# 2011 Rally México

The 2011 Rally México was the second round of the 2011 World Rally Championship season. It was the season's first event held on gravel roads. The rally took place over 3–6 March, beginning with a street stage in Guanajuato. The rally was also the first round of the Super 2000 World Rally Championship.
In an event in which all the leading contenders suffered some sort of trouble during the rally, Sébastien Loeb took the 63rd WRC win of his career, and his fifth victory in Mexico, taking advantage of teammate Sébastien Ogier's crash on the 20th stage and held on to win the event by over 90 seconds. Loeb had trailed Ogier heading into the final day, having picked up a 50-second penalty for starting the 15th stage late. Second place went to championship leader Mikko Hirvonen, who took the Power Stage victory, to take his total points earned on the rally to 21; while teammate Jari-Matti Latvala finished third, despite losing over four minutes on Friday. The Norwegian trio of Petter Solberg, Mads Østberg and Henning Solberg finished in fourth, fifth and sixth place respectively.
Nasser Al-Attiyah won the supporting SWRC class on the road, but was later excluded due to a technical infringement. Al-Attiyah's exclusion gave Martin Prokop victory in the class and seventh place overall, Juho Hänninen second in class and eighth overall, with Ott Tänak promoted onto the SWRC podium and into the overall points.

## Results
### Event standings

| Pos. | Driver | Co-driver | Car | Time | Difference | Points |
| Overall |||||||
| 1. | Sébastien Loeb | Daniel Elena | Citroën DS3 WRC | 3:53:17.0 | 0.0 | 27 |
| 2. | Mikko Hirvonen | Jarmo Lehtinen | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 3:54:55.4 | 1:38.4 | 21 |
| 3. | Jari-Matti Latvala | Miikka Anttila | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 3:55:40.9 | 2:23.9 | 15 |
| 4. | Petter Solberg | Chris Patterson | Citroën DS3 WRC | 4:00:35.4 | 7:18.4 | 13 |
| 5. | Mads Østberg | Jonas Andersson | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 4:02:00.5 | 8:43.5 | 10 |
| 6. | Henning Solberg | Ilka Minor | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 4:03:07.0 | 9:50.0 | 8 |
| 7. | Martin Prokop | Jan Tománek | Ford Fiesta S2000 | 4:06:52.0 | 13:35.0 | 6 |
| 8. | Juho Hänninen | Mikko Markkula | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 4:08:05.7 | 14:48.7 | 4 |
| 9. | Federico Villagra | Jorge Pérez Companc | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 4:41:34.2 | 48:17.2 | 2 |
| 10. | Ott Tänak | Kuldar Sikk | Ford Fiesta S2000 | 4:46:59.8 | 53:42.8 | 1 |
| SWRC |||||||
| 1. (7.) | Martin Prokop | Jan Tománek | Ford Fiesta S2000 | 4:06:52.0 | 0.0 | 25 |
| 2. (8.) | Juho Hänninen | Mikko Markkula | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 4:08:05.7 | 1:13.7 | 18 |
| 3. (10.) | Ott Tänak | Kuldar Sikk | Ford Fiesta S2000 | 4:46:59.8 | 40:07.8 | 15 |
| 4. (15.) | Karl Kruuda | Martin Järveoja | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 5:06:17.4 | 59:25.4 | 12 |

