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Rally Mexico 2017 counts for:
2017 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2017 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2017 FIA World Rally Championship 2 (for Teams and Drivers)
2017 FIA World Rally Championship 3 (for Teams and Drivers)
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| 560th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 3 of 13 |
| Official name: | Rally Guanajuato Mexico |
| Edition: | 14th |
| Date: | from Thursday 9-Mar-2017 to Sunday 12-Mar-2017 |
| Rally HQ: | Leon, Guanajuato; Mexico |
| Clerk of the Course: | Jaime del Palacio |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 29 | |
| Starters: | 24 | |
| Finishers: | 22 | (91.7% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 20 | |
| Shortest: | 1.09 | km | (SS7 Street Stage Guanajuato) |
| Longest: | 54.90 | km | (SS5 El Chocolate 2) |
| Slowest: | 50.87 | km/h | (SS1 Street Stage CDMX 1) |
| Fastest: | 112.74 | km/h | (SS15 El Brinco 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 370.46 | km | (44.9% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 295.88 | km | (35.9% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 528.90 | km |
| Total distance: | 824.78 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 4th win and 10th podium for Kris Meeke. |
| Second place was 59th podium for Sebastien Ogier. |
| Third place was 20th podium for Thierry Neuville. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 97th win and 239th podium for Citroen. |
| | Second place was 340th podium for Ford. |
| | Third place was 21st podium for Hyundai. |
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Meeke's abysmal start for the 2017 season took a turn to a better in a best possible way - with a win. True to his hard charging nature he almost threw the win away when he went off in the final stage.
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Like almost all drivers, also Ogier suffered from overheating engine on first day. Additionally, he spun on second day and lost a little time which might have made all the difference in the end after Meeke's drama.
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Neuville has thrown away two wins so far and this time he didn't even challenge for the win. All three Hyundais had problems with blocked fuel filters which cost them varying amounts of time.
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Toyota's Latvala, the winner of the previous round, suffered from having to sweep the road and overheating, finally being able to overhaul his team mate to finish sixth.
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Related links
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Rally Sweden 2017
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Tour de Corse 2017
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