2022 Monte Carlo Rally
The 2022 Monte Carlo Rally (also known as the 90e Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 20 and 23 January 2022. It marked the ninetieth running of the Monte Carlo Rally, and was the first round of the 2022 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2022 event was based in Monaco solely. The rally was consisted of seventeen special stages, covering a total competitive distance of 296.03 km (183.94 mi).
| 2022 Monte Carlo Rally 90e Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo | ||
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Round 1 of 13 in the 2022 World Rally Championship
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The Monte Carlo Rally is run on a mixture of tarmac and snow stages. | ||
| Host country | Monaco | |
| Rally base | Monte Carlo, Monaco | |
| Dates run | 20 – 23 January 2022 | |
| Start location | Quai Albert, Monaco | |
| Finish location | Casino Square, Monaco | |
| Stages | 17 (296.03 km; 183.94 miles) | |
| Stage surface | Tarmac and snow | |
| Transport distance | 1,216.44 km (755.86 miles) | |
| Overall distance | 1,511.47 km (939.18 miles) | |
| Statistics | ||
| Crews registered | 74 | |
| Crews | 74 at start, 62 at finish | |
| Overall results | ||
| Overall winner | Sébastien Loeb Isabelle Galmiche M-Sport Ford WRT 3:00:32.8 | |
| Power Stage winner | Kalle Rovanperä Jonne Halttunen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 8:35.8 | |
| Support category results | ||
| WRC-2 winner | Andreas Mikkelsen Torstein Eriksen Toksport WRT 3:12:06.6 | |
| WRC-3 winner | Sami Pajari Enni Mälkönen Sami Pajari 3:24:39.2 | |
Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia were the defending rally winners. However, Ingrassia did not defend his title as he retired from the sport at the end of 2021 season. Andreas Mikkelsen and Ola Fløene were the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category, while Yohan Rossel and Benoît Fulcrand were the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category.
Nine-time world champion Sébastien Loeb and Isabelle Galmiche won the rally. This was Loeb's eightieth rally victory and his first since the 2018 Rally Catalunya. The win also saw Loeb became the oldest driver to win a World Rally Championship event and Galmiche became the first female winner of a WRC fixture since 1997. Their team, M-Sport Ford WRT, won its first rally since the 2018 Wales Rally GB. Mikkelsen successfully defended his title in the WRC-2 category with new co-driver Torstein Eriksen. The Finnish crew of Sami Pajari and Enni Mälkönen won the WRC-3 category.