2022 Rally Catalunya (World Rally Championship)

For the European Rally Championship round, see 2022 Rally Catalunya (European Rally Championship).
2022 Rally Catalunya
RallyRACC Catalunya - Costa Daurada 2022
Round 12 of 13 in the 2022 World Rally Championship
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The rally featured fast and smooth circuit-like asphalt.
Host country Spain
Rally baseSalou, Catalonia
Dates run20 – 23 October 2022
Start locationLleida, Catalonia
Finish locationRiudecanyes, Catalonia
Stages19 (293.77 km; 182.54 miles)[1]
Stage surfaceTarmac
Transport distance1,086.20 km (674.93 miles)
Overall distance1,379.97 km (857.47 miles)
Statistics
Crews registered67
Crews64 at start, 57 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerFrance Sébastien Ogier
France Benjamin Veillas
Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
2:44:43.9
Power Stage winnerFrance Sébastien Ogier
France Benjamin Veillas
Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
10:06.4
Support category results
WRC-2 winnerFinland Teemu Suninen
Finland Mikko Markkula
South Korea Hyundai Motorsport N
2:54:29.6
WRC-3 winnerFinland Lauri Joona
Finland Mikael Korhonen
3:04:36.1

The 2022 Rally Catalunya (also known as the RallyRACC Catalunya - Costa Daurada 2022) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 20 and 23 October 2022.[2] It marked the fifty-seventh running of the Rally de Catalunya. The event was the twelfth round of the 2022 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2022 event was based in Salou in the province of Tarragona in Catalonia and was contested over nineteen special stages covering a total competitive distance of 293.77 km (182.54 mi).

Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe were the defending rally winners. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[3] Eric Camilli and Maxime Vilmot were the defending winners in the WRC-2 category.[4] Emil Lindholm and Reeta Hämäläinen were the defending winners in the WRC-3 category.[5]

Sébastien Ogier and Benjamin Veillas won their first rally of the season. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, won the 2022 manufacturers' title.[6] Teemu Suninen and Mikko Markkula won the World Rally Championship-2 category.[7] Lauri Joona and Mikael Korhonen won the World Rally Championship-3 category, and with the victory, Joona became the 2022 WRC-3 champion.[8]

  1. ^ "Itinerary RallyRACC Catalunya 2022". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  2. ^ "WRC roars into hybrid era with expanded 2022 calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 15 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Neuville wins in Spain as title fights go to final round". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 17 October 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  4. ^ "WRC2: Camilli clinches victory as Mikkelsen takes". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 17 October 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  5. ^ "WRC3: Lindholm secures Spain win". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 17 October 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Double delight in Spain for Ogier and Toyota". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Sublime Suninen storms to WRC2 success". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Joona soars to WRC3 glory". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.