2018 Wales Rally GB

2018 Wales Rally GB 74. Dayinsure Wales Rally GB
Round 11 of 13 in the 2018 World Rally Championship ←  Previous event Next event  →
Host country	United Kingdom
Rally base	Deeside, Flintshire
Dates run	4 – 7 October 2018
Start location	Tir Prince Raceway
Finish location	Llandudno Promenade
Stages	23 (318.34 km; 197.81 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel [lower-alpha 1]
Transport distance	1,083.01 km (672.95 miles)
Overall distance	1,401.35 km (870.76 miles)
Statistics
Crews registered	60
Crews	57 at start, 48 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia M-Sport Ford WRT 3:06:12.5
Power Stage winner	Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
Support category results
WRC-2 winner	Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Škoda Motorsport II 3:15:27.2
WRC-3 winner	Tom Williams Phil Hall Tom Williams 3:49:44.9

The 2018 Wales Rally GB (formally known as the 74. Dayinsure Wales Rally GB) was a motor racing event for rally cars that took place over four days from 4 to 7 October 2018. The event was open to entries competing in World Rally Cars and cars complying with Group R regulations. It marked the seventy-fourth running of Rally Great Britain and was the eleventh round of the 2018 FIA World Rally Championship, ^[3] the highest class of competition in international rallying. Sixty crews, including manufacturer teams and privateers, ^[4] were entered to compete in the World Rally Championship, the FIA World Rally Championship-2 and FIA World Rally Championship-3 support series and the MSA British Rally Championship. ^{[5] [lower-alpha 2]} The 2018 event was based in Deeside in Flintshire and consisted of twenty-three special stages throughout North and Mid-Wales. ^[1] The rally covered a total competitive distance of 318.34 km (197.81 miles) and an additional 1,083.01 km (672.95 miles) in transport stages. ^[6]

Elfyn Evans was the defending rally winner.

The M-Sport Ford World Rally Team crew of Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt were the defending rally winners. ^{[7] [8]} Pontus Tidemand and Jonas Andersson of Škoda Motorsport were the defending winners of the World Rally Championship-2, and French privateers Raphaël Astier and Frédéric Vauclare were the reigning winners in the World Rally Championship-3 category; ^[7] however, Astier and Vauclare did not defend their title as they did not enter the rally. ^[4]

The rally was won by Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia. The result marked their fifth win in Wales and saw them become the most successful crew in the history of the event. Ogier and Ingrassia moved to within seven points of championship leaders Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul. Toyota's Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila finished second, with their teammates Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm completing the podium. M-Sport Ford World Rally Team were the manufacturers' winners, whilst Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT extended their lead in the manufacturers' championship. ^[9] The Škoda Motorsport II crew of Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen won in the World Rally Championship-2 in a Škoda Fabia R5, while the local crew of Tom Williams and Phil Hall won in the World Rally Championship-3. ^[10]

Background

Championship standings prior to the event

Hyundai's Thierry Neuville entered the round as the drivers' championship leader.

Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul entered the round as the leaders of the World Rally Championship for Drivers and the World Rally Championship for Co-Drivers respectively. ^[11] They held a thirteen-point lead over Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja. Defending World Champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia were third, a further ten points behind. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT held a five-point lead over Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT.

In the World Rally Championship-2 standings, Jan Kopecký and Pavel Dresler led the drivers' and co-drivers' standings by thirty-two points, but did not contest the rally. Pontus Tidemand and Jonas Andersson were in second place, thirty-eight points ahead of privateers Gus Greensmith and Craig Parry. Škoda Motorsport II held a seventeen-point lead over sister team Škoda Motorsport in the teams' championship.

Newly crowned Junior World Rally Champion Emil Bergkvist led the World Rally Championship-3 drivers' standings. Denis Rådström was second, six points behind Bergkvist and Jean-Baptiste Franceschi third; Franceschi entered the rally, but did not nominate it as a round to score points. Johan Johansson held a one-point lead over Romain Courbon in the co-drivers' standings, while Tatu Hämäläinen was another eleven points behind. In the teams' championship, ACI Team Italia led Castrol Ford Team Turkiye by sixteen points.

Entry list

The following crews were entered into the rally. The entry list consisted of sixty crews, including eleven World Rally Car entries, fourteen entries in the World Rally Championship-2, four in the World Rally Championship-3 and nineteen in the British national championship.

