2020 Rally Turkey 13. Marmaris Rally Turkey | |||
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Round 5 of 7 in the 2020 World Rally Championship
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Host country | Turkey | ||
Rally base | Marmaris, Muğla | ||
Dates run | 18 – 20 September 2020 | ||
Start location | İçmeler, Muğla | ||
Finish location | Marmaris, Muğla | ||
Stages | 12 (223.00 km; 138.57 miles) [1] | ||
Stage surface | Gravel | ||
Transport distance | 484.81 km (301.25 miles) | ||
Overall distance | 707.81 km (439.81 miles) | ||
Statistics | |||
Crews registered | 26 | ||
Crews | 24 at start, 18 at finish | ||
Overall results | |||
Overall winner | Elfyn Evans Scott Martin Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 2:43:02.7 | ||
Power Stage winner | Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT 4:20.4 | ||
Support category results | |||
WRC-2 winner | Pontus Tidemand Patrik Barth Toksport WRT 2:56:02.4 | ||
WRC-3 winner | Kajetan Kajetanowicz Maciej Szczepaniak 2:55:38.2 |
The 2020 Rally Turkey (also known as Marmaris Rally Turkey 2020) was a motor racing event for rally cars that held between 18 and 20 September 2020. [2] It marked the thirteenth running of Rally Turkey and was the fifth round of the 2020 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2020 event was based in Marmaris in Muğla Province, and was contested over twelve special stages with a total competitive distance of 223.00 km (138.57 mi). [1]
Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia were the defending rally winners. [3] Citroën World Rally Team, the team they drove for in 2019, were the reigning manufacturers' winners, but they did not defending their title after parent company Citroën withdrew from the sport. [4] Gus Greensmith and Elliott Edmondson were the defending winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category, but they did not defend their titles as they were promoted to the sport's top tier by M-Sport Ford World Rally Team. [5] [lower-alpha 1] In the World Rally Championship-3 category, Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Maciej Szczepaniak were the reigning rally winners. [5] [lower-alpha 2]
Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin were the overall winners of the rally, recording a second win of the season. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturers' winners. [6] The Toksport WRT crew of Pontus Tidemand and Patrik Barth won the WRC-2 category. [7] Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Maciej Szczepaniak successfully defended their tiles in the WRC-3 category. [8]
Six-time world champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia entered the round with a nine-point lead over Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin. Reigning world champions Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were third, a further four points behind. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT held a five-point lead over defending manufacturers' champions Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, following by M-Sport Ford WRT.
In the World Rally Championship-2 standings, Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen held a twenty-point lead ahead of Pontus Tidemand and Patrick Barth in the drivers' and co-drivers' standings respectively, with Nikolay Gryazin and Renaud Jamoul in third. In the manufacturer' championship, Hyundai Motorsport N led PH-Sport by nine points. M-Sport Ford WRT sit in third, a slender five points behind.
In the World Rally Championship-3 standings, the crew of Jari Huttunen and Mikko Lukka led both drivers' and co-drivers' championships by six and eight points over Marco Bulacia Wilkinson and Aaron Johnston respectively. Oliver Solberg was third in the drivers' standings, while Yannick Roche held third in the co-drivers' standings.
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. Twenty-six entries were received, with ten crews entered in World Rally Cars, three Group R5 cars entered in the World Rally Championship-2 and twelve in the World Rally Championship-3.
All dates and times are TRT (UTC+3).
