2023 Rally Estonia

2023 Rally Estonia
WRC Rally Estonia 2023
Round 8 of 13 in the 2023 World Rally Championship
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Rally Estonia is the biggest motorsport event in the Baltic states.
Host country Estonia
Rally baseTartu, Tartu County
Dates run20 – 23 July 2023
Start locationTartu, Tartu County
Finish locationLeigo Lakes
Stages21 (300.42 km; 186.67 miles)[1]
Stage surfaceGravel
Transport distance1,064.42 km (661.40 miles)
Overall distance1,364.84 km (848.07 miles)
Statistics
Crews registered53
Crews50 at start, 44 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerFinland Kalle Rovanperä
Finland Jonne Halttunen
Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
2:36:03.2
Power Stage winnerFinland Kalle Rovanperä
Finland Jonne Halttunen
Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
2:36:03.2
Support category results
WRC-2 winnerNorway Andreas Mikkelsen
Norway Torstein Eriksen
Germany Toksport WRT 3
2:45:57.3
WRC-3 winnerFinland Roope Korhonen
Finland Anssi Viinikka
Finland Rautio Motorsport
2:57:16.2
J-WRC winnerLuxembourg Grégoire Munster
Belgium Louis Louka
Belgium Louis Louka

The 2023 Rally Estonia (also known as the WRC Rally Estonia 2023) was a motor racing event for rally cars held from 20 July to 23 July 2023.[2] It marked the thirteenth running of the Rally Estonia, and was the eighth round of the 2023 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The event was also the fourth round of the 2023 Junior World Rally Championship.[3] The event was based in Tartu of Tartu County, and was contested over twenty-one special stages covering a total competitive distance of 300.42 km (186.67 mi).[1]

Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen were the defending rally winners. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[4] Andreas Mikkelsen and Torstein Eriksen were the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category.[5] Sami Pajari and Enni Mälkönen were the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category as well as the junior championship.[6][7]

Rovanperä and Halttunen successfully defended their titles, so as their team, Toyota.[8] Mikkelsen and Eriksen defended their titles in the World Rally Championship-2 category.[9] Roope Korhonen and Anssi Viinikka won the World Rally Championship-3 category.[10] Grégoire Munster and Grégoire Munster won the junior class.[11]

  1. ^ a b "Itinerary Rally Estonia 2023". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  2. ^ "WRC poewrs into 2023 with exciting new-look calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  3. ^ "FIA World Rally Championship calendar for 2023 gets green light". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Dazzling Rovanperä triumphs in Estonia". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  5. ^ "WRC2 win relights Mikkelsen's title hopes". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Pajari holds on for WRC3 glory". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Pajari's juniot WRC win sets up final round thriller". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Untouchable Rovanperä clinches Rally Estonia win". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 23 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Majestic Mikkelsen bags WRC2 Estonia crown". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 23 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  10. ^ "Korhonen puts one hand on the WRC3 crown". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 23 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  11. ^ "Munster victory sets up final round thriller in junior WRC". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 23 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.