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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]

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

Entry list

The 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]

Rally1 entries competing in the World Rally Championship
No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Championship eligibility Tyre
3 Finland Teemu Suninen Finland Mikko Markkula South Korea Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer P
4 Finland Esapekka Lappi Finland Janne Ferm South Korea Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer P
7 France Pierre-Louis Loubet Belgium Nicolas Gilsoul United Kingdom M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer P
8 Estonia Ott Tänak Estonia Martin Järveoja United Kingdom M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer P
11 Belgium Thierry Neuville Belgium Martijn Wydaeghe South Korea Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer P
13 Luxembourg Grégoire Munster Belgium Louis Louka United Kingdom M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 Driver, Co-driver P
18 Japan Takamoto Katsuta Republic of Ireland Aaron Johnston Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer P
28 Chile Alberto Heller Argentina Luis Ernesto Allende United Kingdom M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 Driver, Co-driver P
33 United Kingdom Elfyn Evans United Kingdom Scott Martin Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer P
69 Finland Kalle Rovanperä Finland Jonne Halttunen Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer P
Rally2 entries competing in the World Rally Championship-2
No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Championship eligibility Tyre
20 France Yohan Rossel France Arnaud Dunand France PH Sport Citroën C3 Rally2 Driver, Co-driver P
21 Finland Sami Pajari Finland Enni Mälkönen Germany Toksport WRT 2 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-Driver, Team P
22 Sweden Oliver Solberg United Kingdom Elliott Edmondson Sweden Oliver Solberg Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Driver, Co-driver P
23 United Kingdom Gus Greensmith Sweden Jonas Andersson Germany Toksport WRT 3 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Driver, Co-driver, Team P
24 Finland Emil Lindholm Finland Reeta Hämäläinen South Korea Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Driver, Co-driver, Team P
25 Poland Kajetan Kajetanowicz Poland Maciej Szczepaniak Poland Kajetan Kajetanowicz Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P
26 Nikolay Gryazin[c] Konstantin Aleksandrov[d] Germany Toksport WRT 2 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver, Team P
27 Bolivia Marco Bulacia Spain Diego Vallejo Germany Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P
29 Chile Jorge Martínez Fontena Argentina Alberto Alvarez Nicholson Chile Jorge Martínez Fontena Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P
30 Chile Emilio Fernández Spain Borja Rozada Chile Emilio Fernández Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P
31 Bolivia Bruno Bulacia Argentina José Luis Díaz Bolivia Bruno Bulacia Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P
32 Paraguay Fabrizio Zaldivar Italy Marcelo Der Ohannesian South Korea Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver, Team P
34 Chile Pedro Heller Argentina Pablo Olmos Chile Pedro Heller Citroën C3 Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P
35 Chile Emilio Rosselot Chile Tomas Cañete Chile Emilio Rosselot Citroën C3 Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P
36 Chile Benjamin Israel Argentina Matias Ramos Chile Benjamin Israel Citroën C3 Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P
37 Argentina Martin Scuncio Chile Javiera Roman Argentina Martin Scuncio Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P
38 Chile Germán Lyon Chile Sebastian Vera Chile Germán Lyon Citroën C3 Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P
39 Chile Gerardo V. Rosselot Argentina Marcelo Brizio Chile Gerardo V. Rosselot Citroën C3 Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P
40 Chile Eduardo Kovacs Argentina Ruben Garcia Chile Eduardo Kovacs Škoda Fabia R5 Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver P
Rally3 entries competing in the World Rally Championship-3
No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Tyre
41 Paraguay Diego Dominguez Jr Spain Rogelio Peñate Paraguay Diego Dominguez Jr Ford Fiesta Rally3 P
44 Peru Eduardo Castro Argentina Fernando Mussano Peru Eduardo Castro Ford Fiesta Rally3 P

Itinerary

All dates and times are CLT (UTC-3).

Date No. Time span Stage name Distance
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

WRC Rally1

Classification

Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class Event Stage
1 1 8 Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 3:06:38.1 0.0 25 2
2 2 11 Thierry Neuville Martijn Wydaeghe Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 3:07:20.2 +42.1 18 3
3 3 33 Elfyn Evans Scott Martin Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 3:07:45.0 +1:06.9 15 4
4 4 69 Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 3:08:49.1 +2:11.0 12 5
5 5 18 Takamoto Katsuta Aaron Johnston Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 3:11:19.6 +4:41.5 10 1
13 6 13 Grégoire Munster Louis Louka M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 3:23:17.8 +16:39.7 0 0
15 7 28 Alberto Heller Luis Ernesto Allende M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 3:26:41.0 +20:02.9 0 0
Retired SS15 3 Teemu Suninen Mikko Markkula Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Off-road 0 0
Retired SS3 7 Pierre-Louis Loubet Nicolas Gilsoul M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 Rolled 0 0
Retired SS1 4 Esapekka Lappi Janne Ferm Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Rolled 0 0

