2013 WRC2 Championship
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The 2013 World Rally Championship-2 was the first season of the World Rally Championship-2, an auto racing championship recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, running in support of the World Rally Championship. It was created when the Group R class of rally car was introduced in 2013.[1]
Unlike its predecessor, the Super 2000 World Rally Championship, the World Rally Championship-2 does not have a fixed calendar. Instead, teams and drivers competing in the series are free to contest any of thirteen rallies that form the 2013 World Rally Championship. They must nominate up to seven events to score points in, and their best six results from these seven events will count towards their final championship points score. The World Rally Championship is open to cars complying with R4, R5, Super 2000 and Group N regulations.[2]
At the penultimate round of the season in Spain,[3] Robert Kubica won the championship title by 25 points from Seashore Qatar Rally Team's Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari. Yuriy Protasov finished third in the championship. In the teams' championship, Seashore Qatar Rally Team won the championship with a lead of 47 points over Yazeed Racing. Peruvian Nicolás Fuchs has amassed enough points to win the Production Car Cup, having finished as best privateer at six of the seven events he has completed.[4]
Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers have competed in the 2013 World Rally Championship-2 season:
Driver changes
- Rashid al Ketbi will move from the Intercontinental Rally Challenge to the WRC-2 championship, competing with a Škoda Fabia S2000.[6]
- Elfyn Evans will join the WRC-2 championship as part of his prize for winning the 2012 WRC Academy championship, driving a Ford Fiesta RRC prepared by M-Sport at selected events in 2013.[23]
- Esapekka Lappi, who contested selected events of the Super 2000 World Rally Championship in 2011 and 2012 will contest the WRC-2 championship with Škoda Motorsport, driving a Škoda Fabia S2000.[5]
- Valeriy Gorban and Oleksiy Kikireshko will switch from competing with the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX to racing a Super 2000 version of the Mini John Cooper Works WRC under the Mentos Ascania Racing banner.[20]
- Former Formula One driver Robert Kubica will contest seven rounds of the championship, driving a Citroën DS3 RRC alongside a European Rally Championship campaign.[22]
- Sepp Wiegand will move into the WRC-2 full-time, after competing in the 2011 and 2012 Rallye Deutschland with a Škoda Fabia S2000 prepared by Volkswagen Motorsport.[7]
- Former WRC driver Matthew Wilson will return to competition in the WRC-2 after spending most of the 2012 season recoving from an injury.[29]
Rally summaries
Round | Rally name | Podium finishers | Statistics | ||||||||
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Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Stages | Length | Starters | Finishers | |||
1 | 81ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo (15–20 January) — Results and report |
1 | 32 | Sepp Wiegand Frank Christian |
Škoda Auto Deutschland (Škoda Fabia S2000) |
5:48:31.7 | (18)† 16 |
(478.42 km)† 436.02 km |
8 | 5 | |
2 | 33 | Armin Kremer Klaus Wicha |
Stohl Racing (Subaru Impreza WRX STi) |
5:56:57.5 | |||||||
3 | 39 | Yuriy Protasov Kuldar Sikk |
Symtech Racing (Subaru Impreza STi R4) |
5:59:53.0 | |||||||
2 | 61st Rally Sweden (8–10 February) — Results and report |
1 | 35 | Yazeed Al Rajhi Michael Orr |
Yazeed Racing (Ford Fiesta RRC) |
3:28:08.9 | 22 | 297.78 km | 12 | 11 | |
2 | 42 | Anders Grøndal Trond Svendsen |
Anders Grøndal Rally Team (Subaru Impreza WRX STi) |
3:28:52.4 | |||||||
3 | 32 | Sepp Wiegand Frank Christian |
Škoda Auto Deutschland (Škoda Fabia S2000) |
3:32:14.0 | |||||||
3 | 26º Rally México (8–10 March) — Results and report |
1 | 48 | Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari Killian Duffy |
