2024 Central European Rally

2024 Central European Rally
Central European Rally 2024
Round 12 of 13 in the 2024 World Rally Championship
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The Central European Rally features routes across three nations.
Host country
Rally basePassau, Bavaria, Germany
Dates run17 – 20 October 2024
Start locationHradčany, Prague, Czech Republic
Finish locationPassau, Bavaria, Germany
Stages18 (302.51 km; 187.97 miles)[1]
Stage surfaceTarmac
Transport distance1,283.15 km (797.31 miles)
Overall distance1,585.66 km (985.28 miles)
Statistics
Crews registered44
Crews43 at start, 40 at finish
Overall results
Overall winner Ott Tänak
Martin Järveoja
Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT
2:37:34.6
Saturday
Overall leader
Ott Tänak
Martin Järveoja
Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT
2:10:17.9
Sunday
Accumulated leader
Takamoto Katsuta
Aaron Johnston
Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
27:11.1
Power Stage winner Takamoto Katsuta
Aaron Johnston
Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
7:22.3
Support category results
WRC-2 winner Nikolay Gryazin
Konstantin Aleksandrov
DG Sport Compétition
2:46:52.2
WRC-3 winner Mattéo Chatillon
Maxence Cornuau
2:58:43.2

The 2024 Central European Rally (also known as the Central Europe Rally 2024) was a motor racing event for rally cars held from 17 to 20 October 2024.[2] It marked the second running of the Central European Rally, and is set to be the twelfth round of the 2024 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The event was based in Passau, Bavaria, Germany, and was contested over eighteen special stages covering a total competitive distance of 302.51 km (187.97 mi).[1]

Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe were the defending rally winners, and their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[3] Nicolas Ciamin and Yannick Roche were the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category.[4] Filip Kohn and Tom Woodburn were the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category.

Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja won their second rally of the season, and their team, Hyundai, successfully defended their manufacturers' titles.[5] Nikolay Gryazin and Konstantin Aleksandrov were the winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category.[6] Mattéo Chatillon and Maxence Cornuau were the winners in the World Rally Championship-3 category.[7]

Background

Entry list

The following crews entered into the rally. The event was opened to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, its support categories, the World Rally Championship-2, World Rally Championship-3 and privateer entries that were not registered to score points in any championship. Ten entered under Rally1 regulations, as were fifteen Rally2 crews in the World Rally Championship-2 and ten Rally3 crew in the World Rally Championship-3.[8]

