2020 Rally Turkey

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2020 Rally Turkey
13. Marmaris Rally Turkey
Round 5 of 7 in the 2020 World Rally Championship
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Rally Turkey had moved forward by a week, which facilitated the opportunity for additional rounds as many rallies were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Host country Turkey
Rally baseMarmaris, Muğla
Dates run18 – 20 September 2020
Start locationİçmeler, Muğla
Finish locationMarmaris, Muğla
Stages12 (223.00 km; 138.57 miles)[1]
Stage surfaceGravel
Transport distance484.81 km (301.25 miles)
Overall distance707.81 km (439.81 miles)
Results
Overall winnerUnited Kingdom Elfyn Evans
United Kingdom Scott Martin
Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
2:43:02.7
WRC-2 winnerSweden Pontus Tidemand
Sweden
Germany Toksport WRT
2:56:02.4
WRC-3 winnerPoland Kajetan Kajetanowicz
Poland Maciej Szczepaniak
2:55:38.2
Power Stage winnerBelgium Thierry Neuville
Belgium Nicolas Gilsoul
South Korea Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT
4:20.4
Crews registered26
Crews24 at start, 18 at finish

The 2020 Rally Turkey (also known as Marmaris Rally Turkey 2020) was a motor racing event for rally cars that held between 18 and 20 September 2020.[2] It marked the thirteenth running of Rally Turkey and was the fifth round of the 2020 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2020 event was based in Marmaris in Muğla Province, and was contested over twelve special stages with a total competitive distance of 223.00 km (138.57 mi).[1]

Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia were the defending rally winners.[3] Citroën World Rally Team, the team they drove for in 2019, were the reigning manufacturers' winners, but they did not defending their title after parent company Citroën withdrew from the sport.[4] Gus Greensmith and Elliott Edmondson were the defending winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category, but they did not defend their titles as they were promoted to the sport's top tier by M-Sport Ford World Rally Team.[5][a] In the World Rally Championship-3 category, Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Maciej Szczepaniak were the reigning rally winners.[5][b]

Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin were the overall winners of the rally, recording a second win of the season. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturers' winners.[6] The Toksport WRT crew of Pontus Tidemand and won the WRC-2 category.[7] Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Maciej Szczepaniak successfully defended their tiles in the WRC-3 category.[8]

Background[]

Championship standings prior to the event[]

Six-time world champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia entered the round with a nine-point lead over Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin. Reigning world champions Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were third, a further four points behind. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT held a five-point lead over defending manufacturers' champions Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, following by M-Sport Ford WRT.

In the World Rally Championship-2 standings, Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen held a twenty-point lead ahead of Pontus Tidemand and in the drivers' and co-drivers' standings respectively, with Nikolay Gryazin and Renaud Jamoul in third. In the manufacturer' championship, Hyundai Motorsport N led PH-Sport by nine points. M-Sport Ford WRT sit in third, a slender five points behind.

In the World Rally Championship-3 standings, the crew of Jari Huttunen and led both drivers' and co-drivers' championships by six and eight points over Marco Bulacia Wilkinson and Aaron Johnston respectively. Oliver Solberg was third in the drivers' standings, while held third in the co-drivers' standings.

Entry list[]

The following crews entered into the rally. The event was open to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2, World Rally Championship-3 and privateer entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. Twenty-six entries were received, with ten crews entered in World Rally Cars, three Group R5 cars entered in the World Rally Championship-2 and twelve in the World Rally Championship-3.