Special stages

Stage Winners Car Time Class leaders
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

  • Bold text indicates 2023 World Champions.
Pos. Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships Manufacturers' championships
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

Classification

Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class Class Stage Event
6 1 22 Oliver Solberg Elliott Edmondson Oliver Solberg Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 3:14:56.6 0.0 25 2 8
7 2 23 Gus Greensmith Jonas Andersson Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 3:15:22.4 +25.8 18 1 6
8 3 21 Sami Pajari Enni Mälkönen Toksport WRT 2 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 3:15:58.7 +1:02.1 15 0 4
9 4 20 Yohan Rossel Arnaud Dunand PH Sport Citroën C3 Rally2 3:16:32.0 +1:35.4 12 0 2
10 5 26 Nikolay Gryazin Konstantin Aleksandrov Toksport WRT 2 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 3:16:46.3 +1:49.7 10 0 1
11 6 35 Emilio Rosselot Tomas Cañete Emilio Rosselot Citroën C3 Rally2 3:21:36.9 +6:40.3 8 0 0
12 7 34 Pedro Heller Pablo Olmos Pedro Heller Citroën C3 Rally2 3:21:48.7 +6:52.1 6 0 0
14 8 32 Fabrizio Zaldivar Marcelo Der Ohannesian Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 N Rally2 3:24:12.7 +9:16.1 4 0 0
16 9 29 Jorge Martínez Fontena Alberto Alvarez Nicholson Jorge Martínez Fontena Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo 3:29:09.9 +14:13.3 2 3 0
17 10 30 Emilio Fernández Borja Rozada Emilio Fernández Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo 3:30:43.2 +15:46.6 1 0 0
18 11 31 Bruno Bulacia José Luis Díaz Bruno Bulacia Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo 3:31:35.0 +16:38.4 0 0 0
28 12 39 Gerardo V. Rosselot Marcelo Brizio Gerardo V. Rosselot Citroën C3 Rally2 3:52:43.4 +37:46.8 0 0 0
33 13 40 Eduardo Kovacs Ruben Garcia Eduardo Kovacs Škoda Fabia R5 4:21:18.1 +1:06:21.5 0 0 0
Retired SS15 24 Emil Lindholm Reeta Hämäläinen Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Accident damage 0 0 0
Retired SS15 25 Kajetan Kajetanowicz Maciej Szczepaniak Kajetan Kajetanowicz Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Rear suspension 0 0 0
Retired SS9 37 Martin Scuncio Javiera Roman Martin Scuncio Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Rolled 0 0 0
Retired SS8 36 Benjamin Israel Matias Ramos Benjamin Israel Citroën C3 Rally2 Withdrawn 0 0 0
Retired SS6 27 Marco Bulacia Diego Vallejo Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Accident damage 0 0 0
Retired SS6 38 Germán Lyon Sebastian Vera Germán Lyon Citroën C3 Rally2 Accident 0 0 0

Special stages

Championship standings

Pos. Open Drivers' championships Open Co-drivers' championships Teams' championships Challenger Drivers' championships Challenger Co-drivers' championships
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

Classification

Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
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

Stage Winners Car Time Class leaders
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

  • Bold text indicates 2023 World Champions.
Pos. Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships
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

  1. ^ The championship was known as the World Rally Championship-2 Pro in 2019.
  2. ^ The championship was known as the World Rally Championship-2 in 2019.
  3. ^ 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]
  4. ^ 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

  1. ^ a b c "Itinerary Rally Chile BIOBÍO 2023". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  2. ^ "WRC poewrs into 2023 with exciting new-look calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Sunday in Chile: victory for masterful Tänak". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 12 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Sunday in Chile: Rovanperä seals Pro win". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 12 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Toyota reveals 2020 line-up". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  6. ^ Klein, Jamie (14 December 2019). "Toyota hands Katsuta eight WRC starts for 2020". motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Tänak celebrates Chile win as Toyota clinches manufacturers' crown". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  8. ^ Howard, Tom (2 October 2023). "Toyota joins WRC royalty with manufacturers' title three-peat". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  9. ^ "Solberg's campaign ends on a high with WRC2 victory in Chile". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  10. ^ "Korhonen crowned WRC3 champion as Dominguez times out in Chile". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  11. ^ "Entry List Rally Chile BIOBÍO 2023". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  12. ^ "Rally Chile BIOBIO 2023". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  13. ^ 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.

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