2012 Rally México

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.

2012 Rally México Rally Guanajuato México
Round 3 of the 2012 World Rally Championship season ← Previous event Next event →
Host country	Mexico
Rally base	León, Mexico
Dates run	March 8 – 11 2012
Stages	24 (408.5 km; 253.8 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Statistics
Crews	27[1] at start, 19 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total WRT

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	27
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	18
4.	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:20:24.2	4:51.5	13
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.)	Rodrigo Salgado	Diódoro Salgado	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	5:45:54.9	1:06:28.8	10
7.(18.)	Ramona Karlsson	Miriam Walfridsson	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	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	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	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	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 5.46 km (3.39 mi) 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

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

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.^[6] 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.^[5] 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

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

References

1. "Rally Mexico Start List" (PDF). Rally Mexico. 11 March 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
2. "SS9: Safety concerns lead to stage cancellation". World Rally Championship. 9 March 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
3. "RZ24 VW Power Stage". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
4. "2012 FIA World Rally Championship – Entrants". fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 8 February 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-02-12. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
5. Evans, David (6 February 2012). "Prodrive loses status as MINI's factory World Rally Team". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
6. "FIA confirms updated manufacturers'list". World Rally Championship. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 8 February 2012. Archived from the original on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2012.

External links

• The official website for the rally
• The official website of the World Rally Championship