The 2018 FIA World Rally Championship was the 46th season of the World Rally Championship, a rallying championship recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) as the highest class of international rallying. Teams and crews were competing in thirteen events—starting with the Monte Carlo Rally in January and finishing with Rally Australia in November—for the World Rally Championships for Drivers, Co-drivers and Manufacturers. Crews were free to compete in cars complying with World Rally Car and Group R regulations; however, only Manufacturers competing with 2017-specification World Rally Cars were eligible to score points in the Manufacturers' championship. The series were once again supported by the World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3 categories at every round and by the Junior World Rally Championship at selected rounds.
Sébastien Ogier won his sixth Drivers' Championship title.
Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT (Yaris WRC pictured) won the Manufacturers' championship.
Nine-time World Champion Sébastien Loeb returned to the championship on a part-time basis with Citroën in 2018.
Top three crews celebrating on the podium.
M-Sport World Rally Team
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The M-Sport Ford World Rally Team is the privately run World Rally Championship team of M-Sport, the firm run by Malcolm Wilson that was previously responsible for the operation of the former Ford World Rally Team.
Wilson at the 2006 Cyprus Rally. Note that the car is named Elaine Joanne, following sponsor Stobart Group's tradition of giving its lorries female names.
Latvala at the 2007 Rally GB.
Mads Østberg at the 2013 Rallye Deutschland.
Henning Solberg in 2007