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 WRT3:06:38.1 | ||
| Power Stage winner |  Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT7:06.7 | ||
| Support category results | |||
| WRC-2 winner |  Oliver Solberg Elliott Edmondson3:14:56.6 | ||
| WRC-3 winner |  Eduardo Castro Fernando Mussano3:36:41.7 | ||
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 edit
Entry list edit
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]
| No. | Driver | Co-Driver | Entrant | Car | Tyre |
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| 41 |  Diego Dominguez Jr
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 Rogelio Peñate
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Diego Dominguez Jr
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Ford Fiesta Rally3 | P |
| 44 | Eduardo Castro
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Fernando Mussano
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Eduardo Castro
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Ford Fiesta Rally3 | P |
Itinerary edit
All 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 |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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After 14:20 | Official finish, Talcahuano | — | |
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After 15:10 | Podium ceremony, Talcahuano | — | |
| Source:[1] | ||||
Report edit
WRC Rally1 edit
Classification edit
Special stages edit
| 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 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 | 
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Kalle Rovanperä | 217 |
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Jonne Halttunen | 217 |
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Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | 466 | |||
| 2 |
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Elfyn Evans | 186 |
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Scott Martin | 186 |
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Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | 360 | |||
| 3 |
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Thierry Neuville | 155 |
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Martijn Wydaeghe | 155 |
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M-Sport Ford WRT | 247 | |||
| 4 |
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Ott Tänak | 146 |
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Martin Järveoja | 146 | ||||||
| 5 |
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Sébastien Ogier | 99 |
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Vincent Landais | 99 | ||||||
WRC-2 Rally2 edit
Classification edit
Special stages edit
Championship standings edit
| Pos. | 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 |
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Andreas Mikkelsen | 108 |
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Torstein Eriksen | 127 |
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Toksport WRT 3 | 148 |
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Sami Pajari | 118 |
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Enni Mälkönen | 118 | |||||
| 2 |
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Yohan Rossel | 104 |
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Arnaud Dunand | 104 |  1
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Toksport WRT 2 | 148 |
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Kajetan Kajetanowicz | 93 |
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Maciej Szczepaniak | 93 | |||||
| 3 |
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Gus Greensmith | 99 |
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Jonas Andersson | 99 |  1
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M-Sport Ford WRT | 146 | 1
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Nikolay Gryazin | 86 |
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Konstantin Aleksandrov | 86 | |||||
| 4 | 2
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Oliver Solberg | 91 | 2
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Elliott Edmondson | 91 |
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Toksport WRT | 135 | 1
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Marco Bulacia | 72 |
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Szymon Gospodarczyk | 65 | |||||
| 5 | 1
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Sami Pajari | 86 | 1
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Enni Mälkönen | 86 |
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Hyundai Motorsport N | 116 |
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Mikołaj Marczyk | 65 |
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Diego Vallejo | 62 | |||||
WRC-3 Rally3 edit
Classification edit
| Position | 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 edit
| Stage | 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 |
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Roope Korhonen | 100 |
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Anssi Viinikka | 100 | ||
| 2 |
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Diego Dominguez Jr. | 87 |
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Rogelio Peñate | 87 | ||
| 3 |
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Tom Rensonnet | 55 |
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Loïc Dumont | 55 | ||
| 4 |
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William Creighton | 51 |
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Liam Regan | 51 | ||
| 5 |
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Eamonn Kelly | 49 |
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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)