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2023 WRC2 Championship

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] 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.

Andreas Mikkelsen won his second WRC-2 drivers 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]

Andreas Mikkelsen and Torstein Eriksen became the 2023 WRC-2 champions, their second title victories in the championship.[3] Toksport WRT 3 took victory in the teams' championship.

Calendar

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A map showing the locations of the rallies in the 2023 championship. Event headquarters are marked with black dots.

The 2023 season is scheduled to be contested over thirteen rounds crossing Europe, Africa, North and South America, and Asia.

Round Start date Finish date Rally Rally headquarters Surface Stages Distance Ref.
1 19 January 22 January   Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo Monte Carlo, Monaco Mixed[a] 18 325.02 km [4]
2 9 February 12 February   Rally Sweden Umeå, Västerbotten County, Sweden Snow 18 301.18 km [5]
3 16 March 19 March   Rally Guanajuato México León, Guanajuato, Mexico Gravel 23 315.69 km [6]
4 20 April 23 April   Croatia Rally Zagreb, Croatia Tarmac 20 301.26 km [7]
5 11 May 14 May   Rally de Portugal Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal Gravel 19 329.06 km [8]
6 1 June 4 June   Rally Italia Sardegna Olbia, Sardinia, Italy Gravel 19 322.88 km [9]
7 22 June 25 June   Safari Rally Kenya Naivasha, Nakuru County, Kenya Gravel 19 355.92 km [10]
8 20 July 23 July   Rally Estonia Tartu, Estonia Gravel 21 300.41 km [11]
9 3 August 6 August   Rally Finland Jyväskylä, Central Finland, Finland Gravel 22 320.56 km [12]
10 7 September 10 September   Acropolis Rally Greece Lamia, Central Greece, Greece Gravel 15 270.89 km [13]
11 28 September 1 October   Rally Chile Concepción, Biobío, Chile Gravel 16 321.06 km [14]
12 26 October 29 October   Central European Rally Passau, Bavaria, Germany Tarmac 18 310.01 km [15]
13 16 November 19 November   Rally Japan Toyota, Aichi, Japan Tarmac 22 304.66 km [16]
Sources:[17][18]

Calendar changes

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The championship was expected to be expanded to fourteen rounds from the thirteen rounds in the previous season by WRC Promoter GmbH, with eight Europe-based rallies and six fly-away events covering the season.[19] However, when the calendar was released in late November following a lengthy delay, the number of the events was reduced to thirteen with the anticipated Saudi Arabian rally based at Jeddah, absent from the calendar.[20][21]

 
Rally Mexico (picured in 2008 with a Subaru Impreza WRC) returned to the calendar.

Several rally organizers also expressed their interests to return to the championship, including Rally Argentina, Rally Australia, the German Rally, and an event in Northern Ireland.[30][31][32][33] The Argentine, Australian and Northern Irish bids failed and Germany organized the Central European Rally along with Austria and the Czech Republic.[34][35] In addition to the candidate events, the WRC Promoter GmbH was also working on the calendar expansion to the Middle East and United States, but no rallies were added for the 2023 season.[36]

Location changes

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Entries

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The following teams and crews contested the 2023 WRC2. Teams had to enter two crews to be eligible for Teams' Championship points.

