The World Rally Championship Encyclopedia
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The season 2023 of WRC
The great novelty of the WRC 2023, is the Central European Rally.
The new event will be held in areas of three countries, Germany, Austria and Czech Republic, and will be based in the city of Passau, in southeastern Germany.
The WRC season will end on the weekend of November 16-19 in Japan, the home of Toyota, the team that in 2023 will be out to defend the drivers' and manufacturers' titles it has won this season.
Enjoy all information about the 2023 World Rally Championship season: new cars, new pilots, new calendar...
Season 2023 WRC calendar
The 2023 WRC season confirmed events:
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![[MC]](/flags/mc.png "Monaco") Rallye de Monte-Carlo19 - 22 Jan |
Sébastien
Ogier
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![[SE]](/flags/se.png "Sweden") Rally Sweden09 - 12 Feb |
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![[MX]](/flags/mx.png "Mexico") Rally Mexico16 - 19 Mar |
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![[HR]](/flags/hr.png "Croatia") Croatia Rally20 - 23 Apr |
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![[PT]](/flags/pt.png "Portugal") Rallye de Portugal11 - 14 May |
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![[IT]](/flags/it.png "Italy") Rally Sardinia01 - 04 Jun |
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![[KE]](/flags/ke.png "Kenya") Safari Rally22 - 25 Jun |
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![[EE]](/flags/ee.png "Estonia") Rally Estonia20 - 23 Jul |
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![[FI]](/flags/fi.png "Finland") Rally Finland03 - 06 Aug |
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![[GR]](/flags/gr.png "Greece") Acropolis Rally of Greece07 - 10 Sep |
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![[CL]](/flags/cl.png "Chile") Rally Chile28 Sep - 01 Oct |
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![[EU]](/flags/eu.png "Europe") Central Europe Rally26 - 29 Oct |
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![[JP]](/flags/jp.png "Japan") Rally Japan16 - 19 Nov |
Next World Rally Championship race
The next rallie in the WRC is Rally Sweden, 09 - 12 Feb.
WRC 2023 teams and pilots
Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT
![[BE]](/flags/be.png "BE")
![[ES]](/flags/es.png "ES")
![[IE]](/flags/ie.png "IE")
M-Sport Ford WRT
![[FR]](/flags/fr.png "FR")
Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
History of the World Rally Championship
The first edition of the World Rally Championship was held in 1973, organized by the International Automobile Federation (FIA) from various championships that
were disputed internationally.
Mainly from the European Rally Championship, the oldest supranational rally championship that was organized in the world, a test that the FIA has been organizing since 1953.
And the International Championship of Brands, which was held from 1970 to 1972.
Starting in 1973, the FIA established a worldwide competition, increasing the calendar to thirteen tests, ten of them in Europe, two in Africa and one in America.
That included the historic Monte Carlo Rally, RAC Rally, Acropolis Rally, Safari Rally or the Thousand Lakes Rally.
From 1973 to 1976 only the constructors' championship was disputed, but between 1977 and 1978, the FIA Cup for rally drivers was held, which was the predecessor of the
World Championship for Drivers
which included the world championship events (in Monte Carlo, Sweden, Portugal, Safari, Acropolis, Poland, Finland, Canada, San Remo, Corsica, Great Britain...)
and several that were only scoring for the FIA Cup (such as the Rally of Scotland, San Martino di Castrozza...).
The first official world rally champion was Björn Waldegård in 1979.
Birthdays
Statistics of the World Rally Championship
Rallypedia collects all the data of the World Rally Championship (WRC) offering it in a structured and navigable way: winners of the drivers' and manufacturers' championship, all rallies, the manufacturers, the cars, the drivers...
And historical rankings of the competition or statistics of fatal accidents.
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Here you will find all the current and historical information of the highest category of the World Rally Championship.