2020 World Rally Championship-2

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Mads Østberg won the 2020 WRC-2 category.

The 2020 FIA World Rally Championship-2 was the eighth season of the World Rally Championship-2, an auto racing championship for rally cars that was recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile as the second-highest tier of international rallying. The category was open to cars entered by manufacturers and complying with R5 regulations.[1]

Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen were the reigning drivers' and co-drivers' champions,[a] but they did not defend their titles as they are contesting the World Rally Championship with Toyota.[2]

At the conclusion of the championship, Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen won the Drivers' and Co-Drivers' championships, while Toksport WRT won the teams' title.

Calendar[]

A map showing the locations of the rallies in the 2020 championship. Scheduled events are in green, while cancelled events are in blue. Event headquarters are marked with a black dot.

The 2020 championship was due to be contested over thirteen rounds in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, North and South America and Oceania,[3][4] but the calendar was reduced to seven rounds due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]

Round Start date Finish date Rally Rally headquarters Surface Stages Distance Ref.
1 23 January 26 January Monaco Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo Gap, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur[b] Mixed[c] 16 304.28 km [6]
2 13 February 16 February Sweden Rally Sweden Torsby, Värmland Snow 11 171.64 km[d] [8]
3 12 March 15 March Mexico Rally Guanajuato México León, Guanajuato Gravel 21 268.84 km[e] [10]
4 4 September 6 September Estonia Rally Estonia Tartu, Tartu County Gravel 17 232.64 km [11]
5 18 September 20 September Turkey Rally of Turkey Marmaris, Muğla Gravel 12 223.00 km [12]
6 8 October 11 October Italy Rally Italia Sardegna Alghero, Sardinia Gravel 16 238.84 km [13]
7 3 December 6 December Italy ACI Rally Monza Monza, Lombardy Tarmac 16 239.20 km [14]
Source:[5][15][16]

The following rounds were included on the original calendar published by WRC Promoter GmbH, but were later cancelled:

Start date Finish date Rally Rally headquarters Surface Stages Distance Cancellation reason Ref.
16 April 19 April Chile Rally Chile Concepción, Biobío Gravel N/A N/A Political unrest [17]
23 April[f] 26 April[f] Argentina Rally Argentina Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba Gravel 16 322.36 km COVID-19 pandemic [19][20]
21 May 24 May Portugal Rally de Portugal Matosinhos, Porto Gravel 22 331.10 km COVID-19 pandemic [21][22]
16 July 19 July Kenya Safari Rally Kenya Nairobi Gravel 18 315.12 km COVID-19 pandemic [23][24]
6 August 9 August Finland Rally Finland Jyväskylä, Central Finland Gravel 24 321.87 km COVID-19 pandemic [25][26]
3 September 6 September New Zealand Rally New Zealand Auckland, Te Ika-a-Māui Gravel N/A N/A COVID-19 pandemic [27]
15 October 18 October Germany ADAC Rallye Deutschland Bostalsee, Saarland Tarmac N/A N/A COVID-19 pandemic [28]
29 October 1 November United Kingdom Wales Rally GB Llandudno, Conwy Gravel N/A N/A COVID-19 pandemic [29]
19 November 22 November Japan Rally Japan Nagoya, Chūbu Tarmac 19 307.78 km COVID-19 pandemic [30][31]
20 November 22 November Belgium Renties Ypres Rally Belgium Ypres, West Flanders Tarmac 23 265.69 km COVID-19 pandemic [32][33]
Source:[15][16][18]

Calendar changes[]

Further information: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on motorsport § World Rally Championship

With the addition of Rally Chile to the calendar in 2019, the FIA opened the tender process for new events to join the championship in 2020.[34] Bids to revive Rally Japan and the Safari Rally were received, and candidate events were run in 2019.[35][36] Both events were accepted to the 2020 calendar, as was a proposal to revive Rally New Zealand.[3] However, none of the aforementioned events were run due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[24][27][31]

  • The Safari Rally was scheduled to be run as a World Championship event for the first time since 2002. The event was to be based in the Kenyan capital Nairobi and feature stages around Lake Naivasha.[37] In contrast to the event's traditional endurance format, which featured stages hundreds of kilometres long, the 2020 Safari Rally was planned to follow a compact route to comply with FIA regulations mandating the maximum route distance.[23]
  • Rally Japan was scheduled to return to the calendar for the first time since 2010, replacing Rally Australia as the final round of the championship. The rally was scheduled to move away from its original headquarters in Hokkaidō to a new base in Nagoya and was to be run on tarmac rather than gravel.[38]
  • Rally New Zealand was scheduled to return to the calendar for the first time since 2012. The event was planned to return to Auckland.[3]

