2019 Rally Mexico

16th edition of Rally Mexico

2019 Rally Mexico
16\. Rally Guanajuato Mexico

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Crews had to face the challenge of Mexico's high-altitude terrain.

Host country|  Mexico
Rally base| León, Guanajuato
Dates run| 7 - 10 March 2019
Start location| Street Stage GTO, Guanajuato
Finish location| Las Minas, Guanajuato
Stages| 21 (316.51 km; 196.67 miles)[1]
Stage surface| Gravel
Transport distance| 689.79 km (428.62 miles)
Overall distance| 1,006.30 km (625.29 miles)
Statistics
Crews registered| 24
Crews| 23 at start, 15 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner|  Sébastien Ogier
Julien Ingrassia
Citroën Total WRT
3:37:08.0
Power Stage winner|  Sébastien Ogier
Julien Ingrassia
Citroën Total WRT
Support category results
WRC-2 winner|  Benito Guerra
Jaime Zapata
Benito Guerra
3:52:43.5

The 2019 Rally Mexico (also known as the Rally Guanajuato Mexico 2019) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 7 and 10 March 2019.[2] It marked the sixteenth running of Rally Mexico and was the third round of the 2019 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and the newly created WRC-2 Pro class. The 2019 event was based in the town of León in Guanajuato and consisted of twenty-one special stages. The rally covered a total competitive distance of 316.51 km (196.67 mi).

Reigning World Drivers' and World Co-Drivers Champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia were the defending rally winners. M-Sport Ford WRT, the team they drove for in 2018, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[3] Pontus Tidemand and Jonas Andersson were the defending rally winners of WRC-2, but they did not participate in the event.[4]

Ogier and Ingrassia successfully defended their titles. Their team, Citroën World Rally Team, were the manufacturers' winners.[5] The M-Sport Ford WRT crew of Łukasz Pieniążek and Kamil Heller won the WRC-2 Pro category, while Benito Guerra and Jaime Zapata won the wider WRC-2 class, finishing first in the combined WRC-2 category.[6]

## Background

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### Championship standings prior to the event

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Ott Tänak (left) and Martin Järveoja (right) entered the round as the championship leaders for the first time in their career.

Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja led both the drivers' and co-drivers' championships for the first time in their career, with a seven-point ahead of Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul. Six-time world champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia were third, a further nine points behind. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, defending manufacturers' champions Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT held a one-point lead over Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT.[7]

In the World Rally Championship-2 Pro standings, Gus Greensmith and Elliott Edmondson held a four-point lead ahead of Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen in the drivers' and co-drivers' standings respectively. Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen were third, eleven points further back. In the manufacturers' championship, M-Sport Ford WRT led Škoda Motorsport by sixteen points, with eleven-point-behind Citroën Total in third.[8]

In the World Rally Championship-2 standings, Ole Christian Veiby and Jonas Andersson led the drivers' and co-drivers' standings by fifteen points respectively. Yoann Bonato and Benjamin Boulloud were second, with Adrien Fourmaux and Renaud Jamoul in third in each standings, another eight points behind.[8]

### Entry list

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The following crews entered the rally. The event was open to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2, WRC-2 Pro and privateer entries not registered to score points in any championship. A total of twenty-three entries were received, with ten crews entered with World Rally Cars and five entered the World Rally Championship-2. Only one crew was nominated to score points in the Pro class.

