2017 Junior World Rally Championship

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The 2017 FIA Junior World Rally Championship was the sixteenth 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 was open to drivers born after 1 January 1988—although no such restriction existed for co-drivers—and they competed in identical one-litre Ford Fiesta R2s built and maintained by M-Sport, with DMACK tyres. 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 six European WRC rounds.[1] Nil Solans was crowned champion at the end of the season.[2]

Calendar[]

The final 2017 Junior World Rally Championship calendar consisted of six European events, taken from the 2017 World Rally Championship.[3]

Round Dates Rally name Rally headquarters Rally details
Start Finish Surface Stages Distance
1 7 April 9 April France Tour de Corse Bastia, Haute-Corse Tarmac 10 316.76 km
2 9 June 11 June Italy Rally Italia Sardegna Alghero, Sardinia Gravel 19 312.66 km
3 30 June 2 July Poland Rally Poland Mikołajki, Warmia-Masuria Gravel 23 318.47 km
4 28 July 30 July Finland Rally Finland Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi Gravel 25 314.20 km
5 18 August 20 August Germany Rallye Deutschland Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate Tarmac 21 309.17 km
6 6 October 8 October Spain Rally Catalunya Salou, Tarragona Mixed 19 312.02 km
Source:[3][1]

Entries[]

The following crews competed in the championship.

Drivers Co-drivers Rounds
Bolivia Argentina 1
Spain 2–3
France France 1–6
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland 1
United Kingdom 2
France France 1–6
Finland Emil Lindholm Finland Tomi Tuominen 3–4
Estonia Estonia 1–2
Sweden Sweden 1–4, 6
Spain Nil Solans Spain 1–6
Germany Austria 1–6
Belgium France 1
United States United Kingdom 1–4
Source:[4][5][6][7][8][9]

Regulation changes[]

The series will change from using Citroën DS3 R3Ts with Michelin tyres, to use Ford Fiesta R2 prepared by M-Sport with DMACK tyres.[1]

The championship will also adopt the prize format of the Drive DMACK Fiesta Trophy in which the season will be divided into "stages" and a prize awarded to the top-placed driver in each stage (contrary to the previous Junior World Rally Championship, in which there was only one prize). The driver with most points after the first two rallies will be awarded two drives in the 2018 World Rally Championship-2 in a Ford Fiesta R5. The driver with most points scored in the second pair of rallies will win an equal prize, as will the top-placed driver in the third pair of rallies. Additionally, an extra prize drive will be awarded to the overall winner of the category.[1]

Season report[]

The season started with the Tour de Corse where Nil Solans won the event from start to finish. After building a lead of more than 40 seconds in the first Leg, he managed he was chased by local , until a driveshaft problem made him lost his second place to fellow Frenchman .[10]

Results and standings[]

Season summary[]

Round Event name Winning driver Winning co-driver Winning time Report
1 France Tour de Corse Spain Nil Solans Spain 3:53:44.4 Report
2 Italy Rally Italia Sardegna Spain Nil Solans Spain 4:00:07.8 Report
3 Poland Rally Poland Spain Nil Solans Spain 3:17:47.0 Report
4 Finland Rally Finland France France 2:57:23.4 Report
5 Germany Rallye Deutschland Germany Austria 3:30:54.4 Report
6 Spain Rally Catalunya Spain Nil Solans Spain 3:29:02.3 Report

Scoring system[]

Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers. An additional point is given for every stage win. The best 5 classification results count towards the drivers’ and co-drivers’ totals, but stage points from all 6 rounds can be retained. [11]

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 FRA
France 		ITA
Italy 		POL
Poland 		FIN
Finland 		GER
Germany 		ESP
Spain 		Drops Points
1 Spain Nil Solans 1+4 1+8 1+9 2+5 2+4 1+10 18 158
2 France 2+2 2+4 3 1+11 3+10 5+7 10 125
3 France 3+4 4+2 4+5 Ret+4 4+7 2+1 0 92
4 Germany 4 3 5 4+1 1 3 10 80
5 Sweden 5 5+1 2+6 3+4 4+1 0 77
6 United States 8 7 6 5 WD 0 28
7 Republic of Ireland 6 6+4 WD 0 20
8 Bolivia 7 8 7 WD WD 0 16
9 Finland Emil Lindholm 8+1 Ret+1 0 6
10 Estonia 9 Ret WD 0 2
Pos. Driver FRA
France 		ITA
Italy 		POL
Poland 		FIN
Finland 		GER
Germany 		ESP
Spain 		Drops Points
Source:[11]
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 FRA
France 		ITA
Italy 		POL
Poland 		FIN
Finland 		GER
Germany 		ESP
Spain 		Drops Points
1 Spain 1+4 1+8 1+9 2+5 2+4 1+10 18 158
2 France 2+2 2+4 3 1+11 3+10 5+7 10 125
3 France 3+4 4+2 4+5 Ret+4 4+7 2+1 0 92
4 Austria 4 3 5 4+1 1 3 10 80
5 Sweden 5 5+1 2+6 3+4 4+1 0 77
6 United Kingdom 8 7 6 5 WD 0 28
7 United Kingdom 6+4 WD 0 12
8 Spain 8 7 WD WD 0 10
9 Republic of Ireland 6 0 8
10 Argentina 7 0 6
11 Finland Tomi Tuominen 8+1 Ret+1 0 6
12 Estonia 9 Ret WD 0 2
Pos. Co-driver FRA
France 		ITA
Italy 		POL
Poland 		FIN
Finland 		GER
Germany 		ESP
Spain 		Drops Points
Source:[11]
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 FRA
France 		ITA
Italy 		POL
Poland 		FIN
Finland 		GER
Germany 		ESP
Spain 		Points
1  Spain 136
2  France 109
3  Germany 94
4  Sweden 69
5  United States 34
6  Bolivia 22
7  Ireland 20
8  Finland 6
9  Estonia 4
Pos. Co-driver FRA
France 		ITA
Italy 		POL
Poland 		FIN
Finland 		GER
Germany 		ESP
Spain 		Points
Source:[11]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "M-Sport and D-Mack Power 2017 Junior WRC". WRC.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Solans Secures Title". WRC.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  3. ^ a b "2017 WRC dates confirmed". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 28 September 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Tour de Corse Entry List" (PDF). tourdecorse.com. tourdecorse.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-18. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Rally Italia Entry List" (PDF). rallylink.it. Rallylink. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Rally Poland Entry List" (PDF). rajdpolski.pl. rajdpolski.pl. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Rally Finland Entry List" (PDF). nesterallyfinland.fi. nesterallyfinland.fi. Retrieved 30 June 2017.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "Rallye Deutschalnd Entry List" (PDF). adac-rallye-deutschland.de. adac-rallye-deutschland.de. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  9. ^ "Rally Spain Entry List" (PDF). rallyracc.com. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  10. ^ "Junior WRC in Corsica: Solans claims opener". WRC.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  11. ^ a b c d "Standings". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 16 January 2020.

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