2013 Rally Italia Sardegna Rally Italia Sardegna 2013
Round 7 of the 2013 World Rally Championship season ← Previous event Next event →
Andreas Mikkelsen during Rally
Host country	Italy
Rally base	Olbia, Gallura
Dates run	June 21 – June 23, 2013
Stages	23 (304.21 km; 189.03 miles)
Stage surface	Gravel
Statistics
Crews	56 at start, 41 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Motorsport

The 2013 Rally Italia Sardegna was the seventh round of the 2013 World Rally Championship season. The event was based in Olbia, Gallura, and started on 21 June and was concluded on 23 June after twenty-three special stages, totaling 304.21 competitive kilometers.

Sébastien Ogier held the lead of the rally from start to finish; with three stage wins on the first day, Ogier held a lead of 46.6 seconds over Mikko Hirvonen, who battled for second with Thierry Neuville, with a difference of only 3.1 seconds at the end of the day. Both Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team drivers, Mads Østberg and Evgeny Novikov retired.^[1] On the second day, Hirvonen started with a stage win, but on the next stage went wide and got stuck into a ditch, leaving second place to Neuville. Ogier's teammate, Jari-Matti Latvala recovered from 12th position after a puncture on stage one, to finish third. Dani Sordo was the best Citroën finisher in fourth, ahead of Martin Prokop in fifth, while Elfyn Evans finished sixth on his début in a World Rally Car. Michał Kościuszko got his best result of the year in seventh, ahead of Østberg – recovering from his accident – to finish eighth via Rally-2. Robert Kubica got his first championship points by finishing ninth and Khalid Al Qassimi completed the top ten finishers.^[2]

Thirteen World Rally Cars were entered into the event, as were Thirteen WRC-2 entries and Ten WRC-3 entries.

Notable entrants No. Entrant Class Driver Co-driver Car Tyre 2 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT WRC Mikko Hirvonen Jarmo Lehtinen Citroën DS3 WRC M 3 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT WRC Dani Sordo Carlos del Barrio Citroën DS3 WRC M 4 Qatar M-Sport WRT WRC Mads Østberg Jonas Andersson Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 5 Qatar M-Sport WRT WRC Evgeny Novikov Ilka Minor Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 6 Qatar World Rally Team WRC Elfyn Evans Giovanni Bernacchini Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 7 Volkswagen Motorsport WRC Jari-Matti Latvala Miikka Anttila Volkswagen Polo R WRC M 8 Volkswagen Motorsport WRC Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Volkswagen Polo R WRC M 9 Volkswagen Motorsport II WRC Andreas Mikkelsen Mikko Markkula Volkswagen Polo R WRC M 10 Abu Dhabi Citroën Total WRT WRC Khalid Al Qassimi Scott Martin Citroën DS3 WRC M 11 Qatar World Rally Team WRC Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 12 Lotos Team WRC WRC Michal Kościuszko Maciej Szczepaniak Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 21 Jipocar Czech National Team WRC Martin Prokop Michal Ernst Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 22 AT Rally Team WRC Per-Gunnar Andersson Emil Axelsson Ford Fiesta RS WRC M 32 Škoda Auto Deutschland WRC-2 Sepp Wiegand Frank Christian Škoda Fabia S2000 M 33 Stohl Racing WRC-2 Armin Kremer Klaus Wicha Subaru Impreza WRX STi M 37 Lorenzo Bertelli WRC-2 Lorenzo Bertelli Mitia Dotta Ford Fiesta RRC M 40 Arman Smailov WRC-2 Arman Smailov Andrei Rusov Subaru Impreza WRX STi M 41 Nicolás Fuchs WRC-2 Nicolás Fuchs Fernando Mussano Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X D 46 Marco Vallario WRC-2 Marco Vallario Antonio Pascale Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X D 48 Seashore Qatar Rally Team WRC-2 Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari Killian Duffy Ford Fiesta RRC M 49 Mentos Ascania Racing WRC-2 Oleksiy Kikireshko Sergei Larens Mini John Cooper Works S2000 M 50 Mentos Ascania Racing WRC-2 Valeriy Gorban Volodymir Korsia Mini John Cooper Works S2000 M 51 Sébastien Chardonnet WRC-3 Sébastien Chardonnet Thibault de la Haye Citroën DS3 R3T P 52 Quentin Gilbert WRC-3 Quentin Gilbert Isabelle Galmiche Citroën DS3 R3T P 53 Saintéloc Racing WRC-3 Alastair Fisher Gordon Noble Citroën DS3 R3T P 56 Francesco Parli WRC-3 Francesco Parli Tania Canton Citroën DS3 R3T P 57 Federico Della Casa WRC-3 Federico Della Casa Marco Menchini Citroën DS3 R3T P 58 ADAC Team Weser-Ems WRC-3 Christian Riedemann Lara Vanneste Citroën DS3 R3T P 59 Bryan Bouffier WRC-3 Bryan Bouffier Xavier Panseri Citroën DS3 R3T P 60 Charles Hurst Citroën Belfast WRC-3 Keith Cronin Marshall Clarke Citroën DS3 R3T P 61 Saintéloc Racing WRC-3 Simone Campedelli Danilo Fappani Citroën DS3 R3T P 62 Stéphane Consani WRC-3 Stéphane Consani Maxime Vilmot Citroën DS3 R3T P 71 Motortune Racing WRC-2 Ala'a Rasheed Joseph Matar Ford Fiesta RRC D 72 Juan Carlos Alonso WRC-2 Juan Carlos Alonso Juan Pablo Monasterolo Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X D 74 Robert Kubica WRC-2 Robert Kubica Maciek Baran Citroën DS3 RRC M 82 MM Motorsport WRC-2 Yuriy Protasov Kuldar Sikk Ford Fiesta RRC M

