Rally Monte Carlo 2013
| Racing data | |
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| 1st of 13 races of the 2013 World Rally Championship | |
| Surname: | Rally Monte Carlo |
| Date: | 15-20 January 2013 |
| Begin: | Monte Carlo |
| Exams: | 16 tests over 436.02 km |
| Distance: | 1481.25 km |
| Covering: | Asphalt, ice and snow |
| Podium | |
| First: |
 Sébastien Loeb Citroën Total World Rally Team
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| Second: |
Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Motorsport
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| Third: |
 Dani Sordo Citroën Total World Rally Team
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The 81st Monte Carlo Rally lasted from January 15 to 20, 2013. A total of 18 special stages were driven on asphalt and partly on snow and ice. It has not snowed as hard since 2000 as it did this year. The drivers and teams were challenged. Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena have already won the rally six times. Volkswagen made its debut in Monte Carlo and went straight to the podium, Sébastien Ogier took second place behind Loeb. 40 years ago, in 1973, the Monte Carlo Rally was the first ever World Rally Championship round.
Reports
Shakedown (Tuesday January 15)
Day 1 (Wednesday, January 16)
Some timing problems weren't the only difficulties on the first day, ice and snow also bothered the drivers and the organizers. Some sections were dry, others covered with snow. Sébastien Loeb won one special stage in the morning and two in the afternoon and led the field. The VW Polo drivers Sébastien Ogier and Jari-Matti Latvala could not keep up with Loeb. Latvala had a puncture on the last special stage of the day and fell back. Mikko Hirvonen is third behind Ogier and team mate Dani Sordo is fourth. Thierry Neuville has to park his Ford Fiesta RS during the fourth special stage due to a technical defect. Since no rule 2 regulations were applied in Monte Carlo , the 1st World Championship run of the 2013 season was over for Neuville after the first day .
Day 2 (Thursday, January 17th)
With rather restrained drives, Loeb leads with a lead of 1:35 minutes even after the 2nd day before Ogier. Dani Sordo, Evgeny Novikov and Mikko Hirvonen drove for third place. Hirvonen was almost three and a half minutes behind team-mate Loeb. Why Sordo and Hirvonen were so much slower, also with the Citroën DS3, than Loeb is inexplicable to them. Juho Hänninen set the first fastest time of his career in the ninth special stage with the Ford Fiesta RS. He was in seventh place overall.
3rd day (Friday, January 18)
Sébastien Loeb is heading for his seventh victory in the Monte Carlo Rally and is already 1:47 minutes ahead of Ogier. The twelfth special stage was particularly slippery and dangerous. Nevertheless, Evgeny Novikov overtook his next opponent Dani Sordo and was third. Mads Østberg set the fastest time on the special stage in St. Nazaire le Desert with the Ford Fiesta from Team M-Sport.
4th day (Saturday, January 19th)
In his farewell year, Sébastien Loeb wins the Monte Carlo Rally with a lead of 1:39 minutes over Volkswagen driver Sébastien Ogier. In the afternoon, the Col de Turini special stage was on the agenda. Rain fell on the snow and that made the road almost impassable. Evgeny Novikov, who was in third place, as well as Jari-Matti Latvala and Juho Hänninen had an accident and had to give up the rally. Because of the many failures, the drivers Martin Prokop , Sepp Wiegand , Olivier Burri and Michal Kosciuszko were able to achieve points in the World Championship. The night test at Col de Turini was canceled due to the difficult weather conditions and the too many spectators. Thus, no additional points were awarded for the power stage. A decision that was supported by drivers and teams.
Award ceremony (Sunday, January 20)
The traditional award ceremony took place at 11 a.m. in Monaco on the Place du Palais with Sébastien Loeb and co-driver Daniel Elena on top of the podium, Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia , and third place Dani Sordo and Carlos Del Barrio .
Registration list
Vehicles not registered as WRC, WRC-2, WRC-3 or WRC-Junior were not included in this list.
