2022 Crystal Ball Predictions

[AnttiL]

It's time again. Copypasted from last year:

5 predictions per person (please exercise some self-discipline in sticking to just 5)
Maximum 1 prediction related to Covid event cancellations/postponements/substitutions
Predictions need to be specific/measurable
Award for most of 5 predictions correct
Honour for the most extreme prediction that turns out to be correct

Deadline is 19th January, the last day to put predictions is the day before Monte starts.

[dupanton]

1 Breen WDC
2 Toyota Manufacturer champion.
3 a Rally2 car will finish top-5 on a rally.
4 Neuville or Tanak will leave Hyundai at the end of the season.
5 No frenchman will win a rally this year.

[Danny0405]

1. Each M-Sport regular driver (Breen, Fourmaux, Greensmith, Loeb) will make a podium within the season
2. At least 10 different drivers in a Puma Rally1 this year
3. At least 6 different drivers to win a rallye
4. Greensmith will beat Katsuta in the WDC.
5. Less than 10 drivers to compete in the WRC-3 championship.

[WRCStan]

1. Evans/Martin/Toyota Champions
2. Round 9 will be Germany
3. New Zealand will be cancelled
4. More than 10 stages will be red-flagged for spectators in dangerous positions and nobody will agree with the decisions
6. All season people will be confused about JWRC, WRC3 Junior and WRC2 Junior.

Replaced: 5. Near the end of the season FIA will announce new Rally1s for 2025.

[Hartusvuori]

1. Tänak will take the title.
2. Toyota manufacturer champion.
3. Breen will get his maiden win.
4. No new manufacturers for future seasons.
5. Ogier will win Monte.

[AnttiL]

1. Tänak will take the title.
2. Toyota manufacturer champion.
3. Breen will get his maiden win.
4. No new manufacturers for future seasons.
5. Ogier will win Monte.

Aaaand we have a winner here :D

[Hartusvuori]

Aaaand we have a winner here :D

What did I win?

[pantealex]

1) TGR is manu champion

2) 2 Finns will win a WRC rally 2022

3) NZ will not happen (sorry for that!)

4) 15 or more drivers to WRC3

5) Oliver Solberg will get Podium but Fergus Greensmith won´t

[tommeke_B]

1) Ogier competing mainly in events where road position will favor him, winning some of them.
2) Fourmaux scoring a first WRC win, on a tarmac event.
3) Each and every Hyundai Rally1 breaking into bits on Safari Rally.
4) Title fight between Evans, Breen and Neuville.
5) Paddon making a big comeback in WRC2 beating the competition (incl. Mikkelsen).

[WRCStan]

2) 2 Finns will win a WRC rally 2022

In the same car at the same time?

[Kaps]

Oh no, not another one of these threads...

[AnttiL]

Oh no, not another one of these threads...

You can just not read it

[pantealex]

In the same car at the same time?

if you accept it ;)

I meant 2 different Drivers not in same time in same car.

[AnttiL]

1. Tänak will be WDC
2. Fourmaux will get maiden podium, but not win
3. All three Rally1 cars will be equal with each other. To measure this, all cars will win at least 3 rallies or get at least 25% of stage wins.
4. WRC Calendar will run as it is currently announced (not counting round 9 as it's not confirmed yet)
5. None of the Rally1 drivers will have a co-driver change (force majeure substitutions not counting)

[Franky]

1. Loeb will get the taste for blood and changes his plans
2. NOT will post again in the Acropolis thread
3. WRC will get a new maiden champion
4. Fourmaux finishes ahead of Greensmith in standings
5. Katsuta won't be on podium in 2022

[TWRC]

1. New manufacturer to announce their intention to join.
2. Ford to do well all season, but ultimately they fall short of the manu title.
3. Rovanpera will step up and become the #1 at Toyota.
4. The championships will be decided on the last round.
5. Hyundai will miss the manu title, but Tänak will get the driver's.

[Mk2 RS2000]

1. Neuville will not win the Drivers Championship
2. Ford/MSport will lead the manufacturers championship at the mid point of the season
3. Paddon will run earn a recall to the Hyundai WRC team during the season
4. It will be announced that either Tanak or Neuville are leaving Hyundai before the season ends
5. Forum members who can make it will have a very enjoyable pre event get together in Auckland prior to the start of the Rally of NZ

[Humber]

1. Rovanpera to win most rounds/ power stages.
2. Rally2 cars win stages on more than one round, after hybrid units play up for Rally1 cars in cold and hot events.
3. At least one championship round cancelled at short notice due to extreme weather.
4. Germany at the end of August. (NZ/ Japan not run) Monza final round again. Opel Corsa-E electric rally cars run in Germany.
5. Chinese auto-manufacturer officials/ auto-engineers seen at European rounds. FIA puts on special host facilities for them at service parks.

