13th edition of Rally Turkey
The 2020 Rally Turkey (also known as Marmaris Rally Turkey 2020 ) was a motor racing event for rally cars that held between 18 and 20 September 2020.[ 2] It marked the thirteenth running of Rally Turkey and was the fifth round of the 2020 World Rally Championship , World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3 . The 2020 event was based in Marmaris in Muğla Province , and was contested over twelve special stages with a total competitive distance of 223.00 km (138.57 mi).[ 1]
Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia were the defending rally winners.[ 3] Citroën World Rally Team , the team they drove for in 2019, were the reigning manufacturers' winners, but they did not defending their title after parent company Citroën withdrew from the sport.[ 4] Gus Greensmith and Elliott Edmondson were the defending winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category, but they did not defend their titles as they were promoted to the sport's top tier by M-Sport Ford World Rally Team .[ 5] [ a] In the World Rally Championship-3 category, Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Maciej Szczepaniak were the reigning rally winners.[ 5] [ b]
Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin were the overall winners of the rally, recording a second win of the season. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT , were the manufacturers' winners.[ 6] The Toksport WRT crew of Pontus Tidemand and Patrik Barth won the WRC-2 category.[ 7] Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Maciej Szczepaniak successfully defended their tiles in the WRC-3 category.[ 8]
Background
Championship standings prior to the event
Six-time world champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia entered the round with a nine-point lead over Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin . Reigning world champions Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were third, a further four points behind. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT held a five-point lead over defending manufacturers' champions Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT , following by M-Sport Ford WRT .
In the World Rally Championship-2 standings, Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen held a twenty-point lead ahead of Pontus Tidemand and Patrick Barth in the drivers' and co-drivers' standings respectively, with Nikolay Gryazin and Renaud Jamoul in third. In the manufacturer' championship, Hyundai Motorsport N led PH-Sport by nine points. M-Sport Ford WRT sit in third, a slender five points behind.
In the World Rally Championship-3 standings, the crew of Jari Huttunen and Mikko Lukka led both drivers' and co-drivers' championships by six and eight points over Marco Bulacia Wilkinson and Aaron Johnston respectively. Oliver Solberg was third in the drivers' standings, while Yannick Roche held third in the co-drivers' standings.
Entry list
The following crews entered into the rally. The event was open to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2, World Rally Championship-3 and privateer entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. Twenty-six entries were received, with ten crews entered in World Rally Cars , three Group R5 cars entered in the World Rally Championship-2 and twelve in the World Rally Championship-3.
Route
Itinerary
All dates and times are TRT (UTC+3 ).
Date
Time
No.
Stage name
Distance
18 September
09:01
—
Asparan [Shakedown ]
4.70 km
Leg 1 — 25.22 km
18 September
17:08
SS1
İçmeler
13.90 km
18:21
SS2
Gökçe
11.32 km
Leg 2 — 107.38 km
19 September
08:50
SS3
Yeşilbelde 1
31.79 km
10:08
SS4
Datça 1
8.75 km
11:06
SS5
Kızlan 1
13.15 km
14:50
SS6
Yeşilbelde 2
31.79 km
16:08
SS7
Datça 2
8.75 km
17:06
SS8
Kızlan 2
13.15 km
Leg 3 — 90.40 km
20 September
07:30
SS9
Çetibeli 1
38.15 km
09:08
SS10
Marmaris 1
7.05 km
11:20
SS11
Çetibeli 2
38.15 km
13:18
SS12
Marmaris 2 [Power Stage ]
7.05 km
Source:[ 1]
Report
World Rally Cars
Sebastien Loeb and Daniel Elena held the lead going onto Saturday. At the age of forty-six, Loeb became the oldest driver to lead a WRC event.[ 10] Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja retired Friday when their Hyundai speared off the road because of a steering issue.[ 11] Sebastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia took over the lead on Saturday morning, but they dropped their lead to Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul in the afternoon loop due to a puncture and hydraulics issue.[ 12] Sunday's first pass through the Çetibeli stage saw tyre dramas, which saw five crews suffering punctures , including the crew of Neuville and Gilsoul, Loeb and Elena, Ogier and Ingrassia, Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen , and Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm , with two more crews retired from the rally.[ 13] Ogier and Ingrassia then retired from the rally when their engine was on fire.[ 14] Eventually, the rally was won by Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin .[ 6]
Classification
Special stages
Championship standings
World Rally Championship-2
Adrien Fourmaux and Renaud Jamoul claimed back-to-back stage wins to lead the class on Friday,[ 15] but a rear-left puncture in Saturday afternoon cost them the lead.[ 16] Pontus Tidemand and Patrick Barth took over the lead and won the class.[ 7]
Classification
Special stages
Championship standings
World Rally Championship-3
Marco Bulacia Wilkinson and Marcelo Der Ohannesian led the class through Friday. Sean Johnston and Alex Kihurani retired from the rally when their Citroën caught fire.[ 17] Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Maciej Szczepaniak set some blistering times, opening a huge gap to comfortably win the rally.[ 18] [ 8]
Classification
Special stages
Championship standings
Notes
References
External links
Categories within the World Rally Championship
Teams and drivers that are eligible to score manufacturer points