2013 Rallye de France-Alsace

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.

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
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
Crews	82 at start, 49 at finish

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