The 2022 Rally Estonia was a motor racing event for rally cars held over four days between 14 and 17 July 2022.[2] It marked the twelfth running of the Rally Estonia. The event was the seventh round of the 2022 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2022 event was based in Tartu of Tartu County and was contested over 24 special stages covering a total competitive distance of 313.84 km (195.01 mi).[1]
| 2022 Rally Estonia Rally Estonia 2022 | |||
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Round 7 of 13 in the 2022 World Rally Championship
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 Rally Estonia was the biggest motorsport event in the Baltic states. | |||
| Host country |  Estonia | ||
| Rally base | Tartu, Tartu County | ||
| Dates run | 14 – 17 July 2022 | ||
| Start location | Tartu, Tartu County | ||
| Finish location | Leigo Lakes | ||
| Stages | 24 (313.84 km; 195.01 miles)[1] | ||
| Stage surface | Gravel | ||
| Transport distance | 1,172.93 km (728.82 miles) | ||
| Overall distance | 1,486.77 km (923.84 miles) | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Crews registered | 43 | ||
| Crews | 42 at start, 33 at finish | ||
| Overall results | |||
| Overall winner |  Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT2:54:29.0 | ||
| Power Stage winner | Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 9:18.2 | ||
| Support category results | |||
| WRC-2 winner |  Andreas Mikkelsen Torstein Eriksen Toksport WRT3:05:30.8 | ||
| WRC-3 winner | Sami Pajari Enni Mälkönen 3:13:58.6 | ||
| J-WRC winner | Sami Pajari Enni Mälkönen 3:13:58.6 | ||
Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen were the defending rally winners. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[3] Andreas Mikkelsen and Ola Fløene were the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category.[4] Aleksey Lukyanuk and Yaroslav Fedorov were the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category.[5] In the junior category, Sami Pajari and Marko Salminen were the defending winners.[6]
Rovanperä and Halttunen successfully defended their titles, so as their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT.[7] Mikkelsen and Torstein Eriksen won the World Rally Championship-2 category.[8] Pajari and Enni Mälkönen won the World Rally Championship-3 category as well as the junior class.[9][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 were entered under Rally1 regulations, as were nineteen Rally2 crews in the World Rally Championship-2 and seven Rally3 crews in the World Rally Championship-3.[11][12]
| No. | Driver | Co-Driver | Entrant | Car | Championship eligibility | Tyre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 |  Jon Armstrong
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 Brian Hoy
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Jon Armstrong
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Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Junior | P |
| 43 | Lauri Joona
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Mikael Korhonen
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Lauri Joona
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Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Open, Junior | P |
| 45 | Sami Pajari
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Enni Mälkönen
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Sami Pajari
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Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Open, Junior | P |
| 46 | Robert Virves
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 Julia Thulin
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Starter Energy Racing
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Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Junior | P |
| 47 | William Creighton
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Liam Regan
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Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy
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Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Open, Junior | P |
| 48 | Roope Korhonen
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Anssi Viinikka
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Roope Korhonen
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Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Open | P |
| 49 |  McRae Kimathi
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Mwangi Kioni
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McRae Kimathi
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Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Open, Junior | P |
Itinerary edit
All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3).
| Date | Time | No. | Stage name | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 July | 9:01 | — | Abissaare [Shakedown] | 6.23 km |
| 20:38 | SS1 | Visit Estonia Tartu 1 | 1.66 km | |
| 15 July | 7:45 | SS2 | Peipsiääre 1 | 24.35 km |
| 8:43 | SS3 | Mustvee 1 | 17.09 km | |
| 10:26 | SS4 | Raanitsa 1 | 21.45 km | |
| 11:29 | SS5 | Vastsemõisa 1 | 6.70 km | |
| 15:16 | SS6 | Peipsiääre 2 | 24.35 km | |
| 16:14 | SS7 | Mustvee 2 | 17.09 km | |
| 17:57 | SS8 | Raanitsa 2 | 21.45 km | |
| 19:00 | SS9 | Vastsemõisa 2 | 6.70 km | |
| 16 July | 9:03 | SS10 | Elva 1 | 11.73 km |
| 10:16 | SS11 | Mäeküla 1 | 10.27 km | |
| 11:08 | SS12 | Otepää 1 | 17.08 km | |
| 12:02 | SS13 | Neeruti 1 | 7.60 km | |
| 15:08 | SS14 | Elva 2 | 11.73 km | |
| 16:16 | SS15 | Mäeküla 2 | 10.27 km | |
| 17:08 | SS16 | Otepää 2 | 17.08 km | |
| 18:02 | SS17 | Neeruti 2 | 7.60 km | |
| 19:08 | SS18 | Toyota Tartu 2 | 1.66 km | |
| 17 July | 6:48 | SS19 | Tartu Vald 1 | 6.56 km |
| 8:16 | SS20 | Kanepi 1 | 16.48 km | |
| 9:08 | SS21 | Kambja 1 | 15.95 km | |
| 11:00 | SS22 | Tartu Vald 2 | 6.56 km | |
| 12:28 | SS23 | Kanepi 2 | 16.48 km | |
| 14:18 | SS24 | Kambja 2 [Power Stage] | 15.95 km | |
| Source:[1] | ||||
Report edit
WRC Rally1 edit
Classification edit
Special stages edit
Championship standings edit
| Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | Manufacturers' championships | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | ||||
| 1 | 
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Kalle Rovanperä | 175 |
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Jonne Halttunen | 175 |
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Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | 298 | |||
| 2 |
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Thierry Neuville | 92 |
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Martijn Wydaeghe | 92 |
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Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | 211 | |||
| 3 |  3
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Elfyn Evans | 79 | 3
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Scott Martin | 79 |
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M-Sport Ford WRT | 156 | |||
| 4 |  1
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Ott Tänak | 77 | 1
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Martin Järveoja | 77 |
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Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG | 79 | |||
| 5 | 1
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Takamoto Katsuta | 73 | 1
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Aaron Johnston | 73 | ||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | Move | Driver | Points | Move | Driver | Points | Move | Driver | Points | ||||||||
| 1 | 3
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Andreas Mikkelsen | 79 | 3
