2022 World Rally Championship

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Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT (GR Yaris Rally1 pictured) are the current manufacturers' championship leader.

The 2022 FIA World Rally Championship is the fiftieth season of the World Rally Championship, an auto racing competition recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) as the highest class of international rallying. Teams and crews compete for the World Rally Championships for Drivers, Co-drivers, Manufacturers and Teams. Crews are free to compete in cars complying with Groups Rally1 to Rally5 regulations; however, only manufacturers competing with Rally1 cars homologated under radically new regulations are eligible to score points in the manufacturers' championship. The championship is set to begin in January 2022 with the Rallye Monte-Carlo and is expected to conclude in November 2022 with Rally Japan. The series is supported by the World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3 classes at every round of the championship with the junior category at selected events.

Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia are the reigning drivers' and co-drivers' champions, having secured their eighth championship titles at the 2021 Rally Monza. However, Ingrassia would not defend his title as he retired from competition at the end of 2021 season. Toyota are the defending manufacturers' champions.

After the second round, Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen respectively lead the drivers' and co-drivers' championships by fourteen points over Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe. Nine-time world champion Sébastien Loeb and Isabelle Galmiche are third, a further five points behind. In the manufacturers' championship, reigning manufacturer champion Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT holds a twenty-four-point lead over M-Sport Ford WRT, with Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT in third.

Calendar[]

The 2022 season is scheduled to be contested over thirteen rounds that across Europe, Africa, Oceania and Asia.

Round Start Date Finish Date Rally Rally headquarters Surface Stages Distance Ref.
1 20 January 23 January Monaco Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo Monte Carlo, Monaco Mixed[a] 17 296.03 km [1]
2 24 February 27 February Sweden Rally Sweden Umeå, Västerbotten County Snow 17 264.81 km [2]
3 21 April 24 April Croatia Croatia Rally Zagreb Tarmac 20 291.84 km [3]
4 19 May 22 May Portugal Rally de Portugal Matosinhos, Porto Gravel 22 343.30 km [4]
5 2 June 5 June Italy Rally Italia Sardegna Alghero, Sardinia Gravel 21 308.63 km [5]
6 23 June 26 June Kenya Safari Rally Kenya Nairobi Gravel 19 363.56 km [6]
7 14 July 17 July Estonia Rally Estonia Tartu, Tartu County Gravel TBA TBA
8 4 August 7 August Finland Rally Finland Jyväskylä, Central Finland Gravel 22 324.18 km [7]
9 18 August 21 August Belgium Ypres Rally Belgium Ypres, West Flanders Tarmac 20 282.00 km [8]
10 8 September 11 September Greece Acropolis Rally Greece Lamia, Central Greece Gravel TBA TBA
11 29 September 2 October New Zealand Rally New Zealand Auckland, Te Ika-a-Māui Gravel TBA TBA
12 20 October 23 October Spain RACC Rally Catalunya de España Salou, Catalonia Tarmac TBA TBA
13 10 November 13 November Japan Rally Japan Nagoya, Chūbu Region Tarmac TBA TBA
Sources:[9][10][11]
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A map showing the locations of the rallies in the 2022 championship. Event Headquarters are marked with black dots.

Location changes[]

  • The headquarter of the Monte Carlo Rally moved from Gap, Hautes-Alpes to Monaco solely. The rally had previously based in Monaco in 2006.[12]
  • Rally Sweden is due to return to the championship after a one-year absence. In case of a lack of snow, the organizers are planned to move the rally headquarter for the first time in history.[13] It will relocate from Torsby, Värmland northwards to Umeå in Västerbotten County.[14] The rally was initially covered 303.74 km (188.7 mi) in nineteen special stages, but it was reduced to seventeen in a total of 264.81 km (164.5 mi) due to reindeer movements.[15]

Calendar changes[]

  • Rally New Zealand is set to return to the championship for the first time since 2012.[17] The country had also secured a spot in the calendar in 2020, but their bid to return to championship was taken down due to the cancellation of the event in response to the COVID-19 situation.[18]
  • For the third year in a row, Rally Japan takes the final spot in the original calendar. The previous two years saw the rally called off due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[19]
  • Rally Mexico has contracts to hold the WRC event in 2022 and 2023, but the rally was not included on the 2022 calendar.[20] A national event was held in the bid of a 2023 return.[21]
  • Rally Chile finds itself in a similar situation like Mexico when its contract with WRC Promoter GmbH is set to end in 2022. Chile had previously hosted the event in 2019.[22]
  • Rally GB was bidding for a 2022 return as the event was planned to hold in Northern Ireland, but the proposal was ultimately failed.[23]

