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2024. január 24-28. között rendezik a Rally Világbajnokság idei szezonjának első versenyét, a legendás Monte-Carlo Rallyt….
Rally 2024. Jan 24-28th the first race of this year’s season of the Rally World Championship, the legendary Monte-Carlo Rally will be held. We have gathered the most important details. Many believe that the WRC does not start a year properly if the first race is not held on the tracks of the Monte-Carlo Rally, and although this has happened several times before, the new season can still have a worthy start. The WRC point system has changed for 2024, making the Sundays of the races more exciting. The details of the WRC 2024 changes have been made public: the super Sunday is coming, more Rally1 cars can start. Another change is that, contrary to the previous years, the race center has been moved back to the city of Gap, which is Sébastien Ogier’s hometown. However, the Monte Carlo will end in Monaco on Sunday. The most successful drivers in the race, founded in 1911, are Sébastien Ogier with nine victories, and the eight-time world champion can further increase his number of successes at this year’s race, where 70 pairs can start. The last 10 winners of the Monte-Carlo Rally 2014: Sébastien Ogier, Julien Ingrassia (FRA) VW Polo R WRC 2015: Sébastien Ogier, Julien Ingrassia (FRA) VW Polo R WRC 2016: Sébastien Ogier, Julien Ingrassia (FRA) VW Polo R WRC 2017: Sébastien Ogier, Julien Ingrassia (FRA) Ford Fiesta WRC 2018: Sébastien Ogier, Julien Ingrassia (FRA) Ford Fiesta WRC 2019: Sébastien Ogier, Julien Ingrassia (FRA) Citroen C3 WRC 2020: Thierry Neuville, Nicolas Gilsoul (BEL) Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC 2021: Sébastien Ogier, Julien Ingrassia (FRA) Toyota Yaris WRC 2022: Sébastien Loeb, Isabella Galmiche (FRA) Ford Puma Rally1 2023: Sébastien Ogier, Vincent Landais (FRA) Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 The 2024 field This year, Toyota Gazoo Racing led by Jari-Matti Latvala will perform with Elfyn Evans and Takamoto Katsuta throughout the year, while the third car will be driven alternately by Kalle Rovanpera, who has won the last two seasons, and the eight-time world champion Sébastien Ogier, who can start at the Monte. Hyundai Motorsport led by Cyril Abiteboul allows five drivers to participate this year, Thierry Neuville and Ott Tanak, who returned after a year, will compete throughout the season, while Andreas Mikkelsen, Esapekka Lappi, and Dani Sordo can drive the third hybrid car alternately. The Norwegian driver, who returned after 2019, will start at the Monte. M-Sport led by Richard Millener will again give young riders a chance after Ott Tanak and Pierre-Louis Loubet’s departure, but Adrien Fourmaux already knows the Ford Puma Rally1 well, while Grégoire Munster has only been able to participate in two races with the strongest category car so far. The WRC2 championship is highly anticipated, where the brand new Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 debuts at the Monte, and several of the Japanese car’s drivers can fight a serious battle with the Skoda and Citroen duos. At the season opener in WRC2, the Citroen driver Yohan Rossel, Nikolay Gryazin, the Toyota driver Stéphane Lefebvre, Bryan Bouffier, the Skoda driver Pepe López and Chris Ingram, as well as Nicolas Ciamin starting with Hyundai can fight for the WRC2 victory, while Oliver Solberg with Skoda and Sami Pajari with Toyota can compete for the first place among Rally2 cars. The Monte-Carlo „
