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Coates Hire Rally Australia 2013 counts for:
2013 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2013 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2013 FIA World Rally Championship 2 (for Teams and Drivers)
2013 FIA World Rally Championship 3 (for Teams and Drivers)
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| 515th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 10 of 13 |
| Official name: | Coates Hire Rally Australia |
| Edition: | 22nd |
| Date: | from Thursday 12-Sep-2013 to Sunday 15-Sep-2013 |
| Rally HQ: | Coffs Harbour, New South Wales; Australia |
| Clerk of the Course: | Adrian Stafford |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 30 | |
| Starters: | 29 | |
| Finishers: | 23 | (79.3% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 22 | |
| Shortest: | 1.60 | km | (SS1 Coffs 1) |
| Longest: | 49.90 | km | (SS13 Nambucca 2) |
| Slowest: | 69.15 | km/h | (SS15 Coffs 5) |
| Fastest: | 119.77 | km/h | (SS22 Shipmans 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 352.36 | km | (37.8% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 352.36 | km | (37.8% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 580.41 | km |
| Total distance: | 932.77 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 13th win and 22nd podium for Sebastien Ogier. |
| Second place was 6th podium for Thierry Neuville. |
| Third place was 65th podium for Mikko Hirvonen. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 8th win and 19th podium for Volkswagen. |
| | Second place was 323rd podium for Ford. |
| | Third place was 219th podium for Citroen. |
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Ogier had a chance to seal his championship but despite scoring maximum points, he missed title by just one point.
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Neuville getting his inaugural bath of Australian experience. Despite contesting this event for the first time, he maintained his impressive string of results by finishing on podium.
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Hirvonen was second almost entire rally and stayed closer to Ogier than ever before but freak puncture on final stage dropped him to third.
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Related links
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Deutschland 2013
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Alsace 2013
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