Rally1 entries competing in the World Rally Championship
No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Championship eligibility Tyre
5 Sami Pajari Enni Mälkönen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Driver, Co-driver P
8 Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer P
9 Andreas Mikkelsen Torstein Eriksen Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer P
11 Thierry Neuville Martijn Wydaeghe Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer P
13 Grégoire Munster Louis Louka M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer P
16 Adrien Fourmaux Alexandre Coria M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer P
17 Sébastien Ogier Vincent Landais Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer P
18 Takamoto Katsuta Aaron Johnston Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer P
19 Jourdan Serderidis Frédéric Miclotte M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 Driver, Co-driver P
33 Elfyn Evans Scott Martin Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Driver, Co-driver, Manufacturer P
Rally2 entries competing in the World Rally Championship-2
No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Championship eligibility Tyre
20 Oliver Solberg Elliott Edmondson Toksport WRT 2 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Team P
21 Yohan Rossel Florian Barral DG Sport Compétition Citroën C3 Rally2 Driver, Co-driver, Team P
22 Nikolay Gryazin Konstantin Aleksandrov[a] DG Sport Compétition Citroën C3 Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver, Team P
23 Josh McErlean James Fulton Toksport WRT 2 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver, Team P
24 Kajetan Kajetanowicz Maciej Szczepaniak Kajetan Kajetanowicz Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P
26 William Creighton Liam Regan Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy Ford Fiesta Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P
27 Armin Kremer Ella Kremer Armin Kremer Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver P
28 Eamonn Boland Michael Joseph Morrissey Eamonn Boland Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger/Masters Co-driver P
29 Mikołaj Marczyk Szymon Gospodarczyk Mikołaj Marczyk Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P
30 Filip Mareš Radovan Bucha ACCR Toyota Dolák Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P
31 Marijan Griebel Tobias Braun Marijan Griebel Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P
32 Maxime Potty Renaud Herman Maxime Potty Citroën C3 Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P
34 Věroslav Cvrček ml. Petr Těšínský Věroslav Cvrček ml. Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P
35 Petr Nešetřil Jiří Černoch Petr Nešetřil Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver P
36 Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz Rodrigo Sanjuan de Eusebio Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver P
37 Henk Vossen Harmen Scholtalbers Henk Vossen Hyundai i20 N Rally2 Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger/Masters Co-driver P
Rally3 entries competing in the World Rally Championship-3
No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Tyre
38 Mattéo Chatillon Maxence Cornuau Mattéo Chatillon Renault Clio Rally3 P
39 Jan Černý Ondřej Krajča Jan Černý Ford Fiesta Rally3 P
40 Filip Kohn Ross Whittock Filip Kohn Ford Fiesta Rally3 P
41 Tristan Charpentier Patric Öhman Tristan Charpentier Ford Fiesta Rally3 P
43 Hermann Gaßner jr. Michael Wenzel ADAC Südbayern Renault Clio Rally3 P
44 Hubert Laskowski Michał Kuśnierz Hubert Laskowski Ford Fiesta Rally3 P
45 Slaven Šekuljica Damir Petrović Slaven Šekuljica Ford Fiesta Rally3 P
46 Lyssia Baudet Léa Sam-Caw-Freve WRC Beyond Rally Ford Fiesta Rally3 P
47 Suvi Jyrkiäinen Antti Linnaketo WRC Beyond Rally Ford Fiesta Rally3 P
48 Claire Schönborn Jara Hain WRC Beyond Rally Ford Fiesta Rally3 P
Other major entries
No. Driver Co-Driver Entrant Car Championship eligibility Tyre
25 Gus Greensmith Jonas Andersson Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 P
55 Armand Fumal Jules Escartefigue Armand Fumal Alpine A110 Rally RGT Masters Driver P

Itinerary

All dates and times are CEST (UTC+2).

Date No. Time span Stage name Distance
17 October After 9:01 Točná [Shakedown] 2.05 km
After 14:00 Opening ceremony, Hradčany
SS1 After 15:00 SSS Velká Chuchle 2.55 km
17:25 – 18:10 Regroup, Klatovy
SS2 After 18:26 Klatovy 1 11.78 km
18 October 7:00 – 7:30 Remote service, Janovice nad Úhlavou
SS3 After 8:02 Klatovy 2 11.78 km
SS4 After 9:32 Strašín 1 26.69 km
SS5 After 10:42 Šumavské Hoštice 1 16.85 km
SS6 After 13:11 Klatovy 3 11.78 km
14:28 – 14:58 Remote service, Janovice nad Úhlavou
SS7 After 16:14 Strašín 2 26.69 km
SS8 After 17:24 Šumavské Hoštice 2 16.85 km
20:04 – 20:49 Flexi service A, Karpfham
19 October 6:05 – 6:20 Service B, Karpfham
SS9 After 7:58 Granit und Wald 1 20.05 km
SS10 After 9:05 / Beyond Borders 1 24.33 km
SS11 After 10:34 Schärdinger Innviertel 1 17.35 km
12:10 – 12:50 Service C, Karpfham
SS12 After 14:28 Granit und Wald 2 20.05 km
SS13 After 15:35 / Beyond Borders 2 24.33 km
SS14 After 17:04 Schärdinger Innviertel 2 17.35 km
18:07 – 18:52 Flexi service D, Karpfham
20 October 7:05 – 7:20 Service E, Karpfham
SS15 After 9:11 Knaus Tabbert Am Hochwald 1 12.17 km
9:43 – 10:08 Regroup, Waldkirchen
SS16 After 10:35 Passauer Land 1 14.87 km
SS17 After 11:33 Knaus Tabbert Am Hochwald 2 12.17 km
12:03 – 12:48 Regroup, Waldkirchen
SS18 After 13:15 Passauer Land 2 [Power Stage] 14.87 km
After 15:30 Podium ceremony, Passau
Source:[1]

