World Rally Championship 2022

Would be a brave man to bet against Kalle on home turf next week.

Sal the 2nd wrote:Would be a brave man to bet against Kalle on home turf next week.

I think that goes for the remainder of this year. We're witnessing a very special driver in Kalle. For such a young lad, there is a very mature head on his shoulders. The worrying part is that he makes it look so easy and effortless. The end of stage interviews make him look as he has just finished a WRC game on a Playstation! Methinks we can look forward to this fella for the next 20 years.

Ogier used to moan all the time about running first on the road.

For Kalle it appears to be no problem at all.

Chris

yep hes a class act already.... others going to have to up their game...

So after the first full day its Tanak in the lead even though he's claiming every corner is going to be a potential accident. Lappi is top Toyota and Solberg crashed out of the rally on the first bend of the first proper forest stage.

11 dnfs out of 24 wrc starts for solberg... not great....

Craig's form has dropped a bit which is a shame - i wonder if he might benefit from finishing a few rallies and then worrying about the podiums as he seems to be pushing extremely hard from the start of each rally.

yeah could be the case paul... a wee bit of confidence boost would do well...

reeft1 wrote:Craig's form has dropped a bit which is a shame - i wonder if he might benefit from finishing a few rallies and then worrying about the podiums as he seems to be pushing extremely hard from the start of each rally.

For Craig I think the old adage of ... To Finish First You First Have To Finish....... would help his cause.

As for Rovenperra he does just that, he just keeps finishing.

Chris

big roll for rovanpera..

https://www.wrc.com/en/news/2022/wrc/watch-championship-leader-rolls-out/

Unfortunately Breen has rolled as well - fire extinguishers apparently called for. Really hope he and his co-driver are okay

not good but they are both ok..

https://www.wrc.com/en/news/2022/wrc/craig-breen-rolls-out-of-ypres-rally-belgium/

and now neuville too...from a winning position... petes snskes...

some result in greece for hyundai, good to see neuville keep it interesting, for a while at least..

bmd wrote:some result in greece for hyundai, good to see neuville keep it interesting, for a while at least..

Such a shame Loeb had some bad luck with the reliability of the car - he demonstrated that with the right driver, the Puma does have decent pace on at least one surface.

agreed paul, would love to see the blue ovals fighting for wins again...

Oh Craig. Not again..

My thoughts exactly

He was leading at the time but even so. At least he was in good company Ford history wise as read somewhere that McRae went off at the same place in '02.

gutted for him....

in camera video quality very poor in this rally ...

hope the several stage wins reboosts breens confidence...

breen, evans, greensmith, katsuta,,,, rally of attrition...

and rovanpera wraps up the title, seriously impressive...

Seriously