The 2023 Rally Japan (also known as the FORUM8 Rally Japan 2023) was a motor racing event for rally cars held from 16 to 19 November 2023.[2] It marked the eighth running of the Rally Japan, and was the final round of the 2023 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The event was based in Nagoya in Chūbu Region and was contested over twenty-two special stages covering a total competitive distance of 304.66 km (189.31 mi).[1]

Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe were the defending rally winners. Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[3] Grégoire Munster and Louis Louka were the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category.[4]

Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin won their second rally of the season. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturer's winners.[5] Andreas Mikkelsen and Torstein Eriksen won the World Rally Championship-2 category, while Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Maciej Szczepaniak won the 2023 WRC-2 Challenger title.[6] Jason Bailey and Shayne Peterson won the World Rally Championship-3 category.

Background

Entry list

The following crews entered into the rally. The event was opened 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. Nine entered under Rally1 regulations, as were ten Rally2 crews in the World Rally Championship-2 and one Rally3 crew in the World Rally Championship-3.[7][8]

Rally1 entries competing in the World Rally Championship
No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Championship eligibility Tyre
4 Finland Esapekka Lappi Finland Janne Ferm South Korea Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer P
6 Spain Dani Sordo Spain Cándido Carrera South Korea Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer P
8 Estonia Ott Tänak Estonia Martin Järveoja United Kingdom M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer P
11 Belgium Thierry Neuville Belgium Martijn Wydaeghe South Korea Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer P
16 France Adrien Fourmaux France Alexandre Coria United Kingdom M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer P
17 France Sébastien Ogier France Vincent Landais Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer P
18 Japan Takamoto Katsuta Republic of Ireland Aaron Johnston Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Driver, Co-driver P
33 United Kingdom Elfyn Evans United Kingdom Scott Martin Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer P
69 Finland Kalle Rovanperä Finland Jonne Halttunen Japan 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 Norway Andreas Mikkelsen Norway Torstein Eriksen Germany Toksport WRT 3 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Driver, Team P
21 Nikolay Gryazin[a] Konstantin Aleksandrov[b] Germany Toksport WRT 3 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver, Team P
22 Poland Kajetan Kajetanowicz Poland Maciej Szczepaniak Poland Kajetan Kajetanowicz Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P
23 Finland Heikki Kovalainen Japan Sae Kitagawa Finland Heikki Kovalainen Škoda Fabia R5 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver, Team P
25 Poland Daniel Chwist Poland Kamil Heller Poland Daniel Chwist Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P
26 Japan Osamu Fukunaga Japan Misako Saida Japan Osamu Fukunaga Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver P
27 Spain Alexander Villanueva Spain José Murado González Spain Alexander Villanueva Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver —
28 Republic of Ireland Eamonn Boland Republic of Ireland Michael Joseph Morrissey Republic of Ireland Eamonn Boland Citroën C3 Rally2 Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger/Masters Co-driver P
29 Spain Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz Spain Rodrigo Sanjuan de Eusebio Spain Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver P
30 Japan Satoshi Imai New Zealand Jason Farmer Japan Satoshi Imai Citroën C3 Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P
Rally3 entries competing in the World Rally Championship-3
No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Tyre
31 Canada Jason Bailey Canada Shayne Peterson Canada Jason Bailey Ford Fiesta Rally3 P
Other major entries
No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Tyre
24 Luxembourg Grégoire Munster Belgium Louis Louka United Kingdom M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta Rally2 P

Itinerary

All dates and times are JST (UTC+9).

Date No. Time span Stage name Distance
16 November — After 9:01 Kuragaike Park [Shakedown] 2.75 km
After 18:52 Opening ceremony, Toyota Stadium —
SS1 After 19:05 Toyota Stadium SSS 1 2.10 km
17 November 5:34 – 5:49 Service A, Toyota Stadium —
SS2 After 7:04 Isegami's Tunnel 1 23.60 km
SS3 After 8:04 Inabu Dam 1 19.38 km
SS4 After 9:02 Shitara Town 1 22.53 km
11:11 – 11:41 Regroup, Toyota Stadium —
11:41 – 12:21 Service B, Toyota Stadium —
SS5 After 13:36 Isegami's Tunnel 2 23.60 km
SS6 After 14:36 Inabu Dam 2 19.38 km
SS7 After 15:34 Shitara Town 2 22.53 km
18:03 – 18:48 Flexi service C, Toyota Stadium —
SS8 After 19:35 Toyota Stadium SSS 2 2.10 km
18 November 6:45 – 7:00 Service D, Toyota Stadium —
SS9 After 8:04 Nukata Forest 1 20.32 km
SS10 After 9:05 Lake Mikawako 1 14.78 km
10:45 – 11:05 Regroup, Okazaki —
SS11 After 11:15 Okazaki City SSS 1 3.18 km
SS12 After 11:26 Okazaki City SSS 2 3.18 km
11:31 – 12:16 Regroup, Okazaki —
12:16 – 12:31 Tyre fitting zone, Okazaki —
SS13 After 13:04 Nukata Forest 2 20.32 km
SS14 After 14:05 Lake Mikawako 2 14.78 km
SS15 After 15:11 Shinshiro City 6.70 km
17:01 – 17:46 Flexi service E, Toyota Stadium —
SS16 After 19:35 Toyota Stadium SSS 3 2.10 km
19 November 5:39 – 5:54 Service F, Toyota Stadium —
SS17 After 7:05 Asahi Kougen 1 7.52 km
SS18 After 8:03 Ena City 1 22.92 km
SS19 After 8:56 Nenoue Kougen 1 11.60 km
9:31 – 10:01 Regroup, Nakatsugawa Park —
10:01 – 10:31 Tyre fitting zone, Nakatsugawa Park —
SS20 After 11:04 Ena City 2 22.92 km
SS21 After 11:57 Nenoue Kougen 2 11.60 km
13:32 – 14:12 Regroup, Asahi Government —
SS22 After 14:15 Asahi Kougen 2 [Power Stage] 7.52 km
After 16:00 Official finish, Toyota Stadium —
Source:[1]