[240RS]

1. Thierry Neuville will finally come good and pip Elfyn Evans to the WDC title.
2. Seb Ogier's cameo appearances enough to help secure Toyota another Manufacturers' crown.
3. Breen wins maiden WRC round.
4. Mohammed Bin Sulayem announces radical changes in rules related to vehicle categories.
5. FIA announce a round of the world championship for the Middle-East in 2023.

[EstWRC]

1. Ogier not winning on the events where he has a good starting position, cause every time the conditions are against him and says at stage ends: "all the years i was first on the road and had the worst conditions, now i start from back and still the same"
2. Evans and Neuville struggling to adapt to the new cars but get better as the season progresses.
3. Fourmaux leading an event and is close to winning it but something happens on the final day.
4. Breen gets his maiden win in Sweden but overall doesnt live up to the hype and expectations generated pre-season.
5. Tänak back to 18'-19' form and taking the title.

[skarderud]

1. Ford/Breen is sharp in the start of season, Tänak in the end.

2. Some changes in Hyundai lineup thru the season.

3. Toyota win manufacturer

4. Mikkelsen get a top-seat in a rally on short note due to illness, and grab the possibility with both hands

5. 2 topdrivers change teams at end of season

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[AnttiL]

5. Drivers change teams at end of season

What prediction is this? :D

[skarderud]

What prediction is this? :DNot to bombastic, but i have pinned it a little

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[becher]

1. Sunninen gets at least one start in a i20 Rally1.
2. Neuville becomes WDC.
3. Toyota becomes manufacturers champion.
4. Loeb wins Monte Carlo.
5. Breen won't win a WRC event.

[Gio]

1. Evans champion 2022
2. Toyota champion 2022
3. Last season of Hyundai
4. Katsuta wins his first rally in 2022
5. Five rally's will be 1-2-3 for Toyota

[focus206]

I will try quite specific predictions and not necessarily believable, let's see if I get even one correct :D
1. Neuville and Toyota champions
2. Ogier will win 2 rounds
3. Sordo will be on the podium in the last event of his season/career
4. M-Sport will be 3rd in the Manufacturer championship and win one round
5. Mikkelsen will drive a Puma for one or more rounds, not obtaining podiums

[Sulland]

1. Evans WC Drivers
2. Toyota WC Manufacurers
3. Ford will win a rally or more with Breen
4. Solberg on the podium in at least one rally.
5. Rally3 will surprize, and grow with 2 more manufacturers ready for 2023.

[spiderem]

1. One or more Rally1 will catch fire due to hybrid system (luckily no injuries)
2. Oliver Solberg to get his first podium
3. Craig Breen to get his first win
4. Dani Sordo to retire by the end of the season (actually i haven't checked if he had intend that already, so if it is an obvious one then disregard this point)
5. Something serious will happen at Hyundai (either manufacturer world champ or quit WRC)

[AnttiL]

4. Dani Sordo to retire by the end of the season (actually i haven't checked if he had intend that already, so if it is an obvious one then disregard this point)

https://www.automundo.com.ar/en/estrella-del-rally-mundial-anuncia-su-retiro/

Yes. Although we have seen before that rallying people change their minds about retiring...

[ouvreur]

2022 then...

1. A surprising candidate (from outside rallying at least) will be named TP / take on a senior role at Hyundai.
2. Oliver Solberg will finish on the podium at least once.
3. Sebastien Loeb's latest comeback won't be more than three events (including Monte), with no podium finishes.
4. At least two drivers will change co-driver during the year.
5. Yohan Rossel will win the WRC2 championship outright.

[greencroft]

1. 5 or more of the WRC1 cars contesting Monte Carlo either fail to finish the event or require SuperRally to do so due to technical issues.
2. Evans to be the first Welsh winner of the Drivers World Rally Championship.
3. Loeb to lead but not win in Monte Carlo.
4. Fourmaux to achieve his first WRC victory.
5. Neuville to lead the Drivers World Rally Championship but not end up winning it (again).

