54. RallyRACC Catalunya - Costa Daurada 2018
WRC #12 • WRC2 #12 • WRC3 #12 • Peugeot Rally Cup Iberia #5 • Beca Júnior R2 RFEdA #6 • N5 RMC Cup (E) #5
25. 10. – 28. 10. 2018, Salou • Real Automóvil Club Cataluña • asphalt - gravel 331.58 km - (cancelled 14.12 km) • total distance including road sections - 1495.73 km • Other years
#5
Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 
ALZ***
ALZ***
Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT
RC1
Final results
4. overall
4. class RC1
4. WRC
Stage results
| 1. leg | Time | Pos. | km/h s/km |
Overall | Pos. after | |
| SS1 Barcelona (3.20 km) | 3:39.0 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
52.6 km/h 1.16 s/km |
3:39.0 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
|
| "A huge thanks to my mechanics who fixed the car! A really nice stage, I think the time is okay." | ||||||
| SS2 Gandesa 1 (7.00 km) | 4:24.1 | 7.
7. class RC1 7. WRC |
95.4 km/h 0.64 s/km |
8:03.1 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
|
| "I was trying to push as hard as I can. Maybe in the short stages we will lose some time due to the tyre choice but hopefully it will pay off for the long one." | ||||||
| SS3 Pesells 1 (26.59 km) | 14:55.0 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
107.0 km/h 0.70 s/km |
22:58.1 | 7.
7. class RC1 7. WRC |
|
| "So much cleaning on this one, I was trying to use all the road, right to the edge. It is so frustrating but it is like this." | ||||||
| SS4 La Fatarella - Vilalba 1 (38.85 km) | 27:18.5 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
85.4 km/h 0.45 s/km |
50:16.6 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
|
| "I tried to push but in these conditions there is not much I can do. I spun the car and had to reverse and at some point I thought I had a puncture. It was all over the place." | ||||||
| SS5 Gandesa 2 (7.00 km) | 4:18.9 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
97.3 km/h 0.60 s/km |
54:35.5 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
|
| "There is some still cleaning to do. I have to do a new line because I go a lot wider than the two-wheel drive cars that have gone through." | ||||||
| SS6 Pesells 2 (26.59 km) | 14:26.0 | 10.
10. class RC1 10. WRC |
110.5 km/h 0.51 s/km |
1:09:01.5 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
|
| "There was a rock under braking, but I had a very good stage to be honest. I can't do the next stage like this, I won't stay on the road for sure." | ||||||
| SS7 La Fatarella - Vilalba 2 (38.85 km) | 26:25.6 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
88.2 km/h 0.32 s/km |
1:35:27.1 | 9.
9. class RC1 9. WRC |
|
| "We are absolutely on it to be honest to be fast as we can. We kept the pressure on Ogier, we are not so far behind, we made a few small mistakes but it was a good run." | ||||||
| 2. leg | ||||||
| SS8 Savallà 1 (14.12 km) | cancelled | |||||
| SS9 Querol 1 (21.26 km) | 11:39.5 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
109.4 km/h 0.42 s/km |
1:47:06.6 | 8.
8. class RC1 8. WRC |
|
| "I had a good stage but it was very tricky, I was sliding everywhere. Towards the end I took it a bit steadier, in those conditions I wanted to be careful." | ||||||
| SS10 El Montmell 1 (24.40 km) | 13:03.1 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
112.2 km/h 0.19 s/km |
2:00:09.7 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
|
| "You don't get temperature in the tyre and you're on the edge everywhere. I think I did a good stage, but when you see the time it is obviously not enough!" | ||||||
| SS11 Savallà 2 (14.12 km) | 7:47.1 | 1.
1. class RC1 1. WRC |
108.8 km/h |
2:07:56.8 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
|
| "If I see the time of Lappi I'm really surprised, because I had the feeling that my tyre was working well." | ||||||
| SS12 Querol 2 (21.26 km) | 11:26.4 | 2.
2. class RC1 2. WRC |
111.5 km/h 0.03 s/km |
2:19:23.2 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
|
| SS13 El Montmell 2 (24.40 km) | 13:07.3 | 1.
1. class RC1 1. WRC |
111.6 km/h |
2:32:30.5 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
|
| "Maybe I lost a little bit on this one, I was struggling with my windscreen so much which was full of mud at the beginning. One more stage, hopefully we can get closer to the lead - especially Sébastien [Ogier]" | ||||||
| SS14 Salou (2.24 km) | 2:44.0 | 8.
5. class RC1 8. WRC |
49.2 km/h 0.94 s/km |
2:35:14.5 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
|
| 3. leg | ||||||
| SS15 Riudecanyes 1 (16.35 km) | 10:29.1 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
93.6 km/h 0.40 s/km |
2:45:43.6 | 5.
5. class RC1 5. WRC |
|
| "At the end I was sliding a little bit too much but I had a good rhythm." | ||||||
| SS16 Santa Marina 1 (14.50 km) | 8:12.3 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
106.0 km/h 0.23 s/km |
2:53:55.9 | 4.
4. class RC1 4. WRC |
|
| "I tried to do a good stage, but I didn't do the full stage last year. I'm faster than Dani, he was very fast in here last year. We'll have to see if I can close in on Ogier." | ||||||
| SS17 Riudecanyes 2 (16.35 km) | 10:20.9 | 4.
4. class RC1 4. WRC |
94.8 km/h 0.41 s/km |
3:04:16.8 | 3.
3. class RC1 3. WRC |
|
| "I'm just second slower than Dani, I had a good stage but we changed the balance and I struggled a little bit with understeer." | ||||||
| SS18 Santa Marina 2[Power Stage] (14.50 km) | 8:08.2 | 6.
6. class RC1 6. WRC |
106.9 km/h 0.39 s/km |
3:12:25.0 | 4.
4. class RC1 4. WRC |
|
| puncture | ||||||
| "Evans in front of me took a big stone out of the cut, I tried to avoid it but no chance." | ||||||
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Models
Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC
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