| 2023 Rally Chile Rally Chile BIOBÍO 2023 | |||
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Round 11 of 13 in the2023 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 TänakMartin Järveoja M-Sport Ford WRT3:06:38.1 | ||
| Power Stage winner |  Kalle RovanperäJonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT7:06.7 | ||
| Support category results | |||
| WRC-2 winner |  Oliver SolbergElliott Edmondson3:14:56.6 | ||
| WRC-3 winner |  Eduardo Castro Fernando Mussano3:36:41.7 | ||
The2023 Rally Chile (also known as theRally Chile BIOBÍO 2023) was amotor racing event forrally cars held from 28 September to 1 October 2023.[2] It marked the second running of theRally Chile, and was the eleventh round of the2023 World Rally Championship,World Rally Championship-2 andWorld Rally Championship-3. The event was based inConcepción of theBiobío Region, and was contested over sixteenspecial stages covering a total competitive distance of 321.06 km (199.50 mi).[1]
Ott Tänak andMartin Järveoja were the defending rally winners. The team they drove for in2019,Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[3]Kalle Rovanperä andJonne Halttunen were the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category,[a] andTakamoto Katsuta andDaniel 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 in2020.[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 andElliott Edmondson won the World Rally Championship-2 category.[9]Eduardo Castro andFernando Mussano won the World Rally Championship-3 category, which meantRoope Korhonen andAnssi Viinikka became the 2023 WRC3 champions.[10]
The following crews entered into the rally. The event was opened to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, itssupport categories, the World Rally Championship-2, World Rally Championship-3 andprivateer entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. Ten entered underRally1 regulations, as were nineteenRally2 crews in the World Rally Championship-2 and twoRally3 crews in the World Rally Championship-3.[11][12]
| 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 |
All dates and times areCLT (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] | ||||
| 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 | ||
| 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 |
| 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 | ||||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| Previous rally: 2023 Acropolis Rally | 2023 FIA World Rally Championship | Next rally: 2023 Central European Rally |
| Previous rally: 2019 Rally Chile 2020 and 2021 editions cancelled | 2023 Rally Chile | Next rally: 2024 Rally Chile |
