2011 Rally México

2011 Rally México Rally Guanajuato México
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Host country	Mexico
Rally base	León, Mexico
Dates run	March 3 – 6 2011
Stages	22 (364.87 km; 226.72 mi)[1]
Stage surface	Gravel
Overall distance	1,031.30 km (640.82 mi)[1]
Results
Overall winner	Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total WRT
Crews	24 at start, 17 at finish

The 2011 Rally México was the second round of the 2011 World Rally Championship season. It was the season's first event held on gravel roads. The rally took place over 3–6 March, beginning with a street stage in Guanajuato. The rally was also the first round of the Super 2000 World Rally Championship.

In an event in which all the leading contenders suffered some sort of trouble during the rally, Sébastien Loeb took the 63rd WRC win of his career, and his fifth victory in Mexico, taking advantage of teammate Sébastien Ogier's crash on the 20th stage and held on to win the event by over 90 seconds.^[2] Loeb had trailed Ogier heading into the final day, having picked up a 50-second penalty for starting the 15th stage late.^[2] Second place went to championship leader Mikko Hirvonen, who took the Power Stage victory,^[3] to take his total points earned on the rally to 21; while teammate Jari-Matti Latvala finished third, despite losing over four minutes on Friday. The Norwegian trio of Petter Solberg, Mads Østberg and Henning Solberg finished in fourth, fifth and sixth place respectively.

Nasser Al-Attiyah won the supporting SWRC class on the road, but was later excluded due to a technical infringement.^[4] Al-Attiyah's exclusion gave Martin Prokop victory in the class and seventh place overall, Juho Hänninen second in class and eighth overall,^[2] with Ott Tänak promoted onto the SWRC podium and into the overall points.^[4]

Results

Event standings

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Overall
1.	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC	3:53:17.0	0.0	27
2.	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:54:55.4	1:38.4	21
3.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:55:40.9	2:23.9	15
4.	Petter Solberg	Chris Patterson	Citroën DS3 WRC	4:00:35.4	7:18.4	13
5.	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:02:00.5	8:43.5	10
6.	Henning Solberg	Ilka Minor	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:03:07.0	9:50.0	8
7.	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Ford Fiesta S2000	4:06:52.0	13:35.0	6
8.	Juho Hänninen	Mikko Markkula	Škoda Fabia S2000	4:08:05.7	14:48.7	4
9.	Federico Villagra	Jorge Pérez Companc	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:41:34.2	48:17.2	2
10.	Ott Tänak	Kuldar Sikk	Ford Fiesta S2000	4:46:59.8	53:42.8	1
SWRC
1. (7.)	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Ford Fiesta S2000	4:06:52.0	0.0	25
2. (8.)	Juho Hänninen	Mikko Markkula	Škoda Fabia S2000	4:08:05.7	1:13.7	18
3. (10.)	Ott Tänak	Kuldar Sikk	Ford Fiesta S2000	4:46:59.8	40:07.8	15
4. (15.)	Karl Kruuda	Martin Järveoja	Škoda Fabia S2000	5:06:17.4	59:25.4	12

Special stages

Day	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
Leg 1 (3–4 Mar)	SS1	20:06	Guanajuato Street Stage	1.05 km	Petter Solberg	0:53.2	71.05 km/h	Petter Solberg
	SS2	08:43	Alfaro 1	26.01 km	Sébastien Ogier	15:30.7	100.61 km/h	Sébastien Ogier
	SS3	10:16	Ortega 1	23.83 km	Sébastien Ogier	13:58.5	102.31 km/h
	SS4	11:04	El Cubilete 1	18.87 km	Sébastien Loeb	11:42.1	96.76 km/h
	SS5	12:12	León Street Stage 1	1.33 km	Sébastien Loeb	1:17.4	61.86 km/h	Sébastien Loeb
	SS6	13:47	Alfaro 2	26.01 km	Sébastien Ogier	15:16.6	102.16 km/h	Sébastien Ogier
	SS7	15:20	Ortega 2	23.83 km	Sébastien Ogier	13:48.0	103.61 km/h
	SS8	16:08	El Cubilete 2	18.87 km	Sébastien Loeb	11:33.9	97.90 km/h
	SS9	19:45	Super Special 1	2.21 km	Sébastien Loeb	1:39.7	79.80 km/h
	SS10	19:50	Super Special 2	2.21 km	Sébastien Ogier	1:37.9	81.27 km/h
Leg 2 (5 Mar)	SS11	08:54	Ibarrilla 1	29.90 km	Sébastien Loeb	18:25.8	97.34 km/h	Sébastien Loeb
	SS12	10:17	Duarte 1	23.27 km	Petter Solberg	17:57.8	77.72 km/h
	SS13	11:08	Derramadero 1	23.28 km	Petter Solberg	13:58.7	99.93 km/h
	SS14	12:11	León Street Stage 2	1.33 km	Sébastien Loeb	1:16.9	62.26 km/h
	SS15	13:57	Ibarrilla 2	29.90 km	Petter Solberg	18:11.8	98.59 km/h	Sébastien Ogier
	SS16	15:20	Duarte 2	23.27 km	Petter Solberg	17:34.2	79.46 km/h
	SS17	16:11	Derramadero 2	23.28 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	13:49.7	101.01 km/h
	SS18	19:43	Super Special 3	2.21 km	Sébastien Loeb	1:38.4	80.85 km/h
	SS19	19:48	Super Special 4	2.21 km	Sébastien Loeb	1:37.0	82.02 km/h
Leg 3 (6 Mar)	SS20	08:28	Guanajuatito	29.13 km	Sébastien Loeb	20:10.2	86.65 km/h	Sébastien Loeb
	SS21	09:51	Comanjilla	24.59 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	15:11.3	97.14 km/h
	SS22	11:06	Guanajuato Power Stage	8.28 km	Mikko Hirvonen	4:40.4	106.31 km/h

Power Stage

The "Power stage" was a live, televised 8.28 km (5.14 mi) stage at the end of the rally, held near Guanajuato.

Pos	Driver	Time	Diff.	Avg. speed	Points
1	Mikko Hirvonen	4:40.4	0.0	106.31 km/h	3
2	Sébastien Loeb	4:42.5	+2.1	105.52 km/h	2
3	Petter Solberg	4:42.5	+2.1	105.52 km/h	1

Standings after the rally

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Mikko Hirvonen 46 2 Sébastien Loeb 37 3 Jari-Matti Latvala 31 4 Mads Ostberg 28 5 Petter Solberg 23 6 Sebastien Ogier 15 7 Henning Solberg 8 8 Per-Gunnar Andersson 6 9 Martin Prokop 6 10 Kimi Räikkönen 4

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos. Manufacturer Points 1 BP Ford WRT 73 2 Citroen WRT 47 3 Stobart Ford 36 4 Petter Solberg WRT 12 5 Ice 1 Racing 8 6 Team Abu Dhabi 6 7 Monster WRT 6 8 Munchi's Ford WRT 6 9 FERM Power Tools WRT 4

References

1. "Itineraries" (PDF). World Rally Championship. Rally Mexico; International Sportsworld Communicators. 25 February 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
2. "Loeb wins in Mexico". World Rally Championship (International Sportsworld Communicators). 6 March 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
3. "Hirvonen takes Power Stage win". World Rally Championship (International Sportsworld Communicators). 6 March 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
4. Beer, Matt (6 March 2011). "Al-Attiyah excluded from S2000 win". Autosport (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 7 March 2011.

External links

• Results at eWRC.com