2018 Rally Estonia Explained

2018 Rally Estonia
Native Name:8. Shell Helix Rally Estonia 2018
Rallybase:Otepää, Valga County
Start:Neeruti, Valga County
Finish:Elva, Tartu County
Startdate:13
Enddate:15 July 2018
Stages:16
Stagekm:146.40
Transportkm:529.78
Overallkm:676.18
Surface:Gravel
Driver1: Ott Tänak
Martin Järveoja
Team1: Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
Time1:1:12:31.9
Teamsstart:104
Teamsfinish:52

The 2018 Rally Estonia (formally known as the Shell Helix Rally Estonia 2018) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over three days between 13 and 15 July 2018.[1] It marked the eighth running of Rally Estonia. The event consisted of sixteen special stages totalling 146.42NaN2 in competitive kilometres. The stages were run on smooth gravel roads of Southern Estonia. Two street stages were also held during the rally, in Tartu and in Elva. Rally headquarters and service park were based in Otepää, at the Tehvandi Sports Center, while city of Tartu hosted the ceremonial start and finish.

Ott Tänak & Martin Järveoja won the rally, while Hayden Paddon & Sebastian Marshall finished second and Craig Breen & Scott Martin finished third.[2] For the first time in the competition's history a total of three current WRC works teams entered Rally Estonia. It was also the first time the new Toyota Yaris WRC entered a competition outside the WRC series.[3] Tänak & Järveoja were dominant on their home ground winning eleven stages out of sixteen.

Report

Classification

DriverCo-driverTeamCarTime
Overall classification
111:12:31.90.0
231:13:31.0+59.1
321:15:44.3+3:12.4
471:16:33.6+4:01.7
561:16:51.6+4:19.7
641:17:07.2+4:35.3
751:17:47.9+5:16.0
8161:18:03.9+5:32.0
9121:19:21.1+6:49.2
10111:19:55.6+7:23.7
Source:[4]

Special stages

Notes and References

  1. News: The programme of Shell Helix Rally Estonia 2018. rallyestonia.com. Rally Estonia. 17 July 2018.
  2. News: Tänak heads WRC trio in Estonia. wrc.com. WRC. 16 July 2018. 17 July 2018.
  3. News: Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja starting in Shell Helix Rally Estonia with Toyota Yaris WRC. rallyestonia.com. Rally Estonia. 29 May 2018. 18 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180718144554/https://rallyestonia.com/ott-tanak-and-martin-jarveoja-starting-in-shell-helix-rally-estonia-with-toyota-yaris-wrc/. 18 July 2018. dead.
  4. News: Shell Helix Rally Estonia 2018 Final Results. ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results. 17 July 2018.