Rally Australia 2013
| Racing data | |
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| 10th of 13 races of the 2013 World Rally Championship | |
| Surname: | Rally Australia |
| Date: | 12-15 September 2013 |
| Begin: | Coffs Harbor |
| Exams: | 22 tests over 352.4 km |
| Distance: | 808.86 km |
| Covering: | gravel |
| Podium | |
| First: |
 Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Motorsport
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| Second: |
 Thierry Neuville Qatar World Rally Team
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| Third: |
 Mikko Hirvonen Citroën Total World Rally Team
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The 22nd Rally Australia took place from September 12th to 15th, 2013. A total of 22 special stages were driven on gravel.
Reports
Day 1 (Thursday, September 12th)
The qualification was won by Citroën driver Kris Meeke , who replaced Dani Sordo in Australia, although Sordo had won in Germany. After the first two special stages, Andreas Mikkelsen leads the rally in the overall standings ahead of Kris Meeke and Jari-Matti Latvala . The three fastest and Sébastien Ogier in fourth moved within 1.5 seconds.
Day 2 (Friday, September 13th)
Sébastien Ogier experienced an almost perfect day in the VW Polo R WRC, winning seven of eight special stages. Only Mikko Hirvonen in the Citroën DS3 WRC was able to win a stage that day. In the evening Hirvonen was 20 seconds behind Ogier.
3rd day (Saturday, September 14th)
Ogier was still on course for victory and further increased the lead over Hirvonen. Thierry Neuville in the Ford Fiesta WRC secured third place with solid drives on Saturday's special stages. If there were no changes to this classification on Sunday, Ogier would be world champion early on.
4th day (Sunday, September 15th)
Sébastien Ogier won the Rally Australia , but it wasn't quite enough for the world championship title. Thierry Neuville moved up to second place due to a tire damage by Hirvonen and because he also finished second in the power stage and thus earned two additional world championship points, it was not enough for the world championship despite winning the rally and power stage -Title by Ogier / Ingrassia. Despite the mishap, Hirvonen finished third ahead of Jari-Matti Latvala .
Registration list
Vehicles not registered as WRC or WRC-2 were not included in this list.
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Classifications
Bottom line
| rank | driver | Co-driver | automobile | time | Residue | Points + power stage | ||||
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| WRC | ||||||||||
| 1 |
Sébastien Ogier
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Julien Ingrassia
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 3: 19: 55.0 | 25 + 3 | |||||
| 2 |
Thierry Neuville
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Nicolas Gilsoul
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Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 3: 21: 27.1 | 1: 32.1 | 18 + 2 | ||||
| 3 |
Mikko Hirvonen
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Jarmo Lehtinen
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Citroën DS3 WRC | 3: 21: 57.1 | 2: 02.1 | 15th | ||||
| 4th |
Jari-Matti Latvala
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Miikka Anttila
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 3: 22: 52.4 | 2: 57.4 | 12 | ||||
| 5 |
 Mads Østberg
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 Jonas Andersson
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Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 3: 23: 12.2 | 3: 17.2 | 10 | ||||
| 6th |
Andreas Mikkelsen
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 Paul Nagle
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 3: 23: 32.6 | 3: 37.6 | 8th | ||||
| 7th |
 Evgeny Novikov
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 Ilka Minor
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Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 3: 27: 26.2 | 7: 31.2 | 6 + 1 | ||||
| 8th |
 Nathan Quinn
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Glenn McNeall
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Mini Cooper WRC | 3: 33: 05.2 | 13: 10.2 | 4th | ||||
| 9 |
 Khalid Al-Qassimi
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Scott Martin
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Citroën DS3 WRC | 3: 35: 12.6 | 15: 17.6 | 2 | ||||
| 10 |
 Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari
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Killian Duffy
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Ford Fiesta RRC | 3: 37: 22.7 | 17: 27.7 | 1 | ||||
| WRC-2 | ||||||||||
| 1 (10) |
Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari
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Killian Duffy
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Ford Fiesta RRC | 3: 37: 22.7 | 25th | |||||
| 2 (11) |
 Yuriy Protasov
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 Kuldar Sikk
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Ford Fiesta R5 | 3: 38: 36.1 | 1: 13.4 | 18th | ||||
| 3 (12) |
 Yazeed Al-Rajhi
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Michael Orr
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Ford Fiesta RRC | 3: 44: 23.7 | 7: 01.0 | 15th | ||||
| 4 (13) |
 Arman Smailov
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Andrey Rusov
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Subaru Impreza STi | 4: 04: 59.4 | 27: 36.7 | 12 | ||||
| 5 (16) |
 Hayden Paddon
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John Kennard
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Škoda Fabia S2000 | 4: 07: 46.9 | 30: 24.2 | 10 | ||||
| 6 (17) |
 Alejandro Lombardo
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 Alex Haro
