2013 Rally de Portugal

2013 Rally Portugal 47º Rally de Portugal
Round 4 of the 2013 World Rally Championship season ← Previous event Next event →
Andreas Mikkelsen during Rally
Host country	Portugal
Rally base	Faro, Portugal
Dates run	April 11 – April 14, 2013
Stages	15 (386.73 km; 240.30 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Overall distance	163,092 km (101,341 miles)
Results
Overall winner	Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Motorsport
Crews	70 at start, 38 (+ 8 J-WRC) at finish

The 2013 Rally de Portugal was the fourth round of the 2013 World Rally Championship season. The event was based in Faro, Portugal, and started on 11 April and was concluded on 14 April after fifteen special stages, totaling 387 competitive kilometres, including a street stage in Lisbon on 12 April.

Report[]

Before the rally[]

The rally was preceded by the "Fafe Rally Sprint", a single-stage exhibition event run over the famous Fafe stages in the country's north which was won by Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT driver Dani Sordo.^[1] Dani Sordo won the rally's qualifying stage (5 km) and elected to run thirteenth (last WRC) on the road as a result. His strategy was followed by all competitors, resulting in an inverted starting order for the rally's first day.

Entry list[]

Thirteen World Rally Cars were entered into the event, as were twenty entries in the newly formed WRC-2 championship for cars built to Group N and Super 2000 regulations and nine WRC-3 entries. There was also ten entries in the debut of the Junior WRC.^[2]

Notable entrants No. Entrant Class Driver Co-driver Car Tyre 2 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT WRC Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen Citroën DS3 WRC M 3 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT WRC Dani Sordo Carlos del Barrio Citroën DS3 WRC M 4 Qatar M-Sport WRT WRC Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 5 Qatar M-Sport WRT WRC Evgeny Novikov Ilka Minor Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 6 Qatar World Rally Team WRC Nasser Al-Attiyah Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 7 Volkswagen Motorsport WRC Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila Volkswagen Polo R WRC M 8 Volkswagen Motorsport WRC Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Volkswagen Polo R WRC M 9 Volkswagen Motorsport II WRC Andreas Mikkelsen Volkswagen Polo R WRC M 10 Abu Dhabi Citroën Total WRT WRC Khalid Al Qassimi Scott Martin Citroën DS3 WRC M 11 Qatar World Rally Team WRC Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 12 Lotos Team WRC WRC Michał Kościuszko Maciej Szczepaniak Mini John Cooper Works WRC D 15 Qatar World Rally Team WRC Dennis Kuipers Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 21 Jipocar Czech National Team WRC Martin Prokop Ford Fiesta RS WRC D 31 Škoda Motorsport WRC-2 Esapekka Lappi Janne Ferm Škoda Fabia S2000 M 32 Škoda Auto Deutschland WRC-2 Sepp Wiegand Škoda Fabia S2000 M 36 WRC-2 Škoda Fabia S2000 D 37 Lorenzo Bertelli WRC-2 Lorenzo Bertelli Subaru Impreza WRX STi M 40 Arman Smailov WRC-2 Arman Smailov Subaru Impreza WRX STi M 41 Nicolàs Fuchs WRC-2 Nicolàs Fuchs Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X D 45 WRC-2 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X M 46 WRC-2 Antonio Pascale Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X D 48 WRC-2 Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari Ford Fiesta RRC M 49 Mentos Ascania Racing WRC-2 Oleksiy Kikireshko Mini John Cooper Works S2000 P 50 Mentos Ascania Racing WRC-2 Valeriy Gorban Mini John Cooper Works S2000 P 51 Sébastien Chardonnet WRC-3 Sébastien Chardonnet Citroën DS3 R3T M 52 Quentin Gilbert WRC-3 Quentin Gilbert Isabelle Galmiche Citroën DS3 R3T P 53 Saintéloc Racing WRC-3 Citroën DS3 R3T P 56 WRC-3 Citroën DS3 R3T P 57 WRC-3 Marco Menchini Citroën DS3 R3T P 58 ADAC Team Weser-Ems WRC-3 Citroën DS3 R3T P 59 Bryan Bouffier WRC-3 Bryan Bouffier Citroën DS3 R3T P 60 Citroën Belfast WRC-3 Keith Cronin Citroën DS3 R3T P 61 Saintéloc Racing WRC-3 Citroën DS3 R3T P 71 WRC-2 Ford Fiesta RRC M 72 WRC-2 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X D 73 WRC-2 Škoda Fabia S2000 M 74 Robert Kubica WRC-2 Robert Kubica Citroën DS3 RRC M 75 Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team WRC-2 Elfyn Evans Daniel Barritt Ford Fiesta RRC M 76 WRC-2 Ford Fiesta RRC M 77 Top Run SRL WRC-2 Marcos Ligato Subaru Impreza WRX STi M 78 WRC-2 Ford Fiesta RRC M 79 Robert Barrable WRC-2 Robert Barrable Stuart Loudon Ford Fiesta S2000 D 100 Sander Pärn J-WRC Sander Pärn Ford Fiesta R2 H 102 Pontus Tidemand J-WRC Pontus Tidemand Ola Fløene Ford Fiesta R2 H 103 J-WRC Martin Koči Ford Fiesta R2 H 104 J-WRC Ford Fiesta R2 H 105 J-WRC Cándido Carrera Ford Fiesta R2 H 106 J-WRC Ford Fiesta R2 H 107 J-WRC Ford Fiesta R2 H 108 J-WRC Ford Fiesta R2 H 109 Marius Aasen J-WRC Marius Aasen Ford Fiesta R2 H 110 J-WRC Ford Fiesta R2 H