The addition of these events saw the Tour de Corse and the Rallies of Catalunya and Australia removed from the calendar.[4] Organisers of Rally Catalunya agreed to forfeit their place on the 2020 calendar as part of a rotation system that will see European events host rallies in two out of three calendar years. The Tour de Corse was removed in response to concerns from teams about the logistics of visiting Corsica, while Rally Australia was removed as the event's base in a regional centre rather than a major metropolitan area meant that the rally struggled to attract spectators.[4] Rally Chile was included on the original calendar, but was later removed in the face of ongoing political unrest in the country.[17] The FIA sought a replacement event to ensure that the calendar retained its planned fourteen rounds,[39] but were unable to do so.[18]

The Rallies in Italy were postponed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[20] Events in Argentina,[40] Portugal,[22] Kenya,[24] Finland,[26] New Zealand,[27] Germany,[28] Great Britain[29] and Japan were cancelled.[31] Organisers of the championship announced that they were considering adding events to the schedule that had not been part of the original calendar.[41] Estonia, Belgium, Latvia, Croatia and Czech Republic were among the countries who had expressed interest hosting the event.[42]

The running date of Rally Turkey was moved forward by a week, which facilitated the opportunity for additional rounds.[43] Further calendar options included Ypres Rally and Croatia Rally.[40] Following the cancellation of Rallye Deutschland, the running date of Rally Sardegna moved forward by three weeks.[44] This decision was intended to avoid the clash with the 2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix of Formula One.[28]

Estonia (Rally headquarter Tartu pictured) was the thirty-third country to host a World Rally Championship rally.

On 2 July 2020, it was announced that the season would return with an updated calendar. The season restarted with newcomers Rally Estonia hosting the resuming round between 4 and 6 September. The country became the thirty-third nation to stage a championship round in the WRC.[45]

Following the cancellation of Rally Japan, it was announced that Ypres Rally, officially Renties Ypres Rally Belgium, would replace Rally Japan to hold the seventh round of the season. The Sunday's route would feature the iconic Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, which would run with the 2020 World RX of Benelux of the World Rallycross Championship.[46] Belgium was set to be the thirty-fourth country to hold a WRC event,[47] but were unable to do so as the rally was eventually called off due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]

Calendar newcomer Rally Monza was the season's finale.

Rally Monza was announced to be the final round of the season on 9 October. This meant Italy staged two WRC events in one season as the country also stages the Sardinia rally.[48] The rally was based in the famous Autodromo Nazionale di Monza circuit near Milan, where the Italian Grand Prix is held every year.[49]

Route changes[]

Prior to the Rally Sweden, it was confirmed that the route for the rally had to be shortened due to a lack of snow.[7] The route of Rally Mexico was shortened to allow teams time to pack up and return to their headquarters before several European nations imposed travel bans in a bid to manage the pandemic.[9]

Entries[]

The following teams and crews that entered in the 2020 World Rally Championship-2:

Entrant Car Driver name Co-driver name Rounds
France PH-Sport Citroën C3 R5 Norway Mads Østberg Norway Torstein Eriksen 1–2, 4, 6–7
South Korea Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 R5 Russia Nikolay Gryazin Russia 1–3
Russia 4, 6
Norway Ole Christian Veiby Sweden Jonas Andersson 1–4, 6
United Kingdom M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II France Adrien Fourmaux Belgium Renaud Jamoul 1–2, 4–7
United Kingdom Rhys Yates United Kingdom 1–2
Germany Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia R5 Evo Sweden Pontus Tidemand Sweden 2–7
Norway Eyvind Brynildsen Austria Ilka Minor 4–6
Czech Republic Jan Kopecký Czech Republic 7
Source:[50][51][52][53][54][55][56]

Summary[]

Citroën's factory team entered selected rounds of the 2019 championship, but will not compete in 2020 after the company withdrew from rallying. The Citroën C3 R5 will remain available to independent teams.[57] PH Sport will run one C3 R5 for Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen.[58]

M-Sport Ford WRT committed two cars to the championship for crews led by Adrien Fourmaux and Rhys Yates.[59] Gus Greensmith and co-driver Elliott Edmondson, who drove for the team in 2019, will not contest the championship as the joined the sport's premier class.[60]

Hyundai Motorsport entered the championship under the name Hyundai Motorsport N. The team entered two Hyundai i20 R5s, one for Nikolay Gryazin and , and the other for Ole Christian Veiby and Jonas Andersson.[50]

Toksport WRT became the first independent team to join the championship. The team entered a Škoda Fabia R5 Evo for 2017 World Rally Championship-2 drivers' champion Pontus Tidemand, who returned to the championship.[61]

Škoda announced that they would not enter a works team, arguing that Škoda Motorsport had proven themselves as a team and that the company would instead turn to supporting independent teams and drivers in 2020.[62] Similarly, Volkswagen will not enter a works team. The company cancelled all of its petrol-powered motorsports programmes to focus on electric racing, but will allow development of the Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 to continue.[63]

Changes[]