Date | Time | No. | Stage name | Distance |
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18 September | 09:01 | — | Asparan [ Shakedown ] | 4.70 km |
Leg 1 — 25.22 km | ||||
18 September | 17:08 | SS1 | İçmeler | 13.90 km |
18:21 | SS2 | Gökçe | 11.32 km | |
Leg 2 — 107.38 km | ||||
19 September | 08:50 | SS3 | Yeşilbelde 1 | 31.79 km |
10:08 | SS4 | Datça 1 | 8.75 km | |
11:06 | SS5 | Kızlan 1 | 13.15 km | |
14:50 | SS6 | Yeşilbelde 2 | 31.79 km | |
16:08 | SS7 | Datça 2 | 8.75 km | |
17:06 | SS8 | Kızlan 2 | 13.15 km | |
Leg 3 — 90.40 km | ||||
20 September | 07:30 | SS9 | Çetibeli 1 | 38.15 km |
09:08 | SS10 | Marmaris 1 | 7.05 km | |
11:20 | SS11 | Çetibeli 2 | 38.15 km | |
13:18 | SS12 | Marmaris 2 [ Power Stage ] | 7.05 km | |
Source: [1] | ||||
Sebastien Loeb and Daniel Elena held the lead going onto Saturday. At the age of forty-six, Loeb became the oldest driver to lead a WRC event. [10] Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja retired Friday when their Hyundai speared off the road because of a steering issue. [11] Sebastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia took over the lead on Saturday morning, but they dropped their lead to Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul in the afternoon loop due to a puncture and hydraulics issue. [12] Sunday's first pass through the Çetibeli stage saw tyre dramas, which saw five crews suffering punctures, including the crew of Neuville and Gilsoul, Loeb and Elena, Ogier and Ingrassia, Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen, and Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm, with two more crews retired from the rally. [13] Ogier and Ingrassia then retired from the rally when their engine was on fire. [14] Eventually, the rally was won by Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin. [6]
Date | No. | Stage name | Distance | Winners | Car | Time | Class leaders |
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18 September | — | Asparan [ Shakedown ] | 4.70 km | Neuville / Gilsoul | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 3:23.4 | — |
SS1 | İçmeler | 13.90 km | Neuville / Gilsoul | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 10:13.1 | Neuville / Gilsoul | |
SS2 | Gökçe | 11.32 km | Ogier / Ingrassia | Toyota Yaris WRC | 8:34.0 | Loeb / Elena | |
19 September | SS3 | Yeşilbelde 1 | 31.79 km | Ogier / Ingrassia | Toyota Yaris WRC | 24:54.2 | Ogier / Ingrassia |
SS4 | Datça 1 | 8.75 km | Ogier / Ingrassia | Toyota Yaris WRC | 6:53.9 | ||
SS5 | Kızlan 1 | 13.15 km | Neuville / Gilsoul | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 7:10.7 | ||
SS6 | Yeşilbelde 2 | 31.79 km | Neuville / Gilsoul | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 24:41.6 | Neuville / Gilsoul | |
SS7 | Datça 2 | 8.75 km | Neuville / Gilsoul | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 6:52.7 | ||
SS8 | Kızlan 2 | 13.15 km | Loeb / Elena | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 7:09.4 | ||
20 September | SS9 | Çetibeli 1 | 38.15 km | Evans / Martin | Toyota Yaris WRC | 28:38.9 | Evans / Martin |
SS10 | Marmaris 1 | 7.05 km | Neuville / Gilsoul | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 4:25.5 | ||
SS11 | Çetibeli 2 | 38.15 km | Neuville / Gilsoul | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 27:46.0 | ||
SS12 | Marmaris 2 [ Power Stage ] | 7.05 km | Neuville / Gilsoul | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 4:20.4 | ||
Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | Manufacturers' championships | |||||||||
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Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | ||||
1 | 1 | Elfyn Evans | 97 | 1 | Scott Martin | 97 | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | 174 | ||||
2 | 1 | Sébastien Ogier | 79 | 1 | Julien Ingrassia | 79 | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | 165 | ||||
3 | Ott Tänak | 70 | Martin Järveoja | 70 | M-Sport Ford WRT | 101 | ||||||
4 | Kalle Rovanperä | 70 | Jonne Halttunen | 70 | ||||||||
5 | Thierry Neuville | 65 | Nicolas Gilsoul | 65 |
