2018 Rally Turkey

2018 Rally Turkey
*11. Marmaris Rally Turkey 2018*
2018 Rally Turkey; 11. Marmaris Rally Turkey 2018
Round 10 of 13 in the 2018 World Rally Championship
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Host country	Turkey
Rally base	Marmaris, Muğla
Dates run	13 – 16 September 2018
Start location	Marmaris Castle, Muğla
Finish location	Marmaris, Muğla
Stages	17 (312.44 km; 194.14 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Transport distance	562.90 km (349.77 miles)
Overall distance	875.34 km (543.91 miles)
Results
Overall winner	Ott Tänak; Martin Järveoja; Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT; 3:59:24.5
WRC-2 winner	Jan Kopecký; ; Škoda Motorsport II; 4:17:49.7
WRC-3 winner	Emil Bergkvist; ; Emil Bergkvist; 4:40:03.2
Power Stage winner	Thierry Neuville; Nicolas Gilsoul; Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT
Crews registered	52
Crews	45 at start, 29 at finish

The 2018 Rally Turkey (formally known as the Marmaris Rally Turkey 2018) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 13 and 16 September 2018.^[1] It marked the return and the eleventh running of Rally Turkey, last held in 2010. The event was the tenth round of the 2018 FIA World Rally Championship and its support series, the WRC-2 and WRC-3 championships.^[2] It was also the fifth and the last round of the Junior WRC championship.^[3] The event was based in Marmaris in Muğla and consists of seventeen special stages totalling 312.44 km (194.14 mi) in competitive kilometres.^[4]^[5]

Coming into the event, Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena were the reigning rally winning crew, but they chose not to participate in this year's event.^[6]^[7] Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were the rally winners. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturers' winners.^[8] The Škoda Motorsport II crew of Jan Kopecký and won in the World Rally Championship-2 in a Škoda Fabia R5, while the Swedish crew of Emil Bergkvist and won in the World Rally Championship-3 and Junior World Rally Championship.^[9]

After five rounds' battle, Emil Bergkvist and became the drivers' and co-drivers' champion of 2018 Junior World Rally Championship respectively.^[10]

Background[]

Championship standings prior to the event[]

Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul entered the round with a twenty-three-point lead in the World Championship for Drivers and Co-drivers. In the World Championship for Manufacturers, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT held a thirteen-point lead over Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT.

Entry list[]

The following crews were entered into the rally. The entry list consisted of thirteen World Rally Car entries, fifteen in the World Rally Championship-2, and fourteen entries in the World Rally Championship-3, thirteen of which were eligible to score points in the Junior World Rally Championship.