Crews entered by or via teams
Entrant Car Driver Co-driver Rounds
Driver name Category Co-driver name Category
  Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 N Rally2   Emil Lindholm   Reeta Hämäläinen 8–9, 11–12
  Teemu Suninen   Mikko Markkula 2, 5–6
  Fabrizio Zaldivar Challenger   Marcelo Der Ohannesian Challenger 2, 5–6, 8–9, 11–12
  M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta Rally2   Adrien Fourmaux   Alexandre Coria 1, 3–6, 9–10
  Grégoire Munster Challenger   Louis Louka Challenger 1, 4–7, 9–10
  George Vassilakis Challenger   Tom Krawszik Challenger 7
  Robert Virves Challenger   Hugo Magalhães Challenger 2, 5–6, 10
  Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy Hyundai i20 N Rally2   William Creighton Challenger   Liam Regan Challenger 1
  Eamonn Kelly Challenger   Conor Mohan Challenger 5, 9
  Josh McErlean Challenger   John Rowan Challenger 1, 4–6
  James Fulton 8–9, 12
  Patrick O'Brien Challenger   Stephen O'Brien Challenger 4, 6
  PH Sport Citroën C3 Rally2   Yohan Rossel   Arnaud Dunand 1, 4–6, 10–12
  Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia RS Rally2   Marco Bulacia Challenger   Diego Vallejo Challenger 8–11
  Gus Greensmith   Jonas Andersson 11
  Emil Lindholm   Reeta Hämäläinen 2, 4
  Sami Pajari Challenger   Enni Mälkönen Challenger 2, 4, 6, 8
  Toksport WRT 2 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2   Marco Bulacia Challenger   Axel Coronado Challenger 1
  Diego Vallejo Challenger 2, 5
  Nikolay Gryazin[b] Challenger   Konstantin Aleksandrov[c] Challenger 1, 4, 6, 9–12
  Gus Greensmith   Jonas Andersson 4
  Sami Pajari Challenger   Enni Mälkönen Challenger 9–12
Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo   Nikolay Gryazin[b] Challenger   Konstantin Aleksandrov[c] Challenger 3
  Emil Lindholm   Reeta Hämäläinen 3
  Toksport WRT 3 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2   Gus Greensmith   Jonas Andersson 5, 8–10, 12
  Andreas Mikkelsen   Torstein Eriksen 5–6, 8–10, 12–13
  Nikolay Gryazin[b] Challenger   Konstantin Aleksandrov[c] Challenger 13
Sources:[43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51]
Private entries
Car Driver Co-driver Rounds
Driver name Category Co-driver name Category
Citroën C3 Rally2   Daniel Alonso   Adrián Pérez 1–2
  Eamonn Boland   Michael Joseph Morrissey 1
Challenger Challenger 4, 12–13
  Alejandro Cachón Challenger   Alejandro López Challenger 1, 4–6, 10, 12
  Paulo Caldeira Challenger   Ana Gonçalves Challenger 5
  José Pedro Fontes Challenger   Inês Ponte Challenger 5
  Alberto Heller Challenger   Luis Ernesto Allende Challenger 5
  Pedro Heller Challenger   Pablo Olmos Challenger 11
  Satoshi Imai Challenger   Jason Farmer Challenger 13
  Benjamin Israel Challenger   Matias Ramos Challenger 11
  Sean Johnston Challenger   Alex Kihurani Challenger 1
  Chrisostomos Karellis Challenger   Elias Panagiotounis Challenger 10
  Stéphane Lefebvre   Andy Malfoy 1
  Germán Lyon Challenger   Sebastian Vera Challenger 11
  Nuno Pinto Challenger   João Jardim Pereira Challenger 5
  Emilio Rosselot Challenger   Tomas Cañete Challenger 11
  Gerardo V. Rosselot Challenger   Marcelo Brizio Challenger 11
  Bernardo Sousa Challenger   Inês Veiga Challenger 5
Ford Fiesta R5   Karan Patel Challenger   Tauseef Khan Challenger 7
  Henk Vossen Challenger   Annemieke Hulzebos Challenger 1
  George Vassilakis Challenger   Nikos Intzoglou Challenger 10
Ford Fiesta Rally2   Nasser Khalifa Al-Attiyah Challenger   Giovanni Bernacchini Challenger 5–6
  Martin Prokop Challenger   Michal Ernst Challenger 3, 6, 10
  Zdeněk Jůrka Challenger 7
  Lucas Simões Challenger   Nuno Almeida Challenger 5
  Francesco Tali Challenger   Chiara Corso Challenger 6
  Robert Virves Challenger   Hugo Magalhães Challenger 6
  Craig Drew Challenger 8–10
  Henk Vossen Challenger   Radboud van Hoek Challenger 12
Hyundai i20 N Rally2   Lambros Athanassoulas Challenger   Nikolaos Zakheos Challenger 10
  Olivier Burri   Anderson Levratti 1
  Gregor Jeets Challenger   Timo Taniel Challenger 5–6
  Georg Linnamäe Challenger   James Morgan Challenger 2, 4–5, 8–10, 12
  Pepe López Challenger   Borja Rozada Challenger 1
  Kris Meeke   James Fulton 5
  Pedro Meireles Challenger   Pedro Alves Challenger 5
  Frédéric Rosati   Philippe Marchetto 1
  Jan Skála Challenger   Jiří Skořepa Challenger 12
  Riku Tahko Challenger   Markus Soininen Challenger 9
  Ricardo Teodósio Challenger   José Teixeira Challenger 5
  Miguel Zaldivar Sr.   José Luis Díaz 2, 5–6
Škoda Fabia R5   Giuseppe Dettori Challenger   Carlo Pisano Challenger 6
  Michal Horák Challenger   Ivan Horák Challenger 12
  Jari Huttunen   Antti Linnaketo 2
  Tommi Jylhä Challenger   Kimmo Nevanpää Challenger 9
  Kaspar Kasari Challenger   Rainis Raidma Challenger 8
  Eduardo Kovacs Challenger   Ruben Garcia Challenger 11
  Heikki Kovalainen Challenger   Sae Kitagawa Challenger 13
  Filippo Marchino Challenger   Pietro Elia Ometto Challenger 1, 12
  Jorge Martínez Fontena Challenger   Alberto Alvarez Nicholson Challenger 3
  Maurizio Morato Challenger   Andrea Dal Maso Challenger 6
