| 2024 Rally Japan FORUM8 Rally Japan 2024 | ||
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Round 13 of 13 in the 2024 World Rally Championship
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 Home hero Takamoto Katsuta driving a Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 during the event. | ||
| 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, 38 at finish | |
| Overall results | ||
| Overall winner |  Elfyn Evans Scott Martin Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT3:23:41.0 | |
| Saturday Overall leader | Elfyn Evans Scott Martin Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT 2:40:26.0 | |
| Sunday Accumulated leader |  Thierry Neuville Martijn Wydaeghe Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT43:03.4 | |
| Power Stage winner |  Sébastien Ogier Vincent Landais Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT8:38.5 | |
| Support category results | ||
| WRC-2 winner |  Nikolay Gryazin Konstantin Aleksandrov3:33:45.3 | |
| WRC-3 winner |  Diego Dominguez Jr. Rogelio Peñate3:49:22.2 | |
The 2024 Rally Japan (also known as the FORUM8 Rally Japan 2024) was a motor racing event for rally cars held from 21 to 24 November 2024. It marked the ninth running of the Rally Japan, and was the final round of the 2024 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The event was based in Nagoya in Chūbu Region, and was contested over twenty-one special stages covering a total competitive distance of 302.59 km (188.02 mi).
Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin were the defending rally winners, and their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the defending manufacturers' winners. Andreas Mikkelsen and Torstein Eriksen were the defending rally winners in the WRC-2 category. Jason Bailey and Shayne Peterson were the defending rally winners in the WRC-3 category.
Evans and Martin successfully defended their titles, so as their team Toyota. Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe became the 2024 world champions, while Toyota snatched the manufacturer's title. Nikolay Gryazin and Konstantin Aleksandrov were the winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category, while Sami Pajari and Enni Mälkönen won the WRC-2 titles. Diego Dominguez Jr. and Rogelio Peñate were the winners in the World Rally Championship-3 category.
Background
Entry list
The following crews entered into the rally. The event was 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 were not registered to score points in any championship. Eight entered under Rally1 regulations, as were seventeen Rally2 crews in the World Rally Championship-2 and two Rally3 crew in the World Rally Championship-3.
| No. | Driver | Co-Driver | Entrant | Car | Tyre |
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| 39 | Diego Dominguez Jr.
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Rogelio Peñate
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Diego Dominguez Jr.
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Ford Fiesta Rally3 | P |
| 40 | Ghjuvanni Rossi
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Kylian Sarmezan
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Ghjuvanni Rossi
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Renault Clio Rally3 | P |
| No. | Driver | Co-Driver | Entrant | Car | Championship eligibility | Tyre |
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| 45 | Armand Fumal
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Jules Escartefigue
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Armand Fumal
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Alpine A110 Rally RGT | Masters Driver | P |
Itinerary
All dates and times are JST (UTC+9).
| Date | No. | Time span | Stage name | Distance |
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| 21 November | — | After 9:01 | Kuragaike Park | 2.75 km |
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After 18:52 | Opening ceremony, Toyota Stadium | — | |
| SS1 | After 19:05 | Toyota Stadium SSS 1 | 2.15 km | |
| 22 November | 
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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 | |
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12:07 – 12:27 | Regroup, Inabu Donguri-no-Yu | — | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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19:44 – 20:29 | Flexi service B, Toyota Stadium | — | |
| 23 November |
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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 | |
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11:21 – 12:04 | Regroup, Nakatsugawa Park | — | |
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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 | |
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17:26 – 18:07 | Regroup, Toyota Stadium | — | |
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18:07 – 18:52 | Flexi service D, Toyota Stadium | — | |
| SS16 | After 19:05 | Toyota Stadium SSS 2 | 2.15 km | |
| 24 November |
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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 | |
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11:03 – 11:49 | Regroup, Toyota Stadium | — | |
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11:49 – 12:04 | Flexi service F, Toyota Stadium | — | |
| SS20 | After 12:17 | Toyota Stadium SSS 3 | 2.15 km | |
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12:27 – 12:58 | Regroup, Toyota Stadium B1 Parking | — | |
| SS21 | After 14:15 | Lake Mikawako 2 | 13.98 km | |
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After 15:30 | Official finish, Toyota Stadium | — | |
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Report
WRC Rally1
Classification
| Position | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Entrant | Car | Time | Difference | Points | ||||
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| Event | Class | SAT | SUN | WPS | Total | |||||||
| 1 | 1 | 33 | Elfyn Evans | Scott Martin | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | 3:24:41.0 | 0.0 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 2 | 17 | Sébastien Ogier | Vincent Landais | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | 3:25:08.3 | +1:27.3 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 25 |
| 3 | 3 | 16 | Adrien Fourmaux | Alexandre Coria | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Puma Rally1 | 3:25:36.5 | +1:55.5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | 18 | Takamoto Katsuta | Aaron Johnston | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | 3:25:43.6 | +2:02:6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 5 | 5 | 13 | Grégoire Munster | Louis Louka | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Puma Rally1 | 3:26:52.5 | +3:11.5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 6 | 6 | 11 | Thierry Neuville | Martijn Wydaeghe | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | Hyundai i20 N Rally1 | 3:30:50.1 | +6:54.1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| 31 | 7 | 9 | Andreas Mikkelsen | Torstein Eriksen | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | Hyundai i20 N Rally1 | 4:55:42.7 | +1:32:01.7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Retired SS17 | 8 | Ott Tänak | Martin Järveoja | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | Hyundai i20 N Rally1 | Accident | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Special stages
Championship standings
- Bold text indicates 2024 World Champions.
| Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | Manufacturers' championships | |||||||||
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| Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | ||||
| 1 | 
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Thierry Neuville | 242 |
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Martijn Wydaeghe | 242 |  1
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Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT | 561 | |||
| 2 | 1
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Elfyn Evans | 210 | 1
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Scott Martin | 210 |  1
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Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | 558 | |||
| 3 | 1
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Ott Tänak | 200 | 1
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Martin Järveoja | 200 |
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M-Sport Ford WRT | 267 | |||
| 4 |
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Sébastien Ogier | 191 |
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Vincent Landais | 191 | ||||||
| 5 |
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Adrien Fourmaux | 162 |
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Alexandre Coria | 162 | ||||||
WRC-2 Rally2
Classification
Special stages
Championship standings
- Bold text indicates 2024 World Champions.
| Pos. | Open Drivers' championships | Open Co-drivers' championships | Teams' championships | Challenger Drivers' championships | Challenger Co-drivers' championships | |||||||||||||||
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| Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | Move | Manufacturer | Points | Move | Driver | Points | ||||||
| 1 | 2
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Sami Pajari | 126 | 1
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Enni Mälkönen | 126 |
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DG Sport Compétition | 252 |
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Sami Pajari | 136 |
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Enni Mälkönen | 136 | |||||
| 2 | 1
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Oliver Solberg | 123 | 1
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Elliott Edmondson | 123 |
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Toksport WRT | 205 |
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Nikolay Gryazin | 130 |
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Konstantin Aleksandrov | 130 | |||||
| 3 | 1
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Nikolay Gryazin | 116 |
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Konstantin Aleksandrov | 116 |
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Toksport WRT 2 | 145 |
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Kajetan Kajetanowicz | 94 |
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Maciej Szczepaniak | 94 | |||||
| 4 | 2
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Yohan Rossel | 111 |
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Maciej Szczepaniak | 69 |
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Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG | 91 |
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Lauri Joona | 78 |
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Janni Hussi | 78 | |||||
| 5 |
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Kajetan Kajetanowicz | 69 |
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Janni Hussi | 58 |
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Jan Solans | 71 |
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Rodrigo Sanjuan de Eusebio | 71 | ||||||||
WRC-3 Rally3
Classification
| Position | No. | Driver | Co-driver | Entrant | Car | Time | Difference | Points | |
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| Event | Class | ||||||||
| 15 | 1 | 39 | Diego Domínguez Jr. | Rogelio Peñate | Diego Domínguez Jr. | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 3:49:22.2 | 0.0 | 25 |
| 21 | 2 | 40 | Ghjuvanni Rossi | Kylian Sarmezan | Ghjuvanni Rossi | Renault Clio Rally3 | 4:09:01.8 | +19:39.6 | 18 |
Special stages
| Stage | Winners | Car | Time | Class leaders |
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| 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 | Dominguez / Peñate | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | 1:57.1 | |
| SS21 | Rossi / Sarmezan | Renault Clio Rally3 | 9:52.2 | |
Championship standings
- Bold text indicates 2024 World Champions.
| Pos. | Drivers' championships | Co-drivers' championships | ||||||
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| Move | Driver | Points | Move | Co-driver | Points | |||
| 1 |
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Diego Dominguez Jr. | 125 |
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Rogelio Peñate | 125 | ||
| 2 |
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Mattéo Chatillon | 73 |
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Maxence Cornuau | 73 | ||
| 3 |
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Romet Jürgenson | 61 |
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Siim Oja | 61 | ||
| 4 | 3
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Ghjuvanni Rossi | 61 | 3
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Kylian Sarmezan | 61 | ||
| 5 | 1
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Jan Černý | 55 | 1
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Ondřej Krajča | 55 | ||
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.
References
- ^ "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.
- "Neuville Celebrates Historic WRC Title as Toyota Takes Manufacturers' Glory in Japan". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- "Neuville clinches WRC title after Tänak crashes in Japan". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 22 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- "Pajari and Mälkönen crowned 2024 WRC2 Champions". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- "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)
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