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| 2023 Rally Italia Sardegna Rally Italia Sardegna 2023 | |||
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Round 6 of 13 in the 2023 World Rally Championship
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The Sardinia Rally is known for its fast but narrow roads. | |||
| Host country | |||
| Rally base | Olbia, Sassari | ||
| Dates run | 1 – 4 June 2023 | ||
| Start location | Olbia, Sassari | ||
| Finish location | Sassari, Sassari | ||
| Stages | 19 (322.79 km; 200.57 miles)[1] | ||
| Stage surface | Gravel | ||
| Transport distance | 836.01 km (519.47 miles) | ||
| Overall distance | 1,170.06 km (727.04 miles) | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Crews registered | 74 | ||
| Crews | 71 at start, 59 at finish | ||
| Overall results | |||
| Overall winner | 3:40:01.4 | ||
| Power Stage winner | 5:55.0 | ||
| Support category results | |||
| WRC-2 winner | 3:49:34.7 | ||
| WRC-3 winner | 4:14:20.0 | ||
| J-WRC winner | 4:15:11.5 | ||
The 2023 Rally Italia Sardegna (also known as the Rally Italia Sardegna 2023) was a motor racing event for rally cars held from 1 June to 4 June 2023.[2] It marked the twentieth running of the Rally Italia Sardegna, and was the sixth round of the 2023 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The event was also the third round of the 2023 Junior World Rally Championship.[3] The event was based in Olbia in the Province of Sassari, and was contested over nineteen special stages covering a total competitive distance of 322.79 km (200.57 mi).[1]
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were the defending rally winners. Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, the team they drove for in 2022, are the defending manufacturer's winners.[4] Nikolay Gryazin and Konstantin Aleksandrov are the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category.[5] Jan Černý and Tomáš Střeska are the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category.[6]
Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe won the rally. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, successfully defended their manufacturer's title.[7] Andreas Mikkelsen and Torstein Eriksen won the World Rally Championship-2 category.[8] Roope Korhonen and Anssi Viinikka won the World Rally Championship-3 category.[9] The Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy crew of William Creighton and Liam Regan won the junior class.[10]
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, Junior World Rally Championship and privateer entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. Nine entered under Rally1 regulations, as were thirty-nine Rally2 crews in the World Rally Championship-2 and nine Rally3 crew in the World Rally Championship-3. A total of eight crews were registered to participate in the Junior World Rally Championship.[11][12]
| No. | Driver | Co-Driver | Entrant | Car | Championship eligibility | Tyre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 | — | P | |||
| 75 | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | Masters Driver | P |
All dates and times are CEST (UTC+2).
| Date | No. | Time span | Stage name | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 June | — | After 9:01 | Loiri Porto San Paolo [Shakedown] | 2.87 km |
| SS1 | After 18:05 | Olbia – Cabu Abbas | 3.23 km | |
| 2 June | 7:40 – 8:00 | Service A, Olbia | — | |
| SS2 | After 8:40 | Tantariles 20Ris 1 | 10.71 km | |
| SS3 | After 9:31 | Terranova 1 | 8.41 km | |
| SS4 | After 10:21 | Monte Lerno – Sa Conchedda 1 | 49.90 km | |
| 13:07 – 13:52 | Service B, Olbia | — | ||
| SS5 | After 14:32 | Tantariles 20Ris 2 | 10.71 km | |
| SS6 | After 15:23 | Terranova 2 | 8.41 km | |
| SS7 | After 16:13 | Monte Lerno – Sa Conchedda 2 | 49.90 km | |
| 18:19 – 19:04 | Flexi service C, Olbia | — | ||
| 3 June | SS8 | After 8:05 | Coiluna – Loelle 1 | 16.28 km |
| SS9 | After 9:03 | Su Filigosu 1 | 19.57 km | |
| SS10 | After 10:08 | Erula – Tula 1 | 21.92 km | |
| SS11 | After 11:22 | Tempio Pausania 1 | 9.96 km | |
| 13:10 – 13:55 | Service D, Olbia | — | ||
| SS12 | After 15:05 | Coiluna – Loelle 2 | 16.28 km | |
| SS13 | After 16:03 | Su Filigosu 2 | 19.57 km | |
| SS14 | After 17:30 | Erula – Tula 2 | 21.92 km | |
| SS15 | After 18:44 | Tempio Pausania 2 | 9.96 km | |
| 20:17 – 21:02 | Flexi Service E, Olbia | — | ||
| 4 June | SS16 | After 7:05 | Arzachena – Braniatogghiu 1 | 15.22 km |
| SS17 | After 8:05 | Sardegna 1 | 7.79 km | |
