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2023 WRC2 Championship
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The 2023 FIA WRC2 Championship was the eleventh season of WRC2, a rallying championship organised and governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile as the second-highest tier of international rallying. The category was open to crews with cars complying with Group Rally2 regulations.[1] The championship began in January 2023 with the Rallye Monte-Carlo and concluded in November with Rally Japan, and ran in support of the 2023 World Rally Championship.
Andreas Mikkelsen won his second WRC-2 drivers championship.
Emil Lindholm and Reeta Hämäläinen entered as the defending drivers' and co-drivers' champions, while Toksport WRT entered as the defending teams' champions.[2]
Andreas Mikkelsen and Torstein Eriksen became the 2023 WRC-2 champions, their second title victories in the championship.[3] Toksport WRT 3 took victory in the teams' championship.
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A map showing the locations of the rallies in the 2023 championship. Event headquarters are marked with black dots.
The 2023 season was contested over thirteen rounds crossing Europe, Africa, North and South America, and Asia.
Calendar changes
The championship was expected to be expanded to fourteen rounds from the thirteen rounds in the previous season by WRC Promoter GmbH, with eight Europe-based rallies and six fly-away events covering the season.[19] However, when the calendar was released in late November following a lengthy delay, the number of the events was reduced to thirteen with the anticipated Saudi Arabian rally based at Jeddah, absent from the calendar.[20][21]
- Rally Mexico returned to championship after missing the 2021 and 2022 championships.[22] The organizers of the rally had previously held a national event in 2022 as a prelude for the 2023 return.[23]
- Rally Chile rejoined the calendar after having been ruled out in 2020 and 2021 due to the Chilean protests and COVID-19 pandemic respectively.[24][25]
- The Central European Rally, a tri-nation event held across Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic, was introduced into the championship, replacing the Catalonian Rally.[26] The rally was based out of southeast Germany, in the city of Passau in Bavaria, and ran on tarmac.[27]
- Rally New Zealand, a round of the 2022 season, was not included on the calendar, but the organizers tried to seek an opportunity for a 2024 return as a part of the rotation program with Rally Australia.[28]
- Ypres Rally Belgium, which was a part of the championship for the prior two seasons, dropped off the calendar and instead formed part of the 2023 British Rally Championship.[29]
Several rally organizers also expressed their interests to return to the championship, including Rally Argentina, Rally Australia, the German Rally, and an event in Northern Ireland.[30][31][32][33] The Argentine, Australian and Northern Irish bids failed and Germany organized the Central European Rally along with Austria and the Czech Republic.[34][35] In addition to the candidate events, the WRC Promoter GmbH was also working on the calendar expansion to the Middle East and United States, but no rallies were added for the 2023 season.[36]
Location changes
- The headquarters of the Rally Italia Sardegna would be once again moved from Alghero to Olbia.[37] The 2020 event was previously headquartered in Olbia as a result of major route revisions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[38]
- The 2023 edition of the Safari Rally was headquartered at the Lakeside town of Naivasha.[39] The rally was previously headquartered in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.[40]
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The following teams and crews contested the 2023 WRC2. Teams had to enter two crews to be eligible for Teams' Championship points.
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Regulation changes
The 2022 junior championships of the class, WRC-2 Junior, were renamed as WRC-2 Challenger to focus on the experience of the competitors instead of age, while the Masters series was opened to Rally2, Rally3, Rally4, Rally5 and R-GT competitors under the WRC framework, ceasing to be based on WRC2.[52]
Results and standings
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Season summary
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]
FIA WRC2 Championship for Drivers
FIA WRC2 Championship for Co-Drivers
FIA WRC2 Championship for Teams
FIA WRC2 Challenger Championship for Drivers
FIA WRC2 Challenger Championship for Co-Drivers
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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.[41][42]
- 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.[41][42]
- No Power Stage points were awarded for WRC-2 as the Power Stage was interrupted before all competitors could complete the stage.[65]
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