2012 Rally México Explained

2012 Rally México
Native Name:	Rally Guanajuato México
Round:	3
Championship:	2012 World Rally Championship season
Previous Round:	2012 Rally Sweden
Next Round:	2012 Rally de Portugal
Country:	Mexico
Rallybase:	León, Mexico
Startdate:	March 8
Enddate:	11 2012
Stages:	24
Stagekm:	408.5
Surface:	Gravel
Driver1:	Sébastien Loeb
Team1:	Citroën Total WRT
Teamsstart:	27^[1]
Teamsfinish:	19

The 2012 Rally México was the third round of the 2012 World Rally Championship (WRC) season. The rally took place between 8 and 11 March 2012.

Results

Event standings

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Overall
1.	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC	4:15:32.7	0.0
2.	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Citroën DS3 WRC	4:16:15.1	42.4	18
3.	Petter Solberg	Chris Patterson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:17:44.1	2:11.4
4.	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:20:24.2	4:51.5
5.	Ott Tänak	Kuldar Sikk	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:20:35.3	5:02.6	10
6.	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Giovanni Bernacchini	Citroën DS3 WRC	4:22:14.1	6:41.4	8
7.	Armindo Araújo	Miguel Ramalho	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	4:28:19.6	12:46.9	6
8.	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Skoda Fabia S2000	4:30:30.5	14:57.8	4
9.	Ken Block	Alex Gelsomino	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:37:59.5	22:26.8	2
10.	Ricardo Triviño	Álex Haro	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:39:03.4	23:30.7	1
Production Class 3 / PWRC
1.(11.)	Benito Guerra	Borja Rozada	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	4:39:26.1	0.0	25
2.(12.)	Nicolás Fuchs	Fernando Mussano	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	4:43:36.0	4:09.9	18
3.(14.)	Michał Kościuszko	Maciek Szczepaniak	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	5:00:13.5	20:47.4	15
4.(15.)	Gianluca Linari	Nicola Arena	Subaru Impreza WRX STI	5:14:08.1	34:42.0	12
5.(16.)	Tibor Érdi Jr.	Attila Taborszki	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	5:30:29.5	51:03.4	-*|-| 6.(17.)|align="left"| Rodrigo Salgado|align="left"| Diódoro Salgado|align="left"| Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX| 5:45:54.9| 1:06:28.8! 10|-| 7.(18.)|align="left"| Ramona Karlsson|align="left"| Miriam Walfridsson|align="left"| Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X| 5:59:29.2| 1:20:03.1! 8|}*This team does not score points in the PWRC championship. Special stages Day Stage Time (UTC−6) Name Length Winner Time Avg. spd. Rally leader Leg 1 (8–9 Mar) SS1 20:09 DC Shoes Guanajuato Street Stage 1.05 km Petter Solberg 53.7 70.39 km/h Petter Solberg SS2 8:08 El Cubilete 1 22.12 km Mikko Hirvonen 13:23.6 99.09 km/h Mikko Hirvonen SS3 9:06 Las Minas 1 15.21 km Jari-Matti Latvala 11:22.9 80.18 km/h align=left rowspan=2 Jari-Matti Latvala SS4 9:47 Los Mexicanos 1 9.76 km Sébastien Loeb 7:53.3 74.24 km/h SS5 10:08 Ortega 1 23.69 km Sébastien Loeb 14:08.7 100.49 km/h Mikko Hirvonen SS6 13:36 El Cubilete 2 22.12 km Jari-Matti Latvala 13:11.8 101.86 km/h align=left rowspan=19 Sébastien Loeb SS7 14:34 Las Minas 2 15.21 km Jari-Matti Latvala 11:03.1 82.58 km/h SS8 15:15 Los Mexicanos 2 9.76 km Jari-Matti Latvala 7:43.6 75.79 km/h SS9 15:36 Ortega 2 23.69 km align=center colspan=3 stage cancelled^[2] SS10 17:24 Monster León Street Stage 1.23 km Sébastien Loeb 1:16.4 57.96 km/h SS11 20:13 Super Special 1 2.21 km Nasser Al-Attiyah 1:39.5 79.96 km/h SS12 20:18 Super Special 2 2.21 km Chris Atkinson 1:38.3 80.94 km/h Leg 2 (10 Mar) SS13 6:54 Ibarrilla 1 29.90 km Jari-Matti Latvala 18:01.4 99.54 km/h SS14 8:12 Otates 1 41.88 km Sébastien Loeb 30:19.9 82.84 km/h SS15 11:06 Ibarrilla 2 29.90 km Sébastien Loeb 17:55.3 100.10 km/h SS16 12:24 Otates 2 41.88 km Jari-Matti Latvala 29:54.7 84.01 km/h SS17 15:30 Comanjilla 1 17.91 km Jari-Matti Latvala 10:21.1 103.81 km/h SS18 16:45 Super Special 3 4.42 km Petter Solberg Sébastien Loeb 3:14.3 81.89 km/h SS19 16:50 Super Special 4 2.21 km align=center colspan=3 stage cancelled SS20 17:23 Comanjilla 2 17.91 km Jari-Matti Latvala 10:13.7 105.06 km/h Leg 3 (11 Mar) SS21 9:30 Super Special 5 4.42 km Thierry Neuville 3:12.5 82.7 km/h SS22 10:33 Guanajuatito 54.76 km Mikko Hirvonen 36:30.7 89.2 km/h SS23 12:06 Derramadero 11.51 km Sébastien Loeb 7:14.9 87.6 km/h SS24 13:18 VW Power Stage 5.75 km Petter Solberg 3:11.4 102.7 km/h Power Stage The "Power stage" was a 5.46km (03.39miles) stage at the end of the rally.