  Joakim Roman Challenger   Ida Lidebjer-Granberg Challenger 2
  Anssi Rytkönen Challenger   Juho-Ville Koskela Challenger 9
  Diogo Salvi Challenger   António Costa Challenger 5
  Carl Tundo Challenger   Tim Jessop Challenger 7
  Aakif Virani Challenger   Azhar Bhatti Challenger 7
  Štěpán Vojtěch Challenger   Michal Ernst Challenger 12
  Marios Xanthakos Challenger   Nikos Karathanassis Challenger 10
Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo   Pedro Almeida Challenger   Mário Castro Challenger 5
  Armindo Araújo Challenger   Luís Ramalho Challenger 5
  Fabrizio Arengi Challenger   Massimiliano Bosi Challenger 1–2
  Pablo Biolghini Challenger   Stefano Pudda Challenger 6
  Lorenzo Bontempelli   Giovanni Pina 1
  Adam Březík Challenger   Ondřej Krajča Challenger 12
  Bruno Bulacia Challenger   Axel Coronado Challenger 2, 5–6, 8, 11
  Eduardo Castro Challenger   Fernando Mussano Challenger 3, 5–6
  Daniel Chwist Challenger   Kamil Heller Challenger 3, 6, 13
  Luciano Cobbe   Roberto Mometti 2, 5, 8–9
  Miguel Correia Challenger   Jorge Eduardo Carvalho Challenger 5
  Carlo Covi Challenger   Andrea Budoia Challenger 6
  Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz Challenger   Rodolfo del Barrio Challenger 2
  Rodrigo Sanjuan de Eusebio Challenger 5, 7, 9
  Diego Sanjaun de Eusebio Challenger 10
  Emilio Fernández Challenger   Borja Rozada Challenger 5, 8
  Borja Odriozola Challenger 9
  Osamu Fukunaga Challenger   Misako Saida Challenger 13
  Matteo Gamba Challenger   Nicolò Gonella Challenger 6, 12
  Gaurav Gill Challenger   Florian Barral Challenger 10
  Norbert Herczig Challenger   Ramón Ferencz Challenger 4–6
  Chris Ingram Challenger   Craig Drew Challenger 1
  Jörgen Jonasson   Nicklas Jonasson 2
  Lauri Joona Challenger   Tuukka Shemeikka Challenger 2, 5–6
  Kajetan Kajetanowicz Challenger   Maciej Szczepaniak Challenger 3, 7
  Egon Kaur Challenger   Jakko Viilo Challenger 2
  Johannes Keferböck   Ilka Minor 1, 6
  Giorgos Kehagias Challenger   Christos Kouzionis Challenger 10
  Priit Koik Challenger   Kristo Tamm Challenger 8
  Roope Korhonen Challenger   Anssi Viinikka Challenger 12
  Armin Kremer Challenger   Timo Gottschalk Challenger 7
  Jorge Martínez Fontena Challenger   Alberto Alvarez Nicholson Challenger 8
  Christian Merli Challenger   Marco Zortea Challenger 1
  Mauro Miele Challenger   Luca Beltrame Challenger 2
  Simone Niboli Challenger   Battista Brunetti Challenger 1
  Enrico Oldrati Challenger   Elia De Guio Challenger 5
  Silvano Patera   Stefano Tiraboschi 1
  Yorgo Philippedes Challenger   Stuart Loudon Challenger 10
  Martin Roßgatterer Challenger   Jürgen Heigl Challenger 12
  Samman Singh Vohra Challenger   Alfir Khan Challenger 7
  Nicola Tali Challenger   Massimiliano Frau Challenger 6
  Francisco Teixeira Challenger   João Serôdio Challenger 5
  Vassileios Velanis Challenger   Ioannis Velanis Challenger 10
  Alexander Villanueva   José Murado González 2, 5–6
Challenger Challenger 13
  Henk Vossen Challenger   Radboud van Hoek Challenger 4
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2   Rakan Al-Rashed Challenger   Dale Moscatt Challenger 2, 5
  Bruno Bulacia Challenger   Axel Coronado Challenger 9
  Erik Cais Challenger   Petr Těšínský Challenger 1, 4–6
  Daniel Trunkát Challenger 12
  Nicolas Ciamin Challenger   Yannick Roche Challenger 12
  Daniel Chwist Challenger   Kamil Heller Challenger 7
  François Delecour   Sabrina De Castelli 1
  Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz Challenger   Rodrigo Sanjuan de Eusebio Challenger 12–13
  Osamu Fukunaga Challenger   Misako Saida Challenger 12
  Gus Greensmith   Jonas Andersson 3
  Mikko Heikkilä Challenger   Samu Vaaleri Challenger 9
  Jari Huttunen   Antti Haapala 9
  Lauri Joona Challenger   Tuukka Shemeikka Challenger 9–10, 12
  Kajetan Kajetanowicz Challenger   Maciej Szczepaniak Challenger 6, 10–13
  Egon Kaur Challenger   Jakko Viilo Challenger 8
  Johannes Keferböck Challenger   Ilka Minor Challenger 4, 12
  Armin Kremer Challenger   Ella Kremer Challenger 4, 8, 12
  Timo Gottschalk Challenger 5–6
  Mikołaj Marczyk Challenger   Szymon Gospodarczyk Challenger 5–6, 8–10
  Daniel Dymurski Challenger 12
  Jorge Martínez Fontena Challenger   Alberto Alvarez Nicholson Challenger 11
  Mauro Miele Challenger   Luca Beltrame Challenger 1, 4, 6, 8–9
  Panagiotis Roustemis Challenger   Nikolaos Petropoulos Challenger 10
  Martin Scuncio Challenger   Javiera Roman Challenger 11
  Oliver Solberg   Elliott Edmondson 2–3, 5–6, 8, 10–11
  Michał Sołowow   Maciej Baran 2
  Alexander Villanueva Challenger   José Murado González Challenger 8–10
  Albert von Thurn und Taxis Challenger   Jara Hain Challenger 12
  Simon Wagner Challenger   Gerald Winter Challenger 12
Volkswagen Polo GTI R5   Ole Christian Veiby   Torstein Eriksen 2
  Nicolas Ciamin Challenger   Yannick Roche Challenger 4, 6, 9
  Roope Korhonen Challenger   Anssi Viinikka Challenger 9
  Alexandros Tsouloftas Challenger   Stelios Elia Challenger 10
Sources:[43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51]

