The 2018 FIA Junior WRC Championship was the sixth season of Junior WRC, a rallying championship governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, running in support of the World Rally Championship.
The 2018 championship was open to drivers under the age of 30—although no such restriction existed for co-drivers—and they were competing in identical one-litre Ford Fiesta R2s built and maintained by M-Sport. Crews who contested the Junior WRC were also eligible to score points in the 2018 WRC3 Championship. The championship was competed over five selected WRC rounds with the winning crew awarded a new Ford Fiesta R5 car, tyre package, free fuel and a registration to compete in the 2019 WRC2 Championship.[1][2][3]
Calendar
editThe final 2018 Junior WRC calendar consisted of five events, taken from the 2018 World Rally Championship.
| Round | Dates | Rally name | Rally headquarters | Rally details | |||
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| Start | Finish | Surface | Stages | Distance | |||
| 1 | 15 February | 18 February |  Rally Sweden
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Torsby, Värmland | Snow | 19 | 314.25 km |
| 2 | 5 April | 8 April |  Tour de Corse
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Bastia, Haute-Corse | Tarmac | 12 | 333.48 km |
| 3 | 17 May | 20 May |  Rally de Portugal
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Matosinhos, Porto | Gravel | 20 | 358.19 km |
| 4 | 26 July | 29 July |  Rally Finland
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Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi | Gravel | 23 | 317.26 km |
| 5 | 13 September | 16 September |  Rally Turkey
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Marmaris, Muğla | Gravel | 17 | 312.44 km |
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Calendar changes
editThe championship started in Sweden for the first time since 2006.[2] The Rally of Poland was removed from the calendar after the event was taken off the World Championship schedule,[5] while the Rallies of Deutschland and Rally Catalunya were also removed from the schedule and replaced by the Rally of Turkey.[4] The changes were made to create a more compact championship with an earlier end date whilst giving drivers experience on a wider range of surface types.[2]
Entries
editThe following crews competed in the championship.
| Drivers | Co-drivers | Rounds | ||
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 Umberto Accornero
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Maurizio Barone
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2–4 | ||
 Raul Badiu
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Gabriel Lazăr
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5 | ||
| Bugra Banaz
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Burak Erdener
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2–5 | ||
| Emil Bergkvist
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 Ola Fløene
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1–2 | ||
| Joakim Sjöberg
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3–4 | |||
| Patrik Barth
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5 | |||
| Luca Bottarelli
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Manuel Fenoli
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1–5 | ||
| Théo Chalal
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Jacques-Julien Renucci
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1 | ||
 Callum Devine
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Keith Moriarty
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1–2 | ||
| Brian Hoy
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3–5 | |||
 Emilio Fernández
|
Joaquin Riquelme
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1–5 | ||
| Terry Folb
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Christopher Guieu
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1–2 | ||
| Kevin Bronner
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3–4 | |||
| Jean-Baptiste Franceschi
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Romain Courbon
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1–5 | ||
| Henri Hokkala
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Kimmo Pahkala
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4 | ||
 David Holder
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Jason Farmer
|
1–5 | ||
| Enrico Oldrati
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Danilo Fappani
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1–4 | ||
| Elia De Guio
|
5 | |||
| Dennis Rådström
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Johan Johansson
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1–5 | ||
 Julius Tannert
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 Jürgen Heigl
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1–5 | ||
 Ken Torn
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Kuldar Sikk
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1, 3–5 | ||
| Ken Järveoja
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2 | |||
 Tom Williams
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Phil Hall
|
1–5 | ||
| Source:[6][7][8][9][10] | ||||
Rule changes
editThe final round of the championship was worth double points to encourage crews to contest all five events of the championship.[2] Pirelli tyres replaced the DMACK tyres.[11]
Results and standings
editSeason summary
edit| Round | Event | Winning driver | Winning co-driver | Winning time | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rally Sweden
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Dennis Rådström
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Johan Johansson
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3:16:26.0 | Report |
| 2 | Tour de Corse
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Jean-Baptiste Franceschi
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Romain Courbon
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3:56:28.7 | Report |
| 3 | Rally de Portugal
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Dennis Rådström
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Johan Johansson
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4:26:51.2 | Report |
| 4 | Rally Finland
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Ken Torn
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Kuldar Sikk
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3:03:07.2 | Report |
| 5 | Rally Turkey
|
Emil Bergkvist
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Patrik Barth
|
4:40:03.2 | Report |
Scoring system
editPoints are awarded to the top ten classified finishers. An additional point is given for every stage win. The best 4 classification results count towards the drivers’ and co-drivers’ totals, but stage points from all 5 rounds can be retained. [12]
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
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FIA Junior WRC Championship for Nations
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FRA
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POR
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FIN
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TUR
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Points | ||
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| 1 | Sweden
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1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 111 | ||
| 2 | France
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3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 63 | |||
| 3 | Ireland
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4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 52 | |||
| 4 | Italy
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6 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 46 | ||
| 5 | Germany
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2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 42 | |||
| 6 | Estonia
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9 | 4 | 1 | 39 | ||||
| 7 | Turkey
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6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 38 | |||
| 8 | Chile
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5 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 37 | ||
| 9 | United Kingdom
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8 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 34 | ||
| 10 | New Zealand
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7 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 32 | ||
| 11 | Romania
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| 12 |  Latvia
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DNS | 0 | ||||||
| 13 | Finland
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11 | 0 | ||||||
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POR
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FIN
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TUR
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Source:[12]
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References
edit- ^ "Global support for Junior WRC". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ a b c d "2018 Junior WRC takes shape". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "M-Sport announce further details for 2018 FIA Junior World Rally Championship". m-sport.co.uk. M-Sport World Rally Team. Archived from the original on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Junior WRC Calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- ^ Evans, David (7 August 2017). "Turkey and Croatia set for 2018 World Rally Championship calendar". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ^ "Rally Sweden Entry List". rallysweden.com. Rally Sweden. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Corsica linea Tour de Corse 2018 Entry List" (PDF). tourdecorse.com. tourdecorse.com. 15 March 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ^ "Vodafone Rally de Portugal 2018 Entry List" (PDF). rallydeportugal.pt. rallydeportugal.pt. 7 May 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ^ "Rally Finland 2018 Entry List" (PDF). nesterallyfinland.fi. nesterallyfinland.fi. 29 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ^ "Rally Turkey 2018 Entry List" (PDF). rallyturkey.com. rallyturkey.com. 22 August 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
- ^ Holmes, Martin (November 23, 2017). "DMack out, Pirelli back for 2018 WRC".
- ^ a b c d "Standings". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 16 January 2020.