2011 Rally México

2011 Rally México
*Rally Guanajuato México*
2011 Rally México; Rally Guanajuato México
Round 2 of the 2011 World Rally Championship
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Host country	Mexico
Rally base	León, Mexico
Dates run	March 3 – 6 2011
Stages	22 (364.87 km; 226.72 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Overall distance	1,031.30 km (640.82 miles)
Statistics
Crews	24 at start, 17 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Sébastien Loeb; Citroën Total WRT

The 2011 Rally México was the second round of the 2011 World Rally Championship season. It was the season's first event held on gravel roads. The rally took place over 3–6 March, beginning with a street stage in Guanajuato. The rally was also the first round of the Super 2000 World Rally Championship.

In an event in which all the leading contenders suffered some sort of trouble during the rally, Sébastien Loeb took the 63rd WRC win of his career, and his fifth victory in Mexico, taking advantage of teammate Sébastien Ogier's crash on the 20th stage and held on to win the event by over 90 seconds.^[2] Loeb had trailed Ogier heading into the final day, having picked up a 50-second penalty for starting the 15th stage late.^[2] Second place went to championship leader Mikko Hirvonen, who took the Power Stage victory,^[3] to take his total points earned on the rally to 21; while teammate Jari-Matti Latvala finished third, despite losing over four minutes on Friday. The Norwegian trio of Petter Solberg, Mads Østberg and Henning Solberg finished in fourth, fifth and sixth place respectively.

Nasser Al-Attiyah won the supporting SWRC class on the road, but was later excluded due to a technical infringement.^[4] Al-Attiyah's exclusion gave Martin Prokop victory in the class and seventh place overall, Juho Hänninen second in class and eighth overall,^[2] with Ott Tänak promoted onto the SWRC podium and into the overall points.^[4]

Results[edit]

Event standings[edit]

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Overall
1.	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën DS3 WRC	3:53:17.0	0.0	27
2.	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:54:55.4	1:38.4	21
3.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:55:40.9	2:23.9	15
4.	Petter Solberg	Chris Patterson	Citroën DS3 WRC	4:00:35.4	7:18.4	13
5.	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:02:00.5	8:43.5	10
6.	Henning Solberg	Ilka Minor	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:03:07.0	9:50.0	8
7.	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Ford Fiesta S2000	4:06:52.0	13:35.0	6
8.	Juho Hänninen	Mikko Markkula	Škoda Fabia S2000	4:08:05.7	14:48.7	4
9.	Federico Villagra	Jorge Pérez Companc	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:41:34.2	48:17.2	2
10.	Ott Tänak	Kuldar Sikk	Ford Fiesta S2000	4:46:59.8	53:42.8	1
SWRC
1. (7.)	Martin Prokop	Jan Tománek	Ford Fiesta S2000	4:06:52.0	0.0	25
2. (8.)	Juho Hänninen	Mikko Markkula	Škoda Fabia S2000	4:08:05.7	1:13.7	18
3. (10.)	Ott Tänak	Kuldar Sikk	Ford Fiesta S2000	4:46:59.8	40:07.8	15
4. (15.)	Karl Kruuda	Martin Järveoja	Škoda Fabia S2000	5:06:17.4	59:25.4	12

Special stages[edit]

Day	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
Leg 1 (3–4 Mar)	SS1	20:06	Guanajuato Street Stage	1.05 km	Petter Solberg	0:53.2	71.05 km/h	Petter Solberg
	SS2	08:43	Alfaro 1	26.01 km	Sébastien Ogier	15:30.7	100.61 km/h	Sébastien Ogier
	SS3	10:16	Ortega 1	23.83 km	Sébastien Ogier	13:58.5	102.31 km/h
	SS4	11:04	El Cubilete 1	18.87 km	Sébastien Loeb	11:42.1	96.76 km/h
	SS5	12:12	León Street Stage 1	1.33 km	Sébastien Loeb	1:17.4	61.86 km/h	Sébastien Loeb
	SS6	13:47	Alfaro 2	26.01 km	Sébastien Ogier	15:16.6	102.16 km/h	Sébastien Ogier
	SS7	15:20	Ortega 2	23.83 km	Sébastien Ogier	13:48.0	103.61 km/h
	SS8	16:08	El Cubilete 2	18.87 km	Sébastien Loeb	11:33.9	97.90 km/h
	SS9	19:45	Super Special 1	2.21 km	Sébastien Loeb	1:39.7	79.80 km/h
	SS10	19:50	Super Special 2	2.21 km	Sébastien Ogier	1:37.9	81.27 km/h
Leg 2 (5 Mar)	SS11	08:54	Ibarrilla 1	29.90 km	Sébastien Loeb	18:25.8	97.34 km/h	Sébastien Loeb
	SS12	10:17	Duarte 1	23.27 km	Petter Solberg	17:57.8	77.72 km/h
	SS13	11:08	Derramadero 1	23.28 km	Petter Solberg	13:58.7	99.93 km/h
	SS14	12:11	León Street Stage 2	1.33 km	Sébastien Loeb	1:16.9	62.26 km/h
	SS15	13:57	Ibarrilla 2	29.90 km	Petter Solberg	18:11.8	98.59 km/h	Sébastien Ogier
	SS16	15:20	Duarte 2	23.27 km	Petter Solberg	17:34.2	79.46 km/h
	SS17	16:11	Derramadero 2	23.28 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	13:49.7	101.01 km/h
	SS18	19:43	Super Special 3	2.21 km	Sébastien Loeb	1:38.4	80.85 km/h
	SS19	19:48	Super Special 4	2.21 km	Sébastien Loeb	1:37.0	82.02 km/h
Leg 3 (6 Mar)	SS20	08:28	Guanajuatito	29.13 km	Sébastien Loeb	20:10.2	86.65 km/h	Sébastien Loeb
	SS21	09:51	Comanjilla	24.59 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	15:11.3	97.14 km/h
	SS22	11:06	Guanajuato Power Stage	8.28 km	Mikko Hirvonen	4:40.4	106.31 km/h

Power Stage[edit]

The "Power stage" was a live, televised 8.28 km (5.14 mi) stage at the end of the rally, held near Guanajuato.

Pos	Driver	Time	Diff.	Avg. speed	Points
1	Mikko Hirvonen	4:40.4	0.0	106.31 km/h	3
2	Sébastien Loeb	4:42.5	+2.1	105.52 km/h	2
3	Petter Solberg	4:42.5	+2.1	105.52 km/h	1

Standings after the rally[edit]

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Mikko Hirvonen	46
2	Sébastien Loeb	37
3	Jari-Matti Latvala	31
4	Mads Ostberg	28
5	Petter Solberg	23
6	Sebastien Ogier	15
7	Henning Solberg	8
8	Per-Gunnar Andersson	6
9	Martin Prokop	6
10	Kimi Räikkönen	4