2013 Tour de Corse

Tour de Corse 2013
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Host country	France
Rally base	Ajaccio
Dates run	17 – 18 May 2013
Stages	11 [1] (248 km; 154 miles)
Stage surface	Tarmac
Results
Crews	18 (ERC only) at start, 9 (ERC only) [2] at finish

Last updated March 04, 2019

The 2013 Tour de Corse , formally the 56. Tour de Corse, was the fifth round of the 2013 European Rally Championship season. Bryan Bouffier took his first ever European Rally Championship (ERC) victory,^[3] with the rally also being the first ERC victory for the Peugeot 207 S2000 that he drove. The 2WD category was won by Kornél Lukács in a Citroën C2 R2 MAX,^[4] whilst the Production Cup was won by Andreas Aigner in a Subaru Impreza STi R4.^[5]

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Results

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1	Bryan Bouffier	Xavier Panseri	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:41:58.2	–	25+13
2	Jan Kopecký	Pavel Dresler	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:42:38.0	+39.8	18+13
3	Stéphane Sarrazin	Jacques-Julien Renucci	Mini John Cooper Works S2000	2:43:35.8	+1:37.6	15+9
4	Craig Breen	Paul Nagle	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:43:39.0	+1:40.8	12+9
5	François Delecour	Dominique Savignoni	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:45:23.2	+3:25.0	10+6
6	Julien Maurin	Nicolas Klinger	Ford Fiesta RRC	2:45:35.8	+3:37.6	8+4
7	Andreas Aigner	Jürgen Heigl	Subaru Impreza R4	2:49:52.1	+7:53.9	6+1
8	Jean-Matthieu Leandri	Renaud Jamoul	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:50:46.0	+8:47.8	4
9	Germain Bonnefis	Olivier Fournier	Renault Mégane RS	2:51:15.0	+9:16.8	2
10	Jean-Michel Raoux	Francis Mazotti	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:55:52.5	+13:54.3	1

Special stages

Day	Stage	Name	Length	Time	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
Day 1 17 May	SS1	La Fangu - ND de la Serra	27,53 km	08:23	Craig Breen	16:29.0	100.2 km/h	Craig Breen
	SS2	Erbajolo - Pont d´Altani 1	24,57 km	11:06	Craig Breen	15:23.0	95.8 km/h
	SS3	Barchetta - La Porta 1	23,24 km	14:18	Craig Breen	15:36.2	89.4 km/h
	SS4	Taverna - Pont de Castirla	15,28 km	15:21	Robert Kubica	9:14.7	99.2 km/h	Robert Kubica
	SS5	Barchetta - La Porta 2	23,24 km	18:01	Craig Breen	15:50.0	88.1 km/h	Bryan Bouffier
	SS6	Erbajolo - Pont d´Altani 2	24,57 km	20:06	Jan Kopecký	15:32.7	94.8 km/h	Jan Kopecký
Day 2 18 May	SS7	Carbuccia - Tavera 1	16,89 km	10:48	Bryan Bouffier	12:03.7	84.0 km/h	Bryan Bouffier
	SS8	Sarrola - Liamone 1	26,70 km	12:06	Bryan Bouffier	17:50.0	89.8 km/h
	SS9	Marato - Acqua Doria	22,47 km	13:37	Jan Kopecký	13:28.2	100.1 km/h
	SS10	Carbuccia - Tavera 2	16,89 km	16:40	Bryan Bouffier	11:55.1	85.0 km/h
	SS11	Sarrola - Liamone 2	26,70 km	18:06	Bryan Bouffier	17:39.8	90.7 km/h

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References

↑ "Itinerary Tour de Corse 2013". eWRC-results.com. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
↑ "results Tour de Corse 2013". eWRC-results.com. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
↑ "profile Byan Bouffier". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
↑ "56. Tour de Corse 2013 - ERC 2WD results". eWRC-results.com. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
↑ "56. Tour de Corse 2013 - ERC Production Cup results". eWRC-results.com. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013.

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[1] "Itinerary Tour de Corse 2013". eWRC-results.com. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.

[overall_result-2] "results Tour de Corse 2013". eWRC-results.com. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-25.

[3] "profile Byan Bouffier". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 25 June 2013.

[4] "56. Tour de Corse 2013 - ERC 2WD results". eWRC-results.com. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013.

[5] "56. Tour de Corse 2013 - ERC Production Cup results". eWRC-results.com. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013.

2013 Tour de Corse

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