2013 Rally de Portugal explained

2013 Rally Portugal
Native Name:	47º Rally de Portugal
Round:	4
Championship:	2013 World Rally Championship season
Previous Round:	2013 Rally México
Next Round:	2013 Rally Argentina
Country:	Portugal
Rallybase:	Faro, Portugal
Startdate:	April 11
Enddate:	April 14, 2013
Stages:	15
Stagekm:	386.73
Overallkm:	1630,92
Surface:	Gravel
Teamsstart:	70
Teamsfinish:	38 (+ 8 J-WRC)

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]

scope=row colspan="7" style="text-align: center;"	Notable entrants
scope=col		scope=col	Entrant	scope=col		scope=col	Driver	scope=col	Co-driver	scope=col	Car	scope=col
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	2		WRC
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	3		WRC
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	4		WRC
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	5		WRC
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	6		WRC
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	7		WRC
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	8		WRC
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	9		WRC	Andreas Mikkelsen	Mikko Markkula
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	10		WRC	Khalid Al Qassimi	Scott Martin
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	11		WRC
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	12		WRC
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	15		WRC	Dennis Kuipers	Robin Buysmans
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	21		WRC
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	31	Škoda Motorsport	WRC-2	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Škoda Fabia S2000
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	32	Škoda Auto Deutschland	WRC-2	Sepp Wiegand	Frank Christian	Škoda Fabia S2000
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	36	Skydive Dubai Rally Team	WRC-2	Rashid al Ketbi	Karina Hepperle	Škoda Fabia S2000
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	37		WRC-2
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	40	Arman Smailov	WRC-2	Arman Smailov	Andrei Rusov
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	41		WRC-2
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	45	Alexander Villanueva	WRC-2	Alexander Villanueva	Oscar Sanchez
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	46	Marco Vallario	WRC-2	Marco Vallario	Antonio Pascale
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	48		WRC-2
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	49	Mentos Ascania Racing	WRC-2	Oleksiy Kikireshko	Sergei Larens	Mini John Cooper Works S2000
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	50	Mentos Ascania Racing	WRC-2	Valeriy Gorban	Volodymir Korsia	Mini John Cooper Works S2000
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	51		WRC-3
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	52		WRC-3
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	53		WRC-3	Alastair Fisher	Gordon Noble
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	56	Francesco Parli	WRC-3	Francesco Parli	Tania Canton	Citroën DS3 R3T
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	57	Federico Della Casa	WRC-3	Federico Della Casa	Marco Menchini
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	58	ADAC Team Weser-Ems	WRC-3	Christian Riedemann	Lara Vanneste
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	59	Bryan Bouffier	WRC-3	Bryan Bouffier	Xavier Panseri	Citroën DS3 R3T
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	60	Charles Hurst Citroën Belfast	WRC-3	Keith Cronin	Marshall Clarke
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	61		WRC-3	Simone Campedelli	Matteo Chiarcossi
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	71	Motortune Racing	WRC-2	Ala'a Rasheed	Joseph Matar	Ford Fiesta RRC
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	72	Juan Carlos Alonso	WRC-2	Juan Carlos Alonso	Juan Pablo Monasterolo	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	73	Nikita Kondrakhin	WRC-2	Nikita Kondrakhin	Danilo Fappani	Škoda Fabia S2000
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	74	Robert Kubica	WRC-2	Robert Kubica	Maciek Baran	Citroën DS3 RRC
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	75	Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team	WRC-2	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	Ford Fiesta RRC
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	76	Bosowa Rally Team	WRC-2	Subhan Aksa	Nicola Arena	Ford Fiesta RRC
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	77	Top Run SRL	WRC-2	Marcos Ligato	Rubén García	Subaru Impreza WRX STi
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	78	E2 Tre Colli World Rally Team	WRC-2	Edoardo Bresolin	Rudy Pollet	Ford Fiesta RRC
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	79	Robert Barrable	WRC-2	Robert Barrable	Stuart Loudon	Ford Fiesta S2000
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	100	Sander Pärn	J-WRC	Sander Pärn	Ken Järveoja	Ford Fiesta R2
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	102	Pontus Tidemand	J-WRC	Pontus Tidemand	Ola Fløene	Ford Fiesta R2
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	103	Styllex Motorsport	J-WRC	Martin Koči	Petr Starý	Ford Fiesta R2
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	104	Andreas Amberg	J-WRC	Andreas Amberg	Mikko Lukka	Ford Fiesta R2
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	105	ACSM Rallye Team	J-WRC	José Antonio Suárez	Cándido Carrera	Ford Fiesta R2
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	106	Castrol Ford Team Türkiye	J-WRC	Murat Bostancı	Onur Vatansever	Ford Fiesta R2
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	107	Michaël Burri	J-WRC	Michaël Burri	Gabin Moreau	Ford Fiesta R2
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	108	Niko-Pekka Nieminen	J-WRC	Niko-Pekka Nieminen	Mikael Korhonen	Ford Fiesta R2
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	109	Marius Aasen	J-WRC	Marius Aasen	Marlene Engan	Ford Fiesta R2
scope=row style="text-align: center;"	110	Yeray Lemes	J-WRC	Yeray Lemes	Rogelio Peñate	Ford Fiesta R2