| SS18 | After 10:09 | Arzachena – Braniatogghiu 2 | 15.22 km | |
| SS19 | After 12:15 | Sardegna 2 [Power Stage] | 7.79 km | |
| After 15:00 | Podium ceremony, Olbia | — | ||
| Source:[1] | ||||
| Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | Manufacturers' championships | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | ||||
| 1 | Kalle Rovanperä | 118 | Jonne Halttunen | 118 | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | 235 | ||||||
| 2 | Thierry Neuville | 93 | Martijn Wydaeghe | 93 | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | 212 | ||||||
| 3 | Ott Tänak | 85 | Martin Järveoja | 85 | M-Sport Ford WRT | 148 | ||||||
| 4 | Elfyn Evans | 83 | Scott Martin | 83 | ||||||||
| 5 | Sébastien Ogier | 70 | Vincent Landais | 70 | ||||||||
| Pos. | Open Drivers' championships | Open Co-drivers' championships | Teams' championships | Challenger Drivers' championships | Challenger Co-drivers' championships | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | Move | Driver | Points | ||||||
| 1 | Yohan Rossel | 77 | Arnaud Dunand | 77 | M-Sport Ford WRT | 91 | Nikolay Gryazin | 50 | Konstantin Aleksandrov | 50 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Oliver Solberg | 64 | Elliott Edmondson | 64 | Toksport WRT | 80 | Kajetan Kajetanowicz | 50 | Maciej Szczepaniak | 50 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Gus Greensmith | 62 | Jonas Andersson | 62 | Hyundai Motorsport N | 73 | Marco Bulacia | 50 | Enni Mälkönen | 43 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Emil Lindholm | 44 | Torstein Eriksen | 61 | Toksport WRT 3 | 68 | Sami Pajari | 43 | Diego Vallejo | 40 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Andreas Mikkelsen | 42 | Reeta Hämäläinen | 44 | Toksport WRT 2 | 65 | Lauri Joona | 32 | Borja Rozada | 33 | ||||||||||
| Position | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Entrant | Car | Time | Difference | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Class | ||||||||
| 18 | 1 | 65 | Roope Korhonen | Anssi Viinikka | Rautio Motorsport | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 4:14:20.0 | 0.0 | 25 |
| 19 | 2 | 66 | William Creighton | Liam Regan | Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 4:15:11.5 | +51.5 | 18 |
| 30 | 3 | 63 | Ali Türkkan | Burak Erdener | Ali Türkkan | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 4:34:08.7 | +19:48.7 | 15 |
| 31 | 4 | 71 | Roberto Blach Núñez | Mauro Barreiro | Roberto Blach Núñez | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 4:34:15.1 | +19:55.1 | 12 |
| 32 | 5 | 67 | Laurent Pellier | Kévin Bronner | Laurent Pellier | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 4:36:15.1 | +21:55.1 | 10 |
| 37 | 6 | 70 | Tom Rensonnet | Loïc Dumont | RACB National Team | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 4:44:09.5 | +29:49.5 | 8 |
| 43 | 7 | 72 | Eamonn Kelly | Conor Mohan | Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 4:53:47.2 | +39:27.2 | 6 |
| 50 | 8 | 74 | Hamza Anwar | Adnan Din | Hamza Anwar | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 5:22:22.6 | +1:08:02.6 | 4 |
| 53 | 9 | 64 | Filip Kohn | Tom Woodburn | Filip Kohn | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 5:36:58.0 | +1:22:38.0 | 2 |
| Stage | Winners | Car | Time | Class leaders |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SD | Korhonen / Viinikka | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 2:01.6 | — |
| SS1 | Korhonen / Viinikka | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 2:39.9 | Korhonen / Viinikka |
| SS2 | Pellier / Bronner | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 8:13.4 | |
| SS3 | Pellier / Bronner | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 6:22.2 | Pellier / Bronner |
| SS4 | Kohn / Woodburn | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 36:30.3 | Korhonen / Viinikka |
| SS5 | Stage interrupted | |||
| SS6 | Stage interrupted | |||
| SS7 | Kohn / Woodburn | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 37:01.5 | Korhonen / Viinikka |
| SS8 | Pellier / Bronner | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 11:16.8 | Creighton / Regan |
| SS9 | Creighton / Regan | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 14:28.1 | |
| SS10 | Pellier / Bronner | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 20:29.9 | |
| SS11 | Pellier / Bronner | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 7:32.5 | |
| SS12 | Pellier / Bronner | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 11:13.0 | |
