2013 Tour de Corse explained

Tour de Corse 2013
Round:5
Championship:2013 European Rally Championship season
Previous Round:2013 Rally Azores
Next Round:2013 Ypres Rally
Country: France
Rallybase:Ajaccio
Startdate:17
Enddate:18 May 2013
Stages:11[1]
Stagekm:248
Surface:Tarmac
Teamsstart:18 (ERC only)
Teamsfinish:9 (ERC only)[2]

The 2013 Tour de Corse, formally the 56. Tour de Corse, was the fifth round of the 2013 European Rally Championship season. Bryan Bouffier took his first ever European Rally Championship (ERC) victory,[3] with the rally also being the first ERC victory for the Peugeot 207 S2000 that he drove. The 2WD category was won by Kornél Lukács in a Citroën C2 R2 MAX,[4] whilst the Production Cup was won by Andreas Aigner in a Subaru Impreza STi R4.[5]

Results

Pos.DriverCo-driverCarTimeDifferencePoints
1 Bryan Bouffier Xavier Panseri Peugeot 207 S20002:41:58.225+13
2 Jan Kopecký Pavel Dresler Škoda Fabia S20002:42:38.0 +39.818+13
3 Stéphane Sarrazin Jacques-Julien Renucci Mini John Cooper Works S20002:43:35.8+1:37.615+9
4 Craig Breen Paul Nagle Peugeot 207 S20002:43:39.0+1:40.812+9
5 François Delecour Dominique Savignoni Peugeot 207 S20002:45:23.2+3:25.010+6
6 Julien Maurin Nicolas Klinger Ford Fiesta RRC2:45:35.8+3:37.68+4
7 Andreas Aigner Jürgen Heigl Subaru Impreza R42:49:52.1+7:53.96+1
8 Jean-Matthieu Leandri Renaud Jamoul Peugeot 207 S20002:50:46.0+8:47.84
9 Germain Bonnefis Olivier Fournier Renault Mégane RS2:51:15.0+9:16.82
10 Jean-Michel Raoux Francis Mazotti Peugeot 207 S20002:55:52.5+13:54.31

Special stages

DayStageNameLengthTimeWinnerTimeAvg. spd.Rally leader
Day 1
17 May
SS1 La Fangu - ND de la Serra27,53 km 08:23 Craig Breen16:29.0100.2 km/h Craig Breen
SS2 Erbajolo - Pont d´Altani 124,57 km 11:06 Craig Breen15:23.095.8 km/h
SS3 Barchetta - La Porta 123,24 km14:18 Craig Breen15:36.289.4 km/h
SS4 Taverna - Pont de Castirla15,28 km15:21 Robert Kubica9:14.799.2 km/h Robert Kubica
SS5 Barchetta - La Porta 223,24 km18:01 Craig Breen15:50.088.1 km/h Bryan Bouffier
SS6 Erbajolo - Pont d´Altani 224,57 km 20:06 Jan Kopecký15:32.794.8 km/h Jan Kopecký
Day 2
18 May
SS7 Carbuccia - Tavera 116,89 km10:48 Bryan Bouffier12:03.784.0 km/h Bryan Bouffier
SS8 Sarrola - Liamone 126,70 km12:06 Bryan Bouffier17:50.089.8 km/h
SS9Marato - Acqua Doria22,47 km13:37 Jan Kopecký13:28.2100.1 km/h
SS10Carbuccia - Tavera 216,89 km16:40 Bryan Bouffier11:55.185.0 km/h
SS11 Sarrola - Liamone 226,70 km 18:06 Bryan Bouffier17:39.890.7 km/h

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Itinerary Tour de Corse 2013 . eWRC-results.com . 18 May 2013 . 2013-06-25.
  2. Web site: results Tour de Corse 2013 . eWRC-results.com . 18 May 2013 . 2013-06-25.
  3. Web site: profile Byan Bouffier . eWRC-results.com . 25 June 2013.
  4. Web site: 56. Tour de Corse 2013 - ERC 2WD results . eWRC-results.com . 18 May 2013 . 25 June 2013.
  5. Web site: 56. Tour de Corse 2013 - ERC Production Cup results . eWRC-results.com . 18 May 2013 . 25 June 2013.