The 2018 Rally Catalunya (formally known as the 54. RallyRACC Catalunya-Costa Daurada) was a motor racing event for rally cars that took place between 25 and 28 October, based in Salou, Tarragona, Spain. The event was open to entries competing in World Rally Cars and cars complying with Group R regulations. It marked the fifty-fourth running of Rally Catalunya and was the twelfth round of the 2018 FIA World Rally Championship, the highest class of competition in international rallying. Seventy-six crews, including manufacturer teams and privateers, were entered to compete in the World Rally Championship, the FIA World Rally Championship-2 and FIA World Rally Championship-3 support series and the Spanish national Rally Championship and Peugeot Rally Cup Ibérica championship.

The 2018 event consisted of eighteen special stages, with a total competitive distance of a and an additional in transport stages.

Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle were the reigning rally winners, but did not defend their win after Meeke was fired from Citroën. The Finnish crew of Teemu Suninen and Mikko Markkula were the reigning winners of the World Rally Championship-2, but did not defend their title as they will compete in the World Rally Championship class. Nil Solans and Miquel Ibáñez Sotos were the reigning World Rally Championship-3 winners, but Marc Martí replaced Ibáñez Sotos as Solans' co-driver in the WRC-2 category.

Nine-time world champions Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena won a rally for the first time since 2013 Rally Argentina. The victory also marked Loeb the third oldest winner overall. The margin between second-place Sébastien Ogier was 2.9 seconds, which also made the rally become the tenth closest wins in history. The Škoda Motorsport II crew of Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen won in the World Rally Championship-2 in a Škoda Fabia R5, while the Italian crew of Enrico Brazzoli and Luca Beltrame won in the World Rally Championship-3. The Czech crew of Jan Kopecký and Pavel Dresler finished second in WRC-2, which made them the drivers' and co-drivers' champions of 2018 World Rally Championship-2 respectively.

Background Championship standings prior to the event Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul entered the round as the leaders of the World Rally Championship for Drivers and the World Rally Championship for Co-Drivers respectively. They held a seven-point lead over defending World Champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia. Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were third, a further fourteen points behind. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT held a twenty-point lead over Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT.

In the World Rally Championship-2 standings, Jan Kopecký and Pavel Dresler led the drivers' and co-drivers' standings by fourteen points. Pontus Tidemand and Jonas Andersson were in second place, but they did not contest the rally. Tidemand was forty-one points ahead of privateers Gus Greensmith in the drivers' standings, while Andersson held a forty-six points lead over Jonne Halttunen in the co-drivers' standings. Škoda Motorsport II held a forty-twenty-point lead over sister team Škoda Motorsport in the teams' championship.

Junior World Rally Champion Emil Bergkvist led the World Rally Championship-3 drivers' standings, three points cleared of Taisko Lario. Denis Rådström was another three points behind in third. In the World Rally Championship-3 co-drivers' standings, Tatu Hämäläinen led Johan Johansson by three points, while Romain Courbon was slender one point further behind. In the teams' championship, ACI Team Italia led Castrol Ford Team Turkiye by sixteen points.

Entry list The following crews were entered into the rally. The entry list consisted of seventy-six crews, including thirteen World Rally Car entries, twenty-one entries in the World Rally Championship-2 and four in the World Rally Championship-3.

