2018 Rally de España

2018 Rally de España; 54. RallyRACC Catalunya-Costa Daurada
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Host country	Spain
Rally base	Salou, Tarragona
Dates run	25 – 28 October 2018
Start location	Montjuïc, Barcelona
Finish location	Salou, Tarragona
Stages	18 (331.58 km; 206.03 miles)
Stage surface	Tarmac and gravel
Transport distance	1,132.79 km (703.88 miles)
Overall distance	1,464.37 km (909.92 miles)
Crews registered	76

The 2018 Rally de España (formally known as the 54. RallyRACC Catalunya-Costa Daurada)^[1] is a motor racing event for rally cars that is due to take place between 25 and 28 October. The event is open to entries competing in World Rally Cars and cars complying with Group R regulations. It marks the fifty-fourth running of Rally Catalunya and is the twelfth round of the 2018 FIA World Rally Championship, the highest class of competition in international rallying.^[2] Seventy-six crews, including manufacturer teams and privateers, were entered to compete in the World Rally Championship, the FIA World Rally Championship-2 and FIA World Rally Championship-3 support series and the Spanish national Rally Championship and Peugeot Rally Cup Ibérica championship.^{[lower-alpha 1]} The 2018 event is based in Salou in Tarragona and consists of eighteen special stages. The rally covers a total competitive distance of a 331.58 km (206.03 miles) and an additional 1,132.79 km (703.88 miles) in transport stages.^[4]

The rally marks Volkswagen's return to the World Championship with a factory-supported team after the company withdrew from the category in 2016. Volkswagen Motorsport will enter two Volkswagen Polo GTIs built to Group R5 specificstions in the World Rally Championship-2 support series.^[5] They will be driven by 2003 World Drivers' Champion Petter Solberg and M-Sport regular Eric Camilli.^[1]^[6]

Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle are the reigning rally winners, but will not defend their win after Meeke was fired by Citroën.^[7] The Finnish crew of Teemu Suninen and Mikko Markkula are the reigning winners of the World Rally Championship-2, but will not defend their title as they will compete in the World Rally Championship class. Nil Solans and Miquel Ibáñez Sotos are the regining World Rally Championship-3 winners, but Marc Martí will replace Ibáñez Sotos as Solans' co-driver in the WRC-2 category.

Background

Championship standings prior to the event

Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul enter the round as the leaders of the World Rally Championship for Drivers and the World Rally Championship for Co-Drivers respectively. They hold a seven-point lead over defending World Champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia.^[8] Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were third, a further fourteen points behind. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT hold a twenty-point lead over Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT.

In the World Rally Championship-2 standings, Jan Kopecký and Pavel Dresler lead the drivers' and co-drivers' standings by fourteen points. Pontus Tidemand and Jonas Andersson are in second place, but they will not contest the rally. Tidemand is forty-one points ahead of privateers Gus Greensmith in the drivers' standings, while Andersson holds a forty-six points lead over Jonne Halttunen in the co-drivers' standings. Škoda Motorsport II hold a forty-twenty-point lead over sister team Škoda Motorsport in the teams' championship.

Junior World Rally Champion Emil Bergkvist leads the World Rally Championship-3 drivers' standings, three points clear of Taisko Lario. Denis Rådström is another three points behind in third. In the World Rally Championship-3 co-drivers' standings, Tatu Hämäläinen leads Johan Johansson by three ponits, while Romain Courbon is slender one point further behind. In the teams' championship, ACI Team Italia lead Castrol Ford Team Turkiye by sixteen points.

Entry list

The following crews are enter into the rally. The entry list consists of seventy-six crews, including thirteen World Rally Car entries, twenty-one entries in the World Rally Championship-2 and four in the World Rally Championship-3.