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<							--
DSQ	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Citroën DS3 WRC	4:19:24.3	0.0	25-->
1.			Volkswagen Polo R WRC	4:07:38.7	0.0
2.	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Citroën DS3 WRC	4:08:36.9	58.2	18
3.			Volkswagen Polo R WRC	4:11:43.2	4:04.5
4.			Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:13:06.4	5:27.7	12
5.	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Giovanni Bernacchini	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:15:22.2	7:43.5	10
6.	Andreas Mikkelsen	Mikko Markkula	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	4:17:18.5	9:39.8	8
7.			Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:22:42.9	15:04.2	6
8.			Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:23:22.3	15:43.6
9.	Khalid Al Qassimi	Scott Martin		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.)		Stuart Loudon	Ford Fiesta S2000	4:35:36.2	11:36.5	18
3. (14.)	Sepp Wiegand	Frank Christian	Škoda Fabia S2000	4:39:02.8	15:03.1	15
4. (15.)			Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X	4:43:25.5	19:25.8	12
5. (16.)			Ford Fiesta RRC	4:45:33.1	21:33.4	10
6. (19.)	Robert Kubica	Maciek Baran	Citroën DS3 RRC	4:47:10.9	23:11.2	8
7. (22.)	Edoardo Bresolin	Rudy Pollet	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.)	Juan Carlos Alonso	Juan Pablo Monasterolo	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	4:55:24.3	31:24.6	2
10. (25.)	Arman Smailov	Andrei Rusov	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	4:58:52.5	34:52.8	1
WRC-3
1. (13.)	Bryan Bouffier	Xavier Panseri	Citroën DS3 R3T	4:38:52.5	0:00.0	25
2. (20.)			Citroën DS3 R3T	4:48:59.1	10:06.6	18
3. (26.)			Citroën DS3 R3T	5:04:43.8	25:51.3	15
4. (28.)	Alastair Fisher	Gordon Noble	Citroën DS3 R3T	5:04:43.8	25:51.3	12
5. (31.)	Keith Cronin	Marshall Clarke	Citroën DS3 R3T	5:04:43.8	25:51.3	10
6. (32.)	Simone Campedelli	Matteo Chiarcossi	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
2.	José Antonio Suárez	Cándido Carrera	Ford Fiesta R2	3:03:50.5	2:26.9
3.	Yeray Lemes	Rogelio Peñate	Ford Fiesta R2	3:04:34.3	3:10.7
4.	Andreas Amberg	Mikko Lukka	Ford Fiesta R2	3:06:51.5	5:27.9	12
5.	Martin Koči	Petr Starý	Ford Fiesta R2	3:07:21.5	5:57.9	10
6.	Marius Aasen	Marlene Engan	Ford Fiesta R2	3:11:10.1	9:46.5
7.	Niko-Pekka Nieminen	Mikael Korhonen	Ford Fiesta R2	3:12:46.6	11:23.0	6
8.	Sander Pärn	Ken Järveoja	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		10:42.7
	SS3	Mu 2	20.32 km		12:31.4	align=left rowspan=13	Sébastien Ogier
	SS4	Ourique 2	18.32 km		10:36.1
	SS5	SSS Lisboa	3,27 km		2:53.6
Leg 2 (13 Abr)	SS6	Santana da Serra 1	31.12 km		22:13.2
	SS7	Vascão 1	25.37 km		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		12:05.0
	SS13	Almodôvar 1	52.30 km		33:05.2
	SS14	Silves 2	21.52 km		11:56.1
	SS15	Almodôvar 2 (Power Stage)	52.30 km	Sébastien Ogier	32:39.7

