# 2013 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship

The 2013 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship season is an international rally championship sanctioned by the FIA. The championship is contested by a combination of regulations with Group N competing directly against Super 2000 cars for points. A new rally was added to the calendar, the first since Rally of Queensland in 2009, in the Thailand Rally.
Indian driver Gaurav Gill won the Asian-Pacific championship after many years in the series. Gill won the championship despite his Finnish team mate Esapekka Lappi winning more events. Gill wrapped the title up early as the only rival outside of the Team MRF squad, Subaru driver Sanjay Takle, did not attend the final round at the China Rally.
Australian driver Simon Knowles won the Pacific Cup held over the three Pacific ocean events. The Asia Cup was held over three of the four Asian events, with the China Rally being left out in favour of candidate rally, the Thailand Rally. The Asia Cup was won by New Zealand driver Michael Young.

## Race calendar and results

The 2013 APRC is as follows:
| Round | Rally name | Podium finishers | Podium finishers | Podium finishers | Podium finishers | Statistics | Statistics | Statistics | Statistics |
| Round | Rally name | Rank | Driver | Car | Time | Stages | Length | Starters | Finishers |
| 1 | International Rally of Whangarei (18–19 May) | 1 | Hayden Paddon | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 2:47:48.4 | 16 | 288.16 km | 52 | 28 |
| 1 | International Rally of Whangarei (18–19 May) | 2 | Esapekka Lappi | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 2:51:18.3 | 16 | 288.16 km | 52 | 28 |
| 1 | International Rally of Whangarei (18–19 May) | 3 | Richard Mason | Subaru Impreza WRX | 2:51:54.0 | 16 | 288.16 km | 52 | 28 |
| 2 | Rallye de Nouvelle-Calédonie (14–16 June) | 1 | Gaurav Gill | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 1:57:12.3 | 17 | 236.59 km | 21 | 8 |
| 2 | Rallye de Nouvelle-Calédonie (14–16 June) | 2 | Emmanuel Guigou | Renault Clio R3 | 2:05:07.6 | 17 | 236.59 km | 21 | 8 |
| 2 | Rallye de Nouvelle-Calédonie (14–16 June) | 3 | Eugène Creugnet | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII | 2:14:31.7 | 17 | 236.59 km | 21 | 8 |
| 3 | International Rally of Queensland (13–14 July) | 1 | Eli Evans | Honda Jazz | 2:07:51.0 | 21 | 214.06 km | 57 | 36 |
| 3 | International Rally of Queensland (13–14 July) | 2 | Esapekka Lappi | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 2:08:43.8 | 21 | 214.06 km | 57 | 36 |
| 3 | International Rally of Queensland (13–14 July) | 3 | Tom Wilde | Renault Clio R3 | 2:10:37.6 | 21 | 214.06 km | 57 | 36 |
| 4 | Malaysian Rally (24–25 August) | 1 | Fan Fan | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 3:14:29.6 | 15 | 219.90 km | 34 | 21 |
| 4 | Malaysian Rally (24–25 August) | 2 | Shuhei Muta | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 3:16:37.3 | 15 | 219.90 km | 34 | 21 |
| 4 | Malaysian Rally (24–25 August) | 3 | Daniel Palau | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 3:18:24.1 | 15 | 219.90 km | 34 | 21 |
| 5 | Rally Hokkaido (28–29 September) | 1 | Gaurav Gill | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 2:26:26.2 | 18 | 232.32 km | 81 | 41 |
| 5 | Rally Hokkaido (28–29 September) | 2 | Norihiko Katsuta | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 2:27:03.2 | 18 | 232.32 km | 81 | 41 |
| 5 | Rally Hokkaido (28–29 September) | 3 | Fumio Nutahara | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | 2:27:04.2 | 18 | 232.32 km | 81 | 41 |
| 6 | China Rally (2–3 November) | 1 | Esapekka Lappi | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 3:01:46.9 | 13 | 230.92 km | 72 | 22 |
| 6 | China Rally (2–3 November) | 2 | Niall McShea | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 3:05:06.4 | 13 | 230.92 km | 72 | 22 |
| 6 | China Rally (2–3 November) | 3 | Gaurav Gill | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 3:07:24.3 | 13 | 230.92 km | 72 | 22 |
| 7 | Thailand Rally (7–8 December) | 1 | Daniel Palau | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 3:06:31.7 | 13 | 229.80 km | 14 | 5 |
| 7 | Thailand Rally (7–8 December) | 2 | Wittaya Ruegchan | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | 3:12:38.8 | 13 | 229.80 km | 14 | 5 |
| 7 | Thailand Rally (7–8 December) | 3 | Michael Young | Toyota Vitz | 3:20:25.7 | 13 | 229.80 km | 14 | 5 |

