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Draft:2024 WRC Masters Cup

The 2024 WRC Masters Cup is the second season of WRC Masters Cup, an auto racing championship for rally cars that is recognized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. The cup is open to drivers and co-drivers over 50 years of age and may enter in any eligible WRC car except Rally1.

Calendar

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A map showing the locations of the rallies in the 2024 championship. Event headquarters are marked with black dots.

The 2024 season is scheduled to be contested over thirteen rounds crossing Europe, Africa, South America and Asia.

Round Start date Finish date Rally Rally headquarters Surface Stages Distance Ref.
1 25 January 28 January   Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo Gap, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France Mixed[a] 17 324.44 km [1]
2 15 February 18 February   Rally Sweden Umeå, Västerbotten County, Sweden Snow 18 300.10 km [2]
3 28 March 31 March   Safari Rally Kenya Nairobi, Nakuru County, Kenya Gravel 19 355.92 km [3]
4 18 April 21 April   Croatia Rally Zagreb, Croatia Tarmac 20 283.28 km [4]
5 9 May 12 May   Rally de Portugal Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal Gravel 22 337.04 km [5]
6 30 May 2 June   Rally Italia Sardegna Alghero, Sardinia, Italy Gravel 16 266.12 km [6]
7 27 June 30 June   Rally Poland Mikołajki, Warmian–Masurian, Poland Gravel 19 304.10 km [7]
8 18 July 21 July   Rally Latvia Liepāja, Kurzeme Planning Region, Latvia Gravel 20 300.13 km [8]
9 1 August 4 August   Rally Finland Jyväskylä, Central Finland, Finland Gravel 20 305.69 km [9]
10 5 September 8 September   Acropolis Rally Greece Lamia, Central Greece, Greece Gravel 15 303.17 km [10]
11 26 September 29 September   Rally Chile Concepción, Biobío, Chile Gravel 16 307.48 km [11]
12 17 October 20 October   Central European Rally Bad Griesbach, Bavaria, Germany Tarmac TBA TBA
13 21 November 24 November   Rally Japan Toyota, Aichi, Japan Tarmac TBA TBA
Sources:[12][13]

Calendar changes

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The championship was expected to be expanded to fourteen rounds,[14] however WRC Promoter GmbH retained the existing total of thirteen events with the reasoning that it would aid participation of more Rally1 cars.[15]

 
The headquarter of the Rally Liepāja at night in 2015.

The WRC Promoter GmbH is also working on the two key calendar expansions for the future.[23]

  • Progress has been made for the candidate event in the United States, a location that was also aiming to join the championship in 2024.[24]
  • The other key expansion is Rally China, which was last featured in 1999. The rally was also scheduled to be held in 2016, but it was ultimately cancelled due to the damage caused by the 2016 China floods.[25]

In addition, the candidate list also include the event in Saudi Arabia,[26] where it aims at a 2025 calendar slot.[27] The rally is a part of WRC Promoter GmbH's plan to deliver a desert event.[28] Rally Argentina is also bidding to return to the championship.[29]

Other changes

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  • The organizers of the Monte Carlo Rally are set to relocate its headquarters back to Gap in France.[30] The rally was previously based in Monaco.[31]
  • The Kenyan Rally, which took place in June in the previous three seasons, will move ahead to March at the weekend of Easter as the third round of the season.[32]
  • The running date of the Central European Rally was moved two weeks earlier with a headquarter change to avoid the clash with All Saints' Day.[33]

Entries

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The following crews are set to enter the 2024 WRC Masters Cup:

