Katsuta like all other drivers can only drive 7 WRC2 rallies, there is very little point to drive other events with big number (bad road position)
but he has (almost) never driven Yaris WRC in tarmac, so Germany and Catalonia sounds bit weird.
is there not a loophole where they switch the driver and the co-driver on the official entry list, but let the driver do the actual driving?
or is there also a restriction on the number of rally's a codriver can do?
Yes.
Don't forget the current promoter is still obliged to do it's job until 2034 or whenever it is, or if they get wound up or bankrupt first. You'd need that before the FIA chat with...
I'm waiting for the Rally Croatia one, which is two months from now. That's frustrating.
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