Entrants[]

The following teams, drivers and co-drivers are expected to contest the 2022 World Championship under Rally1 regulations.[24][25]

Rally1 entries eligible to score manufacturer points
Manufacturer Entrant Car No. Driver name Co-driver name Rounds
Ford United Kingdom M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 16 France Adrien Fourmaux France Alexandre Coria 1–2
19 France Sébastien Loeb France Isabelle Galmiche 1
42 Republic of Ireland Craig Breen Republic of Ireland Paul Nagle 1–2
44 United Kingdom Gus Greensmith Sweden Jonas Andersson 2
Hyundai South Korea Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 2 Sweden Oliver Solberg United Kingdom Elliott Edmondson 1–2
6 Spain Dani Sordo Spain Cándido Carrera TBA
8 Estonia Ott Tänak Estonia Martin Järveoja 1–2
11 Belgium Thierry Neuville Belgium Martijn Wydaeghe 1–2
Toyota Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 1 France Sébastien Ogier France Benjamin Veillas 1
4 Finland Esapekka Lappi Finland Janne Ferm 2
33 United Kingdom Elfyn Evans United Kingdom Scott Martin 1–2
69 Finland Kalle Rovanperä Finland Jonne Halttunen 1–2
Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 18 Japan Takamoto Katsuta Republic of Ireland Aaron Johnston 1–2
Sources:[26][27]

The below crews are not entered to score manufacturer points and are entered in Rally1 cars as privateers or under arrangement with the manufacturers.

Rally1 entries ineligible to score manufacturer points
Manufacturer Entrant Car No. Driver name Co-driver name Rounds
Ford United Kingdom M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 7 France Pierre-Louis Loubet France Vincent Landais TBA
37 Italy Lorenzo Bertelli Italy Simone Scattolin 2
44 United Kingdom Gus Greensmith Sweden Jonas Andersson 1
TBA Greece Jourdan Serderidis Belgium TBA
Sources:[26][27]

The below crews are entered to score team points in Rally1 cars as privateers or under arrangement with the manufacturers.

Rally1 entries eligible to score team points
Manufacturer Entrant Car No. Driver name Co-driver name Rounds
Toyota Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 18 Japan Takamoto Katsuta Republic of Ireland Aaron Johnston 1–2
Sources:[26][27]

Team changes[]

All three constructors are set for enter the championship with brand new cars:

For the first three years life-cycle of Rally1 regulations, they will keep the Global Race Engine architecture (Inline 4-cylinder, 1.6 litre, direct injection turbo).[31]

Driver changes[]

Nine-time world champion Sébastien Loeb returns to the World Rally Championship with M-Sport.

M-Sport expanded their programme from two regular crews to three full-time entries.[32] The British team will be led by Craig Breen and Paul Nagle, who signed a two-year full-time contract.[33] Gus Greensmith remained with the team and would again contest a full campaign.[34] He will be co-driven by Jonas Andersson.[35] Adrien Fourmaux and Alexandre Coria were also retained with the team.[36][37] Nine-time World Champion Sébastien Loeb joined the team with new co-driver Isabelle Galmiche at the season's opener.[38] A fourth car will be also entered at the selected events, sharing-driven by the crew led by Lorenzo Bertelli and Pierre-Louis Loubet,[39] who is confirmed to be co-driven once again with Vincent Landais.[40] M-Sport long-time customer Jourdan Serderidis, who became the first privateer to buy a Rally1 car, will also share the fourth seat.[41]

Dani Sordo would retire from the sport at the end of the season.

Hyundai retained the crew of Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja and of Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe as their two full-time competitors.[42] Oliver Solberg is set to step up into the Hyundai manufacturer team to share the third car with the crew lead by Dani Sordo.[43] Sordo announced he would retire from the sport after the season, ending his seventeen-year-long WRC career.[44] Andrea Adamo left his role as team principal.[45]

Sébastien Ogier (left) would only contest selected events, while his former co-driver Julien Ingrassia (right) retired from competition.

