Kalle Rovanperä - Jonne Halttunen - Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo 2023

91. Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo 2023

WRC #1 • WRC2 #1 • WRC2 Challenger #1 • WRC3 #1 • WRC Masters Cup #1

19. 1. – 22. 1. 2023, Monaco • Automobile Club de Monaco • asphalt - snow 325.02 km • total distance including road sections - 1534.79 km • Other years

1. leg	Time	Pos.	km/h s/km	Overall	Pos. after
SS1 La Bollène-Vésubie / Col de Turini 1 (15.12 km)	10:30.3	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC	86.4 km/h 0.49 s/km	10:30.3	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC
"Quite okay. I don't really enjoy these stages a lot - I don't like the characteristics of the stage but I tried my best. The soft tyre is moving quite a lot so I just tried to find the right pace to look after the tyre."
SS2 La Cabanette / Col de Castillon (24.90 km)	16:20.5	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC	91.4 km/h 0.39 s/km	26:50.8	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC
"I managed the tyres a bit better at the beginning of the stage. Tricky conditions with some ice patches, but the main thing is that we are here."
2. leg
SS3 Roure / Roubion / Beuil 1 (18.33 km)	10:00.8	3. 3. class RC1 3. WRC	109.8 km/h 0.33 s/km	36:51.6	3. 3. class RC1 3. WRC
"Pretty clear conditions, nothing special to be honest. We took a bit of a different tyre plan than the others. Let's see how it works on this loop."
SS4 Puget-Théniers / Saint-Antonin 1 (19.79 km)	11:54.7	6. 6. class RC1 6. WRC	99.7 km/h 0.51 s/km	48:46.3	5. 5. class RC1 5. WRC
"Pretty okay. At the beginning I didn't have so much grip - I think there was salt on the road or something. The rest of it was quite okay."
SS5 Briançonnet / Entrevaux 1 (14.55 km)	8:32.0	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC	102.3 km/h 0.09 s/km	57:18.3	3. 3. class RC1 3. WRC
"It was the first real braking section of the stage. I had less grip than I expected and I just ran a bit wide. It was quite a tricky loop and I think the tyre choice was not perfect."
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SS6 Roure / Roubion / Beuil 2 (18.33 km)	9:51.3	3. 3. class RC1 3. WRC	111.6 km/h 0.11 s/km	1:07:09.6	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC
"Quite okay but nothing too special. We will try to be a bit better in this loop now and hopefully have some better times."
SS7 Puget-Théniers / Saint-Antonin 2 (19.79 km)	11:41.8	3. 3. class RC1 3. WRC	101.5 km/h 0.16 s/km	1:18:51.4	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC
"It's much easier than the first pass. The line is much cleaner from the salt but for some reason I feel that in this stage it's a bit tricky with the grip in the last section. I was sliding a lot."
SS8 Briançonnet / Entrevaux 2 (14.55 km)	8:24.0	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC	103.9 km/h	1:27:15.4	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC
"It was not a big push, I just tried to make a clean stage. The car was feeling better than this morning also. Let's see how they are coming."
3. leg
SS9 Le Fugeret / Thorame-Haute 1 (16.80 km)	9:05.5	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC	110.9 km/h	1:36:20.9	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC
"It was not a good stage for me, I could have done better. It was clean but it was not the driving that I want to do."
SS10 Malijai / Puimichel 1 (17.31 km)	9:28.2	3. 3. class RC1 3. WRC	109.7 km/h 0.06 s/km	1:45:49.1	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC
"The beginning was quite good but on the middle section it was already quite dirty from the cuts. Not so easy, I was sliding a bit in places."
SS11 Ubraye / Entrevaux 1 (21.78 km)	11:35.7	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC	112.7 km/h	1:57:24.8	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC
"The morning has been fine. On this stage I overheated the tyres too much at the start of the stage and in the beginning it was really slippy."
SS12 Le Fugeret / Thorame-Haute 2 (16.80 km)	9:04.7	3. 3. class RC1 3. WRC	111.0 km/h 0.17 s/km	2:06:29.5	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC
"I had a small slide in there..."
SS13 Malijai / Puimichel 2 (17.31 km)	9:27.8	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC	109.7 km/h 0.01 s/km	2:15:57.3	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC
"I am quite close to the limit. When there is more dirt on the road the car is not so easy to drive, but when it's clean I am fine."
SS14 Ubraye / Entrevaux 2 (21.78 km)	11:30.2	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC	113.6 km/h	2:27:27.5	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC
4. leg
SS15 Lucéram / Lantosque 1 (18.82 km)	12:20.6	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC	91.5 km/h 0.14 s/km	2:39:48.1	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC
"I am not fully happy. I did this stage last year and I was not on the pace, so for sure it was not easy now to step up. It's going to be a long day for the tyres as well. I just tried to keep a good and safe pace."
SS16 La Bollène-Vésubie / Col de Turini 2 (15.12 km)	10:08.9	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC	89.4 km/h	2:49:57.0	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC
"It's definitely a big difference when the road is clean from the salt. I think earlier in the rally we were losing a lot more time with cleaning the road. Now it's a lot more fun."
SS17 Lucéram / Lantosque 2 (18.82 km)	12:23.3	3. 3. class RC1 3. WRC	91.2 km/h 0.33 s/km	3:02:20.3	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC
"We are also saving the tyres quite a lot and we should have quite a good package for the Power Stage."
SS18 La Bollène-Vésubie / Col de Turini 3[Power Stage] (15.12 km)	10:00.5	1. 1. class RC1 1. WRC	90.6 km/h	3:12:20.8	2. 2. class RC1 2. WRC
"It was a good one. I think we can be quite happy with second place. There was much more cleaning than I expected on Thursday and Friday, and it seems when we were in the same conditions as everyone we had the same pace as everyone else."

91. Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo 2023

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