No.  | Driver  | Co-Driver  | Entrant  | Car  | Tyre

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World Rally Car entries
1  |  Sébastien Ogier |  Julien Ingrassia |  Citroën Total WRT | Citroën C3 WRC | M
3  |  Teemu Suninen |  Marko Salminen |  M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Fiesta WRC | M
4  |  Esapekka Lappi |  Janne Ferm |  Citroën Total WRT | Citroën C3 WRC | M
5  |  Kris Meeke |  Sebastian Marshall |  Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | Toyota Yaris WRC | M
6  |  Dani Sordo |  Carlos del Barrio |  Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | M
8  |  Ott Tänak |  Martin Järveoja |  Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | Toyota Yaris WRC | M
10  |  Jari-Matti Latvala |  Miikka Anttila |  Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | Toyota Yaris WRC | M
11  |  Thierry Neuville |  Nicolas Gilsoul |  Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | M
33  |  Elfyn Evans |  Scott Martin |  M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Fiesta WRC | M
89  |  Andreas Mikkelsen |  Anders Jæger-Amland |  Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | M
World Rally Championship-2 Pro entries
21  |  Łukasz Pieniążek |  Kamil Heller |  M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Fiesta R5 | M
World Rally Championship-2 entries
41  |  Benito Guerra |  Jaime Zapata |  Benito Guerra[a] | Škoda Fabia R5 | M
42  |  Marco Bulacia Wilkinson |  Fabian Cretu |  Marco Bulacia Wilkinson[b] | Škoda Fabia R5 | M
43  |  Pedro Heller |  Pablo Olmos |  Pedro Heller | Ford Fiesta R5 | M
44  |  Alberto Heller |  José Díaz |  Alberto Heller | Ford Fiesta R5 | M
Other notable entries
81  |  Ricardo Triviño |  Marc Martí |  Ricardo Triviño | Škoda Fabia R5 | P
Source:[9]

### Route

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All the stages are located in the state of Guanajuato.[1] Compared with the 2018 edition, the route of the 2019 edition was 27.98 km (17.39 mi) shorter.[10] The Duarte -- Derramadero stage was removed. Instead, the Mesa Cuata stage joined the itinerary.[1]

#### Itinerary

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Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul during a stage in a Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC.

All dates and times are CST (UTC-6).

Date  | Time  | No.  | Stage name  | Distance

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7 March  | 10:00  | -- | Llano Grande [Shakedown]  | 5.31 km
Leg 1 -- 115.33 km
7 March  | 20:08  | SS1  | Street Stage GTO  | 1.14 km
8 March  | 10:08  | SS2  | El Chocolate 1  | 31.57 km
11:16  | SS3  | Ortega 1  | 17.28 km
12:59  | SS4  | Street Stage Léon 1  | 1.11 km
15:17  | SS5  | El Chocolate 2  | 31.57 km
16:15  | SS6  | Ortega 2  | 17.28 km
17:18  | SS7  | Las Minas 1  | 10.72 km
18:58  | SS8  | V-Power Shell Stage 1  | 2.33 km
19:03  | SS9  | V-Power Shell Stage 2  | 2.33 km
Leg 2 -- 138.37 km
9 March  | 8:23  | SS10  | Guanajuatito 1  | 25.90 km
10:06  | SS11  | Otates 1  | 32.27 km
11:08  | SS12  | El Brinco 1  | 8.13 km
14:31  | SS13  | Guanajuatito 2  | 25.90 km
16:29  | SS14  | Otates 2  | 32.27 km
17:38  | SS15  | El Brinco 2  | 8.13 km
19:03  | SS16  | V-Power Shell Stage 3  | 2.33 km
19:08  | SS17  | V-Power Shell Stage 4  | 2.33 km
19:51  | SS18  | Street Stage Léon 2  | 1.11 km
Leg 3 -- 60.17 km
10 March | 9:03  | SS19  | Alfaro  | 24.38 km
10:11  | SS20  | Mesa Cuata  | 25.07 km
12:18  | SS21  | Las Minas 2 [Power Stage] | 10.72 km
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## Report

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### World Rally Cars

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The 2019 edition of Rally Mexico started with a curtailment of the opening stage due to an irreparable damaged jump.[11] Andreas Mikkelsen took a short-lived lead on Friday morning, but the Norwegian lost his lead to Sébastien Ogier as they hit a rock and damaged the suspension. Teammate Dani Sordo also forced to retire from the day due to electrical issue. Jari-Matti Latvala was running in fourth before retiring with alternator failure. The other major retirement of the first leg was Teemu Suninen, who went off the road in his Fiesta. The young Finn retired from the rally in the end.[12]

It turned out that Ogier was a lucky man. Despite a front-left puncture, he still reduced his time loss to just twenty seconds as his teammate Esapekka Lappi went off the road and caused the red flag, which saved his rally-winning chances.[13] However, Kris Meeke wasn't as fortunate, as he suffered a puncture on the following Otates stage, with damaged suspension, which dropped him from the lead down to fifth place.[14] Eventually, Ogier net his fifth Mexico victory with a power stage victory, surpassed Thierry Neuville in the drivers' standings in second, narrowing to four points off the championship leader Ott Tänak, who finished second overall, with Elfyn Evans got his first podium finish of the season.[5]

