2023 World Rally Championship-2

The 2023 FIA World Rally Championship-2 is the eleventh season of the World Rally Championship-2, an auto racing championship for rally cars that is recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile as the second-highest tier of international rallying. The category is open to cars entered by teams and complying with Group Rally2.[1] The championship began in January 2023 with the Rallye Monte-Carlo and is due to conclude in November 2023 with Rally Japan, and will run in support of the 2023 World Rally Championship.

Emil Lindholm and Reeta Hämäläinen are the defending drivers' and co-drivers' champions, while Toksport WRT are the defending teams' champions.[2]

Calendar

A map showing the locations of the rallies in the 2023 championship. Event headquarters are marked with black dots.

The 2023 season is scheduled to be contested over thirteen rounds acrossing Europe, Africa, North and South America and Asia.

Round	Start date	Finish date	Rally	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages	Distance	Ref.
1	19 January	22 January	Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Mixed[lower-alpha 1]	18	325.02 km	[3]
2	9 February	12 February	Rally Sweden	Umeå, Västerbotten County, Sweden	Snow	18	301.18 km	[4]
3	16 March	19 March	Rally Guanajuato México	León, Guanajuato, Mexico	Gravel	23	320.23 km	[5]
4	20 April	23 April	Croatia Rally	Zagreb, Croatia	Tarmac	TBA	TBA
5	11 May	14 May	Rally de Portugal	Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal	Gravel	TBA	TBA
6	1 June	4 June	Rally Italia Sardegna	Olbia, Sardinia, Italy	Gravel	19	334.05 km	[6]
7	22 June	25 June	Safari Rally Kenya	Naivasha, Nakuru County, Kenya	Gravel	TBA	TBA
8	20 July	23 July	Rally Estonia	Tartu, Tartu County, Estonia	Gravel	TBA	TBA
9	3 August	6 August	Rally Finland	Jyväskylä, Central Finland, Finland	Gravel	TBA	TBA
10	7 September	10 September	Acropolis Rally Greece	Lamia, Central Greece, Greece	Gravel	TBA	TBA
11	28 September	1 October	Rally Chile	Concepción, Biobío, Chile	Gravel	TBA	TBA
12	26 October	29 October	Central Europe Rally	Passau, Bavaria, Germany	Tarmac	TBA	TBA
13	16 November	19 November	Rally Japan	Toyota, Chūbu region, Japan	Tarmac	TBA	TBA
Sources:[7][8]

Calendar changes

The championship was expected to be expanded to fourteen rounds, with eight Europe-based rallies and six fly-away events covering the season.[9] However, the number of the events was reduced to thirteen following a lengthy delay of the calendar.[10] The anticipated rally based in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia was absent from the calendar.[11]

Rally Mexico is due to return to the calendar.

Rally Mexico is confirmed to return to championship after missing the 2021 and 2022 championships.[12] The organizers of the rally had previously held a national event in 2022 in the bid of a 2023 return.[13]
Rally Chile would rejoin the calendar after the Chilean protests and COVID-19 pandemic respectively ruled out the event in 2020 and 2021.[14][15]
Central Europe Rally, a tri-nation event running a day each in Germany, Austria and Czech Republic, was introduced into the championship, replacing Rally de Catalunya.[16] The rally would be based out of southeast Germany, in the city of Passau in Bavaria, and is set to run on tarmac.[17]
Rally New Zealand, a round of the 2022 season, would not be included on the calendar, but the organizers are seeking an opportunity for a 2024 return as a part of the rotation program with Rally Australia.[18]
Ypres Rally Belgium, which has been a part of the championship for the last two seasons, dropped off the calendar and would instead be featured for the 2023 British Rally Championship.[19]

Several rally organizers also expressed their interests to return to the championship, including events in Argentina, Australia, Northern Ireland and Germany.[20][21][22][23] Bids of Argentina and Northern Ireland were ultimately failed.[24][25] In addition to the candidate events, the WRC Promoter GmbH was also working on the calendar expansion to the Middle East and United States.[26]

Location changes

The headquarter of the Rally Italia Sardegna would be once again moved from Alghero to Olbia.[27] The 2020 event was previously based in Olbia as a result of major route revisions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[28]
The 2023 edition of the Safari Rally is set to be based at the Lakeside town of Naivasha.[29] The rally was previously based in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.[30]

Entries

The following teams and crews are under contract to contest the 2023 World Rally Championship-2. Teams entering two crews are eligible for Teams' Championship points.

