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]

Background

Entry list

The following crews entered into the rally. The event was open to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2, World Rally Championship-3 and privateer entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. Ten entered under Rally1 regulations, as were sixteen Rally2 crews in the World Rally Championship-2 and three Rally3 crew in the World Rally Championship-3.[9]

Rally1 entries competing in the World Rally Championship
No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Championship eligibility Tyre
4 Finland Esapekka Lappi Finland Janne Ferm South Korea Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer P
5 Finland Sami Pajari Finland Enni Mälkönen Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Driver, Co-driver P
8 Estonia Ott Tänak Estonia Martin Järveoja South Korea Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer P
11 Belgium Thierry Neuville Belgium Martijn Wydaeghe South Korea Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer P
13 Luxembourg Grégoire Munster Belgium Louis Louka United Kingdom M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer P
16 France Adrien Fourmaux France Alexandre Coria United Kingdom M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer P
17 France Sébastien Ogier France Vincent Landais Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer P
18 Japan Takamoto Katsuta Republic of Ireland Aaron Johnston Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Driver, Co-driver —
22 Latvia Mārtiņš Sesks Latvia Renārs Francis United Kingdom M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 Driver, Co-driver P
33 United Kingdom Elfyn Evans United Kingdom Scott Martin Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer P
69 Finland Kalle Rovanperä Finland Jonne Halttunen Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer P
Rally2 entries competing in the World Rally Championship-2
No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Championship eligibility Tyre
20 Sweden Oliver Solberg United Kingdom Elliott Edmondson Germany Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Driver, Co-driver, Team P
21 France Yohan Rossel France Florian Barral Belgium DG Sport Compétition Citroën C3 Rally2 Driver, Co-driver P
23 Bulgaria Nikolay Gryazin Konstantin Aleksandrov[a] Belgium DG Sport Compétition Citroën C3 Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P
24 Spain Jan Solans Spain Rodrigo Sanjuan de Eusebio Spain Jan Solans Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P
25 United Kingdom Gus Greensmith Sweden Jonas Andersson Germany Toksport WRT 2 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P
26 Poland Kajetan Kajetanowicz Poland Maciej Szczepaniak Poland Kajetan Kajetanowicz Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P
27 Paraguay Fabrizio Zaldivar Italy Marcelo Der Ohannesian Paraguay Fabrizio Zaldivar Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P
28 France Pierre-Louis Loubet France Loris Pascaud Germany Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Driver, Co-driver, Team P
29 Chile Jorge Martínez Fontena Argentina Alberto Alvarez Nicholson Chile Jorge Martínez Fontena Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P
30 Chile Alberto Heller Argentina Luis Ernesto Allende Chile Alberto Heller Citroën C3 Rally2 Driver, Co-driver P
31 Argentina Martin Scuncio Chile Javiera Roman Argentina Martin Scuncio Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P
32 Chile Pedro Heller Argentina Pablo Olmos Chile Pedro Heller Citroën C3 Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P
34 Chile Emilio Rosselot Chile Tomas Cañete Chile Emilio Rosselot Citroën C3 Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P
35 Chile Gerardo V. Rosselot Argentina Marcelo Brizio Chile Gerardo V. Rosselot Citroën C3 Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P
36 Chile Tadeo Rosselot Chile Sebastián Olguín Chile Tadeo Rosselot Citroën C3 Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P
37 Chile Eduardo Kovacs Argentina Fernando Mussano Chile Eduardo Kovacs Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P
Rally3 entries competing in the World Rally Championship-3
No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Tyre
38 Paraguay Diego Dominguez Jr. Spain Rogelio Peñate Paraguay Diego Dominguez Jr. Ford Fiesta Rally3 P
39 France Ghjuvanni Rossi France Kylian Sarmezan France Ghjuvanni Rossi Renault Clio Rally3 P
40 Peru Eduardo Castro Spain Diego Vallejo Peru Eduardo Castro Ford Fiesta Rally3 P

Itinerary

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

Date No. Time span Stage name Distance
26 September — After 9:01 Conuco [Shakedown] 6.56 km
After 19:00 Opening ceremony, Concepción Bicentenario —
27 September SS1 After 8:35 Pulperia 1 19.77 km
SS2 After 9:30 Rere 1 13.34 km
SS3 After 10:21 San Rosendo 1 23.32 km
12:21 – 13:11 Regroup, MDS Hotel Talcahuano —
13:11 – 13:41 Flexi service A, MDS Hotel Talcahuano —
SS4 After 14:46 Pulperia 2 19.77 km
SS5 After 15:41 Rere 2 13.34 km
SS6 After 16:32 San Rosendo 2 23.32 km
13:41 – 14:26 Flexi service B, MDS Hotel Talcahuano —
28 September SS7 After 9:07 Pelun 1 15.68 km
SS8 After 10:01 Lota 1 25.58 km
SS9 After 11:05 Maria las Cruces 1 28.72 km
13:00 – 13:37 Regroup, MDS Hotel Talcahuano —
13:37 – 14:07 Flexi service C, MDS Hotel Talcahuano —
SS10 After 15:07 Pelun 2 15.68 km
SS11 After 16:01 Lota 2 25.58 km
SS12 After 17:05 Maria las Cruces 2 28.72 km
19:10 – 19:55 Flexi service D, MDS Hotel Talcahuano —
29 September SS13 After 8:23 Laraquete 1 18.59 km
SS14 After 9:35 Bio Bio 1 8.74 km
SS15 After 10:33 Laraquete 2 18.59 km
11:19 – 12:19 Regroup, Arauco —
SS16 After 13:05 Bio Bio 2 [Power Stage] 8.74 km
After 15:30 Podium ceremony, Arauco —
Source:[1]