No.	Entrant	Driver	Co-Driver	Car	Tyre
World Rally Car entries
1	M-Sport Ford WRT	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Ford Fiesta WRC	M
2	M-Sport Ford WRT	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	Ford Fiesta WRC	M
3	M-Sport Ford WRT	Teemu Suninen	Mikko Markkula	Ford Fiesta WRC	M
4	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Andreas Mikkelsen	Anders Jæger-Synnevaag	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	M
5	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	M
6	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hayden Paddon	Sebastian Marshall	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	M
7	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Yaris WRC	M
8	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	M
9	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Toyota Yaris WRC	M
10	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Mads Østberg	Torstein Eriksen	Citroën C3 WRC	M
11	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Craig Breen	Scott Martin	Citroën C3 WRC	M
12	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Khalid Al-Qassimi	Chris Patterson	Citroën C3 WRC	M
21	Yazeed Racing	Yazeed Al-Rajhi		Ford Fiesta RS WRC	M
World Rally Championship-2 entries
31	Škoda Motorsport II	Pontus Tidemand	Jonas Andersson	Škoda Fabia R5	M
32	Škoda Motorsport II	Jan Kopecký		Škoda Fabia R5	M
33	Gus Greensmith	Gus Greensmith		Ford Fiesta R5	M
34				Ford Fiesta R5	M
35				Škoda Fabia R5	P
36	Lotos Rally Team	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Maciej Szczepaniak	Ford Fiesta R5	P
37	Simone Tempestini	Simone Tempestini		Citroën C3 R5	M
38				Ford Fiesta R5	P
39	Toksport WRT	Chris Ingram		Škoda Fabia R5	P
40	Ford Motorsport Turkey			Ford Fiesta R5	P
41				Škoda Fabia R5	P
42	Ford Motorsport Turkey			Ford Fiesta R5	P
43				Ford Fiesta R5	P
44				Škoda Fabia R5	P
45				Ford Fiesta R5	P
World Rally Championship-3 entries
61	Emil Bergkvist	Emil Bergkvist^‡		Ford Fiesta R2T	P
62		^‡		Ford Fiesta R2T	P
63	Équipe de France FFSA Rally	^‡		Ford Fiesta R2T	P
64	OT Racing	^‡	Kuldar Sikk	Ford Fiesta R2T	P
65	ADAC Sachsen	^‡		Ford Fiesta R2T	P
66		^‡		Ford Fiesta R2T	P
67	ACI Team Italia	^‡		Ford Fiesta R2T	P
68		^‡		Ford Fiesta R2T	P
69	ACI Team Italia	^‡		Ford Fiesta R2T	P
70		^‡		Ford Fiesta R2T	P
71		^‡		Ford Fiesta R2T	P
72		^‡		Ford Fiesta R2T	P
73		^‡		Ford Fiesta R2T	P
74	Louise Cook	Louise Cook		Ford Fiesta R2	M
Other major entries
81	Henning Solberg	Henning Solberg		Škoda Fabia R5	M
Source:^[11]

Notes

^‡ — Driver and co-driver are eligible to score points in the FIA Junior World Rally Championship.

Report[]

Pre-event[]

Junior WRC championship will be worth double points to encourage crews to contest all five events of the championship.^[12]

Thursday[]

Andreas Mikkelsen, driving an i20, won the first stage of the rally, 2.5 seconds faster than Craig Breen. Ott Tänak cleared the stage in third, ahead of championship leader Thierry Neuville. Two WRC 2 cars Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Jan Kopecký completed the stage in fifth and sixth place respectively. From seventh to tenth were Esapekka Lappi, Mads Østberg, Jari-Matti Latvala and Elfyn Evans, who was the only Fiesta in top ten.

Friday[]

Championship leader Thierry Neuville, who was being first on the road, squeezed his i20 on top. Defending world champion Sébastien Ogier and Andreas Mikkelsen completed the day in second and third respectively. The gap between the top three was only 2.6 seconds. Jari-Matti Latvala and teammate Ott Tänak finished in fourth and fifth, with Hayden Paddon in sixth. Esapekka Lappi, who was struggling with his Yaris' differential, cleared the day in seventh place. Early leader Craig Breen suffered a puncture and dropped down to eighth place, while his teammate Mads Østberg and Elfyn Evans both retired from the day in the penultimate stage with broken suspension. Teemu Suninen completed the day in ninth place after a consistent performance, with rally veteran Henning Solberg covered the top ten.

Saturday[]

The second leg of the rally turned out to be disastrous for some of the crews. Friday leader and championship leader Thierry Neuville retired from the day when the front left suspension punched though his i20's bonnet in the morning's opening stage, which made Sébastien Ogier the new rally leader for a while; this lead was short-lived when Ogier's Ford Fiesta sustained damage on the front right wishbone, dropping the defending champion's lead down to fourth after a one-minute time penalty for being late due to a roadside fix. In the afternoon loop, his rally went from bad to worse — he went off the road and forced to retire from the day. Andreas Mikkelsen reclaimed the position of rally leader, but a transmission problem, which left his i20 with only rear-wheel drive all afternoon, caused him drop down to fifth overall. Craig Breen fared far worse when his C3 emitted smoke during SS11 and after that stage, the car was on fire and completely burned out, forcing the Irishman to retire from the rally. Teammate Mads Østberg suffered a turbo issue and also retired from the leg. Esapekka Lappi retired his Yaris from the event in sixth when he crashed went perching from a cliff.

