for the third year in succession, volkswagen motorsport driver sébastien ogier won the rally, taking his fifth consecutive wrc win in the process. ogier finished almost a minute-and-a-half clear of his closest competitor, citroën world rally team's mads østberg. the podium was completed by ogier's team-mate andreas mikkelsen, who finished 6.3 seconds in arrears of østberg. nasser al-attiyah was the winner of the wrc-2 class, finishing almost eight minutes clear of anyone else, while also finishing in seventh place overall. nicolás fuchs (ninth overall) and jari ketomaa (tenth overall) completed the podium.