Rally Italy 2013

 Rally Italy 2013

Racing data
7th of 13 races in the 2013 World Rally Championship
Surname:	Rally Italy Sardinia
Date:	20.-22. June 2013
Begin:	Olbia
Exams:	16 tests over 305.22 km
Distance:	1183.52 km
Covering:	gravel
Podium
First:	Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Motorsport
Second:	Thierry Neuville Qatar World Rally Team
Third:	Jari-Matti Latvala Volkswagen Motorsport

The 10th Rally Sardinia , also called Rally Italy Sardinia, lasted from June 20 to 22, 2013. A total of 16 special stages were driven on gravel.

Thierry Neuville

Reports

Qualifying (Thursday, June 20)

Jari-Matti Latvala completed the 3.86 kilometers on gravel in 3: 12.65 minutes, faster than anyone else, he chose 13th place on the grid for the rally start on Friday.

Day 1 (Friday, June 21)

Some dramas already happened in the first exams. In the very first special stage, Jari-Matti Latvala lost a lot of time due to a puncture. Evgeny Novikov rolled over in the second special stage and stayed on the roof. For the duo Novikov / Minor the rally was already over. Sébastien Ogier had no problems . He finished the day with a lead of 46.6 seconds over Hirvonen. Ford drivers Neuville and Østberg fought for third place. Neuville claimed third place because he won two special stages. The two night stages went to Latvala in a VW Polo R WRC. He was now in fifth place and only 24.6 seconds behind Sordo. Mikko Hirvonen , Dani Sordo and Thierry Neuville drove for places 2 to 4 . Hirvonen was the fastest and kept Neuville at a distance of 6.2 seconds. At the beginning Mads Østberg also mixed for the places, but after a rollover in the eighth special stage, the rally was over for him.

Day 2 (Saturday, June 22nd)

Hirvonen set the fastest time in the ninth special stage. However, he made a driving mistake and landed in the ditch in the following special stage, also after a rollover. Neuville slipped up to second place. Latvala put more and more pressure on and overtook Sordo in third place. He didn't catch up with Thierry Neuville until the end of the day. In the power stage, Ogier scored three additional points for the world championship, Neuville two and Latvala came third. Ogier controlled the rally on the last day and won by 1: 16.8 minutes ahead of Thierry Neuville. Robert Kubica (Citroën DS3 RRC) also won the WRC-2 class standings in Sardinia . Sepp Wiegand had to give up on Friday after a technical defect on the Škoda Fabia S2000.

Registration list

No team class driver Co-driver automobile 2 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT WRC Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen Citroën DS3 WRC 3 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT WRC Dani Sordo Carlos del Barrio Citroën DS3 WRC 4th M-Sport World Rally Team WRC Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson Ford Fiesta RS WRC 5 M-Sport World Rally Team WRC Evgeny Novikov Ilka Minor Ford Fiesta RS WRC 6th Qatar World Rally Team WRC Elfyn Evans Giovanni Bernacchini Ford Fiesta RS WRC 7th Volkswagen Motorsport WRC Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila Volkswagen Polo R WRC 8th Volkswagen Motorsport WRC Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Volkswagen Polo R WRC 9 Volkswagen Motorsport WRC Andreas Mikkelsen Mikko Markkula Volkswagen Polo R WRC 10 Abu Dhabi Citroën Total WRT WRC Khalid Al Qassimi Scott Martin Citroën DS3 WRC 11 Qatar World Rally Team WRC Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul Ford Fiesta RS WRC 12 Lotus Team WRC WRC Michał Kościuszko Maciej Szczepaniak Mini Cooper Works WRC 21st Jipocar ​​Czech National Team WRC Martin Prokop Michal Ernst Ford Fiesta RS WRC 22nd Andersson Pergunnar WRC Per-Gunnar Andersson Emil Axelsson Ford Fiesta RS WRC 23 Brazil World Rally Team WRC Daniel Oliveira Carlos Magalhaes Ford Fiesta RS WRC 32 Škoda Auto Germany WRC-2 Sepp Wiegand Frank Christian Škoda Fabia S2000 33 Stohl Racing WRC-2 Armin Kremer Klaus Wicha Subaru Impreza 36 Skydive Dubai Rally Team WRC-2 Rashid al Ketbi Karina Hepperle Škoda Fabia S2000 37 Lorenzo Bertelli WRC-2 Lorenzo Bertelli Mitia Dotta Ford Fiesta RRC 40 Arman Smailov WRC-2 Arman Smailov Andrei Rusov Subaru Impreza WRX STi 41 Nicolàs Fox WRC-2 Nicolàs Fox Fernando Mussano Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X 45 Alexander Villanueva WRC-2 Alexander Villanueva Óscar Sánchez Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 46 Marco Vallario WRC-2 Marco Vallario Antonio Pascale Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 48 Seashore Qatar Rally Team WRC-2 Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari Killian Duffy Ford Fiesta RRC 49 Mentos Ascania Racing WRC-2 Oleksiy Kikireshko Sergei Larens Mini John Cooper Works S2000 50 Mentos Ascania Racing WRC-2 Valeriy Gorban Volodymir Corsia Mini John Cooper Works S2000 51 Sébastien Chardonnet WRC-3 Sébastien Chardonnet Thibault de la Haye Citroën DS3 R3T 52 Quentin Gilbert WRC-3 Quentin Gilbert Isabelle Galmiche Citroën DS3 R3T 53 Saintéloc Racing WRC-3 Alastair Fisher Gordon Noble Citroën DS3 R3T 56 Francesco Parli WRC-3 Francesco Parli Tania Canton Citroën DS3 R3T 57 Federico Della Casa WRC-3 Federico Della Casa Marco Menchini Citroën DS3 R3T 58 ADAC team Weser-Ems WRC-3 Christian Riedemann Lara Vanneste Citroën DS3 R3T 59 Bryan Bouffier WRC-3 Bryan Bouffier Xavier Panseri Citroën DS3 R3T 60 Charles Hurst, Citroën Belfast WRC-3 Keith Cronin Marshall Clarke Citroën DS3 R3T 61 Saintéloc Racing WRC-3 Simone Campedelli Danilo Fappani Citroën DS3 R3T 62 Stéphane Consani WRC-3 Stéphane Consani Maxim Vilmot Citroën DS3 R3T 71 Motortune Racing WRC-2 Ala'a Rasheed Joseph Matar Ford Fiesta RRC 72 Juan Carlos Alonso WRC-2 Juan Carlos Alonso Juan Pablo Monasterolo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 74 Robert Kubica WRC-2 Robert Kubica Maciek Baran Citroën DS3 RRC 82 MM Motorsport WRC-2 Yuriy Protasov Kuldar Sikk Ford Fiesta RRC 83 Oleksiy Tamrazov WRC-2 Oleksiy Tamrazov Pavlo Cherepin Ford Fiesta RRC source

