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The 2023 FIA World Rally Championship Masters Cup is the first season of the World Rally Championship Masters Cup. The category is open to drivers and co-drivers over 50 years of age with any WRC eligible cars except Group Rally1 cars.[1] The championship began in January 2023 with the Rallye Monte-Carlo and is due to conclude in November 2023 with Rally Japan, and will run in support of the 2023 World Rally Championship.

Calendar

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A map showing the locations of the rallies in the 2023 championship. Event headquarters are marked with black dots.

The 2023 season is scheduled to be contested over thirteen rounds crossing Europe, Africa, North and South America, and Asia.

Round Start date Finish date Rally Rally headquarters Surface Stages Distance Ref.
1 19 January 22 January Monaco Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo Monte Carlo, Monaco Mixed[a] 18 325.02 km [2]
2 9 February 12 February Sweden Rally Sweden Umeå, Västerbotten County, Sweden Snow 18 301.18 km [3]
3 16 March 19 March Mexico Rally Guanajuato México León, Guanajuato, Mexico Gravel 23 315.69 km [4]
4 20 April 23 April Croatia Croatia Rally Zagreb, Croatia Tarmac 20 301.26 km [5]
5 11 May 14 May Portugal Rally de Portugal Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal Gravel 19 329.06 km [6]
6 1 June 4 June Italy Rally Italia Sardegna Olbia, Sardinia, Italy Gravel 19 322.88 km [7]
7 22 June 25 June Kenya Safari Rally Kenya Naivasha, Nakuru County, Kenya Gravel 19 355.92 km [8]
8 20 July 23 July Estonia Rally Estonia Tartu, Estonia Gravel 21 300.41 km [9]
9 3 August 6 August Finland Rally Finland Jyväskylä, Central Finland, Finland Gravel 22 320.56 km [10]
10 7 September 10 September Greece Acropolis Rally Greece Lamia, Central Greece, Greece Gravel 15 270.89 km [11]
11 28 September 1 October Chile Rally Chile Concepción, Biobío, Chile Gravel 16 321.06 km [12]
12 26 October 29 October Europe Central European Rally Passau, Bavaria, Germany Tarmac 18 310.01 km [13]
13 16 November 19 November Japan Rally Japan Toyota, Aichi, Japan Tarmac 22 304.66 km [14]
Sources:[15][16]

Calendar changes

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The championship was expected to be expanded to fourteen rounds from the thirteen rounds in the previous season by WRC Promoter GmbH, with eight Europe-based rallies and six fly-away events covering the season.[17] However, when the calendar was released in late November following a lengthy delay, the number of the events was reduced to thirteen with the anticipated Saudi Arabian rally based at Jeddah, absent from the calendar.[18][19]

Rally Mexico (picured in 2008 with a Subaru Impreza WRC) returned to the calendar.

Several rally organizers also expressed their interests to return to the championship, including Rally Argentina, Rally Australia, the German Rally, and an event in Northern Ireland.[28][29][30][31] The Argentine, Australian and Northern Irish bids failed and Germany organized the Central European Rally along with Austria and the Czech Republic.[32][33] In addition to the candidate events, the WRC Promoter GmbH was also working on the calendar expansion to the Middle East and United States, but no rallies were added for the 2023 season.[34]

Location changes

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Entries

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The following teams and crews are contesting the 2023 World Rally Championship Masters Cup.