The rally was not without controversy however. The damaged ramp was met with criticism, deeming it to be unnecessarily dangerous to both drivers and spectators,[15] and allegations of cheating surfaced with Kris Meeke accusing Citroen of abusing red flag rules to give Ogier an unfair advantage;[16] Meeke would later retract his statement in an apology.[17]

#### Classification

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Position  | No. | Driver  | Co-driver | Entrant  | Car  | Time  | Difference | Points

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Event  | Class  | Event  | Stage
1  | 1  | 1  | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Citroën Total WRT | Citroën C3 WRC | 3:37:08.0  | 0.0  | 25 | 5
2  | 2  | 8  | Ott Tänak | Martin Järveoja | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | Toyota Yaris WRC | 3:37:38.2  | +30.2  | 18 | 0
3  | 3  | 33  | Elfyn Evans | Scott Martin | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Fiesta WRC | 3:37:57.9  | +49.9  | 15 | 0
4  | 4  | 11  | Thierry Neuville | Nicolas Gilsoul | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 3:38:35.0  | +1:27.0  | 12 | 3
5  | 5  | 5  | Kris Meeke | Sebastian Marshall | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | Toyota Yaris WRC | 3:43:14.2  | +6:06.2  | 10 | 4
8  | 6  | 10  | Jari-Matti Latvala | Miikka Anttila | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | Toyota Yaris WRC | 3:56:03.9  | +18:55.9  | 4 | 0
9  | 7  | 6  | Dani Sordo | Carlos del Barrio | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 3:59:52.1  | +22:44.1  | 2 | 2
13  | 8  | 4  | Esapekka Lappi | Janne Ferm | Citroën Total WRT | Citroën C3 WRC | 4:40:48.5  | +1:03:40.5  | 0 | 1
Retired SS21  | 89  | Andreas Mikkelsen | Anders Jæger-Amland | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | Withdrawn  | 0 | 0
Retired SS2  | 3  | Teemu Suninen | Marko Salminen | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Fiesta WRC | Accident  | 0 | 0

#### Special stages

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Date  | No.  | Stage name  | Distance  | Winners  | Car  | Time  | Class leaders

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7 March  | -- | Llano Grande [Shakedown]  | 5.31 km  | Meeke / Marshall | Toyota Yaris WRC | 3:44.2  | —
SS1  | Street Stage GTO  | 1.14 km  | Lappi / Ferm[c] | Citroën C3 WRC | 1:00.6  | Lappi / Ferm
8 March  | SS2  | El Chocolate 1  | 31.57 km  | Mikkelsen / Jæger-Amland | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 23:50.6  | Mikkelsen / Jæger-Amland
SS3  | Ortega 1  | 17.28 km  | Ogier / Ingrassia | Citroën C3 WRC | 9:29.0
SS4  | Street Stage Léon 1  | 1.11 km  | Mikkelsen / Jæger-Amland | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 1:04.9
SS5  | El Chocolate 2  | 31.57 km  | Ogier / Ingrassia | Citroën C3 WRC | 23:35.0  | Ogier / Ingrassia
SS6  | Ortega 2  | 17.28 km  | Ogier / Ingrassia | Citroën C3 WRC | 9:22.3
SS7  | Las Minas 1  | 10.72 km  | Tänak / Järveoja | Toyota Yaris WRC | 6:43.4
SS8  | V-Power Shell Stage 1  | 2.33 km  | Ogier / Ingrassia | Citroën C3 WRC | 1:39.0
SS9  | V-Power Shell Stage 2  | 2.33 km  | Neuville / Gilsoul
Tänak / Järveoja | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC
Toyota Yaris WRC | 1:38.3
9 March  | SS10  | Guanajuatito 1  | 25.90 km  | Meeke / Marshall | Toyota Yaris WRC | 17:44.9  | Meeke / Marshall
SS11  | Otates 1  | 32.27 km  | Latvala / Anttila | Toyota Yaris WRC | 24:42.6  | Ogier / Ingrassia
SS12  | El Brinco 1  | 8.13 km  | Ogier / Ingrassia
Latvala / Anttila | Citroën C3 WRC
Toyota Yaris WRC | 4:40.0
SS13  | Guanajuatito 2  | 25.90 km  | Ogier / Ingrassia | Citroën C3 WRC | 17:33.6
SS14  | Otates 2  | 32.27 km  | Tänak / Järveoja | Toyota Yaris WRC | 24:25.2
SS15  | El Brinco 2  | 8.13 km  | Tänak / Järveoja | Toyota Yaris WRC | 4:36.6
SS16  | V-Power Shell Stage 3  | 2.33 km  | Mikkelsen / Jæger-Amland | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 1:39.4
SS17  | V-Power Shell Stage 4  | 2.33 km  | Neuville / Gilsoul | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 1:38.5
SS18  | Street Stage Léon 2  | 1.11 km  | Sordo / del Barrio | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 1:04.4
10 March | SS19  | Alfaro  | 24.38 km  | Tänak / Järveoja | Toyota Yaris WRC | 13:52.6
SS20  | Mesa Cuata  | 25.07 km  | Tänak / Järveoja | Toyota Yaris WRC | 19:18.8
SS21  | Las Minas 2 [Power Stage] | 10.72 km  | Ogier / Ingrassia | Citroën C3 WRC | 6:30.4

