2022 World Rally Championship-3

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Kajetan Kajetanowicz, 2021 WRC-3 runner up

The 2022 FIA World Rally Championship-3 is the ninth season of the World Rally Championship-3, an auto racing championship for rally cars that is recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile as the third-highest tier of international rallying. It is open to privately entered cars complying with Group Rally3 regulations.[1] The championship will begin in January 2022 with the Rallye Monte-Carlo and is due to conclude in November 2022 with Rally Japan, running in support of the 2022 World Rally Championship.

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 [2]
2 24 February 27 February Sweden Rally Sweden Umeå, Västerbotten County Snow 17 264.81 km [3]
3 21 April 24 April Croatia Croatia Rally Zagreb Tarmac 20 291.84 km [4]
4 19 May 22 May Portugal Rally de Portugal Matosinhos, Porto Gravel 22 343.30 km [5]
5 2 June 5 June Italy Rally Italia Sardegna Alghero, Sardinia Gravel 21 308.63 km [6]
6 23 June 26 June Kenya Safari Rally Kenya Nairobi Gravel 19 363.56 km [7]
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 [8]
9 18 August 21 August Belgium Ypres Rally Belgium Ypres, West Flanders Tarmac 20 282.00 km [9]
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:[10][11][12]
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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[]

  • 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.[14] It will relocate from Torsby, Värmland northwards to Umeå in Västerbotten County.[15] 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.[16]

Calendar changes[]

  • Rally New Zealand is set to return to the championship for the first time since 2012.[18] 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.[19]
  • 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.[20]
  • Rally Mexico has contracts to hold the WRC event in 2022 and 2023, but the rally was not included on the 2022 calendar.[21] A national event was held in the bid of a 2023 return.[22]
  • 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.[23]
  • Rally GB was bidding for a 2022 return as the event was planned to hold in Northern Ireland, but the proposal was ultimately failed.[24]

WRC-3 Junior Calendar[]

Round Dates Rally
1 24–27 February Sweden Rally Sweden
2 21–24 April Croatia Croatia Rally
3 19–22 May Portugal Rally de Portugal
4 14–17 July Estonia Rally Estonia
5 8–11 September Greece Acropolis Rally

Entries[]

WRC-3 Open[]

The following crews are officially entered into the 2022 World Rally Championship-3 Open:

Car Entrant Driver name Co-driver name Rounds
Ford Fiesta Rally3 Italy Italy Italy 1
Czech Republic Czech Republic Czech Republic 1
Finland Finland Finland 2
Kenya Kenya Kenya 2
Hungary Hungary Hungary 1
Republic of Ireland Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland 2
Finland Sami Pajari Finland Sami Pajari Finland 1–2
Sources:[25][26]

WRC-3 Junior[]

The following crews are officially entered into the 2022 World Rally Championship-3 Junior:

Car Entrant Driver name Co-driver name Rounds
Ford Fiesta Rally3 United Kingdom United Kingdom Republic of Ireland 1
France France France 1
Finland Finland Finland 1
Kenya Kenya Kenya 1
Republic of Ireland Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland 1
Finland Sami Pajari Finland Sami Pajari Finland 1
Greece Greece Greece 1
Estonia Estonia Estonia 1
Sources:[26]

Regulation changes[]

Sporting Regulations[]

The following titles will be contested within WRC3 in 2022:[1]

  • Open Championship for Drivers
  • Open Championship for Co-Drivers
  • Championship for Teams
  • Junior Championship for Drivers
  • Junior Championship for Co-Drivers

In a change from the 2021 season, a teams championship will be contested but drivers will not be obliged to run in one. Points from the highest scoring 4 rounds of 5 entered will be considered for the championship.

