2024 Rally Japan

2024 Rally Japan
*FORUM8 Rally Japan 2024*
2024 Rally Japan; FORUM8 Rally Japan 2024
Round 13 of 13 in the 2024 World Rally Championship
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	The rally marks the end of the 2024 season.
Host country	Japan
Rally base	Toyota, Aichi Prefecture
Dates run	21 – 24 November 2024
Start location	Toyota Stadium, Toyota
Finish location	Toyota Stadium, Toyota
Stages	21 (302.59 km; 188.02 miles)
Stage surface	Tarmac
Transport distance	714.60 km (444.03 miles)
Overall distance	1,017.19 km (632.05 miles)
Statistics
Crews registered	44
Crews	42 at start

The 2024 Rally Japan (also known as the FORUM8 Rally Japan 2024) is a motor racing event for rally cars that is scheduled to be held from 21 to 24 November 2024.^[2] It is due to be marked the ninth running of the Rally Japan, and is set to be the final round of the 2024 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The event is planned to be based in Nagoya in Chūbu Region, and is scheduled to be contested over twenty-one special stages covering a total competitive distance of 302.59 km (188.02 mi).^[1]

Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin are the defending rally winners, and their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, are the defending manufacturers' winners.^[3] Andreas Mikkelsen and Torstein Eriksen are the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category.^[4] Jason Bailey and Shayne Peterson are the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category.

Background

Entry list

The following crews are set to enter into the rally. The event is set to be 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 are not registered to score points in any championship. Eight are due to enter under Rally1 regulations, as are seventeen Rally2 crews in the World Rally Championship-2 and two Rally3 crew in the World Rally Championship-3.^[5]

Rally1 entries competing in the World Rally Championship
No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Entrant	Car	Championship eligibility	Tyre
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
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	Sami Pajari	Enni Mälkönen	Printsport	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
21	Nikolay Gryazin	Konstantin Aleksandrov^[a]	Nikolay Gryazin	Citroën C3 Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
22	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Maciej Szczepaniak	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
23	Jan Solans	Rodrigo Sanjuan de Eusebio	Jan Solans	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
24	Josh McErlean	James Fulton	Toksport WRT 2	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Team	P
25	Gus Greensmith	Jonas Andersson	Toksport WRT	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Driver, Co-driver, Team	P
26	Daniel Chwist	Kamil Heller	Daniel Chwist	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
27	George Vassilakis	Allan Harryman	George Vassilakis	Ford Fiesta Rally2	Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger/Masters Co-driver	P
28	Eamonn Boland	Michael Joseph Morrissey	Eamonn Boland	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger/Masters Co-driver	P
29	Yuki Yamamoto	Marko Salminen	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
30	Chris Ingram	Alexander Kihurani	Chris Ingram	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
31	Hiroki Arai	Shunsuke Matsuo	Ahead Japan Racing Team	Škoda Fabia R5	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
32	Heikki Kovalainen	Sae Kitagawa	Heikki Kovalainen	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
34	Norihiko Katsuta	Yusuke Kimura	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRJ	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
35	Fumio Nutahara	Shungo Azuma	Fumio Nutahara	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
36	Hikaru Kogure	Topi Matias Luhtinen	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
37	Osamu Fukunaga	Misako Saida	Osamu Fukunaga	Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo	Challenger/Masters Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P
38	Satoshi Imai	Jason Farmer	Satoshi Imai	Citroën C3 Rally2	Challenger Driver, Challenger Co-driver	P

Rally3 entries competing in the World Rally Championship-3
No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Entrant	Car	Tyre
39	Diego Dominguez Jr.	Rogelio Peñate	Diego Dominguez Jr.	Ford Fiesta Rally3	P
40	Ghjuvanni Rossi	Kylian Sarmezan	Ghjuvanni Rossi	Renault Clio Rally3	P

Other major entries
No.	Driver	Co-Driver	Entrant	Car	Championship eligibility	Tyre
45	Armand Fumal	Jules Escartefigue	Armand Fumal	Alpine A110 Rally RGT	Masters Driver	P

Itinerary

All dates and times are JST (UTC+9).