#### Championship standings

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Pos. |  | Drivers' championships  |  | Co-drivers' championships  |  | Manufacturers' championships

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Move  | Driver  | Points  | Move  | Co-driver  | Points  | Move  | Manufacturer  | Points
1  |  | Ott Tänak | 65  |  | Martin Järveoja | 65  |  | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | 86
2  |  1  | Sébastien Ogier | 61  |  1  | Julien Ingrassia | 61  |  1  | Citroën Total WRT | 78
3  |  1  | Thierry Neuville | 55  |  1  | Nicolas Gilsoul | 55  |  1  | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | 77
4  |  | Kris Meeke | 35  |  | Sebastian Marshall | 35  |  | M-Sport Ford WRT | 45
5  |  2  | Elfyn Evans | 28  |  2  | Scott Martin | 28  |  |  |

### World Rally Championship-2 Pro

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The only WRC-2 Pro driver Łukasz Pieniążek was unable to complete Friday as he crashed out in SS6.[18] After re-entering the rally, he enjoyed a trouble-free day and eventually won the category.[19][6]

#### Classification

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Position  | No. | Driver  | Co-driver | Entrant  | Car  | Time  | Difference | Points

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Event  | Class  | Class  | Event
11  | 1  | 21  | Łukasz Pieniążek | Kamil Heller | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Fiesta R5 | 4:22:31.1  | 0.0  | 25 | 0

#### Special stages

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Results in bold denote first in the RC2 class, the class which both the WRC-2 Pro and WRC-2 championships run to.

Date  | No.  | Stage name  | Distance  | Winners  | Car  | Time  | Class leaders

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7 March  | -- | Llano Grande [Shakedown]  | 5.31 km  | Pieniążek / Heller | Ford Fiesta R5 | 4:04.8  | —
SS1  | Street Stage GTO  | 1.14 km  | Pieniążek / Heller | Ford Fiesta R5 | 1:06.0  | Pieniążek / Heller
8 March  | SS2  | El Chocolate 1  | 31.57 km  | Pieniążek / Heller | Ford Fiesta R5 | 25:33.4
SS3  | Ortega 1  | 17.28 km  | Pieniążek / Heller | Ford Fiesta R5 | 10:27.4
SS4  | Street Stage Léon 1  | 1.11 km  | Pieniążek / Heller | Ford Fiesta R5 | 1:12.0
SS5  | El Chocolate 2  | 31.57 km  | Pieniążek / Heller | Ford Fiesta R5 | 25:19.2
SS6  | Ortega 2  | 17.28 km  | No stage winner  | —  | No leader[d]
SS7  | Las Minas 1  | 10.72 km  | No stage winner  | —
SS8  | V-Power Shell Stage 1  | 2.33 km  | No stage winner  | —
SS9  | V-Power Shell Stage 2  | 2.33 km  | No stage winner  | —
9 March  | SS10  | Guanajuatito 1  | 25.90 km  | Stage interrupted[e]
SS11  | Otates 1  | 32.27 km  | Pieniążek / Heller | Ford Fiesta R5 | 26:37.5  | Pieniążek / Heller
SS12  | El Brinco 1  | 8.13 km  | Pieniążek / Heller | Ford Fiesta R5 | 5:19.0
SS13  | Guanajuatito 2  | 25.90 km  | Pieniążek / Heller | Ford Fiesta R5 | 19:25.6
SS14  | Otates 2  | 32.27 km  | Pieniążek / Heller | Ford Fiesta R5 | 26:28.5
SS15  | El Brinco 2  | 8.13 km  | Pieniążek / Heller | Ford Fiesta R5 | 5:09.2
SS16  | V-Power Shell Stage 3  | 2.33 km  | Pieniążek / Heller | Ford Fiesta R5 | 1:47.0
SS17  | V-Power Shell Stage 4  | 2.33 km  | Pieniążek / Heller | Ford Fiesta R5 | 1:45.8
SS18  | Street Stage Léon 2  | 1.11 km  | Pieniążek / Heller | Ford Fiesta R5 | 1:08.4
10 March | SS19  | Alfaro  | 24.38 km  | Pieniążek / Heller | Ford Fiesta R5 | 15:06.5
SS20  | Mesa Cuata  | 25.07 km  | Pieniążek / Heller | Ford Fiesta R5 | 20:38.5
SS21  | Las Minas 2  | 10.72 km  | Pieniążek / Heller | Ford Fiesta R5 | 7:11.7