^[3] Pos Driver Time Diff. Avg. speed Points 1 Petter Solberg 3:11.429 0.000 102.7 km/h 3 2 Sébastien Loeb 3:12.900 +1.471 101.9 km/h 2 3 Mads Østberg 3:14.109 +2.680 101.3 km/h 1 Championship standings after the event Drivers' championship Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th  Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 Pos Driver MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE NZL FIN GER GBR FRA ITA ESP  Pts  1 Sébastien Loeb 1 ^1 6 ^1 1 ^2 66 2 Mikko Hirvonen 4 ^2 2 2 50 3 Petter Solberg 3 4 ^2 3 ^1 47 4 Mads Østberg 3 4 ^3 28 5 Jari-Matti Latvala Ret 1 ^3 Ret 26 6 Evgeny Novikov 5 ^3 5 Ret 21 7 Dani Sordo 2 Ret 18 8 Ott Tänak 8 Ret 5 14 9 Nasser Al-Attiyah 21 6 8 10 François Delecour 6 8 11 Armindo Araújo 10 15 7 7 12 Henning Solberg 13 7 DNS 6 13 Pierre Campana 7 6 14 Sébastien Ogier Ret 11 8 4 15 Patrik Sandell 8 4 16 Martin Prokop 9 9 4 17 Ken Block 9 2 18 Eyvind Brynildsen 10 1 19 Ricardo Triviño 10 1 Pos Driver MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE NZL FIN GER GBR FRA ITA ESP Pts Notes: ^1 ^2 ^3 refers to the classification of the drivers on the 'Power Stage', where bonus points are awarded 3–2–1 for the fastest three drivers on the stage. Manufacturers' championship Pos Manufacturer MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE NZL FIN GER GBR FRA ITA ESP  Pts  1 Citroën Total World Rally Team 37 28 43 108 2 Ford World Rally Team 15 40 15 70 3 M-Sport Ford World Rally Team 16 12 10 38 4 Mini WRC Team^† 26 26 5 Qatar World Rally Team 8 8 16 6 Adapta World Rally Team 12 12 7 Citroën Junior World Rally Team 6 6 – Armindo Araújo World Rally Team^‡ 4 0 – Palmeirinha Rally^‡ 2 0 Pos Manufacturer MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE NZL FIN GER GBR FRA ITA ESP Pts Notes: † — The Mini WRC Team lost its manufacturer status in February when parent company BMW withdrew works support from the team, demoting them to customer team status.^[4] ^[5] The team kept the points it scored on Rallye Monte Carlo although it was no longer classified as a manufacturer entrant. They were replaced by the WRC Team Mini Portugal as the official Mini works team. ‡ — Armindo Araújo World Rally Team and Palmeirinha Rally merged to form WRC Team Mini Portugal. The points they scored at the Rallye Monte Carlo were removed from the manufacturers' championship.^[6] PWRC Drivers' championship Pos Driver MON MEX ARG GRE NZL GER ITA ESP  Pts  1 Michał Kościuszko 1 3 40 2 Benito Guerra 1 25 3 Louise Cook 2 18 4 Nicolás Fuchs DNS 2 18 5 Gianluca Linari 4 12 6 Rodrigo Salgado 5 10 7 Ramona Karlsson 6 8 Pos Driver MON MEX ARG GRE NZL GER ITA ESP Pts External links The official website for the rally The official website of the World Rally Championship

Notes and References

1. News: Rally Mexico Start List. 11 March 2012. Rally Mexico. 11 March 2012.
2. News: SS9: Safety concerns lead to stage cancellation. 9 March 2012. World Rally Championship. 11 March 2012.
3. Web site: RZ24 VW Power Stage. ewrc-results.com. 12 March 2012.
4. News: 2012 FIA World Rally Championship – Entrants. fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 8 February 2012. 9 February 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120212043305/http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/pressreleases/wrc/2012/Pages/2012-wrc-entrants.aspx. 2012-02-12. dead.
5. News: Prodrive loses status as MINI's factory World Rally Team. David. Evans. Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 6 February 2012. 6 February 2012.
6. News: FIA confirms updated manufacturers’list. World Rally Championship. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 8 February 2012. 9 February 2012. 12 February 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120212033425/http://www.wrc.com/news/fia-confirms-updated-manufacturers-list/?fid=16034. dead.