Regulation changes

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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.[52]

Results and standings

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Season summary

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Round Event Winning driver Winning co-driver Winning entrant Winning time Report Ref.
1   Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo   Yohan Rossel   Arnaud Dunand   PH Sport 3:22:05.4 Report [53]
2   Rally Sweden   Oliver Solberg   Elliot Edmondson   Oliver Solberg 2:33:42.6 Report [54]
3   Rally Guanajuato México   Gus Greensmith   Jonas Andersson   Gus Greensmith 3:28:40.9 Report [55]
4   Croatia Rally   Yohan Rossel   Arnaud Dunand   PH Sport 2:58:45.6 Report [56]
5   Rally de Portugal   Gus Greensmith   Jonas Andersson   Toksport WRT 3 3:44:55.1 Report [57]
6   Rally Italia Sardegna   Andreas Mikkelsen   Torstein Eriksen   Toksport WRT 3 3:49:34.7 Report [58]
7   Safari Rally Kenya   Kajetan Kajetanowicz   Maciej Szczepaniak   Kajetan Kajetanowicz 3:57:15.9 Report [59]
8   Rally Estonia   Andreas Mikkelsen   Torstein Eriksen   Toksport WRT 3 2:45:57.3 Report [60]
9   Rally Finland   Sami Pajari   Enni Mälkönen   Toksport WRT 2 2:43:15.0 Report [61]
10   Acropolis Rally Greece   Andreas Mikkelsen   Torstein Eriksen   Toksport WRT 3 3:09:57.7 Report [62]
11   Rally Chile   Oliver Solberg   Elliot Edmondson   Oliver Solberg 3:14:56.6 Report [63]
12   Central European Rally   Nicolas Ciamin   Yannick Roche   Nicolas Ciamin 3:04:33.0 Report [3]
13   Rally Japan   Andreas Mikkelsen   Torstein Eriksen   Toksport WRT 3 3:39:42.5 Report [64]

