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Rally Paraguay is set to become a WRC event from 2025 after signing a multi-year deal, making Paraguay the thirty-eighth nation to host a WRC championship round. [18] The Croatia Rally will not be featured on the calendar for the first time since the event joined the championship in 2021. [19] However, the event is set to return in 2026. [20]
The FIA WRC2 is a support championship of the World Rally Championship (WRC). [1] The calendar consists of the same rallies and stages as the parent series and crews usually compete immediately after Rally1 class crews. WRC2 is limited to production-based cars homologated under Group Rally2 (or previous R5) rules.
The WRC Promoter GmbH was also working on the two key calendar expansions for the future. [28] Progress had been made for the candidate event in the United States, a location that was also aiming to join the championship in 2024. [29] The other key expansion was Rally China, which was last featured in 1999.
The 2023 FIA WRC2 Championship was the eleventh season of WRC2, a rallying championship organised and governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile as the second-highest tier of international rallying. The category was open to crews with cars complying with Group Rally2 regulations. [1]
There were competitions for drivers (known as the S-WRC) and another for teams (the World Rally Championship Cup). From 2013, WRC2 replaced S-WRC and including cars with four-wheel drive (R5, R4 and S2000). [10] [11] The WRC Trophy was run in 2017 for privateers entering with older World Rally Cars when the new WRC+ was introduced.
Starting in 2011, rules for WRC cars changed to be more restrictive. New regulations were derived from Super 2000 cars with a different aerodynamic kit. The cars could be smaller models (there was no longer a minimum 4 m length) and include a custom-build or production 1600 cm 3 direct injection turbo-charged global race engine with a 33 mm (1.3 in) diameter air restrictor and a maximum boost ...
Emil Lindholm is the 2022 WRC-2 drivers' champion. 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.
The series is supported by the WRC2 and WRC3 categories at every round of the championship and by Junior WRC at selected events. Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe are the reigning drivers' and co-drivers' champions, having secured their first championship titles at the 2024 Rally Japan. Toyota are the defending manufacturers' champions.