2013 Rallye de France-Alsace

2013 Rallye de France-Alsace 4th Rallye de France-Alsace
Round 11 of 13 in the 2013 World Rally Championship ← Previous event Next event →
Host country	France
Rally base	Strasbourg
Dates run	October 3 – 6, 2013
Stages	20 (312.14 km; 193.95 miles)
Stage surface	Asphalt
Statistics
Crews	82 at start, 49 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Sébastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia Volkswagen Motorsport 2:53:07.6
Power Stage winner	Dani Sordo Carlos del Barrio Abu Dhabi Citroën Total WRT

The 4th Rallye de France Alsace was the eleventh round of the 2013 World Rally Championship, held from 3 to 6 October, 2013. Sébastien Ogier once again won the rally.

Results

Event standings

Pos.	No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Team	Car	Class	Time	Difference	Points
Overall classification
1	8	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	2:53:07.6	0.0	26
2	10	Dani Sordo	Carlos del Barrio	Abu Dhabi Citroën Total WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	2:25:19.8	+12.2	21
3	7	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	2:53:27.1	+19.5	15
4	11	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Qatar World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	2:54:21.7	+1:14.1	14
5	5	Evgeny Novikov	Ilka Minor-Petrasko	Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	2:56:18.5	+3:10.9	10
6	2	Mikko Hirvonen	Jarmo Lehtinen	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	WRC	2:56:45.3	+3:37.7	8
7	9	Andreas Mikkelsen	Paul Nagle	Volkswagen Motorsport II	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	WRC	2:57:11.8	+4:04.2	6
8	4	Mads Østberg	Jonas Andersson	Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	2:57:42.8	+4:35.2	4
9	74	Robert Kubica	Maciej Baran	PH Sport	Citroën DS3 RRC	WRC-2	3:02:39.0	+9:31.4	2
10	22	Romain Dumas	Denis Giraudet	M-Sport	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	WRC	3:05:03.4	+11:55.8	1
WRC-2 standings
1 (9.)	74	Robert Kubica	Maciej Baran	PH Sport	Citroën DS3 RRC	WRC-2	3:02:39.0	0.0	25
2 (11.)	75	Elfyn Evans	Daniel Barritt	Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	3:06:42.9	+4:03.9	18
3 (19.)	36	Rashid Al-Ketbi	Karina Hepperle	Skydive Dubai Rally Team	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	3:21:49.6	+19:10.6	15
4 (26.)	79	Robert Barrable	Stuart Loudon	CA1 Sport Ltd	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	3:32:46.0	+30:07.0	12
5 (27.)	38	Ricardo Triviño	Alex Haro	Moto Club Igualda	Subaru Impreza WRX STi	WRC-2	3:33:38.6	+30:59.6	10
6 (34.)	91	Alejandro Lombardo	Adolfo Espinoza	Ralliart Italia	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	WRC-2	3:38:42.6	+36:03.6	8
7 (36.)	71	Ala'a Rasheed	Joseph Matar	Motortune Racing	Ford Fiesta R5	WRC-2	3:43:01.6	+40:22.6	6
8 (37.)	43	Martin Hudec	Jakub Kotál	Martin Semerád	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	WRC-2	3:43:38.8	+40:59.8	4
WRC-3 standings
1 (13.)	52	Quentin Gilbert	Renaud Jamoul	PH Sport	Citroën DS3 R3T	WRC-3	3:12:51.2	0.0	25
2 (14.)	51	Sébastien Chardonnet	Thibault de la Haye	MY Racing	Citroën DS3 R3T	WRC-3	3:13:45.1	+53.9	18
3 (15.)	60	Keith Cronin	Marshall Clarke	Charles Hurst Citroën Belfast	Citroën DS3 R3T	WRC-3	3:15:23.8	+2:32.6	15
4 (16.)	58	Christian Riedemann	Lara Vanneste	ADAC Team Wesser-Ems	Citroën DS3 R3T	WRC-3	3:16:49.3	+3:58.1	12
JWRC standings†
1	102	Pontus Tidemand	Ola Fløene	Pontus Tidemand	Ford Fiesta R2	JWRC	2:41:37.4	0.0	26
2	112	Hugo Arellano	Gaëtan Houssin	Hugo Arellano	Ford Fiesta R2	JWRC	2:42:19.7	+42.3	18
3	110	Yeray Lemes	Rogelio Peñate	Yeray Lemes	Ford Fiesta R2	JWRC	2:42:48.0	+1:10.6	22
4	109	Marius Aasen	Marlene Engan	Marius Aasen	Ford Fiesta R2	JWRC	2:42:53.2	+1:15.8	13
5	103	Martin Koči	Lucáš Kostka	Styllex Motorsport	Ford Fiesta R2	JWRC	2:43:31.6	+1:54.2	10
6	107	Michaël Burri	Gabin Moreau	Michaël Burri	Ford Fiesta R2	JWRC	2:44:08.8	+2:31.4	8
7	106	Murat Bostancı	Onur Vatansever	Castrol Ford Team Türkiye	Ford Fiesta R2	JWRC	2:45:43.7	+4:06.3	6
8	100	Sander Pärn	Ken Järveoeja	Sander Pärn	Ford Fiesta R2	JWRC	2:46:15.7	+4:38.3	4
9	108	Niko-Pekka Nieminen	Mikael Korhonen	Niko-Pekka Nieminen	Ford Fiesta R2	JWRC	2:48:16.6	+6:39.2	2

