Motorsport championship
Emil Lindholm is the 2022 WRC-2 drivers' champion. The 2022 FIA World Rally Championship-2 was the tenth season of the World Rally Championship-2 , an auto racing championship for rally cars that is recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile as the second-highest tier of international rallying. The category was open to cars entered by teams and complying with Group Rally2 .[1] [2] The championship began in January 2022 with the Rallye Monte-Carlo and concluded in November 2022 with Rally Japan , and ran in support of the 2022 World Rally Championship .
Andreas Mikkelsen and Torstein Eriksen were the defending 2021 drivers' and co-drivers' champions. Movisport were the defending teams' champions.
Emil Lindholm and Reeta Hämäläinen became 2022 WRC-2 drivers' and co-drivers' champions, while Toksport WRT won the teams' championship.[3]
Calendar [ edit ] A map showing the locations of the rallies of the 2022 championship. Event headquarters are marked with black dots.
The 2022 season was contested over thirteen rounds across Europe, Africa, Oceania, and Asia.
Round Start date Finish date Rally Rally headquarters Surface Stages Distance Ref. 1 20 January 23 January Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo Monte Carlo , Monaco Mixed[a] 17 296.03 km [4] 2 24 February 27 February Rally Sweden Umeå , Västerbotten County Snow 17 264.81 km [5] 3 21 April 24 April Croatia Rally Zagreb Tarmac 20 291.84 km [6] 4 19 May 22 May Rally de Portugal Matosinhos , Porto Gravel 21 338.34 km [7] 5 2 June 5 June Rally Italia Sardegna Alghero , Sardinia Gravel 21 307.91 km [8] 6 23 June 26 June Safari Rally Kenya Nairobi Gravel 19 363.44 km [9] 7 14 July 17 July Rally Estonia Tartu , Tartu County Gravel 24 314.26 km [10] 8 4 August 7 August Rally Finland Jyväskylä , Central Finland Gravel 22 322.61 km [11] 9 18 August 21 August Ypres Rally Belgium Ypres , West Flanders Tarmac 20 281.58 km [12] 10 8 September 11 September Acropolis Rally Greece Lamia , Central Greece Gravel 16 303.30 km [13] 11 29 September 2 October Rally New Zealand Auckland , North Island Gravel 17 279.80 km [14] 12 20 October 23 October RACC Rally Catalunya de España Salou , Catalonia Tarmac 19 293.77 km [15] 13 10 November 13 November Rally Japan Toyota , Chūbu region Tarmac 19 283.27 km [16] Sources: [17] [18] [19]
Location changes [ edit ] The headquarters of the Monte Carlo Rally moved from Gap , Hautes-Alpes to Monaco alone. The rally was previously headquartered solely in Monaco in 2006 .[20] Rally Sweden returned to the championship after a one-year absence. Because of a lack of snow, the organisers moved the rally headquarters for the first time in WRC history.[21] It relocated from Torsby , Värmland northwards to Umeå in Västerbotten County .[22] The rally was initially scheduled to cover 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.[23] [5] Rally Italia Sardegna relocated its rally base back to Alghero following a one-off headquarter in Olbia for the 2021 event .[24]
Calendar changes [ edit ] Rally New Zealand returned to the championship for the first time since 2012 .[25] The rally had also secured a spot in the calendar in 2020 , but the event was not held in response to the COVID-19 pandemic .[26] Rally Japan took the final spot in the calendar. It was scheduled as the final round in 2020 and 2021 , before being called off due to the COVID-19 pandemic .[27] [28] Rally Mexico had contracts to hold the WRC event in 2022 and 2023, but the rally was not included on the calendar.[29] A national event was held in the bid of a 2023 return.[30] Rally Chile found itself in a similar situation to Mexico as their contract with WRC Promoter GmbH lasted till 2022. Chile had previously hosted the event in 2019 .[31] Rally GB was bidding for a 2022 return as the event was planned to hold in Northern Ireland , but the proposal was ultimately failed.[32]
Entries [ edit ] The following teams and crews are officially entered into the 2022 World Rally Championship-2:
Crews entered by or via teams Entrant Car Driver Co-driver Rounds Driver name Category Co-driver name Category ALM Motorsport Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 Georg Linnamäe Junior James Morgan 2–5, 8, 10, 12 Craig Drew 7 Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Oliver Solberg Elliott Edmondson 4 Teemu Suninen Mikko Markkula 4–5, 7–8, 10, 12–13 Fabrizio Zaldivar Junior Carlos Del Barrio 4–5 Marcelo Der Ohannesian 7–8, 10, 12–13 M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta Rally2 Mattias Adielsson David Arhusiander 2 Jari Huttunen Mikko Lukka 2–3, 5, 7, 9, 12 Luke Anear Allan Harryman 12 PH Sport Citroën C3 Rally2 Yohan Rossel Benjamin Boulloud 1 Valentin Sarreaud 3–5, 9–10 Arnaud Dunand 12 Saintéloc Junior Team Citroën C3 Rally2 Eric Camilli Yannick Roche 1 Thibault de la Haye 3–5 Sean Johnston Alexander Kihurani 1, 3–4, 6–7, 13 Armin Kremer Masters Ella Kremer 11 Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Marco Bulacia Junior Marcelo Der Ohannesian 1–2, 4–5 Diego Vallejo 7, 9 Eyvind Brynildsen Roger Eilertsen 10 Andreas Mikkelsen Torstein Eriksen 1–2, 4–5, 7, 9–10 Emil Lindholm Junior Reeta Hämäläinen 13 Sami Pajari Junior Enni Mälkönen 13 Toksport WRT 2 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Nikolay Gryazin [b] Junior Konstantin Aleksandrov [c] 1–2 Nikolay Gryazin [d] Junior Konstantin Aleksandrov [e] 3, 5, 7–8, 10, 12 Emil Lindholm Junior Reeta Hämäläinen 2–3, 7–8, 10, 12 Bruno Bulacia Junior Gabriel Morales 13 Mauro Miele Masters Luca Beltrame 13 Yacco ACCR Team Ford Fiesta Rally2 Erik Cais Junior Petr Těšínský 1, 3–5 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 Pierre Ragues Julien Pesenti 1, 3 Sources: [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46]
Private entries Car Driver Co-driver Rounds Driver name Category Co-driver name Category Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Pedro Almeida Junior Mário Castro 4 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 Rakan Al-Rashed Hugo Magalhães 2, 4–5, 12 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Hamed Al-Wahaibi Masters Ilka Minor 10 Ford Fiesta Rally2 Per-Gunnar Andersson Anders Fredriksson 2 Ford Fiesta Rally2 Luke Anear Andrew Sarandis 5, 7, 11 Stuart Loudon 13 Citroën C3 Rally2 Toshi Arai Masters Naoya Tanaka 13 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Armindo Araújo Luís Ramalho 4 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Fabrizio Arengi Masters Massimiliano Bosi 1, 3–4, 10, 12 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Teemu Asunmaa Ville Mannisenmäki 8 Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Lambros Athanasoulas Nikolaos Zakchaios 10 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Harry Bates Junior John McCarthy 11 Hyundai i20 R5 Laurent Battut Masters Eric Gressens Masters 4–5 Ford Fiesta Rally2 Todd Bawden Masters Paul Burborough Masters 11 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Sébastien Bedoret Junior François Gilbert 9 Škoda Fabia R5 Raajpal Bharij Jasneil Ghataure 6 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Pablo Biolghini Stefano Pudda 5 Ford Fiesta Rally2 Eamonn Boland Masters Michael Joseph Morrissey Masters 1–2, 9, 12–13 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Bruno Bulacia Junior Marc Martí 2, 4–5, 7, 10 Carlos del Barrio 12 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 Olivier Burri Masters Anderson Levratti 1, 3 Hyundai i20 N Rally2 9 Citroën C3 Rally2 Alejandro Cachón Junior Alejandro López Fernández Junior 12 Citroën C3 Rally2 Paulo Caldeira Ana Gonçalves 4 Hyundai i20 R5 Piero Canobbio Fabrizia Pons 6 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Eduardo Castro Fernando Mussano 10 Škoda Fabia R5 Manuel Castro Ricardo Cunha 4 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Efthymios Chalkias Andreas Vigkos 10 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Daniel Chwist Kamil Heller 5, 12 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Miguel Correia Jorge Carvalho 4 Škoda Fabia R5 Carlo Covi Masters Michela Lorigiola Masters 1, 3, 10 Andrea Budoia 5 Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Pieter Jan Michiel Cracco Junior Jasper Vermeulen Junior 9 Ford Fiesta R5 Patrick Déjean Yannick Jammes 4 Citroën C3 Rally2 12 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Miguel Diaz Aboitiz Masters Jordi Hereu 4–5, 9–12 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Emilio Fernández Axel Coronado 4–5, 7 Ford Fiesta R5 Ricardo Filipe Fernando Almeida 4 Citroën C3 Rally2 José Pedro Fontes Inês Ponte 4 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Osamu Fukunaga Masters Misako Saida 3, 9 Škoda Fabia R5 13 Škoda Fabia R5 Gaurav Gill Gabriel Morales 6, 8, 10 Ford Fiesta R5 Leroy Gomes Urshlla Gomes 6 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Benito