No.	Entrant	Driver	Co-Driver	Car	Group	Eligibility [lower-alpha 3]	Tyre
0	—	Stuart Egglestone	Paul Morris	Subaru Impreza STi N12	—	Course car	—
1	M-Sport Ford WRT	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Ford Fiesta WRC	RC1	WRC manufacturer	M
2	M-Sport Ford WRT	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	Ford Fiesta WRC	RC1	WRC manufacturer	M
3	M-Sport Ford WRT	Teemu Suninen	Mikko Markkula	Ford Fiesta WRC	RC1	WRC manufacturer	M
4	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Andreas Mikkelsen	Anders Jæger-Synnevaag	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	RC1	WRC manufacturer	M
5	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	RC1	WRC manufacturer	M
6	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hayden Paddon	Sebastian Marshall	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	RC1	WRC manufacturer	M
7	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Yaris WRC	RC1	WRC manufacturer	M
8	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	RC1	WRC manufacturer	M
9	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Toyota Yaris WRC	RC1	WRC manufacturer	M
10	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Mads Østberg	Torstein Eriksen	Citroën C3 WRC	RC1	WRC manufacturer	M
11	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Craig Breen	Scott Martin	Citroën C3 WRC	RC1	WRC manufacturer	M
31	Škoda Motorsport II	Pontus Tidemand	Jonas Andersson	Škoda Fabia R5	RC2	WRC-2	M
32	Gus Greensmith	Gus Greensmith	Alessandro Gelsomino	Ford Fiesta R5	RC2	WRC-2	M
33	Printsport	Łukasz Pieniążek	Przemysław Mazur	Škoda Fabia R5	RC2	WRC-2	M
34	ACI Team Italia WRC	Fabio Andolfi	Simone Scattolin	Škoda Fabia R5	RC2	WRC-2	P
35	PH Sport	Ole Christian Veiby	Stig Rune Skjærmoen	Citroën C3 R5	RC2	WRC-2	M
36	Škoda Motorsport II	Kalle Rovanperä	Jonne Halttunen	Škoda Fabia R5	RC2	WRC-2	M
37	Hyundai Motorsport	Jari Huttunen	Antti Linnaketo	Hyundai i20 R5	RC2	WRC-2	M
38	BRC Racing Team	Pierre-Louis Loubet	Vincent Landais	Hyundai i20 R5	RC2	WRC-2	M
39	Nil Solans	Nil Solans	Marc Martí	Ford Fiesta R5	RC2	WRC-2	P
40	Citroën Total Rallye Team	Stéphane Lefebvre	Gabin Moreau	Citroën C3 R5	RC2	WRC-2	M
41	Marco Bulacia Wilkinson	Marco Bulacia Wilkinson	Fernando Mussano	Ford Fiesta R5	RC2	WRC-2	M
42	Simone Tempestini	Simone Tempestini	Sergio Itu	Citroën C3 R5	RC2	WRC-2	M
43	M-Sport Ford WRT	Eric Camilli	Benjamin Veillas	Ford Fiesta R5	RC2	WRC-2	P
44	Toksport WRT	Chris Ingram	Ross Whittock	Škoda Fabia R5	RC2	WRC-2	P
61	Taisko Lario	Taisko Lario	Tatu Hämäläinen	Peugeot 208 R2	RC4	WRC-3	M
62	Enrico Brazzoli	Enrico Brazzoli	Luca Beltrame	Peugeot 208 R2	RC4	WRC-3	P
63	Louise Cook	Louise Cook	Stefan Davis	Ford Fiesta R2	RC4	WRC-3	M
64	Tom Williams	Tom Williams	Phil Hall	Ford Fiesta R2	RC4	WRC-3	P
81	M-Sport Ford WRT	Matt Edwards	Darren Garrod	Ford Fiesta R5	RC2	National	P
82	David Bogie	David Bogie	John Rowan	Škoda Fabia R5	RC2	National	D
83	Rhys Yates	Rhys Yates	Elliott Edmondson	Škoda Fabia R5	RC2	National	M
84	Tom Cave	Tom Cave	James Morgan	Hyundai i20 R5	RC2	—	D
85	Team MRF Tyres	Gaurav Gill	Glenn MacNeall	Ford Fiesta R5	RC2	—	MR
86	M-Sport Ford WRT	Alex Laffey	Patrick Walsh	Ford Fiesta R5	RC2	—	P
87	Eamonn Boland	Eamonn Boland	Michael Joseph Morrissey	Ford Fiesta R5	RC2	—	M
88	James Aldridge	Sacha Kakad	James Aldridge	Ford Fiesta R5	NAT2	National	P
89	Palmeirinha Rally	Paulo Nobre	Gabriel Morales	Ford Fiesta R5	RC2	—	P
90	Lawrence Whyte	Lawrence Whyte	Paul Beaton	Ford Fiesta R5	RC2	—	P
91	Équipe de France FFSA Rally	Jean-Baptiste Franceschi	Romain Courbon	Ford Fiesta R2T	RC4	—	P
92	Steve Rokland	Steve Rokland	Dai Roberts	Peugeot 208 R2	RC4	National	M
93	Tom Woodburn	James Williams	Tom Woodburn	Vauxhall Adam R2	RC4	National	P
94	William Creighton	William Creighton	Liam Regan	Peugeot 208 R2	RC4	National	M
95	Tony Jardine	Tony Jardine	Tom Cary	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	NAT4	—	K
96	Kevin Horgan	Kevin Horgan	Liam Fouhy	Škoda Fabia R2	RC4	National	K
97	John Morrison	John Morrison	Peter Carstairs	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	NAT4	National	K
98	Paul Walker	Paul Walker	Geraint Thomas	Subaru Impreza	NAT4	—	Y
99	Scott Partridge	Scott Partridge	Fiona Scarret	Subaru Impreza	NAT4	—	Y
100	Peredur Davies	Jordan Reynolds	Peredur Davies	Ford Fiesta R2	NAT2	National	P
101	Finlay Retson	Finlay Retson	Tom Hynd	Ford Fiesta R2	NAT2	National	P
102	Spencer Wilkinson	Spencer Wilkinson	Glyn Thomas	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	RC2	National	P
103	James McDiarmid	James McDiarmid	Gareth Clarke	Ford Fiesta R2T	RC4	National	P
104	Alex Waterman	Alex Waterman	Harry Thomas	Ford Fiesta R2T	RC4	National	P
105	Bart Lang	Bart Lang	Sinclair Young	Ford Fiesta R2	NAT2	National	P
106	Saleh Hijazi	Saleh Hijazi	Stephen Landen	MG ZR	NAT3	—	P
107	Nabila Tejpar	Nabila Tejpar	Richard Bliss	Peugeot 208 R2	RC4	National	P
108	Jonathan Mulholland	Jonathan Mulholland	Jeff Case	Ford Fiesta R2	NAT2	National	P
109	Stephen Southall	Stephen Southall	Richard Bestwick	Ford Escort MK2	NAT4	—	P
110	Iwan Evans	Iwan Evans	Sion Williams	Subaru Impreza	NAT4	—	K
111	Neil Andrew	Neil Andrew	Dominic Adams	Subaru Impreza	NAT4	—	K
Source: [4] [12]

Calendar changes

The event swapped places on the calendar with the Rally Catalunya de España. Where the 2017 rally was run as the penultimate round of the championship, the 2018 event was brought forward from the last week of October to the first week in the expectation of better weather conditions for the event. ^[3] Toyota driver Jari-Matti Latvala anticipated that the change would see the rally run with stable, more-predictable temperatures than in previous years, making it easier to set the car up for the prevailing conditions. ^[13] Further changes to the calendar saw the revival of Rally Turkey as a replacement for Rally Poland. ^[3] The Turkish event was named as the tenth round of the championship and in light of the distance crews needed to travel from Turkey to Wales, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA)—the governing body of international motorsport—gave entrants an additional week to prepare for Rally GB compared to previous years. ^[3]

Route

The 2018 event featured a heavily revised route from the 2017 rally. ^[14] The route for the 2018 event was designed to be more challenging than the routes used in previous years. ^[15] The changes were introduced in response to criticism from crews and teams over the lengthy transport route, or the route taken on public roads to travel between special stages. The final route featured an additional 14.98 km (9.31 miles) in competitive kilometres compared to the 2017 route and the transport distance was shortened. ^[6] The changes to the route allowed the crews to return to the service park in Deeside at the end of the first day of competition as the omission of the return to the service park had been one of the teams' criticisms of the 2017 event. ^[16]

Details

The rally was made up of gravel roads through forests and moors. ^[6] Many of these roads received little commercial traffic through the year aside from forestry maintenance and logging projects. Unlike events such as Rally Italia Sardegna and Rally Australia where loose gravel on the road surface creates dust, ^[17] the road surface in Wales is made up of heavier gravel on a hard-packed road base. ^[3] This creates more grip for crews in the dry, but the roads can become muddy and rutted in wet weather, particularly when a stage is used multiple times.

