Last weekends was the twelfth round of the World Rally Championship at Rally Catalunya de España (20th-23rd October) that was won by Outgoing WRC Champion Sébastien Ogier in his works Toyota GR Yaris Rally1.
While, Thierry Neuville finished second in his works Hyundai i20 N Rally1, Neuville was sixteen seconds behind Ogier at the end of the rally. Meanwhile, New WRC Champion Kalle Rovanperä finished third in his works Toyota GR Yaris Rally1, Rovanperä was thirty-five seconds behind Ogier at the end of the rally.
With the one-three finish, it was also confirmed with a rally to spare for Toyota to win the manufacturers' champions for another season for Toyota's sixth WRC Manufacturers title, congrats to Toyota for winnings this years title.
Meanwhile in WRC-2 class (Manufacturer entries competing in cars built to Group R5 specifications), that was won by Hyundai Motorsport N driverTeemu Suninen in his Hyundai i20 N Rally2. Teemu Suninen finished in eleventh place overall, he was ten minutes behind Ogier at the end of the rally.
While in WRC-3 class (Open to privately-entered cars; Rally3 spec cars), that was won by Lauri Joona in his own backed Ford Fiesta Rally3. Lauri Joona finished in thirtieth place overall, he was twenty minutes behind Ogier at the end of the rally. With that result, Lauri Joona was enough to clinched the WRC3 Championship this season in his own backed Ford Fiesta Rally3, contracts to Lauri Joona and co-drivers Mikael Korhonen, and Tuukka Shemeikka for winning this years WRC3 championship.
Next stop, Round Thirteen of the 2022 WRC season for Rally Japan in three weeks time.
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