The WRC3 Junior championship will be organised by M-Sport Ltd as an arrive-and-drive style competition as previously presented in Junior World Rally Championship. Ford Fiesta Rally3 cars will be provided on 5 prescribed rounds for drivers born on or after 1st January 1993. Unlike the rules used in WRC2 Junior, drivers of Junior age who do not register and compete in this fashion will not be eligible for the WRC3 Junior championships.[1]

Results and standings[]

Season summary[]

Round Event Winning driver Winning co-driver Winning entrant Winning time Report Ref.
1 Monaco Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo Finland Sami Pajari Finland Finland Sami Pajari 3:24:39.2 Report [27]
2 Sweden Rally Sweden Finland Finland Finland 2:24:33.8 Report [28]
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[]

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

FIA Open World Rally Championship-3 for Drivers[]

Pos. Driver MON
Monaco 		SWE
Sweden 		CRO
Croatia 		POR
Portugal 		ITA
Italy 		KEN
Kenya 		EST
Estonia 		FIN
Finland 		BEL
Belgium 		GRC
Greece 		NZL
New Zealand 		ESP
Spain 		JPN
Japan 		Drops Points
1 Finland Sami Pajari 1 4 0 37
2 Finland 1 0 25
3 Czech Republic 2 0 18
4 Republic of Ireland 2 0 18
5 Italy 3 0 15
6 Kenya 3 0 15
Pos. Driver MON
Monaco 		SWE
Sweden 		CRO
Croatia 		POR
Portugal 		ITA
Italy 		KEN
Kenya 		EST
Estonia 		FIN
Finland 		BEL
Belgium 		GRC
Greece 		NZL
New Zealand 		ESP
Spain 		JPN
Japan 		Drops Points
Source:[29][30]
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)

FIA Open World Rally Championship-3 for Co-Drivers[]

Pos. Driver MON
Monaco 		SWE
Sweden 		CRO
Croatia 		POR
Portugal 		ITA
Italy 		KEN
Kenya 		EST
Estonia 		FIN
Finland 		BEL
Belgium 		GRC
Greece 		NZL
New Zealand 		ESP
Spain 		JPN
Japan 		Drops Points
1 Finland 1 4 0 37
2 Finland 1 0 25
3 Czech Republic 2 0 18
4 Republic of Ireland 2 0 18
5 Italy 3 0 15
6 Kenya 3 0 15
Pos. Driver MON
Monaco 		SWE
Sweden 		CRO
Croatia 		POR
Portugal 		ITA
Italy 		KEN
Kenya 		EST
Estonia 		FIN
Finland 		BEL
Belgium 		GRC
Greece 		NZL
New Zealand 		ESP
Spain 		JPN
Japan 		Drops Points
Source:[29][30]
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)


FIA Junior World Rally Championship-3 for Drivers[]

Pos. Driver SWE
Sweden 		CRO
Croatia 		POR
Portugal 		KEN
Kenya 		GRC
Greece 		Drops Points
1 United Kingdom 15 0 30
2 Finland 23 0 21
3 Finland Sami Pajari 57 0 17
4 Republic of Ireland 31 0 16
5 Kenya 4 0 12
6 Estonia 6 0 8
Pos. Driver SWE
Sweden 		CRO
Croatia 		POR
Portugal 		KEN
Kenya 		GRC
Greece 		Drops Points
Source:[31][30]
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)

FIA Junior World Rally Championship-3 for Co-Drivers[]

Pos. Driver SWE
Sweden 		CRO
Croatia 		POR
Portugal 		KEN
Kenya 		GRC
Greece 		Drops Points
1 Republic of Ireland 15 0 30
2 Finland 23 0 21
3 Finland 57 0 17
4 Republic of Ireland 31 0 16
5 Kenya 4 0 12
6 Estonia 6 0 8
Pos. Driver SWE
Sweden 		CRO
Croatia 		POR
Portugal 		KEN
Kenya 		GRC
Greece 		Drops Points
Source:[29][30]
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.

References[]

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  4. ^ "Itinerary Croatia Rally 2022". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
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