Seashore Qatar Rally Team (Ford Fiesta RRC) |
5:01:10.3 | 23 | 396.82 km | 6 | 5 | |
2 | 41 | Nicolàs Fuchs Fernando Mussano |
RMC Motorsport (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX) |
5:10:24.9 | |||||||
3 | 38 | Ricardo Triviño Alex Haro |
Moto Club Igualda (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X) |
5:18:44.5 | |||||||
4 | 47º Rally de Portugal (12–14 April) — Results and report |
1 | 31 | Esapekka Lappi Janne Ferm |
Škoda Motorsport (Škoda Fabia S2000) |
4:23:59.7 | 15 | 386.73 km | 19 | 14 | |
2 | 79 | Robert Barrable Stuart Loudon |
CA1 Sport Ltd (Ford Fiesta S2000) |
4:35:36.2 | |||||||
3 | 32 | Sepp Wiegand Frank Christian |
Škoda Auto Deutschland (Škoda Fabia S2000) |
4:39:02.8 | |||||||
5 | 33º Rally Argentina (3–5 May) — Results and report |
1 | 48 | Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari Killian Duffy |
Seashore Qatar Rally Team (Ford Fiesta RRC) |
5:08:27.1 | 14 | 407.64 km | 8 | 6 | |
2 | 41 | Nicolàs Fuchs Fernando Mussano |
RMC Motorsport (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX) |
5:21:34.0 | |||||||
3 | 77 | Marcos Ligato Rubén García |
Top Run SRL (Subaru Impreza WRX STI) |
5:31:39.0 | |||||||
6 | 59th Acropolis Rally (31 May–2 June) — Results and report |
1 | 74 | Robert Kubica Maciek Baran |
PH Sport (Citroën DS3 RRC) |
3:46:20.3 | 14 | 306.53 km | 17 | 13 | |
2 | 82 | Yuriy Protasov Kuldar Sikk |
MM Motorsport (Ford Fiesta RRC) |
3:47:50.1 | |||||||
3 | 48 | Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari Killian Duffy |
Seashore Qatar Rally Team (Ford Fiesta RRC) |
3:48:33.6 | |||||||
7 | 10º Rally d'Italia — Sardegna (21–23 June) — Results and report |
1 | 74 | Robert Kubica Maciek Baran |
PH Sport (Citroën DS3 RRC) |
3:39:45.5 | 16 | 304.50 km | 13 | 8 | |
2 | 48 | Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari Killian Duffy |
Seashore Qatar Rally Team (Ford Fiesta RRC) |
3:44:02.5 | |||||||
3 | 37 | Lorenzo Bertelli Mitia Dotta |
Fuckmatiè World Rally Team (Ford Fiesta RRC) |
3:46:04.0 | |||||||
8 | 63rd Rally Finland (1–3 August) — Results and report |
1 | 88 | Jari Ketomaa Marko Sallinen |
DMACK-Autotek (Ford Fiesta R5) |
2:54:29.6 | 23 | 324.21 km | 20 | 14 | |
2 | 74 | Robert Kubica Maciek Baran |
PH Sport (Citroën DS3 RRC) |
2:55:58.5 | |||||||
3 | 84 | Hayden Paddon John Kennard |
BRR Team (Škoda Fabia S2000) |
2:57:23.5 | |||||||
9 | 31. Rallye Deutschland (23–25 August) — Results and report |
1 | 74 | Robert Kubica Maciek Baran |
PH Sport (Citroën DS3 RRC) |
3:24:20.7 | (16)† 15 |
(371.86 km)† 330.78 km |
13 | 9 | |
2 | 75 | Elfyn Evans Daniel Barritt |
Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team (Ford Fiesta R5) |
3:24:33.6 | |||||||
3 | 84 | Hayden Paddon John Kennard |
BRR Team (Škoda Fabia S2000) |
3:28:20.6 | |||||||
10 | 22nd Rally Australia (13–15 September) — Results and report |
1 | 48 | Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari Killian Duffy |
Seashore Qatar Rally Team (Ford Fiesta RRC) |
3:37:22.7 | 22 | 352.36 km | 8 | 7 | |
2 | 82 | Yuriy Protasov Kuldar Sikk |
MM Motorsport (Ford Fiesta R5) |
3:38:36.1 | |||||||
3 | 35 | Yazeed Al Rajhi Michael Orr |
Yazeed Racing (Ford Fiesta RRC) |
3:44:23.7 | |||||||
11 | Rallye de France — Alsace 2013 (4–7 October) — Results and report |
1 | 74 | Robert Kubica Maciek Baran |
PH Sport (Citroën DS3 RRC) |
3:02:39.0 | 20 | 312.14 km | 11 | 8 | |
2 | 75 | Elfyn Evans Daniel Barritt |
Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team (Ford Fiesta R5) |
3:06:42.9 | |||||||
3 | 36 | Rashid al Ketbi Karina Hepperle |
Skydive Dubai Rally Team (Ford Fiesta R5) |
3:21:49.6 | |||||||
12 | 49º Rally de España (25–27 October) — Results and report |
1 | 74 | Robert Kubica Maciek Baran |
PH Sport (Citroën DS3 RRC) |
3:44:35.3 | 15 | 355.92 km | 12 | 8 | |
2 | 35 | Yazeed Al Rajhi Michael Orr |
Yazeed Racing (Ford Fiesta RRC) |
3:49:51.1 | |||||||
3 | 79 | Robert Barrable Stuart Loudon |
CA1 Sport Ltd (Ford Fiesta R5) |
4:00:06.4 | |||||||
13 | 69th Wales Rally GB (15–17 November) — Results and report |
