- Source: 2024 WRC2 Championship
The 2024 FIA WRC2 Championship is the twelfth season of WRC2, a rallying championship organised and governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile as the second-highest tier of international rallying. The category is open to crews with cars complying with Group Rally2 regulations. The championship began in January 2024 with the Monte Carlo Rally and will conclude in November 2024 with the Rally Japan, and runs in support of the 2024 World Rally Championship.
Andreas Mikkelsen and Torstein Eriksen are the defending drivers' and co-drivers' champions.
Calendar
The 2024 season is scheduled to be contested over thirteen rounds crossing Europe, Africa, South America and Asia.
= Calendar changes
=The championship was expected to be expanded to fourteen rounds, however WRC Promoter GmbH retained the existing total of thirteen events with the reasoning that it would aid participation of more Rally1 cars.
Rally Liepāja stepped up from the European Rally Championship to hold a World Rally Championship event under a new name, Rally Latvia. The rally was held on gravel roads that range from the cities of Rīga and Liepāja to the regions of Talsi, Tukums, Kuldīga and Dienvidkurzeme. It replaced Rally Estonia on the calendar.
Rally Poland returned to the championship. This marked the first time the event was held as a WRC event since 2017.
Rally Mexico dropped off the calendar, but the organisers are seeking an opportunity for a 2025 return.
Rally Estonia was also not featured in 2024, but the event is set to return in 2025.
The WRC Promoter GmbH is also working on the two key calendar expansions for the future.
Progress has been made for the candidate event in the United States, a location that was also aiming to join the championship in 2024.
The other key expansion is Rally China, which was last featured in 1999. The rally was also scheduled to be held in 2016, but it was ultimately cancelled due to the damage caused by the 2016 China floods.
In addition, the candidate list also include the event in Saudi Arabia, where it aims at a 2025 calendar slot. The rally is a part of WRC Promoter GmbH's plan to deliver a desert event. Rally Argentina is also bidding to return to the championship.
= Other changes
=The organizers of the Monte Carlo Rally are set to relocate its headquarters back to Gap in France. The rally was previously based in Monaco.
The Kenyan Rally, which took place in June in the previous three seasons, will move ahead to March at the weekend of Easter as the third round of the season.
The running date of the Central European Rally was moved two weeks earlier with a headquarter change to avoid the clash with All Saints' Day.
Entries
The following teams and crews are under contract to contest WRC2 in 2024. Teams must enter two crews to be eligible for Teams' Championship points.
= In detail
=Citroën Racing announced three factory-supported entries in the category, retaining Yohan Rossel and signing Nikolay Gryazin and Marco Bulacia. Rossel and Gryazin's entries will be run in collaboration with Belgian outfit DG Sport Compétition, while Portuguese team Sports & You will run Bulacia's entry.
Toksport WRT will run three entries supported by Škoda Motorsport. The German team retains Oliver Solberg and Gus Greensmith from 2023, while Pierre-Louis Loubet returns to the category, moving over from the Rally1 category and M-Sport Ford.
Sami Pajari left Toksport WRT after the 2023 season. Instead, he will drive the new Toyota GR Yaris Rally2, his entry being run by Finnish team Printsport.
Regulation changes
Power Stage points were removed for WRC2 the 2024 season. The FIA cited complaints about the disparity in running order – where the top-five WRC2 competitors would run out of order from the other cars in class – as the primary reason for the regulation change.
Results and standings
= Season summary
== Scoring system
=A team has to enter two cars to score points in an event. Drivers and teams must nominate a scoring rally when they enter the event and the best six scores from seven nominated rallies will count towards the final classification. Registered drivers are able to enter additional rallies with Priority 2 status without scoring points.
= FIA WRC2 Championship for Drivers
== FIA WRC2 Championship for Co-drivers
== FIA WRC2 Championship for Teams
== FIA WRC2 Challenger Championship for Drivers
== FIA WRC2 Challenger Championship for Co-drivers
=Notes
References
External links
Official website (in English, French, and Spanish)
FIA WRC2 2024 at eWRC-results.com
FIA WRC2 Challenger 2024 at eWRC-results.com
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Robert Kubica
- 2024 WRC2 Championship
- WRC2
- 2025 WRC2 Championship
- 2023 WRC2 Championship
- 2024 Junior WRC Championship
- 2015 WRC2 Championship
- 2024 World Rally Championship
- Sami Pajari
- World Rally Championship
- 2013 WRC2 Championship