The event featured two days in northern Wales and one day in the middle of the country. The first leg was 111.20 km (69.10 miles) long and started with a spectator stage at Tir Prince Raceway on the evening of 4 October. It then moved into the forests of Conwy and Gwynedd on 5 October and was made up of two passes over Clocaenog Forest, Penmachno Forest and a new stage formed by merging the Brenig reservoir stage—which was run as the Power Stage between 2014 and 2017 —with the Alwen stage using parts of the B4501 to connect them. Now known as Brenig, it was the longest stage of the rally at 29.19 km (18.14 miles). Penmachno Forest was run in its full length by using public roads. The Cholmondeley Castle spectator stage in England was removed and replaced by a new spectator stage called Slate Mountain. The rally moved to Powys and Ceredigion on 6 October for the longest day of the rally, totalling 146.45 km (91.00 miles) competitive kilometres. It consisted of two passes over the Myherin, Hafren, Dyfi and Gartheiniog stages and a single running of Dyfnant. The Hafren stage was extended to include the Sweet Lamb spectator arena. The 2018 event marked the first time since 1997 that these five stages were run on the same day. The rally returned to northern Wales on 7 October and the forests of Conwy and Snowdonia. The third leg was the shortest of the rally at 60.20 km (37.41 miles) long and featured Elsi, a brand new stage, and two passes of Gwydir. The Gwydir stage was doubled in length from previous years before the rally concludes with two passes over a spectator stage around the Great Orme headland and the streets of Llandudno. ^[6] A shortened version of the Great Orme stage had previously been used in 2011 when it was run in the opposite direction.

The final stage of the rally circles the Great Orme headland (top) and finishes on the Llandudno Promenade (bottom).

Organisers of the event had a dispute with the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) over the planned route. The original proposal featured the Great Orme stage—which had previously featured in the route of the 2013 event —as the event's Power Stage. However, the FIA rejected the route as the proposed stage was not representative of the rally; the route primarily consisted of gravel stages, but the proposed stage was tarmac. ^[2] The dispute was resolved when the organisers agreed to run the first pass over Gwydir as the Power Stage, allowing the event to finish in Llandudno as originally planned. ^[16]

The inclusion of public roads in the route was made possible with the passage of the Deregulation Act 2015 by the British government, which amended parts of the Road Traffic Act 1988 to make it possible for events to close public roads to be used for motor racing events in the United Kingdom. In February 2018, the National Assembly for Wales passed the Road Traffic Act 1988 (Motor Racing) (Wales) Regulations 2018, a piece of secondary legislation that enabled motor racing events to take place on public roads in Wales. ^{[18] [19]}

Itinerary

Date	No.	Stage name	Distance	Location
4 Oct.		Service park – Deeside Rally Village	—	Deeside, Flintshire
	—	Clocaenog [ Shakedown ]	3.37 km	Clocaenog Forest, Conwy
		Service park – Deeside Rally Village	—	Deeside, Flintshire
	—	Ceremonial start – Tir Prince Raceway	—	Towyn, Conwy
	Leg 1 — North Wales — 112.46 km
	SS1	Tir Prince	1.70 km	Towyn, Conwy
5 Oct.		Service park – Deeside Rally Village	—	Deeside, Flintshire
	SS2	Clocaenog 1	7.67 km	Clocaenog Forest, Conwy
	SS3	Brenig 1	29.13 km	Llyn Brenig, Conwy
	SS4	Penmachno 1	16.95 km	Penmachno, Conwy
	SS5	Slate Mountain 1	1.63 km	Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd
	SS6	Slate Mountain 2	1.63 km	Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd
		Regroup	—
		Service park – Deeside Rally Village	—	Deeside, Flintshire
	SS7	Clocaenog 2	7.67 km	Clocaenog Forest, Conwy
	SS8	Brenig 2	29.13 km	Llyn Brenig, Conwy
	SS9	Penmachno 2	16.95 km	Penmachno, Conwy
		Service park – Deeside Rally Village	—	Deeside, Flintshire
Leg 2 — Mid-Wales — 150.24 km
6 Oct.		Service park – Deeside Rally Village	—	Deeside, Flintshire
	SS10	Myherin 1	20.28 km	River Wye, Powys
	SS11	Sweet Lamb Hafren 1	19.95 km	Hafren Forest, Powys
	SS12	Dyfi 1	19.48 km	River Dovey, Ceredigion
	SS13	Gartheiniog 1	11.26 km	Afon Dulas, Ceredigion
	SS14	Dyfnant	8.30 km	Dyfnant Forest, Powys
		Regroup – Newtown	—	Newtown, Powys
		Tyre and Light Fitting Zone – Newtown	—	Newtown, Powys
	SS15	Myherin 2	20.28 km	River Wye, Powys
	SS16	Sweet Lamb Hafren 2	19.95 km	Hafren Forest, Powys
	SS17	Dyfi 2	19.48 km	River Dovey, Ceredigion
	SS18	Gartheiniog 2	11.26 km	Afon Dulas, Ceredigion
		Service park – Deeside Rally Village	—	Deeside, Flintshire
Leg 3 — North Wales — 55.64 km
7 Oct.		Service park – Deeside Rally Village	—	Deeside, Flintshire
	SS19	Elsi	10.06 km	Llyn Elsi, Snowdonia
	SS20	Gwydir 1 [ Power Stage ]	14.76 km	Gwydir Forest, Snowdonia
	SS21	Great Orme Llandudno 1	8.03 km	Llandudno, Conwy
		Tyre Fitting Zone – Dolgarrog	—	Dolgarrog, Conwy
	SS22	Gwydir 2	14.76 km	Gwydir Forest, Snowdonia
		Regroup – Llandudno	—	Llandudno, Conwy
	SS23	Great Orme Llandudno 2	8.03 km	Llandudno, Conwy
		Ceremonial finish – Llandudno Promenade	—	Llandudno, Conwy
Source: [1] [6] [13]

Reception

The new route was received positively by drivers—particularly former Citroën driver Kris Meeke —who appreciated the inclusion of challenging stages. ^{[lower-alpha 4]} Thierry Neuville and Craig Breen also applauded the route as the best route used by the rally since it moved from Cardiff to Deeside. ^[22] Defending rally winner Elfyn Evans had a more muted response, expressing disappointment that organisers had not taken full advantage of road closures to create a more demanding route, such as merging the Dyfi and Gartheiniog stages. Rally organisers revealed that they had considered many of the suggestions Evans had raised, but chose a more conservative approach to road closures as the legislation that allowed them to close roads had only been passed in February 2018 and they wanted to ensure that the protocol had been followed properly. ^[23]

