2023 Rally ChileRally Chile BIOBÍO 2023
Round 11 of 13 in the 2023 World Rally Championship← Previous eventNext event → ← Previous event Next event → ← Previous event Next event → Chile Concepción, Biobío 28 September – 1 October 2023 Coronel, Biobío Concepción, Biobío 16 (321.06 km; 199.50 miles) Gravel 912.03 km (566.71 miles) 1,233.09 km (766.21 miles) 55 51 at start, 36 at finish Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja M-Sport Ford WRT3:06:38.1 Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT7:06.7 Oliver Solberg Elliott Edmondson3:14:56.6 Eduardo Castro Fernando Mussano3:36:41.7
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. 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).
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. 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 2020 .
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.
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. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Championship eligibility Tyre
3 Teemu Suninen Mikko Markkula Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer P 4 Esapekka Lappi Janne Ferm Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer P 7 Pierre-Louis Loubet Nicolas Gilsoul M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer P 8 Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer P 11 Thierry Neuville Martijn Wydaeghe Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer P 13 Grégoire Munster Louis Louka M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 Driver, Co-driver P 18 Takamoto Katsuta Aaron Johnston Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer P 28 Alberto Heller Luis Ernesto Allende M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 Driver, Co-driver P 33 Elfyn Evans Scott Martin Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer P 69 Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer P
No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Championship eligibility Tyre
20 Yohan Rossel Arnaud Dunand PH Sport Citroën C3 Rally2 Driver, Co-driver P 21 Sami Pajari Enni Mälkönen Toksport WRT 2 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-Driver, Team P 22 Oliver Solberg Elliott Edmondson Oliver Solberg Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Driver, Co-driver P 23 Gus Greensmith Jonas Andersson Toksport WRT 3 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Driver, Co-driver, Team P 24 Emil Lindholm Reeta Hämäläinen Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Driver, Co-driver, Team P 25 Kajetan Kajetanowicz Maciej Szczepaniak Kajetan Kajetanowicz Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P 26 Nikolay Gryazin Konstantin Aleksandrov Toksport WRT 2 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver, Team P 27 Marco Bulacia Diego Vallejo Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P 29 Jorge Martínez Fontena Alberto Alvarez Nicholson Jorge Martínez Fontena Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P 30 Emilio Fernández Borja Rozada Emilio Fernández Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P 31 Bruno Bulacia José Luis Díaz Bruno Bulacia Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P 32 Fabrizio Zaldivar Marcelo Der Ohannesian Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver, Team P 34 Pedro Heller Pablo Olmos Pedro Heller Citroën C3 Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P 35 Emilio Rosselot Tomas Cañete Emilio Rosselot Citroën C3 Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P 36 Benjamin Israel Matias Ramos Benjamin Israel Citroën C3 Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P 37 Martin Scuncio Javiera Roman Martin Scuncio Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P 38 Germán Lyon Sebastian Vera Germán Lyon Citroën C3 Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P 39 Gerardo V. Rosselot Marcelo Brizio Gerardo V. Rosselot Citroën C3 Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P 40 Eduardo Kovacs Ruben Garcia Eduardo Kovacs Škoda Fabia R5 Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver P
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 are CLT (UTC-3 ).
Date No. Time span Stage name Distance
— After 8:01 Bio Bio [Shakedown] 5.75 km After 19:00 Opening ceremony, Los Ángeles —.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}N/a 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 —N/a 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 —N/a 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 —N/a 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 —N/a 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 —N/a 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 —N/a After 15:10 Podium ceremony, Talcahuano —N/a Source:
Position .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
8 Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 3:06:38.1 0.0 25 2 11 Thierry Neuville Martijn Wydaeghe Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 3:07:20.2 +42.1 18 3 33 Elfyn Evans Scott Martin Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 3:07:45.0 +1:06.9 15 4 69 Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 3:08:49.1 +2:11.0 12 5 18 Takamoto Katsuta Aaron Johnston Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 3:11:19.6 +4:41.5 10 1 13 Grégoire Munster Louis Louka M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 3:23:17.8 +16:39.7 0 0 28 Alberto Heller Luis Ernesto Allende M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 3:26:41.0 +20:02.9 0 0 3 Teemu Suninen Mikko Markkula Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Off-road 0 0 7 Pierre-Louis Loubet Nicolas Gilsoul M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 Rolled 0 0 4 Esapekka Lappi Janne Ferm Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Rolled 0 0
Stage Winners Car Time Class leaders
Evans / Martin Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 3:59.6 —N/a Tänak / Järveoja Ford Puma Rally1 10:16.8 Tänak / Järveoja Evans / Martin Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 6:52.9 Evans / Martin Evans / Martin Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 12:32.0 Suninen / Markkula Hyundai i20 N Rally1 9:58.7 Suninen / Markkula Tänak / Järveoja Ford Puma Rally1 6:39.8 Tänak / Järveoja Tänak / Järveoja Ford Puma Rally1 12:12.2 Rovanperä / Halttunen Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 17:20.7 Tänak / Järveoja Ford Puma Rally1 13:59.0 Tänak / Järveoja Ford Puma Rally1 17:40.9 Rovanperä / Halttunen Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 17:07.5 Tänak / Järveoja Ford Puma Rally1 13:47.8 Tänak / Järveoja Ford Puma Rally1 17:20.5 Neuville / Wydaeghe Hyundai i20 N Rally1 7:43.4 Neuville / Wydaeghe Hyundai i20 N Rally1 7:22.9 Neuville / Wydaeghe Hyundai i20 N Rally1 7:33.0 Rovanperä / Halttunen Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 7:06.7
Bold text indicates 2023 World Champions.