The biggest beneficiary from the chaotic rally was Ott Tänak, who ended the day on top, while his teammate Jari-Matti Latvala, who overcame a hydraulic pressure issue, completed the day 13.1 seconds behind in second place. Hayden Paddon and Teemu Suninen got a trouble-free day and cleared the leg in third and fourth respectively. Andreas Mikkelsen, who was the last RC1 driver without retirement in top ten, finished the leg in fifth, over six minutes off the lead. Rally veteran Henning Solberg completed the day in sixth place, followed by Elfyn Evans, who was running under Rally2 regulations. Three WRC 2 category drivers Jan Kopecký, Simone Tempestini and Chris Ingram completed the leaderboard.

Sunday[]

After a four-day battle, Ott Tänak won his third consecutive rally victory in Marmaris, while teammate Jari-Matti Latvala, who had to defer to Tänak following team orders from the Toyota team management, finished 22.3 seconds behind in second place. With a 1-2 formula, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT moved up on top on the manufacturers' championships, five points over Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT.^[13] Hayden Paddon and Teemu Suninen stayed in third and fourth, with erstwhile leader Andreas Mikkelsen recovering from a broken front right driveshaft. Rally veteran Henning Solberg, WRC 2 category winner Jan Kopecký, Simone Tempestini and Chris Ingram covered from sixth to ninth. Defending world champion Sébastien Ogier returned to the rally under Rally2 regulations and finished in tenth overall after teammate Elfyn Evans was given a team order, which ordered the Welsh to check in five minutes early. This meant Evans was given a five-minute time penalty so that the Frenchman could gained one place. He eventually ended his weekend in tenth place, but claimed four Power Stage points. The winner of the Power Stage was championship leader Thierry Neuville, who was forced to retire from the leg on Saturday. Despite his Power Stage victory, his championship lead went down to thirteen points over the hat-trick player Ott Tänak, whose championship standings went up to second place.

Classification[]

Top ten finishers[]

The following crews finished the rally in each class's top ten.^[a]

