Monday, 13 March 2017

2017 WRC Round 3 recap - Rally Mexico

Recap of the last round of WRC from last weekends Round three of Rally Mexico.

Last weekends was the third round of the World Rally Championship at at the Rally Mexico (10th-12th March) that was won by Kris Meeke in the works Citroën C3 WRC.



While, M-Sport World Rally Team driver and current WRC champion Sébastien Ogier finished second in his Ford Fiesta WRC, Ogier was fourteen seconds behind Meeke at the end. Meanwhile, Thierry Neuville finished third in his works Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC, Neuville was a minute behind Meeke at the end of the rally.

While in the WRC Trophy (crews entering World Rally Cars used between 2011 and 2016), that was won by Eurolamp World Rally Team driver Valeriy Gorban in his Mini John Cooper Works WRC. Valeriy Gorban finished in thirteenth place overall, he was twenty-one minutes behind Meeke at the end of the rally.

Meanwhile in WRC-2 class (Group R5, R4, Super 2000 and Group N4 spec cars), that was won by Škoda Motorsport driver Pontus Tidemand in his Škoda Fabia R5. Pontus Tidemand finished in tenth place overall, he was eleven minutes behind Meeke at the end of the rally.

Highlights of the rally bellow, enjoy.



Next stop, Round Four of the 2017 WRC season for Tour de Corse - Rallye de France in four weeks time.

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