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| 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 | |||
| 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 | 2:54:29.0 | ||
| Power Stage winner | 9:18.2 | ||
| Support category results | |||
| WRC-2 winner | 3:05:30.8 | ||
| WRC-3 winner | 3:13:58.6 | ||
| J-WRC winner | 3:13:58.6 | ||
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]
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]
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 | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Junior | P | |||
| 43 | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Open, Junior | P | |||
| 45 | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Open, Junior | P | |||
| 46 | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Junior | P | |||
| 47 | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Open, Junior | P | |||
| 48 | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Open | P | |||
| 49 | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Open, Junior | P |
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] | ||||
| Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | Manufacturers' championships | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | ||||
| 1 | Kalle Rovanperä | 175 | Jonne Halttunen | 175 | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | 298 | ||||||
| 2 | Thierry Neuville | 92 | Martijn Wydaeghe | 92 | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | 211 | ||||||
| 3 | Elfyn Evans | 79 | Scott Martin | 79 | M-Sport Ford WRT | 156 | ||||||
| 4 | Ott Tänak | 77 | Martin Järveoja | 77 | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG | 79 | ||||||
| 5 | Takamoto Katsuta | 73 | Aaron Johnston | 73 | ||||||||
| 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 | Andreas Mikkelsen | 79 | Torstein Eriksen | 79 | Toksport WRT | 112 | Chris Ingram | 67 | James Fulton | 93 | Mauro Miele | 86 | Laurent Magat | 75 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Kajetan Kajetanowicz | 66 | Maciej Szczepaniak | 66 | Hyundai Motorsport N | 91 | Nikolay Gryazin | 61 | Louis Louka | 43 | Jean-Michel Raoux | 52 | Michael Joseph Morrissey | 36 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Yohan Rossel | 63 | Valentin Sarreaud | 52 | Toksport WRT 2 | 58 | Emil Lindholm | 58 | Elia De Guio | 25 | Freddy Loix | 40 | Michela Lorigiola | 30 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Nikolay Gryazin | 52 | Konstantin Aleksandrov | 52 | Yaco ACCR Team | 50 | Georg Linnamäe | 47 | Samu Vaaleri | 25 | Olivier Burri | 33 | Jörgen Fornander | 25 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Jari Huttunen | 45 | Mikko Lukka | 45 | Saintéloc Junior Team | 40 | Erik Cais | 45 | Fabrizio Arengi | 28 | Hans van Goor | 25 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | — | — |
| 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 | Sami Pajari | 87 | Enni Mälkönen | 87 | Sami Pajari | 85 | Enni Mälkönen | 85 | ||||||||
| 2 | Lauri Joona | 61 | Mikael Korhonen | 61 | Jon Armstrong | 85 | Brian Hoy | 85 | ||||||||
| 3 | McRae Kimathi | 57 | Liam Regan | 45 | Robert Virves | 84 | Mikael Korhonen | 79 | ||||||||
| 4 | William Creighton | 45 | Tamás Kürti | 43 | Lauri Joona | 79 | Aleks Lesk | 49 | ||||||||
| 5 | Jan Černý | 43 | Mwangi Kioni | 42 | William Creighton | 38 | Liam Regan | 38 | ||||||||