Scoring system

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Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers in each event. Power Stage points are also awarded in the drivers' and co-drivers' championships, with three points awarded to the first place finisher on the stage, two to second place, and one to third. A team has to enter two cars to score points in an event. Drivers and teams must nominate a scoring rally when they enter the event and the best six scores from seven nominated rallies will count towards the final classification. Registered drivers are able to enter additional rallies with Priority 2 status without scoring points.[1]

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

FIA WRC2 Championship for Drivers

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Pos. Driver MON
  		SWE
  		MEX
  		CRO
  		POR
  		ITA[d]
  		KEN
  		EST
  		FIN
  		GRE
  		CHL
  		EUR
  		JPN
  		Points
1   Andreas Mikkelsen 32 1 12 43 13 131 13 134
2   Gus Greensmith 13 61 1 Ret Ret Ret 2 23 4 111
3   Yohan Rossel 11 1 4 4 NC 3 4 Ret 104
4   Nikolay Gryazin 22 NC Ret 2 NC 21 32 NC 5 62 21 96
5   Kajetan Kajetanowicz 4 3 11 6 Ret 3 32 95
6   Oliver Solberg NC 11 3 NC 21 26 NC 16 NC Ret 12 91
7   Sami Pajari DNS 3 5 NC 19 21 1 Ret 3 NC 86
8   Adrien Fourmaux 5 71 42 103 Ret 2 42 NC 67
9   Emil Lindholm 72 22 33 Ret 3 131 Ret Ret 62
10   Mikołaj Marczyk 9 5 53 7 9 5 41
11   Erik Cais 4 16 23 6 2 38
12   Teemu Suninen 6 5 2 36
13   Martin Prokop 5 9 22 8 36
14   Marco Bulacia 7 5 6 4 Ret 12 Ret 36
15   Nicolas Ciamin Ret 20 10 13 27
16   Daniel Chwist 8 22 5 5 24
17   Grégoire Munster 8 11 27 7 Ret 9 5 Ret 22
18   Lauri Joona 8 11 8 8 71 WD 21
19   Georg Linnamäe 4 13 26 NC 17 6 Ret Ret 20
20   Armin Kremer 7 Ret Ret 43 19 10 20
21   Ole Christian Veiby 23 19
22   Pepe López 3 15
23   Carl Tundo 3 15
24   Jorge Martínez Fontena 6 18 91 13
25   Osamu Fukunaga Ret 4 12
26   Josh McErlean 22 7 10 8 12 19 11
27   Mikko Heikkilä 5 10
28   Robert Virves 9 Ret 12 6 Ret Ret 10
29   Eamonn Boland Ret 12 Ret 6 8
30   Chris Ingram 6 8
31   Samman Singh Vohra 6 8
32   Emilio Rosselot 6 8
33   Egon Kaur 11 7 6
34   Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz 17 Ret Ret 18 13 18 7 6
35   Pedro Heller 7 6
36   Simon Wagner 7 6
37   Fabrizio Zaldivar 15 Ret 16 14 Ret 8 9 6
38   Emilio Fernández 8 Ret 11 10 5
39   Norbert Herczig 8 Ret 4
40   Adam Březík 8 4
41   Satoshi Imai 8 4
42   Stéphane Lefebvre 93 3
43   Johannes Keferböck 14 9 14 WD 14 2
44   Eduardo Castro 9 Ret 15 2
45   Kaspar Kasari 9 2
46   Bruno Bulacia 10 18 Ret 10 Ret 11 2
47   Alejandro Cachón 11 15 13 Ret WD 10 16 1
48   Patrick O'Brien 10 28 1
49   François Delecour 10 1
Pos. Driver MON
  		SWE
  		MEX
  		CRO
  		POR
  		ITA[d]
  		KEN
  		EST
  		FIN
  		GRE
  		CHL
  		EUR
  		JPN
  		Points
Source:[66][67]
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Notes:
1 2 3 – Power Stage position