#### Championship standings

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Pos. |  | Drivers' championships  |  | Co-drivers' championships  |  | Manufacturers' championships

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Move  | Driver  | Points  | Move  | Co-driver  | Points  | Move  | Manufacturer  | Points
1  |  | Gus Greensmith | 40  |  | Elliott Edmondson | 40  |  | M-Sport Ford WRT | 77
2  |  2  | Łukasz Pieniążek | 37  |  2  | Kamil Heller | 37  |  | Škoda Motorsport | 36
3  |  1  | Kalle Rovanperä | 36  |  1  | Jonne Halttunen | 36  |  | Citroën Total | 25
4  |  1  | Mads Østberg | 25  |  1  | Torstein Eriksen | 25  |  |  |
5  |  | Eerik Pietarinen | 0  |  | Juhana Raitanen | 0  |  |  |

### World Rally Championship-2

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Eighteen-year-old driver Marco Bulacia Wilkinson edged Benito Guerra in 9.8 seconds. The two dominated the category in two Fabia R5s as they won all eight stages of Friday combined.[18] On the leg 2, Guerra surpassed Wilkinson and ended the day with a lead over three and a half minutes. Heller brothers both failed to finished the day. Alberto Heller retired with broken steering, while Pedro Heller retired with a mechanical issue.[19] They restarted in the final leg, but Pedro Heller retired from the rally because of a mechanical issue. The event went into Guerra's pocket in the end, which is his first home victory in his career.[6]

#### Classification

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Position  | No. | Driver  | Co-driver | Entrant  | Car  | Time  | Difference | Points

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6  | 1  | 41  | Benito Guerra | Jaime Zapata | Benito Guerra | Škoda Fabia R5 | 3:52:43.5  | 0.0  | 25 | 8
7  | 2  | 42  | Marco Bulacia Wilkinson | Fabian Cretu | Marco Bulacia Wilkinson | Škoda Fabia R5 | 3:55:59.5  | +3:16.0  | 18 | 6
13  | 3  | 44  | Alberto Heller | José Díaz | Alberto Heller | Ford Fiesta R5 | 4:29:50.2  | +37:06.7  | 15 | 0
Retired SS20  | 43  | Pedro Heller | Pablo Olmos | Pedro Heller | Ford Fiesta R5 | Mechanical  | 0 | 0

#### Special stages

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Results in bold denote first in the RC2 class, the class which both the WRC-2 Pro and WRC-2 championships run to.

