2016 Monte Carlo Rally

2016 Monte Carlo Rally
*84ème Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo*
2016 Monte Carlo Rally; 84ème Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo
Round 1 of the 2016 World Rally Championship
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Host country	Monaco
Rally base	Gap, Hautes-Alpes
Dates run	22 – 25 January 2016
Stages	16 (377.59 km; 234.62 miles)
Stage surface	Tarmac and snow
Results
Overall winner	Sébastien Ogier; Julien Ingrassia; Volkswagen Motorsport
Crews	88 at start, 64 at finish

The 2016 Monte Carlo Rally (formally known as the 84ème Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 21 and 24 January 2016. It marked the eighty-fourth running of the Monte Carlo Rally, and was the first round of the 2016 World Rally Championship, WRC-2 and WRC-3 seasons.^[1]

Defending World Champion Sébastien Ogier started the season with a win in Monte Carlo, his third consecutive in the principality and the 33rd of his WRC career.

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	Hyundai Motorsport	WRC	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 WRC	M
4	Hyundai Motorsport	WRC	Dani Sordo	Marc Martí	Hyundai i20 WRC	M
5	M-Sport World Rally Team	WRC	Mads Østberg	Ola Fløene	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
6	M-Sport World Rally Team	WRC	Eric Camilli		Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
7	Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team	WRC	Kris Meeke	Paul Nagle	Citroën DS3 WRC	M
8	Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team	WRC	Stéphane Lefebvre		Citroën DS3 WRC	M
9	Volkswagen Motorsport II	WRC	Andreas Mikkelsen	Anders Jæger	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	M
10	Hyundai Motorsport N	WRC	Hayden Paddon	John Kennard	Hyundai i20 WRC	M
12	DMACK World Rally Team	WRC	Ott Tänak	Raigo Mõlder	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	D
16	Robert Kubica	WRC	Robert Kubica	Maciej Szczepaniak	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	P
17	M-Sport World Rally Team	WRC	Bryan Bouffier		Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
18		WRC			Citroën DS3 WRC	P
32		WRC-2	Armin Kremer		Škoda Fabia R5	P
33	Julien Maurin	WRC-2	Julien Maurin	Benjamin Veillas	Škoda Fabia R5	P
34		WRC-2			Citroën DS3 R5	M
35	M-Sport World Rally Team	WRC-2	Elfyn Evans		Ford Fiesta R5	M
36		WRC-2	Simone Tempestini		Ford Fiesta R5	P
37		WRC	Lorenzo Bertelli	Simone Scattolin	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	P
38		WRC-2			Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	M
39	Jourdan Serderidis	WRC-2	Jourdan Serderidis		Citroën DS3 R5	M
40	Quentin Gilbert	WRC-2	Quentin Gilbert	Renaud Jamoul	Citroën DS3 R5	M
41	Yoann Bonato	WRC-2	Yoann Bonato		Citroën DS3 R5	P
42		WRC-2		Cándido Carrera	Peugeot 208 T16 R5	M
44	Triviño World Rally Team	WRC-2	Ricardo Triviño		Citroën DS3 R5	P
45		WRC-2			Citroën DS3 R5	M
46		WRC-2			Škoda Fabia R5	P
47		WRC-2	Lambros Athanassoulas		Škoda Fabia R5	P
61		WRC-3	Ole Christian Veiby	Jonas Andersson	Citroën DS3 R3T	M
62	ACI Team Italia	WRC-3			Peugeot 208 R2	P
63	ACI Team Italia	WRC-3			Peueot 208 R2	P
64	Peugeot Rally Academy	WRC-3			Peugeot 208 R2	M
65	Martin Koči	WRC-3	Martin Koči		Citroën DS3 R3T	M
66	Saintéloc Junior Team	WRC-3			Citroën DS3 R3T	M
67		WRC-3			Peugeot 208 R2	M
68		WRC-3			Citroën DS3 R3T	M
69		WRC-3			Peugeot 208 R2	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
WRC-3	Registered to take part in WRC-3 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	3:49:53.1	0.0	28
2	9	Andreas Mikkelsen	Anders Jæger	Volkswagen Motorsport II	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	3:51:47.6	+1:54.5	19
3	3	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai Motorsport	Hyundai i20 WRC	WRC	3:53:11.0	+3:17.9	15
4	5	Mads Østberg	Ola Fløene	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	3:54:40.8	+4:47.7	12
5	8	Stéphane Lefebvre		Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	3:57:28.7	+7:35.6	10
6	4	Dani Sordo	Marc Martí	Hyundai Motorsport	Hyundai i20 WRC	WRC	4:00:28.6	+10:35.5	10
7	12	Ott Tänak	Raigo Mõlder	DMACK World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	4:01:33.0	+11:39.9	6
8	35	Elfyn Evans	Craig Parry	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	4:08:23.9	+18:30.8	4
9	48	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Esapekka Lappi	Skoda Fabia R5		4:10:34.1	+20:41.0	2
10	32	Armin Kremer			Skoda Fabia R5	WRC-2	4:10:37.0	+20:43.9	1
WRC-2 standings
1 (8.)	35	Elfyn Evans	Craig Parry	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	4:08:23.9	0.0	25
2 (10.)	32	Armin Kremer			Škoda Fabia R5	WRC-2	4:10:37.0	+2:13.1	18
3 (11.)	40	Quentin Gilbert	Renaud Jamoul	Quentin Gilbert	Citron DS3 R5	WRC-2	4:10:58.1	+2:34.2	15
4 (13.)	34				Citron DS3 R5	WRC-2	4:14:56.5	+6:32.6	12
5 (15.)	41	Yoann Bonato	Denis Giraudet	Yoann Bonato	Citron DS3 R5	WRC-2	4:20:09.6	+11:49.7	10
6 (17.)	42		Cándido Carrera		Peugeot 208 T16 R5	WRC-2	4:26:42.2	+18:18.3	8
7 (18.)	46				Škoda Fabia R5	WRC-2	4:30:15.7	+21:51.8	6
8 (22.)	47	Lambros Athanassoulas			Škoda Fabia R5	WRC-2	4:34:48.3	+26:24.4	4
9 (39.)	36	Simone Tempestini			Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	4:50:58.7	+42:34.8	2
10 (51.)	38				Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	WRC-2	5:00:47.1	+52:23.2	1
WRC-3 standings
1 (19.)	61		Jonas Andersson		Citroën DS3 R3T	WRC-3	4:30:42.9	0.0	25
2 (21.)	64			Peugeot Rally Academy	Peugeot 208 R2	WRC-3	4:34:29.5	+3:46.6	18
3 (23.)	62			ACI Team Italia	Peugeot 208 R2	WRC-3	4:35:12.5	+4:29.6	15
4 (24.)	63			ACI Team Italia	Peugeot 208 R2	WRC-3	4:36:54.5	+6:11.6	12
5 (34.)	68				Citroën DS3 R3T	WRC-3	4:46:41.6	+15:58.7	10
6 (38.)	65	Martin Koči		Martin Koči	Citroën DS3 R3T	WRC-3	4:49:14.4	+18:31.5	8
7 (45.)	69				Peugeot 208 R2	WRC-3	4:56:34.9	+25:52.0	6
8 (49.)	66			Saintéloc Junior Team	Citroën DS3 R3T	WRC-3	5:00:24.6	+29:41.7	4
9 (56.)	51				Peugeot 208 R2	WRC-3	5:06:02.2	+35:19.3	2
Source: [1]