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Classifications
Bottom line
| rank | No | driver | Co-driver | team | automobile | class | time | Residue | World Championship points WRC |
World Championship points WRC 2 |
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| Overall ranking | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 |
Sébastien Loeb
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 Daniel Elena
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Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT
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Citroën DS3 WRC | WRC | 5: 18: 57.2 | 25th | ||
| 2 | 8th |
Sébastien Ogier
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Julien Ingrassia
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Volkswagen Motorsport
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | WRC | 5: 20: 37.1 | 1: 39.9 | 18th | |
| 3 | 10 |
Dani Sordo
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Carlos del Barrio
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Abu Dhabi Citroën Total WRT
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Citroën DS3 WRC | WRC | 5: 22: 46.2 | 3: 49.0 | 15th | |
| 4th | 2 |
 Mikko Hirvonen
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Jarmo Lehtinen
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Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT
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Citroën DS3 WRC | WRC | 5: 24: 23.5 | 5: 26.3 | 12 | |
| 5 | 22nd |
Bryan Bouffier
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Xavier Panseri
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Bryan Bouffier
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Citroën DS3 WRC | WRC | 5: 27: 10.3 | 8: 13.1 | 10 | |
| 6th | 4th |
 Mads Østberg
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 Jonas Andersson
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 Qatar M-Sport WRT
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Ford Fiesta RS WRC | WRC | 5: 31: 00.9 | 12: 03.7 | 8th | |
| 7th | 21st |
 Martin Prokop
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Michal Ernst
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Jipocar Czech National Team
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Ford Fiesta RS WRC | WRC | 5: 42: 24.5 | 23: 27.3 | 6th | |
| 8th | 32 |
Sepp Wiegand
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Frank Christian
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Škoda Auto Germany
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Škoda Fabia S2000 | WRC-2 | 5: 48: 31.7 | 29: 34.5 | 4th | 25 (WRC 2) |
| 9 | 42 |
 Olivier Burri
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André Saucy
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Olivier Burri
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Peugeot 207 S2000 | n / A | 5: 54: 35.4 | 35: 38.2 | 2 | |
| 10 | 12 |
 Michał Kościuszko
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Maciej Szczepaniak
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 Lotus Team WRC
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Mini Cooper Works WRC | WRC | 5: 55: 25.2 | 36: 28.0 | 1 | |
| 11 | 33 |
Armin Kremer
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Klaus Wicha
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 Stohl Racing
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Subaru Impreza | WRC-2 | 5: 56: 57.5 | 38: 00.3 | 18 (WRC 2) | |
| 12 | 39 |
 Yuriy Protasov
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 Kuldar Sikk
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 Symtech Racing
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Subaru Impreza | WRC-2 | 5: 59: 53.0 | 40: 55.8 | 15 (WRC 2) | |
| 13 | 51 |
Sébastien Chardonnet
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Thibault de la Haye
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Sébastien Chardonnet
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Citroën DS3 R3T | WRC-3 | 6: 04: 28.2 | 45: 31.0 | 25 (WRC 3) | |
| 17th | 36 |
 Rashid al Ketbi
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Karina Hepperle
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Skydive Dubai Rally Team
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Škoda Fabia S2000 | WRC-2 | 6: 14: 30.2 | 55: 33.0 | 12 (WRC 2) | |
| 29 | 38 |
 Ricardo Triviño
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Àlex Haro
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Moto Club Igualda
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Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X | WRC-2 | 6: 36: 58.3 | 1: 18: 01.1 | 10 (WRC 2) | |
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Failures
In contrast to the other World Rally Championship races in 2013, the Rule 2 regulations were not applied.
| WP | No | driver | Co-driver | team | automobile | class | reason | |||
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| - | 52 |
Quentin Gilbert
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Isabelle Galmiche
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Quentin Gilbert
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Citroën DS3 R3T | WRC-3 | Not at the start | |||
| WP 2 | 31 |
Esapekka Lappi
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Janne Ferm
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Škoda Motorsport
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Škoda Fabia S2000 | WRC-2 | accident | |||
| WP 2 | 34 |
Luca Betti
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Francesco Pezzoli
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Symtech Racing
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Peugeot 207 S2000 | WRC-2 | accident | |||
| WP 4 | 11 |
Thierry Neuville
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Nicolas Gilsoul
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Qatar World Rally Team
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Ford Fiesta RS WRC | WRC | accident | |||
| WP 9 | 53 |
Renaud Poutot
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Ludovic Viragh
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Sainteloc
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Citroën DS3 R3T | WRC-3 | accident | |||
| WP 10 | 24 |
Julien Maurin
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Nicolas Klinger
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Julien Maurin
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Ford Fiesta RS WRC | WRC | accident | |||
| WP 14 | 7th |
Jari-Matti Latvala
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Miikka Anttila
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Volkswagen Motorsport
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Volkswagen Polo R WRC | WRC | accident | |||
| WP 14 | 5 |
 Evgeny Novikov
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Ilka Minor
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Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team
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Ford Fiesta RS WRC | WRC | accident | |||
| WP 14 | 6th |
Juho Hänninen
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Tomi Tuominen
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Qatar World Rally Team
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Ford Fiesta RS WRC | WRC | Technical error | |||
| WP 14 | 37 |
Lorenzo Bertelli
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Lorenzo Granai
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Lorenzo Bertelli
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Subaru Impreza | WRC-2 | Technical error | |||
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Special stages
The 18th and last special stage had to be canceled. The special stage was planned for the power stage , so there were no additional championship points.