Rally2 and R5 entries
Car Entrant Driver Co-Driver Rounds
Citroën C3 Rally2   Pierre Lafay   Pierre Lafay   Charlyne Quartini 5–6
Ford Fiesta R5   Patrick Déjean   Patrick Déjean   Yannick Jammes 5
  Carl Tundo   Carl Tundo   Tim Jessop 3
  Aakif Virani   Aakif Virani   Zahir Shah 3
Ford Fiesta Rally2   Past Racing   Daniel Alonso Villarón   Alejandro López 5
  Eamonn Boland   Eamonn Boland   Michael Joseph Morrissey 1, 4
  George Vassilakis   George Vassilakis   Tom Kraszwik 3, 6
Hyundai i20 N Rally2   Henk Vossen   Henk Vossen   Willem Wissenburg 1
  Wim Stupers 4
Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo   ARC Sport   Paulo Neto   Nuno Mota Ribeiro 5
  Enrico Brazzoli   Enrico Brazzoli   Martina Musiari 4, 6
  Maurizio Chiarani   Maurizio Chiarani   Flavio Zanella 1, 4, 6
  Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz   Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz   Diego Sanjuan 3
  Wojciech Musiał   Wojciech Musiał   Konrad Dudziński 7
  Diogo Salvi   Diogo Salvi   Carlos Magalhães 5
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2   Miguel Granados   Miguel Granados   Marc Martí 5–6
  Armin Kremer   Armin Kremer   Ella Kremer 4, 6–8
  Mauro Miele   Mauro Miele   Luca Beltrame 1, 4, 8
  Artūrs Priednieks   Artūrs Priednieks   Janis Kirkovalds 8
  Printsport   Michał Sołowow   Maciej Baran 2, 7
  Uğur Soylu   Uğur Soylu   Sener Guray 4, 6–8
  Ricardo Triviño   Ricardo Triviño   Diego Fuentes Vega 2, 4, 6–7
  Marko Viitanen   Marko Viitanen   Tapio Suominen 2
Toyota GR Yaris Rally2   Jean-Michel Raoux   Jean-Michel Raoux   Isabelle Galmiche 5–6
Volkswagen Polo GTI R5   Jourdan Serderidis   Jourdan Serderidis   Frédéric Miclotte 1
R-GT entries
Car Entrant Driver Co-Driver Rounds
Alpine A110 Rally RGT   Armand Fumal   Armand Fumal   Jules Escartefigue 1

Results and standings

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Season summary

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Round Event Winning driver Winning co-driver Winning entrant Winning time Report
1   Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo   Mauro Miele   Luca Beltrame   Mauro Miele 3:41:19.9 Report
2   Rally Sweden   Michał Sołowow   Maciej Baran   Printsport 2:47:46.2 Report
3   Safari Rally Kenya   Carl Tundo   Tim Jessop   Carl Tundo 4:41:09.6 Report
4   Croatia Rally   Armin Kremer   Ella Kremer   Armin Kremer 3:01:58.7 Report
5   Rally de Portugal   Jean-Michel Raoux   Isabelle Galmiche   Jean-Michel Raoux 4:16:10.6 Report
6   Rally Italia Sardegna   Armin Kremer   Ella Kremer   Armin Kremer 3:26:56.9 Report
7   Rally Poland Report
8   Rally Latvia Report
9   Rally Finland Report
10   Acropolis Rally Greece Report
11   Rally Chile Report
12   Central European Rally Report
13   Rally Japan Report

Scoring system

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Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

WRC Masters Cup for Drivers

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Pos. Driver MON

 

SWE

 

KEN

 

CRO

 

POR

 

ITA

 

POL

 

LAT

 

FIN

 

GRE

 

CHL

 

EUR

 

JPN

 

Points
1   Mauro Miele 1 2 6 25
1   Michał Sołowow 1 25
1   Carl Tundo 1 25
1   Armin Kremer 1 1
1   Jean-Michel Raoux 1 Ret
2   Eamonn Boland 2 Ret 18
2   Ricardo Triviño 2 3 3 18
2   George Vassilakis 2 7 18
  Pierre Lafay 2
3   Jourdan Serderidis 3 15
3   Marko Viitanen 3 15
3   Aakif Virani 3 15
4   Maurizio Chiarani 4 7 12
  Miguel Granados 4
  Uğur Soylu 4 5
  Enrico Brazzoli 5 8
6   Henk Vossen 6 6 8
5   Armand Fumal 5 10
Pos. Driver MON

 

SWE

 

KEN

 

CRO

 

POR

 

ITA

 

POL

 

LAT

 

FIN

 

GRE

 

CHL

 

EUR

 

JPN

 

Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Notes

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  1. ^ The Monte Carlo Rally is run on a tarmac and snow surface.