Icon Class WRC WRC entries eligible to score manufacturer points WRC Major entry ineligible to score manufacturer points WRC-2 Registered to take part in WRC-2 championship WRC-3 Registered to take part in WRC-3 championship J-WRC Registered to take part in Junior WRC championship

Results[]

Event standings[]

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Overall Classification
1.	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	4:07:38.7	0.0	28
2.	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Citroën DS3 WRC	4:08:36.9	58.2	18
3.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	4:11:43.2	4:04.5	16
4.	Evgeny Novikov	Ilka Minor	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:13:06.4	5:27.7	12
5.	Nasser Al-Attiyah		Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:15:22.2	7:43.5	10
6.	Andreas Mikkelsen		Volkswagen Polo R WRC	4:17:18.5	9:39.8	8
7.	Martin Prokop		Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:22:42.9	15:04.2	6
8.	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:23:22.3	15:43.6	6
9.	Khalid Al Qassimi	Scott Martin	Citroën DS3 WRC	4:23:35.6	15:56.9	2
10. (1. WRC-2)	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Škoda Fabia S2000	4:23:59.7	16:21.0	1
WRC-2
1. (10.)	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Škoda Fabia S2000	4:23:59.7	0:00.0	25
2. (11.)	Robert Barrable	Stuart Loudon	Ford Fiesta S2000	4:35:36.2	11:36.5	18
3. (14.)	Sepp Wiegand		Škoda Fabia S2000	4:39:02.8	15:03.1	15
4. (15.)	Nicolàs Fuchs		Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	4:43:25.5	19:25.8	12
5. (16.)	Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari		Ford Fiesta RRC	4:45:33.1	21:33.4	10
6. (19.)	Robert Kubica		Citroën DS3 RRC	4:47:10.9	23:11.2	8
7. (22.)			Ford Fiesta RRC	4:50:36.1	26:36.4	6
8. (23.)	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	Ford Fiesta RRC	4:53:11.1	29:11.4	4
9. (24.)			Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	4:55:24.3	31:24.6	2
10. (25.)	Arman Smailov		Subaru Impreza WRX STi	4:58:52.5	34:52.8	1
WRC-3
1. (13.)	Bryan Bouffier		Citroën DS3 R3T	4:38:52.5	0:00.0	25
2. (20.)	Sébastien Chardonnet		Citroën DS3 R3T	4:48:59.1	10:06.6	18
3. (26.)	Quentin Gilbert	Isabelle Galmiche	Citroën DS3 R3T	5:04:43.8	25:51.3	15
4. (28.)			Citroën DS3 R3T	5:04:43.8	25:51.3	12
5. (31.)	Keith Cronin		Citroën DS3 R3T	5:04:43.8	25:51.3	10
6. (32.)			Citroën DS3 R3T	5:04:43.8	25:51.3	8
Junior WRC†
1.	Pontus Tidemand	Ola Fløene	Ford Fiesta R2	3:01:23.6	0.0	30
2.		Cándido Carrera	Ford Fiesta R2	3:03:50.5	2:26.9	20
3.			Ford Fiesta R2	3:04:34.3	3:10.7	17
4.			Ford Fiesta R2	3:06:51.5	5:27.9	12
5.	Martin Koči		Ford Fiesta R2	3:07:21.5	5:57.9	10
6.	Marius Aasen		Ford Fiesta R2	3:11:10.1	9:46.5	9
7.			Ford Fiesta R2	3:12:46.6	11:23.0	6
8.	Sander Pärn		Ford Fiesta R2	3:34:32.1	33:08.5	4

