After yesterday’s presentation, the third race of the new WRC season, Croatia Rally 2022, officially started today. 66 teams registered in all categories, of which 8 are Croatian. The race will take place from April 21-24.

After Monte-Carlo and Sweden, the leader is Kalle Rovanperä from the Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 team, who said: “I feel ready and of course it is exciting to lead the Championship, the situation is the same as last year (before this rally), but hopefully We are well prepared and it is nice to have a good advantage in points even though only two rallies have passed in the season. I do not feel any pressure as a leader, but we will try to keep our position even though it is still a long way to go. the way. ”

When it comes to the Rally1 category, among the participants in Croatia Relly 2022 are the winners of the WRC Monte-Carlo, Craig Breen / Paul Nagle, but this time with Ford, instead of Hyundai, which was the case in 2021. They will be joined by teammates Gus Greensmith / Jonas Andersson and Adrien Fourmaux / Alexandre Coria.

29 teams registered in the Rally2 category. Ten teams have entered the WRC3 for Rally3 cars, seven of which are eligible for junior WRC championship points.

Source: WRC