Icon class WRC WRC works teams and private teams registered for manufacturer points WRC Factory teams and private teams registered for non-manufacturer points WRC-2 Registered for WRC-2 WRC-3 Registered for WRC-3

Classifications

Bottom line

rank	driver	Co-driver	automobile	time	Residue	Points + power stage
WRC
01	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3: 22: 57.9		25 + 3
02	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3: 24: 14.7	01: 16.8	16 + 2
03	Jari-Matti Latvala	Mikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3: 24: 45.9	01: 48.0	14 + 1
04th	Dani Sordo	Carlos del Barrio	Citroën DS3 WRC	3: 26: 17.1	03: 19.2	12
05	Martin Prokop	Michael Ernst	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3: 31: 32.0	08: 34.1	10
06th	Elfyn Evans	Giovanni Bernacchini	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3: 34: 49.7	11: 51.8	08th
07th	Michal Kosciuszko	Maciej Szczepaniak	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3: 34: 50.6	11: 52.7	06th
08th	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3: 36: 19.4	13: 21.5	04th
09	Robert Kubica	Maciej Baran	Citroën DS3 RRC	3: 39: 45.5	16: 47.6	02
10	Khalid Al-Qassimi	Scott Martin	Citroën DS3 WRC	3: 40: 17.8	17: 19.9	01
WRC 2
1 0(9)	Robert Kubica	Maciej Baran	Citroën DS3 RRC	3: 39: 45.5		25th
2 (11)	Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari	Killian Duffy	Ford Fiesta RRC	3: 44: 02.5	4: 17.0	18th
3 (12)	Lorenzo Bertelli	Mittia Dotta	Ford Fiesta RRC	3: 46: 04.0	6: 18.5	15th
WRC-3
1 (16)	Christian Riedemann	Lara Vanneste	Citroën DS3 R3T	3: 52: 39.9		25th
2 (17)	Keith Cronin	Marshall Clarke	Citroën DS3 R3T	3: 57: 45.3	5: 05.4	18th
3 (19)	Quentin Gilbert	Isabelle Galmiche	Citroën DS3 R3T	4: 01: 59.2	9: 19.3	15th
source

Special stages

Day	WP number	WP name	length	WP winner	time	Ø km / h	leader
Day 1 June 21	WP1	Monte Lerno 1	31.08 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	19: 20.2	096.4 km / h	Sébastien Ogier
	WP2	Castelsardo 1	14.00 km	Jari-Matti Latvala Mikka Anttila	10: 32.7	079.7 km / h
	WP3	Tergu-Osilo 1	14.93 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	10: 03.5	089.1 km / h
	WP4	Castelsardo 2	14.00 km	Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul	10: 18.5	081.5 km / h
	WP5	Tergu-Osilo 2	14.93 km	Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul	09: 46.9	091.6 km / h
	WP6	Monte Lerno 1	31.08 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	19: 00.0	098.1 km / h
	WP7	Gallura 1	13.55 km	Jari-Matti Latvala Mikka Anttila	10: 45.3	075.6 km / h
	WP8	Gallura 2	13.55 km	Jari-Matti Latvala Mikka Anttila	10: 39.6	076.3 km / h
Day 2 June 22nd	WP9	Monte Olia 1	19.27 km	Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen	13: 43.0	084.3 km / h
	WP10	Terranova 1	14.82 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	10: 36.9	083.8 km / h
	WP11	Monti di Alà 1	22.25 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	13: 38.9	097.8 km / h
	WP12	Coiluna Loelle 1	22.35 km	Jari-Matti Latvala Mikka Anttila	13: 47.0	097.3 km / h
	WP13	Monte Olia 2	19.27 km	Jari-Matti Latvala Mikka Anttila	13: 19.3	086.8 km / h
	WP14	Terranova 2	14.82 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	10: 18.3	086.3 km / h
	WP15	Monti di Alà 1 ( power stage )	22.25 km	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	13: 03.6	102.2 km / h
	WP16	Coiluna Loelle 2	22.35 km	Jari-Matti Latvala Mikka Anttila	13: 26.1	099.8 km / h
source

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 http://www.wrc.com/

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} motorsport-total.com - website: Rally d'Italia-Sardegna: motorsport-total.com/rallye/saison/Rallye_Sardinien/ . Retrieved November 10, 2013 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} wrc.com -Internetseite: Rally Italy: wrc.com/results/2013/rally-ditalia-sardegna/entry-list/. Retrieved November 10, 2013 .