FORUM8 Rally Japan 2022

WRC #13WRC2 Open #13WRC2 Junior #13WRC2 Masters #13WRC3 Open #13
10. 11. – 13. 11. 2022, Toyota • Toyota Motorsports Club (TMSC) + MOSCO • asphalt 274.31 km - (cancelled 43.22 km) • total distance including road sections - 965.25 km • Other years
#44
Ford Puma Rally1 Hybrid icon
1 W**
M-Sport Ford WRT
RC1
Final results
6. overall
6. class RC1
6. WRC
Stage results
1. leg Time Pos. km/h
s/km
Overall Pos. after
SS1 Kuragaike Park (2.75 km) 2:09.2 8.
8. class RC1

8. WRC
76.6 km/h
0.80 s/km
2:09.2 8.
8. class RC1

8. WRC
"That was pretty difficult and it's only a super special! Even with the lights you couldn't see anything, but that's pretty easy compared to tomorrow! A long old weekend ahead..."
SS2 Isegami's Tunnel 1 (23.29 km) 17:58.0
[N]
6.
6. class RC1

6. WRC
77.8 km/h
0.58 s/km
20:07.2 7.
7. class RC1

7. WRC
SS3 Inabu Dam 1 (19.38 km) cancelled
SS4 Shitara Town R 1 (22.44 km) 15:30.6 32.
7. class RC1

27. WRC
86.8 km/h
3.00 s/km
35:37.8 7.
6. class RC1

7. WRC
Broken driveshat
"Craig's off the road but he's okay - he went into a barrier. I've got a broken driveshaft so it's not great for any of us really. It is what it is."
SS5 Isegami's Tunnel 2 (14.33 km) 10:55.0 7.
7. class RC1

7. WRC
78.8 km/h
1.19 s/km
46:32.8 6.
6. class RC1

6. WRC
"No issues - there's nothing really to fight for and I didn't have a first pass this morning, so it's quite tricky to come straight out of the blocks. I didn't want to do anything stupid."
SS6 Inabu Dam 2 (19.38 km) 12:46.4 7.
7. class RC1

7. WRC
91.0 km/h
1.42 s/km
59:19.2 6.
6. class RC1

6. WRC
"The worst set of notes I've ever written in my life! I was driving on sight for the entire stage. There's not much point doing tomorrow if it's going to be like that so it looks like we've got another late night ahead."
SS7 Shitara Town R 2 (22.44 km) cancelled
2. leg
SS8 Nukata Forest 1 (20.56 km) 14:47.4 7.
7. class RC1

7. WRC
83.4 km/h
1.47 s/km
1:14:06.6 5.
5. class RC1

5. WRC
"It seemed okay in there to be fair. There's a bit more cutting than yesterday so it might get a bit dirtier."
SS9 Lake Mikawako 1 (14.74 km) 10:41.9 7.
7. class RC1

7. WRC
82.7 km/h
1.04 s/km
1:24:48.5 5.
5. class RC1

5. WRC
"The culture and the people are really great - the place itself is incredible and it's incredible to come and rally here. The stage was okay but we're just cruising."
SS10 Shinshiro City (7.08 km) 3:36.3 7.
7. class RC1

7. WRC
117.8 km/h
0.68 s/km
1:28:24.8 5.
5. class RC1

5. WRC
"It reminded me of some of the roads from Tokyo Drift the film! It was enjoyable."
SS11 Nukata Forest 2 (20.56 km) 14:34.9 7.
7. class RC1

7. WRC
84.6 km/h
1.36 s/km
1:42:59.7 6.
6. class RC1

6. WRC
Power steering issue
SS12 Lake Mikawako 2 (14.74 km) 10:31.8 7.
7. class RC1

7. WRC
84.0 km/h
0.92 s/km
1:53:31.5 6.
6. class RC1

6. WRC
"It was absolutely fine until the penultimate corner when it went again."
SS13 Okazaki City SSS 1 (1.40 km) cancelled
SS14 Okazaki City SSS 2 (1.40 km) 1:22.2 10.
8. class RC1

10. WRC
61.3 km/h
2.43 s/km
1:54:53.7 6.
6. class RC1

6. WRC
3. leg
SS15 Asahi Kougen 1 (7.52 km) 4:57.8 6.
6. class RC1

6. WRC
90.9 km/h
1.10 s/km
1:59:51.5 6.
6. class RC1

6. WRC
"It was okay. It's just about managing the tyres for the morning and making it to the end of the day to see how much of this rain comes."
SS16 Ena City 1 (21.59 km) 16:09.0 6.
6. class RC1

6. WRC
80.2 km/h
1.40 s/km
2:16:00.5 6.
6. class RC1

6. WRC
"Four hard tyres would be the ultimate in there. We're just looking forward to what might come and just driving slow and protecting the tyres. We're entering the window of whether the rain's going to come or not."
SS17 Nenoue Plateau (11.60 km) 7:58.8 7.
7. class RC1

7. WRC
87.2 km/h
1.18 s/km
2:23:59.3 6.
6. class RC1

6. WRC
SS18 Ena City 2 (21.59 km) 18:01.1 3.
3. class RC1

3. WRC
71.9 km/h
0.88 s/km
2:42:00.4 6.
6. class RC1

6. WRC
"Full wets would've been nice, especially at the end. It's so slippery so we were very careful."
SS19 Asahi Kougen 2[Power Stage] (7.52 km) 5:59.3 14.
5. class RC1

13. WRC
75.3 km/h
5.16 s/km
2:47:59.7 6.
6. class RC1

6. WRC
"I couldn't see anything. The screen was completely fogged up all the way through but I did my best."
Overall
WRC
RC1
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