2013 Rally Liepāja Explained

Rally Liepāja-Ventspils 2013
Round:2
Championship:2013 European Rally Championship season
Previous Round:2013 Internationale Jänner Rallye
Next Round:2013 Rally Islas Canarias
Rallybase:Liepāja/Ventspils
Startdate:1
Enddate:3 February 2013
Stages:15[1]
Stagekm:243
Surface:Snow and Gravel
Teamsstart:37 (ERC only)
Teamsfinish:30 (ERC only)[2]

The 2013 Rally Liepāja-Ventspils was the second round of the 2013 European Rally Championship. The stages were mainly gravel with snowy and icy parts. Jari Ketomaa won the event after a huge fight with runner-up Craig Breen. François Delecour rounded off the podium places. The 2WD Cup was won by Risto Immonen, while the Production Cup honors went to Švedas Vytautas.

Results

Pos.DriverCo-driverCarTimeDifferencePoints
1 Jari Ketomaa Kaj Lindström Ford Fiesta RRC2:08:15.725+14
2 Craig Breen David Moynihan Peugeot 207 S20002:08:46.7+31.018+12
3 François Delecour Dominique Savignoni Peugeot 207 S20002:11:03.2+2:47.515+8
4 Jan Černý Pavel Kohout Škoda Fabia S20002:11:19.1+3:03.412+8
5 Raimonds Kisiels Ronis Arnis Mini John Cooper Works S20002:14:02.0+5:46.310+2
6 Vytautas Švedas Žilvinas Sakalauskas Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X2:14:11.4+5:55.78+3
7 Aivis Egle Andis Dauga Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X2:15:55.2+7:39.56
8 Raul Jeets Andrus Toom Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X2:16:53.3+8:37.64
9 Jaroslav Orsák David Šmeidler Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX2:17:04.6+8:48.92
10 Vitaliy Pushkar Ivan Mishyn Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X R42:17:40.7+9:25.01

Special stages

DayStageTimeNameLengthWinnerTimeAvg. spd.Rally leader
Leg 1
(1 February)
SS117:10Rallyofchampions.com (Podnieki)6.16 km Craig Breen3:16.6112.80 km/halign=left rowspan=5 Craig Breen
SS217:45Volkswagen 116.88 km Craig Breen9:14.2109.65 km/h
SS318:45LDz Cargo 118.68 km Craig Breen9:44.6115.03 km/h
Leg 2
(2 February)
SS410:20LDz Cargo 218.68 km Craig Breen9:17.6120.60 km/h
SS510:55Volkswagen 216.88 km Craig Breen8:56.2113.33 km/h
SS611:55Neste Oil 121.31 km Jari Ketomaa10:49.7118.08 km/halign=left rowspan=10 Jari Ketomaa
SS715:20Ventbunkers 110.42 km Jari Ketomaa4:58.1125.84 km/h
SS815:55Neste Oil 221.31 km Jari Ketomaa10:29.0121.97 km/h
SS917:20Ventspils Kalns 13.40 km Jari Ketomaa2:23.285.47 km/h
Leg 3
(3 February)
SS108:30Ventbunkers 27.00 km Jari Ketomaa4:53.785.80 km/h
SS119:00Swecon 121.34 km Jari Ketomaa11:49.7108.25 km/h
SS1210:10Kuldīga 126.34 km Jari Ketomaa14:11.4111.37 km/h
SS1312:05Swecon 221.34 km Craig Breen11:36.8110.25 km/h
SS1413:15Kuldīga 226.34 km Jari Ketomaa13:58.6113.07 km/h
SS1515:00Ventspils Kalns 23.40 km Jan Černý2:21.686.44 km/h

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . 2013-02-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130203144927/http://www.fiaerc.com/uploads/files/eventdetail/2/fia_erc_rally_liepaja-ventspils_itinerary.pdf . 2013-02-03 . dead .
  2. Web site: eWRC-results.com - rally database. eWRC-results.com. 27 May 2023.