The 2023 Rally Chile (also known as the Rally Chile BIOBÍO 2023) was a motor racing event for rally cars held from 28 September to 1 October 2023.[2] It marked the second running of the Rally Chile, and was the eleventh round of the 2023 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The event was based in Concepción of the Biobío Region, and was contested over sixteen special stages covering a total competitive distance of 321.06 km (199.50 mi).[1]
2023 Rally Chile Rally Chile BIOBÍO 2023 | |||
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Round 11 of 13 in the 2023 World Rally Championship
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Host country | Chile | ||
Rally base | Concepción, Biobío | ||
Dates run | 28 September – 1 October 2023 | ||
Start location | Coronel, Biobío | ||
Finish location | Concepción, Biobío | ||
Stages | 16 (321.06 km; 199.50 miles)[1] | ||
Stage surface | Gravel | ||
Transport distance | 912.03 km (566.71 miles) | ||
Overall distance | 1,233.09 km (766.21 miles) | ||
Statistics | |||
Crews registered | 55 | ||
Crews | 51 at start, 36 at finish | ||
Overall results | |||
Overall winner | Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja M-Sport Ford WRT 3:06:38.1 | ||
Power Stage winner | Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 7:06.7 | ||
Support category results | |||
WRC-2 winner | Oliver Solberg Elliott Edmondson 3:14:56.6 | ||
WRC-3 winner | Eduardo Castro Fernando Mussano 3:36:41.7 |
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were the defending rally winners. The team they drove for in 2019, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[3] Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen were the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category,[a] and Takamoto Katsuta and Daniel Barritt were the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category.[4][b] However, neither crews defended their titles as they were promoted to the top tier by Toyota in 2020.[5][6]
Tänak and Järveoja successfully defended their title. Their team, M-Sport Ford WRT were the manufacturer's winners.[7] Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT sealed the manufacturer's title.[8] Oliver Solberg and Elliott Edmondson won the World Rally Championship-2 category.[9] Eduardo Castro and Fernando Mussano won the World Rally Championship-3 category, which meant Roope Korhonen and Anssi Viinikka became the 2023 WRC3 champions.[10]
Background
editEntry list
editThe following crews entered into the rally. The event was opened to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2, World Rally Championship-3 and privateer entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. Ten entered under Rally1 regulations, as were nineteen Rally2 crews in the World Rally Championship-2 and two Rally3 crews in the World Rally Championship-3.[11][12]
No. | Driver | Co-Driver | Entrant | Car | Tyre |
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41 | Diego Dominguez Jr | Rogelio Peñate | Diego Dominguez Jr | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | P |
44 | Eduardo Castro | Fernando Mussano | Eduardo Castro | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | P |
Itinerary
editAll dates and times are CLT (UTC-3).
Date | No. | Time span | Stage name | Distance |
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28 September | — | After 8:01 | Bio Bio [Shakedown] | 5.75 km |
After 19:00 | Opening ceremony, Los Ángeles | — | ||
29 September | SS1 | After 8:35 | Pulperia 1 | 19.77 km |
SS2 | After 9:33 | Rere 1 | 13.34 km | |
SS3 | After 10:27 | Rio Claro 1 | 23.32 km | |
13:07 – 13:37 | Flexi service A, Talcahuano | — | ||
SS4 | After 14:42 | Pulperia 2 | 19.77 km | |
SS5 | After 15:40 | Rere 2 | 13.34 km | |
SS6 | After 16:34 | Rio Claro 2 | 23.32 km | |
18:44 – 19:29 | Flexi service B, Talcahuano | — | ||
30 September | SS7 | After 7:57 | Chivilingo 1 | 27.23 km |
SS8 | After 9:01 | Rio Lia 1 | 21.09 km | |
SS9 | After 10:05 | Maria de las Cruces 1 | 28.72 km | |
13:05 – 13:35 | Flexi service C, Talcahuano | — | ||
SS10 | After 14:57 | Chivilingo 2 | 27.23 km | |
SS11 | After 16:01 | Rio Lia 2 | 21.09 km | |
SS12 | After 17:05 | Maria de las Cruces 2 | 28.72 km | |
19:12 – 19:57 | Flexi service D, Talcahuano | — | ||
1 October | SS13 | After 8:07 | Las Pataguas 1 | 13.20 km |