Date	No.	Time span	Stage name	Distance
21 November	—	After 9:01	Kuragaike Park [Shakedown]	2.75 km
		After 18:52	Opening ceremony, Toyota Stadium	—
	SS1	After 19:05	Toyota Stadium SSS 1	2.15 km
22 November		6:19 – 6:34	Service A, Toyota Stadium	—
	SS2	After 7:44	Isegami's Tunnel 1	23.67 km
	SS3	After 8:44	Inabu / Shitara 1	19.38 km
	SS4	After 10:12	Shinshiro 1	17.41 km
		12:07 – 12:27	Regroup, Inabu Donguri-no-Yu	—
		12:27 – 12:42	Tyre fitting zone, Inabu Donguri Koubou	—
	SS5	After 13:32	Isegami's Tunnel 2	23.67 km
	SS6	After 14:32	Inabu / Shitara 2	19.38 km
	SS7	After 16:00	Shinshiro 2	17.41 km
		12:07 – 12:27	Regroup, Okazaki Central Park General Gymnasium	—
	SS8	After 18:35	Okazaki SSS 1	2.54 km
	SS9	After 18:44	Okazaki SSS 2	2.54 km
		19:44 – 20:29	Flexi service B, Toyota Stadium	—
23 November		6:19 – 6:34	Service C, Toyota Stadium	—
	SS10	After 8:05	Mt. Kasagi 1	16.47 km
	SS11	After 9:03	Nenoue Kougen 1	2.54 km
	SS12	After 10:16	Ena 1	22.79 km
		11:21 – 12:04	Regroup, Nakatsugawa Park	—
		12:04 – 12:19	Tyre fitting zone, Nakatsugawa Park	—
	SS13	After 13:05	Mt. Kasagi 2	16.47 km
	SS14	After 14:08	Nenoue Kougen 2	2.54 km
	SS15	After 15:16	Ena 2	22.79 km
		17:26 – 18:07	Regroup, Toyota Stadium	—
		18:07 – 18:52	Flexi service D, Toyota Stadium	—
	SS16	After 19:05	Toyota Stadium SSS 2	2.15 km
24 November		6:26 – 6:41	Service E, Toyota Stadium	—
	SS17	After 7:39	Nukata 1	20.23 km
	SS18	After 8:35	Lake Mikawako 1	13.98 km
	SS19	After 9:38	Nukata 2	20.23 km
		11:03 – 11:49	Regroup, Toyota Stadium	—
		11:49 – 12:04	Flexi service F, Toyota Stadium	—
	SS20	After 12:17	Toyota Stadium SSS 3	2.15 km
		12:27 – 12:58	Regroup, Toyota Stadium B1 Parking	—
	SS21	After 14:15	Lake Mikawako 2 [Power Stage]	13.98 km
		After 15:30	Official finish, Toyota Stadium	—
Source:^[1]

Report

WRC Rally1

Classification

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	SAT	SUN	WPS	Total
Retired SS17		8	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	Accident		0	0	0	0