Adrien Fourmaux and Renaud Jamoul claimed back-to-back stage wins to lead the class on Friday, [15] but a rear-left puncture in Saturday afternoon cost them the lead. [16] Pontus Tidemand and Patrick Barth took over the lead and won the class. [7]
Position | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Entrant | Car | Time | Difference | Points | ||
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Event | Class | Class | Event | |||||||
8 | 1 | 21 | Pontus Tidemand | Patrick Barth | Toksport WRT | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 2:56:02.4 | 0.0 | 25 | 4 |
10 | 2 | 22 | Adrien Fourmaux | Renaud Jamoul | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II | 2:57:45.3 | +1:42.9 | 18 | 1 |
18 | 3 | 23 | Eyvind Brynildsen | Ilka Minor | Toksport WRT | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 4:04:27.1 | +1:08:24.7 | 15 | 0 |
Date | No. | Stage name | Distance | Winners | Car | Time | Class leaders |
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18 September | — | Asparan [ Shakedown ] | 4.70 km | Brynildsen / Minor | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 3:47.1 | — |
SS1 | İçmeler | 13.90 km | Fourmaux / Jamoul | Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II | 10:56.1 | Fourmaux / Jamoul | |
SS2 | Gökçe | 11.32 km | Fourmaux / Jamoul | Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II | 9:01.0 | ||
19 September | SS3 | Yeşilbelde 1 | 31.79 km | Fourmaux / Jamoul | Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II | 26:36.2 | |
SS4 | Datça 1 | 8.75 km | Tidemand / Barth | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 7:14.9 | ||
SS5 | Kızlan 1 | 13.15 km | Tidemand / Barth | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 7:37.1 | ||
SS6 | Yeşilbelde 2 | 31.79 km | Tidemand / Barth | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 26:29.4 | Tidemand / Barth | |
SS7 | Datça 2 | 8.75 km | Tidemand / Barth | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 7:14.1 | ||
SS8 | Kızlan 2 | 13.15 km | Fourmaux / Jamoul | Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II | 7:41.8 | ||
20 September | SS9 | Çetibeli 1 | 38.15 km | Fourmaux / Jamoul | Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II | 31:03.5 | |
SS10 | Marmaris 1 | 7.05 km | Tidemand / Barth | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 4:43.8 | ||
SS11 | Çetibeli 2 | 38.15 km | Fourmaux / Jamoul | Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II | 30:55.4 | ||
SS12 | Marmaris 2 | 7.05 km | Tidemand / Barth | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | 4:38.1 | ||
Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | Manufacturers' championships | |||||||||
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Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | ||||
1 | 1 | Pontus Tidemand | 80 | 1 | Patrick Barth | 80 | 3 | Toksport WRT | 107 | |||
2 | 1 | Mads Østberg | 75 | 1 | Torstein Eriksen | 75 | 1 | M-Sport Ford WRT | 88 | |||
3 | 1 | Adrien Fourmaux | 66 | Renaud Jamoul | 66 | 2 | Hyundai Motorsport N | 84 | ||||
4 | 1 | Nikolay Gryazin | 51 | Yaroslav Fedorov | 41 | 2 | PH-Sport | 75 | ||||
5 | Ole Christian Veiby | 33 | Jonas Andersson | 33 | ||||||||
Marco Bulacia Wilkinson and Marcelo Der Ohannesian led the class through Friday. Sean Johnston and Alex Kihurani retired from the rally when their Citroën caught fire. [17] Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Maciej Szczepaniak set some blistering times, opening a huge gap to comfortably win the rally. [18] [8]
Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | ||||||
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Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | |||
1 | 1 | Marco Bulacia Wilkinson | 55 | Mikko Lukka | 43 | |||
2 | 1 | Jari Huttunen | 43 | 11 | Maciek Szczepaniak | 37 | ||
3 | 11 | Kajetan Kajetanowicz | 37 | 1 | Aaron Johnston | 35 | ||
4 | 1 | Oliver Solberg | 35 | 9 | Marcelo Der Ohannesian | 30 | ||
5 | 1 | Nicolas Ciamin | 26 | 5 | Marc Martí | 27 | ||
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