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.
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 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 4. Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson Ford Fiesta RS WRC 4:20:24.2 4:51.5 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 1Production 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 DayStageTime (UTC−6)NameLengthWinnerTimeAvg. 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 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 stage at the end of the rally. PosDriverTimeDiff.Avg. speedPoints 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 1 266 2 Mikko Hirvonen 4 2 2 250 3 Petter Solberg 3 4 2 3 147 4 Mads Østberg 3 4 328 5 Jari-Matti Latvala Ret 1 3 Ret26 6 Evgeny Novikov 5 3 5 Ret21 7 Dani Sordo 2 Ret18 8 Ott Tänak 8 Ret 514 9 Nasser Al-Attiyah 21 68 10 François Delecour 68 11 Armindo Araújo 10 15 77 12 Henning Solberg 13 7 DNS6 13 Pierre Campana 76 14 Sébastien Ogier Ret 11 84 15 Patrik Sandell 84 16 Martin Prokop 9 94 17 Ken Block 92 18 Eyvind Brynildsen 101 19 Ricardo Triviño 101 Pos Driver MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE NZL FIN GER GBR FRA ITA ESP Pts
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. The team kept the points it scored on Rallye Monte Carlo although it was no longer classified as a manufacturer entrant. 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. The points they scored at the Rallye Monte Carlo were removed from the manufacturers' championship.
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
References
External links The official website for the rally The official website of the World Rally Championship