2022 Rally de Portugal Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2022 | |||
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Round 4 of 13 in the 2022 World Rally Championship
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Host country | Portugal | ||
Rally base | Matosinhos, Porto | ||
Dates run | 19 – 22 May 2022 | ||
Start location | Lousã, Coimbra | ||
Finish location | Fafe, Braga | ||
Stages | 21 (338 km; 210 miles) [1] | ||
Stage surface | Gravel | ||
Transport distance | 1,188.35 km (738.41 miles) | ||
Overall distance | 1,518.52 km (943.56 miles) | ||
Statistics | |||
Crews registered | 100 | ||
Crews | 90 at start, 53 at finish | ||
Overall results | |||
Overall winner | Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 3:44:19.2 | ||
Power Stage winner | Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 6:28.2 | ||
Support category results | |||
WRC-2 winner | Yohan Rossel Valentin Sarreaud PH Sport 3:58:08.1 | ||
WRC-3 winner | Sami Pajari Enni Mälkönen 4:13:33.2 | ||
J-WRC winner | Sami Pajari Enni Mälkönen 4:13:33.2 |
The 2022 Rally de Portugal (also known as the Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2022) was a motor racing event for rally cars held over four days between 19 and 22 May 2022. [2] It marked the fifty-fifth running of the Rally de Portugal. The event was the fourth round of the 2022 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2022 event was based in Matosinhos in the Porto District and was contested over twenty-one special stages covering a total competitive distance of 330.17 km (205.16 mi). [1]
Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin were the defending rally winners. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners. [3] Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm were the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category. [4] Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Maciej Szczepaniak were the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category, [5] with the Latvian crew of Mārtiņš Sesks and Francis Renars were the defending title-holders in the junior class. [6]
Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen won a hat-trick victory. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, successfully defended their title. [7] Yohan Rossel and Valentin Sarreaud won the World Rally Championship-2 category. [8] Sami Pajari and Enni Mälkönen won the World Rally Championship-3 category as well as the junior class. [9]
The following crews entered into the rally. The event 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. Twelve entered under Rally1 regulations, as were forty-one Rally2 crews in the World Rally Championship-2 and seven Rally3 crews in the World Rally Championship-3. [10] [11]
No. | Driver | Co-Driver | Entrant | Car | Championship eligibility | Tyre |
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65 | Jon Armstrong | Brian Hoy | Jon Armstrong | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Junior | P |
66 | Sami Pajari | Enni Mälkönen | Sami Pajari | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Junior, Open | P |
67 | Lauri Joona | Mikael Korhonen | Lauri Joona | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Junior, Open | P |
68 | William Creighton | Liam Regan | Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Junior, Open | P |
70 | Robert Virves | Aleks Lesk | Starter Energy Racing | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Junior | P |
71 | Jean-Baptiste Franceschi | Anthony Gorguilo | Jean-Baptiste Franceschi | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Junior | — |
72 | McRae Kimathi | Stuart Loudon | McRae Kimathi | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Junior, Open | P |
No. | Driver | Co-Driver | Entrant | Car | Tyre |
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22 | Nikolay Gryazin [lower-alpha 1] | Konstantin Aleksandrov [lower-alpha 2] | Toksport WRT 2 | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | P |
74 | Pepe López | Borja Rozada | Pepe López | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | — |
All dates and times are in WEST (UTC+1).
Date | Time | No. | Stage name | Distance |
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19 May | 9:01 | — | Paredes [ Shakedown ] | 4.55 km |
19:03 | SS1 | SSS Coimbra | 2.82 km | |
20 May | 8:08 | SS2 | Lousã 1 | 12.03 km |
9:08 | SS3 | Góis 1 | 19.33 km | |
10:08 | SS4 | Arganil 1 | 18.72 km | |
12:31 | SS5 | Lousã 2 | 12.03 km | |
13:31 | SS6 | Góis 2 | 19.33 km | |
14:38 | SS7 | Arganil 2 | 18.72 km | |
16:05 | SS8 | Mortágua | 18.15 km | |
19:03 | SS9 | SSS Lousada | 3.36 km | |
21 May | 7:38 | SS10 | Vieira do Minho 1 | 21.57 km |