| Day | WP number |
WP name | length | WP winner | No | team | time | Ø km / h | leader |
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| Day 1 (Jan 16) | WP1 | Le Moulinon-Antraigues 1 | 37.10 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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8th |
Volkswagen Motorsport
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27: 31.8 | 80.89 km / h |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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| WP2 | Burzet — St. Martial 1 | 30.60 km |
Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena
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1 |
Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT
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25: 02.7 | 73.34 km / h |
Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena
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| WP3 | Le Moulinon-Antraigues 2 | 37.10 km |
Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena
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1 |
Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT
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25: 16.2 | 88.09 km / h | ||
| WP4 | Burzet — St. Martial 2 | 30.60 km |
Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena
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1 |
Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT
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21: 54.6 | 83.80 km / h | ||
| Day 2 (17th Jan) | WP5 | Labatie d'Andaure-Lalouvesc 1 | 19.08 km |
Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia
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8th |
Volkswagen Motorsport
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14: 22.3 | 79.68 km / h | |
| WP6 | St. Bonnet — St. Julien Molhesabate — St. Bonnet 1 | 25.45 km |
Evgeny Novikov Ilka Minor
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5 |
M-Sport World Rally Team
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18: 02.8 | 84.67 km / h | ||
| WP7 | Lamastre — Gilhoc — Alboussiere 1 | 21.72 km |
Evgeny Novikov Ilka Minor
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5 |
M-Sport World Rally Team
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17: 07.5 | 76.13 km / h | ||
| WP8 | Labatie d'Andaure-Lalouvesc 2 | 19.08 km |
Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena
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1 |
Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT
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13: 10.1 | 86.95 km / h | ||
| WP9 | St. Bonnet — St. Julien Molhesabate — St. Bonnet 2 | 25.45 km |
Juho Hänninen Tomi Tuominen
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6th |
Qatar World Rally Team
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17: 33.2 | 86.99 km / h | ||
| WP10 | Lamastre — Gilhoc — Alboussiere 2 | 21.72 km |
Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena
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1 |
Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT
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15: 43.0 | 82.55 km / h | ||
| Day 3 (Jan 18th) | WP11 | St. Jean-en-Royans — La Cime du Mas | 33.19 km |
Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena
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1 |
Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT
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20: 17.9 | 98.17 km / h | |
| WP12 | St. Nazaire le Desert — La Motte Chalancon | 22.11 km |
Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson
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4th |
M-Sport World Rally Team
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15: 29.5 | 87.56 km / h | ||
| WP13 | Sisteron-Thoard | 36.70 km |
Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena
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1 |
Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT
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24: 17.9 | 90.67 km / h | ||
| Day 4 (19th Jan) | WP14 | Moulinet — La Bollene Vesubie 1 | 23.45 km |
Bryan Bouffier Xavier Panseri
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22nd |
Bryan Bouffier
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23: 56.9 | 58.75 km / h | |
| WP15 | Lantosque-Lucéram 1 | 30.60 km |
Dani Sordo Carlos del Barrio
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10 |
Abu Dhabi Citroën Total WRT
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15: 02.7 | 122.12 km / h | ||
| WP16 | Moulinet — La Bollene Vesubie 2 | 23.45 km |
Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena
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1 |
Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT
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22: 08.8 | 63.56 km / h | ||
| WP17 | Moulinet — La Bollene Vesubie 3 | 23.45 km | WP canceled | ||||||
| WP18 | Lantosque — Lucéram 2 (power stage) |
18.95 km | |||||||
| Day | WP number |
WP name | length | WP winner | No | team | time | Ø km / h | leader |
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.
watch TV
The station Sport1 brought daily a minimum of 30 minutes long daily report. ServusTV broadcast a 60-minute summary on the Monday after the rally.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d motorsport-magazin.com - Website: Rallye Monte Carlo: motorsport-magazin.com. Retrieved October 22, 2013 .
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