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Rally Italia Sardegna 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)
2023 FIA World Rally Championship 3 (for Drivers/Co-drivers)
2023 FIA Junior Championship for Drivers
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| 634th WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 6 of 13 |
| Official name: | Rally Italia Sardegna |
| Edition: | 20th |
| Date: | from Thursday 1-Jun-2023 to Sunday 4-Jun-2023 |
| Rally HQ: | Olbia, Sardinia; Italy |
| Clerk of the Course: | Lucio de Mori |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 74 | |
| Starters: | 71 | |
| Finishers: | 59 | (83.1% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 19 | |
| Shortest: | 3.23 | km | (SS1 Olbia - Cacu Abbas) |
| Longest: | 49.90 | km | (SS7 Monte Lerno - Sa Conchedda 2) |
| Slowest: | 67.35 | km/h | (SS14 Erula - Tula 2) |
| Fastest: | 107.08 | km/h | (SS18 Arzachena - Braniatogghiu 2) |
| Planned stage distance: | 322.75 | km | (27.6% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 322.75 | km | (27.6% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 847.31 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,170.06 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 18th win and 59th podium for Thierry Neuville. |
| Second place was 13th podium for Esapekka Lappi. |
| Third place was 16th podium for Kalle Rovanpera. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 26th win and 1-2 win were 108th to 109th podiums for Hyundai. |
| | Third place was 230th podium for Toyota. |
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Ogier had been battling with Lappi, alternating in the lead with him practically every stage. Neuville (pictured) started in his usual style, being relatively slow early on but climbed to third on second day and began piling pressure on leading duo. Ogier went off unexpectedly on SS14 and Lappi dutifully slowed down to let Neuville take the lead and eventual win.
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All Toyotas except Rovanpera had problems in waterspashes. Katsuta fared worst, retiring on second day after watersplash. Evans lost two minutes after damaging radiator on splash while Ogier's engine only sputtered a while. Rovanpera (pictured) finished third, settling for points rather than risking an attack.
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M-Sport had a nightmare for a rally. Loubet had difficulty engaging gears on SS5 and later went off on SS7, not rejoining for the second day. Tanak (pictured) was unhappy with the car on first day and stalls the car after taking in water on watersplash on second day. Although he manages to finish the stage with hybrid power, he then retires. Restarting for the final day yields only a low position.
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