1 | 75 | Elfyn Evans Daniel Barritt |
Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team (Ford Fiesta R5) |
3:15:09.8 | 22 | 311.15 km | 12 | 11 | |
2 | 88 | Jari Ketomaa Tapio Suominen |
DMACK-Autotek (Ford Fiesta R5) |
3:15:52.9 | |||||||
3 | 34 | Mark Higgins Carl Williamson |
Symtech Racing (Ford Fiesta R5) |
3:16:57.7 |
Championship standings
Drivers' championship
Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
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Co-Drivers' Championship
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Teams' championship
Pos. | Team | No. | MON |
SWE |
MEX |
POR |
ARG |
GRE |
ITA |
FIN |
GER |
AUS |
FRA |
ESP |
GBR |
Drops | Points |
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1 | Seashore Qatar Rally Team | 48 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | WD | 133 | |||||||
2 | Yazeed Racing | 35 | 1 | WD | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 87 | ||||||||
3 | Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team | 75 | 5 | Ret | 1 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 85 | ||||||||
4 | Škoda Auto Deutschland | 32 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 2 | Ret | WD | 79 | |||||||
5 | Moto Club Igualda | 38 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 77 | ||||||
6 | Symtech Racing | 34 | Ret | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 72 | |||||||||
39 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | Skydive Dubai Rally Team | 36 | 4 | 5 | Ret | 3 | 4 | 2 | Ret | 0 | 67 | ||||||
8 | DMACK-Autotek | 47 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 4 | 61 | ||||||||||
88 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
9 | MM Motorsport | 82 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 3 | 2 | 58 | |||||||||
10 | Motortune Racing | 71 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 54 | |||||||||
11 | Stohl Racing | 33 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 51 | |||||||||
12 | Mentos Ascania Racing | 49 | Ret | 5 | Ret | 5 | Ret | Ret | 46 | ||||||||
50 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 7 | |||||||||||
13 | E2 Tre Colli World Rally Team | 78 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 35 | |||||||||||
14 | Semerád | 43 | 6 | WD | 8 | 5 | 5 | 32 | |||||||||
15 | Bosowa Rally Team | 76 | 6 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 2 | 9 | 28 | ||||||||
16 | Škoda Motorsport | 31 | Ret | 1 | 25 | ||||||||||||
17 | Top Run SRL | 77 | 7 | 2 | WD | 24 | |||||||||||
18 | Hannu's Rally Team | 85 | 4 | 12 | |||||||||||||
89 | Ret | ||||||||||||||||
Pos. | Team | No. | MON |
SWE |
MEX |
POR |
ARG |
GRE |
ITA |
FIN |
GER |
AUS |
FRA |
ESP |
GBR |
Drops | Points |
Production Cup for Drivers
Pos. | Driver | MON |
SWE |
MEX |
POR |
ARG |
GRE |
ITA |
FIN |
GER |
AUS |
FRA |
ESP |
GBR |
Drops | Points |
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1 | Nicolás Fuchs | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 150 | ||||||
2 | Ricardo Triviño | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 110 | ||||||
3 | Juan Carlos Alonso | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Ret | 2 | 81 | ||||||||
4 | Arman Smailov | 3 | 3 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 1 | 73 | ||||||||
5 | Marco Vallario | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | Ret | 3 | 6 | 67 | ||||||
6 | Armin Kremer | 1 | 3 | Ret | 2 | 58 | ||||||||||
7 | Martin Hudec | 6 | WD | 1 | 3 | 48 | ||||||||||
8 | Alejandro Lombardo | 2 | 2 | WD | WD | 36 | ||||||||||
9 | Marcos Ligato | 4 | 2 | WD | 30 | |||||||||||
10 | Carlos Garcia Fessman | Ret | 3 | 3 | WD | WD | WD | 30 | ||||||||
11 | Alexander Villanueva | 5 | Ret | Ret | WD | 2 | WD | 28 | ||||||||
12 | Anders Grøndal | 1 | 25 | |||||||||||||
13 | Jose Alexander Gelvez | 3 | WD | WD | 15 | |||||||||||
Pos. | Driver | MON |
SWE |
MEX |
POR |
ARG |
GRE |
ITA |
FIN |
GER |
AUS |
FRA |
ESP |
GBR |
Drops | Points |
Production Cup for Co-Drivers
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