2013 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship

The 2013 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship season is an international rally championship sanctioned by the FIA. The championship is contested by a combination of regulations with Group N competing directly against Super 2000 cars for points. A new rally was added to the calendar, the first since Rally of Queensland in 2009, in the Thailand Rally.

Indian driver Gaurav Gill won the Asian-Pacific championship after many years in the series. Gill won the championship despite his Finnish team mate Esapekka Lappi winning more events. Gill wrapped the title up early as the only rival outside of the Team MRF squad, Subaru driver Sanjay Takle, did not attend the final round at the China Rally.

Australian driver Simon Knowles won the Pacific Cup held over the three Pacific ocean events. The Asia Cup was held over three of the four Asian events, with the China Rally being left out in favour of candidate rally, the Thailand Rally. The Asia Cup was won by New Zealand driver .

Race calendar and results[]

The 2013 APRC is as follows:^[1]

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers				Statistics
		Rank	Driver	Car	Time	Stages	Length	Starters	Finishers
1	International Rally of Whangarei (18–19 May)	1	Hayden Paddon	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	2:47:48.4	16	288.16 km	52	28
		2	Esapekka Lappi	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:51:18.3
		3		Subaru Impreza WRX	2:51:54.0
2	Rallye de Nouvelle-Calédonie (14–16 June)	1	Gaurav Gill	Škoda Fabia S2000	1:57:12.3	17	236.59 km	21	8
		2		Renault Clio R3	2:05:07.6
		3		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	2:14:31.7
3	International Rally of Queensland (13–14 July)	1		Honda Jazz	2:07:51.0	21	214.06 km	57	36
		2	Esapekka Lappi	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:08:43.8
		3		Renault Clio R3	2:10:37.6
4	Malaysian Rally (24–25 August)	1		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	3:14:29.6	15	219.90 km	34	21
		2		Subaru Impreza WRX STi	3:16:37.3
		3		Subaru Impreza WRX STi	3:18:24.1
5	Rally Hokkaido (28–29 September)	1	Gaurav Gill	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:26:26.2	18	232.32 km	81	41
		2		Subaru Impreza WRX STi	2:27:03.2
		3	Fumio Nutahara	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	2:27:04.2
6	China Rally (2–3 November)	1	Esapekka Lappi	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:01:46.9	13	230.92 km	72	22
		2	Niall McShea	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:05:06.4
		3	Gaurav Gill	Škoda Fabia S2000	3:07:24.3
7	Thailand Rally (7–8 December)	1		Subaru Impreza WRX STi	3:06:31.7	13	229.80 km	14	5
		2		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	3:12:38.8
		3		Toyota Vitz	3:20:25.7

Championship standings[]

The 2013 APRC for Drivers points is as follows:^[2]

Position Driver Vehicle NZL NCL AUS MAL JPN CHN Total 1 Gaurav Gill Škoda Fabia S2000 2 12 1 10.5 Ret 6 Ret 7 1 14 2 10 145.5 2 Esapekka Lappi Škoda Fabia S2000 1 14 Ret 1 14 Ret Ret 1 14 117 3 Subaru Impreza WRX STi 4 7 2 9 2 11 Ret 2 11 104 4 Toyota Vitz 3 9 Ret 4 1 13 3 11 92 5 Subaru Impreza WRX STI Proton Satria Neo Ret 5 3 8 Ret 5 4 8 53

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

Note: ¹ – ¹² refers to the bonus points awarded for each leg of the rally for the first five place getters, 1st (7), 2nd (5), 3rd (3), 4th (2), 5th (1). There are two bonus legs for each rally.

Pacific Cup[]

Position	Driver	Vehicle	NZL	NCL	AUS	Total
1	Simon Knowles	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	4 8	2 9	1 13	85
2	Gaurav Gill	Škoda Fabia S2000	1 14	1 10.5	Ret 7	71.5
3		Subaru Impreza WRX STI	2 12	Ret		30
4		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	3 10	Ret		25
5		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	Ret 3	Ret		3

Asia Cup[]

Position	Driver	Vehicle	MAL	JPN	THA	Total
1		Toyota Vitz	2 10	5 8	1 11	82
2		Subaru Impreza WRX STi	1 13	2 12	Ret	68
3		Subaru Impreza WRX STI	Ret 7	1 14	Ret 7	53
4		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	4 6	4 8	Ret 5	43
5		Suzuki Swift	3 10	Ret	Ret 5	30
6		Subaru Impreza WRX STi	Ret	3 8	Ret 6	29
7		Proton Satria Neo	Ret 4	6 4		16

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• APRC Live Podcast
• APRC News and Video