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ADAC Rallye Deutschland 2018 counts for:
2018 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2018 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2018 FIA World Rally Championship 2 (for Teams and Drivers)
2018 FIA World Rally Championship 3 (for Teams and Drivers)
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| 579th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 9 of 13 |
| Official name: | ADAC Rallye Deutschland |
| Edition: | 36th |
| Date: | from Thursday 16-Aug-2018 to Sunday 19-Aug-2018 |
| Rally HQ: | Nohfelden, Saarland; Germany |
| Clerk of the Course: | Friedhelm Kissel |
| Surface: | Tarmac |
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| Entries: | 65 | |
| Starters: | 60 | |
| Finishers: | 45 | (75.0% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 18 | |
| Shortest: | 2.04 | km | (SS1 Super Special Stage St. Wendel) |
| Longest: | 38.57 | km | (SS13 Panzerplatte 2) |
| Slowest: | 55.98 | km/h | (SS1 Super Special Stage St. Wendel) |
| Fastest: | 121.68 | km/h | (SS11 Romerstrasse 1) |
| Planned stage distance: | 325.76 | km | (26.7% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 325.76 | km | (26.7% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 896.13 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,221.89 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 5th win and 16th podium for Ott Tanak. |
| Second place was 33rd podium for Thierry Neuville. |
| Third place was 3rd podium for Esapekka Lappi. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 48th win and win and third place were 157th to 158th podiums for Toyota. |
| | Second place was 41st podium for Hyundai. |
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Tanak started rally as favourite, having won it in 2017 and having won previous round in Finland as well. This time he was fast but had to fight for the win, which wasn't decided until Ogier got puncture on second day. Toyota's prospective 1-2 win was spoiled when gearbox on Latvala's car failed.
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Fastest Hyundai was Sordo, who was fighting for 2nd overall with Latvala. Both of them hit trouble on Sunday morning, elevating Neuville (pictured) to second place and slighty increasing his championship lead.
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Ogier did well, pushing Tanak for the overall lead until on SS13 he got puncture and lost almost two minutes while changing that. Luckily for him, both Sordo and Latvala retired and Ogier also passed Mikkelsen by driving, thus he ended up fourth by the finish.
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Citroen's speed was nowhere near of that they showed in Finland. Ostberg was 9th when he crashed on final day and Breen (pictured) finished only 7th, a meager result for the team.
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Related links
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Rally Finland 2018
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Turkey 2018
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