WRC FORUM8 Rally Japan 2023-11-16

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Event
WRC FORUM8 Rally Japan

Date
Thu 16th November 2023 (UTC)
Thu 16th November 2023 (Local)

Timestamp
2023-11-16T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC (00:00:00 Local)

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League
WRC

Season
2023

Round
13

Status

Location
Japan

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Description

Rally Japan is a rally competition held in Hokkaidō, Japan. The event made its debut in the FIA World Rally Championship during the 2004 season. From 2004 to 2007, the event was held on the twisty and narrow gravel roads of the Tokachi region near Obihiro. For the 2008 season, the event was moved to the region close to Sapporo, Hokkaidō's main city. Rally Japan was not held in 2009, but returned in 2010 for one year. Rally Japan was planned to return in 2020 to the new location of Nagoya, but was cancelled on August 19 due to COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. It was cancelled again in 2021, and has been confirmed to make its debut as the last rally of the season in 2022.

Kalle Rovanperä has become a two-time WRC champion, Just one year ago, Rovanperä made history when he became the youngest WRC champion ever. Today he stands alongside legendary names like Carlos Sainz, Walter Röhrl and Miki Biasion as a double winner.

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Result List

01	Elfyn Evans	3:32:08.8
02	Sébastien Ogier	+1:17.7
03	Kalle Rovanperä	+1:46.5
04	Esapekka Lappi	+2:50.3
05	Takamoto Katsuta	+3:10.3
06	Ott Tanak	+3:28.3
13	Thierry Neuville	+28:04.7

Result Description
Driver Standings
Pos /Driver /Points

1 /Kalle Rovanperä /250
2 /Elfyn Evans /216
3 /Thierry Neuville /189
4 /Ott Tanak /174
5 /Sébastien Ogier /133
6 /Esapekka Lappi /113
7 /Takamoto Katsuta /101
8 /Dani Sordo /63
9 /Teemu Suninen /42
10 /Oliver Solberg /33

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