2013 Codasur South American Rally Championship

The 2013 Codasur South American Rally Championship season was an international rally championship sanctioned by the FIA and run by the Confederacion Deportiva Automovilismo Sudamericana (Codasur). The championship is contested over four events held in four countries across South America, running from May to November. The championship was won by Paraguayan driver Gustavo Saba driving a Škoda Fabia. It was Saba's third consecutive title and he became the first three-time champion.

2013 saw a reduced calendar with Argentine event Rally de Misiones Posadas removed from the calendar and a much later start to the season with the Rally de Erechim in Brazil in May.

Reigning champion Gustavo Saba won all four events in his new car, a Super 2000 specification Škoda Fabia which replaced his Group N Mitsubishi Lancer. Mitsubishi Lancer driver Eduardo Peredo finished second in both the and while Ford Fiesta driver Miguel Zaldivar was second in both the Rally de Erechim and the Rally Transitapua. Peredo finished runner up in the championship ahead of Zalvidar on the basis of their other results.

Race calendar and results[]

The 2013 Codasur South American Rally Championship is as follows:^[1]

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers				Statistics
		Rank	Driver	Car	Time	Stages	Length	Starters	Finishers
1	Rally de Erechim (17–19 May)[2]	1	Gustavo Saba	Škoda Fabia S2000	1:33:45.7	12	144.20 km	63	34
		2		Ford Fiesta S2000	1:34:43.1
		3	Diego Domínguez	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	1:35:53.3
2	Rally Transitapua (5–7 July)[3]	1	Gustavo Saba	Škoda Fabia S2000	1:48:24.7	12	179.55 km	65	43
		2		Ford Fiesta S2000	1:49:32.6
		3		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	1:51:50.9
3	(23–25 August)[4]	1	Gustavo Saba	Škoda Fabia S2000	1:07:19.9	8	96.79 km	91	43
		2		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	1:09:53.5
		3		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	1:13:33.3
4	(22–24 November)[5]	1	Gustavo Saba	Škoda Fabia S2000	1:42:17.4	10	176.70 km	64	41
		2		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	1:44:01.3
		3		Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	1:44:19.5

Championship standings[]

The 2013 Codasur South American Rally Championship points are as follows:^[6]

Position Driver Vehicle ERE TRA SNC MIN Total 1 Gustavo Saba Škoda Fabia S2000 1 1 1 1 187 2 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 6 7 2 2 86.5 3 Ford Fiesta S2000 2 2 8 81 4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 4 Ret 6 4 59 5 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 3 31 6 Diego Domínguez Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 3 4 28 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X Ret 3 28 Subaru Impreza WRX STI 7 5 Ret Ret 28 9 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 5 Ret 23 10 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 3 22.5 11 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X Ret 4 20 12 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 4 19 13 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 5 18 14 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX Ret 6 15 Fernando Blanco Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 5 15 16 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 6 11 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 7 11 18 Enrique Pereira Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 8 Ret 7 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX Ret 8 7 Toyota Corolla S2000 Ret Ret 7 21 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X Ret 6 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 14 6 23 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 9 Ret 10 5 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 34 Ret 5 25 Ford Ka 8 4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 12 4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX Ret 23 4 28 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X Ford Fiesta S2000 Ret Ret 9 3.5 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII Ret 3.5 30 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 10 3 31 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 9 2 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX Ret 2 Subaru Impreza WRX STi Ret Ret 2 Ford Focus SVT Ret 16 9 Ret 2 35 Fiat Palio 10 12 1 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X Ret 10 1

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)

References[]

External links[]

• Official website