Special stages

Stage	Winners	Car	Time	Class leaders
SD	Tänak / Järveoja	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	2:18.2	—
SS1	Fourmaux / Coria	Ford Puma Rally1	1:44.4	Fourmaux / Coria
SS2	Neuville / Wydaeghe	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	18:27.4	Tänak / Järveoja
SS3	Ogier / Landais	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	12:14.8	Tänak / Järveoja
SS4	Evans / Martin	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	9:49.7	Evans / Martin
SS5	Tänak / Järveoja	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	18:03.2	Tänak / Järveoja
SS6	Tänak / Järveoja	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	12:00.1
SS7	Evans / Martin	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	9:45.5
SS8	Katsuta / Johnston	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	2:01.1
SS9	Evans / Martin	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	2:01.9
	Fourmaux / Coria	Ford Puma Rally1
	Katsuta / Johnston	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1
SS10	Evans / Martin	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	12:04.3
SS11	Neuville / Wydaeghe	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	7:40.2
SS12	Ogier / Landais	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	16:39.3
SS13	Tänak / Järveoja	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	11:30.1
SS14	Neuville / Wydaeghe	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	7:32.6
SS14	Ogier / Landais	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	7:32.6
SS15	Ogier / Landais	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	16:06.4
SS16	Tänak / Järveoja	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	1:42.6
SS17	Mikkelsen / Eriksen	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	11:57.5	Evans / Martin
SS18	Neuville / Wydaeghe	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	8:42.4
SS19	Neuville / Wydaeghe	Hyundai i20 N Rally1	11:51.9
SS19	Ogier / Landais	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	11:51.9
SS20
SS21

WRC-2 Rally2

Classification

Position		No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Points
Event	Class	No.	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant	Car	Time	Difference	Class	Event
Retired SS17		32	Heikki Kovalainen	Sae Kitagawa	Heikki Kovalainen	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	Accident		0	0

Special stages

Overall
Stage	Winners	Car	Time	Class leaders
SD	Ingram / Kihurani	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	2:17.7	—
SS1	Gryazin / Aleksandrov	Citroën C3 Rally2	1:48.9	Gryazin / Aleksandrov
SS2	Gryazin / Aleksandrov	Citroën C3 Rally2	19:12.0
SS3	Gryazin / Aleksandrov	Citroën C3 Rally2	12:45.3
SS4	Gryazin / Aleksandrov	Citroën C3 Rally2	10:22.1
SS5	Stage cancelled
SS6	Gryazin / Aleksandrov	Citroën C3 Rally2	12:41.4	Gryazin / Aleksandrov
SS7	Gryazin / Aleksandrov	Citroën C3 Rally2	10:21.3
SS8	Gryazin / Aleksandrov	Citroën C3 Rally2	2:07.2
SS9	Gryazin / Aleksandrov	Citroën C3 Rally2	2:05.5
SS10	Arai / Matsuo	Škoda Fabia R5	12:44.3
SS11	Gryazin / Aleksandrov	Citroën C3 Rally2	8:11.5
SS12	Stage cancelled
SS13	Arai / Matsuo	Škoda Fabia R5	12:12.8	Gryazin / Aleksandrov
SS14	Pajari / Mälkönen	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	8:04.6
SS15	Pajari / Mälkönen	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	17:07.3
SS16	Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	1:47.1
SS17	Gryazin / Aleksandrov	Citroën C3 Rally2	12:51.4
SS18	Gryazin / Aleksandrov	Citroën C3 Rally2	9:18.8
SS19	Solans / Sanjuan de Eusebio	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	12:46.5
SS20
SS21

Challenger
Stage	Winners	Car	Time	Class leaders
SD	Ingram / Kihurani	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	2:17.7	—
SS1	Gryazin / Aleksandrov	Citroën C3 Rally2	1:48.9	Gryazin / Aleksandrov
SS2	Gryazin / Aleksandrov	Citroën C3 Rally2	19:12.0
SS3	Gryazin / Aleksandrov	Citroën C3 Rally2	12:45.3
SS4	Gryazin / Aleksandrov	Citroën C3 Rally2	10:22.1
SS5	Stage cancelled
SS6	Gryazin / Aleksandrov	Citroën C3 Rally2	12:41.4	Gryazin / Aleksandrov
SS7	Gryazin / Aleksandrov	Citroën C3 Rally2	10:21.3
SS8	Gryazin / Aleksandrov	Citroën C3 Rally2	2:07.2
SS9	Gryazin / Aleksandrov	Citroën C3 Rally2	2:05.5
SS10	Arai / Matsuo	Škoda Fabia R5	12:44.3
SS11	Gryazin / Aleksandrov	Citroën C3 Rally2	8:11.5
SS12	Stage cancelled
SS13	Arai / Matsuo	Škoda Fabia R5	12:12.8	Gryazin / Aleksandrov
SS14	Pajari / Mälkönen	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	8:04.6
SS15	Pajari / Mälkönen	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	17:07.3
SS16	Kajetanowicz / Szczepaniak	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2	1:47.1
SS17	Gryazin / Aleksandrov	Citroën C3 Rally2	12:51.4
SS18	Gryazin / Aleksandrov	Citroën C3 Rally2	9:18.8
SS19	Solans / Sanjuan de Eusebio	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	12:46.5
SS20
SS21

