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. Loeb had trailed Ogier heading into the final day, having picked up a 50-second penalty for starting the 15th stage late. Second place went to championship leader Mikko Hirvonen, who took the Power Stage victory, 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. Al-Attiyah's exclusion gave Martin Prokop victory in the class and seventh place overall, Juho Hänninen second in class and eighth overall, with Ott Tänak promoted onto the SWRC podium and into the overall points.
Results
Event standings Pos. Driver Co-driver Car Time Difference Points Overall 1. Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Citroën DS3 WRC 3:53:17.0 0.0 2. Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen Ford Fiesta RS WRC 3:54:55.4 1:38.4 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 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 All dates and times are CST (UTC−6). DayStageTimeNameLengthWinnerTimeAvg. spd.Rally leaderLeg 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 The "Power stage" was a live, televised stage at the end of the rally, held near Guanajuato. PosDriverTimeDiff.Avg. speedPoints 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
Drivers' Championship standings 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
Manufacturers' Championship standings Manufacturer Points 1 BP Ford WRT 73 2 Citroen WRT 47 3 Stobart Ford 36 4 Petter Solberg WRT 12 5 Ice 1 Racing 8 6 Team Abu Dhabi 6 7 Monster WRT 6 8 Munchi's Ford WRT 6 9 FERM Power Tools WRT 4
References
External links Results at eWRC.com