The 2023 Rally Chile (also known as the Rally Chile BIOBÍO 2023) was a

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event for

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held from 28 September to 1 October 2023. It marked the second running of the

Rally Chile Rally Chile is a rallying, rally competition based in Concepción, Chile, Concepción and held throughout the Biobío Region, Biobío region of Chile. It was first held in 2018 when it was run as a candidate event as part of a bid to join the Wor ...

, and was the eleventh round of the

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and

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. The event was based in Concepción of the

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, and was contested over sixteen special stages covering a total competitive distance of .

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and

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were the defending rally winners. The team they drove for in ,

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, were the defending manufacturers' winners.

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and

Jonne Halttunen Jonne Halttunen (born 13 December 1985) is a Finnish rally (sports), rally co-driver. Currently, he is the co-driver of Kalle Rovanperä, driving the Toyota GR Yaris Rally1. Previously, they represented Škoda Motorsport to participate in the 20 ...

were the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category, and Takamoto Katsuta and Daniel Barritt were the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category. However, neither crews defended their titles as they were promoted to the top tier by Toyota in . Tänak and Järveoja successfully defended their title. Their team, M-Sport Ford WRT were the manufacturer's winners.

sealed the manufacturer's title.

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and

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won the World Rally Championship-2 category.

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and

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won the World Rally Championship-3 category, which meant

Roope Korhonen Roope Korhonen (born 18 September 1998) is a Finnish rally driver. He is the 2023 World Rally Championship-3 champion. Career Korhonen made his World Rally Championship debut in the 2022 Rally Estonia. In 2023, Korhonen contested a full Worl ...

and Anssi Viinikka became the 2023 WRC3 champions.

Background

Entry list

The following crews entered into the rally. The event was opened to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2, World Rally Championship-3 and

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entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. Ten entered under Rally1 regulations, as were nineteen

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crews in the World Rally Championship-2 and two Rally3 crews in the World Rally Championship-3.

Itinerary

All dates and times are CLT ( UTC-3).

Report

WRC Rally1

Classification

Special stages

Championship standings

*Bold text indicates 2023 World Champions.

WRC-2 Rally2

Classification

Special stages

Championship standings

WRC-3 Rally3

Classification

Special stages

Championship standings

*Bold text indicates 2023 World Champions.

Notes

References

External links

*
2023 Rally Chile
at eWRC-results.com
2023 Rally Chile
at rally-maps.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Rally Chile, 2023

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