2022 WRC News & Rumours

[WRCStan]

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?

The line between the rules and what goes is blurred, and also whether these rules are what was agreed. I don't believe the season will start without at least one rule being corrected. Probably best to email the rally department if you're thinking of running.

The rules say drivers don't have to compete in the team's championship, but a registered team has to enter the driver if the driver wants to score in the open championship. Driver's don't appear to have to be registered in the open Championship to score for the teams, but all drivers do have to pay €3000 registration fees (table, p102). Drivers don't have to be entered by a team to score in the WRC2 Masters Cup but these drivers do have to be registered in the WRC2 Open Championship in which they won't score unless they were entered by a team. The Masters Cup is an additional €3000 registration.

So registration for a driver who just wants to drive alone in the open championship is €3000 plus €10,000 for their own team to enter themselves in. A loophole-type flaw here has been discussed over several recent pages, which I believe is against the rules but was allowed last year.

Hopefully bandit12 will explain it clearer, or banish us to a new thread.

[dimviii]

Opens&Tightens
@OpensTightens

TEST DAY WITH TOYOTA GAZOO RACING!

In Spain Flag of Spain #RicardoCordero and #MarcoHernández were testing the #ToyotaYarisWRC in the company of #JariMattiLatvala, director of the #WRC champion team who was surprised by his level!

[Andre Oliveira]

Dia de los inocentes (like April fool).

[dimviii]

M-Sport Ford’s Gus Greensmith is convinced the World Rally Championship’s Rally1 hybrid machines will prove to be “quite a lot faster” than the previous generation of cars.

https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/g...utm_content=uk

[dimviii]

Østberg’s co-driver Eriksen to partner WRC2 rival Mikkelsen in 2022

Long-time gravel crew member Patrik Barth will navigate for Østberg next year
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/ostbe...elsen-in-2022/

[Rallyper]

Østberg’s co-driver Eriksen to partner WRC2 rival Mikkelsen in 2022

Long-time gravel crew member Patrik Barth will navigate for Østberg next year
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/ostbe...elsen-in-2022/

I didn´t see that coming...

[AnttiL]

2021 WRC2 driver and co-driver champions now in the same car

[rallyfiend]

I didn´t see that coming...

I guess it's only logical given that Andres has a drive and Mads doesn't.

Allegedly Citroen are done with him....

[mknight]

I guess it's only logical given that Andres has a drive and Mads doesn't.

Allegedly Citroen are done with him....

Haven't seen this but it is entirely possible.

Biggest reason: Rossel won WRC3 and is going to WRC2 and is French + Camilli doing great in Spain

On top of that his post Estonia/pre Acropolis comments. Historically PSA manus don't like that sort of thing at all.

If true it's a bit surprising Gryazin isn't driving for Citroen then though.

[Tom K]

So first start of the year Mikkelsen will do with... Floene In Dakar.