The 2022 Monte Carlo Rally (also known as the 90e Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 20 and 23 January 2022.[2] It marked the ninetieth running of the Monte Carlo Rally, and was the first round of the 2022 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2022 event was based in Monaco solely.[3] The rally was consisted of seventeen special stages, covering a total competitive distance of 296.03 km (183.94 mi).[1]
| 2022 Monte Carlo Rally 90e Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo | ||
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Round 1 of 13 in the 2022 World Rally Championship
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 The Monte Carlo Rally is run on a mixture of tarmac and snow stages. | ||
| Host country |  Monaco[a] | |
| Rally base | Monte Carlo, Monaco | |
| Dates run | 20 – 23 January 2022 | |
| Start location | Quai Albert, Monaco | |
| Finish location | Casino Square, Monaco | |
| Stages | 17 (296.03 km; 183.94 miles)[1] | |
| Stage surface | Tarmac and snow | |
| Transport distance | 1,216.44 km (755.86 miles) | |
| Overall distance | 1,511.47 km (939.18 miles) | |
| Statistics | ||
| Crews registered | 74 | |
| Crews | 74 at start, 62 at finish | |
| Overall results | ||
| Overall winner |  Sébastien Loeb Isabelle Galmiche M-Sport Ford WRT3:00:32.8 | |
| Power Stage winner |  Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT8:35.8 | |
| Support category results | ||
| WRC-2 winner |  Andreas Mikkelsen Torstein Eriksen Toksport WRT3:12:06.6 | |
| WRC-3 winner | Sami Pajari Enni Mälkönen Sami Pajari 3:24:39.2 | |
Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia were the defending rally winners.[4] However, Ingrassia did not defend his title as he retired from the sport at the end of 2021 season.[5] Andreas Mikkelsen and Ola Fløene were the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category,[6] while Yohan Rossel and Benoît Fulcrand were the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category.[7]
Nine-time world champion Sébastien Loeb and Isabelle Galmiche won the rally. This was Loeb's eightieth rally victory and his first since the 2018 Rally Catalunya. The win also saw Loeb became the oldest driver to win a World Rally Championship event and Galmiche became the first female winner of a WRC fixture since 1997. Their team, M-Sport Ford WRT, won its first rally since the 2018 Wales Rally GB.[8] Mikkelsen successfully defended his title in the WRC-2 category with new co-driver Torstein Eriksen.[9] The Finnish crew of Sami Pajari and Enni Mälkönen won the WRC-3 category.[10]
Background edit
Entry list edit
The following crews entered into the rally. The event was opened to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3, and privateer entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. Eleven crews were entered under Rally1 regulations, as were twenty-one Rally2 crews in the World Rally Championship-2 and four Rally3 crews in the World Rally Championship-3.[11][12]
| No. | Driver | Co-Driver | Entrant | Car | Championship eligibility | Tyre |
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| 41 | Sami Pajari
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Enni Mälkönen
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Sami Pajari
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Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Open | P |
| 43 |  Enrico Brazzoli
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Manuel Fenoli
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Enrico Brazzoli
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Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Open | P |
| 45 |  Jan Černý
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Petr Černohorský
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Jan Černý
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Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Open | P |
| 64 |  Zoltán László
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Tamás Begala
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Zoltán László
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Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Open | P |
Itinerary edit
All dates and times are CET (UTC+1).