Crews entered by or via teams
Entrant	Car	Driver		Co-driver		Rounds
Entrant	Car	Driver name	Category	Co-driver name	Category	Rounds
Hyundai Motorsport N	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	Teemu Suninen		Mikko Markkula		2
Hyundai Motorsport N	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	Fabrizio Zaldivar	Challenger	Marcelo Der Ohannesian	Challenger	2
M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta Rally2	Adrien Fourmaux		Alexandre Coria		1
		Grégoire Munster	Challenger	Louis Louka	Challenger	1
		Robert Virves	Challenger	Hugo Magalhães	Challenger	2
Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	William Creighton	Challenger	Liam Regan	Challenger	1
Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy	Hyundai i20 N Rally2	Josh McErlean	Challenger	John Rowan	Challenger	1
PH Sport	Citroën C3 Rally2	Yohan Rossel		Arnaud Dunand		1
Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Emil Lindholm		Reeta Hämäläinen		2
Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Sami Pajari	Challenger	Enni Mälkönen	Challenger	2
Toksport WRT 2	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Marco Bulacia	Challenger	Axel Coronado	Challenger	1
		Marco Bulacia	Challenger	Diego Vallejo	Challenger	2
		Nikolay Gryazin[lower-alpha 2]	Challenger	Konstantin Aleksandrov[lower-alpha 3]	Challenger	1
Sources:[33][34]

Private entries
Car	Driver		Co-driver		Rounds
Car	Driver name	Category	Co-driver name	Category	Rounds
Citroën C3 Rally2	Daniel Alonso		Adrián Pérez		1–2
	Eamonn Boland		Michael Joseph Morrissey		1
	Alejandro Cachón	Challenger	Alejandro López	Challenger	1
	Stéphane Lefebvre		Andy Malfoy		1
	Sean Johnston	Challenger	Alex Kihurani	Challenger	1
Ford Fiesta R5	Henk Vossen	Challenger	Annemieke Hulzebos	Challenger	1
Hyundai i20 N Rally2	Olivier Burri		Anderson Levratti		1
	Georg Linnamäe	Challenger	James Morgan	Challenger	2
	Pepe López	Challenger	Borja Rozada	Challenger	1
	Frédéric Rosati		Philippe Marchetto		1
	Miguel Zaldivar Sr.		José Luis Díaz		2
Škoda Fabia R5	Jari Huttunen		Antti Linnaketo		2
	Filippo Marchino	Challenger	Pietro Elia Ometto	Challenger	1
	Joakim Roman	Challenger	Ida Lidebjer-Granberg	Challenger	2
Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Fabrizio Arengi	Challenger	Massimiliano Bosi	Challenger	1–2
	Lorenzo Bontempelli		Giovanni Pina		1
	Bruno Bulacia	Challenger	Axel Coronado	Challenger	2
	Luciano Cobbe		Roberto Mometti		2
	Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz	Challenger	Rodolfo del Barrio	Challenger	2
	Chris Ingram	Challenger	Craig Drew	Challenger	1
	Jörgen Jonasson		Nicklas Jonasson		2
	Lauri Joona	Challenger	Tuukka Shemeikka	Challenger	2
	Egon Kaur	Challenger	Jakko Viilo	Challenger	2
	Johannes Keferböck		Ilka Minor		1
	Christian Merli	Challenger	Marco Zortea	Challenger	1
	Mauro Miele	Challenger	Luca Beltrame	Challenger	2
	Simone Niboli	Challenger	Battista Brunetti	Challenger	1
	Silvano Patera		Stefano Tiraboschi		1
	Alexander Villanueva		José Murado González		2
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Rakan Al-Rashed		Dale Moscatt		2
	Erik Cais	Challenger	Petr Těšínský	Challenger	1
	François Delecour		Sabrina De Castelli		1
	Mauro Miele	Challenger	Luca Beltrame	Challenger	1
	Oliver Solberg		Elliott Edmondson		2
	Michał Sołowow		Maciej Baran		2
Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	Ole Christian Veiby		Torstein Eriksen		2
Sources:[33][34]

Regulation changes

The junior championships of the class, WRC-2 Junior, is set to be renamed as WRC-2 Challenger to focus on the experience of the competitors instead of age, while the masters series are set to be opened to Rally2, Rally3, Rally4, Rally5 and R-GT competitors.[35]

