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Monte Carlo 2023 counts for:
2023 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2023 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2023 FIA World Rally Championship 2 (for Teams and Drivers/Co-drivers)
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| 629th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 1 of 13 |
| Official name: | Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo |
| Edition: | 91st |
| Date: | from Thursday 19-Jan-2023 to Sunday 22-Jan-2023 |
| Rally HQ: | Monte Carlo; Monaco |
| Clerk of the Course: | Alain Pallanca |
| Surface: | Tarmac/snow |
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| Entries: | 75 | |
| Starters: | 74 | |
| Finishers: | 67 | (90.5% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 18 | |
| Shortest: | 14.55 | km | (SS5 Brianconnet - Entrevaux 1) |
| Longest: | 24.90 | km | (SS2 La Cabanette - Col de Castillon) |
| Slowest: | 87.38 | km/h | (SS1 La Bollene-Vesubie - Col de Turini 1) |
| Fastest: | 113.60 | km/h | (SS14 Ubraye - Entrevaux 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 325.02 | km | (21.2% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 325.02 | km | (21.2% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 1,209.77 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,534.79 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 56th win and 95th podium for Sebastien Ogier. |
| Second place was 14th podium for Kalle Rovanpera. |
| Third place was 56th podium for Thierry Neuville. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 77th win and 1-2 win were 224th to 225th podiums for Toyota. |
| | Third place was 101st podium for Hyundai. |
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Ogier started as pre-event favourite, looking to score victory that evaded him a year ago. His only worry was fading hybrid on stage four but it was soon fixed. Toyota scored 1-2 with Rovanpera finishing in second place and could have scored 1-2-3 but Evans' puncture on SS5.
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Neuville battled with Rovanpera for first half of the rally but in the end couldn't keep up with the new champion. When Evans punctured and dropped behind him, battle shifted to defend third place and this battle Neuville did win. Team-mates Sordo and Lappi weren't nowhere near in similar pace.
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M-Sport Ford fielded only two cars with new recruit Tanak (pictured) and Loubet. Tanak got his first taste of unreliability straight away as he had gear change problems on first stage and powersteering failed on SS10, condemning him to finish 5th overall. Loubet fared even worse, retiring on two occasions.
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Related links
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Rally Japan 2022
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Rally Sweden 2023
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