8:38 | SS11 | Cabeceiras de Basto 1 | 22.03 km | |
9:54 | SS12 | Amarante 1 | 37.24 km | |
14:38 | SS13 | Vieira do Minho 2 | 21.57 km | |
15:38 | SS14 | Cabeceiras de Basto 2 | 22.03 km | |
16:54 | SS15 | Amarante 2 | 37.24 km | |
19:03 | SS16 | SSS Porto - Foz | 3.30 km | |
22 May | 7:08 | SS17 | Felgueiras 1 | 8.91 km |
7:57 | SS18 | Montim | 8.69 km | |
8:38 | SS19 | Fafe 1 | 11.18 km | |
10:08 | SS20 | Felgueiras 2 | 8.91 km | |
12:18 | SS21 | Fafe 2 [ Power Stage ] | 11.18 km | |
Source: [1] | ||||
Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | Manufacturers' championships | |||||||||
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Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | ||||
1 | Kalle Rovanperä | 106 | Jonne Halttunen | 106 | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | 175 | ||||||
2 | Thierry Neuville | 60 | Martijn Wydaeghe | 60 | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | 116 | ||||||
3 | 3 | Takamoto Katsuta | 38 | 3 | Aaron Johnston | 38 | M-Sport Ford WRT | 93 | ||||
4 | 1 | Ott Tänak | 37 | 1 | Martin Järveoja | 37 | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG | 42 | ||||
5 | 4 | Elfyn Evans | 36 | 4 | Scott Martin | 36 |
Pos. | Open Drivers' championships | Open Co-drivers' championships | Teams' championships | Junior Drivers' championships | Junior Co-drivers' championships | Driver Masters' championships | Co-driver Masters' championships | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | Move | Driver | Points | Move | Driver | Points | Move | Driver | Points | ||||||||
1 | 1 | Yohan Rossel | 61 | Torstein Eriksen | 51 | Toksport WRT | 62 | 4 | Chris Ingram | 52 | Louis Louka | 43 | Mauro Miele | 61 | 2 | Laurent Magat | 50 | |||||||||||
2 | 1 | Andreas Mikkelsen | 51 | 1 | Valentin Sarreaud | 50 | Toksport WRT 2 | 58 | 1 | Erik Cais | 45 | 2 | James Fulton | 43 | 7 | Jean-Michel Raoux | 37 | 1 | Michael Joseph Morrissey | 36 | ||||||||
3 | 4 | Kajetan Kajetanowicz | 38 | 4 | Maciej Szczepaniak | 38 | Yaco ACCR Team | 50 | 1 | Nikolay Gryazin | 36 | 1 | Elia De Guio | 25 | 1 | Olivier Burri | 33 | 1 | Michela Lorigiola | 30 | ||||||||
4 | 4 | Chris Ingram | 31 | 2 | Konstantin Aleksandrov | 27 | Saintéloc Junior Team | 40 | 1 | Emil Lindholm | 33 | 1 | Samu Vaaleri | 25 | 2 | Fabrizio Arengi | 28 | Jörgen Fornander | 25 | |||||||||
5 | 2 | Nikolay Gryazin | 27 | 9 | Craig Drew | 25 | Hyundai Motorsport N | 25 | 1 | Eerik Pietarinen | 30 | 1 | Armin Kremer | 25 | Hans van Goor | 25 | ||||||||||||
Position | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Entrant | Car | Time | Difference | Points | |||
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Event | Class | Open | Junior | Stage | |||||||
17 | 1 | 66 | Sami Pajari | Enni Mälkönen | Sami Pajari | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 4:13:33.2 | 0.0 | 25 | 25 | 6 |
18 | 2 | 67 | Lauri Joona | Mikael Korhonen | Lauri Joona | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 4:18:03.4 | +4:30.2 | 18 | 18 | 1 |
27 | 3 | 70 | Robert Virves | Aleks Lesk | Starter Energy Racing | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 4:37:10.9 | +23:37.7 | — | 15 | 5 |
32 | 4 | 65 | Jon Armstrong | Brian Hoy | Jon Armstrong | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 4:44:24.7 | +30:51.5 | — | 12 | 8 |
52 | 5 | 72 | McRae Kimathi | Stuart Loudon | McRae Kimathi | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 6:10:12.1 | +1:56:38.9 | 15 | 10 | 6 |
Retired SS19 | 68 | William Creighton | Liam Regan | Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Mechanical | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Did not start | 71 | Jean-Baptiste Franceschi | Anthony Gorguilo | Jean-Baptiste Franceschi | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Withdrawn | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Pos. | Open Drivers' championships | Open Co-drivers' championships | Junior Drivers' championships | Junior Co-drivers' championships | ||||||||||||
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Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | |||||
1 | Sami Pajari | 62 | Enni Mälkönen | 62 | 1 | Jon Armstrong | 67 | 1 | Brian Hoy | 67 | ||||||
2 | 3 | Lauri Joona | 43 | 3 | Mikael Korhonen | 43 | 1 | Lauri Joona | 66 | 1 | Mikael Korhonen | 66 | ||||
3 | 1 | Enrico Brazzoli | 33 | 1 | Manuel Fenoli | 33 | 2 | Sami Pajari | 56 | 2 | Enni Mälkönen | 56 | ||||
4 | 1 | William Creighton | 30 | 1 | Liam Regan | 30 | 1 | Robert Virves | 49 | 1 | Aleks Lesk | 49 | ||||
5 | 2 | McRae Kimathi | 30 | 1 | Tamás Kürti | 25 | 1 | William Creighton | 28 | 1 | Liam Regan | 28 | ||||
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