2018 Rally Estonia 8. Shell Helix Rally Estonia 2018
Host country	Estonia
Rally base	Otepää, Valga County
Dates run	13 – 15 July 2018
Start location	Neeruti, Valga County
Finish location	Elva, Tartu County
Stages	16 (146.40 km; 90.97 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Transport distance	529.78 km (329.19 miles)
Overall distance	676.18 km (420.16 miles)
Statistics
Crews	104 at start, 52 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 1:12:31.9

The 2018 Rally Estonia (formally known as the Shell Helix Rally Estonia 2018) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over three days between 13 and 15 July 2018.^[1] It marked the eighth running of Rally Estonia. The event consisted of sixteen special stages totalling 146.40 km (90.97 mi) in competitive kilometres. The stages were run on smooth gravel roads of Southern Estonia. Two street stages were also held during the rally, in Tartu and in Elva. Rally headquarters and service park were based in Otepää, at the Tehvandi Sports Center, while city of Tartu hosted the ceremonial start and finish.

Ott Tänak & Martin Järveoja won the rally, while Hayden Paddon & Sebastian Marshall finished second and Craig Breen & Scott Martin finished third.^[2] For the first time in the competition's history a total of three current WRC works teams entered Rally Estonia. It was also the first time the new Toyota Yaris WRC entered a competition outside the WRC series.^[3] Tänak & Järveoja were dominant on their home ground winning eleven stages out of sixteen.

Report

Classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Time	Difference
Overall classification
1	1	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	1:12:31.9	0.0
2	3	Hayden Paddon	Sebastian Marshall	Hyundai Motorsport	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	1:13:31.0	+59.1
3	2	Craig Breen	Scott Martin	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën C3 WRC	1:15:44.3	+3:12.4
4	7	Eerik Pietarinen	Juhana Raitanen	TGS Worldwide	Škoda Fabia R5	1:16:33.6	+4:01.7
5	6	Jari Huttunen	Antti Linnaketo	Hyundai Motorsport	Hyundai i20 R5	1:16:51.6	+4:19.7
6	4	Georg Gross	Raigo Mõlder	OT Racing	Ford Focus RS WRC 08	1:17:07.2	+4:35.3
7	5	Valeriy Gorban	Sergei Larens	Eurolamp World Rally Team	Mini John Cooper Works WRC	1:17:47.9	+5:16.0
8	16	Raul Jeets	Andrus Toom	Tehase Auto	Škoda Fabia R5	1:18:03.9	+5:32.0
9	12	Ranno Bundsen	Robert Loštšenikov	A1M Motorsport	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII	1:19:21.1	+6:49.2
10	11	Rainer Aus	Simo Koskinen	ALM Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo Proto	1:19:55.6	+7:23.7
Source:[4]

References

External links

• The official website of Rally Estonia