Report

WRC Rally1

Classification

Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class SAT SUN WPS Total
1 1 8 Ott Tänak Martin Järveoja Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 2:37:34.6 0.0 18 4 0 22
2 2 33 Elfyn Evans Scott Martin Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 2:37:41.6 +7.0 15 6 3 24
3 3 11 Thierry Neuville Martijn Wydaeghe Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 2:38:14.4 +39.8 13 3 2 18
4 4 18 Takamoto Katsuta Aaron Johnston Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 2:38:55.6 +1:21.0 10 7 5 22
5 5 13 Grégoire Munster Louis Louka M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 2:41:16.5 +3:41.9 8 2 0 10
20 6 19 Jourdan Serderidis Frédéric Miclotte M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 2:59:45.2 +22:10.6 0 0 0 0
31 7 9 Andreas Mikkelsen Torstein Eriksen Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT Hyundai i20 N Rally1 3:20:54.6 +43:20.0 0 0 4 4
32 8 16 Adrien Fourmaux Alexandre Coria M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Puma Rally1 3:25:19.7 +47:45.1 0 5 1 6
Retired SS17 17 Sébastien Ogier Vincent Landais Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Crash 0 0 0 0
Retired SS15 5 Sami Pajari Enni Mälkönen Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Rolled 0 0 0 0

Special stages

Stage Winners Car Time Class leaders
SD Tänak / Järveoja Hyundai i20 N Rally1 1:07.8
SS1 Ogier / Landais Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 1:49.3 Ogier / Landais
SS2 Neuville / Wydaeghe Hyundai i20 N Rally1 6:00.2
SS3 Ogier / Landais Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 5:54.0
SS4 Evans / Martin Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 13:25.6
SS5 Tänak / Järveoja Hyundai i20 N Rally1 9:24.5 Neuville / Wydaeghe
SS6 Katsuta / Johnston Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 5:47.8
SS7 Neuville / Wydaeghe Hyundai i20 N Rally1 12:59.0
SS8 Ogier / Landais Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 9:12.5
SS9 Tänak / Järveoja Hyundai i20 N Rally1 10:52.7
SS10 Evans / Martin Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 12:50.2
SS11 Ogier / Landais Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 9:23.8 Ogier / Landais
SS12 Tänak / Järveoja Hyundai i20 N Rally1 10:34.8
SS13 Ogier / Landais Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 12:33.6
SS14 Ogier / Landais Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 9:03.5
SS15 Fourmaux / Coria Ford Puma Rally1 6:09.2 Tänak / Järveoja
SS16 Katsuta / Johnston Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 7:24.1
SS17 Evans / Martin Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 6:09.4
SS18 Katsuta / Johnston Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 7:22.3

Championship standings

Pos. Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships Manufacturers' championships
Move Driver Points Move Co-driver Points Move Manufacturer Points
1 Thierry Neuville 225 Martijn Wydaeghe 225 Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT 526
2 Ott Tänak 200 Martin Järveoja 200 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 511
3 1 Elfyn Evans 185 1 Scott Martin 185 M-Sport Ford WRT 267
4 1 Sébastien Ogier 166 1 Vincent Landais 166
5 Adrien Fourmaux 146 Alexandre Coria 146