### Special stages

All dates and times are CST (UTC−6).
| Day | Stage | Time | Name | Length | Winner | Time | Avg. spd. | Rally leader |
| Leg 1 (3–4 Mar) | SS1 | 20:06 | Guanajuato Street Stage | 1.05 km | Petter Solberg | 0:53.2 | 71.05 km/h | Petter Solberg |
| Leg 1 (3–4 Mar) | SS2 | 08:43 | Alfaro 1 | 26.01 km | Sébastien Ogier | 15:30.7 | 100.61 km/h | Sébastien Ogier |
| Leg 1 (3–4 Mar) | SS3 | 10:16 | Ortega 1 | 23.83 km | Sébastien Ogier | 13:58.5 | 102.31 km/h | Sébastien Ogier |
| Leg 1 (3–4 Mar) | SS4 | 11:04 | El Cubilete 1 | 18.87 km | Sébastien Loeb | 11:42.1 | 96.76 km/h | Sébastien Ogier |
| Leg 1 (3–4 Mar) | SS5 | 12:12 | León Street Stage 1 | 1.33 km | Sébastien Loeb | 1:17.4 | 61.86 km/h | Sébastien Loeb |
| Leg 1 (3–4 Mar) | SS6 | 13:47 | Alfaro 2 | 26.01 km | Sébastien Ogier | 15:16.6 | 102.16 km/h | Sébastien Ogier |
| Leg 1 (3–4 Mar) | SS7 | 15:20 | Ortega 2 | 23.83 km | Sébastien Ogier | 13:48.0 | 103.61 km/h | Sébastien Ogier |
| Leg 1 (3–4 Mar) | SS8 | 16:08 | El Cubilete 2 | 18.87 km | Sébastien Loeb | 11:33.9 | 97.90 km/h | Sébastien Ogier |
| Leg 1 (3–4 Mar) | SS9 | 19:45 | Super Special 1 | 2.21 km | Sébastien Loeb | 1:39.7 | 79.80 km/h | Sébastien Ogier |
| Leg 1 (3–4 Mar) | SS10 | 19:50 | Super Special 2 | 2.21 km | Sébastien Ogier | 1:37.9 | 81.27 km/h | Sébastien Ogier |
| Leg 2 (5 Mar) | SS11 | 08:54 | Ibarrilla 1 | 29.90 km | Sébastien Loeb | 18:25.8 | 97.34 km/h | Sébastien Loeb |
| Leg 2 (5 Mar) | SS12 | 10:17 | Duarte 1 | 23.27 km | Petter Solberg | 17:57.8 | 77.72 km/h | Sébastien Loeb |
| Leg 2 (5 Mar) | SS13 | 11:08 | Derramadero 1 | 23.28 km | Petter Solberg | 13:58.7 | 99.93 km/h | Sébastien Loeb |
| Leg 2 (5 Mar) | SS14 | 12:11 | León Street Stage 2 | 1.33 km | Sébastien Loeb | 1:16.9 | 62.26 km/h | Sébastien Loeb |
| Leg 2 (5 Mar) | SS15 | 13:57 | Ibarrilla 2 | 29.90 km | Petter Solberg | 18:11.8 | 98.59 km/h | Sébastien Ogier |
| Leg 2 (5 Mar) | SS16 | 15:20 | Duarte 2 | 23.27 km | Petter Solberg | 17:34.2 | 79.46 km/h | Sébastien Ogier |
| Leg 2 (5 Mar) | SS17 | 16:11 | Derramadero 2 | 23.28 km | Jari-Matti Latvala | 13:49.7 | 101.01 km/h | Sébastien Ogier |
| Leg 2 (5 Mar) | SS18 | 19:43 | Super Special 3 | 2.21 km | Sébastien Loeb | 1:38.4 | 80.85 km/h | Sébastien Ogier |
| Leg 2 (5 Mar) | SS19 | 19:48 | Super Special 4 | 2.21 km | Sébastien Loeb | 1:37.0 | 82.02 km/h | Sébastien Ogier |
| Leg 3 (6 Mar) | SS20 | 08:28 | Guanajuatito | 29.13 km | Sébastien Loeb | 20:10.2 | 86.65 km/h | Sébastien Loeb |
| Leg 3 (6 Mar) | SS21 | 09:51 | Comanjilla | 24.59 km | Jari-Matti Latvala | 15:11.3 | 97.14 km/h | Sébastien Loeb |
| Leg 3 (6 Mar) | SS22 | 11:06 | Guanajuato Power Stage | 8.28 km | Mikko Hirvonen | 4:40.4 | 106.31 km/h | Sébastien Loeb |

### Power Stage

The "Power stage" was a live, televised 8.28 km (5.14 mi) stage at the end of the rally, held near Guanajuato.
| Pos | Driver | Time | Diff. | Avg. speed | Points |
| 1 | Mikko Hirvonen | 4:40.4 | 0.0 | 106.31 km/h | 3 |
| 2 | Sébastien Loeb | 4:42.5 | +2.1 | 105.52 km/h | 2 |
| 3 | Petter Solberg | 4:42.5 | +2.1 | 105.52 km/h | 1 |

### Standings after the rally

| Pos. | Driver | Points |
| 1 | Mikko Hirvonen | 46 |
| 2 | Sébastien Loeb | 37 |
| 3 | Jari-Matti Latvala | 31 |
| 4 | Mads Ostberg | 28 |
| 5 | Petter Solberg | 23 |
| 6 | Sebastien Ogier | 15 |
| 7 | Henning Solberg | 8 |
| 8 | Per-Gunnar Andersson | 6 |
| 9 | Martin Prokop | 6 |
| 10 | Kimi Räikkönen | 4 |
| Pos. | Manufacturer | Points |
| 1 | BP Ford WRT | 73 |
| 2 | Citroen WRT | 47 |
| 3 | Stobart Ford | 36 |
| 4 | Petter Solberg WRT | 12 |
| 5 | Ice 1 Racing | 8 |
| 6 | Team Abu Dhabi | 6 |
| 7 | Monster WRT | 6 |
| 8 | Munchi's Ford WRT | 6 |
| 9 | FERM Power Tools WRT | 4 |