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Torstein Eriksen | 79 |
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Toksport WRT | 112 |
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Chris Ingram | 67 |
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James Fulton | 93 |
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Mauro Miele | 86 |
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Laurent Magat | 75 | |||||||
| 2 | 1
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Kajetan Kajetanowicz | 66 | 1
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Maciej Szczepaniak | 66 | 1
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Hyundai Motorsport N | 91 |
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Nikolay Gryazin | 61 |
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Louis Louka | 43 |
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Jean-Michel Raoux | 52 |
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Michael Joseph Morrissey | 36 | |||||||
| 3 | 1
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Yohan Rossel | 63 | 1
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Valentin Sarreaud | 52 | 1
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Toksport WRT 2 | 58 | 3
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Emil Lindholm | 58 |
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Elia De Guio | 25 |
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Freddy Loix | 40 |
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Michela Lorigiola | 30 | |||||||
| 4 | 1
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Nikolay Gryazin | 52 | 1
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Konstantin Aleksandrov | 52 |
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Yaco ACCR Team | 50 | 3
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Georg Linnamäe | 47 |
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Samu Vaaleri | 25 |
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Olivier Burri | 33 |
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Jörgen Fornander | 25 | |||||||
| 5 | 1
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Jari Huttunen | 45 | 1
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Mikko Lukka | 45 |
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Saintéloc Junior Team | 40 | 2
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Erik Cais | 45 |
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Fabrizio Arengi | 28 |
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Hans van Goor | 25 | ||||||||||
WRC-3 Rally3 edit
Classification edit
| Position | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Entrant | Car | Time | Difference | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Class | Open | Junior | Stage | |||||||
| 16 | 1 | 45 | Sami Pajari | Enni Mälkönen | Sami Pajari | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 3:13:58.6 | 0.0 | 25 | 25 | 4 |
| 17 | 2 | 46 | Robert Virves | Julia Thulin | Starter Energy Racing | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 3:14:13.5 | +14.9 | — | 18 | 17 |
| 18 | 3 | 41 | Jon Armstrong | Brian Hoy | Jon Armstrong | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 3:14:58.0 | +59.4 | — | 15 | 3 |
| 21 | 4 | 43 | Lauri Joona | Mikael Korhonen | Lauri Joona | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 3:16:14.3 | +2:15.7 | 18 | 12 | 1 |
| 23 | 5 | 47 | William Creighton | Liam Regan | Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 3:17:44.9 | +3:46.3 | 15 | 10 | 0 |
| 29 | 6 | 49 | McRae Kimathi | Mwangi Kioni | McRae Kimathi | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 3:53:12.2 | +39:13.6 | 12 | 8 | 0 |
| 33 | 7 | 48 | Roope Korhonen | Anssi Viinikka | Roope Korhonen | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 4:28:46.9 | +1:14:48.3 | 10 | — | — |
Special stages edit
Championship standings edit
| Pos. | Open Drivers' championships | Open Co-drivers' championships | Junior Drivers' championships | Junior Co-drivers' championships | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | |||||
| 1 |
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Sami Pajari | 87 |
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Enni Mälkönen | 87 | 2
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Sami Pajari | 85 | 2
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Enni Mälkönen | 85 | ||||
| 2 | 3
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Lauri Joona | 61 |
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Mikael Korhonen | 61 | 1
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Jon Armstrong | 85 | 1
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Brian Hoy | 85 | ||||
| 3 | 1
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McRae Kimathi | 57 | 2
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Liam Regan | 45 | 1
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Robert Virves | 84 | 1
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Mikael Korhonen | 79 | ||||
| 4 | 3
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William Creighton | 45 |
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Tamás Kürti | 43 | 2
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Lauri Joona | 79 |
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Aleks Lesk | 49 | ||||
| 5 | 2
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Jan Černý | 43 | 1
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Mwangi Kioni | 42 |
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William Creighton | 38 |
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Liam Regan | 38 | ||||
Notes edit
- ^ Nikolay Gryazin is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor using the ANA flag as Russian national emblems were banned by the association due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[13]
- ^ Konstantin Aleksandrov is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor using the ANA flag as Russian national emblems were banned by the association due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[13]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Itinerary Rally Estonia 2022". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ^ "WRC roars into hybrid era with expanded 2022 calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 15 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ "Record-breaking Rovanperä triumphs in Estonia". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ^ "WRC2: Mikkelsen reclaims winning form". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ^ "Lukyanuk completes WRC3 Annihilation". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "Pajari bags maiden junior win". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ "Dazzling Rovanperä triumphs in Estonia". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
- ^ "WRC2 win relights Mikkelsen's title hopes". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
- ^ "Pajari holds on for WRC3 glory". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
- ^ "Pajari's juniot WRC win sets up final round thriller". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
- ^ "Entry List Rally Estonia 2022". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ^ "Rally Estonia 2022 Entry List". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
- ^ a b "FIA announces World Motor Sport Council decisions in relation to the situation in Ukraine". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
External links edit
- Official website (in Estonian and English)
- 2022 Rally Estonia at eWRC-results.com
- 2022 Rally Estonia at rally-maps.com (in English, German, and Polish)