No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Tyre
World Rally Championship entries
3 Finland Teemu Suninen Finland Jarmo Lehtinen United Kingdom M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta WRC M
4 Finland Esapekka Lappi Finland Janne Ferm United Kingdom M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta WRC M
7 France Pierre-Louis Loubet France Vincent Landais France Hyundai 2C Competition Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC M
8 Estonia Ott Tänak Estonia Martin Järveoja South Korea Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC M
9 France Sébastien Loeb Monaco Daniel Elena South Korea Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC M
11 Belgium Thierry Neuville Belgium Nicolas Gilsoul South Korea Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC M
17 France Sébastien Ogier France Julien Ingrassia Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC M
33 United Kingdom Elfyn Evans United Kingdom Scott Martin Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC M
44 United Kingdom Gus Greensmith United Kingdom Elliott Edmondson United Kingdom M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta WRC M
69 Finland Kalle Rovanperä Finland Jonne Halttunen Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC M
World Rally Championship-2 entries
21 Sweden Pontus Tidemand Sweden Germany Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia R5 Evo P
22 France Adrien Fourmaux Belgium Renaud Jamoul United Kingdom M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II M
23 Norway Eyvind Brynildsen Austria Ilka Minor Germany Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia R5 Evo P
World Rally Championship-3 entries
24 Bolivia Marco Bulacia Wilkinson Argentina Bolivia Marco Bulacia Wilkinson Citroën C3 R5 P
25 Chile Argentina Chile Škoda Fabia R5 Evo M
26 Poland Kajetan Kajetanowicz Poland Maciej Szczepaniak Poland Kajetan Kajetanowicz Škoda Fabia R5 Evo P
27 Brazil Paulo Nobre Brazil Brazil Paulo Nobre Škoda Fabia R5 N/A
28 Turkey Turkey Turkey Citroën C3 R5 P
29 Turkey Turkey Turkey Škoda Fabia R5 P
30 Turkey Turkey Turkey Škoda Fabia R5 P
31 Chile Spain Marc Martí Chile Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II M
32 Spain Jan Solans Spain Spain Jan Solans Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II P
34 United States Sean Johnston United States France Saintéloc Junior Team Citroën C3 R5 P
35 Portugal Portugal Portugal Škoda Fabia R5 N/A
36 Italy [c] Italy Italy Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II P
Source:[9]

Route[]

Itinerary[]

All dates and times are TRT (UTC+3).

Date Time No. Stage name Distance
18 September 09:01 — Asparan [Shakedown] 4.70 km
Leg 1 — 25.22 km
18 September 17:08 SS1 İçmeler 13.90 km
18:21 SS2 Gökçe 11.32 km
Leg 2 — 107.38 km
19 September 08:50 SS3 Yeşilbelde 1 31.79 km
10:08 SS4 Datça 1 8.75 km
11:06 SS5 Kızlan 1 13.15 km
14:50 SS6 Yeşilbelde 2 31.79 km
16:08 SS7 Datça 2 8.75 km
17:06 SS8 Kızlan 2 13.15 km
Leg 3 — 90.40 km
20 September 07:30 SS9 Çetibeli 1 38.15 km
09:08 SS10 Marmaris 1 7.05 km
11:20 SS11 Çetibeli 2 38.15 km
13:18 SS12 Marmaris 2 [Power Stage] 7.05 km
Source:[1]

Report[]

World Rally Cars[]

Sebastien Loeb and Daniel Elena held the lead going onto Saturday. At the age of forty-six, Loeb became the oldest driver to lead a WRC event.[10] Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja retired Friday when their Hyundai speared off the road because of a steering issue.[11] Sebastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia took over the lead on Saturday morning, but they dropped their lead to Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul in the afternoon loop due to a puncture and hydraulics issue.[12] Sunday's first pass through the Çetibeli stage saw tyre dramas, which saw five crews suffering punctures, including the crew of Neuville and Gilsoul, Loeb and Elena, Ogier and Ingrassia, Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen, and Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm, with two more crews retired from the rally.[13] Ogier and Ingrassia then retired from the rally when their engine was on fire.[14] Eventually, the rally was won by Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin.[6]

Classification[]

Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class Event Stage
1 1 33 Elfyn Evans Scott Martin Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC 2:43:02.7 0.0 25 2
2 2 11 Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 2:43:37.9 +35.2 18 5
3 3 9 Sébastien Loeb Daniel Elena Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 2:44:02.1 +59.4 15 1
4 4 69 Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC 2:45:38.6 +2:35.9 12 3
5 5 44 Gus Greensmith Elliott Edmondson M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta WRC 2:47:11.0 +4:08.3 10 0
6 6 4 Esapekka Lappi Janne Ferm M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta WRC 2:48:38.9 +5:36.2 8 0
17 7 8 Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 3:56:46.0 +1:13:43.3 0 4
Retired SS11 17 Sebastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC Engine 0 0
Retired SS9 3 Teemu Suninen Jarmo Lehtinen M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta WRC Lost wheel 0 0
Retired SS9 7 Pierre-Louis Loubet Vincent Landais Hyundai 2C Competition Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC Mechanical 0 0

Special stages[]

