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Rally Chile Biobio 2023 counts for:
2023 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2023 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2023 FIA World Rally Championship 2 (for Teams and Drivers/Co-drivers)
2023 FIA World Rally Championship 3 (for Drivers/Co-drivers)
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| 639th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 11 of 13 |
| Official name: | Rally Chile Biobio |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Date: | from Friday 29-Sep-2023 to Sunday 1-Oct-2023 |
| Rally HQ: | Conception, Bio Bio Region; Chile |
| Clerk of the Course: | Kurt Horta |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 55 | |
| Starters: | 51 | |
| Finishers: | 36 | (70.6% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 16 | |
| Shortest: | 13.20 | km | (SS13 Las Pataguas 1) |
| Longest: | 28.72 | km | (SS12 Maria de las Cruces 2) |
| Slowest: | 90.49 | km/h | (SS8 Rio Lia 1) |
| Fastest: | 120.12 | km/h | (SS5 Rere 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 320.98 | km | (25.9% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 320.98 | km | (25.9% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 918.45 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,239.43 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 19th win and 45th podium for Ott Tanak. |
| Second place was 62nd podium for Thierry Neuville. |
| Third place was 29th podium for Elfyn Evans. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 94th win and 373rd podium for Ford. |
| | Second place was 114th podium for Hyundai. |
| | Third place was 239th podium for Toyota. |
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M-Sport's dry run came to an end as Tanak shot into lead after first stage - only to lose lead for a while. But after he regained it on SS5, he firmly held and extended the lead in leaps and bounds over second day. Teammate Loubet crashed out on SS3, but Tanak had no care for anything but a win and he duly did that. Only to announce leaving M-Sport shortly after the rally.
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Also in Hyundai there was just one finisher as Lappi crashed on first stage and Suninen crashed on penultimate SS15, having had avery good run until then. Neuville (pictured) had his traditional bad first day and had trailed Suninen all through the rally but was now elevated to second overall, which he had no trouble to hold as Toyotas concentrated on finishing.
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Toyota made mistake by using soft tyres in Saturday morning which didn't last and cost two places for Evans (pictured) who suffered two delaminated tyres on SS9. But with opposition in shambles, Toyota had chance to secure manufacturers' title and with two good positions and power stage points team outscored opposition and lifted the crown for a third time running.
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