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Rally Mexico 2011 counts for:
2011 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2011 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2011 FIA Super 2000 World Rally Championship for Drivers
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| 481st WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 2 of 13 |
| Official name: | Rally Guanajuato Mexico |
| Edition: | 8th |
| Date: | from Thursday 3-Mar-2011 to Sunday 6-Mar-2011 |
| Rally HQ: | Leon, Guanajuato; Mexico |
| Clerk of the Course: | Jaime del Palacio |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 25 | |
| Starters: | 24 | |
| Finishers: | 17 | (70.8% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 22 | |
| Shortest: | 1.05 | km | (SS1 Guanajuato Street Stage) |
| Longest: | 29.90 | km | (SS15 Ibarrilla 2) |
| Slowest: | 61.86 | km/h | (SS5 Leon Street Stage 1) |
| Fastest: | 106.31 | km/h | (SS22 Guanajuato Power Stage) |
| Planned stage distance: | 364.87 | km | (35.4% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 364.87 | km | (35.4% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 666.43 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,031.30 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 63rd win and 95th podium for Sebastien Loeb. |
| Second place was 45th podium for Mikko Hirvonen. |
| Third place was 19th podium for Jari-Matti Latvala. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 71st win and 172nd podium for Citroen. |
| | Second and third places were 282nd to 283rd podiums for Ford. |
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Citroen was again better on high altitude, allowing high-flying Loeb to grab full score once again. This time it was not without fight, though.
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Challenger number one was Loeb's team mate Sebastien Ogier, who led most of the rally. Unfortunately, he had an unnecessary accident and retired in final day.
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This time Hirvonen's cautious strategy paid off. Ogier's off and Petter Solberg's and Latvala's punctures elevated him to second and his sole stage win was on Power Stage, netting him extra points.
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Related links
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Rally Sweden 2011
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Portugal 2011
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