FIA WRC2 Championship for Co-Drivers

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Pos. Driver MON
  		SWE
  		MEX
  		CRO
  		POR
  		ITA[d]
  		KEN
  		EST
  		FIN
  		GRE
  		CHL
  		EUR
  		JPN
  		Points
1   Torstein Eriksen 23 32 1 12 41 13 131 NC 127
2   Jonas Andersson 13 61 1 Ret Ret Ret 2 23 4 111
3   Arnaud Dunand 11 1 4 4 NC 3 4 Ret 104
4   Konstantin Aleksandrov 22 NC Ret 2 NC 21 32 NC 5 62 11 103
5   Maciej Szczepaniak 4 3 11 6 Ret 3 22 98
6   Elliott Edmondson NC 11 3 NC 21 26 NC 16 NC Ret 12 91
7   Enni Mälkönen DNS 3 5 NC 19 21 1 Ret 3 Ret 86
8   Alexandre Coria 5 71 42 103 Ret 2 42 NC 67
9   Reeta Hämäläinen 72 22 33 Ret 3 131 Ret Ret 62
10   Mikko Markkula 6 5 2 36
11   Szymon Gospodarczyk 9 5 53 7 9 31
12   Diego Vallejo 5 6 4 Ret 12 Ret 30
13   Yannick Roche Ret 20 10 13 27
14   Kamil Heller 8 22 5 4 26
15   Louis Louka 8 11 27 7 Ret 9 5 Ret 22
16   Tuukka Shemeikka 8 11 8 8 71 WD 21
17   Zdeněk Jůrka 22 20
18   Borja Rozada 3 8 Ret 10 20
19   James Morgan 4 13 26 NC 17 6 Ret Ret 20
20   Petr Těšínský 4 16 23 6 20
21   Daniel Trunkát 2 18
22   Misako Saida Ret 33 16
23   Michal Ernst 5 9 8 11 16
24   Craig Drew 6 6 Ret Ret 16
25   Tim Jessop 3 15
26   Timo Gottschalk Ret Ret 43 13
27   Alberto Alvarez Nicholson 6 18 91 13
28   Michael Joseph Morrissey Ret 12 Ret 5 10
29   Samu Vaaleri 5 10
30   Daniel Dymurski 5 10
31   Rodrigo Sanjuan de Eusebio Ret Ret 18 18 6 8
32   Alfir Khan 6 8
33   Tomas Cañete 6 8
34   Axel Coronado 7 10 18 Ret 10 Ret 11 8
35   Ella Kremer 7 19 10 7
36   John Rowan 22 7 10 7
37   Jakko Viilo 11 7 6
38   Pablo Olmos 7 6
39   Gerald Winter 7 6
40   Marcelo Der Ohannesian 15 Ret 16 14 Ret 8 9 6
41   Jason Farmer 7 6
42   James Fulton Ret 8 12 19 4
43   Ramón Ferencz 8 Ret 4
44   Ondřej Krajča 8 4
45   Andy Malfoy 93 3
46   Hugo Magalhães 9 Ret 12 WD 2
47   Ilka Minor 14 9 14 WD 14 2
48   Fernando Mussano 9 Ret 15 2
49   Rainis Raidma 9 2
50   Alejandro López Fernández 11 Ret 15 13 Ret WD 10 16 1
51   Stephen O'Brien 10 28 1
52   Sabrina De Castelli 10 1
Pos. Driver MON
  		SWE
  		MEX
  		CRO
  		POR
  		ITA[d]
  		KEN
  		EST
  		FIN
  		GRE
  		CHL
  		EUR
  		JPN
  		Points
Source:[66][67]
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Notes:
1 2 3 – Power Stage position