Car Driver Co-driver Entrant Rounds
RC2 cars
Citroën C3 Rally2 Spain Daniel Alonso Villarón Spain Adrián Pérez Fernández privateer 1-2
Republic of Ireland Eamonn Boland Republic of Ireland Michael Joseph Morrissey privateer 1, 4, 12-13
Ford Fiesta R5 Netherlands Henk Vossen Netherlands Annemieke Hulzebos privateer 1
Greece George Vasillakis Greece Nikos Intzoglou privateer 7
Ford Fiesta Rally2 Qatar Nasser Khalifa Al-Attiyah Italy Giovanni Bernacchini privateer 5-6
Greece George Vasillakis United Kingdom Tom Krawszik M-Sport Ford WRT 7
Netherlands Henk Vossen Netherlands Radboud van Hoek privateer 12
Hyundai i20 N Rally2 France Frédéric Rosati France Philippe Marchetto privateer 1
Paraguay Miguel Zaldivar Sr. Argentina José Luis Díaz privateer 2, 5
Škoda Fabia R5 Italy Filippo Marchino Italy Pietro Elia Ometto privateer 1
Chile Eduardo Kovacs Argentina Ruben Garcia privateer 11
Sweden Joakim Roman Sweden Ida Lidebjer-Granberg privateer 2
Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo Italy Fabrizio Arengi Bentivoglio Italy Massimiliano Bosi privateer 1
Italy Luciano Cobbe Italy Roberto Mometti privateer 2, 5, 8-9
Spain Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz Spain Rodolfo del Barrio privateer 2
Spain Rodrigo Sanjuan de Eusebio 5, 7, 9-10
Spain José Luis García Molina Spain Daniel Cué privateer 2
Austria Johannes Keferböck Austria Ilka Minor privateer 1, 4, 6
Germany Armin Kremer Germany Timo Gottschalk privateer 5-7
Hungary Zoltán László Hungary Gábor Zsiros privateer 1, 4-6
Italy Silvano Patera Italy Stefano Tiraboschi privateer 1
Portugal Francisco Teixeira Portugal João Serôdio privateer 5
Spain Alexander Villanueva Spain José Murado González privateer 2
Netherlands Henk Vossen Netherlands Radboud van Hoek privateer 4
Slovenia Aleš Zrinski Slovenia Rok Vidmar privateer 4
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 France François Delecour France Sabrina De Castelli privateer 1
Spain Miguel Díaz-Aboitiz Spain Rodrigo Sanjuan de Eusebio privateer 12-13
Japan Osamu Fukunaga Japan Misako Saida privateer 12-13
Austria Johannes Keferböck Austria Ilka Minor privateer 12
Germany Armin Kremer Germany Ella Kremer privateer 4, 8, 12
Hungary Zoltán László Hungary Gábor Zsiros privateer 12
Italy Mauro Miele Italy Luca Beltrame privateer 1-2, 4, 6, 8
Poland Michał Sołowow Poland Maciej Baran privateer 2
Spain Alexander Villanueva Spain José Murado González privateer 5-6, 8-10
RC3 cars
Ford Fiesta Rally3 Canada Jason Bailey Canada Shayne Peterson privateer 3, 13
Canada Jamie Willetts 7

  = Non-eligible co-driver accompanying eligible driver.

Results and standings

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Scoring system

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Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers in each event. No Power Stage points are awarded. Drivers and teams must nominate a scoring rally when they enter the event and the best five scores from six nominated European rallies plus one rally outside Europe will count towards the final classification. Registered drivers are able to enter additional rallies without scoring points.[1]

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

FIA World Rally Championship Masters Cup for Drivers

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Pos. Driver MON
Monaco 		SWE
Sweden 		MEX
Mexico 		CRO
Croatia 		POR
Portugal 		ITA
Italy 		KEN
Kenya 		EST
Estonia 		FIN
Finland 		GRE
Greece 		CHL
Chile 		EUR
Europe 		JPN
Japan 		Points
1 Spain Alexander Villanueva 3 1 3 1 1 Ret 105
Pos. Driver MON
Monaco 		SWE
Sweden 		MEX
Mexico 		CRO
Croatia 		POR
Portugal 		ITA
Italy 		KEN
Kenya 		EST
Estonia 		FIN
Finland 		GRE
Greece 		CHL
Chile 		EUR
Europe 		JPN
Japan 		Points
Source:[39][40]
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Notes

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  1. ^ The Monte Carlo Rally is run on a tarmac and snow surface.

References

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  3. ^ "Itinerary Rally Sweden 2023". eWRC-results.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Itinerary Rally Guanajuato México 2023". eWRC-results.com. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Itinerary Rally Croatia Rally 2023". eWRC-results.com. Archived from the original on 1 May 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Itinerary Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2023". eWRC-results.com. Archived from the original on 10 March 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Itinerary Rally Italia Sardegna 2023". eWRC-results.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  8. ^ "Itinerary Safari Rally Kenya 2023". eWRC-results.com. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Itinerary Rally Estonia 2023". eWRC-results.com. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Itinerary Secto Rally Finland 2023". eWRC-results.com. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  11. ^ "Itinerary EKO Acropolis Rally 2023". eWRC-results.com. Archived from the original on 8 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  12. ^ "Itinerary Rally Chile BIOBÍO 2023". eWRC-results.com. Archived from the original on 2 July 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  13. ^ "Itinerary Central European Rally 2023". eWRC-results.com. Archived from the original on 2 July 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
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  22. ^ Evans, David (29 November 2019). "WRC's 2020 Rally Chile cancelled due to political and social unrest". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Archived from the original on 4 December 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  23. ^ Craig, Jason (26 March 2021). "Acropolis Rally returns to WRC for the first time since 2013". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Archived from the original on 26 March 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
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  30. ^ Howard, Tom (28 January 2022). "WRC supporting Rally Northern Ireland bid for 2023". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Archived from the original on 27 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
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