The 2022 Rally Japan (also known as the FORUM8 Rally Japan 2022) was a motor racing event for rally cars held over four days between 10 and 13 November 2022.[2] It marked the seventh running of the Rally Japan. The event was the final round of the 2022 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2022 event was based in Nagoya in Chūbu Region and was contested over nineteen special stages covering a total competitive distance of 283.27 km (176.02 mi).[1]
Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia are the defending rally winners.[3] However, Ingrassia would not defend his title as he retired from the sport at the end of 2021 season.[4] Citroën Total World Rally Team, the team they drove for in 2010, when the Rally Japan held a World Rally Championship event last time, are the defending manufacturers' winners, but they would not be defending their titles after parent company Citroën withdrew from the sport.[5]
Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe won their second rally of the season. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the manufacturer's winners.[6] Grégoire Munster and Louis Louka won the World Rally Championship-2 category, while Emil Lindholm and Reeta Hämäläinen clinched the WRC-2 titles.[7]
Background
Entry list
The following crews were entered into the rally. The event was open to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3, and privateer entries that are not registered to score points in any championship. Eleven were entered under Rally1 regulations, as are seventeen Rally2 crews in the World Rally Championship-2.[8][9]
| No. | Driver | Co-Driver | Entrant | Car | Tyre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 |  Hiroki Arai
|
 Ilka Minor
|
Ahead Japan Racing Team
|
Peugeot 208 Rally4 | P |
Itinerary
All dates and times are JST (UTC+9).
| Date | Time | No. | Stage name | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 November | 9:01 | — | Kuragaike Park Reverse [Shakedown] | 2.80 km |
| 17:38 | SS1 | Kuragaike Park | 2.75 km | |
| 11 November | 7:02 | SS2 | Isegami's Tunnel 1 | 23.29 km |
| 8:00 | SS3 | Inabu Dam 1 | 19.38 km | |
| 8:58 | SS4 | Shitara Town R 1 | 22.44 km | |
| 13:31 | SS5 | Isegami's Tunnel 2 | 23.29 km | |
| 14:29 | SS6 | Inabu Dam 2 | 19.38 km | |
| 15:27 | SS7 | Shitara Town R 2 | 22.44 km | |
| 12 November | 7:07 | SS8 | Nukata Forest 1 | 20.56 km |
| 8:08 | SS9 | Lake Mikawako 1 | 14.74 km | |
| 9:03 | SS10 | Shinshiro City | 7.08 km | |
| 12:37 | SS11 | Nukata Forest 2 | 20.56 km | |
| 13:38 | SS12 | Lake Mikawako 2 | 14.74 km | |
| 15:36 | SS13 | Okazaki City SSS 1 | 1.40 km | |
| 15:49 | SS14 | Okazaki City SSS 2 | 1.40 km | |
| 13 November | 8:08 | SS15 | Asahi Kougen 1 | 7.52 km |
| 9:12 | SS16 | Ena City 1 | 21.59 km | |
| 10:10 | SS17 | Nenoue Plateau | 11.60 km | |
| 11:48 | SS18 | Ena City 2 | 21.59 km | |
| 14:18 | SS19 | Asahi Kougen 2 [Power Stage] | 7.52 km | |
| Source:[1] | ||||
Report
WRC Rally1
Classification
Special stages
Championship standings
- Bold text indicates 2022 World Champions.
| Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | Manufacturers' championships | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | ||||
| 1 | 
|
Kalle Rovanperä | 255 |
|
Jonne Halttunen | 255 |
|
Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | 525 | |||
| 2 |
|
Ott Tänak | 205 |
|
Martin Järveoja | 205 |
|
Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | 455 | |||
| 3 |
|
Thierry Neuville | 193 |
|
Martijn Wydaeghe | 193 |
|
M-Sport Ford WRT | 257 | |||
| 4 |
|
Elfyn Evans | 134 |
|
Scott Martin | 134 |
|
Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG | 138 | |||
| 5 |
|
Takamoto Katsuta | 122 |
|
Aaron Johnston | 122 | ||||||
WRC-2 Rally2
Classification
Special stages
Championship standings
- Bold text indicates 2022 World Champions.
