Unlike its predecessor, the Super 2000 World Rally Championship, WRC2 does not have a calendar of mandatory events. Instead, teams and drivers competing in the series are free to contest any of thirteen rallies that form the 2013 World Rally Championship. They must nominate up to seven events to score points in, and their best six results from these seven events will count towards their final championship points score. The championship was open to cars complying with R4, R5, Super 2000 and Group N regulations.[2]
At the penultimate round of the season in Spain,[3]Robert Kubica won the championship title by 25 points from Seashore Qatar Rally Team's Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari. Yuriy Protasov finished third in the championship. In the teams' championship, Seashore Qatar Rally Team won the championship with a lead of 47 points over Yazeed Racing. Peruvian Nicolás Fuchs has amassed enough points to win the Production Car Cup, having finished as best privateer at six of the seven events he has completed.[4]
Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers competed in the 2013 WRC2 season:
Elfyn Evans will join the WRC-2 championship as part of his prize for winning the 2012 WRC Academy championship, driving a Ford Fiesta RRC prepared by M-Sport at selected events in 2013.[22]
^ ab"Monte's 81st gets 84". WRC.com. 21 December 2012. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2012. Among those in contention for WRC 2 honours are Skoda Fabia rising stars Esapekka Lappi and Sepp Wiegand. German veteran Armin Kremer, in a Stohl Racing Subaru Impreza, will contest the Group N Cup within WRC 2 against rivals such as Yuriy Protasov and Ricardo Trivino.
^ abЮрий Протасов меняет штурмана [Yuriy Protasov changes co-driver]. Rally.ua (in Russian). 9 January 2013. Archived from the original on 12 January 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
^ abc"The WRC in 2013: 10 reasons to get excited". WRC.com. 31 December 2012. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013. After dominating the WRC Academy in 2012, Elfyn Evans will get the chance to show his ability in a four-wheel-drive Fiesta as part of an exciting prize drive with M-Sport.