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Monte Carlo 2018 counts for:
2018 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2018 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2018 FIA World Rally Championship 2 (for Teams and Drivers)
2018 FIA World Rally Championship 3 for Drivers
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| 571st WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 1 of 13 |
| Official name: | Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo |
| Edition: | 86th |
| Date: | from Thursday 25-Jan-2018 to Sunday 28-Jan-2018 |
| Rally HQ: | Monte Carlo; Monaco |
| Clerk of the Course: | Alain Pallanca |
| Surface: | Tarmac/snow |
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| Entries: | 68 | |
| Starters: | 67 | |
| Finishers: | 47 | (70.1% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 17 | |
| Shortest: | 13.58 | km | (SS15 La Cabanette - Col de Braus 1) |
| Longest: | 36.69 | km | (SS1 Thoard - Sisteron) |
| Slowest: | 69.44 | km/h | (SS9 Agnieres en Devoluy - Corps 1) |
| Fastest: | 105.87 | km/h | (SS8 Vaumeilh - Claret 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 388.59 | km | (23.7% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 388.59 | km | (23.7% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 1,253.81 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,642.40 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 41st win and 66th podium for Sebastien Ogier. |
| Second place was 12th podium for Ott Tanak. |
| Third place was 61st podium for Jari-Matti Latvala. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 88th win and 355th podium for Ford. |
| | Second and third places were 150th to 151st podiums for Toyota. |
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Nobody had flawless rally, not even Ogier despite the fact that he dominated the event. Starting fastest in the dark of Thursday's stages, he still had hairy half-spin and next day slipped to a ditch for half a minute. As he himself put it, he had least problems which ensured his fifth Monte win.
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Tanak's first rally with new team and he was instantly on speed. Slight initial balance problems were rectified and for most of the rally Tanak trailed only Ogier, waiting to see if he'd make mistake. Overall, Toyota had a very good event.
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As much cannot be said of Citroen whose two cars struggled throughout the event. Meeke was unlucky to get stuck in a ditch on SS1 for two minutes but lucky to benefit from problems of others and finish fourth. Team-mate Breen suffered from brake problems which dropped him minutes.
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Huyndai didn't fare much better. Mikkelsen was fast but retired with alternator problem on first night, Neuville lost over four minutes on snow bank in SS1 and Sordo went off to retire for good. Neuville posted some good times and managed to finish fifth.
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Related links
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Rally Australia 2017
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Rally Sweden 2018
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