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Rally Estonia 2022 counts for:
2022 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers/Co-drivers
2022 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
2022 FIA World Rally Championship 2 (for Teams and Drivers/Co-drivers)
2022 FIA World Rally Championship 3 (for Drivers/Co-drivers)
2022 FIA WRC3 Junior Championship for Drivers
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| 622nd WRC rally |
| Round of season: | 7 of 13 |
| Official name: | Rally Estonia |
| Edition: | 12th |
| Date: | from Friday 15-Jul-2022 to Monday 18-Jul-2022 |
| Rally HQ: | Tartu, Eastern Estonia; Estonia |
| Clerk of the Course: | Urmas Roosimaa |
| Surface: | Gravel |
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| Entries: | 43 | |
| Starters: | 42 | |
| Finishers: | 33 | (78.6% of starters) |
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| Stages: | 24 | |
| Shortest: | 1.66 | km | (SS1 Tartu 1) |
| Longest: | 24.35 | km | (SS6 Peipsiaare 2) |
| Slowest: | 59.88 | km/h | (SS18 Tartu 2) |
| Fastest: | 124.85 | km/h | (SS4 Raanitsa 1) |
| Planned stage distance: | 313.84 | km | (21.1% of total distance) |
| Actual stage distance: | 313.84 | km | (21.1% of total distance) |
| Road section distance: | 1,172.93 | km |
| Total distance: | 1,486.77 | km |
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| DRIVERS - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 7th win and 10th podium for Kalle Rovanpera. |
| Second place was 22nd podium for Elfyn Evans. |
| Third place was 37th podium for Ott Tanak. |
| MAKES - PODIUM FINISHERS |
| | Win was 74th win and 1-2 win were 213th to 214th podiums for Toyota. |
| | Third place was 91st podium for Hyundai. |
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Rovanpera was first on the road but damp conditions and somewhat lackluster opposition allowed him to maintain touch in first day and then get past, slowly but surely extending his lead over next two days. On several occasions, including the power stage he enjoyed better conditions than his rivals who were hit by rain. Therefore his winning margin widened to over a minute by the finish.
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Local fans expected a lot from Tanak, local hero and past winner of the event. Hyundai had usually been the faster but more unreliable car but this time they lacked the speed as well. Tanak dug deep but suffered from loose hot air tube and subsequent misting windscreen but also was hit with time penalty for not using electric mode on HEV zone.
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The only M-Sprt Ford who had no major problems was Adrien Fourmaux, who duly finished 7th overall after losing fights against both Katsuta and Lappi. Team leader Breen went off on second day, Loubet hit rock on final day and Greensmith retired with transmission trouble, also on final day.
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Related links
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Safari 2022
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Rally Finland 2022
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