Sebastien Ogier defied the odds and won the WRC's first gravel event of the season from the front of the field

Reigning FIA World Rally Champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia tclaimed their third consecutive victory in Rally Guanajuato Mexico, as well as racking up a hat-trick of wins at the start of the 2015 season. The French duo has not put a foot wrong all weekend and were all-but assured of victory once team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala fell out of contention. The battle for second position raged over the closing stages but Mads Østberg and Jonas Andersson managed to hold off Andreas Mikkelsen and Ola Floene to claim second and third respectively.In the FIA World Rally Championship, Ogier has once again extended his advantage and now takes a 34 point advantage over Mikkelsen with Thierry Neuville the nearest non-Volkswagen challenger in third. In the Manufacturers’ Championship, Volkswagen Motorsport has a 24 point lead over Hyundai Motorsport.Today’s route took in just three stages and 75.66 competitive kilometres but the day kicked off with the mammoth 55.82 kilometre Guanajuatito stage before closing with the all-important Power Stage, where Ogier, Mikkelsen and Neuville claimed more Championship points. Such was Ogier’s overnight lead, the Frenchman was able to control his pace and cruise to an impressive win on an event where running first on the road as Championship leader was considered to be insurmountable. Mads Østberg claimed victory in the long opening stage, narrowly extending his advantage over Mikkelsen to eight seconds, and managed to hold off his fellow countryman through to the finish, aided by a spin by Mikkelsen. Elfyn Evans equalled his career-best result of fourth overall and Dani Sordo finished fifth, despite brake problems this morning. Martin Prokop rounded off the top six, but he went off the road in the second stage after hitting a stone and sustaining a puncture.Nasser Al-Attiyah and Matthieu Baumel finished seventh overall and more importantly took the win in the FIA WRC 2 Championship category. All the leading Rally 2 contenders made it through the day, with the exception of Lorenzo Bertelli who took a wheel off in the first stage. Neuville finished eighth, local hero Benito Guerra 12th and Jari-Matti Latvala, Kris Meeke, Hayden Paddon and Robert Kubica all claimed positions inside the top 20. Remarkably, Ott Tanak re-joined once again this morning and powered his Fiesta RS WRC through all the stages. He finished 22nd after ending up in a lake on Friday morning!The fourth round of the FIA World Rally Championship takes the contenders to South America for Rally Argentina (23-26 April).Rally Guanajuato Mexico – Final Unofficial Results (subject to scrutineering)1. Sébastien Ogier/Julien Ingrassia-Volkswagen Polo R WRC-4hr 19min 13.4sec

2. Mads Østberg/Jonas Andersson-DS 3 WRC-4hr 20min 32.2sec

3. Andreas Mikkelsen/Ola Floene-Volkswagen Polo R WRC-4hr 20min 38.5sec

4. Elfyn Evans/Daniel Barritt-Ford Fiesta RS WRC-4hr 22min 53.6sec

5. Dani Sordo/Marc Marti-Hyundai i20 WRC-4hr 24min 15.2sec

6. Martin Prokop/Jan Tomanek-Ford Fiesta RS WRC-4hr 25min 49.5sec

7. Nasser Al-Attiyah/Matthieu Baumel-Ford Fiesta RRC-4hr 34min 06.1sec

8. Thierry Neuville/Nicolas Gilsoul-Hyundai i20 WRC-4hr 41min 56.7sec

9. Nicolas Fuchs/Fernando Musano-Ford Fiesta R5-4hr 42min 02.4sec

10. Jari Ketomaa/Kaj Lindstrom-Ford Fiesta R5-4hr 42min 23.6sec