2024 Rally Chile

The 2024 Rally Chile (also known as the Rally Chile BIOBÍO 2024) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days from 26 to 29 September 2024.^[2] It marked the third running of the Rally Chile, and was the eleventh round of the 2024 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2024 event was based in Concepción, Biobío, and was contested over sixteen special stages, covering a total competitive distance of 307.48 km (191.06 mi).^[1]

2024 Rally Chile Rally Chile BIOBÍO 2024
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Rally Chile was the final gravel rally on the 2024 calendar.
Host country	Chile
Rally base	Concepción, Biobío
Dates run	26 – 29 September 2024
Start location	Coronel, Biobío
Finish location	Concepción, Biobío
Stages	16 (307.48 km; 191.06 miles)[1]
Stage surface	Gravel
Transport distance	885.54 km (550.25 miles)
Overall distance	1,193.02 km (741.31 miles)
Statistics
Crews registered	45
Crews	42 at start, 37 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner	Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 2:58:59.8
Saturday Overall leader	Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 2:25:14.3
Sunday Accumulated leader	Sébastien Ogier Vincent Landais Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 33:37.3
Power Stage winner	Sébastien Ogier Vincent Landais Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 4:29.2
Support category results
WRC-2 winner	Yohan Rossel Florian Barral DG Sport Compétition 3:07:31.2
WRC-3 winner	Diego Dominguez Jr. Rogelio Peñate 3:26:06.6

Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were the defending rally winners. The team they drove for in 2023, M-Sport Ford WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners.^[3] Oliver Solberg and Elliott Edmondson were the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category.^[4] Eduardo Castro and Fernando Mussano were the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category.^[5]

Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen won their fourth rally of the season, and their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturers' winners.^[6] Yohan Rossel and Florian Barral were the winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category.^[7] Diego Dominguez Jr. and Rogelio Peñate were the winners in the World Rally Championship-3 category, and crowned the category champions.^[8]

Background

Entry list

The following crews entered into the rally. The event was open to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2, World Rally Championship-3 and privateer entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. Ten entered under Rally1 regulations, as were sixteen Rally2 crews in the World Rally Championship-2 and three Rally3 crew in the World Rally Championship-3.^[9]

Rally1 entries competing in the World Rally Championship

No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Entrant	Car	Championship eligibility	Tyre
4	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer	P
5	Sami Pajari	Enni Mälkönen	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	Driver, Co-driver	P
8	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer	P
11	Thierry Neuville	Martijn Wydaeghe	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer	P
13	Grégoire Munster	Louis Louka	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Puma Rally1	Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer	P
16	Adrien Fourmaux	Alexandre Coria	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Puma Rally1	Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer	P
17	Sébastien Ogier	Vincent Landais	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer	P
18	Takamoto Katsuta	Aaron Johnston	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	Driver, Co-driver	—
22	Mārtiņš Sesks	Renārs Francis	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Puma Rally1	Driver, Co-driver	P
33	Elfyn Evans	Scott Martin	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer	P
69	Kalle Rovanperä	Jonne Halttunen	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer	P

Rally2 entries competing in the World Rally Championship-2

No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Entrant	Car	Championship eligibility	Tyre
20	Oliver Solberg	Elliott Edmondson	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Driver, Co-driver, Team	P
21	Yohan Rossel	Florian Barral	DG Sport Compétition	Citroën C3 Rally2	Driver, Co-driver	P
23	Nikolay Gryazin	Konstantin Aleksandrov[a]	DG Sport Compétition	Citroën C3 Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
24	Jan Solans	Rodrigo Sanjuan de Eusebio	Jan Solans	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
25	Gus Greensmith	Jonas Andersson	Toksport WRT 2	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
26	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Maciej Szczepaniak	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
27	Fabrizio Zaldivar	Marcelo Der Ohannesian	Fabrizio Zaldivar	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
28	Pierre-Louis Loubet	Loris Pascaud	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Driver, Co-driver, Team	P
29	Jorge Martínez Fontena	Alberto Alvarez Nicholson	Jorge Martínez Fontena	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
30	Alberto Heller	Luis Ernesto Allende	Alberto Heller	Citroën C3 Rally2	Driver, Co-driver	P
31	Martin Scuncio	Javiera Roman	Martin Scuncio	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
32	Pedro Heller	Pablo Olmos	Pedro Heller	Citroën C3 Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
34	Emilio Rosselot	Tomas Cañete	Emilio Rosselot	Citroën C3 Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
35	Gerardo V. Rosselot	Marcelo Brizio	Gerardo V. Rosselot	Citroën C3 Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
36	Tadeo Rosselot	Sebastián Olguín	Tadeo Rosselot	Citroën C3 Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
37	Eduardo Kovacs	Fernando Mussano	Eduardo Kovacs	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P

Rally3 entries competing in the World Rally Championship-3

No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Entrant	Car	Tyre
38	Diego Dominguez Jr.	Rogelio Peñate	Diego Dominguez Jr.	Ford Fiesta Rally3	P
39	Ghjuvanni Rossi	Kylian Sarmezan	Ghjuvanni Rossi	Renault Clio Rally3	P
40	Eduardo Castro	Diego Vallejo	Eduardo Castro	Ford Fiesta Rally3	P

Itinerary

All dates and times are CLT (UTC-3).

