2018 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship
# 2018 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship

The 2018 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship season is an international rally championship sanctioned by the FIA. It is being held for the 31st time. The championship was contested by a combination of regulations with Group R competing directly against Super 2000 cars for points.

The championship began in New Zealand on 4 May and is scheduled to finish in China on 21 October after five rallies. A sixth event in India in December was cancelled.

## Selected entries

| Constructor | Car | Team | Driver | Co-Driver | Rounds |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Toyota | Toyota Vitz AP4 | Cusco Racing | Michael Young | Malcolm Read | 1, 3–5 |
| Toyota | Toyota Vitz AP4 | Cusco Racing | Michael Young | Scott Beckwith | 2 |
| Toyota | Toyota Vitz AP4 | Neal Bates Motorsport | Harry Bates | John McCarthy | 2 |
| Škoda | Škoda Fabia R5 | Cusco Racing | Yuya Sumiyama | Takahiro Yasui | All |
| Škoda | Škoda Fabia R5 | Race Torque Engineering | Eli Evans | Ben Searcy | 2 |
| Škoda | Škoda Fabia R5 | Race Torque Engineering | Adrian Coppin | Glen Weston | 2 |
| Peugeot | Peugeot 208 AP4 | Race Torque Engineering | Fabio Frisiero | Simone Scattolin | 1 |
| Peugeot | Peugeot 208 AP4 | Race Torque Engineering | Fabio Frisiero | Jordi Barrabés | 2 |
| Peugeot | Peugeot 208 AP4 | Race Torque Engineering | Fabio Frisiero | Carlo Cassina | 4 |
| Subaru | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | Ahresty Rally Team | Fuyuhiko Takahashi | Mitsuo Nakamura | 1 |
| Subaru | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | Ahresty Rally Team | Fuyuhiko Takahashi | Masami Nakata | 4 |
| Subaru | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | R3A PGA Motorsports | Abhilash Pallath Ganesh | Musa Sherif | 3 |
| Subaru | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | Streetlife World Rally Team | Masaki Yamada | Tatsuro Yoshimochi | 4 |
| Subaru | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | Cusco Racing | Yasushi Aoyama | Noriko Takeshita | 4 |
| Subaru | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | Team Has Rally | Yasunori Hagiwara | Shizue Haraguchi | 4 |
| Subaru | Subaru WRX STI | Ben Hunt Motorsport | Ben Hunt | Tony Rawstorn | 1 |
| Subaru | Subaru WRX STI | Contel Communications | Steve Glenney | Andrew Sarandis | 2 |
| Subaru | Subaru WRX STI | Les Walkden Racing | Molly Taylor | Malcolm Read | 2 |
| Subaru | Subaru WRX STI | Subaru Rally Team China | Ziwei Hou | Xin Shen | 5 |
| Subaru | Subaru WRX STI | Subaru Rally Team China | Yang Wang | Qingkai Chen | 5 |
| Subaru | Subaru XV | Subaru Rally Team China | Gaoxiang Fan | Cailei Yue | 5 |
| Subaru | Subaru XV | Subaru Rally Team China | Dawei Lin | Kepeng Le | 5 |
| Hyundai | Hyundai i20 AP4 | Hyundai New Zealand | Hayden Paddon | Malcolm Peden | 1 |
| Ford | Ford Fiesta R5 | Neil Allport Motorsport | Nathan Quinn | David Calder | 1 |
| Mitsubishi | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | Super Alex Troop | Atsushi Masumura | Naoya Tanaka | 2 |
| Mitsubishi | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | Super Alex Troop | Atsushi Masumura | Hiroshi Suzuki | 4 |
| Mitsubishi | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | Immens Motorsport | Mitsuhiro Aoki | Shigeru Ikeda | 4 |
| Mitsubishi | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | Hasepro Racing | Tomohide Hasegawa | Yasuyuki Atsuji | 4 |
| Mitsubishi | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | Rstakada World Rally Team | Futoshi Murase | Hiroaki Miyabe | 4 |
| Mitsubishi | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | Streetlife World Rally Team | Eiichi Iwashita | Masahiko Nabekura | 4 |
| Mitsubishi | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | MD – World Rally Team | Masahiko Miyamoto | Kazuto Suzuki | 4 |
| Mitsubishi | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | Kumi-Vicic | Kumiko Koide | Tadayuki Akima | 4 |
| Mitsubishi | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | Streetlife World Rally Team | Takashi Mori | Takumi Takahashi | 4 |
| Proton | Proton Satria Neo | 23 Motors | Abdul Kaathir | Tri Arjuna | 3 |
| Suzuki | Suzuki Swift Sport | Wako's Rally Team | Abdul Kaathir | Kenneth Koh | 4 |
| Toyota | Toyota GT86 | Wako's Rally Team | Toshihiro Inomata | Shoichi Amako | 4 |
| Volkswagen | Volkswagen Golf SCRC | FAW-Volkswagen Team | Karl Kruuda | Dale Moscatt | 5 |
| Volkswagen | Volkswagen Golf SCRC | FAW-Volkswagen Team | De'an Chen | Yan Wang | 5 |
| Volkswagen | Volkswagen Golf SCRC | FAW-Volkswagen Team | Guojing Li | Yundong Zhang | 5 |

