2013 Rally México

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

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
	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
	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

External links

• Rally official website
• The official website of the World Rally Championship

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