Results and standings

Season summary

Round	Event	Winning driver	Winning co-driver	Winning entrant	Winning time	Report	Ref.
1	Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo	Yohan Rossel	Arnaud Dunand	PH Sport	3:22:05.4	Report	[36]
2	Rally Sweden	Oliver Solberg	Elliot Edmondson	Oliver Solberg	2:33:42.6	Report	[37]
3	Rally Guanajuato México					Report
4	Croatia Rally					Report
5	Rally de Portugal					Report
6	Rally Italia Sardegna					Report
7	Safari Rally Kenya					Report
8	Rally Estonia					Report
9	Rally Finland					Report
10	Acropolis Rally Greece					Report
11	Rally Chile					Report
12	Central Europe Rally					Report
13	Rally Japan					Report

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers in each event. Power Stage points are also awarded in the drivers' and co-drivers' championships, with three points awarded to the first place finisher on the stage, two to second place, and one to third. A team has to enter two cars to score points in an event. Drivers and teams must nominate a scoring rally when they enter the event and the best six scores from seven nominated rallies will count towards the final classification. Registered drivers are able to enter additional rallies with Priority 2 status without scoring points.[1]

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

FIA World Rally Championship-2 for Drivers

Pos.	Driver	MON	SWE	MEX	CRO	POR	ITA	KEN	EST	FIN	GRE	CHL	EUR	JPN	Points
1	Yohan Rossel	1¹													28
2	Oliver Solberg	NC	1¹												28
3	Nikolay Gryazin	2²	NC												20
4	Ole Christian Veiby		2³												19
5	Marco Bulacia	7	5												16
6	Pepe López	3													15
7	Sami Pajari	DNS	3												15
8	Erik Cais	4													12
9	Georg Linnamäe		4												12
10	Adrien Fourmaux	5													10
11	Chris Ingram	6													8
12	Teemu Suninen		6												8
13	Emil Lindholm		7²												8
14	Grégoire Munster	8													4
15	Lauri Joona		8												4
16	Stéphane Lefebvre	9³													3
17	Robert Virves		9												2
18	François Delecour	10													1
19	Bruno Bulacia		10												1
Pos.	Driver	MON	SWE	MEX	CRO	POR	ITA	KEN	EST	FIN	GRE	CHL	EUR	JPN	Points
Source:[38][39]

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

Notes:
^{1 2 3} – Power Stage position

FIA World Rally Championship-2 for Co-Drivers

Pos.	Driver	MON	SWE	MEX	CRO	POR	ITA	KEN	EST	FIN	GRE	CHL	EUR	JPN	Points
1	Arnaud Dunand	1¹													28
2	Elliott Edmondson	NC	1¹												28
3	Konstantin Aleksandrov	2²	NC												20
4	Torstein Eriksen		2³												19
5	Borja Rozada	3													15
6	Enni Mälkönen	DNS	3												15
7	Petr Těšínský	4													12
8	James Morgan		4												12
9	Alexandre Coria	5													10
10	Diego Vallejo		5												10
11	Craig Drew	6													8
12	Mikko Markkula		6												8
13	Reeta Hämäläinen		7²												8
14	Axel Coronado	7	10												7
15	Louis Louka	8													4
16	Tuukka Shemeikka		8												4
17	Andy Malfoy	9³													3
18	Hugo Magalhães		9												2
19	Sabrina De Castelli	10													1
Pos.	Driver	MON	SWE	MEX	CRO	POR	ITA	KEN	EST	FIN	GRE	CHL	EUR	JPN	Points
Source:[38][39]

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

Notes:
^{1 2 3} – Power Stage position

FIA World Rally Championship-2 for Teams

Pos.	Team	MON	SWE	MEX	CRO	POR	ITA	KEN	EST	FIN	GRE	CHL	EUR	JPN	Total Points
1	Toksport WRT 2	1													40
1	Toksport WRT 2	3													40
2	Toksport WRT		1												40
2	Toksport WRT		3												40
3	M-Sport Ford WRT	2													30
3	M-Sport Ford WRT	4													30
4	Hyundai Motorsport N		2												30
4	Hyundai Motorsport N		4												30
5	Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy	5													18
5	Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy	6													18
Pos.	Team	MON	SWE	MEX	CRO	POR	ITA	KEN	EST	FIN	GRE	CHL	EUR	JPN	Total Points
Source:[38][39]

