2023 Rally de Portugal


The 2023 Rally de Portugal was a motor racing event for rally cars held over four days between 11 and 14 May 2023. It marked the fifty-sixth running of the Rally de Portugal, and was the fifth round of the 2023 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2023 event was based in Matosinhos in the Porto District and was contested over nineteen 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 manufacturer's winners. Yohan Rossel and Valentin Sarreaud 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.
Rovanperä and Halttunen successfully defended their titles, so as their team, Toyota. Gus Greensmith and Jonas Andersson won the World Rally Championship-2 category. Roope Korhonen and Anssi Viinikka won the World Rally Championship-3 category.

Background

Entry list

The following crews are set to enter into the rally. The event is due to open to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2, World Rally Championship-3 and privateer entries that are not registered to score points in any championship. Eight are set to enter under Rally1 regulations, as are forty-four Rally2 crews in the World Rally Championship-2 and two Rally3 crew in the World Rally Championship-3.
No.DriverCo-DriverEntrantCarChampionship eligibilityTyre
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Itinerary

All dates and times are in WEST.

Report

WRC-2 Rally2

Special stages

StageWinnersCarTimeClass leaders
SDSolberg / EdmondsonŠkoda Fabia RS Rally23:00.3
SS1Suninen / MarkkulaHyundai i20 N Rally29:19.0Suninen / Markkula
SS2Fourmaux / CoriaFord Fiesta Rally213:34.3Fourmaux / Coria
SS3Mikkelsen / EriksenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally212:35.8Fourmaux / Coria
SS4Solberg / EdmondsonŠkoda Fabia RS Rally29:15.5Fourmaux / Coria
SS5Solberg / EdmondsonŠkoda Fabia RS Rally213:36.7Solberg / Edmondson
SS6Mikkelsen / EriksenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally212:33.9Solberg / Edmondson
SS7Mikkelsen / EriksenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally212:21.8Solberg / Edmondson
SS8Greensmith / AnderssonŠkoda Fabia RS Rally22:35.0Solberg / Edmondson
SS9Fourmaux / CoriaFord Fiesta Rally217:35.4Solberg / Edmondson
SS10Fourmaux / CoriaFord Fiesta Rally225:31.1Solberg / Edmondson
SS11Greensmith / AnderssonŠkoda Fabia RS Rally26:16.0Solberg / Edmondson
SS12Fourmaux / CoriaFord Fiesta Rally217:30.0Solberg / Edmondson
SS13Mikkelsen / EriksenŠkoda Fabia RS Rally225:24.9Solberg / Edmondson
SS14Solberg / EdmondsonŠkoda Fabia RS Rally26:06.3Solberg / Edmondson
SS15Bulacia / VallejoŠkoda Fabia RS Rally22:38.0Solberg / Edmondson
SS16Solberg / EdmondsonŠkoda Fabia RS Rally28:14.7Greensmith / Andersson
SS17Solberg / EdmondsonŠkoda Fabia RS Rally26:52.9Greensmith / Andersson
SS18Solberg / EdmondsonŠkoda Fabia RS Rally214:07.4Greensmith / Andersson
SS19Solberg / EdmondsonŠkoda Fabia RS Rally26:44.4Greensmith / Andersson

StageWinnersCarTimeClass leaders
SDVirves / MagalhãesFord Fiesta Rally23:02.3
SS1Bulacia / VallejoŠkoda Fabia RS Rally29:21.2Bulacia / Vallejo
SS2Linnamäe / MorganHyundai i20 N Rally213:45.8Bulacia / Vallejo
SS3Bulacia / VallejoŠkoda Fabia RS Rally212:49.9Bulacia / Vallejo
SS4Cachón / López FernándezCitroën C3 Rally23:02.3Bulacia / Vallejo
SS5Linnamäe / MorganHyundai i20 N Rally213:44.0Bulacia / Vallejo
SS6Bulacia / VallejoŠkoda Fabia RS Rally212:44.2Bulacia / Vallejo
SS7Virves / MagalhãesFord Fiesta Rally212:36.3Bulacia / Vallejo
SS8Virves / MagalhãesFord Fiesta Rally22:37.4Bulacia / Vallejo
SS9Bulacia / VallejoŠkoda Fabia RS Rally217:47.6Bulacia / Vallejo
SS10Bulacia / VallejoŠkoda Fabia RS Rally225:41.5Bulacia / Vallejo
SS11Zaldivar / Der OhannesianHyundai i20 N Rally26:16.1Bulacia / Vallejo
SS12Bulacia / VallejoŠkoda Fabia RS Rally217:41.3Bulacia / Vallejo
SS13Fernández / RozadaŠkoda Fabia Rally2 evo25:49.3Bulacia / Vallejo
SS14McErlean / RowanHyundai i20 N Rally26:16.2Bulacia / Vallejo
SS15Bulacia / VallejoŠkoda Fabia RS Rally22:38.0Bulacia / Vallejo
SS16Bulacia / VallejoŠkoda Fabia RS Rally28:21.7Bulacia / Vallejo
SS17Linnamäe / MorganHyundai i20 N Rally26:56.5Bulacia / Vallejo
SS18Bulacia / VallejoŠkoda Fabia RS Rally214:20.7Bulacia / Vallejo
SS19Marczyk / GospodarczykŠkoda Fabia RS Rally26:50.7Bulacia / Vallejo