2016 Rally Mexico
Native name13. Rally Guanajuato México
Round3
Championship2016 World Rally Championship
Previous round2016 Rally Sweden
Next round2016 Rally Argentina
RallybaseLeón
Startdate3
Enddate6 March 2016
Stages21
Stagekm399.67
SurfaceGravel
Driver 1Jari-Matti Latvala
Miikka Anttila
Team 1Volkswagen Motorsport

The 2016 Rally Mexico (formally the 13º Rally Guanajuato México) was the third round of the 2016 World Rally Championship. The race was held over four days between 3 March and 6 March 2016, and was based in León, Guanajuato, Mexico. Volkswagen's Jari-Matti Latvala won the race, his 16th win in the World Rally Championship.[1] The 20th stage of the rally (Guanajuato) was the longest stage in the world championship for 30 years (excluding the 'competitive sections' of the Safari Rally) at 80 kilometres (50 mi) in length.[2]

Overall standings

[3]

Pos.No.DriverCo-driverTeamCarClassTimeDifferencePoints
Overall classification
12Jari-Matti LatvalaMiikka AnttilaVolkswagen MotorsportVolkswagen Polo R WRCWRC4:25:57.427
21Sébastien OgierJulien IngrassiaVolkswagen MotorsportVolkswagen Polo R WRCWRC4:27:02.4+1:05.021
35Mads ØstbergOla FløeneM-Sport World Rally TeamFord Fiesta RS WRCWRC4:31:33.8+5:36.415
44Dani SordoMarc MartíHyundai MotorsportHyundai i20 WRCWRC4:31:35.3+5:37.912
520Hayden PaddonJohn KennardHyundai Motorsport NHyundai i20 WRCWRC4:32:20.0+6:22.611
612Ott TänakRaigo MõlderDMACK World Rally TeamFord Fiesta RS WRCWRC4:35:56.9+9:59.58
721Martin ProkopJan TománekJipocar Czech National TeamFord Fiesta RS WRCWRC4:38:55.9+12:58.56
837Lorenzo BertelliSimone ScattolinFWRT s.r.l.Ford Fiesta RS WRCWRC4:40:07.0+14:09.64
932Teemu SuninenMikko MarkkulaTGS Worldwide OUŠkoda Fabia R5WRC-24:43:59.2+18:01.82
1081Valeriy GorbanVolodymyr KorsiaEurolamp World Rally TeamMini John Cooper Works WRCWRC4:58:34.7+32:37.31
WRC-2 standings
1 (9.)32Teemu SuninenMikko MarkkulaTGS Worldwide OUŠkoda Fabia R5WRC-24:43:59.225
2 (11.)31Hubert PtaszekMaciej SzczepaniakPeugeot Sport SlovakiaPeugeot 208 T16WRC-25:04:10.8+20:11.618
3 (12.)33Max RendinaEmanuele InglesiMotorsport Italia srlFord Fiesta R5WRC-25:08:04.6+24:05.415
4 (14.)42Nicolás FuchsFernando MussanoWevers SportŠkoda Fabia R5WRC-25:20:54.8+36:55.612
5 (19.)32Armin KremerPirmin WinklhoferBRR Baumschlager Rallye & Racing TeamŠkoda Fabia R5WRC-25:52:06.0+1:08:06.810
WRC-3 standings
1 (15.)61Michel FabreMaxime VilmotSaintéloc Junior TeamCitroën DS3 R3T MaxWRC-35:34:30.725

Special stages

DayStageNameLengthWinnerCarTimeRally leader
Leg 1SS1Street Stage Guanajuato1.09 kmThierry NeuvilleHyundai i20 WRC0:59.1Thierry Neuville
SS2Super Special 12.30 kmSébastien OgierVolkswagen Polo R WRC1:38.9Sébastien Ogier
SS3Super Special 22.30 kmSébastien OgierVolkswagen Polo R WRC1:38.1
Leg 2SS4El Chocolate 154.21 kmJari-Matti LatvalaVolkswagen Polo R WRC38:48.1Jari-Matti Latvala
SS5Las Minas 115.36 kmJari-Matti LatvalaVolkswagen Polo R WRC11:00.1
SS6Street Stage León 11.41 kmAndreas MikkelsenVolkswagen Polo R WRC1:19.0
SS7El Chocolate 254.21 kmJari-Matti LatvalaVolkswagen Polo R WRC38:16.3
SS8Las Minas 215.36 kmJari-Matti LatvalaVolkswagen Polo R WRC10:57.7
SS9Super Special 32.30 kmJari-Matti LatvalaVolkswagen Polo R WRC1:39.1
SS10Super Special 42.30 kmSébastien Ogier
Dani Sordo
Volkswagen Polo R WRC
Hyundai i20 WRC
1:38.1
Leg 3SS11Ibarrilla30.38 kmJari-Matti LatvalaVolkswagen Polo R WRC17:41.8
SS12Otates 142.62 kmJari-Matti LatvalaVolkswagen Polo R WRC29:39.8
SS13El Brinco 17.15 kmJari-Matti LatvalaVolkswagen Polo R WRC4:00.5
SS14Agua Zarca 116.47 kmJari-Matti LatvalaVolkswagen Polo R WRC10:07.6
SS15Otates 242.62 kmJari-Matti LatvalaVolkswagen Polo R WRC29:17.8
SS16El Brinco 27.15 kmJari-Matti LatvalaVolkswagen Polo R WRC3:57.3
SS17Super Special 52.30 kmDani SordoHyundai i20 WRC1:39.2
SS18Super Special 62.30 kmSébastien OgierVolkswagen Polo R WRC1:38.1
SS19Street Stage León 21.37 kmSébastien OgierVolkswagen Polo R WRC1:18.6
Leg 4SS20Guanajuato80.00 kmSébastien OgierVolkswagen Polo R WRC48:06.8
SS21Agua Zarca 2 (Power Stage)16.47 kmSébastien OgierVolkswagen Polo R WRC9:57.1

Power Stage

The "Power stage" was a 16.47 km (10.23 mi) stage at the end of the rally.

PosDriverCarTimeDiff.Pts
1Sébastien OgierVolkswagen Polo R WRC9:57.10.03
2Jari-Matti LatvalaVolkswagen Polo R WRC10:02.5+5.42
3Hayden PaddonHyundai i20 WRC10:07.5+10.41

References

  1. ^ "WRC Rally Mexico: Jari-Matti Latvala claims dominant victory". autosport.com/publisher=Autosport. 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  2. ^ "When Mexico gave WRC the longest stage of a generation". DirtFish. 2022-03-14. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  3. ^ "eWRC-results.com - rally database". eWRC-results.com