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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 ...
The 2021 FIA World Rally Championship was the forty-ninth season of the World Rally Championship, a rallying competition organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). Teams and crews competed in twelve rallies for the World Rally Championships for Drivers , Co-drivers and Manufacturers .
The World Rally Championship (WRC) is a rallying series administered by Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motorsport's world governing body. [1] The series currently consists of 13 three-day events driven on surfaces that range from gravel and tarmac to snow and ice.
[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.
It marked the ninetieth running of the Monte Carlo Rally, and was the first round of the 2022 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2022 event was based in Monaco solely. [3] The rally was consisted of seventeen special stages, covering a total competitive distance of 296.03 km (183.94 mi). [1]
It was not included on the 2021 calendar. The Rallies of Finland and Portugal also returned to the championship after a one-year absence. The 2020 events were cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. [36] [37] The Ypres Rally's debut made Belgium the 35th nation to hold a World Rally Championship event.
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]
The event was the eleventh round of the 2022 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2022 event was based in Auckland of North Island and was set to be contested over seventeen special stages covering a total competitive distance of 279.80 km (173.86 mi). [1]