2015 Rally México

Rally car racing event held in Guanajuato, Mexico 2015 Rally México 29º Rally Guanajuato México 3 of 13 2015 World Rally Championship 2015 Rally Sweden 2015 Rally Argentina File:Thierry Neuville Rally Mexico 2015 001.jpg León 5 8 March 2015 21 394.21 Gravel FRA Sébastien OgierFRA Julien Ingrassia DEU Volkswagen Motorsport 30 23 The 2015 Rally Guanajuato México was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 5 and 8 March 2015. It marked the twenty-ninth running of the Rally Mexico, and was the third round of the 2015 World Rally Championship and WRC-2 seasons. For the third year in succession,http://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/news/march/day-4-round-up/page/2275--12-12-.html Unbeaten Ogier nets Mexico hat-trick World Rally Championship WRC Promoter GmbH 8 March 2015 23 January 2016 Volkswagen Motorsport driver Sébastien Ogier won the rally,http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/117956 Sebastien Ogier clinches dominant win for VW Autosport Haymarket Publications 8 March 2015 23 January 2016 taking his fifth consecutive WRC win in the process. Ogier finished almost a minute-and-a-half clear of his closest competitor, Citroën World Rally Team's Mads Østberg. The podium was completed by Ogier's team-mate Andreas Mikkelsen, who finished 6.3 seconds in arrears of Østberg. Nasser Al-Attiyah was the winner of the WRC-2 class, finishing almost eight minutes clear of anyone else, while also finishing in seventh place overall.http://www.wrc.com/en/wrc-2/news/2015/march/day-4-round-up/page/2276--51-51-.html Al-Attiyah starts title defence with Mexico win World Rally Championship WRC Promoter GmbH 9 March 2015 23 January 2016 Nicolás Fuchs (ninth overall) and Jari Ketomaa (tenth overall) completed the podium. During the third stage of the rally, Los Mexicanos, Ott Tänak crashed his car into a lake, but he and co-driver Raigo Mõlder were able to extract themselves from the car prior to it submerging. The car was recovered from the lake, in anticipation for the car to be repaired by the M-Sport World Rally Team. The team attempted to repair the car, dubbed the TiTänakhttp://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/news/march/tanak-in-number/page/2285--12-12-.html TiTanak's Mexico escape goes global World Rally Championship WRC Promoter GmbH 15 March 2015 23 January 2016http://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2015/03/m-sport-mechanics-earn-money-legend-titanak-born/ Matthew McMahon M-Sport Mechanics Earn Their Money As The Legend of "Titanak" is Born The Checkered Flag BlackEagleMedia 11 March 2015 23 January 2016http://www.dailypost.co.uk/sport/other-sport/elfyn-evans-extremely-happy-after-8815046 Elfyn Evans 'extremely happy' after fourth place finish in Rally Mexico North Wales Daily Post Trinity Mirror 10 March 2015 23 January 2016 Despite the car spending almost 10 hours submerged in water, the M-Sport team had the car – dubbed TiTanak – back up and running to complete the Sunday’s final stages of the rally. – a portmanteau of the RMS Titanic passenger liner, that sank in 1912, and Tänak's name – for the second day, but he was unable to start. He returned for Sunday's stages, finishing 22nd overall and scoring a manufacturers' championship point.http://www.crash.net/wrc/feature/215368/1/the-making-of-titanak.html The making of "Titanak" Crash.net Crash Media Group 9 March 2015 23 January 2016 Entry