^† – The Junior WRC features only the first 11 stages of the rally.

Special stages[]

Day	Stage	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Rally leader
Leg 1 (12 Abr)	SS1	Mu 1	20.32 km	Sébastien Ogier	12:36.4	Sébastien Ogier
	SS2	Ourique 1	18.32 km	Mads Østberg	10:42.7	Mads Østberg
	SS3	Mu 2	20.32 km	Dani Sordo	12:31.4	Sébastien Ogier
	SS4	Ourique 2	18.32 km	Dani Sordo	10:36.1
	SS5	SSS Lisboa	3,27 km	Mikko Hirvonen	2:53.6
Leg 2 (13 Abr)	SS6	Santana da Serra 1	31.12 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	22:13.2
	SS7	Vascão 1	25.37 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	16:14.9
	SS8	Loulé 1	22.78 km	Sébastien Ogier	15:23.4
	SS9	Santana da Serra 2	31.12 km	Sébastien Ogier	22:02.7
	SS10	Vascão 2	25.37 km	Sébastien Ogier	16:08.2
	SS11	Loulé 2	22.78 km	Sébastien Ogier	15:18.4
Leg 3 (14 Abr)	SS12	Silves 1	21.52 km	Mads Østberg	12:05.0
	SS13	Almodôvar 1	52.30 km	Mads Østberg	33:05.2
	SS14	Silves 2	21.52 km	Mads Østberg	11:56.1
	SS15	Almodôvar 2 (Power Stage)	52.30 km	Sébastien Ogier	32:39.7

Power Stage[]

The "Power stage" was a 5,230 km (3,250 mi) stage at the end of the rally.

Pos	Driver	Time	Diff.	Points
1	Sébastien Ogier	32:39.7	0.000	3
2	Mads Østberg	32:43.0	+3.3	2
3	Jari-Matti Latvala	32:44.5	+4.9	1

Notable retirements[]

Stage	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Team	Car	Class	Cause
SS3	4	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Qatar M-Sport WRT	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	Crash

Championship standings after the event[]

FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers[]

Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Pos. Driver MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE ITA FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR Points 1 Sébastien Ogier 2 11 11 11 102 2 Mikko Hirvonen 4 17 2 2 48 3 Sébastien Loeb 1 2 43 4 Mads Østberg 6 33 112 82 32 5 Jari-Matti Latvala Ret 42 163 33 31 6 Dani Sordo 3 Ret 4 12 27 7 Thierry Neuville Ret 5 3 18 25 8 Nasser Al-Attiyah 5 5 20 9 Martin Prokop 7 7 9 7 20 10 Evgeny Novikov Ret 9 10 4 15 11 Bryan Bouffier 5 13 10 12 Juho Hänninen Ret 6 8 13 Chris Atkinson 6 8 14 Andreas Mikkelsen 6 8 15 Ken Block 7 6 16 Sepp Wiegand 8 13 14 4 17 Henning Solberg 8 4 18 Benito Guerra WD 8 4 19 Olivier Burri 9 2 20 Khalid Al Qassimi Ret 9 2 21 Michał Kościuszko 10 14 Ret Ret 1 22 Yazeed Al-Rajhi 10 WD 1 23 Esapekka Lappi Ret 10 1 Pos. Driver MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE ITA FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR Points

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) Notes: 1 2 3 – Indicate position on Power Stage

FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers[]

Pos. Manufacturer No. MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE ITA FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR Points 1 Volkswagen Motorsport 7 Ret 4 10 3 121 8 2 1 1 1 2 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team 1 1 2 107 2 4 9 2 2 3 4 9 3 Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team[N 1] 4 5 3 9 7 55 5 Ret 7 8 4 4 Qatar World Rally Team 6 Ret 5 36 11 Ret 5 3 10 5 Abu Dhabi Citroën Total World Rally Team 10 3 Ret 6 8 27 6 Jipocar Czech National Team 21 6 7 6 22 7 Lotos Team WRC[N 2] 12 6 8 Ret Ret 12 8 Volkswagen Motorsport II 9 5 10 Pos. Manufacturer No. MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE ITA FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR Points

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)

WRC2 Drivers' championship[]

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Pos. Driver MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE ITA FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR Points 1 Sepp Wiegand 1 3 3 55 2 Nicolás Fuchs 5 2 4 40 3 Yuriy Protasov 3 4 5 37 4 Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari 1 5 35 5 Ricardo Triviño 5 7 3 31 6 Armin Kremer 2 4 30 7 Yazeed Al-Rajhi 1 25 8 Esapekka Lappi Ret 1 25 9 Anders Grøndal 2 18 10 Robert Barrable 2 18 12 4 8 Ret 16 13 Arman Smailov 6 10 9 14 Robert Kubica 6 8 15 7 6 16 Elfyn Evans 8 4 17 9 Ret 2 18 9 2 19 Martin Hudec 10 1 Pos. Driver MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE ITA FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR Points

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)

WRC3 Drivers' Championship[]

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Pos. Driver MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE ITA FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR Points 1 Sébastien Chardonnet 1 2 43 2 Bryan Bouffier 1 25 3 Quentin Gilbert WD 3 15 4 4 12 5 Keith Cronin 5 10 6 6 8  — Ret 0 Pos. Driver MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE ITA FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR Points

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)

Junior WRC Drivers' Championship[]

Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers, and one point for winning a stage. Five best results of the season are counted towards the final score.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Stage win
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	1

Drivers' championship[]

Pos.	Driver	POR	GRE	FIN	GER	FRA	ESP	Points
1	Pontus Tidemand	1 5						30
2		2 2						20
3		3 2						17
4		4						12
5	Martin Koči	5						10
6	Marius Aasen	6 1						9
7		7						6
8	Sander Pärn	8						4
NC		Ret						0
NC		Ret						0
Pos.	Driver	POR	GRE	FIN	GER	FRA	ESP	Points

Notes

• ¹ refers to the number of stages won, where a bonus point is awarded per stage win.

Co-drivers' championship[]

Pos.	Co-driver	POR	GRE	FIN	GER	FRA	ESP	Points
1	Ola Fløene	1 5						30
2	Cándido Carrera	2 2						20
3		3 2						17
4		4						12
5		5						10
6		6 1						9
7		7						6
8		8						4
NC		Ret						0
NC		Ret						0
Pos.	Co-driver	POR	GRE	FIN	GER	FRA	ESP	Points

Notes

• ¹ refers to the number of stages won, where a bonus point is awarded per stage win.

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