2022 WRC News & Rumours

**AnttiL** · 7th January 2022, 13:15

Like mentioned, Breen has tested a lot more the new car than Toyota guys.

**wyler** · 7th January 2022, 13:34

italian media rumors on 2024 calendar: (reported interview from rallit.fi)

Jan Stovicek, president of czech motorsport federation and fia council memeber, aiming to set up a 3 nation event between germany, austria and czech republic (roughly around rally 3 stadte rally) for wrc 2024.
plan b a czech only round 2024/25

**Kenneth** · 7th January 2022, 15:59

Yes, he also said in interview that he is looking to bring Czech round into WRC in 3 years.

**Mirek** · 7th January 2022, 16:21

Originally Posted by wyler

italian media rumors on 2024 calendar: (reported interview from rallit.fi)

Jan Stovicek, president of czech motorsport federation and fia council memeber, aiming to set up a 3 nation event between germany, austria and czech republic (roughly around rally 3 stadte rally) for wrc 2024.
plan b a czech only round 2024/25

That's why 3 Städte is part of Czech championship this year.

On the Czech side of the border there is Rallye Český Krumlov with some of the best stages we have. I'm only afraid that the craziest one Malonty is way too fast for an WRC event.

Český Krumlov is also a great place for prezentation of the country. There are accomodation capacities in the region and there are also several airports in reach (smaller ones but close in Linz and České Budějovice) or a large one in Vienna which is not that far.

If someone is interested, this is Malonty stage I wrote about: https://www.facebook.com/JanKopeckyO...3077913548617/

**doubled1978** · 7th January 2022, 19:05

Originally Posted by Mirek

That's why 3 Städte is part of Czech championship this year.

On the Czech side of the border there is Rallye Český Krumlov with some of the best stages we have. I'm only afraid that the craziest one Malonty is way too fast for an WRC event.

Český Krumlov is also a great place for prezentation of the country. There are accomodation capacities in the region and there are also several airports in reach (smaller ones but close in Linz and České Budějovice) or a large one in Vienna which is not that far.

If someone is interested, this is Malonty stage I wrote about: https://www.facebook.com/JanKopeckyO...3077913548617/

Good stage..

**Kenneth** · 10th January 2022, 01:30

Jan Stovicek confirmed this for Czech newspaper E15 - he said that works for 2024 3 stadte WRC event are beginning, plan B is Barum Rally Zlin.

**EstWRC** · 10th January 2022, 09:23

Put it to Ott Tänak that Hyundai Motorsport starts the 2022 season on the back foot and he’s right back at you with one question. It’s the same question that everybody is asking. Right now, it’s the only question in the World Rally Championship.

In under a fortnight, we’ll have some answers. Today, nobody knows.

“How can anybody predict?” Tänak asks DirtFish. “It’s very hard to predict where we will be. We’ve been focusing on our own job to be happy ourselves. We do our own thing and when we go to the competition we will see how we compare to the other people.”

Last season, the Estonian’s frustrations with technical issues were clear to see. And hear. His words when the wipers failed in Kenya were telling: “The quality is amazing…”

This week the 2019 world champion’s tone and attitude couldn’t be more different.

He’s heard all the stories, all the rumors about where his i20 N Rally1 might or might not be in comparison to M-Sport’s Ford Puma and Toyota’s all-new hybrid Yaris. But he’s not interested in such talk. He’s interested in demonstrating his faith and appreciation in the team back at base in Alzenau.

“The team has done the maximum,” he said. “They have been flat out through all of the weekends and through all of the holidays. It’s not just about paying credit to [their efforts] it’s about the amazing job they have done [with the car].

“We have done everything we could and the guys have even done sometimes a bit more than the reality allows. Now we have one test session left before Monte and we will take the best we can out of that.

“OK, I guess you can always be in a better position – it’s the same for everybody – but honestly the team has done everything.”

Tänak, like his team-mate Thierry Neuville, refused to be drawn on who he wanted for a team principal at the top of the Hyundai Motorsport tree.

All Tänak would say is that he’s keen to see a resolution to the identity of Andrea Adamo’s successor sooner rather than later.

“People are missing the principal here in the team,” he said. “The things are critical with many new things and it’s important to have somebody [like Adamo] who is pushing the doors. People are working flat out here and that’s why the team principal is needed.

“I know the guys from Korea are working flat out on this topic, let’s see soon.”

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/tanak...eason-efforts/

**TypeR** · 10th January 2022, 10:50

Any info about Toyota's recce cars? Will they use Yaris GRs now?

**rallyfiend** · 10th January 2022, 11:22

Originally Posted by TypeR

Any info about Toyota's recce cars? Will they use Yaris GRs now?

They already started using them in Monza, I think?

**bearclaw** · 10th January 2022, 12:28

Originally Posted by Kenneth

Jan Stovicek confirmed this for Czech newspaper E15 - he said that works for 2024 3 stadte WRC event are beginning, plan B is Barum Rally Zlin.

...that sounds promising – hopefully Austria is also onboard. Maybe Red Bull will be a part of it – this year’s WRC presentation will take place at Red Bull’s Hangar-7 in Salzburg - you never know.

Are they going into the Rally Cesky Krumlov region or the Rallye Šumava Klatovy area?

Like Mirek said, Linz Airport is quite small but with good connection to Frankfurt Int. airport. There is the new S10 motorway or expressway form Linz to Freistadt. It’s just a 1h20’ drive from Airport Linz to the main region from Rally Cesky Krumlov. In Linz there are also a really good amount of hotels in every variety. From Linz to the stages of the 3 Städte Rally 2021 it’s reachable also in 1h20’.

It’s funny because in the last few weeks before Christmas I was working on a WRC fantasy event at Czech Republic and Austria on asphalt. I used several Jänner Rallye stages and a combination of Rally Cesky Krumlov stages with the event base in Linz. But I also have some concerns that some stages are too fast for WRC cars.

https://www.mapfab.com/map/AVEj/FANT...CZ-2023-Tarmac

I posted this a few years ago, that I was working also on a fantasy Rally with border crossing between the Czech Republic and Austria but this was a mixed event with gravel and asphalt day in Austria and one day on the Rally Cesky Krumlov stages on the Czech side.

https://www.motorsportforums.com/sho...=1#post1207467

Maybe a dream come true and there is a new WRC event next to where I live.