WRC-2 Rally2

Classification

Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class Class Event
6 1 22 Nikolay Gryazin Konstantin Aleksandrov DG Sport Compétition Citroën C3 Rally2 2:46:52.2 0.0 25 6
8 2 30 Filip Mareš Radovan Bucha ACCR Toyota Dolák Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 2:49:16.1 +2:23.9 18 3
9 3 29 Mikołaj Marczyk Szymon Gospodarczyk Mikołaj Marczyk Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 2:49:45.2 +2:53.0 15 2
10 4 24 Kajetan Kajetanowicz Maciej Szczepaniak Kajetan Kajetanowicz Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 2:49:54.9 +3:02.7 12 1
11 5 23 Josh McErlean James Fulton Toksport WRT 2 Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 2:50:05.2 +3:13.0 10 0
13 6 31 Marijan Griebel Tobias Braun Marijan Griebel Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 2:50:29.6 +3:37.4 8 0
14 7 32 Maxime Potty Renaud Herman Maxime Potty Citroën C3 Rally2 2:53:48.5 +6:56.3 6 0
15 8 27 Armin Kremer Ella Kremer Armin Kremer Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 2:54:11.3 +7:19.1 4 0
16 9 26 William Creighton Liam Regan Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy Ford Fiesta Rally2 2:54:42.1 +7:49.9 2 0
18 10 34 Věroslav Cvrček ml. Petr Těšínský Věroslav Cvrček ml. Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 2:59:10.9 +12:18.7 1 0
26 11 21 Yohan Rossel Florian Barral DG Sport Compétition Citroën C3 Rally2 3:02:37.1 +15:44.9 0 0
27 12 28 Eamonn Boland Michael Joseph Morrissey Eamonn Boland Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 3:12:19.6 +25:27.4 0 0
30 13 35 Petr Nešetřil Jiří Černoch Petr Nešetřil Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 3:20:28.2 +33:36.0 0 0
34 14 37 Henk Vossen Harmen Scholtalbers Henk Vossen Hyundai i20 N Rally2 3:31:55.1 +45:02.9 0 0
38 15 36 Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz Rodrigo Sanjuan de Eusebio Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 3:44:18.1 +57:25.9 0 0

Special stages

Championship standings

  • Bold text indicates 2024 World Champions.
Pos. Open Drivers' championships Open Co-drivers' championships Teams' championships Challenger Drivers' championships Challenger Co-drivers' championships
Move Driver Points Move Co-driver Points Move Manufacturer Points Move Manufacturer Points Move Driver Points
1 Oliver Solberg 123 Elliott Edmondson 123 DG Sport Compétition 252 Sami Pajari 118 Enni Mälkönen 118
2 Yohan Rossel 111 Enni Mälkönen 108 Toksport WRT 205 Nikolay Gryazin 105 Konstantin Aleksandrov 105
3 Sami Pajari 108 Konstantin Aleksandrov 91 1 Toksport WRT 2 105 1 Kajetan Kajetanowicz 82 1 Maciej Szczepaniak 82
4 Nikolay Gryazin 91 4 Maciej Szczepaniak 59 1 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG 73 1 Lauri Joona 78 1 Janni Hussi 78
5 2 Kajetan Kajetanowicz 59 1 Janni Hussi 58 Jan Solans 68 Rodrigo Sanjuan de Eusebio 68

