The 2016 Rally Mexico (formally the 13º Rally Guanajuato México) was the third round of the 2016 World Rally Championship. The race was held over four days between 3 March and 6 March 2016, and was based in León, Guanajuato, Mexico. Volkswagen's Jari-Matti Latvala won the race, his 16th win in the World Rally Championship.[1] The 20th stage of the rally (Guanajuato) was the longest stage in the world championship for 30 years (excluding the 'competitive sections' of the Safari Rally) at 80 kilometres (50 mi) in length.[2]

2016 Rally Mexico
13. Rally Guanajuato México
Round 3 of the 2016 World Rally Championship
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Rally baseMexico León
Dates run3 – 6 March 2016
Stages21 (399.67 km; 248.34 miles)
Stage surfaceGravel
Overall results
Overall winnerFinland Jari-Matti Latvala
Finland Miikka Anttila
Germany Volkswagen Motorsport

Entry list edit

Overall standings edit

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Pos. No. Driver Co-driver Team Car Class Time Difference Points
Overall classification
1 2   Jari-Matti Latvala   Miikka Anttila   Volkswagen Motorsport Volkswagen Polo R WRC WRC 4:25:57.4 27
2 1   Sébastien Ogier   Julien Ingrassia   Volkswagen Motorsport Volkswagen Polo R WRC WRC 4:27:02.4 +1:05.0 21
3 5   Mads Østberg   Ola Fløene   M-Sport World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC 4:31:33.8 +5:36.4 15
4 4   Dani Sordo   Marc Martí   Hyundai Motorsport Hyundai i20 WRC WRC 4:31:35.3 +5:37.9 12
5 20   Hayden Paddon   John Kennard   Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 WRC WRC 4:32:20.0 +6:22.6 11
6 12   Ott Tänak   Raigo Mõlder   DMACK World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC 4:35:56.9 +9:59.5 8
7 21   Martin Prokop   Jan Tománek   Jipocar Czech National Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC 4:38:55.9 +12:58.5 6
8 37   Lorenzo Bertelli   Simone Scattolin   FWRT s.r.l. Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC 4:40:07.0 +14:09.6 4
9 32   Teemu Suninen   Mikko Markkula   TGS Worldwide OU Škoda Fabia R5 WRC-2 4:43:59.2 +18:01.8 2
10 81   Valeriy Gorban   Volodymyr Korsia   Eurolamp World Rally Team Mini John Cooper Works WRC WRC 4:58:34.7 +32:37.3 1
WRC-2 standings
1 (9.) 32   Teemu Suninen   Mikko Markkula   TGS Worldwide OU Škoda Fabia R5 WRC-2 4:43:59.2 25
2 (11.) 31   Hubert Ptaszek   Maciej Szczepaniak   Peugeot Sport Slovakia Peugeot 208 T16 WRC-2 5:04:10.8 +20:11.6 18
3 (12.) 33   Max Rendina   Emanuele Inglesi   Motorsport Italia srl Ford Fiesta R5 WRC-2 5:08:04.6 +24:05.4 15
4 (14.) 42   Nicolás Fuchs   Fernando Mussano   Wevers Sport Škoda Fabia R5 WRC-2 5:20:54.8 +36:55.6 12
5 (19.) 32   Armin Kremer   Pirmin Winklhofer   BRR Baumschlager Rallye & Racing Team Škoda Fabia R5 WRC-2 5:52:06.0 +1:08:06.8 10
WRC-3 standings
1 (15.) 61   Michel Fabre   Maxime Vilmot   Saintéloc Junior Team Citroën DS3 R3T Max WRC-3 5:34:30.7 25

Special stages edit

Day Stage Name Length Winner Car Time Rally leader
Leg 1 SS1 Street Stage Guanajuato 1.09 km   Thierry Neuville Hyundai i20 WRC 0:59.1   Thierry Neuville
SS2 Super Special 1 2.30 km   Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Polo R WRC 1:38.9   Sébastien Ogier
SS3 Super Special 2 2.30 km   Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Polo R WRC 1:38.1
Leg 2 SS4 El Chocolate 1 54.21 km   Jari-Matti Latvala Volkswagen Polo R WRC 38:48.1   Jari-Matti Latvala
SS5 Las Minas 1 15.36 km   Jari-Matti Latvala Volkswagen Polo R WRC 11:00.1
SS6 Street Stage León 1 1.41 km   Andreas Mikkelsen Volkswagen Polo R WRC 1:19.0
SS7 El Chocolate 2 54.21 km   Jari-Matti Latvala Volkswagen Polo R WRC 38:16.3
SS8 Las Minas 2 15.36 km   Jari-Matti Latvala Volkswagen Polo R WRC 10:57.7
SS9 Super Special 3 2.30 km   Jari-Matti Latvala Volkswagen Polo R WRC 1:39.1
SS10 Super Special 4 2.30 km   Sébastien Ogier
  Dani Sordo
Volkswagen Polo R WRC
Hyundai i20 WRC
1:38.1
Leg 3 SS11 Ibarrilla 30.38 km   Jari-Matti Latvala Volkswagen Polo R WRC 17:41.8
SS12 Otates 1 42.62 km   Jari-Matti Latvala Volkswagen Polo R WRC 29:39.8
SS13 El Brinco 1 7.15 km   Jari-Matti Latvala Volkswagen Polo R WRC 4:00.5
SS14 Agua Zarca 1 16.47 km   Jari-Matti Latvala Volkswagen Polo R WRC 10:07.6
SS15 Otates 2 42.62 km   Jari-Matti Latvala Volkswagen Polo R WRC 29:17.8
SS16 El Brinco 2 7.15 km   Jari-Matti Latvala Volkswagen Polo R WRC 3:57.3
SS17 Super Special 5 2.30 km   Dani Sordo Hyundai i20 WRC 1:39.2
SS18 Super Special 6 2.30 km   Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Polo R WRC 1:38.1
SS19 Street Stage León 2 1.37 km   Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Polo R WRC 1:18.6
Leg 4 SS20 Guanajuato 80.00 km   Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Polo R WRC 48:06.8
SS21 Agua Zarca 2 (Power Stage) 16.47 km   Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Polo R WRC 9:57.1

Power Stage edit

The "Power stage" was a 16.47 km (10.23 mi) stage at the end of the rally.

Pos Driver Car Time Diff. Pts
1   Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Polo R WRC 9:57.1 0.0 3
2   Jari-Matti Latvala Volkswagen Polo R WRC 10:02.5 +5.4 2
3   Hayden Paddon Hyundai i20 WRC 10:07.5 +10.4 1

References edit

  1. ^ "WRC Rally Mexico: Jari-Matti Latvala claims dominant victory". autosport.com/publisher=Autosport. León, Guanajuato, Mexico. 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
  2. ^ "When Mexico gave WRC the longest stage of a generation". DirtFish. 2022-03-14. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  3. ^ "eWRC-results.com - rally database". eWRC-results.com.