RaceIQ WRC

WRC · rally

Experimental

World rally on the MotorsportVerse core. Each round is a single rally classification (no sprint, no qualifying grid), driven by a leakage-safe crew-skill blend — cross-season driver-skill ratings, the car (manufacturer/tier), and a same-surface form signal, since gravel, tarmac and snow reward different crews. Because rally has no grid, the current championship order is a very strong predictor, so the production forecast ENSEMBLES the skill model with a championship-form prior — validated by walk-forward (2021-2026) to beat the standings-order baseline on the live season (win and podium Brier) while the surface/cross-season signal adds what a bare standings heuristic can't. simulated win/podium probabilities, finishing-range intervals, and a rally-by-rally drivers' + manufacturers' championship projection. Runs on the real 2026 WRC season pulled from the official wrc.com results API into a committed, reviewable snapshot (2021-2026 corpus). Deployed site + scheduled refresh pipeline; forward-eval grades every rally honestly against standings and last-rally baselines.