Round-2New Caledonia
15-16 JUNE 2013
| 1. | 18-19 | MAY | New Zealand |
| 2. | 15-16 | JUN | New Caledonia |
| 3. | 13-14 | JUL | Australia |
| 4. | 24-25 | AUG | Malaysia |
| 5. | 28-29 | SEP | Japan |
| 6. | 02-03 | NOV | China |
| 7. | 07-08 | DEC | Thailand |
APRC 2013 Round-1 New Zealand - Event Review
Finland's Lappi wins 2013 International Rally of Whangarei
19 May 2013 - Event Release - Lance Hastie
Visiting New Zealand for their first time, 22-year-old Finn Esapekka Lappi and co-driver Janne Ferm have taken out this year’s opening round of the FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) with a start-to-finish leading performance at the International Rally of Whangarei held this weekend 18 - 19 May.
18 May 2013 - Event Release
After today’s eight special stages in the 2013 International Rally of Whangarei Finland’s Esapekka Lappi and co-driver Janne Ferm hold an overnight lead of 33.3 seconds in their Skoda Fabia S2000 over MRF Tyres team-mate and second placed Gaurav Gill from India.
16 May 2013 - Eric Thompson - NZHerald.co.nz
Kiwi driver Michael Young will contest the rest of the Asia Pacific Rally Championships for Toyota. Toyota have decided to put a toe back in the water of international rallying and the man in the hot seat is young New Zealander Michael Young.
16 May 2013 - Anthony Peacock - www.MaxRally.com
So picture the scene: you’re an iconic manufacturer in rallying, with a stable of promising young drivers and arguably the most famous car in the sport at their disposal. Problem is, there are only so many cars you can run in the World Rally Championship. And to be honest, promising as these young drivers are, do you really want to put pressure on them by elevating them to the top level sport so quickly? On the other hand, where else will they be able to drive a World Rally Car against strong opposition and learn something that is genuinely useful? This is the situation that Subaru found themselves in throughout the 1990s but the solution was on their doorstep: the FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship.
12 May 2013 - Stan Ryan - www.sportstaronnet.com
Skoda’s new tie-up with MRF and the arrival of Finnish champion Esapekka Lappi augur well for Gaurav Gill’s future as he looks at a bigger world, writes Stan Rayan - SportsStar
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12 May 2013 - MAXRALLY.com - by Rachel Cavers
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As part of a regular feature on MAXRALLY, we speak to various drivers and co-drivers to find out what they would do on their perfect Saturday. This week we spoke to 22-year-old Esapekka Lappi (the driver famously billed as being faster than God in his native Finland) ahead of his debut in the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship in New Zealand next weekend.
11 May 2013 - Team Release
Indian rally driver Sanjay Takale begins his second straight season in the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship in an MRU prepared Subaru Impreza.
10 May 2013 - Event Release
Toyota New Zealand’s TR86, the motorsport version of the new 86 coupe will make its first appearance on gravel at the International Rally of Whangarei 18-19 May. The TR86 will serve as the course clearing ‘double zero’ car for the two day event to be run over roads through the Whangarei and Kaipara Districts.
9 May 2013 - Team Release
The Brisbane-based duo of driver Matt van Tuinen and co-driver Erin Kelly will be looking to mount a strong challenge for the FIA Pacific Rally Cup, which takes in the three Pacific region events of the APRC: New Zealand, New Caledonia and Australia.
The Asia Pacific Rally Championship is an official F.I.A. championship that is held in a diverse range of countries, climates, cultures and with a huge population base of over 2.5 billion people.
In 2013 seven events make-up the championship starting in New Zealand, New Caledonia, Australia and then onto Asia - Malaysia, Japan, China and Thailand. Teams and drivers from India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, Australia and New Zealand are entered driving the latest rally cars from Skoda, Citroen, Proton, Mitsubishi, Subaru and Toyota.
From beautiful south-sea island sunsets to the rugged bamboo covered mountains in northern China this rally championship has it all.
APRC.TV Ltd has been the official television producer for the championship since 1999 and in 2012, 517 million TV viewers in 196 countries watched coverage of the APRC.