| Pos. | Open Drivers' championships | Open Co-drivers' championships | Teams' championships | Junior Drivers' championships | Junior Co-drivers' championships | Driver Masters' championships | Co-driver Masters' championships | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | Move | Driver | Points | Move | Driver | Points | Move | Driver | Points | ||||||||
| 1 |  1
|
Emil Lindholm | 116 | 1
|
Reeta Hämäläinen | 116 | 1
|
Toksport WRT | 188 |
|
Emil Lindholm | 144 |
|
James Fulton | 136 | 1
|
Mauro Miele | 129 |
|
Laurent Magat | 143 | |||||||
| 2 |  1
|
Andreas Mikkelsen | 109 | 1
|
Torstein Eriksen | 109 | 1
|
Hyundai Motorsport N | 186 |
|
Nikolay Gryazin | 104 |
|
Louis Louka | 111 | 1
|
Armin Kremer | 125 |
|
Michael Joseph Morrissey | 86 | |||||||
| 3 |
|
Kajetan Kajetanowicz | 104 |
|
Maciej Szczepaniak | 104 |
|
Toksport WRT 2 | 156 |
|
Chris Ingram | 92 |
|
Samu Vaaleri | 65 |
|
Jean-Michel Raoux | 95 |
|
Michela Lorigiola | 48 | |||||||
| 4 |
|
Yohan Rossel | 98 |
|
Konstantin Aleksandrov | 85 |
|
Yaco ACCR Team | 50 |
|
Fabrizio Zaldivar | 78 |
|
Elia De Guio | 25 |
|
Freddy Loix | 83 |
|
Hans van Goor | 43 | |||||||
| 5 |
|
Nikolay Gryazin | 85 |
|
Valentin Sarreaud | 69 |
|
Saintéloc Junior Team | 40 |
|
Mikołaj Marczyk | 67 |
|
Alejandro López Fernández | 12 | 3
|
Eamonn Boland | 59 |
|
Jörgen Fornander | 25 | |||||||
WRC-3 Rally3
No Rally3 crews entered the round.
Championship standings
- Bold text indicates 2022 World Champions.
| Pos. | Open Drivers' championships | Open Co-drivers' championships | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | |||
| 1 |
|
Lauri Joona | 111 |
|
Enni Mälkönen | 87 | ||
| 2 |
|
Jan Černý | 104 |
|
Mikael Korhonen | 86 | ||
| 3 |
|
Sami Pajari | 87 |
|
Tamás Kürti | 73 | ||
| 4 |
|
Zoltán László | 73 |
|
Liam Regan | 63 | ||
| 5 |
|
William Creighton | 63 |
|
Manuel Fenoli | 48 | ||
References
- ^ a b c "Itinerary FORUM8 Rally Japan 2022". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ "WRC roars into hybrid era with expanded 2022 calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 15 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ "Ace Ogier lands victory number two in Japan". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 12 September 2010. Archived from the original on 13 September 2010. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
- ^ Barry, Luke (7 October 2021). "Ogier and Ingrassia's partnership to end after 2021". dirtfish.com. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ Evans, David (20 November 2019). "Citroen ends WRC programme, cites Ogier's exit as reason". motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
- ^ "Neuville prevails to clinch dramatic Japan win". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 13 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ "Lindholm claims WRC2 crown as Munster grabs surprise victory in Japan". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 13 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ "Entry List FORUM8 Rally Japan 2022". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ "Rally Japan 2022 Entry List". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
External links
- Official website (in English and Japanese)
- 2022 Rally Japan at eWRC-results.com
- 2022 Rally Japan at rally-maps.com (in English, German, and Polish)
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