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Rally Mexico 2015 counts for:
2015 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2015 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2015 FIA World Rally Championship 2 (for Teams and Drivers)
2015 FIA World Rally Championship 3 (for Teams and Drivers)
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| 534th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 3 of 13 |
| Official name: | Rally Guanajuato Mexico |
| Edition: | 12th |
| Date: | from Thursday 5-Mar-2015 to Sunday 8-Mar-2015 |
| Rally HQ: | Leon, Guanajuato; Mexico |
| Clerk of the Course: | Jaime del Palacio |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 35 | |
| Starters: | 30 | |
| Finishers: | 23 | (76.7% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 21 | |
| Shortest: | 1.01 | km | (SS1 Street Stage Guanajuato) |
| Longest: | 55.82 | km | (SS19 Guanajuatito) |
| Slowest: | 68.12 | km/h | (SS6 Street Stage Leon 1) |
| Fastest: | 112.04 | km/h | (SS20 Derramadero) |
| Planned stage distance: | 394.21 | km | (39.4% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 394.21 | km | (39.4% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 605.64 | km |
| Total distance: | 999.85 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 27th win and 38th podium for Sebastien Ogier. |
| Second place was 12th podium for Mads Ostberg. |
| Third place was 8th podium for Andreas Mikkelsen. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 26th win and win and third place were 54th to 55th podiums for Volkswagen. |
| | Second place was 230th podium for Citroen. |
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Ogier was destined to open the road for two days and was thought to lose much time in the process. In first day he lost nothing and led, second day Latvala got desperate and went off, leaving Ogier to cruise to easy victory.
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Ostberg came through the first day's demolition derby unscathed and went on to have an excellent rally. For next two days he and compatriot Mikkelsen battled hard but in the end it was Mads who was better and secured the second place.
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Despite losing second place to Ostberg, Mikkelsen's third was his third third place in a row and his grip on second place in the championship tightened considerably.
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Yet another solid performance from Evans saw his finish fourth. Even though he did not shine this time, his ability to keep the car intact netted him good finish.
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Both Hyundais had their share of trouble, in first day Neuville rolled out from second place and Sordo lost time with technical problems. Despite this, both scored well for the team and this time Sordo finished higher.
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Tanak stole the show when his car broke suspension and crashed into a lake. M-Sport retrieved the car and repaired it so that Ott was able to rejoin the rally. Team made a media play out of the incident with scuba gear in podium and coined term TiTanak (reference to Titanic).
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Related links
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Rally Sweden 2015
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Rally Argentina 2015
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