2013 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship

2013 Asia-Pacific Rally season 2012 2014 The 2013 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship season is an international rally championship sanctioned by the FIA. The championship is contested by a combination of regulations with Group N competing directly against Super 2000 cars for points. A new rally was added to the calendar, the first since Rally of Queensland in 2009, in the Thailand Rally. Indian driver Gaurav Gill won the Asian-Pacific championship after many years in the series. Gill won the championship despite his Finnish team mate Esapekka Lappi winning more events. Gill wrapped the title up early as the only rival outside of the Team MRF squad, Subaru driver Sanjay Takle, did not attend the final round at the China Rally. Australian driver Simon Knowles won the Pacific Cup held over the three Pacific ocean events. The Asia Cup was held over three of the four Asian events, with the China Rally being left out in favour of candidate rally, the Thailand Rally. The Asia Cup was won by New Zealand driver Michael Young. Race calendar and results The 2013 APRC is as follows:2013 Calendar FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship http://www.fiaaprc.com/2013-calendar 2013-06-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20121231223910/http://www.fiaaprc.com/2013-calendar 2012-12-31 dead Round Rally name Podium finishers Statistics Rank Driver Car Time Stages Length Starters Finishers 1 NZ International Rally of Whangarei(18–19 May) 1 NZL Hayden Paddon Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 2:47:48.4 16288.16 km 52 282 FIN Esapekka Lappi Škoda Fabia S2000 2:51:18.33 NZL Richard Mason Subaru Impreza WRX 2:51:54.0 2 FRA Rallye de Nouvelle-Calédonie(14–16 June) 1 IND Gaurav Gill Škoda Fabia S2000 1:57:12.317236.59 km218 2 FRA Emmanuel Guigou Renault Clio R3 2:05:07.6 3 FRA Eugène Creugnet Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII 2:14:31.7 3 AUS International Rally of Queensland(13–14 July) 1 AUS Eli Evans Honda Jazz 2:07:51.0 21214.06 km 57 36 2 FIN Esapekka Lappi Škoda Fabia S2000 2:08:43.8 3 AUS Tom Wilde Renault Clio R3 2:10:37.6 4 MYS Malaysian Rally(24–25 August) 1 CHN Fan Fan Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 3:14:29.6 15219.90 km 34 21 2 JPN Shuhei Muta Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3:16:37.3 3 FRA Daniel Palau Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3:18:24.1 5 JPN Rally Hokkaido(28–29 September) 1 IND Gaurav Gill Škoda Fabia S2000 2:26:26.2 18232.32 km 81 41 2 JPN Norihiko Katsuta Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2:27:03.2 3 JPN Fumio Nutahara Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 2:27:04.2 6 CHN China Rally(2–3 November) 1 FIN Esapekka Lappi Škoda Fabia S2000 3:01:46.9 13230.92 km 72 22 2 GBR Niall McShea Škoda Fabia S2000 3:05:06.4 3 IND Gaurav Gill Škoda Fabia S2000 3:07:24.3 7 THA Thailand Rally(7–8 December) 1 FRA Daniel Palau Subaru Impreza WRX STi 3:06:31.7 13 229.80 km 14 5 2 THA Wittaya Ruegchan Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 3:12:38.8 3 NZL Michael Young Toyota Vitz 3:20:25.7 Championship standings The 2013 APRC for Drivers points is as follows:2013 FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship Points Summary http://fiaaprc.com/assets/points-table-2013-after-round-5.pdf FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship Position Driver Vehicle NZLNZL FRANCL AUSAUS MYSMAL JPNJPN CHNCHN Total 1 IND Gaurav Gill Škoda Fabia S2000 2 12 1 10.5 Ret 6 Ret 7 1 14 2 10145.5 2 FIN Esapekka Lappi Škoda Fabia S2000 1 14 Ret 1 14 Ret Ret 1 14117 3 IND Sanjay Takale Subaru Impreza WRX STi 4 7 2 9 2 11 Ret 2 11104 4 NZL Michael Young Toyota Vitz 3 9 Ret 4 1 13 3 1192 5 JPN Hiroshi Asakura Subaru Impreza WRX STI Proton Satria Neo Ret 5 3 8 Ret 5 4 853 Note: 1 – 12 refers to the bonus points awarded for each leg of the rally for the first five place getters, 1st (7), 2nd (5), 3rd (3), 4th (2), 5th (1). There are two bonus legs for each rally. Pacific Cup Position Driver Vehicle NZLNZL FRANCL AUSAUS Total 1 AUS Simon Knowles Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 4 8 2 9 1 1385 2 IND Gaurav Gill Škoda Fabia S2000 1 14 1 10.5 Ret 771.5 3 AUS Matt van Tuinen Subaru Impreza WRX STI 2 12 Ret30 4 AUS Bruce Fullerton Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX 3 10 Ret25 5 FRA Claude Clavel Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX Ret 3 Ret3 Asia Cup Position Driver Vehicle MYSMAL JPNJPN THATHA Total 1 NZL Michael Young Toyota Vitz 2 10 5 8 1 1182 2 JPN Shuhei Muta Subaru Impreza WRX STi 1 13 2 12 Ret 68 3 JPN Yuya Sumiyama Subaru Impreza WRX STI Ret 7 1 14 Ret 753 4 JPN Tomohide Hasegawa Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X 4 6 4 8 Ret 543 5 THA Chaiyan Longton Suzuki Swift 3 10 Ret Ret 530 6 IND Sanjay Takale Subaru Impreza WRX STi Ret 3 8 Ret 629 7 JPN Hiroshi Asakura Proton Satria Neo Ret 4 6 416 References External links Official website APRC Live Podcast APRC News and Video Category:Asia-Pacific Rally Championship seasons Asia-Pacific Asia-Pacific Asia-Pacific