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Class	Stage
Overall classification
1	1	8	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	3:59:24.5	0.0	25	3
2	2	7	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	3:59:46.8	+22.3	18	2
3	3	6	Hayden Paddon	Sebastian Marshall	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	4:01:10.8	+1:46.3	15	0
4	4	3	Teemu Suninen	Mikko Markkula	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	4:03:35.4	+4:10.9	12	0
5	5	4	Andreas Mikkelsen	Anders Jæger-Synnevaag	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	4:06:36.2	+7:11.7	10	0
6	6	81	Henning Solberg		Henning Solberg	Škoda Fabia R5	4:13:05.1	+13:40.6	8	0
7	7	32	Jan Kopecký		Škoda Motorsport II	Škoda Fabia R5	4:17:49.7	+18:25.2	6	0
8	8	37	Simone Tempestini		Simone Tempestini	Citroën C3 R5	4:19:01.6	+19:37.1	4	0
9	9	39	Chris Ingram		Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia R5	4:19:45.8	+20:21.3	2	0
10	10	1	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	4:20:15.7	+20:51.2	1	4
World Rally Championship-2
7	1	32	Jan Kopecký		Škoda Motorsport II	Škoda Fabia R5	4:17:49.7	0.0	25	—
8	2	37	Simone Tempestini		Simone Tempestini	Citroën C3 R5	4:19:01.6	+1:11.9	18	—
9	3	39	Chris Ingram		Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia R5	4:19:45.8	+1:56.1	15	—
11	4	36	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Maciej Szczepaniak	Lotos Rally Team	Ford Fiesta R5	4:20:38.4	+2:48.7	12	—
13	5	34				Ford Fiesta R5	4:25:30.9	+7:41.2	10	—
14	6	41				Škoda Fabia R5	4:31:46.1	+13:56.4	8	—
18	7	35				Škoda Fabia R5	4:43:07.2	+25:17.5	6	—
22	8	43				Ford Fiesta R5	4:52:48.2	+34:58.5	4	—
27	9	44				Škoda Fabia R5	5:00:10.5	+42:20.8	2	—
28	10	45				Ford Fiesta R5	5:43:24.5	+1:25:34.8	1	—
World Rally Championship-3
17	1	61	Emil Bergkvist		Emil Bergkvist	Ford Fiesta R2T	4:40:03.2	0.0	25	—
19	2	62				Ford Fiesta R2T	4:43:57.3	+3:54.1	18	—
20	3	72				Ford Fiesta R2T	4:48:01.6	+7:58.4	15	—
21	4	66				Ford Fiesta R2T	4:49:46.6	+9:43.4	12	—
24	5	68				Ford Fiesta R2T	4:54:54.9	+14:51.7	10	—
25	6	71				Ford Fiesta R2T	4:57:59.4	+17:56.2	8	—
26	7	70				Ford Fiesta R2T	4:58:26.2	+18:23.0	6	—
29	8	67			ACI Team Italia	Ford Fiesta R2T	5:45:25.8	+1:05:22.6	4	—
30	9	74	Louise Cook		Louise Cook	Ford Fiesta R2	5:51:10.9	+1:11:07.7	2	—
Junior World Rally Championship
17	1	61	Emil Bergkvist		Emil Bergkvist	Ford Fiesta R2T	4:40:03.2	0.0	50	0
19	2	62				Ford Fiesta R2T	4:43:57.3	+3:54.1	36	0
20	3	72				Ford Fiesta R2T	4:48:01.6	+7:58.4	30	0
21	4	66				Ford Fiesta R2T	4:49:46.6	+9:43.4	24	2
24	5	68				Ford Fiesta R2T	4:54:54.9	+14:51.7	20	0
25	6	71				Ford Fiesta R2T	4:57:59.4	+17:56.2	16	0
26	7	70				Ford Fiesta R2T	4:58:26.2	+18:23.0	12	2
29	8	67			ACI Team Italia	Ford Fiesta R2T	5:45:25.8	+1:05:22.6	8	0
Source:^[14]^[15]

Other notable finishers[]

The following notable crews finished the rally outside top ten.^[a]

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Class	Time	Points
Event	Class	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Class	Time	Stage
12	12	2	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC	4:21:33.5	1
15	15	12	Khalid Al-Qassimi	Chris Patterson	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën C3 WRC	WRC	4:35:20.6	0
16	16	5	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC	4:38:11.0	5
23	23	10	Mads Østberg	Torstein Eriksen	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën C3 WRC	WRC	4:54:00.6	0
Source:^[14]^[15]

Special stages[]

