2023 Rally Chile


The 2023 Rally Chile 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.
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were the defending rally winners. The team they drove for in, 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.
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.

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.
No.DriverCo-DriverEntrantCarChampionship eligibilityTyre
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Itinerary

All dates and times are CLT.

Report

WRC Rally1

Classification

Special stages

Championship standings

Classification

Special stages

StageWinnersCarTimeClass leaders
SDLindholm / HämäläinenHyundai i20 N Rally24:12.3
SS1Solberg / EdmondsonŠkoda Fabia RS Rally210:43.3Solberg / Edmondson
SS2Pajari / MälkönenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally27:10.1Pajari / Mälkönen
SS3Solberg / EdmondsonŠkoda Fabia RS Rally212:54.9Pajari / Mälkönen
SS4Pajari / MälkönenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally210:23.9Pajari / Mälkönen
SS5Pajari / MälkönenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally26:57.6Pajari / Mälkönen
SS6Pajari / MälkönenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally212:40.9Pajari / Mälkönen
SS7Solberg / EdmondsonŠkoda Fabia RS Rally218:08.0Solberg / Edmondson
SS8Rossel / DunandCitroën C3 Rally214:29.8Solberg / Edmondson
SS9Gryazin / AleksandrovŠkoda Fabia RS Rally218:22.5Solberg / Edmondson
SS10Greensmith / AnderssonŠkoda Fabia RS Rally217:45.2Pajari / Mälkönen
SS11Rossel / DunandCitroën C3 Rally214:18.1Pajari / Mälkönen
SS12Solberg / EdmondsonŠkoda Fabia RS Rally217:53.2Solberg / Edmondson
SS13Greensmith / AnderssonŠkoda Fabia RS Rally28:14.1Solberg / Edmondson
SS14Solberg / EdmondsonŠkoda Fabia RS Rally27:47.7Solberg / Edmondson
SS15Gryazin / AleksandrovŠkoda Fabia RS Rally27:58.9Solberg / Edmondson
SS16Fontena / NicholsonŠkoda Fabia Rally2 evo7:38.1Solberg / Edmondson

StageWinnersCarTimeClass leaders
SDZaldivar / Der OhannesianHyundai i20 N Rally24:15.1
SS1Pajari / MälkönenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally210:43.4Pajari / Mälkönen
SS2Pajari / MälkönenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally27:10.1Pajari / Mälkönen
SS3Pajari / MälkönenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally212:57.4Pajari / Mälkönen
SS4Pajari / MälkönenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally210:23.9Pajari / Mälkönen
SS5Pajari / MälkönenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally26:57.6Pajari / Mälkönen
SS6Pajari / MälkönenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally212:40.9Pajari / Mälkönen
SS7Fontena / NicholsonŠkoda Fabia Rally2 evo18:19.3Pajari / Mälkönen
SS8Gryazin / AleksandrovŠkoda Fabia RS Rally214:40.1Pajari / Mälkönen
SS9Gryazin / AleksandrovŠkoda Fabia RS Rally218:22.5Pajari / Mälkönen
SS10Pajari / MälkönenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally217:45.8Pajari / Mälkönen
SS11Kajetanowicz / SzczepaniakŠkoda Fabia RS Rally214:30.7Pajari / Mälkönen
SS12Kajetanowicz / SzczepaniakŠkoda Fabia RS Rally218:12.6Pajari / Mälkönen
SS13Pajari / MälkönenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally28:18.7Pajari / Mälkönen
SS14Pajari / MälkönenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally27:48.0Pajari / Mälkönen
SS15Gryazin / AleksandrovŠkoda Fabia RS Rally27:58.9Pajari / Mälkönen
SS16Fontena / NicholsonŠkoda Fabia Rally2 evo7:38.1Pajari / Mälkönen

Championship standings

WRC-3 Rally3

Classification

Special stages

Championship standings

  • Bold text indicates 2023 World Champions.