WRC-3 Rally3

Special stages

Stage	Winners	Car	Time	Class leaders
SD	Dominguez / Peñate	Ford Fiesta Rally3	2:27.5	—
SS1	Dominguez / Peñate	Ford Fiesta Rally3	1:56.2	Dominguez / Peñate
SS2	Rossi / Sarmezan	Renault Clio Rally3	20:56.7	Rossi / Sarmezan
SS3	Dominguez / Peñate	Ford Fiesta Rally3	14:02.8
SS4	Dominguez / Peñate	Ford Fiesta Rally3	11:18.9
SS5	Stage cancelled
SS6	Dominguez / Peñate	Ford Fiesta Rally3	13:38.7	Dominguez / Peñate
SS7	Rossi / Sarmezan	Renault Clio Rally3	11:15.9
SS8	Rossi / Sarmezan	Renault Clio Rally3	2:16.0
SS9	Dominguez / Peñate	Ford Fiesta Rally3	2:12.2
SS10	Dominguez / Peñate	Ford Fiesta Rally3	13:22.4
SS11	Rossi / Sarmezan	Renault Clio Rally3	8:47.9
SS12	Stage cancelled
SS13	Dominguez / Peñate	Ford Fiesta Rally3	12:58.1	Dominguez / Peñate
SS14	Dominguez / Peñate	Ford Fiesta Rally3	8:44.4
SS15	Dominguez / Peñate	Ford Fiesta Rally3	18:17.2
SS16	Dominguez / Peñate	Ford Fiesta Rally3	1:57.7
SS17	Rossi / Sarmezan	Renault Clio Rally3	14:09.3
SS18	Rossi / Sarmezan	Renault Clio Rally3	10:01.1
SS19	Rossi / Sarmezan	Renault Clio Rally3	13:53.4
SS20
SS21

Notes

^ 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.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Itinerary FORUM8 Rally Japan 2024". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
^ "Revealed: 2024 WRC Calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
^ "Triumphant Evans leads home Toyota 1–2–3 in Japan". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 19 November 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
^ "Party time for Kajto as Pole secures WRC2 Challenger title in Japan*". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 19 November 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
^ "Entry list FORUM8 Rally Japan 2024". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
^ "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.

External links

Official website (in English and Japanese)
2024 Rally Japan at eWRC-results.com
2024 Rally Japan at rally-maps.com (in English, German, and Polish)

Previous rally: 2024 Central European Rally	2024 FIA World Rally Championship	Next rally: 2025 Monte Carlo Rally (2025)
Previous rally: 2023 Rally Japan	2024 Rally Japan	Next rally: 2025 Rally Japan

[7] 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.^[6]

[Japan_Route-1] "Itinerary FORUM8 Rally Japan 2024". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 2 September 2024.

[2] "Revealed: 2024 WRC Calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.

[3] "Triumphant Evans leads home Toyota 1–2–3 in Japan". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 19 November 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.

[4] "Party time for Kajto as Pole secures WRC2 Challenger title in Japan*". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 19 November 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.

[Japan_entry_list-5] "Entry list FORUM8 Rally Japan 2024". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 28 October 2024.

[Russia-competitors-6] "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.

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