Date	No.	Time span	Stage name	Distance
26 September	—	After 9:01	Conuco [Shakedown]	6.56 km
		After 19:00	Opening ceremony, Concepción Bicentenario	—
27 September	SS1	After 8:35	Pulperia 1	19.77 km
	SS2	After 9:30	Rere 1	13.34 km
	SS3	After 10:21	San Rosendo 1	23.32 km
		12:21 – 13:11	Regroup, MDS Hotel Talcahuano	—
		13:11 – 13:41	Flexi service A, MDS Hotel Talcahuano	—
	SS4	After 14:46	Pulperia 2	19.77 km
	SS5	After 15:41	Rere 2	13.34 km
	SS6	After 16:32	San Rosendo 2	23.32 km
		18:52 – 19:37	Flexi service B, MDS Hotel Talcahuano	—
28 September	SS7	After 9:07	Pelun 1	15.68 km
	SS8	After 10:01	Lota 1	25.58 km
	SS9	After 11:05	Maria las Cruces 1	28.72 km
		13:00 – 13:37	Regroup, MDS Hotel Talcahuano	—
		13:37 – 14:07	Flexi service C, MDS Hotel Talcahuano	—
	SS10	After 15:07	Pelun 2	15.68 km
	SS11	After 16:01	Lota 2	25.58 km
	SS12	After 17:05	Maria las Cruces 2	28.72 km
		19:10 – 19:55	Flexi service D, MDS Hotel Talcahuano	—
29 September	SS13	After 8:23	Laraquete 1	18.59 km
	SS14	After 9:35	Bio Bio 1	8.74 km
	SS15	After 10:33	Laraquete 2	18.59 km
		11:19 – 12:19	Regroup, Arauco	—
	SS16	After 13:05	Bio Bio 2 [Power Stage]	8.74 km
		After 15:30	Podium ceremony, Arauco	—
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Report

WRC Rally1

Classification

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class								SAT	SUN	WPS	Total
1	1	69	Kalle Rovanperä	Jonne Halttunen	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	2:58:59.8	0.0	18	6	4	28
2	2	33	Elfyn Evans	Scott Martin	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	2:59:23.2	+23.4	15	5	1	21
3	3	8	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	2:59:43.7	+43.9	13	4	3	20
4	4	11	Thierry Neuville	Martijn Wydaeghe	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	3:00:00.9	+1:01.1	10	3	2	15
5	5	16	Adrien Fourmaux	Alexandre Coria	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Puma Rally1	3:01:02.5	+2:02.7	8	2	0	10
6	6	5	Sami Pajari	Enni Mälkönen	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	3:01:39.5	+2:39.7	6	1	0	7
7	7	13	Grégoire Munster	Louis Louka	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Puma Rally1	3:01:47.5	+2:47.7	4	0	0	4
24	8	22	Mārtiņš Sesks	Renārs Francis	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Puma Rally1	3:37:54.5	+38:54.7	0	0	0	0
36	9	17	Sébastien Ogier	Vincent Landais	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	4:26:02.9	+1:27:03.1	0	7	5	12
Retired SS16		4	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	Radiator		0	0	0	0
Did not start		18	Takamoto Katsuta	Aaron Johnston	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	Withdrawn		0	0	0	0

Special stages

Stage	Winners	Car	Time	Class leaders
SD	Lappi / Ferm	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	3:18.2	—
SS1	Ogier / Landais	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	9:59.1	Ogier / Landais
SS2	Evans / Martin	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	6:44.4
SS3	Rovanperä / Halttunen	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	12:20.5	Evans / Martin
SS4	Ogier / Landais	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	9:52.3
SS5	Ogier / Landais	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	6:35.9
SS6	Fourmaux / Coria	Ford Puma Rally1	12:05.4
SS7	Evans / Martin	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	10:35.0
SS8	Rovanperä / Halttunen	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	15:23.8
SS9	Evans / Martin	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	17:04.3
SS10	Evans / Martin	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	10:23.8
SS11	Neuville / Wydaeghe	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	15:57.1	Rovanperä / Halttunen
SS12	Fourmaux / Coria	Ford Puma Rally1	17:17.3
SS13	Ogier / Landais	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	12:12.8
SS14	Ogier / Landais	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	4:46.7
SS15	Ogier / Landais	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	12:08.6
SS16	Ogier / Landais	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	4:29.2

