Everything You Need to Know About WRC Rally Turkey
Preparations are moving ahead at pace for Rally Turkey, the tenth round of the 2018 World Rally Championship, which will be based in Marmaris from 13-16 September. With Rally Guide 1 now published on the event's official website, plenty of detail has also been revealed, including the timetable, stage maps, forms, recce, scrutineering and shakedown schedules...
The rally awards points in WRC, WRC2, WRC3 and JWRC, and a big entry is expected. It will begin with a ceremonial start at 20:00 on Thursday 13 September in Marmaris Atatürk Square. 
One of the innovations that WRC Promoter Managing Director Oliver Ciesla says will see "the new face of the World Rally Championship begin in Turkey" is a city-centre spectator stage called Turkey, run immediately after the ceremonial start. Spectators will be able to watch the cars at very close quarters on this 2.45km stage in central Marmaris, which includes two donut areas.
On the morning of Friday 14 September the crews will leave the service park at Asparan at 07:00. On the opening leg they will tackle the Çetibeli (38.10km), Ula (21.90km) and Çiçekli (12.55km) stages twice each, before finishing the day back at Asparan from 18:33. The crews contesting the Turkish Rally Championship will also score championship points over the Friday-only section of the rally, which comprises 145km of special stages.
On Saturday 15 September the crews will again leave the Asparan service park, this time at 07:42, and head towards the Gulf of Gökova. They will run the Yeşilbelde (36.00km), Datça (10.70km) and İçmeler (20.40km) stages twice each, finishing the second leg at the Asparan service park from 17:46.
On the final day, Sunday 16 September, the crews will get behind the wheel at 09:25 and run the Marmaris (7.12km), Ovacık (8.04km) and Gökçe (13.25km) stages, before the rally concludes with the Power Stage, run as Marmaris-2. The fact that this stage finishes at the entrance to the service park will be another first for the World Rally Championship... The finish ceremony and prize-giving will take place on the podium at the Asparan Service Park from 14:28.
Spectators will be able to watch all of the special stages free of charge, and the spectator points and transport options for reaching them will be published on the official website www.rallyturkey.com in the coming days. ASPOR, which holds the 2018 World Rally Championship broadcast rights, will also bring all the action to screens live with a dedicated schedule over the four days...
2000 ANATOLIAN RALLY (CANDIDATE FOR WRC)
1. VOLKAN IŞIK- YUSUF AVIMELEK / SUBARU IMPREZA WRC
2. ERCAN KAZAZ-CEM BAKANÇOCUKLARI / SUBARU IMPREZA WRC
3. ERTAN NACAROĞLU-İSMET ÖZBAKIR / TOYOTA COROLLA WRC
2001 ANATOLIAN RALLY (CANDIDATE FOR WRC)
1. SERKAN YAZICI- ERKAN BODUR / TOYOTA COROLLA WRC
2. ALİ ERSİN-AHMET YORUK / MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO VII
3. NEJAT AVCI-ÖZDEN YILMAZ / CITROEN SAXO KIT CAR
2002 ANATOLIAN RALLY (CANDIDATE FOR WRC)
1. ERCAN KAZAZ-CEM BAKANÇOCUKLARI / SUBARU IMPREZA WRC
2. ALİ ERSİN-AHMET YORUK / MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO VII
3. VOLKAN IŞIK-LEVENT GÜR / FIAT PUNTO KIT CAR
2003 RALLY OF TURKEY
1. CARLOS SAINZ- MARC MARTI / CITROEN XSARA WRC
2. RICHARD BURNS- ROBERT REID / PEUGEOT 206 WRC
3. FRANCOIS DUVAL- STEPHANE PREVOT / FORD FOCUS WRC
2004 RALLY OF TURKEY
1. SEBASTIEN LOEB- DANIEL ELENA / CITROEN XSARA WRC
2. MARCUS GRONHOLM-TIMO RAUTIAINEN / PEUGEOT 307 WRC
3. PETER SOLBERG- PHIL MILLS / SUBARU IMPREZA WRC
2005 RALLY OF TURKEY
1. SEBASTIEN LOEB- DANIEL ELENA / CITROEN XSARA WRC
2. PETER SOLBERG- PHIL MILLS / SUBARU IMPREZA WRC
3. MARCUS GRONHOLM-TIMO RAUTIAINEN / PEUGEOT 307 WRC
2006 RALLY OF TURKEY
1. MARCUS GRONHOLM-TIMO RAUTIAINEN / PEUGEOT 307 WRC
2. MIKKO HIRVONEN- JARMO LEHTINEN / FORD FOCUS WRC
3. HENNING SOLBERG-CATO MENKERUD / PEUGEOT 307 WRC
2008 RALLY OF TURKEY
1. MIKKO HIRVONEN- JARMO LEHTINEN / FORD FOCUS WRC
2. JARI MATTA LATVALA- MIIKKA ANTTILA / FORD FOCUS WRC
3. SEBASTIEN LOEB- DANIEL ELENA / CITROEN XSARA WRC
2010 RALLY OF TURKEY
1. SEBASTIEN LOEB- DANIEL ELENA / CITROEN C4 WRC
2. PETER SOLBERG- PHIL MILLS / CITROEN C4 WRC
3. MIKKO HIRVONEN- JARMO LEHTINEN / FORD FOCUS RS WRC 09’
