2023 Rally Chile

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)
Statistics
Crews registered55
Crews51 at start, 36 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerEstonia Ott Tänak
Estonia Martin Järveoja
United Kingdom M-Sport Ford WRT
3:06:38.1
Power Stage winnerFinland Kalle Rovanperä
Finland Jonne Halttunen
Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
7:06.7
Support category results
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

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]

  1. ^ a b "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.


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