Day	Stage	Name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Class leader
Overall classification
13 September	—	Asparan [Shakedown]	5.00 km	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	3:24.9	N/A
13 September	SS1	SSS Turkey	2.00 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	2:03.9	Andreas Mikkelsen
14 September	SS2	Çetibeli 1	38.10 km	Craig Breen	Citroën C3 WRC	28:32.3	Craig Breen
	SS3	Ula 1	21.75 km	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	16:14.8	Craig Breen
	SS4	Çiçekli 1	12.57 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	10:32.0	Andreas Mikkelsen
	SS5	Çetibeli 2	38.10 km	Sébastien Ogier	Ford Fiesta WRC	27:54.8
	SS6	Ula 2	21.75 km	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	15:59.7
	SS7	Çiçekli 2	12.57 km	Ott Tänak	Toyota Yaris WRC	10:22.3	Thierry Neuville
15 September	SS8	Yeşilbelde 1	34.24 km	Sébastien Ogier	Ford Fiesta WRC	27:19.7	Sébastien Ogier
	SS9	Datça 1	10.70 km	Andreas Mikkelsen	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	8:29.2	Sébastien Ogier
	SS10	İçmeler 1	20.37 km	Sébastien Ogier	Ford Fiesta WRC	14:28.2	Andreas Mikkelsen
	SS11	Yeşilbelde 2	34.24 km	Ott Tänak	Toyota Yaris WRC	27:12.3	Ott Tänak
	SS12	Datça 2	10.70 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Toyota Yaris WRC	8:33.9
	SS13	İçmeler 2	20.37 km	Ott Tänak	Toyota Yaris WRC	14:37.5
16 September	SS14	Marmaris 1	7.14 km	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	5:07.2
	SS15	Ovacık	8.05 km	Sébastien Ogier	Ford Fiesta WRC	6:22.8
	SS16	Gökçe	12.65 km	Sébastien Ogier	Ford Fiesta WRC	8:12.3
	SS17	Marmaris 2 [Power stage]	7.14 km	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	4:59.5
World Rally Championship-2
13 September	—	Asparan [Shakedown]	5.00 km	Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia R5	3:43.3	N/A
13 September	SS1	SSS Turkey	2.00 km	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Ford Fiesta R5	2:07.0	Kajetan Kajetanowicz
14 September	SS2	Çetibeli 1	38.10 km	Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia R5	30:16.8	Jan Kopecký
	SS3	Ula 1	21.75 km	Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia R5	16:53.7
	SS4	Çiçekli 1	12.57 km	Pontus Tidemand	Škoda Fabia R5	10:51.1
	SS5	Çetibeli 2	38.10 km		Ford Fiesta R5	31:40.9	Chris Ingram
	SS6	Ula 2	21.75 km	Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia R5	17:27.6	Chris Ingram
	SS7	Çiçekli 2	12.57 km	Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia R5	11:05.0	Jan Kopecký
15 September	SS8	Yeşilbelde 1	34.24 km	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Ford Fiesta R5	28:50.6
	SS9	Datça 1	10.70 km	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Ford Fiesta R5	8:51.9
	SS10	İçmeler 1	20.37 km	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Ford Fiesta R5	15:14.3	Chris Ingram
	SS11	Yeşilbelde 2	34.24 km	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Ford Fiesta R5	28:26.1
	SS12	Datça 2	10.70 km	Simone Tempestini	Citroën C3 R5	8:56.3
	SS13	İçmeler 2	20.37 km	Jan Kopecký	Škoda Fabia R5	15:14.0	Jan Kopecký
16 September	SS14	Marmaris 1	7.14 km	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Ford Fiesta R5	5:24.1
	SS15	Ovacık	8.05 km	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Ford Fiesta R5	6:37.9
	SS16	Gökçe	12.65 km	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Ford Fiesta R5	8:41.3
	SS17	Marmaris 2	7.14 km	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Ford Fiesta R5	5:18.4
World Rally Championship-3 / Junior World Rally Championship
13 September	—	Asparan [Shakedown]	5.00 km		Ford Fiesta R2T	4:13.1	N/A
13 September	SS1	SSS Turkey	2.00 km		Ford Fiesta R2T	2:21.7
14 September	SS2	Çetibeli 1	38.10 km		Ford Fiesta R2T	32:50.6
	SS3	Ula 1	21.75 km		Ford Fiesta R2T	18:41.5
	SS4	Çiçekli 1	12.57 km		Ford Fiesta R2T	11:49.8
	SS5	Çetibeli 2	38.10 km		Ford Fiesta R2T	33:26.8
	SS6	Ula 2	21.75 km		Ford Fiesta R2T	18:58.3
	SS7	Çiçekli 2	12.57 km		Ford Fiesta R2T	11:48.0
15 September	SS8	Yeşilbelde 1	34.24 km		Ford Fiesta R2T	31:08.8
	SS9	Datça 1	10.70 km		Ford Fiesta R2T	9:48.9
	SS10	İçmeler 1	20.37 km		Ford Fiesta R2T	16:31.9
	SS11	Yeşilbelde 2	34.24 km	Stage interrupted
	SS12	Datça 2	10.70 km		Ford Fiesta R2T	10:02.0
	SS13	İçmeler 2	20.37 km		Ford Fiesta R2T	16:44.8
16 September	SS14	Marmaris 1	7.14 km		Ford Fiesta R2T	5:56.4
	SS15	Ovacık	8.05 km		Ford Fiesta R2T	7:10.2	Emil Bergkvist
	SS16	Gökçe	12.65 km		Ford Fiesta R2T	9:33.2
	SS17	Marmaris 2	7.14 km		Ford Fiesta R2T	6:02.0