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Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | 4: 13: 40.9 | 36: 18.2 | 8th | ||||
| 7 (20) |
Carlos Garcia Fessman
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 Hugo Magalhães
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Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | 4: 25: 52.8 | 48: 30.1 | 6th | ||||
| 8 (21) |
Jose Alexander Gelvez
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Borja Rozada
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Mini Cooper S2000 | 4: 38: 47.3 | 1: 01: 24.6 | 4th | ||||
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Special stages
| Day | WP number |
WP name |
length | WP winner | time | Ø km / h | leader | |||
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| Day 1 Sep 12 |
WP1 | Coffs 1 | 1.60 km |
Andreas Mikkelsen Paul Nagle
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1: 22.1 | 70.2 km / h |
Andreas Mikkelsen
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| WP2 | Coffs 2 | 1.60 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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1: 23.1 | 69.3 km / h | |||||
| Day 2 Sept. 13 |
WP3 | Tuckers Nob 1 | 8.44 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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5: 27.9 | 92.7 km / h |
Sébastien Ogier
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| WP4 | Bellingen 1 | 10.72 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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6: 26.1 | 100.0 km / h | |||||
| WP5 | Newry 1 | 24.91 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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15: 10.1 | 98.5 km / h | |||||
| WP6 | Tuckers Nob 2 | 8.44 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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5: 20.8 | 94.7 km / h | |||||
| WP7 | Bellingen 2 | 10.72 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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6: 15.4 | 102.8 km / h | |||||
| WP8 | Newry 2 | 24.91 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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14: 38.8 | 102.0 km / h | |||||
| WP9 | Coffs 3 | 1.60 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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1: 20.8 | 71.3 km / h | |||||
| WP10 | Coffs 4 | 1.60 km |
Jari-Matti Latvala Mikka Anttila
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1: 19.8 | 72.2 km / h | |||||
| Day 3 Sept. 14 |
WP11 | Nambucca 1 | 49.90 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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28: 19.7 | 105.7 km / h | ||||
| WP12 | Valla 1 | 14.84 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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8: 47.3 | 101.3 km / h | |||||
| WP13 | Nambucca 2 | 49.90 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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27: 41.3 | 108.1 km / h | |||||
| WP14 | Valla 2 | 14.84 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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8: 34.3 | 103.9 km / h | |||||
| WP15 | Coffs 5 | 1.60 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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1: 23.3 | 69.1 km / h | |||||
| WP16 | Coffs 6 | 1.60 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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1: 21.4 | 70.8 km / h | |||||
| Day 4 Sept 15th |
WP17 | Bucca 1 | 10.89 km |
Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen
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6: 19.5 | 103.3 km / h | ||||
| WP18 | Wedding Bells 1 | 22.24 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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11: 29.0 | 116.2 km / h | |||||
| WP19 | Shipmans 1 | 29.44 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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15: 08.7 | 116.6 km / h | |||||
| WP20 | Bucca 2 | 10.89 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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6: 07.7 | 106.6 km / h | |||||
| WP21 | Wedding Bells 2 | 22.24 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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11: 11.2 | 119.3 km / h | |||||
| WP22 | Shipmans 2 (power stage) | 29.44 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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14: 44.9 | 119.8 km / h | |||||
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Media (German)
Web
The official website of the World Rally Championship, wrc.com, reported live from the event every day. The websites rallye-magazin.de, volkswagen-motorsport.de, motorsport-magazin.com and motorsport-total.com, along with other magazines, kept those interested in rallying up to date.
TV
The station Sport1 brought daily a minimum of 30 minutes long daily report. ServusTV broadcast a 60-minute summary in the evening program on the Monday after the rally. The ORF reported on the Sunday after the rally in the motorsport magazine "DRIVE!" in German and occasionally on ORF SPORT + in English.
Web links
- Information and results at wrc.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d motorsport-total.com - website: Rallye Australia: motorsport-total.com/rallye/saison/Rallye_Australien . Retrieved November 16, 2013 .
- ↑ a b wrc.com website: Final Results: wrc.com/results/2013/coates-hire-rally-australia/final-results/ . Retrieved November 17, 2013 .
- ↑ wrc.com -Internetseite: Stage Times: wrc.com/results/2013/rally-australia/stage-times/. Retrieved November 17, 2013 .
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