Toyota renewed contracts with the crew of Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin and of Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen.[46] Eight-time World Champion Sébastien Ogier had also announced his intention to retire from the sport at the end of 2021.[47] Later he decided to only contest selected events of the 2022 season.[48] This restricts his chances of winning a ninth championship title.[49] Ogier had previously planned to retire at the end of the 2020 championship,[50] but the disruption brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and the reduced number of events in 2020 prompted him to reconsider.[51] Benjamin Veillas is set to become Ogier's new co-driver following the retirement of Julien Ingrassia at the end of the 2021 championship.[52] Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm, who previously drove for Toyota between 2017 to 2018, would return to the team to share the third car with Ogier and Veillas.[53] Takamoto Katsuta would again contest a full campaign in a fourth car, this time under the new entrant Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Next Generation, with Aaron Johnston becoming his co-driver on a full-time basis.[54]

Regulation changes[]

Technical regulations[]

The championship is due to introduce a new set of technical regulations known as "Rally1" to replace the World Rally Car. The Rally1 regulations will place a greater emphasis on standardised parts than in previous years to make the sport more accessible.[55][56]

Rally1 will also introduce hybrid drivetrains to the sport for the first time.[57] This will take the form of an e-motor that produces 100 kW (134.1 hp) fitted to current 1.6 L turbocharged inline-4 engine and must be used to power the car when travelling around service parks and through built-up areas when driving between stages.[58] Drivers will be free to use the e-motor to offer additional power when competing in a stage, with the FIA dictating how much power can be used and how long a driver can deploy it for.[57] The hybrid system and the software governing its use will be standardised for three years as a way of keeping the costs of competing down.[59] The system will be provided by Compact Dynamics, a subsidiary of Formula E team Audi Sport ABT supplier Schaeffler.[60]

The championship will also introduce a standardised safety structure in a bid to improve safety standards. This will coincide with the homologation requirements being re-written to allow teams to enter a scaled chassis based on production cars rather than having to adapt a chassis to fit a roadgoing model.[57]

Sporting regulations[]

The eligibility requirements for crews entering events will be simplified and streamlined into a system called the "FIA Rally Pyramid".[55] The top tier of the sport is known as "Rally1". The second tier, "Rally2", will be for manufacturer teams and professional independent teams in the World Rally Championship-2. This will be followed by "Rally3" for privately entered and "gentlemen driver" crews competing in the World Rally Championship-3. "Rally4" and "Rally5" entries will not contest their own dedicated championship, but will be permitted to enter WRC rallies.

Following the creation of the World Rally Championship for Teams, a championship title that existed alongside the World Rally Championships for Drivers, Co-drivers and Manufacturers in the 2021 championship.[61] The 2022 championship will foresee its implementation. A team taking part in the Teams' championship will only be able to score points in a rally if a manufacturer competing with the same make of car has been entered into the event. Teams competing in the Teams' championship must contend a minimum of seven rallies, one of which must be outside Europe to be eligible for the championship. Under the new regulations, individual teams will compete against one another for the Teams' championship.[62]

Specific liaison sections in which Rally1 competitors must drive in full electric mode will be introduced into the championship.[63]

Season report[]

Opening rounds[]

New season, new rules, new cars, as the FIA World Rally Championship entered the Groups Rally era at Monte-Carlo.[64] Nine-time world champion Sébastien Loeb returned to the championship with M-Sport Ford WRT and was immediately in a battle for the victory with reigning world champion Sébastien Ogier.[65] It was not until the final stage of Saturday, when Ogier and Benjamin Veillas had a stunning run with slick tyres through the icy stage, did the gap was opened up, with Loeb and Isabelle Galmiche trailing by over twenty seconds.[66] However, a front-left punture at the penultimate stage plus a penalty for jump start at the Power Stage lost Ogier and Veillas the lead, as Loeb and Galmiche eventually won the rally.[67] This was Loeb's eightieth rally victory and his first since the 2018 Rally Catalunya.[68] The victory also saw Loeb became the oldest driver to win a World Rally Championship event and Galmiche became the first female winner of a WRC fixture since 1997.[69] Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin was also in the fight for the win before they went off-road.[70] Hyundai's 2022 campaign seemed in deep trouble, not only because of a lack of speed in comparison to M-Sport and Toyota, but also for its poor reliability which saw a series of mechanical failures forced the crew of Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja and of Oliver Solberg and Elliott Edmondson into retirements.[71] The third crew of Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe overcame a damper issue, only to find a sixth place, over eight minutes off the lead.[72]