## Championship standings

The 2013 APRC for Drivers points is as follows:
| Position | Driver | Vehicle | NZL | NCL | AUS | MAL | JPN | CHN | Total |
| 1 | Gaurav Gill | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 2 $^{12}$ | 1 $^{10.5}$ | Ret $^6$ | Ret $^7$ | 1 $^{14}$ | 2 $^{10}$ | 145.5 |
| 2 | Esapekka Lappi | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 1 $^{14}$ | Ret | 1 $^{14}$ | Ret | Ret | 1 $^{14}$ | 117 |
| 3 | Sanjay Takle | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 4 $^7$ | 2 $^9$ | 2 $^{11}$ | Ret | 2 $^{11}$ | | 104 |
| 4 | Michael Young | Toyota Vitz | 3 $^9$ | | Ret $^4$ | 1 $^{13}$ | 3 $^{11}$ | | 92 |
| 5 | Hiroshi Asakura | Subaru Impreza WRX STI Proton Satria Neo | Ret $^5$ | | 3 $^8$ | Ret $^5$ | 4 $^8$ | | 53 |
Key :
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | 2nd place |
| Bronze | 3rd place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Did not finish (Ret) |
| Black | Excluded (EX) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Withdrew entry from the event (WD) |
Note: $^1$ – $^{12}$ refers to the bonus points awarded for each leg of the rally for the first five place getters, 1st (7), 2nd (5), 3rd (3), 4th (2), 5th (1). There are two bonus legs for each rally.

### Pacific Cup

| Position | Driver | Vehicle | NZL | NCL | AUS | Total |
| 1 | Simon Knowles | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 4 $^8$ | 2 $^9$ | 1 $^{13}$ | 85 |
| 2 | Gaurav Gill | Škoda Fabia S2000 | 1 $^{14}$ | 1 $^{10.5}$ | Ret $^7$ | 71.5 |
| 3 | Matt van Tuinen | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | 2 $^{12}$ | Ret | | 30 |
| 4 | Bruce Fullerton | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | 3 $^{10}$ | Ret | | 25 |
| 5 | Claude Clavel | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX | Ret $^3$ | Ret | | 3 |

### Asia Cup

| Position | Driver | Vehicle | MAL | JPN | THA | Total |
| 1 | Michael Young | Toyota Vitz | 2 $^{10}$ | 5 $^8$ | 1 $^{11}$ | 82 |
| 2 | Shuhei Muta | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | 1 $^{13}$ | 2 $^{12}$ | Ret | 68 |
| 3 | Yuya Sumiyama | Subaru Impreza WRX STI | Ret $^7$ | 1 $^{14}$ | Ret $^7$ | 53 |
| 4 | Tomohide Hasegawa | Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X | 4 $^6$ | 4 $^8$ | Ret $^5$ | 43 |
| 5 | Chaiyan Longton | Suzuki Swift | 3 $^{10}$ | Ret | Ret $^5$ | 30 |
| 6 | Sanjay Takle | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | Ret | 3 $^8$ | Ret $^6$ | 29 |
| 7 | Hiroshi Asakura | Proton Satria Neo | Ret $^4$ | 6 $^4$ | | 16 |