The 46th season of the World Rally Championship began
Thursday, January 25, with the 86th running of the Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo
in Monaco and France, and ended Sunday, January 28.
The scheduled 17-stage, 394.74-kilometer event, was won by four-time
defending race winner Sebastien Ogier, who has won every race at Monte Carlo
since 2014. He also won the 2009 event.
Here are some statistics related to the 2018 season after
Round 1 and the Rally Monte Carlo.
- Total Rallies Contested: 1
- Overall Winners (By Driver): Sebastien Ogier (1; Monte
Carlo)
- Overall Winners (By Manufacturer): Ford (1; Monte Carlo)
- Overall Winners (By Tire): Michelin (1; Monte Carlo)
- Overall Winners (By Country): France (1; Monte Carlo)
- Total Stages Contested: 17
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Longest Stage: 36.58 kilometers/22.73 miles
(Thoard-Sisteron – Rallye Monte Carlo)
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Shortest Stage: 13.58 kilometers/8.44 miles (La
Cabrarette – Col de Braus – Rallye Monte Carlo)
- Stage Winners (By Driver): Thierry Neuville (5), Sebastien
Ogier (4), Ott Tanak (4), Elfyn Evans (2), Kris Meeke (1), Andreas Mikkelsen (1)
- Stage Winners (By Country): Belgium (5), France (4),
Estonia (4), United Kingdom (3), Norway (1)
- Stage Winners (By Manufacturer): Ford (6), Hyundai (6),
Toyota (4), Citroen (1)
- Stage Winners (By Tire): Michelin (17)
- Total Time: 4:18:55.5
- Margin of Victory: 58.3 seconds
- Drivers to Lead Points Standings: 1 (Sebastien Ogier)
All-Time World Rally
Championship Statistics
- Total Rallies Contested: 572
- Drivers With At Least One Win: 77 (First: Jean-Claude
Andruet; 77th: Elfyn Evans)
- Manufacturers With At Least One Win: 21
- Nations With At Least One Win: 17
- Most Victories (Driver): Sebastien Loeb (78)
- Most Victories (Manufacturer): Citroen (98)
- Most Victories (Nation): France (186)
- Most Championships (Driver): Sebastien Loeb (9)
- Most Championships (Manufacturer): Lancia (10)
- Most Championships (Nation): France (15)
Notes of Interest
- This was the 41st career victory for Sebastien Ogier, and
his fifth in the Rallye Monte-Carlo. Ogier is second all-time in WRC rally
victories.
- Ogier has now won at least one WRC rally in each of the
last six seasons. He has won at least one rally in eight of the last nine seasons.
- Ogier has won nearly one-third of his career rallies.
- Ogier’s four stage victories in the Rallye-Monte Carlo
brought him up to 505 stage wins, the 10th most all-time. He is 24 behind Stig
Blomqvist (529) for ninth all-time.
- Ogier now has 66 WRC podiums. That is fifth all-time, and
three behind Mikko Hirvonen (69) for fourth place all-time.
- Ogier shared the victory with co-driver Julien Ingrassi,
who also now has 41 victories in 123 starts.
- Ogier’s victory gave France at least one driver victory in
each of the last 21 seasons, dating back to 1998. The last season a French-born
driver did not win at least one WRC event was 1997.
- Ford now has 89 WRC victories, the second most all-time
and nine behind Citroen (98) for the most all-time.
- France has claimed 186 driver victories, eight more than
the country of Finland (178).
- A driver named Sebastien has won the last 14 WRC titles.
Sebastien Loeb is a nine-time champion, having won championships between 2004
and 2012. Sebastien Ogier has won the last five, from 2013-2017. They represent
14 of 15 WRC driving titles earned by France since 1977 (when the FIA Cup for
Rally Drivers was introduced). Didier Auriol won the title in 1994.
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2018 Rallye
Automobile Monte-Carlo Statistics
- Overall Winner (Driver): Sebastien Ogier
- Overall Winner (Manufacturer): Ford
- Overall Winner (Tire): Michelin
- Overall Winner (Country): France
- Total Stages Contested: 17
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Longest Stage: 36.58 kilometers/22.73 miles
(Thoard-Sisteron – Rallye Monte Carlo)
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Shortest Stage: 13.58 kilometers/8.44 miles (La
Cabrarette – Col de Braus – Rallye Monte Carlo)
- Stage Winners (By Driver): Thierry Neuville (5), Sebastien
Ogier (4), Ott Tanak (4), Elfyn Evans (2), Kris Meeke (1)
- Stage Winners (By Country): Belgium (5), France (4),
Estonia (4), United Kingdom (3), Norway (1)
- Stage Winners (By Manufacturer): Ford (6), Hyundai (6),
Toyota (4), Citroen (1)
- Stage Winners (By Tire): Michelin (17)
- Total Time: 4:18:55.5
Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo
Statistics (Since 1911 unless noted)
- Rallies Contested: 86
- Most Victories
(Driver): Sebastien Loeb (7)
- Most Victories (Manufacturer): Lancia (13)
- Most Victories (Nation): France (24; since 1973)
- Number of Stages: 952 (since 1973)
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Most Stages: 36 (1986)
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Fewest Stages: 13 (2011)
- Distance of Stages: Approximately 22,600 kilometers/14,043
miles (since 1973)
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Longest Event: 867 kilometers (1986)
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Shortest Event: 329 kilometers (2007)
- Most Consecutive Victories: Sebastien Ogier (5; 2014-2018)
Notes of Interest:
- The 2017 Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo was won by Sebastien
Ogier, who has won the last five races in Monte Carlo, extending his record.
- All 17 stages that were scheduled were contested. It
marked the first time since 2016 all scheduled stages were contested.
- French-born drivers have won the last eight Rally Monte
Carlo events, with Ogier winning the last five, Sebastien Loeb winning the two
before that (2012 and 2013) and Bryan Bouffier winning in 2011. Overall, French
drivers have won 11 of the last 12 events. Mikko Hirvonen is the only non-French
driver to win the Rally Monte-Carlo since 2007, the Finn winning in 2010.
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To that point, only French or Finnish drivers
have won the last 20 Rally Monte Carlo events. The last to do so – Carlos Sainz
of Spain in 1998.
- The last time a French driver failed to podium in the
Rally Monte Carlo was in 2000 (currently 18 consecutive events with at least
one French driver on podium).
- The Rally Monte Carlo has been held annually since 1975.
The 1974 event was canceled due to the world energy crisis.
- The Rally Monte Carlo has been part of the World Rally
Championship each year since 2012.
Sources
- Wikipedia: Rally Monte Carlo; List of World
Rally Championship Drivers’ championships
- World Rally Championship website: http://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/calendar/monte-carlo-2018/page/683--683-682-.html
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