2022 Rally de Portugal

2022 Rally de Portugal
Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2022
Round 4 of 13 in the 2022 World Rally Championship
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Rally de Portugal is the first gravel event on the 2022 calendar.
Host country Portugal
Rally baseMatosinhos, Porto
Dates run19 – 22 May 2022
Start locationLousã, Coimbra
Finish locationFafe, Braga
Stages21 (338 km; 210 miles)[1]
Stage surfaceGravel
Transport distance1,188.35 km (738.41 miles)
Overall distance1,518.52 km (943.56 miles)
Statistics
Crews registered100
Crews90 at start, 53 at finish
Overall results
Overall winnerFinland Kalle Rovanperä
Finland Jonne Halttunen
Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
3:44:19.2
Power Stage winnerFinland Kalle Rovanperä
Finland Jonne Halttunen
Japan Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
6:28.2
Support category results
WRC-2 winnerFrance Yohan Rossel
France Valentin Sarreaud
France PH Sport
3:58:08.1
WRC-3 winnerFinland Sami Pajari
Finland Enni Mälkönen
4:13:33.2
J-WRC winnerFinland Sami Pajari
Finland 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]

  1. ^ a b "Itinerary Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2022". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 2 March 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 powers to Portugal victory". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 23 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  4. ^ "WRC2: Lappi dominates again". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 23 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  5. ^ "WRC3: Kajetanowicz seals back-to-back wins". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 23 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Junior WRC: Sesks soars to championship lead". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 23 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Hat-trick hero Rovanperä supreme in Portugal". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 22 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Suninen crash gifts Rossel WRC2 victory". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 22 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  9. ^ "Pajari prouds off dream weekend in WRC3". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 22 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.