Special stages[]

Day	Stage	Name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Rally leader
Leg 1 (21 Jan)	SS1	Entrevaux – Val de Chalvagne - Rouaine	21.25 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	12:21.9	Sébastien Ogier
Leg 1 (21 Jan)	SS2	Barles – Seyne	20.38 km	Kris Meeke	Citroën DS3 WRC	13:06.1	Kris Meeke
Leg 2 (22 Jan)	SS3	Corps – La Salle en Beaumont 1	14.65 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	8:07.5
	SS4	Aspres les Corps – Chauffayer 1	25.78 km	Kris Meeke	Citroën DS3 WRC	13:55.9
	SS5	Les Costes – Chaillol 1	17.82 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	9:23.6	Sébastien Ogier
	SS6	Corps – La Salle en Beaumont 2	14.65 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	8:05.4	Sébastien Ogier
	SS7	Aspres les Corps – Chauffayer 2	25.78 km	Kris Meeke	Citroën DS3 WRC	14:16.9	Kris Meeke
	SS8	Les Costes – Chaillol 2	17.82 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	9:31.3	Sébastien Ogier
Leg 3 (23 Jan)	SS9	Lardier et Valenca – Faye 1	51.55 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	30:47.8
	SS10	St Léger Les Mélèzes – La Bâtie Neuve 1	17.13 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	12:01.3
	SS11	Lardier et Valenca – Faye 2	51.55 km	Kris Meeke	Citroën DS3 WRC	30:26.6
	SS12	St Léger Les Mélèzes – La Bâtie Neuve 2	17.13 km	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 WRC	11:39.6
	SS13	Sisteron – Thoard	36.60 km	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 WRC	22:55.4
Leg 4 (24 Jan)	SS14	Col de l’Orme – St Laurent 1	12.02 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	8:15.0
	SS15	La Bollène Vésubie – Peira Cava	21.36 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	14:09.2
	SS16	Col de l’Orme – St Laurent 2 (Power stage)	12.02 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	8:09.6

Power Stage[]

The "Power stage" was a 12.02 km (7.47 mi) stage at the end of the rally.

Pos	Driver	Car	Time	Diff.	Pts
1	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	8:09.6	0.0	3
2	Dani Sordo	Hyundai i20 WRC	8:11.0	+1.4	2
3	Andreas Mikkelsen	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	8:15.5	+5.9	1

Championship standings after the event[]

WRC[]

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Sébastien Ogier	28
2	Andreas Mikkelsen	19
3	Thierry Neuville	15
4	Mads Østberg	12
5	Stéphane Lefebvre	10

Manufacturers' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Volkswagen Motorsport	25
2	Hyundai Motorsport	25
3	Volkswagen Motorsport II	18
4	M-Sport World Rally Team	12
5	DMACK World Team	8

Other[]

WRC2 Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Elfyn Evans	25
2	Armin Kremer	18
3	Quentin Gilbert	15
4		12
5	Yoann Bonato	10

WRC3 Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Ole Christian Veiby	25
2		18
3		15
4		12
5		10

References[]

^ "Rally Calendar Overview". WRC.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2016.

External links[]

[1] "Rally Calendar Overview". WRC.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2016.

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