Power stage[]

The Power stage was a 7.14 km stage at the end of the rally. Additional World Championship points were awarded to the five fastest crews.

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Diff.	Pts.
1	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	4:59.5	0.0	5
2	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Ford Fiesta WRC	5:01.2	+1.6	4
3	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	5:03.4	+3.8	3
4	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Yaris WRC	5:06.0	+6.4	2
5	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	Ford Fiesta WRC	5:07.5	+8.0	1

J-WRC stage winning crews[]

Junior World Rally Championship crews scored additional points. Each of the fastest stage time was awarded with one bonus point.

Pos.	Co-driver	Car	Pts.
1		Ford Fiesta R2T	7
2	Kuldar Sikk	Ford Fiesta R2T	3
3		Ford Fiesta R2T	2
		Ford Fiesta R2T
		Ford Fiesta R2T

Penalties[]

The following notable crews were given time penalty during the rally.^[a]

Stage	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Class	Reason	Penalty
SS3	45				Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	2 minutes late	0:20
SS4	45				Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	1 minute early	1:00
SS4	62				Ford Fiesta R2T	WRC-3, JWRC	1 minute late	0:10
SS7	31	Pontus Tidemand	Jonas Andersson	Škoda Motorsport II	Škoda Fabia R5	WRC-2	2 minutes late	0:20
SS7	35				Škoda Fabia R5	WRC-2	14 minutes late	2:20
SS8	38				Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	3 minutes late	0:30
SS8	39	Chris Ingram		Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia R5	WRC-2	1 minute late	0:10
SS8	39	Chris Ingram		Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia R5	WRC-2	1 minute early	1:00
SS8	45				Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	Jump start	0:10
SS10	1	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC	6 minutes late	1:00
SS10	2	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC	1 minute late	0:10
SS10	66				Ford Fiesta R2T	WRC-3, JWRC	1 minute late	0:10
SS12	4	Andreas Mikkelsen	Anders Jæger-Synnevaag	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC	20 minutes late	3:20
SS13	37	Simone Tempestini		Simone Tempestini	Citroën C3 R5	WRC-2	2 minutes late	0:20
SS16	2	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC	5 minutes early	5:00
SS16	64		Kuldar Sikk	OT Racing	Ford Fiesta R2T	WRC-3, JWRC	14 minutes late	2:20
SS16	45				Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	Jump start	1:00

Retirements[]

The following notable crews retired from the event.^[a] Under Rally2 regulations, they were eligible to re-enter the event starting from the next leg. Crews that re-entered were given an additional time penalty.

