The 2013 Rally de Portugal was the fourth round of the
2013 World Rally Championship season. The event was based in
Faro,
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...
, and started on 11 April and was concluded on 14 April after fifteen
special stages, totaling 387 competitive kilometres, including a street stage in
Lisbon on 12 April.
Report
Before the rally
The rally was preceded by the "Fafe Rally Sprint", a single-stage exhibition event run over the famous
Fafe
Fafe () is a municipality in the northern Portuguese district of Braga. The population in 2021 was 48,502, in an area of approximately (. The city itself had a population of 14,144 in 2001. The present mayor is Antero Barbosa, elected by the Social ...
stages in the country's north which was won by
Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT driver
Dani Sordo
Daniel "Dani" Sordo Castillo (born 2 May 1983) is a Spanish rally driver. He competes in the World Rally Championship for Hyundai Motorsport. He achieved his first WRC victory at the 2013 Rallye Deutschland.
Career
Sordo began in motocross wh ...
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Dani Sordo
Daniel "Dani" Sordo Castillo (born 2 May 1983) is a Spanish rally driver. He competes in the World Rally Championship for Hyundai Motorsport. He achieved his first WRC victory at the 2013 Rallye Deutschland.
Career
Sordo began in motocross wh ...
won the rally's qualifying stage (5 km) and elected to run thirteenth (last WRC) on the road as a result. His strategy was followed by all competitors, resulting in an inverted starting order for the rally's first day.
Entry list
Thirteen World Rally Car
A World Rally Car is a racing automobile built to the specific regulations set by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and designed for competition in the World Rally Championship (WRC). The cars were introduced in 1997 as a repl ...
s were entered into the event, as were twenty entries in the newly formed WRC-2 championship for cars built to Group N
In relation to international motorsport governed by the FIA, Group N refers to regulations providing 'standard' large scale series production vehicles for competition. They are limited in terms of modifications permitted to the standard specifi ...
and Super 2000 regulations and nine WRC-3 entries. There was also ten entries in the debut of the Junior WRC.
Results
Event standings
: – The Junior WRC features only the first 11 stages of the rally.
Special stages
Power Stage
The "Power stage" was a stage at the end of the rally.
Notable retirements
Championship standings after the event
FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers
Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.
FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
WRC2 Drivers' championship
WRC3 Drivers' Championship
Junior WRC Drivers' Championship
Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers, and one point for winning a stage. Five best results of the season are counted towards the final score.
Drivers' championship
;Notes:
* 1 refers to the number of stages won, where a bonus point is awarded per stage win.
Co-drivers' championship
;Notes:
* 1 refers to the number of stages won, where a bonus point is awarded per stage win.
References
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Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...
Rally de Portugal
The Rally de Portugal (formerly: Rallye de Portugal) is a rally competition held in Portugal. First held in 1967, the seventh running of the race, the 7º TAP Rallye de Portugal was the third event in the inaugural FIA World Rally Cham ...
Rally de Portugal