Championship standings

Pos.		Drivers' championships				Co-drivers' championships				Manufacturers' championships
		Move	Driver	Points		Move	Co-driver	Points		Move	Manufacturer	Points
1			Thierry Neuville	207			Martijn Wydaeghe	207			Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	482
2			Ott Tänak	178			Martin Järveoja	178			Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	465
3			Sébastien Ogier	166			Vincent Landais	166			M-Sport Ford WRT	245
4			Elfyn Evans	161			Scott Martin	161
5			Adrien Fourmaux	140			Alexandre Coria	140

WRC-2 Rally2

Classification

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class								Class	Event
8	1	21	Yohan Rossel	Florian Barral	DG Sport Compétition	Citroën C3 Rally2	3:07:31.2	0.0	25	3
9	2	23	Nikolay Gryazin	Konstantin Aleksandrov	DG Sport Compétition	Citroën C3 Rally2	3:07:48.5	+17.3	18	2
10	3	25	Gus Greensmith	Jonas Andersson	Toksport WRT 2	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	3:07:51.9	+20.7	15	1
11	4	20	Yohan Rossel	Florian Barral	DG Sport Compétition	Citroën C3 Rally2	3:07:57.3	+26.1	12	0
12	5	26	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Maciej Szczepaniak	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	3:10:57.8	+3:26.6	10	0
13	6	27	Fabrizio Zaldivar	Marcelo Der Ohannesian	Fabrizio Zaldivar	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	3:12:34.4	+5:03.2	8	0
14	7	29	Jorge Martínez Fontena	Alberto Alvarez Nicholson	Jorge Martínez Fontena	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	3:13:28.5	+5:57.3	6	0
15	8	30	Alberto Heller	Luis Ernesto Allende	Alberto Heller	Citroën C3 Rally2	3:14:43.5	+7:12.3	4	0
16	9	24	Jan Solans	Rodrigo Sanjuan de Eusebio	Jan Solans	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	3:17:54.6	+10:23.4	2	0
17	10	32	Pedro Heller	Pablo Olmos	Pedro Heller	Citroën C3 Rally2	3:18:01.7	+10:30.5	1	0
18	11	34	Emilio Rosselot	Tomas Cañete	Emilio Rosselot	Citroën C3 Rally2	3:21:05.5	+13:34.3	0	0
25	12	37	Eduardo Kovacs	Fernando Mussano	Eduardo Kovacs	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	3:44:00.3	+36:29.1	0	0
32	13	35	Gerardo V. Rosselot	Marcelo Brizio	Gerardo V. Rosselot	Citroën C3 Rally2	4:11:00.3	+1:03:29.1	0	0
Retired SS15		31	Martin Scuncio	Javiera Roman	Martin Scuncio	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Accident		0	0

Special stages

Overall Stage Winners Car Time Class leaders SD Gryazin / Aleksandrov Citroën C3 Rally2 3:37.2 — SS1 Stage cancelled SS2 Gryazin / Aleksandrov Citroën C3 Rally2 7:00.7 Gryazin / Aleksandrov SS3 Gryazin / Aleksandrov Citroën C3 Rally2 12:44.7 SS4 Greensmith / Andersson Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 10:22.1 SS5 Greensmith / Andersson Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 6:53.2 SS6 Solberg / Edmondson Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 12:32.5 SS7 Rossel / Barral Citroën C3 Rally2 10:57.5 Rossel / Barral SS8 Solans / Sanjuan de Eusebio Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 16:00.8 SS9 Solberg / Edmondson Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 17:43.8 Solberg / Edmondson SS10 Solans / Sanjuan de Eusebio Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 10:42.3 SS11 Gryazin / Aleksandrov Citroën C3 Rally2 16:57.0 Rossel / Barral SS12 Solberg / Edmondson Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 17:54.1 SS13 Solberg / Edmondson Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 12:50.5 SS14 Solberg / Edmondson Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 4:59.0 SS15 Solberg / Edmondson Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 12:36.7 SS16 Solberg / Edmondson Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 4:48.3