WRC-3 Rally3

Classification

Position No. Driver Co-driver Entrant Car Time Difference Points
Event Class
17 1 38 Mattéo Chatillon Maxence Cornuau Mattéo Chatillon Renault Clio Rally3 2:58:43.2 0.0 25
19 2 40 Filip Kohn Ross Whittock Filip Kohn Ford Fiesta Rally3 2:59:39.2 +56.0 18
21 3 43 Hermann Gaßner jr. Michael Wenzel ADAC Südbayern Renault Clio Rally3 2:59:45.6 +1:02.4 15
22 4 44 Hubert Laskowski Michał Kuśnierz Hubert Laskowski Ford Fiesta Rally3 2:59:55.6 +1:12.4 12
24 5 41 Tristan Charpentier Patric Öhman Tristan Charpentier Ford Fiesta Rally3 3:00:51.5 +2:08.3 10
25 6 39 Jan Černý Ondřej Krajča Jan Černý Ford Fiesta Rally3 3:00:54.5 +2:11.3 8
33 7 48 Claire Schönborn Jara Hain WRC Beyond Rally Ford Fiesta Rally3 3:30:11.4 +31:28.2 6
39 8 45 Slaven Šekuljica Damir Petrović Slaven Šekuljica Ford Fiesta Rally3 3:48:38.2 +49:55.0 4
40 9 46 Lyssia Baudet Léa Sam-Caw-Freve WRC Beyond Rally Ford Fiesta Rally3 3:54:57.9 +56:14.7 2
Retired SS17 47 Suvi Jyrkiäinen Antti Linnaketo WRC Beyond Rally Ford Fiesta Rally3 Cooling 0

Special stages

Stage Winners Car Time Class leaders
SD Not run
SS1 Gaßner / Wenzel Renault Clio Rally3 2:00.8 Gaßner / Wenzel
SS2 Černý / Krajča Ford Fiesta Rally3 6:47.7 Černý / Krajča
SS3 Černý / Krajča Ford Fiesta Rally3 6:38.7
SS4 Kohn / Whittock Ford Fiesta Rally3 15:22.9 Chatillon / Cornuau
SS5 Stage cancelled
SS6 Chatillon / Cornuau Renault Clio Rally3 6:33.5 Chatillon / Cornuau
SS7 Černý / Krajča Ford Fiesta Rally3 14:35.4
SS8 Černý / Krajča Ford Fiesta Rally3 10:51.9
SS9 Černý / Krajča Ford Fiesta Rally3 12:30.7
SS10 Černý / Krajča Ford Fiesta Rally3 14:38.2
SS11 Černý / Krajča Ford Fiesta Rally3 10:23.9
SS12 Chatillon / Cornuau Renault Clio Rally3 11:47.3
SS13 Černý / Krajča Ford Fiesta Rally3 14:04.8
SS14 Laskowski / Kuśnierz Ford Fiesta Rally3 10:17.5
SS15 Kohn / Whittock Ford Fiesta Rally3 7:01.8
SS16 Černý / Krajča Ford Fiesta Rally3 8:26.3
SS17 Kohn / Whittock Ford Fiesta Rally3 6:58.7
SS18 Černý / Krajča Ford Fiesta Rally3 8:20.5

Championship standings

  • Bold text indicates 2024 World Champions.
Pos. Drivers' championships Co-drivers' championships
Move Driver Points Move Co-driver Points
1 Diego Dominguez Jr. 100 Rogelio Peñate 100
2 2 Mattéo Chatillon 73 2 Maxence Cornuau 73
3 1 Romet Jürgenson 61 1 Siim Oja 61
4 1 Jan Černý 55 1 Ondřej Krajča 55
5 2 Norbert Maior 49 2 Francesca Maria Maior 49

Notes

  1. ^ Konstantin Aleksandrov is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor using the ANA flag as Russian national emblems were banned by the association due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[9]

References

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  2. ^ "Revealed: 2024 WRC Calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Sensational Rovanperä clinches 2023 WRC title". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 29 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Mikkelsen claims WRC2 title in last-gasp Central European Rally push". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 29 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  5. ^ "WRC title fight goes to Japan as Tänak triumphs at CER". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 20 October 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  6. ^ "WRC2 Gold for Gryazin at Central European Rally". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 20 October 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Chatillon cheers the loudest, claiming maiden WRC3 win". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 20 October 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  8. ^ "Entry list Central European Rally 2024". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  9. ^ "FIA announces World Motor Sport Council decisions in relation to the situation in Ukraine". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.