2023 Rally Mexico | |
Native Name: | Rally Guanajuato México 2023 |
Round: | 3 |
Season No: | 13 |
Championship: | 2023 World Rally Championship |
Previous Round: | 2023 Rally Sweden |
Next Round: | 2023 Croatia Rally |
Start: | City of Guanajuato, Guanajuato |
Finish: | León, Guanajuato |
Rallybase: | León, Guanajuato |
Startdate: | 16 |
Enddate: | 19 March 2023 |
Stages: | 23 |
Stagekm: | 315.69 |
Stagekm Note: | [1] |
Transportkm: | 653.93 |
Overallkm: | 969.62 |
Surface: | Gravel |
Driver1: | Sébastien Ogier |
Codriver1: | Vincent Landais |
Team1: | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT |
Time1: | 3:16:09.4 |
Driver2: | Gus Greensmith |
Codriver2: | Jonas Andersson |
Time2: | 3:28:40.9 |
Driver3: | Diego Dominguez Jr. |
Codriver3: | Rogelio Peñate |
Time3: | 3:46:34.2 |
Powerstage Driver: | Sébastien Ogier |
Powerstage Codriver: | Vincent Landais |
Powerstage Team: | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT |
Powerstage Time: | 5:14.8 |
Crewsreg: | 32 |
Teamsstart: | 31 |
Teamsfinish: | 28 |
Cancel1: | SS15 |
Reason1: | the accident of Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm in the stage at the morning loop |
The 2023 Rally Mexico (also known as the Rally Guanajuato México 2023) was a motor racing event for rally cars held over four days between 16 and 19 March 2023.[2] It marked the nineteenth running of the Rally Mexico, and was the third round of the 2023 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2023 event was based in the city of León in Guanajuato and was consisted of twenty-three special stages, covering a total competitive distance of 315.692NaN2.[1]
Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia were the defending rally winners.[3] However, Ingrassia did not defend his title as he retired from the sport at the end of 2021 season.[4] Pontus Tidemand and Patrick Barth were the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category.[5] Marco Bulacia Wilkinson and Giovanni Bernacchini were the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category.[6]
Ogier and Vincent Landais won their second victory of the season. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturers' winners.[7] Gus Greensmith and Jonas Andersson and Patrick Barth were the winners in the WRC-2 category, while Diego Dominguez Jr. and Rogelio Peñate were the winners in the WRC-3 category.[8]
The following crews were entered into the rally. The event was open to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2, World Rally Championship-3 and privateer entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. Ten were entered under Rally1 regulations, as were ten Rally2 crews in the World Rally Championship-2 and one Rally3 crew in the World Rally Championship-3.[9] [10]
20 | Gus Greensmith | Jonas Andersson | Gus Greensmith | Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | Driver, Co-driver | |
21 | Oliver Solberg | Elliott Edmondson | Oliver Solberg | Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | Driver, Co-driver | |
22 | Adrien Fourmaux | Alexandre Coria | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Fiesta Rally2 | Driver, Co-driver | |
23 | Nikolay Gryazin | Konstantin Aleksandrov | Toksport WRT 2 | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | Team | |
24 | Emil Lindholm | Reeta Hämäläinen | Toksport WRT 2 | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | Driver, Co-driver, Team | |
25 | Kajetan Kajetanowicz | Maciej Szczepaniak | Kajetan Kajetanowicz | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver | |
26 | Martin Prokop | Michal Ernst | Martin Prokop | Ford Fiesta Rally2 | Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver | |
27 | Daniel Chwist | Kamil Heller | Daniel Chwist | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver | |
28 | Eduardo Castro | Fernando Mussano | Eduardo Castro | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver | |
29 | Jorge Martínez Fontena | Alberto Alvarez Nicholson | Jorge Martínez Fontena | Škoda Fabia R5 | Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver | |
30 | Diego Dominguez Jr. | Rogelio Peñate | Diego Dominguez Jr. | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | |
37 | Jason Bailey | Shayne Peterson | Jason Bailey | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | |
All dates and times are CST (UTC-6).