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The 2022 FIA WRC2 Championship was the tenth season of WRC2, a rallying championship for organised and governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile as the second-highest tier of international rallying.
Following the launch of Group Rally3 cars in 2021, the 2022 WRC3 Championship became exclusively for those cars. WRC2 expanded to allow privateer drivers of Rally2 cars. Specific WRC2 championship titles for Juniors and cup titles for Masters were also created, although the WRC2 Masters category would be replaced by a WRC Masters Cup in 2023.
The Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 is a Rally2 car built by Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT based on the GR Yaris production car. [1] The car made its first public appearance at the 2022 Rally Japan, with Juha Kankkunen as the driver. [2]
The 2022 FIA World Rally Championship was the 50th season of the World Rally Championship (WRC), an international rallying series organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). Teams and crews competed for the World Rally Championships for Drivers , Co-drivers and Manufacturers ; each won by Kalle Rovanperä , Jonne ...
In 2023 the FIA WRC Masters Cup will run for the first time. The cup is open to drivers and co-drivers over 50 years of age and may enter in any WRC eligible car except Rally1. The cup effectively replaces WRC2 Masters Cup which ran in 2022 for WRC2 entrants of the same criteria.
The 2022 junior championships of the class, WRC-2 Junior, were renamed as WRC-2 Challenger to focus on the experience of the competitors instead of age, while the Masters series was opened to Rally2, Rally3, Rally4, Rally5 and R-GT competitors under the WRC framework, ceasing to be based on WRC2.
In 2020, RedGrey began operating the official Hyundai Motorsport N entry in the WRC2 Championship with Hyundai i20 R5 and later, i20 N Rally2 cars. [7] The contract between Hyundai Motorsport and RedGrey ended after 2022, making the partnership coincide with Tänak's tenure as a Rally1 driver for the Hyundai World Rally Team.
In 2022, Rovanperä competed at the Mondello Park round of the Drift Masters European Championship with a Toyota Supra, where he reached the round of 16. [55] In 2023, he entered two rounds of the Formula Drift Japan with a Toyota GR Corolla , claiming a win at Ebisu and a second place at Okayama.