Report

Leg 1

Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm completed the opening super special stage three tenths of a second ahead of fellow Toyota crew Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila and championship leaders Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul, who tied for second. ^[24] As the event moved into the forest stages, Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja —who entered the rally having taken three consecutive victories—dominated the early running. He won five of the eight stages and established a comfortable lead to end the day twenty-eight seconds ahead of Neuville and Gilsoul. ^[25] Tänak had been closely matched by defending rally winners Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt until their Fiesta WRC developed a misfire and was forced to retire from the leg. Latvala and Anttila dropped down to third overall after losing their rhythm in the afternoon loop. Lappi and Ferm recovered from an early spin to finish fourth, while Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia completed the leg in fifth. Ogier and Ingrassia had fallen to eighth during the first pass over the stages when they suffered a series of spins and the loss of first and second gear. Their M-Sport Ford teammates Teemu Suninen and Mikko Markkula completed the team's woes when they slid off the road and into a ditch; Suninen and Markkula were unable to re-enter the rally. Craig Breen and Scott Martin were the lead Citroën crew in sixth after enjoying a trouble-free day, ahead of Hyundai crews led Hayden Paddon and Sebastian Marshall in seventh and Andreas Mikkelsen and Anders Jæger-Synnevaag in eighth. Both Paddon and Mikkelsen complained of unpredictable handling in their cars, particularly during the afternoon loop of stages when rain affected the profile of the roads. ^[13] Neuville, by comparison, reported that his car's handling improved in the afternoon, benefiting from a new specification of tyre provided by Michelin that offered improved grip whilst being more durable than previous tyres. ^[13] Citroën's Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen were the last of the drivers in a World Rally Car-specification entry, finishing the leg in ninth place.

Leg 2

Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja continued their form through the opening stages of the second leg until they were forced to retire. Tänak damaged his radiator after a heavy landing off a jump during the second pass through Sweet Lamb Hafren. ^[26] Tänak and Järveoja had experienced similar retirements in the Rallies of Portugal and Sardinia. ^[27] Ogier and Ingrassia experienced a resurgence, climbing from fifth place to take the lead; however, Ogier chose the more-durable medium compound tyres as the dry gravel would damage the faster soft compound, and was unable to build a lead of his own. He finished the leg with a slender four-second advantage over the surviving Toyotas of Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila in second place and Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm in third. ^[28] Craig Breen and Scott Martin ended the leg in fourth, some fifteen seconds off the lead. The reversal of the running order for the second leg meant that Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen ran with favourable road conditions, which allowed them to find some pace in the morning loop and climb the leaderboard. Andreas Mikkelsen and Anders Jæger-Synnevaag similarly benefited from their road position, winning three of the day's stages and finishing the leg two and a half seconds behind Østberg and Eriksen. Hayden Paddon and Sebastian Marshall completed the day in seventh overall ahead of Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul; Neuville and Gilsoul had been running second at the time, but lost fifty-one seconds when they ran off the road in the early morning stages and he conceded a further fifteen seconds to Ogier and Ingrassia when they was unable to match the leaders' pace. ^[29]

Leg 3

The final leg of the rally saw Ogier and Ingrassia trade places with Latvala and Anttila several times. Ogier and Ingrassia initially held the advantage, but a fast time by Latvala and Anttila through the Gwydir Power Stage —that saw them take the five bonus points—was enough to seize the lead. Latvala and Anttila held the lead through the first pass over Great Orme Llandudno, only for Ogier and Ingrassia to reclaim it on the return to Gwydir. The final stage was delayed following an incident that required the attention of emergency services and not all of the competitors were able to start the stage. ^{[30] [31]} Latvala and Anttila was unable to set a competitive time, meaning Ogier and Ingrassia only needed to finish to claim victory. They ultimately set a time fast enough to win the stage and the rally, taking twenty-five World Championship points for the win and an additional three points for third place on the Power Stage. ^[32] Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm completed the podium and scored an extra Power Stage point. Craig Breen and Scott Martin were fourth, ahead of Neuville and Gilsoul. Neuville and Gilsoul led the three Hyundais, with Mikkelsen and Jæger-Synnevaag in sixth and Paddon and Marshall seventh. Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen were eighth, with the final points-scoring places going to World Rally Championship-2 entrants Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen and their Škoda Motorsport teammates Pontus Tidemand and Jonas Andersson. Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja re-entered under Rally2 regulations and finished nineteenth overall, scoring four points on the Power Stage in the process. Elfyn Evans and Daniel Barritt also re-entered and finished twentieth in the final classification.

Support categories

In the World Rally Championship-2 standings, eighteen year-old Kalle Rovanperä and co-driver Jonne Halttunen finished the first leg as the category leader and tenth in the overall standings. Rovanperä and Halttunen won every stage but one to establish a lead of fifty-five seconds over teammates Pontus Tidemand and Jonas Andersson, while British privateers Gus Greensmith and Alessandro Gelsomino finished the leg in third. ^[13] Rovanperä and Halttunen maintained their lead over Tidemand and Andersson throughout the second leg and the two crews climbed to ninth and tenth in the overall classification following the retirement of Tänak and Järveoja. ^[29] Rovanperä and Halttunen went on to win the category by ninety-four seconds, aided by an off-road excursion by Tidemand and Andersson in the Power Stage. Tidemand and Andersson damaged their rear suspension, but were able to continue after repairing the damage during a transport stage. The result was Rovanperä and Haltunnen's second win in the category. Tidemand and Andersson recovered to finish second, with Greensmith and Gelsomino finishing third.

Tom Williams and Phil Hall led the first leg in the World Rally Championship-3 category after trading stage wins with Taisko Lario and Tatu Hämäläinen throughout the day. ^[33] Williams and Hall's lead was consolidated during the second leg when Lario and Hämäläinen were late checking into a stage and had thirty seconds added to his time as a penalty. Williams and Hall went on to win the event, marking their first victory in the category. Italian privateers Enrico Brazzoli and Luca Beltrame caught and passed Lario and Hämäläinen during the second leg and held the position until the end of the rally. Lario and Hämäläinen ultimately finished third overall.

The first two legs of the rally also served as the final two rounds of the MSA British Rally Championship. M-Sport driver Matt Edwards and co-driver Darren Garrod secured the 2018 championship title with fourth place on the first leg of the rally. ^[34] Edwards and Garrod won the second leg and were the highest-place national entrant at the end of the rally.

