Forum8 Rally Japan 2023

Forum8 Rally Japan 2023


16. 11. 2023 - 20. 11. 2023

Unofficial results
List for category: WRC2 Challenger
SS 22 - Asahi Kougen (Power Stage)
SS length: 7.52km
Pos. No. Driver / Co-driver
Vehicle
Group SS time Aver. speed
sec/km
Diff.Leader
Diff.Prev.
1 21
ANA
Gryazin Nikolay / Aleksandrov K.
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2
RC2 00:05:10.2 87.27
0.00
00:00:00.0
00:00:00.0
2 22
POL
Kajetanowicz K. / Szczepaniak M.
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2
RC2 00:05:18.5 85.00
1.10
00:00:08.3
00:00:08.3
3 26
JPN
Fukunaga Osamu / Saida Misako
Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
RC2 00:05:37.0 80.33
3.56
00:00:26.8
00:00:18.5
4 30
JPN
Imai Satoshi / Farmer Jason
Citroën C3 Rally2
RC2 00:05:39.7 79.69
3.92
00:00:29.5
00:00:02.7
5 25
POL
Chwist Daniel / Heller Kamil
Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo
RC2 00:05:40.2 79.58
3.99
00:00:30.0
00:00:00.5
6 28
IRL
Boland Eamonn / "MJ" ..
Citroën C3 Rally2
RC2 00:05:52.9 76.71
5.68
00:00:42.7
00:00:12.7
7 29
ESP
Díaz Aboitiz M. / Sanjuán R.
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2
RC2 00:06:11.0 72.97
8.09
00:01:00.8
00:00:18.1
Pos. No.
Driver / Co-driver
Vehicle
Pos. SS time
Penalty
Total time Diff.Leader
Diff.Prev.
1 21
ANA

1
Gryazin Nikolay / Aleksandrov K.
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 
RC2
2
01:06:43.0
01:06:43.0 00:00:00.0
00:00:00.0
2 22
POL

2
Kajetanowicz K. / Szczepaniak M.
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 
RC2
3
01:10:22.3
01:10:22.3 00:03:39.3
00:03:39.3
3 26
JPN

3
Fukunaga Osamu / Saida Misako
Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo 
RC2
4
01:11:53.0
01:11:53.0 00:05:10.0
00:01:30.7
4 25
POL

5
Chwist Daniel / Heller Kamil
Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo 
RC2
5
01:12:34.4
01:12:34.4 00:05:51.4
00:00:41.4
5 28
IRL

4
Boland Eamonn / "MJ" ..
Citroën C3 Rally2 
RC2
6
01:12:46.5
01:12:46.5 00:06:03.5
00:00:12.1
6 30
JPN

6
Imai Satoshi / Farmer Jason
Citroën C3 Rally2 
RC2
7
01:15:34.9
01:15:34.9 00:08:51.9
00:02:48.4
7 29
ESP

7
Díaz Aboitiz M. / Sanjuán R.
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 
RC2
8
01:22:25.1
01:22:25.1 00:15:42.1
00:06:50.2
INFORMATION ABOUT SS 22
retired (47 - Irie Satoshi / Kageyama Satoshi): retired in SS 22
flash info (33 - Evans Elfyn / Martin Scott): It was not easy with the conditions we had this week, even though we had a massive gap already after Friday night. A massive thanks to the team, the car's been great and a 1-2-3 for Toyota is a fantastic result.
flash info (17 - Ogier Sébastien / Landais Vincent): I enjoyed this season a lot and I am glad to have had this opportunity. The plan was only to do seven rallies but I pushed the team a little bit to be here. This is more than a dream result because now we have everybody across the line in 1-2-3.
flash info (69 - Rovanperä Kalle / Halttunen Jonne): Let's hope everything goes fine for the guys behind. It should be a really great result in our home rally. I am also really proud of Taka - after Friday morning he was driving so well, I was so happy to see his times and he was pushing hard.
flash info (4 - Lappi Esapekka / Ferm Janne): For sure, it was important to find some speed and confidence in these difficult conditions. I have to thank the whole team. The first part of the season was good and I am sorry for the second half because I was not really good enough. I am looking forward to the future.
flash info (18 - Katsuta Takamoto / Johnston Aaron): In terms of the speed it was very good. I have to bring this kind of feeling into next year, but of course I still feel disappointed. I will try not to do the same thing again when I have good potential, but the car felt so good thw whole weekend.
flash info (8 - Tänak Ott / Järveoja Martin): I get frustrated very easily when I am not on the pace and, this year, more or less we haven't been anywhere on the pace. It's been a tough year but at least we gave it a go. Let's see what the future brings next.
flash info (11 - Neuville Thierry / Wydaeghe Martijn): First of all I am happy it's over now. It was still an enjoyable weekend but obviously we could have been in the fight - I apologised to the team for my mistake but it is what it is. We're going to do another good season next year. We had eight podiums this year and a couple of troubles which cost us some points and put us out of the fight for the championship.
flash info (20 - Mikkelsen Andreas / Eriksen Torstein): This one was really nice. It's been a really challenging weekend and I think our experience was key here. We made the difference on the first two stages and then from then on we tried to control it.
flash info (21 - Gryazin Nikolay / Aleksandrov Konstantin): It was like Tokyo Drift because we put the wet tyres on the rear and it was a little bit slidey. At least I enjoyed the last stage of the season!
flash info (25 - Chwist Daniel / Heller Kamil): I'd like to send big kisses to my kids at home who are watching. They stayed up really long and woke up really early these last days to support me. Coming to this rally and finishing it is something I am really happy about. I really enjoyed and I'm looking forward to the next one soon.
flash info (22 - Kajetanowicz Kajetan / Szczepaniak Maciej): We can say we are the champions! It's amazing, but I want to say thank you to Maciej, to the whole of Orlen Rally Team, all of my sponsors and of course to my wife. It's an amazing feeling!
Starting order: Fukunaga, Kajetanowicz, Chwist, Gryazin, Mikkelsen, Neuville, Tänak, Katsuta, Lappi, Rovanperä, Ogier, Evans