The 2022 Rally New Zealand (also known as the Repco Rally New Zealand 2022) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 29 September and 2 October 2022.[2] It would mark the forty-fifth running of the Rally New Zealand. The event was the eleventh round of the 2022 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2022 event was based in Auckland of North Island and was set to be contested over seventeen special stages covering a total competitive distance of 279.80 km (173.86 mi).[1]
| 2022 Rally New Zealand Repco Rally New Zealand 2022 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Round 11 of 13 in the 2022 World Rally Championship
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 The Rally New Zealand returned to the championship. | |||
| Host country |  New Zealand | ||
| Rally base | Auckland, North Island | ||
| Dates run | 29 September – 2 October 2022 | ||
| Start location | Auckland, North Island | ||
| Finish location | Auckland, North Island | ||
| Stages | 17 (279.80 km; 173.86 miles)[1] | ||
| Stage surface | Gravel | ||
| Transport distance | 1,100.17 km (683.61 miles) | ||
| Overall distance | 1,379.97 km (857.47 miles) | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Crews registered | 29 | ||
| Crews | 28 at start, 21 at finish | ||
| Overall results | |||
| Overall winner |  Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT2:48:01.4 | ||
| Power Stage winner | Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 4:51.9 | ||
| Support category results | |||
| WRC-2 winner | Hayden Paddon John Kennard 2:58:05.1 | ||
| WRC-3 winner | No classified finishers. | ||
Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena were the overall reigning rally winners, but they would not defend their titles. Citroën Total World Rally Team, the team they drove for in 2012, when the Rally New Zealand held a World Rally Championship event last time, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[3] However, they would not defend the rally either as they withdrew from the championship at the end of 2019.[4]
Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen won their sixth rally of the season and became the 2022 World Champions. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturers' winners.[5] Hayden Paddon and John Kennard won the World Rally Championship-2 category.[6]
Background
editEntry list
editThe 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 set to enter under Rally1 regulations, as were twelve Rally2 crews in the World Rally Championship-2.[7][8]
Itinerary
editAll dates and times are NZST (UTC+12).
| Date | Time | No. | Stage name | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September | 9:01 | — | Inland Road [Shakedown] | 3.54 km |
| 18:08 | SS1 | Pukekawa Auckland Domain | 1.78 km | |
| 30 September | 8:33 | SS2 | Whaanga Coast 1 | 29.27 km |
| 10:11 | SS3 | Te Akau South 1 | 31.48 km | |
| 11:14 | SS4 | Te Akau North 1 | 18.53 km | |
| 14:22 | SS5 | Whaanga Coast 2 | 29.27 km | |
| 16:00 | SS6 | Te Akau South 2 | 31.48 km | |
| 17:03 | SS7 | Te Akau North 2 | 18.53 km | |
| 1 October | 8:08 | SS8 | Kaipara Hills 1 | 15.83 km |
| 9:06 | SS9 | Puhoi 1 | 22.50 km | |
| 10:14 | SS10 | Komokoriki 1 | 5.81 km | |
| 14:08 | SS11 | Kaipara Hills 2 | 15.83 km | |
| 15:06 | SS12 | Puhoi 2 | 22.50 km | |
| 16:24 | SS13 | Komokoriki 2 | 5.81 km | |
| 2 October | 11:03 | SS14 | Whitford Forest – Te Maraunga Waiho 1 | 8.82 km |
| 12:08 | SS15 | Jacks Ridge Haunui 1 | 6.77 km | |
| 13:38 | SS16 | Whitford Forest – Te Maraunga Waiho 2 | 8.82 km | |
| 15:18 | SS17 | Jacks Ridge Haunui 2 [Power Stage] | 6.77 km | |
| Source:[1] | ||||
Report
editWRC Rally1
editClassification
editSpecial stages
editChampionship standings
edit- Bold text indicates 2022 World Champions.
| 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 | 237 |
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Jonne Halttunen | 237 |
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Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | 455 | |||
| 2 |
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Ott Tänak | 173 |
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Martin Järveoja | 173 |
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Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | 374 | |||
| 3 |
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Thierry Neuville | 144 |
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Martijn Wydaeghe | 144 |
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M-Sport Ford WRT | 224 | |||
| 4 |
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Elfyn Evans | 116 |
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Scott Martin | 116 |
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Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG | 112 | |||
| 5 |
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Takamoto Katsuta | 100 |
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Aaron Johnston | 100 | ||||||
WRC-2 Rally2
editClassification
editSpecial stages
editChampionship standings
edit- Bold text indicates 2022 World Champions.
| 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 |
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Andreas Mikkelsen | 109 |
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Torstein Eriksen | 109 |
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Toksport WRT | 155 |
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Emil Lindholm | 108 |
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James Fulton | 111 |  2
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Armin Kremer | 100 |
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Laurent Magat | 100 | |||||||
| 2 | 2
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Kajetan Kajetanowicz | 96 | 1
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Maciej Szczepaniak | 96 |
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Hyundai Motorsport N | 143 |
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Chris Ingram | 92 |
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Louis Louka | 61 |  1
|
Mauro Miele | 86 |
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Michael Joseph Morrissey | 61 | |||||||
| 3 | 1
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Emil Lindholm | 89 | 1
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Reeta Hämäläinen | 89 |
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Toksport WRT 2 | 101 |
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Nikolay Gryazin | 79 |
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Samu Vaaleri | 50 | 1
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Freddy Loix | 83 |
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Michela Lorigiola | 48 | |||||||
| 4 | 1
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Yohan Rossel | 80 |
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Konstantin Aleksandrov | 70 |
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Yaco ACCR Team | 50 |
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Georg Linnamäe | 59 |
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Elia De Guio | 25 |
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Jean-Michel Raoux | 70 |
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Hans van Goor | 43 | |||||||
| 5 |
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Nikolay Gryazin | 70 |
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Valentin Sarreaud | 69 |
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Saintéloc Junior Team | 40 |
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Mikołaj Marczyk | 59 | 2
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Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz | 50 |
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Jörgen Fornander | 25 | ||||||||||
WRC-3 Rally3
editNo Rally3 crews entered the round.
Championship standings
edit| Pos. | Open Drivers' championships | Open Co-drivers' championships | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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Jan Černý | 86 |
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Liam Regan | 63 | ||
| 3 |
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Lauri Joona | 86 |
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Mikael Korhonen | 61 | ||
| 4 |
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William Creighton | 63 |
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Tamás Kürti | 61 | ||
| 5 |
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Zoltán László | 61 |
|
Manuel Fenoli | 48 | ||
References
edit- ^ a b c "Itinerary Repco Rally New Zealand 2022". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ^ "WRC roars into hybrid era with expanded 2022 calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 15 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ Evans, David (24 June 2012). "Sebastien Loeb clinches Rally New Zealand win as Citroen gets another one-two". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- ^ Evans, David (20 November 2019). "Citroen ends WRC programme, cites Ogier's exit as reason". motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
- ^ "Breaking: Rovanperä seals WRC crown with historic victory down under". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 2 October 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "Home hero Paddon storms to statement WRC2 victory". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 2 October 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ "Entry List Repco Rally New Zealand 2022". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ "Repco Rally New Zealand 2022 Entry List". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
External links
edit- Official website (in English)
- 2022 Rally New Zealand at ewrc-results.com
- 2022 Rally New Zealand at rally-maps.com (in English, German, and Polish)