Pos. Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships Manufacturers' championships
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
Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
22 Oliver Solberg Elliott Edmondson Oliver Solberg Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 3:14:56.6 0.0 25 2 8 23 Gus Greensmith Jonas Andersson Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 3:15:22.4 +25.8 18 1 6 21 Sami Pajari Enni Mälkönen Toksport WRT 2 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 3:15:58.7 +1:02.1 15 0 4 20 Yohan Rossel Arnaud Dunand PH Sport Citroën C3 Rally2 3:16:32.0 +1:35.4 12 0 2 26 Nikolay Gryazin Konstantin Aleksandrov Toksport WRT 2 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 3:16:46.3 +1:49.7 10 0 1 35 Emilio Rosselot Tomas Cañete Emilio Rosselot Citroën C3 Rally2 3:21:36.9 +6:40.3 8 0 0 34 Pedro Heller Pablo Olmos Pedro Heller Citroën C3 Rally2 3:21:48.7 +6:52.1 6 0 0 32 Fabrizio Zaldivar Marcelo Der Ohannesian Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 N Rally2 3:24:12.7 +9:16.1 4 0 0 29 Jorge Martínez Fontena Alberto Alvarez Nicholson Jorge Martínez Fontena Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo 3:29:09.9 +14:13.3 2 3 0 30 Emilio Fernández Borja Rozada Emilio Fernández Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo 3:30:43.2 +15:46.6 1 0 0 31 Bruno Bulacia José Luis Díaz Bruno Bulacia Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo 3:31:35.0 +16:38.4 0 0 0 39 Gerardo V. Rosselot Marcelo Brizio Gerardo V. Rosselot Citroën C3 Rally2 3:52:43.4 +37:46.8 0 0 0 40 Eduardo Kovacs Ruben Garcia Eduardo Kovacs Škoda Fabia R5 4:21:18.1 +1:06:21.5 0 0 0 24 Emil Lindholm Reeta Hämäläinen Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Accident damage 0 0 0 25 Kajetan Kajetanowicz Maciej Szczepaniak Kajetan Kajetanowicz Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Rear suspension 0 0 0 37 Martin Scuncio Javiera Roman Martin Scuncio Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Rolled 0 0 0 36 Benjamin Israel Matias Ramos Benjamin Israel Citroën C3 Rally2 Withdrawn 0 0 0 27 Marco Bulacia Diego Vallejo Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Accident damage 0 0 0 38 Germán Lyon Sebastian Vera Germán Lyon Citroën C3 Rally2 Accident 0 0 0
Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
44 Eduardo Castro Fernando Mussano Eduardo Castro Ford Fiesta Rally3 3:36:41.7 0.0 25 41 Diego Dominguez Jr Rogelio Peñate Diego Dominguez Jr Ford Fiesta Rally3 Withdrawn 0
Stage Winners Car Time Class leaders
Dominguez Jr / Peñate Ford Fiesta Rally3 4:27.4 —N/a Dominguez Jr / Peñate Ford Fiesta Rally3 11:49.4 Dominguez Jr / Peñate Dominguez Jr / Peñate Ford Fiesta Rally3 7:55.2 Dominguez Jr / Peñate Ford Fiesta Rally3 14:23.5 Dominguez Jr / Peñate Ford Fiesta Rally3 11:32.9 Castro / Mussano Ford Fiesta Rally3 7:59.8 Stage cancelled Dominguez Jr / Peñate Ford Fiesta Rally3 19:27.1 Dominguez Jr / Peñate Dominguez Jr / Peñate Ford Fiesta Rally3 15:30.6 Castro / Mussano Ford Fiesta Rally3 20:05.2 Dominguez Jr / Peñate Ford Fiesta Rally3 19:03.6 Dominguez Jr / Peñate Ford Fiesta Rally3 15:47.8 Dominguez Jr / Peñate Ford Fiesta Rally3 19:33.1 Dominguez Jr / Peñate Ford Fiesta Rally3 8:54.8 Castro / Mussano Ford Fiesta Rally3 8:53.6 Castro / Mussano Ford Fiesta Rally3 9:08.3 Castro / Mussano Castro / Mussano Ford Fiesta Rally3 8:42.7
Bold text indicates 2023 World Champions.
Pos. Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships
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
Official website (in Spanish and English)2023 Rally Chile at eWRC-results.com
2023 Rally Chile at rally-maps.com (in English, German, and Polish)
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