2015 Rally México
# 2015 Rally México

The 2015 Rally Guanajuato México was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 5 and 8 March 2015. It marked the twenty-ninth running of the Rally Mexico, and was the third round of the 2015 World Rally Championship and WRC-2 seasons.

For the third year in succession, Volkswagen Motorsport driver Sébastien Ogier won the rally, taking his fifth consecutive WRC win in the process. Ogier finished almost a minute-and-a-half clear of his closest competitor, Citroën World Rally Team's Mads Østberg. The podium was completed by Ogier's team-mate Andreas Mikkelsen, who finished 6.3 seconds in arrears of Østberg. Nasser Al-Attiyah was the winner of the WRC-2 class, finishing almost eight minutes clear of anyone else, while also finishing in seventh place overall. Nicolás Fuchs (ninth overall) and Jari Ketomaa (tenth overall) completed the podium.

During the third stage of the rally, Los Mexicanos, Ott Tänak crashed his car into a lake, but he and co-driver Raigo Mõlder were able to extract themselves from the car prior to it submerging. The car was recovered from the lake, in anticipation for the car to be repaired by the M-Sport World Rally Team. The team attempted to repair the car, dubbed the TiTänak – a portmanteau of the RMS Titanic passenger liner, that sank in 1912, and Tänak's name – for the second day, but he was unable to start. He returned for Sunday's stages, finishing 22nd overall and scoring a manufacturers' championship point.

## Entry list

Notable entrants :

| No. | Entrant | Class | Driver | Co-driver | Car | Tyre |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Volkswagen Motorsport | WRC | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | M |
| 2 | Volkswagen Motorsport | WRC | Jari-Matti Latvala | Miikka Anttila | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | M |
| 3 | Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT | WRC | Kris Meeke | Paul Nagle | Citroën DS3 WRC | M |
| 4 | Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT | WRC | Mads Østberg | Jonas Andersson | Citroën DS3 WRC | M |
| 5 | M-Sport Ltd | WRC | Elfyn Evans | Daniel Barritt | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | M |
| 6 | M-Sport Ltd | WRC | Ott Tänak | Raigo Mőlder | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | M |
| 7 | Hyundai Motorsport | WRC | Thierry Neuville | Nicolas Gilsoul | Hyundai i20 WRC | M |
| 8 | Hyundai Motorsport | WRC | Dani Sordo | Marc Martí | Hyundai i20 WRC | M |
| 9 | Volkswagen Motorsport II | WRC | Andreas Mikkelsen | Ola Fløene | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | M |
| 20 | Hyundai Motorsport N | WRC | Hayden Paddon | John Kennard | Hyundai i20 WRC | M |
| 21 | Jipocar Czech National Team | WRC | Martin Prokop | Michal Ernst | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | P |
| 23 | Benito Guerra, Jr. | WRC | Benito Guerra, Jr. | Borja Rozada | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | P |
| 24 | Robert Kubica | WRC | Robert Kubica | Maciek Szczepaniak | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | P |
| 32 | PH Sport | WRC-2 | Stéphane Lefebvre | Stéphane Prévot | Citroën DS3 R5 | M |
| 33 | Motorsport Italia Srl | WRC-2 | Massimiliano Rendina | Mario Pizzuti | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X | P |
| 35 | Jourdan Serderidis | WRC-2 | Jourdan Serderidis | Frédéric Miclotte | Citroën DS3 R5 | D |
| 36 | Youth & Sports Qatar Rally Team | WRC-2 | Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari | Marshall Clarke | Ford Fiesta RRC | M |
| 37 | FWRT s.r.l. | WRC | Lorenzo Bertelli | Giovanni Bernacchini | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | P |
| 38 | Yuriy Protasov | WRC-2 | Yuriy Protasov | Pavlo Cherepin | Ford Fiesta RRC | P |
| 39 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | WRC-2 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Matthieu Baumel | Ford Fiesta WRC | M |
| 40 | Drive DMACK | WRC-2 | Jari Ketomaa | Kaj Lindström | Ford Fiesta R5 | D |
| 41 | Nicolás Fuchs | WRC-2 | Nicolás Fuchs | Fernando Mussano | Ford Fiesta R5 | D |
| 42 | Eurolamp World Rally Team | WRC-2 | Valeriy Gorban | Volodymyr Korsia | Mini John Cooper Works S2000 | P |
| 43 | TAIF Rally Team | WRC-2 | Radik Shaymiev | Maxim Tsvetkov | Ford Fiesta R5 | M |
| 51 | Napoca Rally Academy | WRC-2 | Simone Tempestini | Matteo Chiarcossi | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | P |
| Icon | Class |
| WRC | WRC entries eligible to score manufacturer points |
| WRC | Major entry ineligible to score manufacturer points |
| WRC-2 | Registered to take part in WRC-2 championship |

