2021 Junior World Rally Championship

The 2021 FIA Junior World Rally Championship is the twentieth 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. The Junior World Rally Championship is open to drivers under the age of thirty—although no such restriction existed for co-drivers—competing in identical one-litre Ford Fiesta R2s built and maintained by M-Sport.[1][2] The champinonship is due to begin in April 2021 at the Croatia Rally.

2021 FIA Junior World Rally Championship
Previous: 2020 Next: 2022
Parent series:
FIA World Rally Championship
FIA World Rally Championship-2
FIA World Rally Championship-3

Tom Kristensson and Joakim Sjöberg are the defending drivers' and co-drivers' champions. Sweden is the defending Nations' Trophy winner.

Calendar

The following events are under contract to be run as part of the 2021 Junior World Rally Championship. Each event is taken from the 2021 World Rally Championship calendar.

Round Start date Finish date Rally Rally headquarters Surface Stages Distance Ref.
1 22 April 25 April Croatia Rally Zagreb, City of Zagreb Region Tarmac TBA TBA
2 20 May 23 May Rally de Portugal Matosinhos, Porto Gravel TBA TBA
3 15 July 18 July Rally Estonia Tartu, Tartu County Gravel TBA TBA
4 13 August 15 August Ypres Rally Belgium Ypres, West Flanders Tarmac TBA TBA
5 14 October 17 October RACC Rally Catalunya de España Salou, Catalonia Tarmac TBA TBA
Source:[3]

Calendar changes

Rally Croatia will make its championship début.[4] The Ypres Rally will also make its début, replacing Rally GB. Rally Catalunya will return to the schedule after being removed from the 2020 calendar before the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the championship. Rally Italia Sardegna was removed from the calendar. Rally Sweden was omitted from the Junior World Rally Championship calendar before it was removed from the wider World Rally Championship schedule. The Rally Monza was also removed from the calendar as it was only included on the 2020 schedule in response to the pandemic.

Entries

The following crews are under contract to take part in the championship:

Entrant Driver Co-driver Ref.
Team Flying Finn Lauri Joona TBA [5]

References
  1. "FIA Junior WRC championship goes global in 2020". fia.com. Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 29 October 2019.
  2. "Superb entry for Junior opener". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH.
  3. "Five rounds named in junior WRC calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  4. Sancho, Fernando (24 December 2020). "El Rally de Croacia sera valedero para el Junior WRC en 2021". motor.es. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  5. "Lauri Joona takes the Flying Finn Future Star honours in Finnish Rally Championship - wins a prize drive in Junior WRC". rallyfinland.fi.


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