| Date | Time | No. | Stage name | Distance | |
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| 20 January | 09:31 | — | Sainte-Agnès – Peille [Shakedown] | 2.29 km | |
| 20:18 | SS1 | Lucéram – Lantosque | 15.20 km | ||
| 21:31 | SS2 | La Bollène-Vésubie – Moulinet | 23.25 km | ||
| 21 January | 09:14 | SS3 | Roure – Beuil 1 | 18.33 km | |
| 10:17 | SS4 | Guillaumes – Péone – Valberg 1 | 13.49 km | ||
| 11:35 | SS5 | Val-de-Chalvagne – Entrevaux 1 | 17.11 km | ||
| 14:16 | SS6 | Roure – Beuil 2 | 18.33 km | ||
| 15:19 | SS7 | Guillaumes – Péone – Valberg 2 | 13.49 km | ||
| 16:37 | SS8 | Val-de-Chalvagne – Entrevaux 2 | 17.11 km | ||
| 22 January | 08:17 | SS9 | Le Fugeret – Thorame-Haute | 16.80 km | |
| 10:08 | SS10 | Saint-Jeannet – Malijai 1 | 17.04 km | ||
| 11:16 | SS11 | Saint-Geniez – Thoard 1 | 20.79 km | ||
| 14:08 | SS12 | Saint-Jeannet – Malijai 2 | 17.04 km | ||
| 15:16 | SS13 | Saint-Geniez – Thoard 2 | 20.79 km | ||
| 23 January | 08:45 | SS14 | La Penne – Collongues 1 | 19.37 km | |
| 10:08 | SS15 | Briançonnet – Entrevaux 1 | 14.26 km | ||
| 10:53 | SS16 | La Penne – Collongues 2 | 19.37 km | ||
| 12:18 | SS17 | Briançonnet – Entrevaux 2 [Power Stage] | 14.26 km | ||
| Source:[1] | |||||
Report edit
WRC Rally1 edit
Classification edit
Special stages edit
Championship standings edit
| Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | Manufacturers' championships | |||||||||
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| Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | ||||
| 1 | 
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Sébastien Loeb | 27 |
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Isabelle Galmiche | 27 |
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M-Sport Ford WRT | 42 | |||
| 2 |
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Sébastien Ogier | 19 |
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Benjamin Veillas | 19 |
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Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | 39 | |||
| 3 |
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Kalle Rovanperä | 17 |
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Jonne Halttunen | 17 |
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Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | 13 | |||
| 4 |
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Craig Breen | 15 |
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Paul Nagle | 15 |
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Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG | 8 | |||
| 5 |
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Thierry Neuville | 11 |
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Martijn Wydaeghe | 11 | ||||||
WRC-2 Rally2 edit
Classification edit
Special stages edit
Championship standings edit
| Pos. | Open Drivers' championships | Open Co-drivers' championships | Teams' championships | Junior Drivers' championships | Junior Co-drivers' championships | Driver Masters' championships | Co-driver Masters' championships | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | Move | Driver | Points | Move | Driver | Points | Move | Driver | Points | ||||||||
| 1 |
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Andreas Mikkelsen | 26 |
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Torstein Eriksen | 26 |
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Yaco ACCR Team | 30 |
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Erik Cais | 25 |
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Louis Louka | 25 |
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Mauro Miele | 25 |
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Laurent Magat | 25 | |||||||
| 2 |
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Erik Cais | 18 |
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Petr Těšínský | 18 |
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Toksport WRT | 30 |
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Nikolay Gryazin | 18 |
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Olivier Burri | 18 |
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Michael Joseph Morrissey | 18 | ||||||||||
| 3 |
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Nikolay Gryazin | 15 |
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Konstantin Aleksandrov | 15 |
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Saintéloc Junior Team | 15 |
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Grégoire Munster | 15 |
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Freddy Loix | 15 |
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Philippe Marchetto | 15 | ||||||||||
| 4 |
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Sean Johnston | 12 |
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Alex Kihurani | 12 |
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Chris Ingram | 12 |
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Jean-Michel Raoux | 12 |
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Michela Lorigiola | 12 | |||||||||||||
| 5 |
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Grégoire Munster | 12 |
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Louis Louka | 12 |
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Eamonn Boland | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
WRC-3 Rally3 edit
Classification edit
| Position | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Entrant | Car | Time | Difference | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Class | Open | |||||||
| 22 | 1 | 41 | Sami Pajari | Enni Mälkönen | Sami Pajari | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 3:24:39.2 | 0.0 | 25 |