## Results

### Event standings

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Team | Car | Class | Time | Difference | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Overall classification ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Volkswagen Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | WRC | 4:19:13.4 | 0.00 | 28 |
| 2 | 4 | Mads Østberg | Jonas Andersson | Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT | Citroën DS3 WRC | WRC | 4:20:32.2 | +1:18.8 | 18 |
| 3 | 9 | Andreas Mikkelsen | Ola Fløene | Volkswagen Motorsport II | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | WRC | 4:20:38.5 | +1:25.1 | 17 |
| 4 | 5 | Elfyn Evans | Daniel Barritt | M-Sport World Rally Team | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | WRC | 4:22:53.6 | +3:40.2 | 12 |
| 5 | 8 | Dani Sordo | Marc Martí | Hyundai Motorsport | Hyundai i20 WRC | WRC | 4:24:15.2 | +5:01.8 | 10 |
| 6 | 21 | Martin Prokop | Jan Tománek | Jipocar Czech National Team | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | WRC | 4:25:49.5 | +6:36.1 | 8 |
| 7 | 39 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Matthieu Baumel | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Ford Fiesta RRC | WRC-2 | 4:34:06.1 | +14:52.7 | 6 |
| 8 | 7 | Thierry Neuville | Nicolas Gilsoul | Hyundai Motorsport | Hyundai i20 WRC | WRC | 4:41:56.7 | +22:43.3 | 5 |
| 9 | 41 | Nicolás Fuchs | Fernando Mussano | Nicolás Fuchs | Ford Fiesta R5 | WRC-2 | 4:42:02.4 | +22:49.0 | 2 |
| 10 | 40 | Jari Ketomaa | Kaj Lindström | Drive DMACK | Ford Fiesta R5 | WRC-2 | 4:42:23.6 | +23:10.2 | 1 |
| WRC-2 standings ||||||||||
| 1 (7.) | 39 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Matthieu Baumel | Nasser Al-Attiyah | Ford Fiesta RRC | WRC-2 | 4:34:06.1 | 0.0 | 25 |
| 2 (9.) | 41 | Nicolás Fuchs | Fernando Mussano | Nicolás Fuchs | Ford Fiesta R5 | WRC-2 | 4:42:02.4 | +7:56.3 | 18 |
| 3 (10.) | 40 | Jari Ketomaa | Kaj Lindström | Drive DMACK | Ford Fiesta R5 | WRC-2 | 4:42:23.6 | +8:17.5 | 15 |
| 4 (11.) | 36 | Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari | Marshall Clarke | Youth & Sports Qatar Rally Team | Fod Fiesta RRC | WRC-2 | 4:42:58.2 | +8:52.1 | 12 |
| 5 (13.) | 38 | Yuriy Protasov | Pavlo Cherepin | Yuriy Protasov | Ford Fiesta RRC | WRC-2 | 4:52:44.2 | +18:38.1 | 10 |
| 6 (14.) | 33 | Massimiliano Rendina | Mario Pizzuti | Motorsport Italia Srl | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X | WRC-2 | 4:57:19.9 | +23:13.8 | 8 |
| 7 (19.) | 35 | Jourdan Serderidis | Frédéric Miclotte | Jourdan Serderidis | Citroën DS3 R5 | WRC-2 | 5:17:21.8 | +43:15.7 | 6 |
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## Championship standings after the race

### WRC

| Pos. | Driver | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Sébastien Ogier | 81 |
| 2 | Andreas Mikkelsen | 47 |
| 3 | Thierry Neuville | 35 |
| 4 | Mads Østberg | 32 |
| 5 | Elfyn Evans | 26 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Volkswagen Motorsport | 99 |
| 2 | Hyundai Motorsport | 75 |
| 3 | M-Sport World Rally Team | 48 |
| 4 | Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT | 42 |
| 5 | Jipocar Czech National Team | 20 |

### Other

| Pos. | Driver | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Jari Ketomaa | 40 |
| 2 | Stéphane Lefebvre | 25 |
| 3 | Nasser Al-Attiyah | 25 |
| 4 | Craig Breen | 18 |
| 5 | Eyvind Brynildsen | 18 |
| Pos. | Driver | Points |
| 1 | Ole Christian Veiby | 40 |
| 2 | Quentin Gilbert | 25 |
| 3 | Christian Riedemann | 18 |
| 4 | Simone Tempestini | 12 |
| 5 | Stéphane Consani | 10 |
| Pos. | Driver | Points |
| 1 | Quentin Gilbert | 25 |
| 2 | Christian Riedemann | 18 |
| 3 | Ole Christian Veiby | 15 |
| 4 | Simone Tempestini | 12 |
| 5 | Yohan Rossel | 10 |