[Rallyper]

1. Oliver takes maiden win
2. Ott goes to Toyota after this season
3. Neuville WDC
4. Hyundai wins manu title
5. Loeb on podium at least one time

[pantealex]

1. Oliver takes maiden win
2. Ott goes to Toyota after this season
3. Neuville WDC
4. Hyundai wins manu title
5. Loeb on podium at least one time

Looks like you will get all 5 wrong ;)

but still nice try!

[Rallyper]

Looks like you will get all 5 wrong ;)

but still nice try!

It gets so boring if you predict what´s really gonna happen... ;) ;)

[Jewy46]

1 - An R5 (Rally2) car will finish 5th or higher twice this year
2 - Tanak's luck finally turns and the title fight will be between him, Evans & Rovanpera
3 - Paddon will make waves on the rallies he does and fights at the top in NZ
4 - Hyundai wont have named a replacement for Adamo until after Sweden
5 - Craig Breen will make "Flat to the Square Right" the most used phrase in Ireland as he becomes more famous due to good results! :)

[mknight]

1. Toyota manu champ
2. MSport driver not better than 4th in driver champ
3. MSport not worst scoring manu on every single round (like in 2021), Hyundai will be at least once
4. Two drivers get their first podium
5. Fourmaux beats Solberg in driver standings

[ferrial]

1. Tänak WDC
2. Tänak retires after this season
3. Toyota wins manufacturer´s title
4. There will be atleast 5 different rally winners in rally1 category this season
5. Breen beats Neuville in driver standings

[Rally Hokkaido]

OK, I'll try playing this game:
1/ A first time winner of Rallye Monte Carlo
2/ Neuville WDC
3/ However, Tanak scores more wins than Neuville
4/ All Toyotas suffer technical failures at one early season round
5/ Toyota President Toyoda participates in Rally Japan

[rp]

1. Evans takes Drivers title
2. Toyota takes Manufacurers title
3. Ford will win at least one WRC event
4. Breen takes his 1st WRC win
5. Fourmaux takes his 1st WRC podium

[seb_sh]

let's have some fun:

1. Ogier wins all rallies he enters
2. No driver wins more than 2 rallies except for Ogier
3. No major issues with the hybrid electric system
4. Split championships (winning driver is not from winning constructor)
5. No co-driver changes for full season Rally1 crews

[flat_right]

My first Crystal Ball Predictions

1. Tänak – most stage wins and WDC. Also, we won’t hear him complaining about not trusting the car/can’t go to the limit like in two previous seasons as now Hyundai behaves like he likes it.
2. Toyota - manufactures champions. Hyundai will lose it because Toyota’s 3rd drivers will do a better job.
3. Because of limited testing days and begin behind, Hyundai will do at least 3 local rallies with Rally 1 car.
4. Pirelli will be under pressure to build stronger tyres as the weight of the car has increased and there will be too many tyre problems.
5. Loeb will win a rally.

[atsiotras79]

1. Evans WDC
2. Breen will win a rally
3. R5 car to finish in top 5 overall in a rally
4. Rossel WC in WRC2
5. One of the Rally1 cars will get disqualified until middle season for technical irregularities 😂

[AnttiL]

3. Because of limited testing days and begin behind, Hyundai will do at least 3 local rallies with Rally 1 car.

Actually, one of my predictions could have been "Rally1 cars will not start events outside WRC"

[Eli]

1. Toyota wins World Constructor Championship again.
2. NZ gets dropped (unfortunately).
3. Fourmaux wins on Tarmac.
4. Deutschland gets it’s round back.
5. Rally1 cars will have hybrid related issued on the tough hot gravel rallies and Rally Sweden.

[Duvel]

1; Neuville to be world champ
2; Breen and Loeb both take a win
3; Paddon doing 2 drives in a Hyundai rally 1 car
4; Monza fils the emty calender spot in august
5; one crash this year where HY warnig lights will turn red

[Corcaíoch]

1. Toyota will win the manufacturers championship
2. Breen will get his first win but won't finish in the top 3 in the championship (hope I'm wrong!)
3. Fourmaux and Solberg both get their first podiums
4. Evans will win the Championship
5. At least 6 different drivers will win a round.

[AnttiL]

Remember, no more predictions, strict deadline at the start of shakedown (because it will tell something about the performance of the cars)

[TypeR]

1. Tänak WDC
2. Gryazin and Mikkelsen with Rally1 car on one rally
3. Breen more than one podium
4. Ogier 1 win this season
5. Hybrids will be better than everybody expected

[steve.mandzij]

Forgot to post before Monte but I'll be honest! Four predictions from me since one of my pre-monte assumptions was already wrong.

i. Greensmith will not win a stage all year...