Classification

Final results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Class	Time	Difference
								to 1st	to prev.
1	1	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC	3:06:12.5	0.0	0.0
2	7	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	WRC	3:06:23.1	+10.6	+10.6
3	9	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	WRC	3:06:47.6	+35.1	+24.5
4	11	Craig Breen	Scott Martin	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën C3 WRC	WRC	3:07:22.9	+1:10.4	+35.3
5	5	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC	3:07:26.9	+1:14.4	+4.0
6	4	Andreas Mikkelsen	Anders Jæger-Synnevaag	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC	3:07:28.4	+1:15.9	+1.5
7	6	Hayden Paddon	Sebastian Marshall	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	WRC	3:07:30.9	+1:18.4	+2.5
8	10	Mads Østberg	Torstein Eriksen	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën C3 WRC	WRC	3:07:34.1	+1:21.6	+3.2
9	36	Kalle Rovanperä	Jonne Halttunen	Škoda Motorsport II	Škoda Fabia R5	WRC-2	3:15:27.2	+9:14.7	+7:53.1
10	31	Pontus Tidemand	Jonas Andersson	Škoda Motorsport II	Škoda Fabia R5	WRC-2	3:17:01.4	+10:48.9	+1:34.2
11	32	Gus Greensmith	Alessandro Gelsomino	Gus Greensmith	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	3:17:40.8	+11:28.3	+39.4
12	37	Jari Huttunen	Antti Linnaketo	Hyundai Motorsport	Hyundai i20 R5	WRC-2	3:18:24.0	+12:11.5	+43.2
13	40	Stéphane Lefebvre	Gabin Moreau	Citroën Total Rallye Team	Citroën C3 R5	WRC-2	3:20:02.6	+13:50.1	+1:38.6
14	33	Łukasz Pieniążek	Przemysław Mazur	Printsport	Škoda Fabia R5	WRC-2	3:21:47.3	+15:34.8	+1:44.7
15	42	Simone Tempestini	Sergio Itu	Simone Tempestini	Citroën C3 R5	WRC-2	3:24:16.9	+18:04.4	+2:29.6
16	34	Fabio Andolfi	Simone Scattolin	ACI Team Italia WRC	Škoda Fabia R5	WRC-2	3:24:34.3	+18:21.8	+17.4
17	81	Matt Edwards	Darren Garrod	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta R5	National	3:25:42.0	+19:29.5	+1:07.7
18	41	Marco Bulacia Wilkinson	Fernando Mussano	Marco Bulacia Wilkinson	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	3:26:12.2	+19:59.7	+30.2
19	8	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	WRC	3:26:51.4	+20:38.9	+39.2
20	2	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC	3:27:40.5	+21:28.0	+49.1
21	86	Alex Laffey	Patrick Walsh	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta R5	National	3:31:44.7	+25:32.2	+4:04.2
22	85	Gaurav Gill	Glenn MacNeall	Team MRF Tyres	Ford Fiesta R5	—	3:33:27.4	+27:14.9	+1:42.7
23	89	Paulo Nobre	Gabriel Morales	Palmeirinha Rally	Ford Fiesta R5	—	3:34:39.2	+28:26.7	+1:11.8
24	43	Eric Camilli	Benjamin Veillas	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	3:42:48.7	+27:21.5	+8:09.5
25	87	Eamonn Boland	Michael Joseph Morrissey	Eamonn Boland	Ford Fiesta R5	—	3:43:02.4	+36:49.9	+13.7
26	35	Ole Christian Veiby	Stig Rune Skjærmoen	PH Sport	Citroën C3 R5	WRC-2	3:48:28.3	+42:15.8	+5:25.9
27	87	Steve Rokland	Dai Roberts	Steve Rokland	Peugeot 208 R2	National	3:48:51.2	+42:38.7	+22.9
28	64	Tom Williams	Phil Hall	Tom Williams	Ford Fiesta R2	WRC-3	3:49:44.9	+43:32.4	+53.7
29	91	Jean-Baptiste Franceschi	Romain Courbon	Équipe de France FFSA Rally	Ford Fiesta R2T	—	3:50:27.8	+44:15.3	+42.9
30	93	Tom Woodburn	James Williams	Tom Woodburn	Vauxhall Adam R2	National	3:53:52.9	+47:40.4	+3:25.1
31	62	Enrico Brazzoli	Luca Beltrame	Enrico Brazzoli	Peugeot 208 R2	WRC-3	3:54:23.4	+48:10.9	+30.5
32	61	Taisko Lario	Tatu Hämäläinen	Taisko Lario	Peugeot 208 R2	WRC-3	3:56:40.0	+50:27.5	+2:16.6
33	95	Tony Jardine	Tom Cary	Tony Jardine	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	—	3:57:42.5	+51:30.0	+1:02.5
34	44	Chris Ingram	Ross Whittock	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia R5	WRC-2	4:00:45.9	+54:33.4	+3:03.4
35	97	John Morrison	Peter Carstairs	John Morrison	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	National	4:01:44.3	+55:31.8	+58.4
36	104	Alex Waterman	Harry Thomas	Alex Waterman	Ford Fiesta R2T	National	4:06:34.8	+1:00:22.3	+4:50.5
37	102	Spencer Wilkinson	Glyn Thomas	Spencer Wilkinson	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	—	4:07:23.9	+1:01:11.4	+49.1
38	63	Louise Cook	Stefan Davis	Louise Cook	Ford Fiesta R2	WRC-3	4:09:08.7	+1:02:56.2	+1:44.8
39	108	Jonathan Mulholland	Jeff Case	Jonathan Mulholland	Ford Fiesta R2	National	4:12:23.3	+1:06:10.8	+3:14.6
40	100	Peredur Davies	Jordan Reynolds	Peredur Davies	Ford Fiesta R2	National	4:19:54.9	+1:13:42.4	+7:31.6
41	101	Finlay Retson	Tom Hynd	Finlay Retson	Ford Fiesta R2	National	4:27:21.8	+1:21:09.3	+7:26.9
42	39	Nil Solans	Marc Martí	Nil Solans	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	4:28:14.1	+1:22:01.6	+52.3
43	107	Nabila Tejpar	Richard Bliss	Nabila Tejpar	Peugeot 208 R2	National	4:32:25.2	+1:26:12.7	+4:11.1
44	106	Saleh Hijazi	Stephen Landen	Saleh Hijazi	MG ZR	—	4:33:21.0	+1:27:08.5	+55.8
45	111	Neil Andrew	Dominic Adams	Neil Andrew	Subaru Impreza	—	4:42:26.1	+1:36:13.6	+9:05.1
46	109	Stephen Southall	Richard Bestwick	Stephen Southall	Ford Escort MK2	—	4:43:24.5	+1:37:12.0	+58.4
47	96	Kevin Horgan	Liam Fouhy	Kevin Horgan	Škoda Fabia R2	National	4:43:53.4	+1:37:40.9	+28.9
48	105	Bart Lang	Sinclair Young	Bart Lang	Ford Fiesta R2	National	4:48:35.6	+1:42:23.1	+4:42.2
Ret	84	Tom Cave	James Morgan	Tom Cave	Hyundai i20 R5	—	Retired SS21
Ret	38	Pierre-Louis Loubet	Vincent Landais	BRC Racing Team	Hyundai i20 R5	WRC-2	Retired SS21
Ret	82	David Bogie	John Rowan	David Bogie	Škoda Fabia R5	National	Retired SS20
Ret	83	Rhys Yates	Elliott Edmondson	Rhys Yates	Škoda Fabia R5	National	Retired SS15
Ret	99	Scott Partridge	Fiona Scarret	Scott Partridge	Subaru Impreza	—	Retired SS11
Ret	88	James Aldridge	Sacha Kakad	James Aldridge	Ford Fiesta R5	—	Retired SS11
Ret	3	Teemu Suninen	Mikko Markkula	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC	Retired SS9
Ret	110	Iwan Evans	Sion Williams	Iwan Evans	Subaru Impreza	—	Retired SS8
Ret	94	William Creighton	Liam Regan	William Creighton	Peugeot 208 R2	National	Retired SS3
DNS	90	Lawrence Whyte	Paul Beaton	Lawrence Whyte	Ford Fiesta R5	—	Did not start
DNS	98	Paul Walker	Geraint Thomas	Paul Walker	Subaru Impreza	—	Did not start
DNS	103	James McDiarmid	Gareth Clarke	James McDiarmid	Ford Fiesta R2T	National	Did not start
Source: [35] [36]

