| 2023 Rally Chile Rally Chile BIOBÍO 2023 | |||
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Round 11 of 13 in the 2023 World Rally Championship
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| Host country |  Chile | ||
| Rally base | Concepción, Biobío | ||
| Dates run | 28 September – 1 October 2023 | ||
| Start location | Coronel, Biobío | ||
| Finish location | Concepción, Biobío | ||
| Stages | 16 (321.06 km; 199.50 miles)[1] | ||
| Stage surface | Gravel | ||
| Transport distance | 912.03 km (566.71 miles) | ||
| Overall distance | 1,233.09 km (766.21 miles) | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Crews registered | 55 | ||
| Crews | 51 at start, 36 at finish | ||
| Overall results | |||
| Overall winner |  Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja M-Sport Ford WRT3:06:38.1 | ||
| Power Stage winner |  Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT7:06.7 | ||
| Support category results | |||
| WRC-2 winner |  Oliver Solberg Elliott Edmondson3:14:56.6 | ||
| WRC-3 winner |  Eduardo Castro Fernando Mussano3:36:41.7 | ||
The 2023 Rally Chile (also known as the Rally Chile BIOBÍO 2023) was a motor racing event for rally cars held from 28 September to 1 October 2023.[2] It marked the second running of the Rally Chile, and was the eleventh round of the 2023 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The event was based in Concepción of the Biobío Region, and was contested over sixteen special stages covering a total competitive distance of 321.06 km (199.50 mi).[1]
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were the defending rally winners. The team they drove for in 2019, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[3] Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen were the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category,[a] and Takamoto Katsuta and Daniel Barritt were the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category.[4][b] However, neither crews defended their titles as they were promoted to the top tier by Toyota in 2020.[5][6]
Tänak and Järveoja successfully defended their title. Their team, M-Sport Ford WRT were the manufacturer's winners.[7] Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT sealed the manufacturer's title.[8] Oliver Solberg and Elliott Edmondson won the World Rally Championship-2 category.[9] Eduardo Castro and Fernando Mussano won the World Rally Championship-3 category, which meant Roope Korhonen and Anssi Viinikka became the 2023 WRC3 champions.[10]
- ^ a b "Itinerary Rally Chile BIOBÍO 2023". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ^ "WRC poewrs into 2023 with exciting new-look calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ^ "Sunday in Chile: victory for masterful Tänak". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 12 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Sunday in Chile: Rovanperä seals Pro win". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 12 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Toyota reveals 2020 line-up". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ Klein, Jamie (14 December 2019). "Toyota hands Katsuta eight WRC starts for 2020". motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ^ "Tänak celebrates Chile win as Toyota clinches manufacturers' crown". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
- ^ Howard, Tom (2 October 2023). "Toyota joins WRC royalty with manufacturers' title three-peat". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
- ^ "Solberg's campaign ends on a high with WRC2 victory in Chile". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
- ^ "Korhonen crowned WRC3 champion as Dominguez times out in Chile". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
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