2018 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship

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The 2018 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship season is an international rally championship sanctioned by the FIA. It is being held for the 31st time. The championship was contested by a combination of regulations with Group R competing directly against Super 2000 cars for points.

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The championship began in New Zealand on 4 May and is scheduled to finish in China on 21 October after five rallies. A sixth event in India in December was cancelled.

Selected entries

ConstructorCarTeamDriverCo-DriverRounds
Toyota Toyota Vitz AP4 Flag of Japan.svg Cusco Racing Flag of New Zealand.svg Michael Young Flag of New Zealand.svg Malcolm Read1, 3–5
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Beckwith2
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Neal Bates Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg Harry Bates Flag of Australia (converted).svg John McCarthy2
Škoda Škoda Fabia R5 Flag of Japan.svg Cusco Racing Flag of Japan.svg Yuya Sumiyama Flag of Japan.svg Takahiro YasuiAll
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Race Torque Engineering Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eli Evans Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ben Searcy2
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adrian Coppin Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glen Weston2
Peugeot Peugeot 208 AP4 Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Frisiero Flag of Italy.svg Simone Scattolin1
Flag of Spain.svg Jordi Barrabés2
Flag of Italy.svg Carlo Cassina4
Subaru Subaru Impreza WRX STI Flag of Japan.svg Ahresty Rally Team Flag of Japan.svg Fuyuhiko Takahashi Flag of Japan.svg Mitsuo Nakamura1
Flag of Japan.svg Masami Nakata4
Flag of India.svg R3A PGA Motorsports Flag of India.svg Abhilash Pallath Ganesh Flag of India.svg Musa Sherif 3
Flag of Japan.svg Streetlife World Rally Team Flag of Japan.svg Masaki Yamada Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuro Yoshimochi4
Flag of Japan.svg Cusco Racing Flag of Japan.svg Yasushi Aoyama Flag of Japan.svg Noriko Takeshita4
Flag of Japan.svg Team Has Rally Flag of Japan.svg Yasunori Hagiwara Flag of Japan.svg Shizue Haraguchi4
Subaru WRX STI Flag of New Zealand.svg Ben Hunt Motorsport Flag of New Zealand.svg Ben Hunt Flag of New Zealand.svg Tony Rawstorn1
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Contel Communications Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Glenney Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Sarandis2
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Les Walkden Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Molly Taylor Flag of Australia (converted).svg Malcolm Read2
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Subaru Rally Team China Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ziwei Hou Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xin Shen5
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yang Wang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Qingkai Chen5
Subaru XV Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Gaoxiang Fan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Cailei Yue5
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Dawei Lin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Kepeng Le5
Hyundai Hyundai i20 AP4 Flag of New Zealand.svg Hyundai New Zealand Flag of New Zealand.svg Hayden Paddon Flag of New Zealand.svg Malcolm Peden1
Ford Ford Fiesta R5 Flag of New Zealand.svg Neil Allport Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nathan Quinn Flag of New Zealand.svg David Calder1
Mitsubishi Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X Flag of Japan.svg Super Alex Troop Flag of Japan.svg Atsushi Masumura Flag of Japan.svg Naoya Tanaka2
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroshi Suzuki4
Flag of Japan.svg Immens Motorsport Flag of Japan.svg Mitsuhiro Aoki Flag of Japan.svg Shigeru Ikeda4
Flag of Japan.svg Hasepro Racing Flag of Japan.svg Tomohide Hasegawa Flag of Japan.svg Yasuyuki Atsuji4
Flag of Japan.svg Rstakada World Rally Team Flag of Japan.svg Futoshi Murase Flag of Japan.svg Hiroaki Miyabe4
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX Flag of Japan.svg Streetlife World Rally Team Flag of Japan.svg Eiichi Iwashita Flag of Japan.svg Masahiko Nabekura4
Flag of Japan.svg MD – World Rally Team Flag of Japan.svg Masahiko Miyamoto Flag of Japan.svg Kazuto Suzuki4
Flag of Japan.svg Kumi-Vicic Flag of Japan.svg Kumiko Koide Flag of Japan.svg Tadayuki Akima4
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII Flag of Japan.svg Streetlife World Rally Team Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Mori Flag of Japan.svg Takumi Takahashi4
Proton Proton Satria Neo Flag of Malaysia.svg 23 Motors Flag of Malaysia.svg Abdul Kaathir Flag of Indonesia.svg Tri Arjuna3
Suzuki Suzuki Swift Sport Flag of Japan.svg Wako's Rally Team Flag of Malaysia.svg Kenneth Koh4
Toyota Toyota GT86 Flag of Japan.svg Toshihiro Inomata Flag of Japan.svg Shoichi Amako4
Volkswagen Volkswagen Golf SCRC Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg FAW-Volkswagen Team Flag of Estonia.svg Karl Kruuda Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dale Moscatt5
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg De'an Chen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yan Wang5
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guojing Li Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yundong Zhang5