Special stages

Overall classification
Day	Stage	Name	Length	Stage winners	Car	Time	Class leaders
4 October	—	Clocaenog [ Shakedown ]	3.32 km	Teemu Suninen — Mikko Markkula	Ford Fiesta WRC	2:01.2	—
	SS1	Tir Prince	1.70 km	Esapekka Lappi — Janne Ferm	Toyota Yaris WRC	1:21.6	Esapekka Lappi — Janne Ferm
5 October	SS2	Clocaenog 1	7.67 km	Ott Tänak — Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	4:07.2	Ott Tänak — Martin Järveoja
	SS3	Brenig 1	29.13 km	Ott Tänak — Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	16:52.4
	SS4	Penmachno 1	16.95 km	Ott Tänak — Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	10:15.9
	SS5	Slate Mountain 1	1.63 km	Thierry Neuville — Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	1:16.8
	SS6	Slate Mountain 2	1.63 km	Jari-Matti Latvala — Miikka Anttila	Toyota Yaris WRC	1:15.3
	SS7	Clocaenog 2	7.67 km	Ott Tänak — Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	4:01.6
	SS8	Brenig 2	29.13 km	Ott Tänak — Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	16:30.5
	SS9	Penmachno 2	16.95 km	Thierry Neuville — Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	10:16.4
6 October	SS10	Myherin 1	20.28 km	Sébastien Ogier — Julien Ingrassia	Ford Fiesta WRC	10:46.2
	SS11	Sweet Lamb Hafren 1	19.95 km	Mads Østberg — Torstein Eriksen	Citroën C3 WRC	11:39.4
	SS12	Dyfi 1	19.48 km	Ott Tänak — Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	10:56.7
	SS13	Gartheiniog 1	11.26 km	Andreas Mikkelsen — Anders Jæger-Synnevaag	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	6:51.0
	SS14	Dyfnant	8.30 km	Jari-Matti Latvala — Miikka Anttila	Toyota Yaris WRC	4:28.2
	SS15	Myherin 2	20.28 km	Sébastien Ogier — Julien Ingrassia	Ford Fiesta WRC	10:37.9
	SS16	Sweet Lamb Hafren 2	19.95 km	Andreas Mikkelsen — Anders Jæger-Synnevaag	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	11:26.6	Sébastien Ogier — Julien Ingrassia
	SS17	Dyfi 2	19.48 km	Jari-Matti Latvala — Miikka Anttila	Toyota Yaris WRC	10:42.8
	SS18	Gartheiniog 2	11.26 km	Andreas Mikkelsen — Anders Jæger-Synnevaag	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	6:43.6
7 October	SS19	Elsi	10.06 km	Esapekka Lappi — Janne Ferm	Toyota Yaris WRC	7:17.1
	SS20	Gwydir 1 [ Power stage ]	14.70 km	Jari-Matti Latvala — Miikka Anttila	Toyota Yaris WRC	9:31.6	Jari-Matti Latvala — Miikka Anttila
	SS21	Great Orme Llandudno 1	8.03 km	Sébastien Ogier — Julien Ingrassia	Ford Fiesta WRC	4:22.0
	SS22	Gwydir 2	14.70 km	Sébastien Ogier — Julien Ingrassia	Ford Fiesta WRC	9:30.4	Sébastien Ogier — Julien Ingrassia
	SS23	Great Orme Llandudno 2	7.43 km [lower-alpha 5]	Sébastien Ogier — Julien Ingrassia	Ford Fiesta WRC	3:59.3
World Rally Championship-2
4 October	—	Clocaenog [ Shakedown ]	3.32 km	Kalle Rovanperä — Jonne Halttunen	Škoda Fabia R5	2:07.0	—
	SS1	Tir Prince	1.70 km	Kalle Rovanperä — Jonne Halttunen	Škoda Fabia R5	1:23.8	Kalle Rovanperä — Jonne Halttunen
5 October	SS2	Clocaenog 1	7.67 km	Kalle Rovanperä — Jonne Halttunen	Škoda Fabia R5	4:17.6
	SS3	Brenig 1	29.13 km	Kalle Rovanperä — Jonne Halttunen	Škoda Fabia R5	17:29.7
	SS4	Penmachno 1	16.95 km	Kalle Rovanperä — Jonne Halttunen	Škoda Fabia R5	10:48.8
	SS5	Slate Mountain 1	1.63 km	Pontus Tidemand — Jonas Andersson	Škoda Fabia R5	1:21.1
	SS6	Slate Mountain 2	1.63 km	Kalle Rovanperä — Jonne Halttunen	Škoda Fabia R5	1:20.4
	SS7	Clocaenog 2	7.67 km	Kalle Rovanperä — Jonne Halttunen	Škoda Fabia R5	4:15.7
	SS8	Brenig 2	29.13 km	Kalle Rovanperä — Jonne Halttunen	Škoda Fabia R5	17:29.4
	SS9	Penmachno 2	16.95 km	Kalle Rovanperä — Jonne Halttunen	Škoda Fabia R5	10:44.3
6 October	SS10	Myherin 1	20.28 km	Gus Greensmith — Alessandro Gelsomino	Ford Fiesta R5	11:31.1
	SS11	Sweet Lamb Hafren 1	19.95 km	Kalle Rovanperä — Jonne Halttunen	Škoda Fabia R5	12:28.8
	SS12	Dyfi 1	19.48 km	Pontus Tidemand — Jonas Andersson	Škoda Fabia R5	11:37.0
	SS13	Gartheiniog 1	11.26 km	Kalle Rovanperä — Jonne Halttunen	Škoda Fabia R5	7:16.0
	SS14	Dyfnant	8.30 km	Kalle Rovanperä — Jonne Halttunen	Škoda Fabia R5	4:44.5
	SS15	Myherin 2	20.28 km	Kalle Rovanperä — Jonne Halttunen	Škoda Fabia R5	11:12.2
	SS16	Sweet Lamb Hafren 2	19.95 km	Kalle Rovanperä — Jonne Halttunen	Škoda Fabia R5	12:09.0
	SS17	Dyfi 2	19.48 km	Eric Camilli — Benjamin Veillas	Ford Fiesta R5	11:20.9
	SS18	Gartheiniog 2	11.26 km	Pontus Tidemand — Jonas Andersson	Škoda Fabia R5	7:09.3
7 October	SS19	Elsi	10.06 km	Kalle Rovanperä — Jonne Halttunen	Škoda Fabia R5	7:34.0
	SS20	Gwydir 1	14.70 km	Kalle Rovanperä — Jonne Halttunen	Škoda Fabia R5	10:00.1
	SS21	Great Orme Llandudno 1	8.03 km	Fabio Andolfi — Simone Scattolin	Škoda Fabia R5	4:35.9
	SS22	Gwydir 2	14.70 km	Eric Camilli — Benjamin Veillas	Ford Fiesta R5	9:54.6
	SS23	Great Orme Llandudno 2	7.43 km [lower-alpha 5]	Stage interrupted [lower-alpha 6]
World Rally Championship-3
4 October	—	Clocaenog [ Shakedown ]	3.32 km	Taisko Lario — Tatu Hämäläinen	Peugeot 208 R2	2:28.2	—
	SS1	Tir Prince	1.70 km	Tom Williams — Phil Hall	Ford Fiesta R2T	1:38.3	Tom Williams — Phil Hall
5 October	SS2	Clocaenog 1	7.67 km	Taisko Lario — Tatu Hämäläinen	Peugeot 208 R2	5:05.3	Taisko Lario — Tatu Hämäläinen
	SS3	Brenig 1	29.13 km	Tom Williams — Phil Hall	Ford Fiesta R2T	20:33.4	Tom Williams — Phil Hall
	SS4	Penmachno 1	16.95 km	Tom Williams — Phil Hall	Ford Fiesta R2T	12:34.6
	SS5	Slate Mountain 1	1.63 km	Tom Williams — Phil Hall	Ford Fiesta R2T	1:36.9
	SS6	Slate Mountain 2	1.63 km	Taisko Lario — Tatu Hämäläinen	Peugeot 208 R2	1:36.3
				Tom Williams — Phil Hall	Ford Fiesta R2T
	SS7	Clocaenog 2	7.67 km	Taisko Lario — Tatu Hämäläinen	Peugeot 208 R2	5:04.1
	SS8	Brenig 2	29.13 km	Tom Williams — Phil Hall	Ford Fiesta R2T	20:24.8
	SS9	Penmachno 2	16.95 km	Tom Williams — Phil Hall	Ford Fiesta R2T	12:43.4
6 October	SS10	Myherin 1	20.28 km	Tom Williams — Phil Hall	Ford Fiesta R2T	13:16.7
	SS11	Sweet Lamb Hafren 1	19.95 km	Tom Williams — Phil Hall	Ford Fiesta R2T	14:41.5
	SS12	Dyfi 1	19.48 km	Tom Williams — Phil Hall	Ford Fiesta R2T	13:26.7
	SS13	Gartheiniog 1	11.26 km	Taisko Lario — Tatu Hämäläinen	Peugeot 208 R2	8:29.5
	SS14	Dyfnant	8.30 km	Taisko Lario — Tatu Hämäläinen	Peugeot 208 R2	5:24.6
	SS15	Myherin 2	20.28 km	Taisko Lario — Tatu Hämäläinen	Peugeot 208 R2	12:55.2
	SS16	Sweet Lamb Hafren 2	19.95 km	Tom Williams — Phil Hall	Ford Fiesta R2T	13:48.4
	SS17	Dyfi 2	19.48 km	Tom Williams — Phil Hall	Ford Fiesta R2T	12:55.0
	SS18	Gartheiniog 2	11.26 km	Tom Williams — Phil Hall	Ford Fiesta R2T	8:14.1
7 October	SS19	Elsi	10.06 km	Tom Williams — Phil Hall	Ford Fiesta R2T	8:33.2
	SS20	Gwydir 1	14.70 km	Tom Williams — Phil Hall	Ford Fiesta R2T	11:26.9
	SS21	Great Orme Llandudno 1	8.03 km	Taisko Lario — Tatu Hämäläinen	Peugeot 208 R2	5:30.8
	SS22	Gwydir 2	14.70 km	Tom Williams — Phil Hall	Ford Fiesta R2T	11:28.7
	SS23	Great Orme Llandudno 2	7.43 km [lower-alpha 5]	Stage interrupted [lower-alpha 6]