Stage	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Class	Cause	Re-entry
SS2	33	Gus Greensmith		Gus Greensmith	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	Off road	Yes
SS2	38				Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	Mechanical	Yes
SS2	74	Louise Cook		Louise Cook	Ford Fiesta R2	WRC-3	Mechanical	Yes
SS5	12	Khalid Al-Qassimi	Chris Patterson	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën C3 WRC	WRC	Mechanical	Yes
SS5	63			Équipe de France FFSA Rally	Ford Fiesta R2T	WRC-3, JWRC	Mechanical	Yes
SS5	67			ACI Team Italia	Ford Fiesta R2T	WRC-3, JWRC	Mechanical	Yes
SS5	70				Ford Fiesta R2T	WRC-3, JWRC	Mechanical	Yes
SS6	2	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC	Suspension	Yes
SS6	10	Mads Østberg	Torstein Eriksen	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën C3 WRC	WRC	Suspension	Yes
SS6	21	Yazeed Al-Rajhi		Yazeed Racing	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	Mechanical	Yes
SS7	42			Ford Motorsport Turkey	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	Mechanical	No
SS7	31	Pontus Tidemand	Jonas Andersson	Škoda Motorsport II	Škoda Fabia R5	WRC-2	Punctures	No
SS7	66				Ford Fiesta R2T	WRC-3, JWRC	Mechanical	Yes
SS8	5	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC	Suspension	Yes
SS8	10	Mads Østberg	Torstein Eriksen	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën C3 WRC	WRC	Turbo	Yes
SS8	40			Ford Motorsport Turkey	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	Mechanical	Yes
SS8	67			ACI Team Italia	Ford Fiesta R2T	WRC-3, JWRC	Mechanical	Yes
SS10	9	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	WRC	Off road	No
SS10	38				Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	Mechanical	Yes
SS10	45				Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	Mechanical	Yes
SS11	1	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC	Off road	Yes
SS11	21	Yazeed Al-Rajhi		Yazeed Racing	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	Fire	No
SS12	11	Craig Breen	Scott Martin	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën C3 WRC	WRC	Fire	No
SS12	65			ADAC Sachsen	Ford Fiesta R2T	WRC-3, JWRC	Mechanical	Yes
SS12	73				Ford Fiesta R2T	WRC-3, JWRC	Mechanical	Yes
SS14	38				Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	Mechanical	No
SS15	65			ADAC Sachsen	Ford Fiesta R2T	WRC-3, JWRC	Mechanical	No
SS15	73				Ford Fiesta R2T	WRC-3, JWRC	Mechanical	No
SS16	33	Gus Greensmith		Gus Greensmith	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	Mechanical	No
SS16	63			Équipe de France FFSA Rally	Ford Fiesta R2T	WRC-3, JWRC	Off road	No
SS17	64		Kuldar Sikk	OT Racing	Ford Fiesta R2T	WRC-3, JWRC	Accident damage	No

Championship standings after the rally[]

Bold text indicates 2018 World Champions.

Drivers' championships[]

	Pos.	Driver	Points
World Rally Championship
	1	Thierry Neuville	177
1	2	Ott Tänak	164
1	3	Sébastien Ogier	154
	4	Esapekka Lappi	88
2	5	Jari-Matti Latvala	75
World Rally Championship-2
	Pos.	Driver	Points
	1	Jan Kopecký	125
	2	Pontus Tidemand	93
	3	Gus Greensmith	55
	4	Łukasz Pieniążek	48
	5		46
World Rally Championship-3
	Pos.	Driver	Points
3	1	Emil Bergkvist	86
1	2		80
2	3		79
2	4		68
	5		55
Junior World Rally Championship
	Pos.	Driver	Points
	1	Emil Bergkvist	138
	2		110
	3		69
3	4		54
1	5		52

Co-Drivers' championships[]

	Pos.	Co-Driver	Points
World Rally Championship
	1	Nicolas Gilsoul	177
1	2	Martin Järveoja	164
1	3	Julien Ingrassia	154
	4	Janne Ferm	88
1	5	Miikka Anttila	75
World Rally Championship-2
	Pos.	Co-Driver	Points
	1		125
	2	Jonas Andersson	93
	3		55
	4	Przemysław Mazur	48
	5		45
World Rally Championship-3
	Pos.	Co-Driver	Points
2	1		80
1	2		79
1	3		68
	4		55
	5	Ola Fløene	33
Junior World Rally Championship
	Pos.	Co-Driver	Points
	1		110
	2		69
	3		50
	4	Kuldar Sikk	44
4	5		42

Manufacturers' and teams' championships[]

	Pos.	Manufacturer	Points
World Rally Championship
1	1	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	284
1	2	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	279
	3	M-Sport Ford WRT	244
	4	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	169
World Rally Championship-2
	Pos.	Team	Points
1	1	Škoda Motorsport II	125
1	2	Škoda Motorsport	108
	3		69
	4	ACI Team Italia WRC	62
	5	Hyundai Motorsport	54
World Rally Championship-3
	Pos.	Team	Points
	1	ACI Team Italia	83
3	2		67
1	3	OT Racing	62
1	4	ADAC Sachsen	62
1	5	Équipe de France FFSA Rally	55

Notes[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Only crews contesting the World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3 are listed.