list Notable entrants No. Car number Entrant Class Entries registered to score manufacturer points Driver Co-driver Car Tyre Tyre supplier 1 DEU Volkswagen Motorsport WRC FRA Sébastien Ogier FRA Julien Ingrassia Volkswagen Polo R WRC Michelin 2 DEU Volkswagen Motorsport WRC FIN Jari-Matti Latvala FIN Miikka Anttila Volkswagen Polo R WRC Michelin 3 FRA Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT WRC GBR Kris Meeke IRE Paul Nagle Citroën DS3 WRC Michelin 4 FRA Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT WRC NOR Mads Østberg SWE Jonas Andersson Jonas Andersson (co-driver) Citroën DS3 WRC Michelin 5 GBR M-Sport Ltd WRC GBR Elfyn Evans GBR Daniel Barritt Ford Fiesta RS WRC Michelin 6 GBR M-Sport Ltd WRC EST Ott Tänak EST Raigo Mőlder Ford Fiesta RS WRC Michelin 7 DEU Hyundai Motorsport WRC BEL Thierry Neuville BEL Nicolas Gilsoul Hyundai i20 WRC Michelin 8 DEU Hyundai Motorsport WRC ESP Dani Sordo ESP Marc Martí Hyundai i20 WRC Michelin 9 DEU Volkswagen Motorsport II WRC NOR Andreas Mikkelsen NOR Ola Fløene Volkswagen Polo R WRC Michelin 20 DEU Hyundai Motorsport N WRC NZL Hayden Paddon NZL John Kennard John Kennard (co-driver) Hyundai i20 WRC Michelin 21 CZE Jipocar Czech National Team WRC CZE Martin Prokop CZE Michal Ernst Ford Fiesta RS WRC Pirelli 23 MEX Benito Guerra, Jr. WRC MEX Benito Guerra, Jr. MEX Borja Rozada Ford Fiesta RS WRC Pirelli 24 POL Robert Kubica WRC POL Robert Kubica POL Maciek Szczepaniak Ford Fiesta RS WRC Pirelli 32 FRA PH Sport WRC-2 FRA Stéphane Lefebvre BEL Stéphane Prévot Citroën DS3 R5 Michelin 33 ITA Motorsport Italia Srl WRC-2 ITA Massimiliano Rendina ITA Mario Pizzuti Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X Pirelli 35 GRC Jourdan Serderidis WRC-2 GRC Jourdan Serderidis BEL Frédéric Miclotte Citroën DS3 R5 DMACK 36 QAT Youth & Sports Qatar Rally Team WRC-2 QAT Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari GBR Marshall Clarke Ford Fiesta RRC Michelin 37 ITA FWRT s.r.l. WRC ITA Lorenzo Bertelli ITA Giovanni Bernacchini Ford Fiesta RS WRC Pirelli 38 UKR Yuriy Protasov WRC-2 UKR Yuriy Protasov UKR Pavlo Cherepin Ford Fiesta RRC Pirelli 39 QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah WRC-2 QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah FRA Matthieu Baumel Ford Fiesta WRC Michelin 40 GBR Drive DMACK WRC-2 FIN Jari Ketomaa FIN Kaj Lindström Ford Fiesta R5 DMACK 41 PER Nicolás Fuchs WRC-2 PER Nicolás Fuchs ARG Fernando Mussano Ford Fiesta R5 DMACK 42 UKR Eurolamp World Rally Team WRC-2 UKR Valeriy Gorban UKR Volodymyr Korsia Mini John Cooper Works S2000 Pirelli 43 RUS TAIF Rally Team WRC-2 RUS Radik Shaymiev RUS Maxim Tsvetkov co-driver Ford Fiesta R5 Michelin 51 ROU Napoca Rally Academy WRC-2 ITA Simone Tempestini ITA Matteo Chiarcossi Subaru Impreza WRX STi Pirelli Icon Class WRC WRC entries eligible toscore manufacturer points WRC Major entry ineligible toscore manufacturer points WRC-2 Registered to take part inWRC-2 championship Results Event standings Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Co-driver Team Car Class Time Difference Time difference to class winner Points Overall classification 1 1 FRA Sébastien Ogier FRA Julien Ingrassia DEU Volkswagen Motorsport Volkswagen Polo R WRC WRC 4:19:13.4 0.00 28 25 points for first place, 3 points for Power Stage 2 4 NOR Mads Østberg SWE Jonas Andersson FRA Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT Citroën DS3 WRC WRC 4:20:32.2 +1:18.8 