The first leg of Rally Sweden saw five drivers leading in seven stages.[73] Road opener Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen faced the challenge to sweep loose snow,[74] but they slotted into second overall by the end of Friday.[75] The Finnish crew soon overhauled overnight leader Neuville and Wydaeghe on the following day and held on the lead to grab their third career victory.[76] Evans and Martin were running second while chasing down the rally leaders, but their effort was undone when they crashed day on the final day and forced to retire from the event.[77] Tänak and Järveoja also ruled out from Friday following a hybrid unit issue, but they rejoined the rally and won the Power Stage.[78] Craig Breen and Paul Nagle also had a weekend to forget as they beached their Puma on just the second stage of the rally.[79] They eventually finished the event at the bottom last, but did collect one consolation point from the Power Stage.[80]

Results and standings[]

Season summary[]

Round Event Winning driver Winning co-driver Winning entrant Winning time Report Ref.
1 Monaco Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo France Sébastien Loeb France Isabelle Galmiche United Kingdom M-Sport Ford WRT 3:00:32.8 Report [81][82]
2 Sweden Rally Sweden Finland Kalle Rovanperä Finland Jonne Halttunen Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 2:10:44.9 Report [83][84]
3 Croatia Croatia Rally Report
4 Portugal Rally de Portugal Report
5 Italy Rally Italia Sardegna Report
6 Kenya Safari Rally Kenya Report
7 Estonia Rally Estonia Report
8 Finland Rally Finland Report
9 Belgium Ypres Rally Belgium Report
10 Greece Acropolis Rally Greece Report
11 New Zealand Rally New Zealand Report
12 Spain RACC Rally Catalunya de España Report
13 Japan Rally Japan Report

Scoring system[]

Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers in each event. In the manufacturers' championship, teams are eligible to nominate three crews to score points, but these points are only awarded to the top two classified finishers representing a manufacturer and driving a 2022-specification Rally1 car. There are also five bonus points awarded to the winners of the Power Stage, four points for second place, three for third, two for fourth and one for fifth. Power Stage points are awarded in the drivers', co-drivers' and manufacturers' championships.[85][86]

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 for Drivers[]

The driver who records a top-ten finish is taken into account for the championship regardless of the categories.

Pos. Driver MON
Monaco 		SWE
Sweden 		CRO
Croatia 		POR
Portugal 		ITA
Italy 		KEN
Kenya 		EST
Estonia 		FIN
Finland 		BEL
Belgium 		GRE
Greece 		NZL
New Zealand 		ESP
Spain 		JPN
Japan 		Points
1 Finland Kalle Rovanperä 41 12 46
2 Belgium Thierry Neuville 63 23 32
3 France Sébastien Loeb 14 27
4 United Kingdom Gus Greensmith 5 5 20
5 France Sébastien Ogier 25 19
6 Japan Takamoto Katsuta 8 44 18
7 Republic of Ireland Craig Breen 3 365 16
8 Finland Esapekka Lappi 3 15
9 Norway Andreas Mikkelsen 7 7 12
10 Sweden Oliver Solberg Ret 6 8
11 Estonia Ott Tänak Ret 201 5
12 Norway Ole Christian Veiby 8 4
13 United Kingdom Elfyn Evans 212 Ret 4
14 Czech Republic Erik Cais 9 2
15 Finland Jari Huttunen 9 2
16 Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile flag.svg Nikolay Gryazin[b] 10 Ret 1
17 Estonia Egon Kaur 10 1
— France Adrien Fourmaux Ret Ret —
— Spain Dani Sordo —
Pos. Driver MON
Monaco 		SWE
Sweden 		CRO
Croatia 		POR
Portugal 		ITA
Italy 		KEN
Kenya 		EST
Estonia 		FIN
Finland 		BEL
Belgium 		GRE
Greece 		NZL
New Zealand 		ESP
Spain 		JPN
Japan 		Points
Sources:[88][89]
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Notes:
1 2 3 4 5 – Power Stage position

FIA World Rally Championship for Co-Drivers[]

The driver who records a top-ten finish is taken into account for the championship regardless of the categories.