Event calendar and results

The 2018 APRC is as follows:

RoundRally namePodium finishersStatistics
RankDriverCarTimeStagesLengthStartersFinishers
1 Flag of New Zealand.svg International Rally of Whangarei
(4–6 May) [1] 		1 Flag of New Zealand.svg Hayden Paddon Hyundai i20 AP4 2:45:04.418277.34 km5228
2 Flag of New Zealand.svg Ben Hunt Subaru WRX STI 2:52:30.7
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nathan Quinn Ford Fiesta R5 2:53:35.3
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg National Capital Rally
(1–3 June) [2] 		1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eli Evans Škoda Fabia R5 2:41:23.715242.89 km2518
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adrian Coppin Škoda Fabia R5 2:46:22.1
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Brooks Subaru WRX STI 2:47:37.2
3 Flag of Malaysia.svg International Rally of Johor
(20–22 July) [3] 		1 Flag of Japan.svg Yuya Sumiyama Škoda Fabia R5 3:22:07.212234.40 km3331
2 Flag of New Zealand.svg Michael Young Toyota Vitz AP4 3:23:30.3
3 Flag of Indonesia.svg Rahmat H. Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 3:46:12.1
4 Flag of Japan.svg Rally Hokkaido
(14–16 September) [4] 		1 Flag of Japan.svg Yuya Sumiyama Škoda Fabia R5 2:18:31.717221.25 km1813
2 Flag of Japan.svg Eiichi Iwashita Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2:27:51.9
3 Flag of Japan.svg Yasushi Aoyama Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2:29:42.8
5 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Rally China Longyou
(20-21 October) [5] 		1 Flag of Estonia.svg Karl Kruuda Volkswagen Golf SCRC 2:54:53.613220.82 km8446
2 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg De'an Chen Volkswagen Golf SCRC 2:59:59.9
3 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Gaoxiang Fan Subaru XV 3:01:21.4
- Flag of India.svg Coffee Day India Rally
(1-2 December)		event cancelled

Championship standings

The 2018 APRC for Drivers points was as follows: [6]

Pos.DriverVehicle Flag of New Zealand.svg
NZL		 Flag of Australia (converted).svg
AUS		 Flag of Malaysia.svg
MAL		 Flag of Japan.svg
JPN		 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
CHN		Total
1 Flag of Japan.svg Yuya Sumiyama Škoda Fabia R5 1 131 141 131 141 14193
2 Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Frisiero Peugeot 208 AP4 2 132 63 979
3 Flag of New Zealand.svg Michael Young Toyota Vitz AP4 RetRet 62 13RetRet37
4 Flag of Japan.svg Eiichi Iwashita Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX 2 1129
5 Flag of India.svg Abhilash Pallath Ganesh Subaru Impreza WRX STI 3 520
6 Flag of Japan.svg Fuyuhiko Takahashi Subaru Impreza WRX STI Ret 55 318
7 Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Mori Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII 4 315
8 Flag of Japan.svg Atsushi Masumura Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 76 614
9 Flag of Japan.svg Masaki Yamada Subaru Impreza WRX STi 7 28
10 Flag of Japan.svg Mitsuhiro Aoki Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 8 15
11 Flag of Japan.svg Masahiko Miyamoto Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX Ret 44
Key
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleDid not finish (Ret)
BlackExcluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
BlankWithdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Note: 1 – 14 refers to the bonus points awarded for each leg of the rally for the first five place getters, 1st (7), 2nd (5), 3rd (3), 4th (2), 5th (1). There were two bonus legs for each rally.

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References

  1. ↑ "International Rally of Whangarei 2018". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 6 May 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "Netier National Capital Rally 2018". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 10 June 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "42. International Rally of Johor 2018". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "17. Rally Hokkaido - APRC 2018". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 21 September 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  5. ↑ "20. Rally China Longyou 2018". EWRC-Results.com. EWRC-Results. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
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