2018 Junior WRC Championship

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

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The final 2018 Junior WRC calendar consisted of five events, taken from the 2018 World Rally Championship.

Round Dates Rally name Rally headquarters Rally details
Start Finish Surface Stages Distance
1 15 February 18 February   Rally Sweden Torsby, Värmland Snow 19 314.25 km
2 5 April 8 April   Tour de Corse Bastia, Haute-Corse Tarmac 12 333.48 km
3 17 May 20 May   Rally de Portugal Matosinhos, Porto Gravel 20 358.19 km
4 26 July 29 July   Rally Finland Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi Gravel 23 317.26 km
5 13 September 16 September   Rally Turkey Marmaris, Muğla Gravel 17 312.44 km
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Calendar changes

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The 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

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The following crews competed in the championship.

Drivers Co-drivers Rounds
  Umberto Accornero   Maurizio Barone 2–4
  Raul Badiu   Gabriel Lazăr 5
  Bugra Banaz   Burak Erdener 2–5
  Emil Bergkvist   Ola Fløene 1–2
  Joakim Sjöberg 3–4
  Patrik Barth 5
  Luca Bottarelli   Manuel Fenoli 1–5
  Théo Chalal   Jacques-Julien Renucci 1
  Callum Devine   Keith Moriarty 1–2
  Brian Hoy 3–5
  Emilio Fernández   Joaquin Riquelme 1–5
  Terry Folb   Christopher Guieu 1–2
  Kevin Bronner 3–4
  Jean-Baptiste Franceschi   Romain Courbon 1–5
  Henri Hokkala   Kimmo Pahkala 4
  David Holder   Jason Farmer 1–5
  Enrico Oldrati   Danilo Fappani 1–4
  Elia De Guio 5
  Dennis Rådström   Johan Johansson 1–5
  Julius Tannert   Jürgen Heigl 1–5
  Ken Torn   Kuldar Sikk 1, 3–5
  Ken Järveoja 2
  Tom Williams   Phil Hall 1–5
Source:[6][7][8][9][10]

Rule changes

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The 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

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Season summary

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Round Event Winning driver Winning co-driver Winning time Report
1   Rally Sweden   Dennis Rådström   Johan Johansson 3:16:26.0 Report
2   Tour de Corse   Jean-Baptiste Franceschi   Romain Courbon 3:56:28.7 Report
3   Rally de Portugal   Dennis Rådström   Johan Johansson 4:26:51.2 Report
4   Rally Finland   Ken Torn   Kuldar Sikk 3:03:07.2 Report
5   Rally Turkey   Emil Bergkvist   Patrik Barth 4:40:03.2 Report

Scoring system

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Points 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

FIA Junior WRC Championship for Drivers

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Pos. Driver SWE
 
FRA
 
POR
 
FIN
 
TUR
 
Drops Points
1   Emil Bergkvist 2+5 3 5+10 2+12 1 10 128
2   Dennis Rådström 1+9 4 1+3 Ret 2 0 110
3   Jean-Baptiste Franceschi 4 1+8 9 3 Ret+7 0 69
4   Callum Devine 6 5 Ret 5 4+2 0 54
5   Ken Torn 12+4 6 Ret+3 1+9 Ret+3 0 52
6   Bugra Banaz 8 4 7 5 0 42
7   Emilio Fernández 7+1 10 11 13 3 0 38
8   Julius Tannert 3 9 10+1 4 Ret+2 0 33
9   David Holder 9 14 3 9 7+2 0 33
10   Tom Williams 10 11 7 6 6 0 31
11   Terry Folb 5 2+2 0 30
12   Enrico Oldrati Ret 2 8 8 0 30
13   Luca Bottarelli 8 7+1 6+1 0 20
14   Umberto Accornero 8 10 0 5
15   Henri Hokkala Ret+2 0 2
16   Theo Chalal 11 0 0
17   Raul Badiu Ret 0 0
Pos. Driver SWE
 
FRA
 
POR
 
FIN
 
TUR
 
Drops Points
Source:[12]
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

FIA Junior WRC Championship for Co-Drivers

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Pos. Co-driver SWE
 
FRA
 
POR
 
FIN
 
TUR
 
Drops Points
1   Johan Johansson 1+9 4 1+3 Ret 2 0 110
2   Romain Courbon 4 1+8 9 3 Ret+7 0 69
3   Joakim Sjöberg 5+10 2+12 0 50
4   Kuldar Sikk 12+4 Ret+3 1+9 Ret+3 0 44
5   Burak Erdener 8 4 7 5 0 42
6   Ola Fløene 2+5 3 0 38
7   Joaquin Riquelme 7+1 10 11 13 3 0 38
8   Jürgen Heigl 3 9 10+1 4 Ret+2 0 33
9   Jason Farmer 9 14 3 9 7+2 0 33
10   Phil Hall 10 11 7 6 6 0 31
11   Christopher Guieu 5 2+2 0 30
12   Patrick Barth 1 0 25
13   Brian Hoy Ret 5 4 0 22
14   Danilo Fappani Ret 12 2 8 0 22
15   Manuel Fenoli 8 7+1 6+1 11 WD 0 20
16   Keith Moriarty 6 5 0 18
17   Ken Järveoja 6 0 8
18   Maurizio Barone 13 8 10 0 5
19   Elia De Guio 8 0 4
20   Kimmo Pahkala Ret+2 0 2
21   Jacques-Julien Renucci 11 0 0
22   Gabriel Lazăr Ret 0 0
Pos. Co-driver SWE
 
FRA
 
POR
 
FIN
 
TUR
 
Drops Points
Source:[12]
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

FIA Junior WRC Championship for Nations

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Pos. Country SWE
 
FRA
 
POR
 
FIN
 
TUR
 
Points
1   Sweden 1 2 1 2 1 111
2   France 3 1 6 3 63
3   Ireland 4 3 5 3 52
4   Italy 6 5 2 8 7 46
5   Germany 2 7 7 4 42
6   Estonia 9 4 1 39
7   Turkey 6 4 7 4 38
8   Chile 5 8 8 10 2 37
9   United Kingdom 8 9 5 6 5 34
10   New Zealand 7 10 3 9 6 32
11   Romania 8 0
12   Latvia DNS 0
13   Finland 11 0
Pos. Co-driver SWE
 
FRA
 
POR
 
FIN
 
TUR
 
Points
Source:[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Global support for Junior WRC". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d "2018 Junior WRC takes shape". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ a b "Junior WRC Calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  5. ^ Evans, David (7 August 2017). "Turkey and Croatia set for 2018 World Rally Championship calendar". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Rally Sweden Entry List". rallysweden.com. Rally Sweden. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "Rally Turkey 2018 Entry List" (PDF). rallyturkey.com. rallyturkey.com. 22 August 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  11. ^ Holmes, Martin (November 23, 2017). "DMack out, Pirelli back for 2018 WRC".
  12. ^ a b c d "Standings". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
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