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Rally Mexico 2019 counts for:
2019 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2019 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2019 FIA World Rally Championship 2 Pro (for Teams and Drivers/Co-drivers)
2019 FIA World Rally Championship 2 (for Teams and Drivers)
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| 586th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 3 of 14 |
| Official name: | Rally Guanajuato Mexico |
| Edition: | 16th |
| Date: | from Thursday 7-Mar-2019 to Sunday 10-Mar-2019 |
| Rally HQ: | Leon, Guanajuato; Mexico |
| Clerk of the Course: | Jaime del Palacio |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 24 | |
| Starters: | 22 | |
| Finishers: | 15 | (68.2% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 21 | |
| Shortest: | 1.11 | km | (SS4 Street Stage Leon 1) |
| Longest: | 32.27 | km | (SS14 Otates 2) |
| Slowest: | 61.57 | km/h | (SS4 Street Stage Leon 1) |
| Fastest: | 110.63 | km/h | (SS6 Ortega 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 313.87 | km | (31.3% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 312.73 | km | (31.2% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 689.62 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,002.35 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 46th win and 73rd podium for Sebastien Ogier. |
| Second place was 20th podium for Ott Tanak. |
| Third place was 8th podium for Elfyn Evans. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 101st win and 249th podium for Citroen. |
| | Second place was 166th podium for Toyota. |
| | Third place was 364th podium for Ford. |
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Ogier again worked his Mexico magic, benefiting both from his later position on the road and red flag on SS10 where he suffered a puncture and was set to lose lot more time than he eventually did with notional time he was awarded. His win was Citroen's eight win in Mexico.
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Tanak opened the road and was set to lose time while doing that. He kept his head cool and while almost all other works drivers encountered various difficulties, he steadily gained positions and ended rally a fine second overall, though he missed out on power stage points.
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Evans was another driver with trouble-free run and for a long time held second overall. Mediocre time on SS14 saw Tanak come within striking distance and eventually past but Evans still kept final podium place.
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Hyundai had a lot of trouble. Worst off was Sordo, who lost second overall when he retired with electric problem after first day. Mikkelsen collected two punctures with just one spare on board, thus retiring. Neuville (pictured) got just one slow puncture and ended fourth overall.
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Related links
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Rally Sweden 2019
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Tour de Corse 2019
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