Icon Class WRC WRC entries eligible to score manufacturer points WRC Major entry ineligible to score manufacturer points WRC-2 Registered to take part in WRC-2 championship WRC-3 Registered to take part in WRC-3 championship J-WRC Registered to take part in Junior WRC championship

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Overall Classification
1.	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3:22:57.9	0.0	28
2.	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:24:14.7	+1:16.8	20
3.	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3:24:45.9	+1:48.0	16
4.	Dani Sordo	Carlos del Barrio	Citroën DS3 WRC	3:26:17.1	+3:19.2	12
5.	Martin Prokop	Michal Ernst	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:31:32.0	+8:34.1	10
6.	Elfyn Evans	Giovanni Bernacchini	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:34:49.7	+11:51.8	8
7.	Michal Kościuszko	Maciej Szczepaniak	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:34:50.6	+11:52.7	6
8.	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:36:19.4	+13:21.5	4
9. (1. WRC-2)	Robert Kubica	Maciek Baran	Citroën DS3 RRC	3:39:45.5	+16:47.6	2
10.	Khalid Al Qassimi	Scott Martin	Citroën DS3 WRC	3:40:17.8	+17:19.9	1
WRC-2
1. (9.)	Robert Kubica	Maciek Baran	Citroën DS3 RRC	3:39:45.5	0.0	25
2. (11.)	Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari	Killian Duffy	Ford Fiesta RRC	3:44:02.5	+4:17.0	18
3. (12.)	Lorenzo Bertelli	Mitia Dotta	Ford Fiesta RRC	3:46:04.0	+6:18.5	15
4. (14.)	Nicolás Fuchs	Fernando Mussano	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	3:48:33.4	+8:47.9	12
5. (15.)	Armin Kremer	Klaus Wicha	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	3:50:26.5	+10:41.0	10
6. (23.)	Juan Carlos Alonso	Juan Pablo Monasterolo	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	4:06:49.9	+27:04.4	8
7. (28.)	Ala'a Rasheed	Joseph Matar	Ford Fiesta RRC	4:16:37.3	+36:51.8	6
8. (30.)	Marco Vallario	Antonio Pascale	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	4:23:33.8	+43:48.3	4
WRC-3
1. (16.)	Christian Riedemann	Lara Vanneste	Citroën DS3 R3T	3:52:39.9	0.0	25
2. (17.)	Keith Cronin	Marshall Clarke	Citroën DS3 R3T	3:57:45.3	+5:05.4	18
3. (19.)	Quentin Gilbert	Isabelle Galmiche	Citroën DS3 R3T	4:01:59.2	+9:19.3	15
4. (21.)	Sébastien Chardonnet	Thibault de la Haye	Citroën DS3 R3T	4:04:17.5	+11:37.6	12
5. (25.)	Federico Della Casa	Marco Menchini	Citroën DS3 R3T	4:08:14.0	+15:34.1	10
6. (27.)	Stéphane Consani	Maxime Vilmot	Citroën DS3 R3T	4:13:53.5	+21:13.6	8
7. (29.)	Francesco Parli	Tania Canton	Citroën DS3 R3T	4:18:52.2	+26:12.3	6
8. (31.)	Bryan Bouffier	Xavier Panseri	Citroën DS3 R3T	4:24:54.4	+32:14.5	4
9. (33.)	Alastair Fisher	Gordon Noble	Citroën DS3 R3T	4:33:54.9	+41:15.0	2