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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 2023 FIA World Rally Championship was the 51st season of the World Rally Championship, an international rallying series organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and WRC Promoter GmbH. Teams and crews competed for the World Rally Championships for Drivers, Co-drivers and Manufacturers.
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 championship began in January 2023 with the Rallye Monte-Carlo and concluded in November with Rally Japan, and ran in support of the 2023 World Rally Championship. Emil Lindholm and Reeta Hämäläinen entered as the defending drivers' and co-drivers' champions, while Toksport WRT entered as the defending teams' champions. [2]
In the current points system, points are awarded at the end of each rally to the top ten WRC (overall) drivers that qualify as follows: 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1. In addition to those points, from 2011 each event holds 1 special stage, the Power Stage , in which drivers and co-drivers can score extra points – currently awarded to five ...
Having acquired his driving licence, Rovanperä made his WRC debut at the 2017 Wales Rally GB, driving an M-Sport-entered Ford Fiesta R5, [20] as well as competing at the 2017 Rally Australia. [21] He won the event in the WRC-2 category, becoming the youngest winner of a WRC-2 round, though he was the only contestant in the class. [22]
World Rally Championship event winners Rank Country Driver Wins Seasons active First win Last win 1 France Sébastien Loeb: 80: 1999–2013, 2015, 2018–2020, 2022: 2002 Rallye Deutschland
FIA Masters Historic Sports Car Championship [10] FIA GT World Cup: Touring car racing FIA TCR World Tour: FIA TCR World Final: Rallying FIA World Rally Championship [11] FIA WRC2 Championship [11] FIA WRC3 Championship [11] FIA Junior WRC Championship [11] FIA European Rally Championship [12] FIA European Rally Trophy [13] FIA Middle East ...