2022 Rally New Zealand

2022 Rally New Zealand
Repco Rally New Zealand 2022
Round 11 of 13 in the 2022 World Rally Championship
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The Rally New Zealand returned to the championship.
Host country New Zealand
Rally baseAuckland, North Island
Dates run29 September – 2 October 2022
Start locationAuckland, North Island
Finish locationAuckland, North Island
Stages17 (279.80 km; 173.86 miles)[1]
Stage surfaceGravel
Transport distance1,100.17 km (683.61 miles)
Overall distance1,379.97 km (857.47 miles)
Statistics
Crews registered29
Crews28 at start, 21 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerFinland Kalle Rovanperä
Finland Jonne Halttunen
Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
2:48:01.4
Power Stage winnerFinland Kalle Rovanperä
Finland Jonne Halttunen
Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
4:51.9
Support category results
WRC-2 winnerNew Zealand Hayden Paddon
New Zealand John Kennard
2:58:05.1
WRC-3 winnerNo classified finishers.

The 2022 Rally New Zealand (also known as the Repco Rally New Zealand 2022) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 29 September and 2 October 2022.[2] It would mark the forty-fifth running of the Rally New Zealand. The event was the eleventh round of the 2022 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2022 event was based in Auckland of North Island and was set to be contested over seventeen special stages covering a total competitive distance of 279.80 km (173.86 mi).[1]

Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena were the overall reigning rally winners, but they would not defend their titles. Citroën Total World Rally Team, the team they drove for in 2012, when the Rally New Zealand held a World Rally Championship event last time, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[3] However, they would not defend the rally either as they withdrew from the championship at the end of 2019.[4]

Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen won their sixth rally of the season and became the 2022 World Champions. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturers' winners.[5] Hayden Paddon and John Kennard won the World Rally Championship-2 category.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Itinerary Repco Rally New Zealand 2022". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  2. ^ "WRC roars into hybrid era with expanded 2022 calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 15 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  3. ^ Evans, David (24 June 2012). "Sebastien Loeb clinches Rally New Zealand win as Citroen gets another one-two". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  4. ^ Evans, David (20 November 2019). "Citroen ends WRC programme, cites Ogier's exit as reason". motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Breaking: Rovanperä seals WRC crown with historic victory down under". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 2 October 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Home hero Paddon storms to statement WRC2 victory". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 2 October 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.