No.	Entrant	Driver	Co-Driver	Car	Group	Eligibility^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Tyre
1	M-Sport Ford WRT	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Ford Fiesta WRC	RC1	WRC manufacturer	M
2	M-Sport Ford WRT	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	Ford Fiesta WRC	RC1	WRC manufacturer	M
3	M-Sport Ford WRT	Teemu Suninen	Mikko Markkula	Ford Fiesta WRC	RC1	WRC manufacturer	M
4	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Andreas Mikkelsen	Anders Jæger-Synnevaag	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	RC1	WRC manufacturer	M
5	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	RC1	WRC manufacturer	M
6	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Dani Sordo	Carlos del Barrio	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	RC1	WRC manufacturer	M
7	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Yaris WRC	RC1	WRC manufacturer	M
8	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	RC1	WRC manufacturer	M
9	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Toyota Yaris WRC	RC1	WRC manufacturer	M
10	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	Citroën C3 WRC	RC1	WRC manufacturer	M
11	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Craig Breen	Scott Martin	Citroën C3 WRC	RC1	WRC manufacturer	M
12	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Khalid Al-Qassimi	Chris Patterson	Citroën C3 WRC	RC1	WRC manufacturer	M
31	Škoda Motorsport II	Jan Kopecký	Pavel Dresler	Škoda Fabia R5	RC2	WRC-2	M
32	Škoda Motorsport II	Kalle Rovanperä	Jonne Halttunen	Škoda Fabia R5	RC2	WRC-2	M
33	Printsport	Łukasz Pieniążek	Przemysław Mazur	Škoda Fabia R5	RC2	WRC-2	M
34	ACI Team Italia WRC	Fabio Andolfi	Simone Scattolin	Škoda Fabia R5	RC2	WRC-2	P
35	Hyundai Motorsport	Jari Huttunen	Antti Linnaketo	Hyundai i20 R5	RC2	WRC-2	M
36	Citroën Total Rallye Team	Ole Christian Veiby	Stig Rune Skjærmoen	Citroën C3 R5	RC2	WRC-2	M
37	Citroën Total Rallye Team	Stéphane Lefebvre	Gabin Moreau	Citroën C3 R5	RC2	WRC-2	M
38	BRC Racing Team	Pierre-Louis Loubet	Vincent Landais	Hyundai i20 R5	RC2	WRC-2	M
39	Tommi Mäkinen Racing	Takamoto Katsuta	Marko Salminen	Ford Fiesta R5	RC2	WRC-2	M
40	Lotos Rally Team	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Maciej Szczepaniak	Ford Fiesta R5	RC2	WRC-2	P
41	Simone Tempestini	Simone Tempestini	Sergio Itu	Citroën C3 R5	RC2	WRC-2	M
42	Motorsport Italia	Benito Guerra	Borja Rozada	Škoda Fabia R5	RC2	WRC-2	P
43	Hoonigan Racing Division	Ken Block	Alex Gelsomino	Ford Fiesta WRC	RC1	WRC
44	Nil Solans	Nil Solans	Marc Martí	Ford Fiesta R5	RC2	WRC-2	P
45	Toksport WRT	Chris Ingram	Ross Whittock	Škoda Fabia R5	RC2	WRC-2	M
46	Marco Bulacia Wilkinson	Marco Bulacia Wilkinson	Fernando Mussano	Ford Fiesta R5	RC2	WRC-2	D
47	Volkswagen Motorsport	Eric Camilli	Benjamin Veillas	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	RC2	WRC-2	M
48	José Antonio Suárez	José Antonio Suárez	Cándido Carrera	Hyundai i20 R5	RC2	WRC-2	M
49	Toksport WRT	Henning Solberg	Ilka Minor-Petrasko	Škoda Fabia R5	RC2	WRC-2	M
50	Volkswagen Motorsport	Petter Solberg	Veronica Gulbæk Engan	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	RC2	WRC-2	M
51	Michel Sylvain	Michel Sylvain	TBA	Škoda Fabia R5	RC2	WRC-2	M
52	Sports & you	Jose Maria López	Borja Rozada	Citroën C3 R5	RC2	WRC-2	M
61	Taisko Lario	Taisko Lario	Tatu Hämäläinen	Peugeot 208 R2	RC4	WRC-3	P
62	Enrico Brazzoli	Enrico Brazzoli	Luca Beltrame	Peugeot 208 R2	RC4	WRC-3	P
