2022 Crystal Ball Predictions

[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