2024 Rally Chile

2024 Rally Chile
Rally Chile BIOBÍO 2024
Round 11 of 13 in the 2024 World Rally Championship
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Rally Chile was the final gravel rally on the 2024 calendar.
Host country Chile
Rally baseConcepción, Biobío
Dates run26 – 29 September 2024
Start locationCoronel, Biobío
Finish locationConcepción, Biobío
Stages16 (307.48 km; 191.06 miles)[1]
Stage surfaceGravel
Transport distance885.54 km (550.25 miles)
Overall distance1,193.02 km (741.31 miles)
Statistics
Crews registered45
Crews42 at start, 37 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerFinland Kalle Rovanperä
Finland Jonne Halttunen
Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
2:58:59.8
Saturday
Overall leader
Finland Kalle Rovanperä
Finland Jonne Halttunen
Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
2:25:14.3
Sunday
Accumulated leader
France Sébastien Ogier
France Vincent Landais
Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
33:37.3
Power Stage winnerFrance Sébastien Ogier
France Vincent Landais
Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
4:29.2
Support category results
WRC-2 winnerFrance Yohan Rossel
France Florian Barral
Belgium DG Sport Compétition
3:07:31.2
WRC-3 winnerParaguay Diego Dominguez Jr.
Spain Rogelio Peñate
3:26:06.6

The 2024 Rally Chile (also known as the Rally Chile BIOBÍO 2024) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days from 26 to 29 September 2024.[2] It marked the third running of the Rally Chile, and was the eleventh round of the 2024 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2024 event was based in Concepción, Biobío, and was contested over sixteen special stages, covering a total competitive distance of 307.48 km (191.06 mi).[1]

Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were the defending rally winners. The team they drove for in 2023, M-Sport Ford WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[3] Oliver Solberg and Elliott Edmondson were the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category.[4] Eduardo Castro and Fernando Mussano were the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category.[5]

Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen won their fourth rally of the season, and their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturers' winners.[6] Yohan Rossel and Florian Barral were the winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category.[7] Diego Dominguez Jr. and Rogelio Peñate were the winners in the World Rally Championship-3 category, and crowned the category champions.[8]

  1. ^ a b "Itinerary Rally Chile BIOBÍO 2024". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Revealed: 2024 WRC Calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Tänak celebrates Chile win as Toyota clinches manufacturers' crown". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Solberg's campaign ends on a high with WRC2 victory in Chile". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Korhonen crowned WRC3 champion as Dominguez times out in Chile". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Rovanperä victorious on treacherous Rally Chile Bio Bío". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 30 September 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Rossel and Gryazin's Chilean double secures WRC2 title for Citroën". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 29 September 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Dominguez crowned WRC3 Champion". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 29 September 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.