^† - The Junior WRC contests only the first 14 stages of the rally.

Special Stages

Day	Stage	Name	Length	Winner	Car	Time	Rally Leader
Leg 1 (3-4 October)	SS1	Strasbourg Power Stage	4.55 km	Dani Sordo	Citroën DS3 WRC	3:20.8	Dani Sordo
	SS2	Klevener 1	10.66 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën DS3 WRC	6:00.0
	SS3	Massif des Grands Crus 1	13.04 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën DS3 WRC	7:46.6
	SS4	Vosges - Pays d'Ormont 1	34.34 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën DS3 WRC	19:08.7	Sébastien Loeb
	SS5	Klevener 2	10.66 km	Thierry Neuville	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	6:02.8
	SS6	Massif des Grands Crus 2	13.04 km	Thierry Neuville	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	7:53.4	Thierry Neuville
	SS7	Vosges - Pays d'Ormont 2	34.34 km	Thierry Neuville	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	18:36.6
Leg 2 (5 October)	SS8	Hohlandsbourg - Firstplan 1	28.48 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	14:37.7
	SS9	Vallée de Munster 1	16.73 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	8:27.4
	SS10	Soultzeren - Pays Welche 1	19.93 km	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën DS3 WRC	9:47.2
	SS11	Hohlandsbourg - Firstplan 2	28.48 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	14:41.5	Dani Sordo
	SS12	Vallée de Munster	16.73 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	8:31.3
	SS13	Soultzeren - Pays Welche 2	19.93 km	Thierry Neuville	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	9:49.4
	SS14	Mulhouse	4.65 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3:35.6	Jari-Matti Latvala
Leg 3 (6 October)	SS15	Vignoble de Cleebourg 1	14.60 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	8:23.7	Sébastien Ogier
	SS16	Bischwiller - Gries 1	7.95 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	4:16.3
	SS17	Haguenau 1	5.74 km	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	4:18.5
	SS18	Vignoble de Cleebourg 2	14.60 km	Dani Sordo	Citroën DS3 WRC	8:36.7
	SS19	Bischwiller - Gries 2	7.95 km	Jari-Matti Latvala	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	4:13.3
	SS20	Haguenau 2	5.74 km	Thierry Neuville	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	4:10.8

Power Stage

The "Power Stage" was a 4.55 km (2.87 mi) stage at the beginning of the rally.

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time	Diff.	Pts.
1	Dani Sordo	Citroën DS3 WRC	3:20.8	0.0	3
2	Thierry Neuville	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	3:21.5	+0.7	2
3	Sébastien Ogier	Volkswagen Polo R WRC	3:21.6	+0.8	1

Standings after the rally

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Sebastien Ogier	235
2	Thierry Neuville	143
3	Jari-Matti Latvala	124
4	Dani Sordo	117
5	Mikko Hirvonen	111

Manufacturers' Championship standings

Pos.	Manufacturer	Points
1	Volkswagen Motorsport	339
2	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	259
3	Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team	156
4	Qatar World Rally Team	151
5	Abu Dhabi Citroën Total WRT	62

Other

WRC-2 Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Robert Kubica	126
2	Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari	118
3	Yuriy Protasov	83
4	Nicolás Fuchs	78
5	Sepp Wiegand	67

WRC-3 Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Sébastien Chardonnet	116
2	Keith Cronin	86
3	Quentin Gilbert	75
4	Christian Riedemann	52
5	Bryan Bouffier	29

JWRC Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Pontus Tidemand	131
2	Yeray Lemes	73
3	José Antonio Suárez	68
4	Sander Pärn	55
5	Michaël Burri	46
=	Martin Koči	46

References

• Rallye de France-Alsace 2013 - juwra.com
• 4. Rallye de France-Alsace 2013 - ewrc-results.com