2022 Rally Japan
The 2022 Rally Japan (also known as the FORUM8 Rally Japan 2022) was a motor racing event for rally cars held over four days between 10 and 13 November 2022. It marked the seventh running of the Rally Japan. The event was the final round of the 2022 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2022 event was based in Nagoya in Chūbu Region and was contested over nineteen special stages covering a total competitive distance of 283.27 km (176.02 mi).
| 2022 Rally Japan FORUM8 Rally Japan 2022 | ||
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Round 13 of 13 in the 2022 World Rally Championship
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Rally Japan returned to the calendar after 2010. | ||
| Host country | Japan | |
| Rally base | Toyota, Aichi, Chūbu region | |
| Dates run | 10 – 13 November 2022 | |
| Start location | Toyota, Aichi, Chūbu region | |
| Finish location | Ena, Gifu, Chūbu region | |
| Stages | 19 (283.27 km; 176.02 miles) | |
| Stage surface | Tarmac | |
| Transport distance | 681.98 km (423.76 miles) | |
| Overall distance | 965.25 km (599.78 miles) | |
| Statistics | ||
| Crews registered | 38 | |
| Crews | 36 at start, 32 at finish | |
| Overall results | ||
| Overall winner | Thierry Neuville Martijn Wydaeghe Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT 2:43:52.3 | |
| Power Stage winner | Craig Breen James Fulton M-Sport Ford WRT 5:20.5 | |
| Support category results | ||
| WRC-2 winner | Grégoire Munster Louis Louka 2:51:43.1 | |
| WRC-3 winner | No classified finishers. | |
Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia are the defending rally winners. However, Ingrassia would not defend his title as he retired from the sport at the end of 2021 season. Citroën Total World Rally Team, the team they drove for in 2010, when the Rally Japan held a World Rally Championship event last time, are the defending manufacturers' winners, but they would not be defending their titles after parent company Citroën withdrew from the sport.
Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe won their second rally of the season. Their team, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, were the manufacturer's winners. Grégoire Munster and Louis Louka won the World Rally Championship-2 category, while Emil Lindholm and Reeta Hämäläinen clinched the WRC-2 titles.