2013 Rally Italia Sardegna

Sébastien Ogier
2013 Rally Italia Sardegna; Rally Italia Sardegna 2013
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	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
Results
Overall winner	Sébastien Ogier ; Volkswagen Motorsport
Crews	56 at start, 41 at finish

Last updated January 20, 2021

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.

Report

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]

Entry List

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

Event Standing

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

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References

↑ "Rally Italia Sardegna report Day 1". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
↑ "Rally Italia Sardegna report Day 2". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Archived from the original on 1 December 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.

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[1] "Rally Italia Sardegna report Day 1". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 30 November 2013.

[2] "Rally Italia Sardegna report Day 2". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Archived from the original on 1 December 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.

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