WRC Rally1 Rally Mexico opened with 2 runs around a superspecial stage in
Guanajuato City, and it was
Ott Tänak and
Martin Järveoja who was fastest on both runs, taking a 1.7 second lead over
Kalle Rovanpera and
Jonne Halttunen into Friday. However, on the first stage of the day, the 29-kilometer El Chocolate stage, the Estonian crew's
turbo failed, causing them to drop to twenty-ninth place and almost 8 minutes behind the leaders,
Esapekka Lappi and
Janne Ferm. Lappi and Ferm would lead the rally at the end of Friday by 5.3 seconds, ahead of 8-time World Champion
Sébastien Ogier and his co-driver
Vincent Landais. The rally leaders had a serious accident on the opening stage of Saturday, their
Hyundai i20 going rear first into a
telegraph pole. The car then caught fire, causing the stage to be red-flagged.
Thierry Neuville and
Martin Wydaeghe won the following 3 stages, whilst Ogier and Landais had a 29 second lead over
Toyota teammates
Elfyn Evans and
Scott Martin. Ogier would extend his lead to 36 seconds, as his teammates Evans and Martin's gap to third place Neuville and Wydaeghe was reduced to 4.3 seconcds. Evans and Martin were locked in a battle with Neuville and Wydaeghe for second place, the Belgians closing the gap to 2.7 seconds as they began the
Power Stage, a suspected bent suspension arm costing Evans and Martin on the penultimate stage. In Power Stage, Neuville and Wydaeghe gained 3.1 seconds on Evans and Martin to claim second place by 4 tenths of a second. Ogier and Landais won the rally by 27.5 seconds and also won the Power Stage by 2.1 seconds, meaning they lead the championship by 3 points over Neuville and Wydaeghe.
Classification Special stages Championship standings WRC-2 Rally2 Classification Special stages Championship standings WRC-3 Rally3 Classification Special stages Championship standings ==Notes==