In 2019, the championship was run as the World Rally Championship-2 Pro, a class within the World Rally Championship-2 for professional crews entered by manufacturer teams. However, the multi-class structure was found to be too confusing,[64] and so the category was re-structured for the 2020 season. Professional crews contested the World Rally Championship-2 and privateers will contest the World Rally Championship-3.[64]

Results and standings[]

Season summary[]

Round Event Winning driver Winning co-driver Winning entrant Winning time Report Ref.
1 Monaco Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo Norway Mads Østberg Norway Torstein Eriksen France PH-Sport 3:25:19.4 Report [65]
2 Sweden Rally Sweden Norway Mads Østberg Norway Torstein Eriksen France PH-Sport 1:15:53.1 Report [66]
3 Mexico Rally Guanajuato México Sweden Pontus Tidemand Sweden Germany Toksport WRT 2:58:16.9 Report [67]
4 Estonia Rally Estonia Norway Mads Østberg Norway Torstein Eriksen France PH-Sport 2:08:10.9 Report [68]
5 Turkey Marmaris Rally of Turkey Sweden Pontus Tidemand Sweden Germany Toksport WRT 2:56:02.4 Report [69]
6 Italy Rally Italia Sardegna Sweden Pontus Tidemand Sweden Germany Toksport WRT 2:51:58.4 Report [70]
7 Italy ACI Rally Monza Norway Mads Østberg Norway Torstein Eriksen France PH-Sport 2:21:18.4 Report [71]

Scoring system[]

Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers in each event. Unlike the World Rally Championship, extra points are not awarded for the Power Stage.

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

FIA World Rally Championship-2 for Drivers[]

(Results key)

Pos. Driver MON
Monaco 		SWE
Sweden 		MEX
Mexico 		EST
Estonia 		TUR
Turkey 		ITA
Italy 		MNZ
Italy 		Points
1 Norway Mads Østberg 1 1 1 4 1 112
2 Sweden Pontus Tidemand 3 1 3 1 1 2 108
3 France Adrien Fourmaux 2 4 2 2 Ret 4 78
4 Norway Ole Christian Veiby Ret 2 3 Ret 2 51
5 Russia Nikolay Gryazin 3 6 2 5 Ret 51
6 Norway Eyvind Brynildsen 4 3 3 42
7 United Kingdom Rhys Yates 4 5 22
8 Czech Republic Jan Kopecký 3 15
Pos. Driver MON
Monaco 		SWE
Sweden 		MEX
Mexico 		EST
Estonia 		TUR
Turkey 		ITA
Italy 		MNZ
Italy 		Points
Source:[72]

FIA World Rally Championship-2 for Co-Drivers[]

(Results key)

Pos. Co-Driver MON
Monaco 		SWE
Sweden 		MEX
Mexico 		EST
Estonia 		TUR
Turkey 		ITA
Italy 		MNZ
Italy 		Points
1 Norway Torstein Eriksen 1 1 1 4 1 112
2 Sweden 3 1 3 1 1 2 108
3 Belgium Renaud Jamoul 2 4 2 2 Ret 4 78
4 Sweden Jonas Andersson Ret 2 3 Ret 2 51
5 Austria Ilka Minor 4 3 3 42
6 Russia 3 6 2 41
7 United Kingdom 4 5 22
8 Czech Republic 3 15
9 Russia 5 Ret 10
Pos. Co-Driver MON
Monaco 		SWE
Sweden 		MEX
Mexico 		EST
Estonia 		TUR
Turkey 		ITA
Italy 		MNZ
Italy 		Points
Source:[72]

FIA World Rally Championship-2 for Teams[]

(Results key)

Pos. Team MON
Monaco 		SWE
Sweden 		MEX
Mexico 		EST
Estonia 		TUR
Turkey 		ITA
Italy 		MNZ
Italy 		Points
1 Germany Toksport WRT 3 1 3 1 1 147
4 3 3
2 France PH-Sport 1 1 1 4 1 112
3 South Korea Hyundai Motorsport N 3 2 2 5 2 102
Ret 6 3 Ret Ret
4 United Kingdom M-Sport Ford WRT 2 4 2 2 Ret 88
4 5
Pos. Team MON
Monaco 		SWE
Sweden 		MEX
Mexico 		EST
Estonia 		TUR
Turkey 		ITA
Italy 		MNZ
Italy 		Points
Source:[72]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Rovanperä and Halttunen won their titles when the championship was known as the World Rally Championship-2 Pro.
  2. ^ The rally base of the Monte Carlo Rally was located in France.
  3. ^ The Monte Carlo Rally is run on a tarmac and snow surface.
  4. ^ The route of Rally Sweden was shortened from 301.26 km over 19 stages to 9 stages totalling 148.55 km. The route was shortened due to a lack of snow and bad weather conditions.[7]
  5. ^ The route of Rally Mexico was shortened by 56.01 km.[9]
  6. ^ a b The running dates of Rally Argentina were initially scheduled to be 30 April to 3 May..[18]

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