63	Louise Cook	Louise Cook	Stefan Davis	Ford Fiesta R2	RC4	WRC-3	M
64	Amaury Molle	Amaury Molle	Renaud Herman	Peugeot 208 R2	RC4	WRC-3	M
81	Escudería Osona	Albert Orriols	Lluis Pujolar	Škoda Fabia R5	RC2	N/A
82	Rhys Yates	Rhys Yates	Elliott Edmondson	Škoda Fabia R5	RC2	N/A	M
83	Jean-Michel Raoux	Jean-Michel Raoux	Laurent Magat	Citroën DS3 WRC	RC1	N/A
84	Eamonn Boland	Eamonn Boland	Michael Joseph Morrissey	Ford Fiesta R2	RC2	N/A	M
85	Fabrizio Arengi Bentivoglio	Fabrizio Arengi Bentivoglio	Fabio Salis	Peugeot 208 T16 R5	RC2	N/A	D
86	Henk Bakkenes	Henk Bakkenes	Cindy Verbaeten	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	RC2	N/A	P
87	Zamudio Racing Elkartea	Efrén Llarena	Sara Fernández	Peugeot 308 N5	N5	National	M
88	Renault Sport España	Fran Cima Artime	Diego Sanjuan	Renault Clio N5	N5	National	M
89	RMC Motorsport	Roberto Rozada	Yeray Mújica	Ford Fiesta N5	N5	National	M
90	Zamudio Racing Elkartea	Mariano Parés Carrió	Pere Requena Palomares	Ford Fiesta N5	N5	National	M
91	Michael Kogler	Michael Kogler	André Kachel	Citroën DS3 R3T	RC3	N/A	P
92	Équipe de France FFSA Rally	Jean-Baptiste Franceschi	Romain Courbon	Ford Fiesta R2T	RC4	N/A	M
93	Tom Williams	Tom Williams	Phil Hall	Ford Fiesta R2T	RC4	N/A	P
94	Escudería Motor Terrassa	Jan Solans	Mauro Barreiro	Peugeot 208 R2	RC4	National, Peugeot Rally Cup	P
95	RACC Motorsport	Josep Bassas Mas	Manel Muñoz	Peugeot 208 R2	RC4	National, Peugeot Rally Cup	P
96	Escudería A. Ferrol	José Maria Reyes González	José Antonio Vázquez Barrán	Peugeot 208 R2	RC4	National, Peugeot Rally Cup	P
97	Gamace MC Competición	Roberto Blach Jr.	José Murado	Peugeot 208 R2	RC4	National, Peugeot Rally Cup	P
98	Escudería Berberecho	Álvaro Pérez Abeijon	Brais Mirón	Peugeot 208 R2	RC4	National, Peugeot Rally Cup	P
99	Escudería Drago Rallye	Julio Martínez Cazorla	Diego Corta	Ford Fiesta R2	RC4	National	P
100	MCoutinho Racing	Diogo Gago	Miguel Ramalho	Peugeot 208 R2	RC4	Peugeot Rally Cup	P
101	Hugo Lopes	Hugo Lopes	Nuno Mota Ribeiro	Peugeot 208 R2	RC4	Peugeot Rally Cup	P
102	Pedro Antunes	Pedro Antunes	Paulo Lopes	Peugeot 208 R2	RC4	Peugeot Rally Cup	P
103	Ricardo Sousa	Ricardo Sousa	Luís Marques	Peugeot 208 R2	RC4	Peugeot Rally Cup	P
104	Escudería Aterura	Iván Medina Herrera	Ariday Bonilla	Peugeot 208 R2	RC4	Peugeot Rally Cup	P
105	FMC-UCAV Racing Engineering	Alberto San Segundo	Juan Luis García	Peugeot 208 R2	RC4	Peugeot Rally Cup	P
106	Paulo Moreira	Paulo Moreira	Marco Macedo	Peugeot 208 R2	RC4	Peugeot Rally Cup	P
107	Nabila Tejpar	Nabila Tejpar	Max Freeman	Peugeot 208 R2	RC4	Peugeot Rally Cup	P
108	Luciano Bonomi	Luciano Bonomi	Laureano Grigera	Peugeot 208 R2	RC4	N/A
109	Gamace MC Competición	Oriol Gómez Marco	Axel Coronado Jiménez	Peugeot 208 R2	RC4	N/A
110	GC Motorsport	Abel Torrelles	Xavier Carulla	Peugeot 208 R2	RC4	N/A
111	Escudería Motor Terrassa	Miquel Labarias Cortés	Cristian Muñoz Guil	Peugeot 208 R2	RC4	N/A
112	GC Motorsport	Alberto Cotano	Andreu Pascual	Peugeot 208 R2	RC4	N/A
113	C.D. El Mentidero Racing Tías	Alexis Romero Hernández	Martín Domínguez Cedrés	Peugeot 208 R2	RC4	N/A
114	Luc Gellusseau	Luc Gellusseau	Charles-Antoine De Joux	Peugeot 208 R2	RC4	N/A
115	Philippe Gomez	Philippe Gomez	Gilles Combe	Peugeot 208 R2	RC4	N/A
116	Carlo Covi	Carlo Covi	Simone Angi	Peugeot 208 R2	RC4	N/A	P
117	Paolo Raviglione	Paolo Raviglione	Marco Demontis	Ford Fiesta R2T	RC4	N/A
118	Motor Club Sabadell	Anna Tallada Bayot	Laura Camps Trabal	Ford Fiesta R2T	RC4	N/A
Source:^[1]