Report

WRC Rally1

Classification

Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class Event Stage
1 1 33 Elfyn Evans Scott Martin Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 3:32:08.8 0.0 25 0
2 2 17 Sébastien Ogier Vincent Landais Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 3:33:26.5 +1:17.7 18 1
3 3 69 Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 3:33:55.3 +1:46.5 15 0
4 4 4 Esapekka Lappi Janne Ferm Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 3:34:59.1 +2:50.3 12 3
5 5 18 Takamoto Katsuta Aaron Johnston Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 3:35:19.1 +3:10.3 10 2
6 6 8 Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 3:35:37.1 +3:28.3 8 4
13 7 11 Thierry Neuville Martijn Wydaeghe Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 4:00:13.5 +28:04.7 0 5
Retired SS2 6 Dani Sordo Cándido Carrera Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Accident 0 0
Retired SS2 16 Adrien Fourmaux Alexandre Coria M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 Accident 0 0

Special stages

Stage Winners Car Time Class leaders
SD Neuville / Wydaeghe Hyundai i20 N Rally1 2:03.0 —
SS1 Neuville / Wydaeghe Hyundai i20 N Rally1 1:47.6 Neuville / Wydaeghe
SS2 Evans / Martin Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 20:17.8 Evans / Martin
SS3 Evans / Martin Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 14:20.0
SS4 Stage cancelled
SS5 Katsuta / Johnston Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 19:08.1 Evans / Martin
SS6 Katsuta / Johnston Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 12:48.5
SS7 Katsuta / Johnston Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 14:33.6
SS8 Lappi / Ferm Hyundai i20 N Rally1 2:00.0
SS9 Neuville / Wydaeghe Hyundai i20 N Rally1 15:15.2
SS10 Katsuta / Johnston Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 11:14.8
SS11 Evans / Martin Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 2:20.2
SS12 Evans / Martin Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 2:18.7
SS13 Katsuta / Johnston Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 14:33.5
SS14 Katsuta / Johnston Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 10:35.8
SS15 Katsuta / Johnston Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 3:19.7
SS16 Lappi / Ferm Hyundai i20 N Rally1 1:47.0
SS17 Neuville / Wydaeghe Hyundai i20 N Rally1 5:04.2
SS18 Neuville / Wydaeghe Hyundai i20 N Rally1 18:09.9
SS19 Katsuta / Johnston Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 8:16.3
SS20 Neuville / Wydaeghe Hyundai i20 N Rally1 18:03.7
SS21 Katsuta / Johnston Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 8:16.6
SS22 Neuville / Wydaeghe Hyundai i20 N Rally1 4:48.8

Championship standings

  • Bold text indicates 2023 World Champions.
Pos. Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships Manufacturers' championships
Move Driver Points Move Co-driver Points Move Manufacturer Points
1 Kalle Rovanperä 250 Jonne Halttunen 250 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 548
2 Elfyn Evans 216 Scott Martin 216 Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT 432
3 Thierry Neuville 189 Martijn Wydaeghe 189 M-Sport Ford WRT 287
4 Ott Tänak 174 Martin Järveoja 174
5 Sébastien Ogier 133 Vincent Landais 133

WRC-2 Rally2

Classification

Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class Class Stage Event
7 1 20 Andreas Mikkelsen Torstein Eriksen Toksport WRT 3 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 3:39:42.5 0.0 25 1 6
8 2 21 Nikolay Gryazin Konstantin Aleksandrov Toksport WRT 3 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 3:40:58.4 +1:15.9 18 3 4
9 3 22 Kajetan Kajetanowicz Maciej Szczepaniak Kajetan Kajetanowicz Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 3:51:34.7 +11:52.2 15 2 2
11 4 26 Osamu Fukunaga Misako Saida Osamu Fukunaga Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo 3:56:47.8 +17:05.3 12 0 0
12 5 25 Daniel Chwist Kamil Heller Daniel Chwist Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo 4:00:01.8 +20:19.3 10 0 0
14 6 28 Eamonn Boland Michael Joseph Morrissey Eamonn Boland Citroën C3 Rally2 4:00:47.4 +21:04.9 8 0 0
18 7 29 Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz Rodrigo Sanjuan de Eusebio Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 4:32:39.2 +52:56.7 6 0 0
24 8 30 Satoshi Imai Jason Farmer Satoshi Imai Citroën C3 Rally2 5:19:31.7 +1:39:49.2 4 0 0
Retired SS14 23 Heikki Kovalainen Sae Kitagawa Heikki Kovalainen Škoda Fabia R5 Transmission 0 0 0
Did not start 27 Alexander Villanueva José Murado González Alexander Villanueva Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Withdrawn 0 0 0