Power stage

The Power stage was a 14.70 km stage run on the final day of the rally. Additional World Drivers' and Co-drivers' Championship points were awarded to the five fastest crews. As the Power Stage was not the final stage of the rally, crews had to complete the event to be eligible to receive the points. ^[27]

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Diff.	Pts.
1	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Toyota Yaris WRC	9:31.6	0.0	5
2	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Yaris WRC	9:32.4	+0.7	4
3	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Ford Fiesta WRC	9:36.9	+5.2	3
4	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	9:37.3	+5.6	2
5	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Toyota Yaris WRC	9:39.9	+8.2	1

Penalties

The following crews were given time penalties during the rally.

Stage	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Class	Reason	Penalty
SS1	97	John Morrison	Peter Carstairs	John Morrison	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	National	12 minutes late	2:00
SS6	99	Scott Partridge	Fiona Scarret	Scott Partridge	Subaru Impreza	—	1 minute late	0:10
SS9	83	Rhys Yates	Elliott Edmondson	Rhys Yates	Škoda Fabia R5	National	5 minutes late	0:50
SS9	91	Jean-Baptiste Franceschi	Romain Courbon	Équipe de France FFSA Rally	Ford Fiesta R2T	—	1 minute late	0:10
SS9	95	Tony Jardine	Tom Cary	Tony Jardine	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	—	3 minutes early	0:30
SS9	99	Scott Partridge	Fiona Scarret	Scott Partridge	Subaru Impreza	—	1 minute early	1:00
SS9	109	Stephen Southall	Richard Bestwick	Stephen Southall	Ford Escort MK2	—	3 minutes late	3:00
SS10	61	Taisko Lario	Tatu Hämäläinen	Taisko Lario	Peugeot 208 R2	WRC-3	3 minutes late	0:30
SS10	106	Saleh Hijazi	Stephen Landen	Saleh Hijazi	MG ZR	—	1 minute late	0:10
SS11	105	Bart Lang	Sinclair Young	Bart Lang	Ford Fiesta R2	National	3 minutes late	0:30
SS18	93	Tom Woodburn	James Williams	Tom Woodburn	Vauxhall Adam R2	National	8 minutes late	1:20
SS22	106	Saleh Hijazi	Stephen Landen	Saleh Hijazi	MG ZR	—	1 minute late	0:10

Retirements

The following crews retired from the event. Under Rally2 regulations, they were eligible to re-enter the event starting from the next leg. Crews that re-entered were given an additional time penalty.

