2022 WRC News & Rumours

[PLuto]

For this year it is different. Each team (if they are registered) can nominate two drivers for WRC2 Teams Championship. Everybody, who wants to score points in WRC2 for driver (WRC2 Open) must make also individual registration.

[wyler]

For this year it is different. Each team (if they are registered) can nominate two drivers for WRC2 Teams Championship. Everybody, who wants to score points in WRC2 for driver (WRC2 Open) must make also individual registration.

Agreed! Point is: must they enter also as a personal team (spending 3k +10k) or can they join a registered team as 3rd+ driver (spending 3k as individual entry)?

[bandit12]

Agreed! Point is: must they enter also as a personal team (spending 3k +10k) or can they join a registered team as 3rd+ driver (spending 3k as individual entry)?

Where do you read that out now?

[wyler]

Where do you read that out now?

Earlier here from page 30 on -see posts like #307 i.e.-. I'm just rounding up the countless previous post of the last few days. go back a couple of pages, you see all these debates revolves around a) is a team limited to entering only 2 car? and so b) does a driver (say one doing wrc3 last year) have to enter his own team?

We kinda sorted out some, still those questions hang around...

[bandit12]

Thisnis really mindblowing

[WRCStan]

I'm not sure it's been said, but the World Rally Car won't have restrictions applied for 2022 as was widely believed, other than drivers who've scored manufacturers points in past 5 years can't drive them. This immediately rules Mikkelsen, Suninen, Paddon, Ostberg etc out, but maybe there is somebody out there willing to race for a win against the Rally1s if they don't perform and if they can get hold of a WRC. I'm not sure the owners club will be racing.

Wider question, who's likely to be seen in a WRC in 2022?

[AnttiL]

I'm not sure it's been said, but the World Rally Car won't have restrictions applied for 2022 as was widely believed, other than drivers who've scored manufacturers points in past 5 years can't drive them. This immediately rules Mikkelsen, Suninen, Paddon, Ostberg etc out, but maybe there is somebody out there willing to race for a win against the Rally1s if they don't perform and if they can get hold of a WRC. I'm not sure the owners club will be racing.

Wider question, who's likely to be seen in a WRC in 2022?

I thought there would be a restrictor…

[jonkka]

The official site motorsport.hyundai.com is still down after one month or more. Was paying the hosting one of Adamo's jobs? Doesn't anybody else find this odd?

Yes, very odd indeed. I don't see any logical explanation for the current situation, something's wrong.

[Kenneth]

I still don't really understand how these WRC2 entries work.

My understanding is that:

When team wants to compete in WRC2 Teams, they have to pay 10K fee. They have to have 2 drivers, but they don't have to pay anything, IF they wouldn't compete in driver's championship (WRC2 Open) . But they still can compete in driver's championship, if they pay 3K fee.

But if driver wants to compete in WRC2 Open (so driver's championship), they only need to pay 3K and don't have to compete for team.

Is that right?

[AnttiL]

I still don't really understand how these WRC2 entries work.

My understanding is that:

When team wants to compete in WRC2 Teams, they have to pay 10K fee. They have to have 2 drivers, but they don't have to pay anything, IF they wouldn't compete in driver's championship (WRC2 Open) . But they still can compete in driver's championship, if they pay 3K fee.

But if driver wants to compete in WRC2 Open (so driver's championship), they only need to pay 3K and don't have to compete for team.

Is that right?

I don’t understand it like this…