Special stages

Championship standings

  • Bold text indicates 2023 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 Andreas Mikkelsen 134 Torstein Eriksen 130 1 Toksport WRT 3 207 1 Kajetan Kajetanowicz 126 1 Maciej Szczepaniak 126
2 1 Gus Greensmith 111 1 Jonas Andersson 111 1 Toksport WRT 2 188 1 Nikolay Gryazin 121 1 Konstantin Aleksandrov 121
3 1 Yohan Rossel 104 1 Arnaud Dunand 104 1 Toksport WRT 135 2 Sami Pajari 118 2 Enni Mälkönen 118
4 3 Nikolay Gryazin 96 3 Konstantin Aleksandrov 103 1 M-Sport Ford WRT 131 1 Mikołaj Marczyk 77 Szymon Gospodarczyk 65
5 1 Kajetan Kajetanowicz 95 1 Maciej Szczepaniak 98 Hyundai Motorsport N 122 1 Marco Bulacia 72 Diego Vallejo 62

WRC-3 Rally3

Classification

Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class
22 1 55 Jason Bailey Shayne Peterson Jason Bailey Ford Fiesta Rally3 5:03:05.7 0.0 25

Special stages

Stage Winners Car Time Class leaders
SD Bailey / Peterson Ford Fiesta Rally3 2:35.4 —
SS1 Bailey / Peterson Ford Fiesta Rally3 2:21.0 Bailey / Peterson
SS2 Stage interrupted
SS3 Bailey / Peterson Ford Fiesta Rally3 16:53.4 Bailey / Peterson
SS4 Stage cancelled
SS5 Bailey / Peterson Ford Fiesta Rally3 24:13.5 Bailey / Peterson
SS6 Bailey / Peterson Ford Fiesta Rally3 15:52.7
SS7 Bailey / Peterson Ford Fiesta Rally3 17:51.1
SS8 Bailey / Peterson Ford Fiesta Rally3 2:19.6
SS9 Bailey / Peterson Ford Fiesta Rally3 18:36.4
SS10 Bailey / Peterson Ford Fiesta Rally3 57:26.9
SS11 Bailey / Peterson Ford Fiesta Rally3 3:02.6
SS12 Bailey / Peterson Ford Fiesta Rally3 3:48.6
SS13 Bailey / Peterson Ford Fiesta Rally3 18:58.6
SS14 Bailey / Peterson Ford Fiesta Rally3 13:32.8
SS15 Bailey / Peterson Ford Fiesta Rally3 4:19.0
SS16 Bailey / Peterson Ford Fiesta Rally3 2:08.5
SS17 Bailey / Peterson Ford Fiesta Rally3 6:19.4
SS18 Bailey / Peterson Ford Fiesta Rally3 22:23.6
SS19 Bailey / Peterson Ford Fiesta Rally3 10:15.7
SS20 Bailey / Peterson Ford Fiesta Rally3 22:02.4
SS21 Bailey / Peterson Ford Fiesta Rally3 9:59.4
SS22 Bailey / Peterson Ford Fiesta Rally3 6:00.7

Championship standings

  • Bold text indicates 2023 World Champions.
Pos. Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships
Move Driver Points Move Co-driver Points
1 Roope Korhonen 100 Anssi Viinikka 100
2 Diego Dominguez Jr. 87 Rogelio Peñate 87
3 8 Jason Bailey 61 Loïc Dumont 55
4 1 Tom Rensonnet 55 Liam Regan 51
5 1 Filip Kohn 52 Conor Mohan 49

Notes

  1. ^ Nikolay Gryazin 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.[9]
  2. ^ 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.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Itinerary Rally Japan 2023". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  2. ^ "WRC poewrs into 2023 with exciting new-look calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Neuville prevails to clinch dramatic Japan win". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 13 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Lindholm claims WRC2 crown as Munster grabs surprise victory in Japan". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 13 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Triumphant Evans leads home Toyota 1–2–3 in Japan". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 19 November 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Party time for Kajto as Pole secures WRC2 Challenger title in Japan*". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 19 November 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Entry list FORUM8 Rally Japan 2023". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  8. ^ "Rally Japan 2023". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  9. ^ a b "FIA announces World Motor Sport Council decisions in relation to the situation in Ukraine". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
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