References[]

^ "Rally Turkey". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Archived from the original on 3 September 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
^ "Rally Aus retains WRC finale in 2018". speedcafe.com. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
^ "Junior WRC Calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
^ "Rally Turkey - Route and Facts - Calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Archived from the original on 3 September 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
^ "WRC Rally Turkey Itinerary" (PDF). rallyturkey.com. Rally Turkey Marmaris. 22 August 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
^ "More joy for Loeb in Turkey". Sky Sports. British Sky Broadcasting. 18 April 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
^ Evans, David (20 December 2017). "Sebastien Loeb gets part-time Citroen World Rally Championship deal". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
^ "Sunday in Turkey: Tänak's turkish delight". wrc.com. WRC. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
^ "WRC 2 in Turkey: Fifth win for KOPECKÝ". wrc.com. WRC. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
^ "Junior WRC in Turkey: Bergkvist Secures title". wrc.com. WRC. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
^ "Rally Turkey Marmaris 2018 Entry List" (PDF). rallyturkey.com. Rally Turkey Marmaris. 22 August 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
^ "2018 Junior WRC takes shape". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
^ "Sunday In Finland: Tänak's Turkey Delight". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Rally Turkey Results". wrc.com. World Rally Championship. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
^ ^a ^b "11. Rally Turkey Marmaris 2018". ewrc-results.com. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.

External links[]

Official website (in Turkish and English)
2018 Rally Turkey in e-wrc website
The official website of the World Rally Championship

Previous rally: 2018 Rallye Deutschland	2018 FIA World Rally Championship	Next rally: 2018 Wales Rally GB
Previous rally: 2010 Rally Turkey	2018 Rally Turkey	Next rally: 2019 Rally Turkey

[notable-14] Only crews contesting the World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3 are listed.

[1] "Rally Turkey". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Archived from the original on 3 September 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2018.

[sept_21_calendar-2] "Rally Aus retains WRC finale in 2018". speedcafe.com. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2018.

[calendar-3] "Junior WRC Calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 16 February 2018.

[4] "Rally Turkey - Route and Facts - Calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Archived from the original on 3 September 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.

[5] "WRC Rally Turkey Itinerary" (PDF). rallyturkey.com. Rally Turkey Marmaris. 22 August 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.

[6] "More joy for Loeb in Turkey". Sky Sports. British Sky Broadcasting. 18 April 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2010.

[loeb-7] Evans, David (20 December 2017). "Sebastien Loeb gets part-time Citroen World Rally Championship deal". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 20 December 2017.

[winner-8] "Sunday in Turkey: Tänak's turkish delight". wrc.com. WRC. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2019.

[9] "WRC 2 in Turkey: Fifth win for KOPECKÝ". wrc.com. WRC. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2019.

[10] "Junior WRC in Turkey: Bergkvist Secures title". wrc.com. WRC. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.

[Rally_Turkey_Entry_List-11] "Rally Turkey Marmaris 2018 Entry List" (PDF). rallyturkey.com. Rally Turkey Marmaris. 22 August 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.

[12] "2018 Junior WRC takes shape". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 28 December 2017.

[13] "Sunday In Finland: Tänak's Turkey Delight". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.

[Turkey_Results_1-15] "Rally Turkey Results". wrc.com. World Rally Championship. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.

[Turkey_Results_2-16] "11. Rally Turkey Marmaris 2018". ewrc-results.com. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.

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