Guerra Daniel Cué 3 Sara Fernandez 4 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Mikko Heikkilä Junior Samu Vaaleri Junior 3, 8, 12 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Raana Horan Michael Connor 11 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Ben Hunt Tony Rawstorn 11 Citroën C3 Rally2 Satoshi Imai Shizuka Takehara 13 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Chris Ingram Junior Ross Whittock 1 Craig Drew 3–5, 9–10 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Gregor Jeets Junior Timo Taniel 7 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Jörgen Jonasson Nicklas Jonasson 2 Škoda Fabia R5 Kingsley Jones Masters Waverley Jones 11 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Kajetan Kajetanowicz Maciek Szczepaniak 3–4, 6–7, 11–13 Citroën C3 Rally2 Chrysostomos Karellis Leonidas Machairas 10 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 Egon Kaur Silver Simm 2, 7–8 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Georgios Kechagias Dimitrios Sainis 10 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Johannes Keferböck Ilka Minor 1, 3, 12 Ford Fiesta Rally2 Jarosław Kołtun Ireneusz Pleskot 2 Ford Fiesta Rally2 Priit Koik Kristo Tamm 7 Škoda Fabia R5 Heikki Kovalainen Sae Kitagawa 13 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Armin Kremer Masters Timo Gottschalk 3–4, 9, 10 Ella Kremer 5, 12 Citroën C3 Rally2 Stéphane Lefebvre Andy Malfoy 1,[f] 3–4, 9 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Freddy Loix Masters Pieter Tsjoen 1, 5, 8–9 Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Pepe López Junior Borja Rozada 12 Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Bruno Magalhães Carlos Magalhães 4 Škoda Fabia R5 Filippo Marchino Roberto Briani 3 Pietro Elia Ometto 12 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Mikołaj Marczyk Junior Szymon Gospodarczyk 3–5, 7–8, 12 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 Andy Martin Masters Matt Hayward 11 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Jorge Martínez Alberto Álvarez Nicholson 10 Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Josh McErlean Junior James Fulton Junior 2, 4–5, 7–9, 12 Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Pedro Meireles Pedro Alves 4 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Mauro Miele Masters Luca Beltrame 1–3, 5, 7, 10, 12 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Maurizio Morato Enrico Gallinaro 1 Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Grégoire Munster Junior Louis Louka Junior 1, 3, 9–10, 12–13 Škoda Fabia R5 Paulo Nobre Masters Gabriel Morales 3–4 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Aljoša Novak Junior Uroš Ocvirk 3 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Enrico Oldrati Junior Elia De Guio Junior 2 Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Hayden Paddon John Kennard 7–8, 11 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Sami Pajari Junior Enni Mälkönen 5, 8, 12 Ford Fiesta R5 Karan Patel Tauseef Khan 6 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Silvano Patera Danilo Fappani 5 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 Eerik Pietarinen Junior Antti Linnaketo 2, 4–5, 8 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Eduard Pons Suñe Alberto Chamorro 5, 12 Ford Fiesta Rally2 Martin Prokop Michal Ernst 4–5, 8, 10 Zdeněk Jůrka 6 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Niko Pulić Masters Aleksandra Kovačić 3 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo János Puskádi Barnabás Gódor 10 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Amaanraj Rai Junior Gurdeep Panesar 6 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 Jean-Michel Raoux Masters Laurent Magat Masters 1, 4–5, 10, 12–13 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Niels Reynvoet Diederik Pattyn 9 Citroën C3 Rally2 Jonathan Rieu Jules Escartefigue 10 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Simone Romagna Luca Addondi 5 Škoda Fabia R5 Joakim Roman Masters Jörgen Fornander Masters 2 Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Frédéric Rosati Masters Philippe Marchetto Masters 1 Stéphane Prévot Masters 2, 4–5 Loris Pascaud 10, 13 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Panagiotis Roustemis Junior Christos Bakloris 10 Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Paul Rowley Andy Hayes 4 Škoda Fabia