2018 Junior World Rally Championship

The 2018 FIA Junior World Rally Championship was the seventeenth season of the Junior World Rally Championship, an auto racing championship recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, running in support of the World Rally Championship.

2018 FIA Junior World Rally Championship
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The Junior World Rally 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 World Rally Championship were also eligible to score points in the World Rally Championship-3. 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 World Rally Championship-2.[1][2][3]

Calendar

The final 2018 Junior World Rally Championship 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
Source:[4]

Calendar changes

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

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

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

Season summary
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

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 World Rally Championship for Drivers
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 World Rally Championship for Co-Drivers
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 World Rally Championship for Nations
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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  2. "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. "Junior WRC Calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 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.
  7. "Corsica linea Tour de Corse 2018 Entry List" (PDF). tourdecorse.com. tourdecorse.com. 15 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. "Standings". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
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