Challenger Stage Winners Car Time Class leaders SD Gryazin / Aleksandrov Citroën C3 Rally2 3:37.2 — SS1 Stage cancelled SS2 Gryazin / Aleksandrov Citroën C3 Rally2 7:00.7 Gryazin / Aleksandrov SS3 Gryazin / Aleksandrov Citroën C3 Rally2 12:44.7 SS4 Gryazin / Aleksandrov Citroën C3 Rally2 10:25.4 SS5 Gryazin / Aleksandrov Citroën C3 Rally2 6:54.8 SS6 Gryazin / Aleksandrov Citroën C3 Rally2 12:36.2 SS7 Solans / Sanjuan de Eusebio Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 10:58.1 SS8 Solans / Sanjuan de Eusebio Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 16:00.8 SS9 Gryazin / Aleksandrov Citroën C3 Rally2 17:56.2 SS10 Solans / Sanjuan de Eusebio Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 10:42.3 SS11 Gryazin / Aleksandrov Citroën C3 Rally2 16:57.0 SS12 Gryazin / Aleksandrov Citroën C3 Rally2 18:17.5 SS13 Gryazin / Aleksandrov Citroën C3 Rally2 13:04.6 SS14 Solans / Sanjuan de Eusebio Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 5:04.6 SS15 Solans / Sanjuan de Eusebio Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 12:46.7 SS16 Solans / Sanjuan de Eusebio Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 4:48.6

Championship standings

• Bold text indicates 2024 World Champions.

Pos.		Open Drivers' championships				Open Co-drivers' championships				Teams' championships				Challenger Drivers' championships				Challenger Co-drivers' championships
		Move	Driver	Points		Move	Co-driver	Points		Move	Manufacturer	Points		Move	Manufacturer	Points		Move	Driver	Points
1			Oliver Solberg	123			Elliott Edmondson	123			DG Sport Compétition	252			Sami Pajari	118			Enni Mälkönen	118
2		1	Yohan Rossel	111			Enni Mälkönen	108			Toksport WRT	205		2	Nikolay Gryazin	80		2	Konstantin Aleksandrov	80
3		1	Sami Pajari	108		3	Konstantin Aleksandrov	66			Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG	73		1	Lauri Joona	78		1	Janni Hussi	78
4		2	Nikolay Gryazin	66		1	Janni Hussi	58			Toksport WRT 2	72		4	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	70		4	Maciej Szczepaniak	70
5		1	Lauri Joona	58			Rodrigo Sanjuan de Eusebio	54						2	Jan Solans	68		2	Rodrigo Sanjuan de Eusebio	68

WRC-3 Rally3

Classification

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class
19	1	38	Diego Dominguez Jr.	Rogelio Peñate	Diego Dominguez Jr.	Ford Fiesta Rally3	3:26:06.6	0.0	25
20	2	40	Eduardo Castro	Diego Vallejo	Eduardo Castro	Ford Fiesta Rally3	3:30:18.8	+4:12.2	18
31	3	39	Ghjuvanni Rossi	Kylian Sarmezan	Ghjuvanni Rossi	Renault Clio Rally3	4:06:10.9	+40:04.3	15

Special stages

Stage	Winners	Car	Time	Class leaders
SD	Castro / Vallejo	Ford Fiesta Rally3	3:51.9	—
SS1	Stage cancelled
SS2	Dominguez / Peñate	Ford Fiesta Rally3	7:48.5	Dominguez / Peñate
SS3	Dominguez / Peñate	Ford Fiesta Rally3	14:19.6
SS4	Dominguez / Peñate	Ford Fiesta Rally3	11:43.2
SS5	Dominguez / Peñate	Ford Fiesta Rally3	7:44.0
SS6	Dominguez / Peñate	Ford Fiesta Rally3	14:08.0
SS7	Dominguez / Peñate	Ford Fiesta Rally3	12:00.2
SS8	Dominguez / Peñate	Ford Fiesta Rally3	17:50.0
SS9	Castro / Vallejo	Ford Fiesta Rally3	19:37.4
SS10	Dominguez / Peñate	Ford Fiesta Rally3	11:41.2
SS11	Stage cancelled
SS12	Dominguez / Peñate	Ford Fiesta Rally3	19:51.7	Dominguez / Peñate
SS13	Castro / Vallejo	Ford Fiesta Rally3	14:25.3
SS14	Rossi / Sarmezan	Renault Clio Rally3	5:36.9
SS15	Rossi / Sarmezan	Renault Clio Rally3	14:03.9
SS16	Dominguez / Peñate	Ford Fiesta Rally3	5:22.6

Championship standings

• Bold text indicates 2024 World Champions.

Pos.		Drivers' championships				Co-drivers' championships
		Move	Driver	Points		Move	Co-driver	Points
1			Diego Dominguez Jr.	100			Rogelio Peñate	100
2			Romet Jürgenson	61			Siim Oja	61
3			Norbert Maior	49			Francesca Maria Maior	49
4			Mattéo Chatillon	48			Maxence Cornuau	48
5			Jan Černý	47			Ondřej Krajča	47

Notes

1. Konstantin Aleksandrov is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor using the ANA flag as Russian national emblems were banned by the association due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[10]