Report

WRC Rally1

Classification

Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class SAT SUN WPS Total
1 1 69 Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 2:58:59.8 0.0 18 6 4 28
2 2 33 Elfyn Evans Scott Martin Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 2:59:23.2 +23.4 15 5 1 21
3 3 8 Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 2:59:43.7 +43.9 13 4 3 20
4 4 11 Thierry Neuville Martijn Wydaeghe Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 3:00:00.9 +1:01.1 10 3 2 15
5 5 16 Adrien Fourmaux Alexandre Coria M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 3:01:02.5 +2:02.7 8 2 0 10
6 6 5 Sami Pajari Enni Mälkönen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 3:01:39.5 +2:39.7 6 1 0 7
7 7 13 Grégoire Munster Louis Louka M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 3:01:47.5 +2:47.7 4 0 0 4
24 8 22 Mārtiņš Sesks Renārs Francis M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 3:37:54.5 +38:54.7 0 0 0 0
36 9 17 Sébastien Ogier Vincent Landais Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 4:26:02.9 +1:27:03.1 0 7 5 12
Retired SS16 4 Esapekka Lappi Janne Ferm Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Radiator 0 0 0 0
Did not start 18 Takamoto Katsuta Aaron Johnston Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Withdrawn 0 0 0 0

Special stages

Stage Winners Car Time Class leaders
SD Lappi / Ferm Hyundai i20 N Rally1 3:18.2 —
SS1 Ogier / Landais Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 9:59.1 Ogier / Landais
SS2 Evans / Martin Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 6:44.4
SS3 Rovanperä / Halttunen Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 12:20.5 Evans / Martin
SS4 Ogier / Landais Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 9:52.3
SS5 Ogier / Landais Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 6:35.9
SS6 Fourmaux / Coria Ford Puma Rally1 12:05.4
SS7 Evans / Martin Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 10:35.0
SS8 Rovanperä / Halttunen Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 15:23.8
SS9 Evans / Martin Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 17:04.3
SS10 Evans / Martin Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 10:23.8
SS11 Neuville / Wydaeghe Hyundai i20 N Rally1 15:57.1 Rovanperä / Halttunen
SS12 Fourmaux / Coria Ford Puma Rally1 17:17.3
SS13 Ogier / Landais Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 12:12.8
SS14 Ogier / Landais Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 4:46.7
SS15 Ogier / Landais Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 12:08.6
SS16 Ogier / Landais Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 4:29.2

Championship standings

Pos. Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships Manufacturers' championships
Move Driver Points Move Co-driver Points Move Manufacturer Points
1 Thierry Neuville 207 Martijn Wydaeghe 207 Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT 482
2 Ott Tänak 178 Martin Järveoja 178 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 465
3 Sébastien Ogier 166 Vincent Landais 166 M-Sport Ford WRT 245
4 Elfyn Evans 161 Scott Martin 161
5 Adrien Fourmaux 140 Alexandre Coria 140

WRC-2 Rally2

Classification

Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class Class Event
8 1 21 Yohan Rossel Florian Barral DG Sport Compétition Citroën C3 Rally2 3:07:31.2 0.0 25 3
9 2 23 Nikolay Gryazin Konstantin Aleksandrov DG Sport Compétition Citroën C3 Rally2 3:07:48.5 +17.3 18 2
10 3 25 Gus Greensmith Jonas Andersson Toksport WRT 2 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 3:07:51.9 +20.7 15 1
11 4 20 Yohan Rossel Florian Barral DG Sport Compétition Citroën C3 Rally2 3:07:57.3 +26.1 12 0
12 5 26 Kajetan Kajetanowicz Maciej Szczepaniak Kajetan Kajetanowicz Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 3:10:57.8 +3:26.6 10 0
13 6 27 Fabrizio Zaldivar Marcelo Der Ohannesian Fabrizio Zaldivar Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 3:12:34.4 +5:03.2 8 0
14 7 29 Jorge Martínez Fontena Alberto Alvarez Nicholson Jorge Martínez Fontena Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 3:13:28.5 +5:57.3 6 0
15 8 30 Alberto Heller Luis Ernesto Allende Alberto Heller Citroën C3 Rally2 3:14:43.5 +7:12.3 4 0
16 9 24 Jan Solans Rodrigo Sanjuan de Eusebio Jan Solans Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 3:17:54.6 +10:23.4 2 0
17 10 32 Pedro Heller Pablo Olmos Pedro Heller Citroën C3 Rally2 3:18:01.7 +10:30.5 1 0
18 11 34 Emilio Rosselot Tomas Cañete Emilio Rosselot Citroën C3 Rally2 3:21:05.5 +13:34.3 0 0
25 12 37 Eduardo Kovacs Fernando Mussano Eduardo Kovacs Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo 3:44:00.3 +36:29.1 0 0
32 13 35 Gerardo V. Rosselot Marcelo Brizio Gerardo V. Rosselot Citroën C3 Rally2 4:11:00.3 +1:03:29.1 0 0
Retired SS15 31 Martin Scuncio Javiera Roman Martin Scuncio Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Accident 0 0