Date No. Stage name Distance Winners Car Time Class leaders
18 September — Asparan [Shakedown] 4.70 km Neuville / Gilsoul Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 3:23.4 N/A
SS1 İçmeler 13.90 km Neuville / Gilsoul Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 10:13.1 Neuville / Gilsoul
SS2 Gökçe 11.32 km Ogier / Ingrassia Toyota Yaris WRC 8:34.0 Loeb / Elena
19 September SS3 Yeşilbelde 1 31.79 km Ogier / Ingrassia Toyota Yaris WRC 24:54.2 Ogier / Ingrassia
SS4 Datça 1 8.75 km Ogier / Ingrassia Toyota Yaris WRC 6:53.9
SS5 Kızlan 1 13.15 km Neuville / Gilsoul Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 7:10.7
SS6 Yeşilbelde 2 31.79 km Neuville / Gilsoul Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 24:41.6 Neuville / Gilsoul
SS7 Datça 2 8.75 km Neuville / Gilsoul Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 6:52.7
SS8 Kızlan 2 13.15 km Loeb / Elena Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 7:09.4
20 September SS9 Çetibeli 1 38.15 km Evans / Martin Toyota Yaris WRC 28:38.9 Evans / Martin
SS10 Marmaris 1 7.05 km Neuville / Gilsoul Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 4:25.5
SS11 Çetibeli 2 38.15 km Neuville / Gilsoul Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 27:46.0
SS12 Marmaris 2 [Power Stage] 7.05 km Neuville / Gilsoul Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 4:20.4

Championship standings[]

Pos. Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships Manufacturers' championships
Move Driver Points Move Co-driver Points Move Manufacturer Points
1 1uparrow green.svg 1 Elfyn Evans 97 1uparrow green.svg 1 Scott Martin 97 1rightarrow blue.svg Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 174
2 1downarrow red.svg 1 Sébastien Ogier 79 1downarrow red.svg 1 Julien Ingrassia 79 1rightarrow blue.svg Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT 165
3 1rightarrow blue.svg Ott Tänak 70 1rightarrow blue.svg Martin Järveoja 70 1rightarrow blue.svg M-Sport Ford WRT 101
4 1rightarrow blue.svg Kalle Rovanperä 70 1rightarrow blue.svg Jonne Halttunen 70
5 1rightarrow blue.svg Thierry Neuville 65 1rightarrow blue.svg Nicolas Gilsoul 65

World Rally Championship-2[]

Adrien Fourmaux and Renaud Jamoul claimed back-to-back stage wins to lead the class on Friday,[15] but a rear-left puncture in Saturday afternoon cost them the lead.[16] Pontus Tidemand and took over the lead and won the class.[7]

Classification[]

Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class Class Event
8 1 21 Pontus Tidemand Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 2:56:02.4 0.0 25 4
10 2 22 Adrien Fourmaux Renaud Jamoul M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II 2:57:45.3 +1:42.9 18 1
18 3 23 Eyvind Brynildsen Ilka Minor Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 4:04:27.1 +1:08:24.7 15 0

Special stages[]

Date No. Stage name Distance Winners Car Time Class leaders
18 September — Asparan [Shakedown] 4.70 km Brynildsen / Minor Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 3:47.1 N/A
SS1 İçmeler 13.90 km Fourmaux / Jamoul Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II 10:56.1 Fourmaux / Jamoul
SS2 Gökçe 11.32 km Fourmaux / Jamoul Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II 9:01.0
19 September SS3 Yeşilbelde 1 31.79 km Fourmaux / Jamoul Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II 26:36.2
SS4 Datça 1 8.75 km Tidemand / Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 7:14.9
SS5 Kızlan 1 13.15 km Tidemand / Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 7:37.1
SS6 Yeşilbelde 2 31.79 km Tidemand / Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 26:29.4 Tidemand /
SS7 Datça 2 8.75 km Tidemand / Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 7:14.1
SS8 Kızlan 2 13.15 km Fourmaux / Jamoul Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II 7:41.8
20 September SS9 Çetibeli 1 38.15 km Fourmaux / Jamoul Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II 31:03.5
SS10 Marmaris 1 7.05 km Tidemand / Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 4:43.8
SS11 Çetibeli 2 38.15 km Fourmaux / Jamoul Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II 30:55.4
SS12 Marmaris 2 7.05 km Tidemand / Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 4:38.1

Championship standings[]

