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

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
Round	Start	Finish	Rally name	Rally headquarters	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
Callum Devine	Brian Hoy	3–5
Emilio Fernández	Joaquin Riquelme	1–5
Terry Folb	Christopher Guieu	1–2
Terry Folb	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
Enrico Oldrati	Elia De Guio	5
Dennis Rådström	Johan Johansson	1–5
Julius Tannert	Jürgen Heigl	1–5
Ken Torn	Kuldar Sikk	1, 3–5
Ken Torn	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 WRC 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
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Excluded (EX)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Cancelled (C)
Blank	Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

FIA Junior WRC 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
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Black	Excluded (EX)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Cancelled (C)
Blank	Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

FIA Junior WRC 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

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

External links

Official website of the World Rally Championship

[global-1] "Global support for Junior WRC". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 28 December 2017.

[jwrc-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.

[calendar-4] "Junior WRC Calendar". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.

[Poland_under_threat-5] Evans, David (7 August 2017). "Turkey and Croatia set for 2018 World Rally Championship calendar". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 7 August 2017.

[Rally_Sweden_Entry_List-6] "Rally Sweden Entry List". rallysweden.com. Rally Sweden. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[Tour_de_Corse_Entry_List-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.

[Rally_Portugal_Entry_List-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.

[Rally_Finland_Entry_List-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.

[Rallye_Turkey_Entry_List-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".

[fia-12] "Standings". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. Retrieved 16 January 2020.

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