R5 Diogo Salvi Masters Miguel Ramalho Masters 4 Hugo Magalhães 10 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 Stéphane Sarrazin Jacques-Julien Renucci 12 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Jourdan Serderidis Masters Frédéric Miclotte 5 Hyundai i20 R5 Lucas Simões Junior Nuno Almeida 4 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Neil Simpson Michael Gibson 3, 9 Citroën C3 Rally2 Jan Solans Junior Rodrigo Sanjuan 4–5, 12 Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Nil Solans Junior Axel Coronado Jiménez 12 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 Michał Sołowow Masters Maciek Baran 2 Škoda Fabia R5 Dionysios Spanos Sotirios Gotovos 10 Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Emmanouil Stefanis Konstantinos Stefanis 10 Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Riku Tahko Sami Ryynänen 8 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Francesco Tali Masters Cristina Caldart 5 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Francisco Teixeira Masters João Serôdio 4 Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Ricardo Teodósio José Teixeira 4 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 Alexandros Tsouloftas Ross Whittock 10 Škoda Fabia R5 Shane Van Gisbergen Glen Weston 11 Citroën C3 Rally2 Davy Vanneste Kris D'alleine 9 Ford Fiesta R5 Georgios Vasilakis Masters Konstantinos Soukoulis 10 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 Ole Christian Veiby Stig Rune Skjærmoen 2 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Vasileios Velanis Ioannis Velanis 10 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 Vincent Verschueren Filip Cuvelier 9 Citroën C3 Rally2 Alexander Villanueva Masters Rodrigo Sanjuan 2 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo José Murado 4 Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Aakif Virani Azhar Bhatti 6 Ford Fiesta R5 Henk Vossen Masters Hans van Goor Masters 3, 9 Radboud van Hoek Masters 12 Sources: [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46]
Regulation changes [ edit ] Sporting Regulations [ edit ] The following titles will be contested within the WRC-2 category in 2022:[1]
Open Championship for Drivers Open Championship for Co-Drivers Championship for Teams Junior Championship for Drivers Junior Championship for Co-Drivers Masters Cup for Drivers Masters Cup for Co-Drivers In a change to 2021 rules, drivers can enter the Open and Junior championships independently instead of having to enter through a team. Teams wishing to compete in the championship for teams must follow the same rules. For WRC2 Junior championships, drivers must have been born on or after 1 January 1992 with no registration necessary. Juniors must not have previously won WRC2 or WRC3 or ever been nominated to score points in the WRC Manufacturers Championship. The Masters Cup will run alongside the open championship for drivers born on or before 1 January 1972 and have registered to compete in the cup.
For the Open and Junior Driver and Co-Driver championships, points will be considered from the best 6 of 7 rounds entered. For Teams and the Masters Cup, points from the best 5 of 6 rallies entered in Europe will count, plus bonus points from a seventh round entered outside Europe.[1]
Results and standings [ edit ] Season summary [ edit ] Scoring system [ edit ] Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers in each event. Power Stage points are also awarded in the drivers' and co-drivers' championships, with three points awarded to the first-place finisher on the stage, two to second place, and one to third. A team has to enter two cars to score points in an event. Drivers and teams must nominate a scoring rally when they enter the event and the best six scores from seven nominated rallies will count towards the final classification. Registered drivers are able to enter additional rallies with Priority 2 status without scoring points.[1]
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-2 for Drivers [ edit ] 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 – Power Stage position
FIA Open World Rally Championship-2 for Co-Drivers [ edit ] 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 – Power Stage position
FIA World Rally Championship-2 for Teams [ edit ] 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 – Power Stage position
FIA Junior World Rally Championship-2 for Drivers [ edit ]