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

FIA Challenger World Rally Championship-2 for Drivers

Pos.	Driver	MON	SWE	MEX	CRO	POR	ITA	KEN	EST	FIN	GRE	CHL	EUR	JPN	Points
1	Nikolay Gryazin	1	NC												25
2	Sami Pajari	DNS	1												25
3	Marco Bulacia	5	3												25
4	Pepe López	2													18
5	Georg Linnamäe		2												18
6	Erik Cais	3													15
7	Chris Ingram	4													12
8	Lauri Joona		4												12
9	Robert Virves		5												10
10	Grégoire Munster	6													8
11	Bruno Bulacia		6												8
12	Alejandro Cachón	7													6
13	Egon Kaur		7												6
14	Mauro Miele	8	Ret												4
15	Fabrizio Zaldivar		8												4
16	Christian Merli	9													2
17	Rakan Al-Rashed		9												2
18	Simone Niboli	10													1
19	Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz		10												1
Pos.	Driver	MON	SWE	MEX	CRO	POR	ITA	KEN	EST	FIN	GRE	CHL	EUR	JPN	Points
Source:[39]

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

FIA Challenger World Rally Championship-2 for Co-Drivers

Pos.	Driver	MON	SWE	MEX	CRO	POR	ITA	KEN	EST	FIN	GRE	CHL	EUR	JPN	Points
1	Konstantin Aleksandrov	1	NC												25
2	Enni Mälkönen	DNS	1												25
3	Borja Rozada	2													18
4	James Morgan		2												18
5	Axel Coronado	5	6												18
6	Petr Těšínský	3													15
7	Diego Vallejo		3												15
8	Craig Drew	4													12
9	Tuukka Shemeikka		4												12
10	Hugo Magalhães		5												10
11	Louis Louka	6													8
12	Alejandro López Fernández	7													6
13	Jakko Viilo		7												6
14	Luca Beltrame	8	Ret												4
15	Marcelo Der Ohannesian		8												4
16	Marco Zortea	9													2
17	Dale Moscatt		9												2
18	Battista Brunetti	10													1
19	Rodolfo del Barrio		10												1
Pos.	Driver	MON	SWE	MEX	CRO	POR	ITA	KEN	EST	FIN	GRE	CHL	EUR	JPN	Points
Source:[39]

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

Notes

The Monte Carlo Rally is run on a tarmac and snow surface.
Nikolay Gryazin is a Russian national, but competes as an Authorised Neutral Athlete in accordance with recommendations made by the International Olympic Committee, following a decision by the FIA to ban all connections with Russia following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[31][32]
Konstantin Aleksandrov is a Russian national, but competes as an Authorised Neutral Athlete in accordance with recommendations made by the International Olympic Committee, following a decision by the FIA to ban all connections with Russia following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[31][32]

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"2022 FIA World Rally Championship – Sporting regulations" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
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External links

Official website (in English, French, and Spanish)
FIA World Rally Championship-2 2023 at eWRC-results.com
FIA World Rally Championship-2 Challenger 2023 at eWRC-results.com

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[3] The Monte Carlo Rally is run on a tarmac and snow surface.

[Russia-Ukraine-34] Nikolay Gryazin is a Russian national, but competes as an Authorised Neutral Athlete in accordance with recommendations made by the International Olympic Committee, following a decision by the FIA to ban all connections with Russia following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[31][32]

[Russia-Ukraine-2-35] Konstantin Aleksandrov is a Russian national, but competes as an Authorised Neutral Athlete in accordance with recommendations made by the International Olympic Committee, following a decision by the FIA to ban all connections with Russia following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[31][32]

[Regulations-1] "2022 FIA World Rally Championship – Sporting regulations" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

[2] "Lindholm claims WRC2 crown as Munster grabs surprise victory in Japan". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 13 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.

[Monte_Carlo_Route-4] "Itinerary Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo 2023". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 19 November 2022.

[Sweden_Route-5] "Itinerary Rally Sweden 2023". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 19 November 2022.

[Mexico_Route-6] "Itinerary Rally Guanajuato México 2023". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 11 December 2022.

[Italy_Route-7] "Itinerary Rally Italia Sardegna 2023". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 2 February 2023.

[8] "WRC poewrs into 2023 with exciting new-look calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.

[9] "FIA World Rally Championship calendar for 2023 gets green light". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.

[10] Howard, Tom (30 June 2022). "Time running out for UK 2023 WRC calendar bid". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 27 August 2022.

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