| 2024 Rally Japan FORUM8 Rally Japan 2024 | ||
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Round 13 of 13 in the 2024 World Rally Championship
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 Home hero Takamoto Katsuta driving a Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 during the event. | ||
| Host country |  Japan | |
| Rally base | Toyota, Aichi Prefecture | |
| Dates run | 21 – 24 November 2024 | |
| Start location | Toyota Stadium, Toyota | |
| Finish location | Toyota Stadium, Toyota | |
| Stages | 21 (302.59 km; 188.02 miles)[1] | |
| Stage surface | Tarmac | |
| Transport distance | 714.60 km (444.03 miles) | |
| Overall distance | 1,017.19 km (632.05 miles) | |
| Statistics | ||
| Crews registered | 44 | |
| Crews | 42 at start, 38 at finish | |
| Overall results | ||
| Overall winner |  Elfyn Evans Scott Martin Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT3:23:41.0 | |
| Saturday Overall leader | Elfyn Evans Scott Martin Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 2:40:26.0 | |
| Sunday Accumulated leader |  Thierry Neuville Martijn Wydaeghe Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT43:03.4 | |
| Power Stage winner |  Sébastien Ogier Vincent Landais Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT8:38.5 | |
| Support category results | ||
| WRC-2 winner |  Nikolay Gryazin Konstantin Aleksandrov3:33:45.3 | |
| WRC-3 winner |  Diego Dominguez Jr. Rogelio Peñate3:49:22.2 | |
The 2024 Rally Japan (also known as the FORUM8 Rally Japan 2024) was a motor racing event for rally cars held from 21 to 24 November 2024.[2] It marked the ninth running of the Rally Japan, and was the final round of the 2024 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The event was based in Nagoya in Chūbu Region, and was contested over twenty-one special stages covering a total competitive distance of 302.59 km (188.02 mi).[1]
Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin were the defending rally winners, and their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[3] Andreas Mikkelsen and Torstein Eriksen were the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category.[4] Jason Bailey and Shayne Peterson were the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category.
Evans and Martin successfully defended their titles, so as their team Toyota.[5] Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe became the 2024 world champions,[6] while Toyota snatched the manufacturer's title. Nikolay Gryazin and Konstantin Aleksandrov were the winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category, while Sami Pajari and Enni Mälkönen won the WRC-2 titles.[7] Diego Dominguez Jr. and Rogelio Peñate were the winners in the World Rally Championship-3 category.
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- ^ "Triumphant Evans leads home Toyota 1–2–3 in Japan". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 19 November 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ "Party time for Kajto as Pole secures WRC2 Challenger title in Japan*". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 19 November 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ "Neuville Celebrates Historic WRC Title as Toyota Takes Manufacturers' Glory in Japan". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "Neuville clinches WRC title after Tänak crashes in Japan". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 22 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "Pajari and Mälkönen crowned 2024 WRC2 Champions". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.