1. Rovanperä WDC
2. Toyota WCC
3. Lappi crashes out of a battle for the win in Finland
4. Fourmaux nets two podiums, both on gravel, and helps M-Sport finish ahead of Hyundai in the team's championship.

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[Sal yet again]

Having to re-add the predictions I made as my old profile Sal the 2nd appears to have been removed...

1. Craig Breen WRC Drivers champion
2 M Sport/Ford Constructors Champions
3 Safari Rally will lose its place on the calendar after a significant security incident
4 A major review of the safety light system for the Rally 1 cars will be carried out after several significant incidents including both spectators and officials
5 Ogier will not win the Monte

[Rallyper]

Looks like you will get all 5 wrong ;)

but still nice try!

Not all wrong... One correct so far.

[Hüttünen]

So when Kalle will secure his first WDC? In New Zealand or maybe later in Catalunya? What kind of predictions made about this before the season? 🤔

[Eli]

So when Kalle will secure his first WDC? In New Zealand or maybe later in Catalunya? What kind of predictions made about this before the season? ��

Looks like New Zealand, unless Tänak can pull something special out of the bag.

[AnttiL]

NZ is still a quite long shot. Basically Kalle's only 100% sure way is to win the rally and power stage. Otherwise it depends on what Tänak does, and Kalle must have 8 more points than Tänak. Not easy with them having a similar road position, whether it's good or bad.

[Eli]

NZ is still a quite long shot. Basically Kalle's only 100% sure way is to win the rally and power stage. Otherwise it depends on what Tänak does, and Kalle must have 8 more points than Tänak. Not easy with them having a similar road position, whether it's good or bad.

It will all come down to if it rains or not before/during the event, the roads in NZ are similar in style to Finland, minus the jumps, so it could like you said go either way, hopefully both cars won't run into technical issues so we'll have a straight fight from the start until the end.

[AnttiL]

the roads in NZ are similar in style to Finland, minus the jumps

I would disagree ;) by average speeds the fastest stages in NZ are on the same pace as the slowest ones in Finland. I think the difference is down to the grip level and also more sinuous roads in NZ. But the similar thing with these two rallies is that the surface of the road is hard and durable for rallying, whereas all other gravel rallies are either rough, soft or muddy. NZ also has a lot less variance within the road profiles, it's more or less the same, whereas in Finland there's a clear difference of small/rough/slow roads and wide/firm/fast roads.

[Eli]

I would disagree ;) by average speeds the fastest stages in NZ are on the same pace as the slowest ones in Finland. I think the difference is down to the grip level and also more sinuous roads in NZ. But the similar thing with these two rallies is that the surface of the road is hard and durable for rallying, whereas all other gravel rallies are either rough, soft or muddy. NZ also has a lot less variance within the road profiles, it's more or less the same, whereas in Finland there's a clear difference of small/rough/slow roads and wide/firm/fast roads.

Yes average speed, it goes without saying, although it's relatively fast to what we just had in Greece but it has a natural flow like in Finland in it's wide/firm roads.

[AnttiL]

Yes average speed, it goes without saying, although it's relatively fast to what we just had in Greece but it has a natural flow like in Finland in it's wide/firm roads.

Yes but we're still in a different league in NZ. More like "smooth Portugal" or "Mexico without the altitude and rocks" or "Wales without mud".

[ferrial]

1. Tänak WDC
2. Tänak retires after this season
3. Toyota wins manufacturer´s title
4. There will be atleast 5 different rally winners in rally1 category this season
5. Breen beats Neuville in driver standings

1. wrong
2. Time will tell
3. correct
4. correct - Loeb, Rovanperä, Tänak, Neuville, Ogier
5. wrong

So, at the moment 2 correct answers out of 5, maybe 3.

[WRCStan]

1. Evans/Martin/Toyota Champions
2. Round 9 will be Germany
3. New Zealand will be cancelled
4. More than 10 stages will be red-flagged for spectators in dangerous positions and nobody will agree with the decisions
6. All season people will be confused about JWRC, WRC3 Junior and WRC2 Junior.

Replaced: 5. Near the end of the season FIA will announce new Rally1s for 2025.

On the brightside 4/5.