Pos. Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships Manufacturers' championships
Move Driver Points Move Co-driver Points Move Manufacturer Points
1 1uparrow green.svg 1 Pontus Tidemand 80 1uparrow green.svg 1 80 1uparrow green.svg 3 Toksport WRT 107
2 1downarrow red.svg 1 Mads Østberg 75 1downarrow red.svg 1 Torstein Eriksen 75 1uparrow green.svg 1 M-Sport Ford WRT 88
3 1uparrow green.svg 1 Adrien Fourmaux 66 1rightarrow blue.svg Renaud Jamoul 66 1downarrow red.svg 2 Hyundai Motorsport N 84
4 1downarrow red.svg 1 Nikolay Gryazin 51 1rightarrow blue.svg 41 1downarrow red.svg 2 PH-Sport 75
5 1rightarrow blue.svg Ole Christian Veiby 33 1rightarrow blue.svg Jonas Andersson 33

World Rally Championship-3[]

Marco Bulacia Wilkinson and led the class through Friday. Sean Johnston and retired from the rally when their Citroën caught fire.[17] Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Maciej Szczepaniak set some blistering times, opening a huge gap to comfortably win the rally.[18][8]

Classification[]

Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class Class Event
7 1 26 Kajetan Kajetanowicz Maciej Szczepaniak Kajetan Kajetanowicz Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 2:55:38.2 0.0 25 6
9 2 24 Marco Bulacia Wilkinson Marco Bulacia Wilkinson Citroën C3 R5 2:57:49.1 +2:10.9 18 2
11 3 28 Citroën C3 R5 3:02:53.8 +7:15.6 15 0
12 4 31 Marc Martí Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II 3:05:06.1 +9:27.9 12 0
13 5 29 Škoda Fabia R5 3:07:50.1 +12:11.9 10 0
14 6 32 Jan Solans Jan Solans Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II 3:14:18.2 +18:40.0 8 0
15 7 25 Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 3:16:55.2 +21:17.0 6 0
16 8 36 Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II 3:18:33.2 +22:55.0 4 0
Retired SS12 30 Škoda Fabia R5 Mechanical 0 0
Retired SS2 34 Sean Johnston Saintéloc Junior Team Citroën C3 R5 Fire 0 0
Did not start 27 Paulo Nobre Paulo Nobre Škoda Fabia R5 Withdrawn 0 0
Did not start 35 Škoda Fabia R5 Withdrawn 0 0

Special stages[]

Date No. Stage name Distance Winners Car Time Class leaders
18 September — Asparan [Shakedown] 4.70 km Bulacia Wilkinson / Citroën C3 R5 3:49.8 N/A
SS1 İçmeler 13.90 km Bulacia Wilkinson / Citroën C3 R5 10:54.5 Bulacia Wilkinson /
SS2 Gökçe 11.32 km Bulacia Wilkinson / Citroën C3 R5 9:03.7
19 September SS3 Yeşilbelde 1 31.79 km Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 26:30.6 Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak
SS4 Datça 1 8.75 km Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 7:09.7
SS5 Kızlan 1 13.15 km Bulacia Wilkinson / Citroën C3 R5 7:39.6
SS6 Yeşilbelde 2 31.79 km Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 26:16.1
SS7 Datça 2 8.75 km Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 7:17.7
SS8 Kızlan 2 13.15 km Bulacia Wilkinson / Citroën C3 R5 7:38.1
20 September SS9 Çetibeli 1 38.15 km Solans / Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II 31:04.4
SS10 Marmaris 1 7.05 km Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 4:44.8
SS11 Çetibeli 2 38.15 km Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak Škoda Fabia R5 Evo 31:30.5
SS12 Marmaris 2 7.05 km Bulacia Wilkinson / Citroën C3 R5 4:42.2

Championship standings[]

Pos. Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships
Move Driver Points Move Co-driver Points
1 1uparrow green.svg 1 Marco Bulacia Wilkinson 55 1rightarrow blue.svg 43
2 1downarrow red.svg 1 Jari Huttunen 43 1uparrow green.svg 11 37
3 1uparrow green.svg 11 Kajetan Kajetanowicz 37 1downarrow red.svg 1 Aaron Johnston 35
4 1downarrow red.svg 1 Oliver Solberg 35 1uparrow green.svg 9 30
5 1downarrow red.svg 1 26 1uparrow green.svg 5 Marc Martí 27

Notes[]

  1. ^ The championship was known as the World Rally Championship-2 Pro in 2019.
  2. ^ The championship was known as the World Rally Championship-2 in 2019.
  3. ^ Pseudonym of .

References[]

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