2023 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.[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
Round 11 of 13 in the 2023 World Rally Championship
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Host country Chile
Rally baseConcepción, Biobío
Dates run28 September – 1 October 2023
Start locationCoronel, Biobío
Finish locationConcepción, Biobío
Stages16 (321.06 km; 199.50 miles)[1]
Stage surfaceGravel
Transport distance912.03 km (566.71 miles)
Overall distance1,233.09 km (766.21 miles)
Results
Overall winnerEstonia Ott Tänak
Estonia Martin Järveoja
United Kingdom M-Sport Ford WRT
3:06:38.1
WRC-2 winnerSweden Oliver Solberg
United Kingdom Elliott Edmondson
3:14:56.6
WRC-3 winnerPeru Eduardo Castro
Argentina Fernando Mussano
3:36:41.7
Power Stage winnerFinland Kalle Rovanperä
Finland Jonne Halttunen
Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
7:06.7
Crews registered55
Crews51 at start, 36 at finish

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,[lower-alpha 1] and Takamoto Katsuta and Daniel Barritt were the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category.[4][lower-alpha 2] 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[lower-alpha 3] Konstantin Aleksandrov[lower-alpha 4] 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

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

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

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
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