Last weekend was the thirteenth and final round of the 2018 World Rally Championship at Rally Australia (15th-18th November) was won by Jari-Matti Latvala in the works Toyota Yaris WRC. With the rally win that gives Toyota their first WRC Manufacturers title since 1999, congrats to Toyota for winnings this years title.
While, Hayden Paddon finished second in the works Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC, Paddon was thirty-two seconds behind Latvala at the end of the rally. Meanwhile, Mads Østberg finished third in the works Citroën C3 WRC, Østberg was a fifty-two seconds behind Latvala at the end of the rally.
Finally, Sébastien Ogier finished fifth in the works Ford Fiesta WRC, he was two and half minutes behind Latvala at the end of the rally; and enough to give Sébastien Ogier the 2018 WRC title, contracts to Sébastien Ogier and co-driver Julien Ingrassia for winning their sixth WRC drivers title and becoming the second WRC driver to win six WRC drivers' championships in a row.
Meanwhile in WRC-2 class (Group R5, R4, Super 2000 and Group N4 spec cars), that was won by M-Sport driver Alberto Heller in his Ford Fiesta R5. Alberto Heller finished in eighth place overall, he was twenty-two minutes behind Latvala at the end of the rally.
Highlights of the rally below, enjoy.
And so this years champions, WRC champions: Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia, WRC Manufacturers' Champions: Toyota. WRC-2 Champions: Jan Kopecký and Pavel Dresler, WRC-2 for Teams Champions: Škoda Motorsport II, WRC-3 Champions: Enrico Brazzoli and Luca Beltrame, WRC-3 for Teams Champions: ACI Team Italia. And J-WRC Champions: Emil Bergkvist and Johan Johansson.
Contractions to the Champions this season.
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