Itinerary

Date	No.	Stage name	Stage surface	Distance	Time span	Location
25 October		Service park – PortAventura	—	—	—	Salou, Tarragona
		Refuel – PortAventura	—	—	—	Salou, Tarragona
	—	Salou [Shakedown]	Tarmac and gravel	2.97 km	After 08:00	Salou, Tarragona
		Service park – PortAventura	—	—	—	Salou, Tarragona
	—	Ceremonial start – Podium Salou	—	—	13:15 - 15:15	Salou, Tarragona
		Regroup – Barcelona	—	—	15:15 - 18:05	Montjuïc, Barcelona
	*Leg 1 — Terra Alta* — 144.88 km**
	SS1	Barcelona	Tarmac	3.20 km	After 18:08	Montjuïc, Barcelona
		Parking – PortAventura	—	—	After 20:08	Salou, Tarragona
26 October		Service park – Service park PortAventura	—	—	08:00 - 08:15	Salou, Tarragona
		Refuel – PortAventura	—	—	—	Salou, Tarragona
	SS2	Gandesa 1	Gravel	7.00 km	After 09:33	Gandesa, Terra Alta
	SS3	Pesells 1	Gravel	26.59 km	After 10:06	Bot, Terra Alta
		Remote refuel – Restaurant Coll del Moro	—	—	—	Bot, Terra Alta
	SS4	La Fatarella - Vilalba 1	Gravel	38.85 km	After 11:20	La Fatarella, Terra Alta
		Regroup and Technical Zone	—	—	13:15 - 13:35
		Service park – Service park PortAventura	—	—	13:35 - 14:05	Salou, Tarragona
		Refuel – PortAventura	—	—	—	Salou, Tarragona
	SS5	Gandesa 2	Gravel	7.00 km	After 15:23	Gandesa, Terra Alta
	SS6	Pesells 2	Gravel	26.59 km	After 15:56	Bot, Terra Alta
		Remote refuel – Restaurant Coll del Moro	—	—	—	Bot, Terra Alta
	SS7	La Fatarella - Vilalba 2	Gravel	38.85 km	After 17:10	La Fatarella, Terra Alta
		Flexiservice– Service park PortAventura	—	—	After 19:20	Salou, Tarragona
		Parking – PortAventura	—	—	Before 23:59^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Salou, Tarragona
27 October	*Leg 2 — Conca de Barberà* and Tarragona — 121.80 km**
		Service park – Service park PortAventura	—	—	06:45 - 07:00	Salou, Tarragona
		Refuel – PortAventura	—	—	—	Salou, Tarragona
	SS8	Savallà 1	Tarmac	14.12 km	After 08:23	Savallà del Comtat, Conca de Barberà
		Remote refuel – Santa Coloma de Queralt	—	—	—	Santa Coloma de Queralt, Conca de Barberà
	SS9	Querol 1	Tarmac	21.26 km	After 09:08	Querol, Conca de Barberà
	SS10	El Montmell 1	Tarmac	24.40 km	After 10:08	El Montmell, Conca de Barberà
		Regroup and Technical Zone – PortAventura	—	—	11:33 - 11:43	Salou, Tarragona
		Service park – Service park PortAventura	—	—	11:43 - 12:13	Salou, Tarragona
		Refuel – PortAventura	—	—	—	Salou, Tarragona
	SS11	Savallà 2	Tarmac	14.12 km	After 13:28	Savallà del Comtat, Conca de Barberà
		Remote refuel – Santa Coloma de Queralt	—	—	—	Santa Coloma de Queralt, Conca de Barberà
	SS12	Querol 2	Tarmac	21.26 km	After 14:10	Querol, Conca de Barberà
	SS13	El Montmell 2	Tarmac	24.40 km	After 15:08	El Montmell, Conca de Barberà
		Regroup – Salou	—	—	16:42 - 16:57	Salou, Tarragona
	SS14	Salou	Tarmac	2.24 km	After 17:00	Salou, Tarragona
		Flexiservice– Service park PortAventura	—	—	After 17:30	Salou, Tarragona
		Parking – PortAventura	—	—	Before 21:30^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Salou, Tarragona
28 October	*Leg 3 — Tarragona* — 61.70 km**
		Service park – Service park PortAventura	—	—	06:45 - 07:00	Salou, Tarragona
		Refuel – PortAventura	—	—	—	Salou, Tarragona
	SS15	Riudecanyes 1	Tarmac	16.35 km	After 07:35	Riudecanyes, Tarragona
		Regroup – Mont-roig del Camp	—	—	08:06 - 08:16	Salou, Tarragona
	SS16	Santa Marina 1	Tarmac	14.50 km	After 08:38	Riudecanyes, Tarragona
		Regroup and Technical Zone – PortAventura	—	—	09:35 - 09:45	Salou, Tarragona
		Service park – Service park PortAventura	—	—	09:45 - 10:15	Salou, Tarragona
		Refuel – PortAventura	—	—	—	Salou, Tarragona
	SS17	Riudecanyes 2	Tarmac	16.35 km	After 10:50	Riudecanyes, Tarragona
		Regroup – Mont-roig del Camp	—	—	08:06 - 08:16	Salou, Tarragona
	SS18	Santa Marina 2 [Power Stage]	Tarmac	14.50 km	After 12:18	Riudecanyes, Tarragona
		Service park – Service park PortAventura	—	—	13:41 - 13:51	Salou, Tarragona
		Ceremonial finish – Podium Salou	—	—	After 14:51	Salou, Tarragona
Source:^[9]

