2016 Rally Mexico

2016 Rally Mexico
*13. Rally Guanajuato México*
2016 Rally Mexico; 13. Rally Guanajuato México
Round 3 of the 2016 World Rally Championship
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Rally base	León
Dates run	3 – 6 March 2016
Stages	21 (399.67 km; 248.34 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Overall results
Overall winner	Jari-Matti Latvala; Miikka Anttila; Volkswagen 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]

Entry list

Overall standings

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Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Class	Time	Difference	Points
Overall classification
1	2	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	4:25:57.4		27
2	1	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	4:27:02.4	+1:05.0	21
3	5	Mads Østberg	Ola Fløene	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	4:31:33.8	+5:36.4	15
4	4	Dani Sordo	Marc Martí	Hyundai Motorsport	Hyundai i20 WRC	WRC	4:31:35.3	+5:37.9	12
5	20	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Hyundai Motorsport N	Hyundai i20 WRC	WRC	4:32:20.0	+6:22.6	11
6	12	Ott Tänak	Raigo Mõlder	DMACK World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	4:35:56.9	+9:59.5	8
7	21	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Jipocar Czech National Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	4:38:55.9	+12:58.5	6
8	37	Lorenzo Bertelli	Simone Scattolin	FWRT s.r.l.	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	4:40:07.0	+14:09.6	4
9	32	Teemu Suninen	Mikko Markkula	TGS Worldwide OU	Škoda Fabia R5	WRC-2	4:43:59.2	+18:01.8	2
10	81	Valeriy Gorban	Volodymyr Korsia	Eurolamp World Rally Team	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	WRC	4:58:34.7	+32:37.3	1
WRC-2 standings
1 (9.)	32	Teemu Suninen	Mikko Markkula	TGS Worldwide OU	Škoda Fabia R5	WRC-2	4:43:59.2		25
2 (11.)	31	Hubert Ptaszek	Maciej Szczepaniak	Peugeot Sport Slovakia	Peugeot 208 T16	WRC-2	5:04:10.8	+20:11.6	18
3 (12.)	33	Max Rendina	Emanuele Inglesi	Motorsport Italia srl	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	5:08:04.6	+24:05.4	15
4 (14.)	42	Nicolás Fuchs	Fernando Mussano	Wevers Sport	Škoda Fabia R5	WRC-2	5:20:54.8	+36:55.6	12
5 (19.)	32	Armin Kremer	Pirmin Winklhofer	BRR Baumschlager Rallye & Racing Team	Škoda Fabia R5	WRC-2	5:52:06.0	+1:08:06.8	10
WRC-3 standings
1 (15.)	61	Michel Fabre	Maxime Vilmot	Saintéloc Junior Team	Citroën DS3 R3T Max	WRC-3	5:34:30.7		25

Special stages

Day	Stage	Name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Rally leader
Leg 1	SS1	Street Stage Guanajuato	1.09 km	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 WRC	0:59.1	Thierry Neuville
	SS2	Super Special 1	2.30 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	1:38.9	Sébastien Ogier
	SS3	Super Special 2	2.30 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	1:38.1	Sébastien Ogier
Leg 2	SS4	El Chocolate 1	54.21 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	38:48.1	Jari-Matti Latvala
	SS5	Las Minas 1	15.36 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	11:00.1
	SS6	Street Stage León 1	1.41 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	1:19.0
	SS7	El Chocolate 2	54.21 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	38:16.3
	SS8	Las Minas 2	15.36 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	10:57.7
	SS9	Super Special 3	2.30 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	1:39.1
	SS10	Super Special 4	2.30 km	Sébastien Ogier Dani Sordo	Volkswagen Polo R WRC Hyundai i20 WRC	1:38.1
Leg 3	SS11	Ibarrilla	30.38 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	17:41.8
	SS12	Otates 1	42.62 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	29:39.8
	SS13	El Brinco 1	7.15 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	4:00.5
	SS14	Agua Zarca 1	16.47 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	10:07.6
	SS15	Otates 2	42.62 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	29:17.8
	SS16	El Brinco 2	7.15 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3:57.3
	SS17	Super Special 5	2.30 km	Dani Sordo	Hyundai i20 WRC	1:39.2
	SS18	Super Special 6	2.30 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	1:38.1
	SS19	Street Stage León 2	1.37 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	1:18.6
Leg 4	SS20	Guanajuato	80.00 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	48:06.8
Leg 4	SS21	Agua Zarca 2 (Power Stage)	16.47 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	9:57.1

Power Stage

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

Pos	Driver	Car	Time	Diff.	Pts
1	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	9:57.1	0.0	3
2	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	10:02.5	+5.4	2
3	Hayden Paddon	Hyundai i20 WRC	10:07.5	+10.4	1

References

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

[1] "WRC Rally Mexico: Jari-Matti Latvala claims dominant victory". autosport.com/publisher=Autosport. León, Guanajuato, Mexico. 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.

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