2023 Rally Estonia


The 2023 Rally Estonia was a motor racing event for rally cars held from 20 July to 23 July 2023. It marked the thirteenth running of the Rally Estonia, and was the eighth round of the 2023 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The event was also the fourth round of the 2023 Junior World Rally Championship. The event was based in Tartu of Tartu County, and was contested over twenty-one special stages covering a total competitive distance of.
Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen were the defending rally winners. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners. Andreas Mikkelsen and Torstein Eriksen were the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category. Sami Pajari and Enni Mälkönen were the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category as well as the junior championship.
Rovanperä and Halttunen successfully defended their titles, so as their team, Toyota. Mikkelsen and Eriksen defended their titles in the World Rally Championship-2 category. Roope Korhonen and Anssi Viinikka won the World Rally Championship-3 category. Grégoire Munster and Grégoire Munster won the junior class.

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, Junior World Rally Championship and privateer entries that are not registered to score points in any championship. Eight entered under Rally1 regulations, as were twenty-four Rally2 crews in the World Rally Championship-2 and eleven Rally3 crews in the World Rally Championship-3. A total of eight crews registered to participate in the Junior World Rally Championship.
No.DriverCo-DriverEntrantCarChampionship eligibilityTyre
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Itinerary

All dates and times are EEST.

Report

WRC-2 Rally2

Special stages

StageWinnersCarTimeClass leaders
SDSolberg / EdmondsonŠkoda Fabia RS Rally22:07.5
SS1Marczyk / GospodarczykŠkoda Fabia RS Rally23:09.0Marczyk / Gospodarczyk
SS2Solberg / EdmondsonŠkoda Fabia RS Rally213:52.6Solberg / Edmondson
SS3Solberg / EdmondsonŠkoda Fabia RS Rally29:16.9Solberg / Edmondson
SS4Linnamäe / MorganHyundai i20 N Rally210:41.5Solberg / Edmondson
SS5Pajari / MälkonenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally214:06.6Mikkelsen / Eriksen
SS6Mikkelsen / EriksenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally29:29.2Mikkelsen / Eriksen
SS7Lindholm / HämäläinenHyundai i20 N Rally210:45.4Mikkelsen / Eriksen
SS8Pajari / MälkonenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally24:47.5Mikkelsen / Eriksen
SS9Solberg / EdmondsonŠkoda Fabia RS Rally26:00.5Mikkelsen / Eriksen
SS10Solberg / EdmondsonŠkoda Fabia RS Rally26:02.3Mikkelsen / Eriksen
SS11Solberg / EdmondsonŠkoda Fabia RS Rally25:54.5Mikkelsen / Eriksen
SS12Solberg / EdmondsonŠkoda Fabia RS Rally25:57.1Mikkelsen / Eriksen
SS13Solberg / EdmondsonŠkoda Fabia RS Rally26:15.2Mikkelsen / Eriksen
SS14Solberg / EdmondsonŠkoda Fabia RS Rally28:23.0Mikkelsen / Eriksen
SS15Solberg / EdmondsonŠkoda Fabia RS Rally26:08.6Mikkelsen / Eriksen
SS16Pajari / MälkönenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally28:17.1Mikkelsen / Eriksen
SS17Mikkelsen / EriksenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally23:05.8Mikkelsen / Eriksen
SS18Pajari / MälkönenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally26:25.7Mikkelsen / Eriksen
SS19Solberg / EdmondsonŠkoda Fabia RS Rally210:01.3Mikkelsen / Eriksen
SS20Pajari / MälkönenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally26:19.2Mikkelsen / Eriksen
SS21Pajari / MälkönenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally29:56.7Mikkelsen / Eriksen

StageWinnersCarTimeClass leaders
SDPajari / MälkönenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally22:09.6
SS1Marczyk / GospodarczykŠkoda Fabia RS Rally23:09.0Marczyk / Gospodarczyk
SS2Kaur / ViiloŠkoda Fabia RS Rally214:00.3Kaur / Viilo
SS3Linnamäe / MorganHyundai i20 N Rally29:23.0Kaur / Viilo
SS4Linnamäe / MorganHyundai i20 N Rally210:41.5Linnamäe / Morgan
SS5Pajari / MälkonenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally214:06.6Pajari / Mälkonen
SS6Bulacia / VallejoŠkoda Fabia RS Rally29:29.6Kaur / Viilo
SS7Pajari / MälkonenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally210:48.1Pajari / Mälkonen
SS8Pajari / MälkonenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally24:47.5Pajari / Mälkonen
SS9Pajari / MälkonenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally26:02.4Pajari / Mälkonen
SS10Linnamäe / MorganHyundai i20 N Rally26:06.7Pajari / Mälkonen
SS11Pajari / MälkonenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally25:56.9Pajari / Mälkonen
SS12Pajari / Mälkonen
Marczyk / Gospodarczyk
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2
6:01.5Pajari / Mälkonen
SS13Pajari / MälkonenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally26:17.5Pajari / Mälkonen
SS14Marczyk / GospodarczykŠkoda Fabia RS Rally28:28.8Pajari / Mälkonen
SS15Pajari / MälkonenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally26:11.7Pajari / Mälkonen
SS16Pajari / MälkönenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally28:17.1Pajari / Mälkonen
SS17Pajari / MälkönenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally23:06.5Pajari / Mälkonen
SS18Pajari / MälkönenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally26:25.7Pajari / Mälkonen
SS19Pajari / MälkönenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally210:03.2Pajari / Mälkonen
SS20Pajari / MälkönenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally26:19.2Pajari / Mälkonen
SS21Pajari / MälkönenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally29:56.7Pajari / Mälkonen