SS14 | After 9:05 | El Poñen 1 | 13.86 km | |
10:40 – 10:55 | Flexi service E, Talcahuano | — | ||
SS15 | After 11:40 | Las Pataguas 2 | 13.20 km | |
SS16 | After 13:15 | El Poñen 2 [Power Stage] | 13.86 km | |
After 14:20 | Official finish, Talcahuano | — | ||
After 15:10 | Podium ceremony, Talcahuano | — | ||
Source:[1] |
Report
editWRC Rally1
editClassification
editSpecial stages
editStage | Winners | Car | Time | Class leaders |
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SD | Evans / Martin | Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | 3:59.6 | — |
SS1 | Tänak / Järveoja | Ford Puma Rally1 | 10:16.8 | Tänak / Järveoja |
SS2 | Evans / Martin | Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | 6:52.9 | Evans / Martin |
SS3 | Evans / Martin | Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | 12:32.0 | |
SS4 | Suninen / Markkula | Hyundai i20 N Rally1 | 9:58.7 | Suninen / Markkula |
SS5 | Tänak / Järveoja | Ford Puma Rally1 | 6:39.8 | Tänak / Järveoja |
SS6 | Tänak / Järveoja | Ford Puma Rally1 | 12:12.2 | |
SS7 | Rovanperä / Halttunen | Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | 17:20.7 | |
SS8 | Tänak / Järveoja | Ford Puma Rally1 | 13:59.0 | |
SS9 | Tänak / Järveoja | Ford Puma Rally1 | 17:40.9 | |
SS10 | Rovanperä / Halttunen | Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | 17:07.5 | |
SS11 | Tänak / Järveoja | Ford Puma Rally1 | 13:47.8 | |
SS12 | Tänak / Järveoja | Ford Puma Rally1 | 17:20.5 | |
SS13 | Neuville / Wydaeghe | Hyundai i20 N Rally1 | 7:43.4 | |
SS14 | Neuville / Wydaeghe | Hyundai i20 N Rally1 | 7:22.9 | |
SS15 | Neuville / Wydaeghe | Hyundai i20 N Rally1 | 7:33.0 | |
SS16 | Rovanperä / Halttunen | Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | 7:06.7 |
Championship standings
edit- Bold text indicates 2023 World Champions.
Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | Manufacturers' championships | |||||||||
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Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | ||||
1 | Kalle Rovanperä | 217 | Jonne Halttunen | 217 | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | 466 | ||||||
2 | Elfyn Evans | 186 | Scott Martin | 186 | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | 360 | ||||||
3 | Thierry Neuville | 155 | Martijn Wydaeghe | 155 | M-Sport Ford WRT | 247 | ||||||
4 | Ott Tänak | 146 | Martin Järveoja | 146 | ||||||||
5 | Sébastien Ogier | 99 | Vincent Landais | 99 |
WRC-2 Rally2
editClassification
editSpecial stages
editChampionship standings
editPos. | Open Drivers' championships | Open Co-drivers' championships | Teams' championships | Challenger Drivers' championships | Challenger Co-drivers' championships | |||||||||||||||
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Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | Move | Driver | Points | ||||||
1 | Andreas Mikkelsen | 108 | Torstein Eriksen | 127 | Toksport WRT 3 | 148 | Sami Pajari | 118 | Enni Mälkönen | 118 | ||||||||||
2 | Yohan Rossel | 104 | Arnaud Dunand | 104 | 1 | Toksport WRT 2 | 148 | Kajetan Kajetanowicz | 93 | Maciej Szczepaniak | 93 | |||||||||
3 | Gus Greensmith | 99 | Jonas Andersson | 99 | 1 | M-Sport Ford WRT | 146 | 1 | Nikolay Gryazin | 86 | Konstantin Aleksandrov | 86 | ||||||||
4 | 2 | Oliver Solberg | 91 | 2 | Elliott Edmondson | 91 | Toksport WRT | 135 | 1 | Marco Bulacia | 72 | Szymon Gospodarczyk | 65 | |||||||
5 | 1 | Sami Pajari | 86 | 1 | Enni Mälkönen | 86 | Hyundai Motorsport N | 116 | Mikołaj Marczyk | 65 | Diego Vallejo | 62 |
WRC-3 Rally3
editClassification
editPosition | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Entrant | Car | Time | Difference | Points | |
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Event | Class | ||||||||
19 | 1 | 44 | Eduardo Castro | Fernando Mussano | Eduardo Castro | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 3:36:41.7 | 0.0 | 25 |
Retired SS15 | 41 | Diego Dominguez Jr | Rogelio Peñate | Diego Dominguez Jr | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Withdrawn | 0 |
Special stages
editStage | Winners | Car | Time | Class leaders |
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SD | Dominguez Jr / Peñate | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 4:27.4 | — |
