The 2013 Rally de Portugal was the fourth round of the

2013 World Rally Championship season The 2013 FIA World Rally Championship was the 41st season of the World Rally Championship, a rallying championship recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile as the highest class of international rallying. The season was run ...

. The event was based in Faro,

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ...

, and started on 11 April and was concluded on 14 April after fifteen special stages, totaling 387 competitive kilometres, including a street stage in

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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

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stages in the country's north which was won by Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT driver

Dani Sordo Daniel "Dani" Sordo Castillo (born 2 May 1983) is a Spanish rally driver. He competes in the World Rally Championship for Hyundai Motorsport. He achieved his first WRC victory at the 2013 Rallye Deutschland. Career Sordo began in motocross whe ...

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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

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s were entered into the event, as were twenty entries in the newly formed WRC-2 championship for cars built to

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and

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regulations and nine

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entries. There was also ten entries in the debut of the Junior WRC.

Results

Event standings

: – The Junior WRC features only the first 11 stages of the rally.

Special stages

Power Stage

The "Power stage" was a stage at the end of the rally.

Notable retirements

Championship standings after the event

FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers

Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.

FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers

WRC2 Drivers' championship

WRC3 Drivers' Championship

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.

Drivers' championship

;Notes: * ¹ refers to the number of stages won, where a bonus point is awarded per stage win.

Co-drivers' championship

;Notes: * ¹ refers to the number of stages won, where a bonus point is awarded per stage win.

References

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Rally de Portugal The Rally de Portugal (formerly: Rallye de Portugal) is a rally competition held in Portugal. First held in 1967, the seventh running of the race, the 7º TAP Rallye de Portugal was the third event in the inaugural FIA World Rally Cham ...

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