Special stages

Championship standings

  • Bold text indicates 2024 World Champions.
Pos. Open Drivers' championships Open Co-drivers' championships Teams' championships Challenger Drivers' championships Challenger Co-drivers' championships
Move Driver Points Move Co-driver Points Move Manufacturer Points Move Manufacturer Points Move Driver Points
1 Oliver Solberg 123 Elliott Edmondson 123 DG Sport Compétition 252 Sami Pajari 118 Enni Mälkönen 118
2 1 Yohan Rossel 111 Enni Mälkönen 108 Toksport WRT 205 2 Nikolay Gryazin 80 2 Konstantin Aleksandrov 80
3 1 Sami Pajari 108 3 Konstantin Aleksandrov 66 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG 73 1 Lauri Joona 78 1 Janni Hussi 78
4 2 Nikolay Gryazin 66 1 Janni Hussi 58 Toksport WRT 2 72 4 Kajetan Kajetanowicz 70 4 Maciej Szczepaniak 70
5 1 Lauri Joona 58 Rodrigo Sanjuan de Eusebio 54 2 Jan Solans 68 2 Rodrigo Sanjuan de Eusebio 68

WRC-3 Rally3

Classification

Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class
19 1 38 Diego Dominguez Jr. Rogelio Peñate Diego Dominguez Jr. Ford Fiesta Rally3 3:26:06.6 0.0 25
20 2 40 Eduardo Castro Diego Vallejo Eduardo Castro Ford Fiesta Rally3 3:30:18.8 +4:12.2 18
31 3 39 Ghjuvanni Rossi Kylian Sarmezan Ghjuvanni Rossi Renault Clio Rally3 4:06:10.9 +40:04.3 15

Special stages

Stage Winners Car Time Class leaders
SD Castro / Vallejo Ford Fiesta Rally3 3:51.9 —
SS1 Stage cancelled
SS2 Dominguez / Peñate Ford Fiesta Rally3 7:48.5 Dominguez / Peñate
SS3 Dominguez / Peñate Ford Fiesta Rally3 14:19.6
SS4 Dominguez / Peñate Ford Fiesta Rally3 11:43.2
SS5 Dominguez / Peñate Ford Fiesta Rally3 7:44.0
SS6 Dominguez / Peñate Ford Fiesta Rally3 14:08.0
SS7 Dominguez / Peñate Ford Fiesta Rally3 12:00.2
SS8 Dominguez / Peñate Ford Fiesta Rally3 17:50.0
SS9 Castro / Vallejo Ford Fiesta Rally3 19:37.4
SS10 Dominguez / Peñate Ford Fiesta Rally3 11:41.2
SS11 Stage cancelled
SS12 Dominguez / Peñate Ford Fiesta Rally3 19:51.7 Dominguez / Peñate
SS13 Castro / Vallejo Ford Fiesta Rally3 14:25.3
SS14 Rossi / Sarmezan Renault Clio Rally3 5:36.9
SS15 Rossi / Sarmezan Renault Clio Rally3 14:03.9
SS16 Dominguez / Peñate Ford Fiesta Rally3 5:22.6

Championship standings

  • Bold text indicates 2024 World Champions.
Pos. Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships
Move Driver Points Move Co-driver Points
1 Diego Dominguez Jr. 100 Rogelio Peñate 100
2 Romet Jürgenson 61 Siim Oja 61
3 Norbert Maior 49 Francesca Maria Maior 49
4 Mattéo Chatillon 48 Maxence Cornuau 48
5 Jan Černý 47 Ondřej Krajča 47

Notes

  1. ^ Konstantin Aleksandrov is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor using the ANA flag as Russian national emblems were banned by the association due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c "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.
  9. ^ "Entry list Rally Chile BIOBÍO 2024". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  10. ^ "FIA announces World Motor Sport Council decisions in relation to the situation in Ukraine". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
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