18 3 9 NOR Andreas Mikkelsen NOR Ola Fløene DEU Volkswagen Motorsport II Volkswagen Polo R WRC WRC 4:20:38.5 +1:25.1 17 15 points for third place, 2 points for Power Stage 4 5 GBR Elfyn Evans GBR Daniel Barritt GBR M-Sport World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC 4:22:53.6 +3:40.2 12 5 8 ESP Dani Sordo ESP Marc Martí DEU Hyundai Motorsport Hyundai i20 WRC WRC 4:24:15.2 +5:01.8 10 6 21 CZE Martin Prokop CZE Jan Tománek CZE Jipocar Czech National Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC 4:25:49.5 +6:36.1 8 7 39 QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah FRA Matthieu Baumel QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah Ford Fiesta RRC WRC-2 4:34:06.1 +14:52.7 6 8 7 BEL Thierry Neuville BEL Nicolas Gilsoul DEU Hyundai Motorsport Hyundai i20 WRC WRC 4:41:56.7 +22:43.3 5 4 points for eighth place, 1 point for Power Stage 9 41 PER Nicolás Fuchs ARG Fernando Mussano PER Nicolás Fuchs Ford Fiesta R5 WRC-2 4:42:02.4 +22:49.0 2 10 40 FIN Jari Ketomaa FIN Kaj Lindström GBR Drive DMACK Ford Fiesta R5 WRC-2 4:42:23.6 +23:10.2 1 WRC-2 standings 1 (7.) 39 QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah FRA Matthieu Baumel QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah Ford Fiesta RRC WRC-2 4:34:06.1 0.0 25 2 (9.) 41 PER Nicolás Fuchs ARG Fernando Mussano PER Nicolás Fuchs Ford Fiesta R5 WRC-2 4:42:02.4 +7:56.3 18 3 (10.) 40 FIN Jari Ketomaa FIN Kaj Lindström GBR Drive DMACK Ford Fiesta R5 WRC-2 4:42:23.6 +8:17.5 15 4 (11.) 36 QAT Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari GBR Marshall Clarke QAT Youth & Sports Qatar Rally Team Fod Fiesta RRC WRC-2 4:42:58.2 +8:52.1 12 5 (13.) 38 UKR Yuriy Protasov UKR Pavlo Cherepin UKR Yuriy Protasov Ford Fiesta RRC WRC-2 4:52:44.2 +18:38.1 10 6 (14.) 33 ITA Massimiliano Rendina ITA Mario Pizzuti ITA Motorsport Italia Srl Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X WRC-2 4:57:19.9 +23:13.8 8 7 (19.) 35 GRC Jourdan Serderidis BEL Frédéric Miclotte GRC Jourdan Serderidis Citroën DS3 R5 WRC-2 5:17:21.8 +43:15.7 6 Source: Special stages June 2018 Championship standings after the race WRC Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Position Driver Points 1 FRA Sébastien Ogier 81 2 NOR Andreas Mikkelsen 47 3 BEL Thierry Neuville 35 4 NOR Mads Østberg 32 5 GBR Elfyn Evans 26 Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos. Position Constructor Points 1 DEU Volkswagen Motorsport 99 2 DEU Hyundai Motorsport 75 3 GBR M-Sport World Rally Team 48 4 FRA Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT 42 5 CZE Jipocar Czech National Team 20 Other WRC2 Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Position Driver Points 1 FIN Jari Ketomaa 40 2 FRA Stéphane Lefebvre 25 3 QAT Nasser Al-Attiyah 25 4 IRL Craig Breen 18 5 NOR Eyvind Brynildsen 18 WRC3 Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Position Driver Points 1 NOR Ole Christian Veiby 40 2 FRA Quentin Gilbert 25 3 DEU Christian Riedemann 18 4 ITA Simone Tempestini 12 5 FRA Stéphane Consani 10 JWRC Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Position Driver Points 1 FRA Quentin Gilbert 25 2 DEU Christian Riedemann 18 3 NOR Ole Christian Veiby 15 4 ITA Simone Tempestini 12 5 FRA Yohan Rossel 10 References External links http://www.rallymexico.com/site/en The official website of the World Rally Championship Mexico Category:Rally Mexico Rally Mexico Category:March 2015 sports events in Mexico