The 2013 Rally Italia Sardegna was the seventh round of the 2013 World Rally Championship season. The event was based in Olbia, Gallura, and started on 21 June and was concluded on 23 June after twenty-three special stages, totaling 304.21 competitive kilometers.
| 2013 Rally Italia Sardegna Rally Italia Sardegna 2013 | |||
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Round 7 of the 2013 World Rally Championship season
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 Andreas Mikkelsen during Rally | |||
| Host country |  Italy | ||
| Rally base | Olbia, Gallura | ||
| Dates run | June 21 – June 23, 2013 | ||
| Stages | 23 (304.21 km; 189.03 miles) | ||
| Stage surface | Gravel | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Crews | 56 at start, 41 at finish | ||
| Overall results | |||
| Overall winner |  Sébastien Ogier Volkswagen Motorsport | ||
Report
Sébastien Ogier held the lead of the rally from start to finish; with three stage wins on the first day, Ogier held a lead of 46.6 seconds over Mikko Hirvonen, who battled for second with Thierry Neuville, with a difference of only 3.1 seconds at the end of the day. Both Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team drivers, Mads Østberg and Evgeny Novikov retired.[1] On the second day, Hirvonen started with a stage win, but on the next stage went wide and got stuck into a ditch, leaving second place to Neuville. Ogier's teammate, Jari-Matti Latvala recovered from 12th position after a puncture on stage one, to finish third. Dani Sordo was the best Citroën finisher in fourth, ahead of Martin Prokop in fifth, while Elfyn Evans finished sixth on his début in a World Rally Car. Michał Kościuszko got his best result of the year in seventh, ahead of Østberg – recovering from his accident – to finish eighth via Rally-2. Robert Kubica got his first championship points by finishing ninth and Khalid Al Qassimi completed the top ten finishers.[2]
Entry List
Thirteen World Rally Cars were entered into the event, as were Thirteen WRC-2 entries and Ten WRC-3 entries.
Event Standing
| Pos. | Driver | Co-driver | Car | Time | Difference | Points |
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| Overall Classification | ||||||
| 1. | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 3:22:57.9 | 0.0 | 28 |
| 2. |  Thierry Neuville | Nicolas Gilsoul | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 3:24:14.7 | +1:16.8 | 20 |
| 3. |  Jari-Matti Latvala | Miikka Anttila | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | 3:24:45.9 | +1:48.0 | 16 |
| 4. |  Dani Sordo | Carlos del Barrio | Citroën DS3 WRC | 3:26:17.1 | +3:19.2 | 12 |
| 5. |  Martin Prokop | Michal Ernst | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 3:31:32.0 | +8:34.1 | 10 |
| 6. |  Elfyn Evans | Giovanni Bernacchini | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 3:34:49.7 | +11:51.8 | 8 |
| 7. |  Michal Kościuszko | Maciej Szczepaniak | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 3:34:50.6 | +11:52.7 | 6 |
| 8. |  Mads Østberg |  Jonas Andersson | Ford Fiesta RS WRC | 3:36:19.4 | +13:21.5 | 4 |
| 9. (1. WRC-2) | Robert Kubica | Maciek Baran | Citroën DS3 RRC | 3:39:45.5 | +16:47.6 | 2 |
| 10. |  Khalid Al Qassimi | Scott Martin | Citroën DS3 WRC | 3:40:17.8 | +17:19.9 | 1 |
| WRC-2 | ||||||
| 1. (9.) | Robert Kubica | Maciek Baran | Citroën DS3 RRC | 3:39:45.5 | 0.0 | 25 |
| 2. (11.) |  Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari |  Killian Duffy | Ford Fiesta RRC | 3:44:02.5 | +4:17.0 | 18 |
| 3. (12.) | Lorenzo Bertelli | Mitia Dotta | Ford Fiesta RRC | 3:46:04.0 | +6:18.5 | 15 |
| 4. (14.) |  Nicolás Fuchs |  Fernando Mussano | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | 3:48:33.4 | +8:47.9 | 12 |
| 5. (15.) | Armin Kremer | Klaus Wicha | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 3:50:26.5 | +10:41.0 | 10 |
| 6. (23.) | Juan Carlos Alonso | Juan Pablo Monasterolo | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | 4:06:49.9 | +27:04.4 | 8 |
| 7. (28.) |  Ala'a Rasheed |  Joseph Matar | Ford Fiesta RRC | 4:16:37.3 | +36:51.8 | 6 |
| 8. (30.) | Marco Vallario | Antonio Pascale | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | 4:23:33.8 | +43:48.3 | 4 |
| WRC-3 | ||||||
| 1. (16.) | Christian Riedemann | Lara Vanneste | Citroën DS3 R3T | 3:52:39.9 | 0.0 | 25 |
| 2. (17.) | Keith Cronin | Marshall Clarke | Citroën DS3 R3T | 3:57:45.3 | +5:05.4 | 18 |
| 3. (19.) | Quentin Gilbert | Isabelle Galmiche | Citroën DS3 R3T | 4:01:59.2 | +9:19.3 | 15 |
| 4. (21.) | Sébastien Chardonnet | Thibault de la Haye | Citroën DS3 R3T | 4:04:17.5 | +11:37.6 | 12 |
| 5. (25.) |  Federico Della Casa | Marco Menchini | Citroën DS3 R3T | 4:08:14.0 | +15:34.1 | 10 |
| 6. (27.) | Stéphane Consani | Maxime Vilmot | Citroën DS3 R3T | 4:13:53.5 | +21:13.6 | 8 |
| 7. (29.) | Francesco Parli | Tania Canton | Citroën DS3 R3T | 4:18:52.2 | +26:12.3 | 6 |
| 8. (31.) | Bryan Bouffier | Xavier Panseri | Citroën DS3 R3T | 4:24:54.4 | +32:14.5 | 4 |
| 9. (33.) | Alastair Fisher | Gordon Noble | Citroën DS3 R3T | 4:33:54.9 | +41:15.0 | 2 |