2022 Rally Estonia | |
Native Name: | Rally Estonia 2022 |
Round: | 7 |
Season No: | 13 |
Championship: | 2022 World Rally Championship |
Previous Round: | 2022 Safari Rally |
Next Round: | 2022 Rally Finland |
Rallybase: | Tartu, Tartu County |
Start: | Tartu, Tartu County |
Finish: | Leigo Lakes |
Startdate: | 14 |
Enddate: | 17 July 2022 |
Stages: | 24 |
Stagekm: | 313.84 |
Stagekm Note: | [1] |
Transportkm: | 1,172.93 |
Overallkm: | 1,486.77 |
Surface: | Gravel |
Driver1: | Kalle Rovanperä |
Codriver1: | Jonne Halttunen |
Team1: | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT |
Time1: | 2:54:29.0 |
Driver2: | Andreas Mikkelsen |
Codriver2: | Torstein Eriksen |
Team2: | Toksport WRT |
Time2: | 3:05:30.8 |
Driver3: | Sami Pajari |
Codriver3: | Enni Mälkönen |
Time3: | 3:13:58.6 |
Driverj: | Sami Pajari |
Codriverj: | Enni Mälkönen |
Timej: | 3:13:58.6 |
Powerstage Driver: | Kalle Rovanperä |
Powerstage Codriver: | Jonne Halttunen |
Powerstage Team: | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT |
Powerstage Time: | 9:18.2 |
Crewsreg: | 43 |
Teamsstart: | 42 |
Teamsfinish: | 33 |
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 313.842NaN2.[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]
41 | Jon Armstrong | Brian Hoy | Jon Armstrong | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Junior | |
43 | Lauri Joona | Mikael Korhonen | Lauri Joona | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Open, Junior | |
45 | Sami Pajari | Enni Mälkönen | Sami Pajari | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Open, Junior | |
46 | Robert Virves | Julia Thulin | Starter Energy Racing | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Junior | |
47 | William Creighton | Liam Regan | Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Open, Junior | |
48 | Roope Korhonen | Anssi Viinikka | Roope Korhonen | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Open | |
49 | McRae Kimathi | Mwangi Kioni | McRae Kimathi | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | Open, Junior | |
All dates and times are EEST (UTC+3).