## Event calendar and results

The 2018 APRC is as follows:

| Round | Rally name | Podium finishers | Podium finishers | Podium finishers | Podium finishers | Statistics | Statistics | Statistics | Statistics |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Round | Rally name | Rank | Driver | Car | Time | Stages | Length | Starters | Finishers |
| 1 | International Rally of Whangarei (4–6 May) | 1 | Hayden Paddon | Hyundai i20 AP4 | 2:45:04.4 | 18 | 277.34 km | 52 | 28 |
| 1 | International Rally of Whangarei (4–6 May) | 2 | Ben Hunt | Subaru WRX STI | 2:52:30.7 | 18 | 277.34 km | 52 | 28 |
| 1 | International Rally of Whangarei (4–6 May) | 3 | Nathan Quinn | Ford Fiesta R5 | 2:53:35.3 | 18 | 277.34 km | 52 | 28 |
| 2 | National Capital Rally (1–3 June) | 1 | Eli Evans | Škoda Fabia R5 | 2:41:23.7 | 15 | 242.89 km | 25 | 18 |
| 2 | National Capital Rally (1–3 June) | 2 | Adrian Coppin | Škoda Fabia R5 | 2:46:22.1 | 15 | 242.89 km | 25 | 18 |
| 2 | National Capital Rally (1–3 June) | 3 | Craig Brooks | Subaru WRX STI | 2:47:37.2 | 15 | 242.89 km | 25 | 18 |
| 3 | International Rally of Johor (20–22 July) | 1 | Yuya Sumiyama | Škoda Fabia R5 | 3:22:07.2 | 12 | 234.40 km | 33 | 31 |
| 3 | International Rally of Johor (20–22 July) | 2 | Michael Young | Toyota Vitz AP4 | 3:23:30.3 | 12 | 234.40 km | 33 | 31 |
| 3 | International Rally of Johor (20–22 July) | 3 | Rahmat H. | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII | 3:46:12.1 | 12 | 234.40 km | 33 | 31 |
| 4 | Rally Hokkaido (14–16 September) | 1 | Yuya Sumiyama | Škoda Fabia R5 | 2:18:31.7 | 17 | 221.25 km | 18 | 13 |
| 4 | Rally Hokkaido (14–16 September) | 2 | Eiichi Iwashita | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 2:27:51.9 | 17 | 221.25 km | 18 | 13 |
| 4 | Rally Hokkaido (14–16 September) | 3 | Yasushi Aoyama | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | 2:29:42.8 | 17 | 221.25 km | 18 | 13 |
| 5 | Rally China Longyou (20-21 October) | 1 | Karl Kruuda | Volkswagen Golf SCRC | 2:54:53.6 | 13 | 220.82 km | 84 | 46 |
| 5 | Rally China Longyou (20-21 October) | 2 | De'an Chen | Volkswagen Golf SCRC | 2:59:59.9 | 13 | 220.82 km | 84 | 46 |
| 5 | Rally China Longyou (20-21 October) | 3 | Gaoxiang Fan | Subaru XV | 3:01:21.4 | 13 | 220.82 km | 84 | 46 |
| - | Coffee Day India Rally (1-2 December) | event cancelled | event cancelled | event cancelled | event cancelled | event cancelled | event cancelled | event cancelled | event cancelled |

## Championship standings

The 2018 APRC for Drivers points was as follows:

| Pos. | Driver | Vehicle | NZL | AUS | MAL | JPN | CHN | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Yuya Sumiyama | Škoda Fabia R5 | 1 $^{13}$ | 1 $^{14}$ | 1 $^{13}$ | 1 $^{14}$ | 1 $^{14}$ | 193 |
| 2 | Fabio Frisiero | Peugeot 208 AP4 | 2 $^{13}$ | 2 $^6$ | | 3 $^9$ | | 79 |
| 3 | Michael Young | Toyota Vitz AP4 | Ret | Ret $^6$ | 2 $^{13}$ | Ret | Ret | 37 |
| 4 | Eiichi Iwashita | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | | | | 2 $^{11}$ | | 29 |
| 5 | Abhilash Pallath Ganesh | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | | | 3 $^5$ | | | 20 |
| 6 | Fuyuhiko Takahashi | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | Ret $^5$ | | | 5 $^3$ | | 18 |
| 7 | Takashi Mori | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII | | | | 4 $^3$ | | 15 |
| 8 | Atsushi Masumura | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X | | 7 | | 6 $^6$ | | 14 |
| 9 | Masaki Yamada | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | | | | 7 $^2$ | | 8 |
| 10 | Mitsuhiro Aoki | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X | | | | 8 $^1$ | | 5 |
| 11 | Masahiko Miyamoto | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX | | | | Ret $^4$ | | 4 |

Key :

| Colour | Result |
| - | - |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | 2nd place |
| Bronze | 3rd place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Did not finish (Ret) |
| Black | Excluded (EX) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Withdrew entry from the event (WD) |

Note: $^1$ – $^{14}$ refers to the bonus points awarded for each leg of the rally for the first five place getters, 1st (7), 2nd (5), 3rd (3), 4th (2), 5th (1). There were two bonus legs for each rally.