| 23 | 2 | 45 | Jan Černý | Petr Černohorský | Jan Černý | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 3:24:46.8 | +7.6 | 18 |
| 3 | 3 | 43 | Enrico Brazzoli | Manuel Fenoli | Enrico Brazzoli | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 3:43:55.2 | +19:16.0 | 15 |
| Retired SS13 | 64 | Zoltán László | Tamás Begala | Zoltán László | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Withdrawn | 0 | ||
Special stages edit
| Stage | Open Championship | ||||
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| Winners | Car | Time | Class leaders | ||
| SS1 | Černý / Černohorský | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 12:24.8 | Černý / Černohorský | |
| SS2 | Černý / Černohorský | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 17:42.0 | ||
| SS3 | Pajari / Mälkönen | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 11:27.0 | ||
| SS4 | Pajari / Mälkönen | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 8:33.3 | ||
| SS5 | Černý / Černohorský | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 12:18.0 | ||
| SS6 | Pajari / Mälkönen | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 11:13.1 | ||
| SS7 | Pajari / Mälkönen | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 8:21.8 | ||
| SS8 | Černý / Černohorský | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 12:38.7 | ||
| SS9 | Černý / Černohorský | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 10:25.9 | ||
| SS10 | Pajari / Mälkönen | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 10:31.7 | ||
| SS11 | Stage cancelled | ||||
| SS12 | Pajari / Mälkönen | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 10:21.5 | Pajari / Mälkönen | |
| SS13 | Černý / Černohorský | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 16:34.7 | ||
| SS14 | Pajari / Mälkönen | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 12:47.6 | ||
| SS15 | Pajari / Mälkönen | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 10:16.1 | ||
| SS16 | Pajari / Mälkönen | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 12:45.8 | ||
| SS17 | Černý / Černohorský | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 9:51.9 | ||
Championship standings edit
| Pos. | Open Drivers' championships | Open Co-drivers' championships | ||||||
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| Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | |||
| 1 |
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Sami Pajari | 25 |
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Enni Mälkönen | 25 | ||
| 2 |
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Jan Černý | 18 |
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Petr Černohorský | 18 | ||
| 3 |
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Enrico Brazzoli | 15 |
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Manuel Fenoli | 15 | ||
Notes edit
- ^ Although the rally was run in France, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile does not consider France to be the host nation.
- ^ Nikolay Gryazin is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor using the designation RAF (Russian Automobile Federation), as the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a ban on Russia competing at World Championships. The ban was implemented by the World Anti-Doping Agency in response to state-sponsored doping program of Russian athletes.
- ^ Konstantin Aleksandrov is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor using the designation RAF (Russian Automobile Federation), as the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a ban on Russia competing at World Championships. The ban was implemented by the World Anti-Doping Agency in response to state-sponsored doping program of Russian athletes.
References edit
- ^ a b c "Itinerary Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 2022". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ "WRC roars into hybrid era with expanded 2022 calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 15 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ "Monaco base for new-look Rallye Monte-Carlo". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 24 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "Ogier claims record eighth Monte-Carlo victory". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 24 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ Barry, Luke (7 October 2021). "Ogier and Ingrassia's partnership to end after 2021". dirtfish.com. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "WRC2: Mikkelsen's dream start in Monte-Carlo". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 24 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ "WRC3: Rossel clinches maiden victory in Monte". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 24 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ "Record-breaking Loeb snatches dramatic Rallye Monte-Carlo". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 23 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ "WRC2: Mikkelsen's title defence off to flying start". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 23 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ "Pajari secures victory on WRC3 debut". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 23 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ "Entry List Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 2022". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ "Monte Carlo Rally 2022 Entry List". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
External links edit
- Official website (in French and English)
- 2022 Monte Carlo Rally at eWRC-results.com
- 2022 Monte Carlo Rally at rally-maps.com (in English, German, and Polish)