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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:

1	Rallye de Monte-Carlo 19 - 22 Jan	Sébastien Ogier
2	Rally Sweden 09 - 12 Feb	Ott Tänak
3	Rally Mexico 16 - 19 Mar	Sébastien Ogier
4	Croatia Rally 20 - 23 Apr	Elfyn Evans
5	Rallye de Portugal 11 - 14 May	Kalle Rovanpera
6	Rally Sardinia 01 - 04 Jun	Thierry Neuville
7	Safari Rally 22 - 25 Jun	Sébastien Ogier
8	Rally Estonia 20 - 23 Jul	Kalle Rovanpera
9	Rally Finland 03 - 06 Aug	Elfyn Evans
10	Acropolis Rally of Greece 07 - 10 Sep
11	Rally Chile 28 Sep - 01 Oct
12	Central Europe Rally 26 - 29 Oct
13	Rally Japan 16 - 19 Nov

Next World Rally Championship race

The next rally in the WRC is Central Europe Rally, 26 - 29 Oct.

WRC 2023 teams and pilots

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Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT

#11
Thierry Neuville

#4
Esapekka Lappi

#6
Dani Sordo

#42
Craig Breen

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M-Sport Ford WRT

#8
Ott Tänak

#7
Pierre-Louis Loubet

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Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT

#69
Kalle Rovanperä

#33
Elfyn Evans

#18
Takamoto Katsuta

#17
Sébastien Ogier

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

Martin Prokop
41 years old
on October 4

Kalle Rovanperä
23 years old
on October 1

Kris Meeke
44 years old
on July 2

Adrien Fourmaux
28 years old
on May 3

Dani Sordo
40 years old
on May 2

Jari-Matti Latvala
38 years old
on April 3

Juha Kankkunen
64 years old
on April 2

Guy Fréquelin
78 years old
on April 2

Craig Breen
33 years old
on February 2

Teemu Suninen
29 years old
on February 1

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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