Notes

↑ Only the first leg of the rally counts towards the Peugeot Rally Cup Ibérica championship.^[3]
↑ Competitors competing in national events are variously eligible to score points in the N5 RMC Cup and Beca Júnior R2 RFEdA championships.
1 2 The time limitation is for all classified cars, excluding re-starting crews.

References

1 2 3 "Rally RACC Catalunya 2018 Entry List" (PDF). rallyracc.com. rallyracc.com. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
↑ "Rally Aus retains WRC finale in 2018". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
↑ "54. RallyRACC Catalunya - Costa Daurada 2018". ewrc-results.com. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
↑ "RallyRACC Catalunya - Rally de España". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
↑ Beer, Matt (8 October 2018). "VW reveals WRC2 Polo livery for one-off Rally Spain works return". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
↑ Evans, David. "Solberg to make WRC return in Spain". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
↑ "Meeke nets win". wrc.com. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
↑ "Ogier wins final day duel with Latvala in Britain". speedcafe.com. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
↑ "Rally RACC Catalunya 2018 Itinerary" (PDF). rallyracc.com. rallyracc.com. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.

External links

Official website (in English) (in Spanish)
2018 Rally de España in e-wrc website
The official website of the World Rally Championship

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[4] Only the first leg of the rally counts towards the Peugeot Rally Cup Ibérica championship.^[3]

[national_c'ships-10] Competitors competing in national events are variously eligible to score points in the N5 RMC Cup and Beca Júnior R2 RFEdA championships.

[classified-11] 1 2 The time limitation is for all classified cars, excluding re-starting crews.

[Rally_RACC_Catalunya_Entry_List-1] 1 2 3 "Rally RACC Catalunya 2018 Entry List" (PDF). rallyracc.com. rallyracc.com. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.

[sept_21_calendar-2] "Rally Aus retains WRC finale in 2018". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2018.

[2018_Rally_de_España_result_2-3] "54. RallyRACC Catalunya - Costa Daurada 2018". ewrc-results.com. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.

[5] "RallyRACC Catalunya - Rally de España". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 12 October 2018.

[6] Beer, Matt (8 October 2018). "VW reveals WRC2 Polo livery for one-off Rally Spain works return". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 9 October 2018.

[SolbergVW-7] Evans, David. "Solberg to make WRC return in Spain". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 26 September 2018.

[8] "Meeke nets win". wrc.com. Retrieved 14 October 2017.

[9] "Ogier wins final day duel with Latvala in Britain". speedcafe.com. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.

[Rally_RACC_Catalunya_Itinerary-12] "Rally RACC Catalunya 2018 Itinerary" (PDF). rallyracc.com. rallyracc.com. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.