FIA WRC2 Championship for Teams

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Pos. Team MON
  		SWE
  		MEX
  		CRO
  		POR
  		ITA
  		KEN
  		EST
  		FIN
  		GRE
  		CHL
  		EUR
  		JPN
  		Points
Dropped 		Total
Points
1   Toksport WRT 3 1 1 1 4 1 2 1 12 207
2 Ret Ret Ret 2 5 2
2   Toksport WRT 2 1 1 1 5 2 1 0 188
3 Ret 3 Ret 3 3
3   Toksport WRT 1 1 2 1 0 135
3 3 4 Ret
4   M-Sport Ford WRT 2 2 5 3 Ret 2 3 15 131
4 4 7 Ret Ret 5 4
5   Hyundai Motorsport N 2 3 2 3 7 4 4 6 122
4 Ret 5 5 Ret Ret Ret
6   Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy 5 4 4 6 0 70
6 6 6 8
Pos. Team MON
  		SWE
  		MEX
  		CRO
  		POR
  		ITA
  		KEN
  		EST
  		FIN
  		GRE
  		CHL
  		EUR
  		JPN
  		Points
Dropped 		Total
Points
Source:[66][67]
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

FIA WRC2 Challenger Championship for Drivers

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Pos. Driver MON
  		SWE
  		MEX
  		CRO
  		POR
  		ITA
  		KEN
  		EST
  		FIN
  		GRE
  		CHL
  		EUR
  		JPN
  		Points
1   Kajetan Kajetanowicz 1 1 1 2 Ret 3 2 126
2   Nikolay Gryazin 1 NC Ret 1 NC 18 2 NC 2 5 1 121
3   Sami Pajari DNS 1 2 NC 16 1 1 Ret 1 118
4   Mikołaj Marczyk 4 2 3 5 5 4 77
5   Marco Bulacia 5 3 1 2 Ret 8 Ret 72
6   Grégoire Munster 6 7 21 4 Ret 7 1 57
7   Martin Prokop 2 6 2 4 56
8   Lauri Joona 4 5 5 6 3 WD 55
9   Erik Cais 3 12 17 3 2 48
10   Daniel Chwist 4 19 5 4 34
11   Josh McErlean 15 WD 2 7 6 10 17 33
12   Georg Linnamäe 2 9 20 14 4 Ret Ret 32
13   Nicolas Ciamin 17 8 1 29
14   Armin Kremer 3 Ret Ret 4 16 9 29
15   Robert Virves 5 Ret 9 4 Ret Ret 24
16   Jorge Martínez Fontena 3 15 6 23
17   Emilio Fernández 3 Ret 9 7 23
18   Alejandro Cachón 7 11 7 Ret WD 6 14 20
19   Pepe López 2 18
20   Fabrizio Zaldivar 8 Ret 13 12 Ret 5 8 18
21   Egon Kaur 7 5 16
22   Bruno Bulacia 6 12 Ret 8 Ret 8 16
23   Osamu Fukunaga Ret 3 15
24   Carl Tundo 3 15
25   Mikko Heikkilä 3 15
26   Emilio Rosselot 3 15
27   Eamonn Boland 8 5 14
28   Norbert Herczig 4 Ret DNS 12
29   Chris Ingram 4 12
30   Pedro Heller 4 12
31   Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz 10 Ret Ret 15 9 16 6 11
32   Eduardo Castro 5 Ret 12 10
33   Johannes Keferböck NC 5 11 WD 12 10
34   Patrick O'Brien 6 24 8
35   Armindo Araújo 6 8
36   Samman Singh Vohra 6 8
37   Simon Wagner 6 8
38   Kaspar Kasari 7 6
39   Chrisostomos Karellis 7 6
40   Adam Březík 7 6
41   Satoshi Imai 7 6
42   Alexander Villanueva 8 20 9 17 Ret 6
43   Mauro Miele 8 Ret Ret 14 11 WD 4
44   Matteo Gamba 8 Ret 4
45   Rakan Al-Rashed 9 16 DNS 2
46   Christian Merli 9 2
47   Enrico Oldrati 9 2
48   Gerardo V. Rosselot 9 2
49   Henk Vossen 14 10 19 1
50   George Vassilakis Ret 10 1
51   Simone Niboli 10 1
52   Nuno Pinto 10 1
53   Nicola Tali 10 1
54   Priit Koik 10 1
55   Eduardo Kovacs 10 1
56   Henk Vossen 10 1
Pos. Driver MON
  		SWE
  		MEX
  		CRO
  		POR
  		ITA
  		KEN
  		EST
  		FIN
  		GRE
  		CHL
  		EUR
  		JPN
  		Points
Source:[67]
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