| SS13 | Pellier / Bronner | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 15:29.2 | Korhonen / Viinikka |
| SS14 | Creighton / Regan | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 21:43.4 | |
| SS15 | Creighton / Regan | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 8:25.0 | |
| SS16 | Korhonen / Viinikka | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 9:32.9 | |
| SS17 | Pellier / Bronner | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 6:18.7 | |
| SS18 | Pellier / Bronner | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 9:29.9 | |
| SS19 | Stage cancelled | |||
| Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | |||
| 1 | Roope Korhonen | 75 | Anssi Viinikka | 75 | ||||
| 2 | William Creighton | 46 | Liam Regan | 46 | ||||
| 3 | Diego Dominguez Jr. | 37 | Rogelio Peñate | 37 | ||||
| 4 | Tom Rensonnet | 36 | Loïc Dumont | 36 | ||||
| 5 | Eamonn Kelly | 31 | Conor Mohan | 31 | ||||
| Position | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Entrant | Car | Time | Difference | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Class | Class | Stage | |||||||
| 19 | 1 | 66 | William Creighton | Liam Regan | Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 4:15:11.5 | 0.0 | 25 | 4 |
| 20 | 2 | 68 | Diego Dominguez Jr. | Rogelio Peñate | Diego Dominguez Jr. | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 4:16:57.4 | +1:45.9 | 18 | 2 |
| 31 | 3 | 71 | Roberto Blach Núñez | Mauro Barreiro | Roberto Blach Núñez | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 4:34:15.1 | +19:03.6 | 15 | 0 |
| 32 | 4 | 67 | Laurent Pellier | Kévin Bronner | Laurent Pellier | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 4:36:15.1 | +21:03.6 | 12 | 5 |
| 37 | 5 | 70 | Tom Rensonnet | Loïc Dumont | RACB National Team | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 4:44:09.5 | +28:58.0 | 10 | 0 |
| 43 | 6 | 72 | Eamonn Kelly | Conor Mohan | Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 4:53:47.2 | +35:35.7 | 8 | 0 |
| 47 | 7 | 73 | Raúl Hernández | Adrián Pérez Fernández | Raúl Hernández | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 5:10:47.7 | +55:36.2 | 6 | 5 |
| 50 | 8 | 74 | Hamza Anwar | Adnan Din | Hamza Anwar | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 5:22:22.6 | +1:07:11.1 | 4 | 0 |
| Stage | Winners | Car | Time | Class leaders |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SD | Dominguez / Peñate | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 2:02.5 | — |
| SS1 | Creighton / Regan | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 2:40.7 | Creighton / Regan |
| SS2 | Pellier / Bronner | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 8:13.4 | Dominguez / Peñate |
| SS3 | Hernández / Pérez Fernández | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 6:17.2 | |
| SS4 | Dominguez / Peñate | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 35:27.8 | |
| SS5 | Stage interrupted | |||
| SS6 | Stage interrupted | |||
| SS7 | Hernández / Pérez Fernández | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 38:59.7 | Creighton / Regan |
| SS8 | Pellier / Bronner | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 11:16.8 | |
| SS9 | Creighton / Regan | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 14:28.1 | |
| SS10 | Pellier / Bronner | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 20:29.9 | |
| SS11 | Pellier / Bronner | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 7:32.5 | |
| SS12 | Dominguez / Peñate | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 11:11.5 | |
| SS13 | Pellier / Bronner | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 15:29.2 | Dominguez / Peñate |
| SS14 | Creighton / Regan | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 21:43.4 | Creighton / Regan |
| SS15 | Creighton / Regan | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 8:25.0 | |
| SS16 | Hernández / Pérez Fernández | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 9:40.2 | |
| SS17 | Hernández / Pérez Fernández | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 6:11.7 | |
| SS18 | Hernández / Pérez Fernández | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 9:27.9 | |
| SS19 | Stage cancelled | |||
| Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | |||
| 1 | William Creighton | 79 | Liam Regan | 79 | ||||
| 2 | Diego Dominguez Jr. | 47 | Rogelio Peñate | 47 | ||||
| 3 | Laurent Pellier | 46 | Mauro Barreiro | 41 | ||||
| 4 | Roberto Blach | 41 | Loïc Dumont | 36 | ||||
| 5 | Tom Rensonnet | 36 | Conor Mohan | 33 | ||||