Date  | No.  | Stage name  | Distance  | Winners  | Car  | Time  | Class leaders

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7 March  | -- | Llano Grande [Shakedown]  | 5.31 km  | Guerra / Zapata | Škoda Fabia R5 | 3:59.9  | —
SS1  | Street Stage GTO  | 1.14 km  | Heller / Díaz | Ford Fiesta R5 | 1:05.9  | Heller / Díaz
8 March  | SS2  | El Chocolate 1  | 31.57 km  | Bulacia Wilkinson / Cretu | Škoda Fabia R5 | 25:12.5  | Bulacia Wilkinson / Cretu
SS3  | Ortega 1  | 17.28 km  | Guerra / Zapata | Škoda Fabia R5 | 10:16.1  | Guerra / Zapata
SS4  | Street Stage Léon 1  | 1.11 km  | Bulacia Wilkinson / Cretu | Škoda Fabia R5 | 1:08.3  | Bulacia Wilkinson / Cretu
SS5  | El Chocolate 2  | 31.57 km  | Bulacia Wilkinson / Cretu | Škoda Fabia R5 | 24:59.6
SS6  | Ortega 2  | 17.28 km  | Bulacia Wilkinson / Cretu | Škoda Fabia R5 | 10:17.6
SS7  | Las Minas 1  | 10.72 km  | Bulacia Wilkinson / Cretu | Škoda Fabia R5 | 7:15.3
SS8  | V-Power Shell Stage 1  | 2.33 km  | Guerra / Zapata | Škoda Fabia R5 | 1:45.6
SS9  | V-Power Shell Stage 2  | 2.33 km  | Guerra / Zapata | Škoda Fabia R5 | 1:44.3
9 March  | SS10  | Guanajuatito 1  | 25.90 km  | Stage interrupted[e]
SS11  | Otates 1  | 32.27 km  | Guerra / Zapata | Škoda Fabia R5 | 26:12.9  | Guerra / Zapata
SS12  | El Brinco 1  | 8.13 km  | Guerra / Zapata | Škoda Fabia R5 | 5:02.7
SS13  | Guanajuatito 2  | 25.90 km  | Guerra / Zapata | Škoda Fabia R5 | 18:55.3
SS14  | Otates 2  | 32.27 km  | Bulacia Wilkinson / Cretu | Škoda Fabia R5 | 26:11.3
SS15  | El Brinco 2  | 8.13 km  | Guerra / Zapata | Škoda Fabia R5 | 5:02.8
SS16  | V-Power Shell Stage 3  | 2.33 km  | Guerra / Zapata | Škoda Fabia R5 | 1:45.1
SS17  | V-Power Shell Stage 4  | 2.33 km  | Bulacia Wilkinson / Cretu | Škoda Fabia R5 | 1:44.7
SS18  | Street Stage Léon 2  | 1.11 km  | Bulacia Wilkinson / Cretu | Škoda Fabia R5 | 1:07.4
10 March | SS19  | Alfaro  | 24.38 km  | Bulacia Wilkinson / Cretu | Škoda Fabia R5 | 14:56.4
SS20  | Mesa Cuata  | 25.07 km  | Bulacia Wilkinson / Cretu | Škoda Fabia R5 | 20:23.2
SS21  | Las Minas 2  | 10.72 km  | Guerra / Zapata | Škoda Fabia R5 | 7:11.1

#### Championship standings

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Pos. |  | Drivers' championships  |  | Co-drivers' championships

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Move  | Driver  | Points  | Move  | Co-driver  | Points
1  |  | Ole Christian Veiby | 40  |  | Jonas Andersson | 40
2  |  | Yoann Bonato | 25  |  | Benjamin Boulloud | 25
3  |  | Benito Guerra | 25  |  | Jaime Zapata | 25
4  |  1  | Adrien Fourmaux | 18  |  1  | Renaud Jamoul | 18
5  |  1  | Emil Bergkvist | 18  |  1  | Patrik Barth | 18

## Notes

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1. ^ Entry operated by Race Seven.
2. ^ Entry operated by VIALCO Racing.
3. ^ Crews who did not start were awarded a notional time based on that of Kris Meeke and Sebastian Marshall, the last crew to complete the test before it was stopped with an 1:01.2.[11]
4. ^ Łukasz Pieniążek and Kamil Heller retired from the day in SS6.[18] They re-entered at the start of the second leg. As theirs was the only WRC 2-Pro entry, there was no stage winner or class leader from SS6 to SS10.
5. ^ a b The car of Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm was stuck in a dangerous spot, which caused the stage to be interrupted. As a result, all cars except World Rally Cars were given a 31:51.7 to their times.[13]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Itinerary and maps". rallymexico.com. Rally Mexico. Archived from the original on 2019-03-26. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
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* 1\. Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia
* 4\. Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm

* 3\. Teemu Suninen and Marko Salminen / Jarmo Lehtinen
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