczepaniak	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	D
14	Benito Guerra, Jr.	WRC	Benito Guerra, Jr.	Borja Rozada	Citroën DS3 WRC	M
21	Jipocar Czech National Team	WRC	Martin Prokop	Michal Ernst	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	D
33	Stohl Racing	WRC-2	Armin Kremer	Klaus Wicha	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	M
34	Symtech Racing	WRC-2	Yuriy Protasov	Kuldar Sikk	Subaru Impreza STi R4	M
37	Lorenzo Bertelli	WRC-2	Lorenzo Bertelli	Lorenzo Granai	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	M
38	Moto Club Igualda	WRC-2	Ricardo Triviño	Àlex Haro	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	M
41	Nicolàs Fuchs	WRC-2	Nicolàs Fuchs	Fernando Mussano	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	D
43	Hoonigan Racing Division	WRC	Ken Block	Alex Gelsomino	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
48	Seashore Qatar Rally Team	WRC-2	Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari	Killian Duffy	Ford Fiesta RRC	M

Icon	Class
WRC	WRC entries eligible to score manufacturer points
WRC	Major entry ineligible to score manufacturer points
WRC-2	Registered to take part in WRC-2 championship

Results

Event standings

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Class	Time	Difference	Points
Overall classification
1	8	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	4:30:31.2	0.0	28
2	2	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	4:33:58.0	+3:26.8	18
3	11	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Qatar World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	4:34:50.8	+4:19.6	15
4	3	Dani Sordo	Carlos del Barrio	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	4:36:33.7	+6:02.5	12
5	6	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Giovanni Bernacchini	Qatar World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	4:39:01.6	+8:30.4	10
6	10	Chris Atkinson	Stéphane Prévot	Abu Dhabi Citroën Total WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	4:41:55.0	+11:23.8	8
7	43	Ken Block	Alex Gelsomino	Hoonigan Racing Division	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	4:42:15.3	+11:44.1	6
8	14	Benito Guerra, Jr.	Borja Rozada	Benito Guerra, Jr.	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	4:43:12.3	+12:41.1	4
9	21	Martin Prokop	Michal Ernst	Jipocar Czech National Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	4:44:56.0	+14:24.8	2
10	5	Evgeny Novikov	Ilka Minor	Qatar M-Sport WRT	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	4:47:42.3	+17:11.1	1
11	4	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Qatar M-Sport WRT	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	4:57:07.4	+26:36.2	2
16	7	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	5:25:20.3	+54:49.1	1
WRC-2 standings
1 (12.)	48	Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari	Killian Duffy	Seashore Qatar Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RRC	WRC-2	5:01:10.3	0.0	25
2 (13.)	41	Nicolás Fuchs	Fernando Mussano	Nicolás Fuchs	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	WRC-2	5:10:25.7	+9:15.4	18
3 (14.)	38	Ricardo Triviño	Àlex Haro	Moto Club Igualda	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	WRC-2	5:18:44.5	+17:34.2	15
4 (17.)	33	Armin Kremer	Klaus Wicha	Stohl Racing	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	WRC-2	5:49:13.1	+48:02.8	12
5 (18.)	34	Yuriy Protasov	Kuldar Sikk	Symtech Racing	Subaru Impreza STi R4	WRC-2	5:57:12.3	+56:02.0	10
Source:

Special stages

Day	Stage number	Stage name	Length	Stage winner	Car No.	Team	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
Leg 1 (7–8 Mar)	SS1	Monster Street Stage Guanajuato	1.05 km	Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul	11	Qatar World Rally Team	0:53.7	70.39 km/h	Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul
	SS2	Parque Bicentenario	2.60 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8	Volkswagen Motorsport	2:25.3	64.42 km/h	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
	SS3	El Cubilete 1	21.91 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8	Volkswagen Motorsport	12:50.7	102.34 km/h	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
	SS4	Las Minas 1	15.31 km	Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson	4	Qatar M-Sport WRT	11:18.4	81.24 km/h	Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson
	SS5	Los Mexicanos 1	9.76 km	Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson	4	Qatar M-Sport WRT	7:44.0	75.72 km/h	Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson
	SS6	El Chocolate 1	30.57 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8	Volkswagen Motorsport	23:28.8	78.11 km/h	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
	SS7	Street Stage León 1	1.23 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8	Volkswagen Motorsport	1:15.6	58.57 km/h
	SS8	El Cubilete 2	21.91 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8	Volkswagen Motorsport	12:43.9	103.25 km/h
	SS9	Las Minas 2	15.31 km	Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson	4	Qatar M-Sport WRT	11:07.5	82.57 km/h
	SS10	Los Mexicanos 2	9.76 km	Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson	4	Qatar M-Sport WRT	7:37.6	76.78 km/h
	SS11	El Chocolate 2	30.57 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8	Volkswagen Motorsport	22:54.6	80.06 km/h
	SS12	Super Special 1	2.21 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8	Volkswagen Motorsport	1:37.7	81.43 km/h
	SS13	Super Special 2	2.21 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8	Volkswagen Motorsport	1:35.5	83.30 km/h
Leg 2 (9 Mar)	SS14	Ibarrilla 1	30.04 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8	Volkswagen Motorsport	17:49.8	101.09 km/h
	SS15	Otates 1	42.17 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8	Volkswagen Motorsport	30:21.4	83.35 km/h
	SS16	Street Stage León 2	1.23 km	Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen	2	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	1:15.8	58.42 km/h
	SS17	Ibarrilla 2	30.04 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8	Volkswagen Motorsport	17:40.3	101.99 km/h
	SS18	Otates 2	42.17 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8	Volkswagen Motorsport	29:55.4	84.56 km/h
	SS19	Super Special 3	2.21 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8	Volkswagen Motorsport	1:37.4	81.68 km/h
	SS20	Super Special 4	2.21 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8	Volkswagen Motorsport	1:35.0	83.75 km/h
Leg 3 (10 Mar)	SS21	Guanajuatito	54.85 km	Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen	2	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	35:58.4	91.48 km/h
	SS22	Derramadero (Power stage)	21.14 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	8	Volkswagen Motorsport	13:00.5	97.51 km/h
	SS23	Super Special 5	4.42 km	Dani Sordo Carlos del Barrio	3	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	3:10.0	83.75 km/h

Notable retirements

Stage	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Class	Cause
SS13	37	Lorenzo Bertelli	Lorenzo Granai	Lorenzo Bertelli	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	WRC-2	Fuel tank
SS21	12	Michał Kościuszko	Maciej Szczepaniak	Lotos Team WRC	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	WRC	Engine

References

^ "Rally Mexico Entries". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 8 March 2013.

External links

[Rally_Mexico_entry_list-1] "Rally Mexico Entries". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 8 March 2013.

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