2018 Junior World Rally Championship

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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.

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 Sweden Rally Sweden Torsby, Värmland Snow 19 314.25 km
2 5 April 8 April France Tour de Corse Bastia, Haute-Corse Tarmac 12 333.48 km
3 17 May 20 May Portugal Rally de Portugal Matosinhos, Porto Gravel 20 358.19 km
4 26 July 29 July Finland Rally Finland Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi Gravel 23 317.26 km
5 13 September 16 September Turkey 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
Italy Italy 2–4
Romania Romania 5
Turkey Turkey 2–5
Sweden Emil Bergkvist Norway Ola Fløene 1–2
Sweden 3–4
Sweden 5
Italy Italy 1–5
France France 1
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland 1–2
Republic of Ireland 3–5
Chile Chile 1–5
France France 1–2
France 3–4
France France 1–5
Finland Finland 4
New Zealand New Zealand 1–5
Italy Italy 1–4
Italy 5
Sweden Sweden 1–5
Germany Austria 1–5
Estonia Estonia Kuldar Sikk 1, 3–5
Estonia 2
United Kingdom United Kingdom 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 Sweden Rally Sweden Sweden Sweden 3:16:26.0 Report
2 France Tour de Corse France France 3:56:28.7 Report
3 Portugal Rally de Portugal Sweden Sweden 4:26:51.2 Report
4 Finland Rally Finland Estonia Estonia Kuldar Sikk 3:03:07.2 Report
5 Turkey Rally Turkey Sweden Emil Bergkvist Sweden 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
Sweden 		FRA
France 		POR
Portugal 		FIN
Finland 		TUR
Turkey 		Drops Points
1 Sweden Emil Bergkvist 2+5 3 5+10 2+12 1 10 128
2 Sweden 1+9 4 1+3 Ret 2 0 110
3 France 4 1+8 9 3 Ret+7 0 69
4 Republic of Ireland 6 5 Ret 5 4+2 0 54
5 Estonia 12+4 6 Ret+3 1+9 Ret+3 0 52
6 Turkey 8 4 7 5 0 42
7 Chile 7+1 10 11 13 3 0 38
8 Germany 3 9 10+1 4 Ret+2 0 33
9 New Zealand 9 14 3 9 7+2 0 33
10 United Kingdom 10 11 7 6 6 0 31
11 France 5 2+2 0 30
12 Italy Ret 2 8 8 0 30
13 Italy 8 7+1 6+1 0 20
14 Italy 8 10 0 5
15 Finland Ret+2 0 2
16 France 11 0 0
17 Romania Ret 0 0
Pos. Driver SWE
Sweden 		FRA
France 		POR
Portugal 		FIN
Finland 		TUR
Turkey 		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
Sweden 		FRA
France 		POR
Portugal 		FIN
Finland 		TUR
Turkey 		Drops Points
1 Sweden 1+9 4 1+3 Ret 2 0 110
2 France 4 1+8 9 3 Ret+7 0 69
3 Sweden 5+10 2+12 0 50
4 Estonia Kuldar Sikk 12+4 Ret+3 1+9 Ret+3 0 44
5 Turkey 8 4 7 5 0 42
6 Norway Ola Fløene 2+5 3 0 38
7 Chile 7+1 10 11 13 3 0 38
8 Austria 3 9 10+1 4 Ret+2 0 33
9 New Zealand 9 14 3 9 7+2 0 33
10 United Kingdom 10 11 7 6 6 0 31
11 France 5 2+2 0 30
12 Sweden 1 0 25
13 Republic of Ireland Ret 5 4 0 22
14 Italy Ret 12 2 8 0 22
15 Italy 8 7+1 6+1 11 WD 0 20
16 Republic of Ireland 6 5 0 18
17 Estonia 6 0 8
18 Italy 13 8 10 0 5
19 Italy 8 0 4
20 Finland Ret+2 0 2
21 France 11 0 0
22 Romania Ret 0 0
Pos. Co-driver SWE
Sweden 		FRA
France 		POR
Portugal 		FIN
Finland 		TUR
Turkey 		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
Sweden 		FRA
France 		POR
Portugal 		FIN
Finland 		TUR
Turkey 		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
Sweden 		FRA
France 		POR
Portugal 		FIN
Finland 		TUR
Turkey 		Points
Source:[12]

References[]

  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. 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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