FIA WRC2 Challenger Championship for Co-Drivers

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Pos. Driver MON
  		SWE
  		MEX
  		CRO
  		POR
  		ITA
  		KEN
  		EST
  		FIN
  		GRE
  		CHL
  		EUR
  		JPN
  		Points
1   Maciej Szczepaniak 1 1 1 2 Ret 3 2 126
2   Konstantin Aleksandrov 1 NC Ret 1 NC 18 2 NC 2 5 1 121
3   Enni Mälkönen DNS 1 2 NC 16 1 1 Ret 1 118
4   Szymon Gospodarczyk 4 2 3 5 5 65
5   Diego Vallejo 3 1 2 Ret 8 62
6   Louis Louka 6 7 21 4 Ret 7 1 57
7   Tuukka Shemeikka 4 5 5 6 3 55
8   Borja Rozada 2 3 Ret 7 39
9   Michal Ernst 2 6 4 10 39
10   Kamil Heller 4 19 5 4 34
11   James Morgan 2 9 20 14 4 Ret Ret 32
12   Petr Těšínský 3 12 17 3 30
13   Yannick Roche 17 8 1 29
14   John Rowan 15 WD 2 7 24
15   Craig Drew 4 4 Ret Ret 24
16   Alberto Alvarez Nicholson 3 15 6 23
17   Axel Coronado 5 6 12 Ret 8 Ret 22
18   Alejandro López Fernández 7 11 7 Ret WD 6 14 20
19   Zdeněk Jůrka 2 18
20   Daniel Trunkát 2 18
21   Marcelo Der Ohannesian 8 Ret 13 12 Ret 5 8 18
22   Ella Kremer 3 16 9 17
23   Jakko Viilo 7 5 16
24   Misako Saida Ret 3 15
25   Tim Jessop 3 15
26   Samu Vaaleri 3 15
27   Tomas Cañete 3 15
28   Michael Joseph Morrissey 8 Ret 5 14
29   Tomas Cañete 4 12
30   Timo Gottschalk Ret Ret 4 12
31   Ramón Ferencz 4 Ret DNS 12
32   Daniel Dymurski 4 12
33   Hugo Magalhães 5 Ret 9 DNS 12
34   Fernando Mussano 5 Ret 12 10
35   Ilka Minor NC 5 11 WD 12 10
36   James Fulton 6 10 17 9
37   Rodrigo Sanjuan de Eusebio Ret Ret 15 16 6 8
38   Stephen O'Brien 6 24 8
39   Luís Ramalho 6 8
40   Alfir Khan 6 8
41   Gerald Winter 6 8
42   Rainis Raidma 7 6
43   Elias Panagiotounis 7 6
44   Ondřej Krajča 7 6
45   Jason Farmer 7 6
46   José Murado González 8 20 9 13 Ret WD 6
47   Luca Beltrame 8 Ret Ret 14 13 WD 4
48   José Luis Díaz Ret WD WD 8 4
49   Nicolò Gonella 8 Ret 4
50   Dale Moscatt 9 16 2
51   Marco Zortea 9 2
52   Elia De Guio 9 2
53   Borja Odriozola 9 2
54   Rodrigo Sanjuan de Eusebio 9 2
55   Marcelo Brizio 9 2
56   Radboud van Hoek 10 19 1
57   Battista Brunetti 10 1
58   Rodolfo del Barrio 10 1
59   João Jardim Pereira 10 1
60   Massimiliano Frau 10 1
61   Kristo Tamm 10 1
62   Nikos Intzoglou 10 1
63   Ruben Garcia 10 1
Pos. Driver MON
  		SWE
  		MEX
  		CRO
  		POR
  		ITA
  		KEN
  		EST
  		FIN
  		GRE
  		CHL
  		EUR
  		JPN
  		Points
Source:[67]
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Notes

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  1. ^ The Monte Carlo Rally is run on a tarmac and snow surface.
  2. ^ a b c Nikolay Gryazin is a Russian national, but competes as an Authorised Neutral Athlete in accordance with recommendations made by the International Olympic Committee, following a decision by the FIA to ban all connections with Russia following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[41][42]
  3. ^ a b c Konstantin Aleksandrov is a Russian national, but competes as an Authorised Neutral Athlete in accordance with recommendations made by the International Olympic Committee, following a decision by the FIA to ban all connections with Russia following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[41][42]
  4. ^ a b c d No Power Stage points were awarded for WRC-2 as the Power Stage was interrupted before all competitors could complete the stage.[65]

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