2022 Crystal Ball Predictions

[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.