The 2024 World Rally Championship season continues this weekend with round 11 Rally Chile Bio Bio 2024. Find out all you need to know below.
Championship Rundown
Oliver Solberg leads the WRC2 championship heading into this weekend. Solberg holds a 3-point lead over Sami Pajari heading into the event. Pajari is participating in the event this weekend, however, not in a WRC2 car. As the Finnish driver will pilot the fourth Rally1 Yaris for Toyota this weekend. This makes Yohan Rossel who sits third in the championship Solberg’s biggest competitor. Rossel sits 25 points behind Solberg and 22 points behind Pajari. Solberg is contesting his final points round of the season, while Pajari still has one round left, and Rossel will have one left after this weekend. Lauri Joona is fourth in the championship, 28 points behind Rossel and will not be attending this weekend and has also used all his point-scoring rounds. Jan Solans rounds out the championship top five, sitting 6 points behind Joona.
Itinerary
Friday
The first day of Rally Chile Bio Bio will see drivers contest 112.76 km across 6 stages. The longest of these stages is the 23.32 km San Rosendo stage which will serve as SS3 and SS6. The shortest stage is the 13.34 km Rere stage, which serves as SS2 and SS5. Drivers will have a little room for error, as there is a 30-minute midday service.
Saturday
Day two as per usual is the longest day of the event. As drivers will contest 139.20 km across 6 stages. The day’s longest stage is the 28.31 Maria Las Cruces stage, which serves as SS9 and SS12. The shortest stage is the 15.65 km Pelun stage, which serves as SS7 and SS10. There will once again be a 30-minute midday service so teams can repair any damage accumulated in the morning loop.
Sunday
Super Sunday will see drivers contest the final 54.80 km of the event across the final 4 stages. The longest of the days stages is the 18.62 Laraquete stage which serves as SS13 and SS15. The shortest stage is the Bio Bio stage which serves as SS14 and SS16, and the wolf powerstage. There is no midday service, nor tyre fitting zone for the drivers. As a result, drivers will have to be more watchful about the amount of damage the car takes and how they manage their tyres.