Pos. Driver MON
Monaco 		SWE
Sweden 		CRO
Croatia 		POR
Portugal 		ITA
Italy 		KEN
Kenya 		EST
Estonia 		FIN
Finland 		BEL
Belgium 		GRE
Greece 		NZL
New Zealand 		ESP
Spain 		JPN
Japan 		Points
1 Finland Jonne Halttunen 41 12 46
2 Belgium Martijn Wydaeghe 63 23 32
3 France Isabelle Galmiche 14 27
4 Sweden Jonas Andersson 5 5 20
5 France Benjamin Veillas 25 19
6 Republic of Ireland Aaron Johnston 8 44 18
7 Republic of Ireland Paul Nagle 3 365 16
8 Finland Janne Ferm 3 15
9 Norway Torstein Eriksen 7 7 12
10 United Kingdom Elliott Edmondson Ret 6 8
11 Estonia Martin Järveoja Ret 201 5
12 Norway 8 4
13 United Kingdom Scott Martin 212 Ret 4
14 Czech Republic 9 2
15 Finland 9 2
16 Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile flag.svg [c] 10 Ret 1
17 Estonia 10 1
— France Alexandre Coria Ret Ret —
— Spain Cándido Carrera —
Pos. Driver MON
Monaco 		SWE
Sweden 		CRO
Croatia 		POR
Portugal 		ITA
Italy 		KEN
Kenya 		EST
Estonia 		FIN
Finland 		BEL
Belgium 		GRE
Greece 		NZL
New Zealand 		ESP
Spain 		JPN
Japan 		Points
Sources:[88][89]
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Notes:
1 2 3 4 5 – Power Stage position

FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers[]

Only the best two results of each manufacturer in the respective overall classification and Power Stage at each rally are taken into account for the championship.

Pos. Driver MON
Monaco 		SWE
Sweden 		CRO
Croatia 		POR
Portugal 		ITA
Italy 		KEN
Kenya 		EST
Estonia 		FIN
Finland 		BEL
Belgium 		GRE
Greece 		NZL
New Zealand 		ESP
Spain 		JPN
Japan 		Points
1 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 2 12 83
41 3
NC2 Ret
2 United Kingdom M-Sport Ford WRT 14 5 59
3 75
Ret Ret
3 South Korea Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT 53 23 47
Ret 6
Ret NC1
4 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG 6 44 22
Pos. Driver MON
Monaco 		SWE
Sweden 		CRO
Croatia 		POR
Portugal 		ITA
Italy 		KEN
Kenya 		EST
Estonia 		FIN
Finland 		BEL
Belgium 		GRE
Greece 		NZL
New Zealand 		ESP
Spain 		JPN
Japan 		Points
Sources:[88][89]
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Notes:
1 2 3 4 5 – Power Stage position

FIA World Rally Championship for Teams[]

Pos. Driver MON
Monaco 		SWE
Sweden 		CRO
Croatia 		POR
Portugal 		ITA
Italy 		KEN
Kenya 		EST
Estonia 		FIN
Finland 		BEL
Belgium 		GRE
Greece 		NZL
New Zealand 		ESP
Spain 		JPN
Japan 		Points
1 Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG 1 1 50
Pos. Driver MON
Monaco 		SWE
Sweden 		CRO
Croatia 		POR
Portugal 		ITA
Italy 		KEN
Kenya 		EST
Estonia 		FIN
Finland 		BEL
Belgium 		GRE
Greece 		NZL
New Zealand 		ESP
Spain 		JPN
Japan 		Points
Sources:[89]
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Notes[]

  1. ^ The Monte Carlo Rally is run on a tarmac and snow surface.
  2. ^ Nikolay Gryazin is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor using the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile flag as Russian national emblems were banned by the association due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[87]
  3. ^ is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor using the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile flag as Russian national emblems were banned by the association due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[87]

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