1. Correct! Evans or Martin or Toyota were champions.
2. Almost correct!
3. Partly correct! (WRC3)
4. Correct! Such that the FIA cancelled the tech the prediction was based on.
6. Likely Correct! Looks like FIA will be renaming WRC3 Junior back to Junior WRC (going off the regional changes announced yesterday)

(5. Correct (substitution made)!)

In reality 0/5.

[flat_right]

My first Crystal Ball Predictions

1. Tänak – most stage wins and WDC. Also, we won’t hear him complaining about not trusting the car/can’t go to the limit like in two previous seasons as now Hyundai behaves like he likes it.
2. Toyota - manufactures champions. Hyundai will lose it because Toyota’s 3rd drivers will do a better job.
3. Because of limited testing days and begin behind, Hyundai will do at least 3 local rallies with Rally 1 car.
4. Pirelli will be under pressure to build stronger tyres as the weight of the car has increased and there will be too many tyre problems.
5. Loeb will win a rally.

1. Hell no... quite the opposite sadly.
2. Yes and yes I think - Solberg was nowhere and if there had been someone like Sordo all year, then it could have been a different story.
3. Nope, not a single one.
4. Nope again. Actually Pirelli did quite a decent job this year. If you don't talk about them, then it means that the job was quite good.
5. Big YES! My crystal ball started so well!

[mknight]

1. Toyota manu champ
2. MSport driver not better than 4th in driver champ
3. MSport not worst scoring manu on every single round (like in 2021), Hyundai will be at least once
4. Two drivers get their first podium
5. Fourmaux beats Solberg in driver standings

1. Correct, easy pick both before season and now.
2. Correct, again much easier (Breen 7th!), note that at same time last year he was tipped for WDC
3. Correct, but Hyundai was worse only in Monte!, Toyota was worse in Sardinia and Greece, so "close".

4. Wrong, no new podiums (nobody of Fourmaux, Solberg, Greensmith or Loubet got a podium), might have been a bit optimistic as I thought new rules will be like 2017 with new drivers getting podiums due to bad reliability of cars and quicker adaptation. Instead it seemed like "new" drivers struggled, only Loubet improved.

5. Wrong, I was expecting Solberg to struggle but not Fourmaux (certainly not as much)

3/5

[Eli]

1. Toyota wins World Constructor Championship again.
2. NZ gets dropped (unfortunately).
3. Fourmaux wins on Tarmac.
4. Deutschland gets it’s round back.
5. Rally1 cars will have hybrid related issued on the tough hot gravel rallies and Rally Sweden.

1 Right
2 Wrong (Thankfully)
3 Wrong
4 Wrong
5 Right about Sweden, less about the hot rallies.
1.5/5- Worst prediction here I assume.

[becher]

1. Sunninen gets at least one start in a i20 Rally1.
2. Neuville becomes WDC.
3. Toyota becomes manufacturers champion.
4. Loeb wins Monte Carlo.
5. Breen won't win a WRC event.
1. Wrong.
2. Wrong, was more wishful thinking anyway.
3. Correct.
4. Correct!
5. Correct.

[AnttiL]

1. Tänak will be WDC
2. Fourmaux will get maiden podium, but not win
3. All three Rally1 cars will be equal with each other. To measure this, all cars will win at least 3 rallies or get at least 25% of stage wins.
4. WRC Calendar will run as it is currently announced (not counting round 9 as it's not confirmed yet)
5. None of the Rally1 drivers will have a co-driver change (force majeure substitutions not counting)

#4 correct, others wrong

[dupanton]

1 Breen WDC
2 Toyota Manufacturer champion.
3 a Rally2 car will finish top-5 on a rally.
4 Neuville or Tanak will leave Hyundai at the end of the season.
5 No frenchman will win a rally this year.

1 I couldn't be more wrong...
2 correct
3 close, Paddon got 6th in New Zealand
4 correct
5 wrong from the first rally

[Sulland]

pls see answers below


1. Evans WC Drivers,very wrong, not Evans best year
2. Toyota WC Manufacurers, ok
3. Ford will win a rally or more with Breen, correct, but not with Breen
4. Solberg on the podium in at least one rally. Wrong, but 4th
5. Rally3 will surprize, and grow with 2 more manufacturers ready for 2023. Wrong, but only with a few months for 1 new car. But it ia good car class for juniors,and gentleman drivers that understands their limitations.