Stage	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Class	Cause	Re-entry
SS1	97	John Morrison	Peter Carstairs	John Morrison	Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX	National	Engine	Yes
SS2	39	Nil Solans	Marc Martí	Nil Solans	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	Tyres	Yes
SS2	43	Eric Camilli	Benjamin Veillas	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	Punctures	Yes
SS2	44	Chris Ingram	Ross Whittock	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia R5	WRC-2	Mechanical	Yes
SS3	94	William Creighton	Liam Regan	William Creighton	Peugeot 208 R2	National	Mechanical	No
SS7	2	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC	Mechanical	Yes
SS7	39	Nil Solans	Marc Martí	Nil Solans	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	Tyres	Yes
SS7	43	Eric Camilli	Benjamin Veillas	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	Punctures	Yes
SS7	44	Chris Ingram	Ross Whittock	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia R5	WRC-2	Mechanical	Yes
SS7	96	Kevin Horgan	Liam Fouhy	Kevin Horgan	Škoda Fabia R2	National	Mechanical	Yes
SS7	111	Neil Andrew	Dominic Adams	Neil Andrew	Subaru Impreza	—	Mechanical	Yes
SS8	110	Iwan Evans	Sion Williams	Iwan Evans	Subaru Impreza	—	Mechanical	No
SS9	3	Teemu Suninen	Mikko Markkula	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	WRC	Mechanical	No
SS9	102	Spencer Wilkinson	Glyn Thomas	Spencer Wilkinson	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	National	Mechanical	Yes
SS11	88	Sacha Kakad	James Aldridge	James Aldridge	Ford Fiesta R5	National	Mechanical	No
SS11	99	Scott Partridge	Fiona Scarret	Scott Partridge	Subaru Impreza	—	Mechanical	No
SS11	101	Finlay Retson	Tom Hynd	Finlay Retson	Ford Fiesta R2	National	Driveshaft	Yes
SS11	109	Stephen Southall	Richard Bestwick	Stephen Southall	Ford Escort MK2	—	Driveshaft	Yes
SS15	35	Ole Christian Veiby	Stig Rune Skjærmoen	PH Sport	Citroën C3 R5	WRC-2	Mechanical	Yes
SS15	83	Rhys Yates	Elliott Edmondson	Rhys Yates	Škoda Fabia R5	National	Off road	No
SS15	105	Bart Lang	Sinclair Young	Bart Lang	Ford Fiesta R2	WRC-2	Mechanical	Yes
SS16	8	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	WRC	Radiator	Yes
SS18	100	Peredur Davies	Jordan Reynolds	Peredur Davies	Ford Fiesta R2	WRC-2	Mechanical	Yes
SS18	107	Nabila Tejpar	Richard Bliss	Nabila Tejpar	Peugeot 208 R2	WRC-2	Mechanical	Yes
SS20	82	David Bogie	John Rowan	David Bogie	Škoda Fabia R5	National	Mechanical	No
SS21	38	Pierre-Louis Loubet	Vincent Landais	BRC Racing Team	Hyundai i20 R5	WRC-2	Accident	No
SS21	84	Tom Cave	James Morgan	Tom Cave	Hyundai i20 R5	—	Mechanical	No

Championship standings after the rally

Drivers' championships World Rally Championship Pos. Driver Points 1 Thierry Neuville 189 1 2 Sébastien Ogier 182 1 3 Ott Tänak 168 4 Esapekka Lappi 104 5 Jari-Matti Latvala 98 World Rally Championship-2 Pos. Driver Points 1 Jan Kopecký 125 2 Pontus Tidemand 111 3 Gus Greensmith 70 4 4 Kalle Rovanperä 65 1 5 Łukasz Pieniążek 56 World Rally Championship-3 Pos. Driver Points 1 Emil Bergkvist 86 2 2 Taisko Lario 83 1 3 Denis Rådström 80 1 4 Jean-Baptiste Franceschi 79 5 Enrico Brazzoli 73

Co-Drivers' championships World Rally Championship Pos. Co-Driver Points 1 Nicolas Gilsoul 189 1 2 Julien Ingrassia 182 1 3 Martin Järveoja 168 4 Janne Ferm 104 5 Miikka Anttila 98 World Rally Championship-2 Pos. Co-Driver Points 1 Pavel Dresler 125 2 Jonas Andersson 111 5 3 Jonne Halttunen 65 4 Przemysław Mazur 56 2 5 Craig Parry 55 World Rally Championship-3 Pos. Co-Driver Points 2 1 Tatu Hämäläinen 83 1 2 Johan Johansson 80 1 3 Romain Courbon 79 4 Luca Beltrame 73 10 5 Phil Hall 47

Manufacturers' and teams' championships World Rally Championship Pos. Manufacturer Points 1 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 317 2 Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT 297 3 M-Sport Ford WRT 273 4 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT 187 World Rally Championship-2 Pos. Team Points 1 Škoda Motorsport II 150 2 Škoda Motorsport 108 3 Printsport 81 1 4 Hyundai Motorsport 72 1 5 ACI Team Italia WRC 72 World Rally Championship-3 Pos. Team Points 1 ACI Team Italia 83 2 Castrol Ford Team Turkiye 67 3 OT Racing 62 4 ADAC Sachsen 62 5 Équipe de France FFSA Rally 55

Notes

1. Although some stages contain tarmac sections, ^{[1] [2]} the rally is classified as a gravel event and tyre suppliers only provide crews with gravel-specification tyres. ^[3]
2. The first leg of the rally formed the penultimate round of the British national championship and the second leg was the final round. The third leg did not count towards the championship. ^[5]
3. Competitors competing in national events are variously eligible to score points in the British National, British Junior, British Cadet, British Ladies and British 2WD championships.
4. Kris Meeke had been scheduled to contest the rally with Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT when the route was published, but was fired by the team before the rally. ^{[20] [21]}
5. The original length of the stage was 8.03 km, but it was shortened following an emergency incident on the first pass through the stage. ^[30]
6. The second running of the Great Orme Llandudno stage was interrupted when emergency services attended an incident. The stage could not be completed by all competitors. ^[30]

References

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External links

• Official website (in English)
• 2018 Wales Rally GB in e-wrc website
• The official website of the World Rally Championship
• The official website of Dayinsure sponsor

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