2013 Rally Liepāja-Ventspils

Rally Liepāja-Ventspils 2013
Round 2 of the 2013 European Rally Championship season ← Previous event Next event →
Host country
Rally base	Liepāja/Ventspils
Dates run	1 – 3 February 2013
Stages	15[1] (243 km; 151 mi)
Stage surface	Snow and Gravel
Results
Crews	37 (ERC only) at start, 30 (ERC only)[2] at finish

The 2013 Rally Liepāja-Ventspils was the second round of the 2013 European Rally Championship. The stages were mainly gravel with snowy and icy parts. Jari Ketomaa won the event after a huge fight with runner-up Craig Breen. François Delecour rounded off the podium places. The 2WD Cup was won by Risto Immonen, while the Production Cup honors went to Švedas Vytautas.

Results

Pos.	Driver	Co-driver	Car	Time	Difference	Points
1	Jari Ketomaa	Kaj Lindström	Ford Fiesta RRC	2:08:15.7		25+14
2	Craig Breen	David Moynihan	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:08:46.7	+31.0	18+12
3	François Delecour	Dominique Savignoni	Peugeot 207 S2000	2:11:03.2	+2:47.5	15+8
4	Jan Černý	Pavel Kohout	Škoda Fabia S2000	2:11:19.1	+3:03.4	12+8
5	Raimonds Kisiels	Ronis Arnis	Mini John Cooper Works S2000	2:14:02.0	+5:46.3	10+2
6	Vytautas Švedas	Žilvinas Sakalauskas	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	2:14:11.4	+5:55.7	8+3
7	Aivis Egle	Andis Dauga	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	2:15:55.2	+7:39.5	6
8	Raul Jeets	Andrus Toom	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X	2:16:53.3	+8:37.6	4
9	Jaroslav Orsák	David Šmeidler	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX	2:17:04.6	+8:48.9	2
10	Vitaliy Pushkar	Ivan Mishyn	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X R4	2:17:40.7	+9:25.0	1

Special stages

Day	Stage	Time	Name	Length	Winner	Time	Avg. spd.	Rally leader
Leg 1 (1 February)	SS1	17:10	Rallyofchampions.com (Podnieki)	6.16 km	Craig Breen	3:16.6	112.80 km/h	Craig Breen
	SS2	17:45	Volkswagen 1	16.88 km	Craig Breen	9:14.2	109.65 km/h
	SS3	18:45	LDz Cargo 1	18.68 km	Craig Breen	9:44.6	115.03 km/h
Leg 2 (2 February)	SS4	10:20	LDz Cargo 2	18.68 km	Craig Breen	9:17.6	120.60 km/h
	SS5	10:55	Volkswagen 2	16.88 km	Craig Breen	8:56.2	113.33 km/h
	SS6	11:55	Neste Oil 1	21.31 km	Jari Ketomaa	10:49.7	118.08 km/h	Jari Ketomaa
	SS7	15:20	Ventbunkers 1	10.42 km	Jari Ketomaa	4:58.1	125.84 km/h
	SS8	15:55	Neste Oil 2	21.31 km	Jari Ketomaa	10:29.0	121.97 km/h
	SS9	17:20	Ventspils Kalns 1	3.40 km	Jari Ketomaa	2:23.2	85.47 km/h
Leg 3 (3 February)	SS10	8:30	Ventbunkers 2	7.00 km	Jari Ketomaa	4:53.7	85.80 km/h
	SS11	9:00	Swecon 1	21.34 km	Jari Ketomaa	11:49.7	108.25 km/h
	SS12	10:10	Kuldīga 1	26.34 km	Jari Ketomaa	14:11.4	111.37 km/h
	SS13	12:05	Swecon 2	21.34 km	Craig Breen	11:36.8	110.25 km/h
	SS14	13:15	Kuldīga 2	26.34 km	Jari Ketomaa	13:58.6	113.07 km/h
	SS15	15:00	Ventspils Kalns 2	3.40 km	Jan Černý	2:21.6	86.44 km/h

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