2023 Rally Chile
2nd edition of Rally Chile
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. 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).
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. Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen were the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category, and Takamoto Katsuta and Daniel Barritt were the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category. However, neither crews defended their titles as they were promoted to the top tier by Toyota in 2020.
Tänak and Järveoja successfully defended their title. Their team, M-Sport Ford WRT were the manufacturer's winners. Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT sealed the manufacturer's title. Oliver Solberg and Elliott Edmondson won the World Rally Championship-2 category. Eduardo Castro and Fernando Mussano won the World Rally Championship-3 category, which meant Roope Korhonen and Anssi Viinikka became the 2023 WRC3 champions.
01Background
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.
| No. | Driver | Co-Driver | Entrant | Car | Tyre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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 | , N/a | ||
| 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 | , N/a | ||
| 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 | , N/a | ||
| 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 | , N/a | ||
| 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 | , N/a | ||
| 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 | , N/a | ||
| 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 | , N/a | ||
| After 15:10 | Podium ceremony, Talcahuano | , N/a | ||
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02Report
WRC Rally1
Classification
Special stages
| Stage | Winners | Car | Time | Class leaders |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SD | Evans / Martin | Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | 3:59.6 | , N/a |
| 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
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 | , N/a |
| 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 | ||||
Sources and credits
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