[WRC] Rallye Monte Carlo 2022

**TypeR** · 16th December 2021, 13:12

First rally of the season + new cars.. pretty urgent to me

**AnttiL** · 17th December 2021, 17:43

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/door-...monte-entries/

**Andre Oliveira** · 17th December 2021, 17:50

https://www.rally.it/2021/12/75-iscr...-nomi-presenti

**Lancia Stratos** · 17th December 2021, 18:50

https://www.wrc.com/en/news/2021/wrc...t-monte-carlo/

**mknight** · 17th December 2021, 19:10

Well it's a bit bad that top of Rally2 is turning into a Fabia cup. Hyundai is basically missing, Gryazin gave up on Polo and sadly didn't go for Citroen.
Ford only has Cais ( why no Huttunen?).

**AnttiL** · 17th December 2021, 19:25

Calm down. Not everybody wants to do Monte.
Huttunen, Suninen, Paddon and Østberg likely starting their season later.

RS · 18th December 2021, 10:24

Originally Posted by mknight

Well it's a bit bad that top of Rally2 is turning into a Fabia cup. Hyundai is basically missing, Gryazin gave up on Polo and sadly didn't go for Citroen.
Ford only has Cais ( why no Huttunen?).

I imagine Gryazin has one eye on a new Fabia for mid 2022.

**mknight** · 18th December 2021, 10:46

Originally Posted by AnttiL

Calm down. Not everybody wants to do Monte.
Huttunen, Suninen, Paddon and Østberg likely starting their season later.

Hopefully.

Also seems like Suninen was testing but is not entered?

**AnttiL** · 19th December 2021, 06:20

https://www.rally-maps.com/Rallye-Monte-Carlo-2022

SS5+8 and power stage share same ending.
SS4+7 direction is weird

**tommeke_B** · 19th December 2021, 07:38

For SS4/7 there are two possible reasons I think. Maybe some safety concerns? If SS 4/7 would be reversed, it would be completely downhill all the way from the start to the finish, with an average descent of 6,2%. Maybe there were too many dangerous places towards the end in case of the downhill direction... The other possible reason is that TV-wise the time between SS3 & 4 would be too short if they ran them "in line".