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Rally Chile Biobio 2024 counts for:
2024 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2024 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2024 FIA World Rally Championship 2 (for Teams and Drivers/Co-drivers)
2024 FIA World Rally Championship 3 (for Drivers/Co-drivers)
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| 652nd WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 11 of 13 |
| Official name: | Rally Chile Biobio |
| Edition: | 3rd |
| Date: | from Friday 27-Sep-2024 to Sunday 29-Sep-2024 |
| Rally HQ: | Conception, Bio Bio Region; Chile |
| Clerk of the Course: | Kurt Horta |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 46 | |
| Starters: | 42 | |
| Finishers: | 37 | (88.1% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 16 | |
| Shortest: | 8.78 | km | (SS14 Bio Bio 1) |
| Longest: | 28.31 | km | (SS12 Maria las Cruces 2) |
| Slowest: | 88.72 | km/h | (SS7 Pelun 1) |
| Fastest: | 121.30 | km/h | (SS5 Rere 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 306.76 | km | (25.2% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 287.04 | km | (23.5% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 932.47 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,219.51 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 15th win and 25th podium for Kalle Rovanpera. |
| Second place was 35th podium for Elfyn Evans. |
| Third place was 51st podium for Ott Tanak. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 92nd win and 1-2 win were 258th to 259th podiums for Toyota. |
| | Third place was 128th podium for Hyundai. |
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All leaders of the rally were Toyotas. Ogier led before he punctured on SS3, Evans took lead after that but lost it to charging Rovanpera (pictured) towards the end of second day. Even thick fog didn't deter Rovanpera who clinched his fourth win of the season.
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Hyundai did not have speed to challenge Toyotas even though Tanak (pictured) had lead until notional times for SS1 were corrected. His team-mate Neuville not only suffered from running first but also decided to play it safe to safeguard championship lead. Team's third driver Lappi seemed completely lost, suffering from tyre delamination on SS4 and lost front bumber twice.
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This time M-Sport's best driver early on was Munster who posted very good time on SS3 and ran as high as fourth overall. Things started to normalize on second day as running order changed and Fourmaux (pictured) emerged faster of the two. Despite carrying 1 min penalty for lateness, he passed Munster and finished fifth.
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