SS1 | Dominguez Jr / Peñate | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 11:49.4 | Dominguez Jr / Peñate |
SS2 | Dominguez Jr / Peñate | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 7:55.2 | |
SS3 | Dominguez Jr / Peñate | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 14:23.5 | |
SS4 | Dominguez Jr / Peñate | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 11:32.9 | |
SS5 | Castro / Mussano | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 7:59.8 | |
SS6 | Stage cancelled | |||
SS7 | Dominguez Jr / Peñate | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 19:27.1 | Dominguez Jr / Peñate |
SS8 | Dominguez Jr / Peñate | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 15:30.6 | |
SS9 | Castro / Mussano | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 20:05.2 | |
SS10 | Dominguez Jr / Peñate | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 19:03.6 | |
SS11 | Dominguez Jr / Peñate | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 15:47.8 | |
SS12 | Dominguez Jr / Peñate | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 19:33.1 | |
SS13 | Dominguez Jr / Peñate | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 8:54.8 | |
SS14 | Castro / Mussano | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 8:53.6 | |
SS15 | Castro / Mussano | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 9:08.3 | Castro / Mussano |
SS16 | Castro / Mussano | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 8:42.7 |
Championship standings
edit- Bold text indicates 2023 World Champions.
Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | ||||||
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Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | |||
1 | Roope Korhonen | 100 | Anssi Viinikka | 100 | ||||
2 | Diego Dominguez Jr. | 87 | Rogelio Peñate | 87 | ||||
3 | Tom Rensonnet | 55 | Loïc Dumont | 55 | ||||
4 | William Creighton | 51 | Liam Regan | 51 | ||||
5 | Eamonn Kelly | 49 | Conor Mohan | 49 |
Notes
edit- ^ The championship was known as the World Rally Championship-2 Pro in 2019.
- ^ The championship was known as the World Rally Championship-2 in 2019.
- ^ Nikolay Gryazin is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor using the ANA flag as Russian national emblems were banned by the association due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[13]
- ^ Konstantin Aleksandrov is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor using the ANA flag as Russian national emblems were banned by the association due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[13]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Itinerary Rally Chile BIOBÍO 2023". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ^ "WRC poewrs into 2023 with exciting new-look calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ^ "Sunday in Chile: victory for masterful Tänak". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 12 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Sunday in Chile: Rovanperä seals Pro win". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 12 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Toyota reveals 2020 line-up". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ Klein, Jamie (14 December 2019). "Toyota hands Katsuta eight WRC starts for 2020". motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ^ "Tänak celebrates Chile win as Toyota clinches manufacturers' crown". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
- ^ Howard, Tom (2 October 2023). "Toyota joins WRC royalty with manufacturers' title three-peat". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
- ^ "Solberg's campaign ends on a high with WRC2 victory in Chile". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
- ^ "Korhonen crowned WRC3 champion as Dominguez times out in Chile". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
- ^ "Entry List Rally Chile BIOBÍO 2023". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
- ^ "Rally Chile BIOBIO 2023". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
- ^ a b "FIA announces World Motor Sport Council decisions in relation to the situation in Ukraine". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
External links
edit- Official website (in Spanish and English)
- 2023 Rally Chile at eWRC-results.com
- 2023 Rally Chile at rally-maps.com (in English, German, and Polish)