No. Entrant Driver Co-Driver Car Group Eligibility Tyre 1 M-Sport Ford WRT Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Ford Fiesta WRC RC1 2 M-Sport Ford WRT Elfyn Evans Daniel Barritt Ford Fiesta WRC RC1 WRC manufacturer 3 M-Sport Ford WRT Teemu Suninen Mikko Markkula Ford Fiesta WRC RC1 WRC manufacturer 4 Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Andreas Mikkelsen RC1 WRC manufacturer 5 Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC RC1 WRC manufacturer 6 Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Dani Sordo Carlos del Barrio Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC RC1 WRC manufacturer 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila Toyota Yaris WRC RC1 WRC manufacturer 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Toyota Yaris WRC RC1 WRC manufacturer 9 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Esapekka Lappi Janne Ferm Toyota Yaris WRC RC1 WRC manufacturer 10 Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Citroën C3 WRC RC1 WRC manufacturer 11 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT Craig Breen Scott Martin Citroën C3 WRC RC1 WRC manufacturer 12 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT Khalid Al-Qassimi Chris Patterson Citroën C3 WRC RC1 WRC manufacturer 31 Škoda Motorsport II Jan Kopecký Pavel Dresler Škoda Fabia R5 RC2 WRC-2 32 Škoda Motorsport II Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Škoda Fabia R5 RC2 WRC-2 33 Printsport Łukasz Pieniążek Przemysław Mazur Škoda Fabia R5 RC2 WRC-2 34 ACI Team Italia WRC Fabio Andolfi Simone Scattolin Škoda Fabia R5 RC2 WRC-2 35 Hyundai Motorsport Jari Huttunen Antti Linnaketo Hyundai i20 R5 RC2 WRC-2 36 Citroën Total Rallye Team Ole Christian Veiby Stig Rune Skjærmoen Citroën C3 R5 RC2 WRC-2 37 Citroën Total Rallye Team Stéphane Lefebvre Gabin Moreau Citroën C3 R5 RC2 WRC-2 38 BRC Racing Team Pierre-Louis Loubet Vincent Landais Hyundai i20 R5 RC2 WRC-2 39 Tommi Mäkinen Racing Takamoto Katsuta Marko Salminen Ford Fiesta R5 RC2 WRC-2 40 Lotos Rally Team Kajetan Kajetanowicz Maciej Szczepaniak Ford Fiesta R5 RC2 WRC-2 41 Simone Tempestini Simone Tempestini Sergio Itu Citroën C3 R5 RC2 WRC-2 42 Motorsport Italia Benito Guerra Borja Rozada Škoda Fabia R5 RC2 WRC-2 43 Hoonigan Racing Division Ken Block Alex Gelsomino Ford Fiesta WRC RC1 WRC 44 Nil Solans Nil Solans Marc Martí Ford Fiesta R5 RC2 WRC-2 45 Toksport WRT Chris Ingram Ross Whittock Škoda Fabia R5 RC2 WRC-2 46 Marco Bulacia Wilkinson Marco Bulacia Wilkinson Fernando Mussano Ford Fiesta R5 RC2 WRC-2 47 Volkswagen Motorsport Eric Camilli Benjamin Veillas Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 RC2 WRC-2 48 José Antonio Suárez José Antonio Suárez Cándido Carrera Hyundai i20 R5 RC2 WRC-2 49 Volkswagen Motorsport Petter Solberg Veronica Gulbæk Engan Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 RC2 WRC-2 50 Toksport WRT Henning Solberg Ilka Minor-Petrasko Škoda Fabia R5 RC2 WRC-2 51 Michel Sylvain Michel Sylvain Anthony Gorguilo Škoda Fabia R5 RC2 WRC-2 52 Sports & you Jose Maria López Borja Rozada Citroën C3 R5 RC2 WRC-2 61 Taisko Lario Taisko Lario Tatu Hämäläinen Peugeot 208 R2 RC4 WRC-3 62 Enrico Brazzoli Enrico Brazzoli Luca Beltrame Peugeot 208 R2 RC4 WRC-3 63 Louise Cook Louise Cook Stefan Davis Ford Fiesta R2 RC4 WRC-3 64 Amaury Molle Amaury Molle Renaud Herman Peugeot 208 R2 RC4 WRC-3 81 Escudería Osona Albert Orriols Lluis Pujolar Škoda Fabia R5 RC2 82 Rhys Yates Rhys Yates Elliott Edmondson Škoda Fabia R5 RC2 83 Jean-Michel Raoux Jean-Michel Raoux Laurent Magat Citroën DS3 WRC RC1 84 Eamonn Boland Eamonn Boland Michael Joseph Morrissey Ford Fiesta R2 RC2 85 Fabrizio Arengi Bentivoglio Fabrizio Arengi Bentivoglio Fabio Salis Peugeot 208 T16 R5 RC2 86 Henk Bakkenes Henk Bakkenes Cindy Verbaeten Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X RC2 87 Zamudio Racing Elkartea Efrén Llarena Sara Fernández Peugeot 308 N5 N5 National 88 Renault Sport España Fran Cima Artime Diego Sanjuan Renault Clio N5 N5 National 89 RMC Motorsport Roberto Rozada Yeray Mújica Ford Fiesta N5 N5 National 90 Zamudio Racing Elkartea Mariano Parés Carrió Pere Requena Palomares Ford Fiesta N5 N5 National 91 Michael Kogler Michael Kogler André Kachel Citroën DS3 R3T RC3 92 Équipe de France FFSA Rally Jean-Baptiste Franceschi Romain Courbon Ford Fiesta R2T RC4 93 Tom Williams Tom Williams Phil Hall Ford Fiesta R2T RC4 94 Escudería Motor Terrassa Jan Solans Mauro Barreiro Peugeot 208 R2 RC4 National, Peugeot Rally Cup 95 RACC Motorsport Josep Bassas Mas Manel Muñoz Peugeot 208 R2 RC4 96 Escudería A. Ferrol Peugeot 208 R2 RC4 National, Peugeot Rally Cup 97 Gamace MC Competición Roberto Blach Jr. José Murado Peugeot 208 R2 RC4 National, Peugeot Rally Cup 98 Escudería Berberecho Álvaro Pérez Abeijon Brais Mirón Peugeot 208 R2 RC4 National, Peugeot Rally Cup 99 Escudería Drago Rallye Julio Martínez Cazorla Diego Corta Ford Fiesta R2 RC4 National 100 MCoutinho Racing Diogo Gago Miguel Ramalho Peugeot 208 R2 RC4 Peugeot Rally Cup 101 Hugo Lopes Hugo Lopes Nuno Mota Ribeiro Peugeot 208 R2 RC4 Peugeot Rally Cup 102 Pedro Antunes Pedro Antunes Paulo Lopes Peugeot 208 R2 RC4 Peugeot Rally Cup 103 Ricardo Sousa Ricardo Sousa Luís Marques Peugeot 208 R2 RC4 Peugeot Rally Cup 104 Escudería Aterura Iván Medina Herrera Ariday Bonilla Peugeot 208 R2 RC4 Peugeot Rally Cup 105 Alberto San Segundo Juan Luis García Peugeot 208 R2 RC4 Peugeot Rally Cup 106 Paulo Moreira Paulo Moreira Marco Macedo Peugeot 208 R2 RC4 Peugeot Rally Cup 107 Nabila Tejpar Nabila Tejpar Max Freeman Peugeot 208 R2 RC4 Peugeot Rally Cup 108 Luciano Bonomi Luciano Bonomi Laureano Grigera Peugeot 208 R2 RC4 Peugeot Rally Cup 109 Gamace MC Competición Oriol Gómez Marco Axel Coronado Jiménez Peugeot 208 R2 RC4 Peugeot Rally Cup 110 GC Motorsport Abel Torrelles Xavier Carulla Peugeot 208 R2 RC4 Peugeot Rally Cup 111 Escudería Motor Terrassa Miquel Labarias Cortés Cristian Muñoz Guil Peugeot 208 R2 RC4 112 GC Motorsport Alberto Cotano Andreu Pascual Peugeot 208 R2 RC4 113 C.D. 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