Power Stage

The "Power stage" was a 5230km (3,250miles) stage at the end of the rally.

Pos	Driver	Time	Diff.	Points
1	Sébastien Ogier	32:39.7	0.000	3
2		32:43.0	+3.3	2
3		32:44.5	+4.9	1

Notable retirements

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

	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
	Driver	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	ITA	FIN	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR	Points

Notes:
^{1 2 3} – Indicate position on Power Stage

FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers

	Manufacturer		MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	ITA	FIN	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR	Points
1	Volkswagen Motorsport	7	Ret	4	10	3										121
1	Volkswagen Motorsport	8	2	1	1	1										121
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	4	5	3	9	7										55
3	Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team	5	Ret	7	8	4										55
4	Qatar World Rally Team	6	Ret		5											36
4	Qatar World Rally Team	11	Ret	5	3	10										36
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	12	6	8	Ret	Ret										12
8	Volkswagen Motorsport II	9				5										10
	Manufacturer		MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	ITA	FIN	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR	Points

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

	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	Rashid al Ketbi	4	8		Ret										16
13	Arman Smailov		6		10										9
14	Robert Kubica				6										8
15	Edoardo Bresolin				7										6
16	Elfyn Evans				8										4
17	Alexander Villanueva		9		Ret										2
18	Juan Carlos Alonso				9										2
19	Martin Hudec		10												1
	Driver	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	ITA	FIN	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR	Points

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

	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	Alastair Fisher				4										12
5	Keith Cronin				5										10
6	Simone Campedelli				6										8
—	Renaud Poutot	Ret													0
	Driver	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	ITA	FIN	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR	Points

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

	Driver	POR	GRE	FIN	GER	FRA	ESP	Points
1	Pontus Tidemand	1 ⁵						30
2	José Antonio Suárez	2 ²						20
3	Yeray Lemes	3 ²						17
4	Andreas Amberg	4						12
5	Martin Koči	5						10
6	Marius Aasen	6 ¹						9
7	Niko-Pekka Nieminen	7						6
8	Sander Pärn	8						4
NC	Murat Bostancı	Ret						0
NC	Michaël Burri	Ret						0
	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

	Co-driver	POR	GRE	FIN	GER	FRA	ESP	Points
1	Ola Fløene	1 ⁵						30
2	Cándido Carrera	2 ²						20
3	Rogelio Peñate	3 ²						17
4	Mikko Lukka	4						12
5	Petr Starý	5						10
6	Marlene Engan	6 ¹						9
7	Mikael Korhonen	7						6
8	Ken Järveoja	8						4
NC	Gabin Moreau	Ret						0
NC	Onur Vatansever	Ret						0
	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.

Notes and References

https://auto.sapo.pt/Novos/Noticias/Dani-Sordo-vence-Fafe-Rally-Sprint-4909.aspx Dani Sordo vence Fafe Rally Sprint – Autosapo.pt
Web site: Rally de Portugal Entries. ewrc-results.com. 17 April 2013. 2 November 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131102171332/http://www.wrc.com/results/2013/vodafone-rally-de-portugal/entry-list/. dead.