References

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  1. ^ "Itinerary Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 2024". eWRC-results.com. Archived from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Itinerary Rally Sweden 2024". eWRC-results.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Itinerary Safari Rally Kenya 2024". eWRC-results.com. Archived from the original on 9 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Itinerary Croatia Rally 2024". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Itinerary Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2024". eWRC-results.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Itinerary Rally Italia Sardegna 2024". eWRC-results.com. Archived from the original on 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Itinerary ORLEN Rally Poland 2024". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Itinerary Tet Rally Latvia 2024". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Itinerary Secto Rally Finland 2024". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Itinerary EKO Acropolis Rally 2024". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Itinerary Rally Chile BIOBÍO 2024". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Revealed: 2024 WRC Calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 19 October 2023. Archived from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  13. ^ "FIA WRC 2024 set for lift-off following calendar reveal". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 19 October 2023. Archived from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  14. ^ Howard, Tom (19 May 2023). "WRC closing in on 14-round 2024 calendar". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Archived from the original on 27 May 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  15. ^ Barry, Luke (15 August 2023). "WRC to unveil 13-round 2024 calendar before Greece". dirtfish.com. DirtFish. Archived from the original on 15 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  16. ^ "FIA World Rally Championship adds Latvia to 2024 calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 17 February 2023. Archived from the original on 18 August 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  17. ^ Howard, Tom (17 February 2023). "Latvia joins WRC calendar from 2024". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Archived from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  18. ^ Barry, Luke (24 July 2023). "WRC would be "stupid" to lose Rally Estonia – Tänak". dirtfish.com. DirtFish. Archived from the original on 13 November 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  19. ^ Howard, Tom (9 October 2023). "Poland to rejoin WRC calendar in 2024". Autosport. Motorsport Network. Archived from the original on 10 October 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  20. ^ Barry, Luke (9 October 2023). "Rally Poland returns to WRC for 2024". dirtfish.com. DirtFish. Archived from the original on 9 October 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  21. ^ Evans, David (27 September 2023). "Rally of nations returns as Mexico prepares WRC 2025 bid". dirtfish.com. DirtFish. Archived from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  22. ^ "Rally Estonia to return to WRC calendar in 2025". balticnews.com. 23 November 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  23. ^ Howard, Tom (28 September 2023). "WRC lists China and USA as key expansion targets". Autosport. Motorsport Network. Archived from the original on 1 November 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  24. ^ Howard, Tom (26 January 2023). "Rally USA a potential contender to join WRC in 2024". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Archived from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  25. ^ Evans, David (16 August 2016). "Rally China cancelled due to storm damage after organisers' request". Autosport. Motorsport Network. Archived from the original on 13 November 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  26. ^ Lindroos, Pontus (22 October 2022). "2023 WRC calendar to be presented later than expected". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  27. ^ Howard, Tom (8 August 2023). "WRC set for 13-round 2024 calendar, Saudi Arabia to miss out". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Archived from the original on 20 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  28. ^ Howard, Tom (26 November 2022). "WRC pushes Middle East event plans to 2024 following calendar reveal". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Archived from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  29. ^ Howard, Tom (29 July 2023). "UK "unlikely" to secure 2024 WRC round, Argentina vying for Americas spot". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Archived from the original on 20 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  30. ^ Barry, Luke (6 June 2022). "Monte Carlo Rally returns to Gap for 2024". dirtfish.com. DirtFish. Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  31. ^ "Monaco base for new-look Rallye Monte-Carlo". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 24 July 2021. Archived from the original on 18 August 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  32. ^ "WRC Safari Rally 2024 Moved To March". 98.4 Capital FM. 20 October 2023. Archived from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  33. ^ Howard, Tom (15 February 2024). "WRC Central European Rally set for date change". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 20 February 2024.

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