[rp]

1. Evans takes Drivers title
2. Toyota takes Manufacurers title
3. Ford will win at least one WRC event
4. Breen takes his 1st WRC win
5. Fourmaux takes his 1st WRC podium

Bad predictions this year, but at least 2 was correct.

[skarderud]

1. Ford/Breen is sharp in the start of season, Tänak in the end.

2. Some changes in Hyundai lineup thru the season.

3. Toyota win manufacturer

4. Mikkelsen get a top-seat in a rally on short note due to illness, and grab the possibility with both hands

5. 2 topdrivers change teams at end of season

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1. Well, Tänak been sharp sometimes
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. no
5. We'll see, 1/2 atleast.

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[EstWRC]

1. Ogier not winning on the events where he has a good starting position, cause every time the conditions are against him and says at stage ends: "all the years i was first on the road and had the worst conditions, now i start from back and still the same"
2. Evans and Neuville struggling to adapt to the new cars but get better as the season progresses.
3. Fourmaux leading an event and is close to winning it but something happens on the final day.
4. Breen gets his maiden win in Sweden but overall doesnt live up to the hype and expectations generated pre-season.
5. Tänak back to 18'-19' form and taking the title.

1. well, in a way correct, he didnt win a gravel rally where had better position. got only one win and that actually where his starting position was worse as for others.
2. Right about Evans
3. lol so wrong
4. even i was too optimistic about him
5. Well, not really but definitely his best season with Hyundai and the car he had also say in development. he definitely proved that he hasnt lost anything what he had in 2019

[seb_sh]

let's have some fun:

1. Ogier wins all rallies he enters
2. No driver wins more than 2 rallies except for Ogier
3. No major issues with the hybrid electric system
4. Split championships (winning driver is not from winning constructor)
5. No co-driver changes for full season Rally1 crews

So my 'fun' predictions were predictably not true:

1. No
2. No, quite the opposite
3. In my mind if this was similar or less bothersome than power steering failure i would accept it, however there were too many issues and people retired because of it so it's a no.
4. No
5. No

0/5

[Corcaíoch]

1. Toyota will win the manufacturers championship
2. Breen will get his first win but won't finish in the top 3 in the championship (hope I'm wrong!)
3. Fourmaux and Solberg both get their first podiums
4. Evans will win the Championship
5. At least 6 different drivers will win a round.


Definitely was too optimistic for a more open season ...

1. Correct (admittedly an easy enough prediction)
2. Not even close to a win unfortunately but got the second part right
3. 6th place and 4th place was as close as they got but neither showed close to podium pace
4. Not remotely close either unfortunately
5. Almost - 5 different winners - really expected at least one of Evans, Lappi, Breen to also get a win.

1.5/5
Here's to next year!

[Rallyper]

1. Oliver takes maiden win
2. Ott goes to Toyota after this season
3. Neuville WDC
4. Hyundai wins manu title
5. Loeb on podium at least one time

1. Surely big no. = 0
2. Well, let´s see
3. No Neuville = 0
4. No, no ,no = 0
5. Yes, indeed = 1
Result 1 or 2/5 :) :)

[Franky]

1. Loeb will get the taste for blood and changes his plans
2. NOT will post again in the Acropolis thread
3. WRC will get a new maiden champion
4. Fourmaux finishes ahead of Greensmith in standings
5. Katsuta won't be on podium in 2022

Nearly got three out of five, but Katsuta's podium at home brought it down to two.

[eib1]

Nearly got three out of five, but Katsuta's podium at home brought it down to two.

Katsuta also had podium at Kenya

[Franky]

Katsuta also had podium at Kenya

Don't make it worse now :D Can't figure how I managed to blend that fact together with 2021 podium.

[Jewy46]

1 - An R5 (Rally2) car will finish 5th or higher twice this year
2 - Tanak's luck finally turns and the title fight will be between him, Evans & Rovanpera
3 - Paddon will make waves on the rallies he does and fights at the top in NZ
4 - Hyundai wont have named a replacement for Adamo until after Sweden
5 - Craig Breen will make "Flat to the Square Right" the most used phrase in Ireland as he becomes more famous due to good results! :)

1 - Nope
2 - Kind of, second half of the season and the fight was between Tanak and Rovanpera, Evans wasnt near
3 - He did well in the events he did, and won WRC2 easily in NZ but I was talking about Rally1
4 - Yes and still don't have one!!
5 - Unfortunately the results were not there for Craig in the second half of the season (first half actually wasnt that bad but people forget). Still the phrase is getting more and more used!! :)