The 2016 FIA Junior WRC Championship was the fourth season of Junior WRC, a rallying championship governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, running in support of the World Rally Championship.
The championship was open to drivers under the age of twenty-eight. All teams contested six nominated European events, with all of their scores counting towards their final championship position. The drivers competed in identical Citroën DS3 R3Ts with the 2014 homologated MAX Kit, using Michelin tyres. The winner received a programme of six rallies in Europe in a Citroën DS3 R5, competing in the 2017 WRC2 Championship.
Calendar
The final 2016 Junior WRC calendar consisted of six European events (one less than 2015), taken from the 2016 World Rally Championship.
Round Dates Rally name Rally headquarters Surface Stages Distance Start Finish 1 20 May 22 May Rally de Portugal Matosinhos, Porto Gravel 19 368 km 2 1 July 3 July Rally Poland Mikołajki, Warmia-Masuria Gravel 21 306.10 km 3 29 July 31 July Rally Finland Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi Gravel 24 333.99 km 4 19 August 21 August Rallye Deutschland Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate Tarmac 18 306.80 km 5 2 October Tour de Corse Ajaccio, Corse-du-Sud Tarmac 10 390.92 km 6 28 October 30 October Wales Rally GB Deeside, Flintshire Gravel 22 336.00 km
Calendar changes
The total number of events will be six, one less than in 2015. Monte Carlo Rally and Rally de Catalunya were dropped in favor of Rallye Deutschland.
Drivers
The following drivers competed in the championship.
Rounds Mohamed Al-Mutawaa Stephen McAuley 1–4 Stuart Loudon 5–6 Andrea Crugnola Michele Ferrara 1–4 Vincent Dubert Alexandre Coria All Terry Folb Franck Le Floch 1–5 Frédéric Hauswald Maxime Vilmot 1 Hans Thilo Himmel Nicolaas Swartz 1–2 Martin Koči Lukáš Kostka All Romain Martel Vanessa Lemoine 1–5 Juuso Nordgren Mikael Korhonen 3 Laurent Pellier Benoit Neyret-Gigot 5 Łukasz Pieniąźek Przemisław Mazur 1–3 Yohan Rossel Benoît Fulcrand 5–6 Simone Tempestini Giovanni Bernacchini All Ole Christian Veiby Stig Rune Skjærmoen 1–5 William Wagner Antoine Paque 5–6
Results and standings
Season summary
RoundEvent nameWinning driverWinning co-driver1 Rally de Portugal Simone Tempestini Giovanni Bernacchini4:30:15.7Report2 Rally Poland Simone Tempestini Giovanni Bernacchini3:04:11.3Report3 Rally Finland Ole Christian Veiby Stig Rune Skjærmoen2:55:40.0Report4 Rallye Deutschland Simone Tempestini Giovanni Bernacchini3:21:12.4Report5 Tour de Corse Laurent Pellier4:38:19.3Report6 Wales Rally GB Martin Koči3:47:47.4Report
FIA Junior WRC Championship for Drivers
Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers.
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
Driver POR POL FIN GER FRA GBR Points 1 Simone Tempestini 1 1 2 1 4 2 123 2 Martin Koči 2 DNS 7 2 3 1 82 3 Vincent Dubert 4 5 4 5 6 4 64 4 Ole Christian Veiby 5 3 1 5 7 62 5 Terry Folb 3 2 Ret 3 5 58 6 Romain Martel 7 4 5 4 Ret 40 7 Yohan Rossel 2 3 33 8 Mohamed Al-Mutawaa 8 7 6 6 Ret 26 9 Laurent Pellier 1 25 10 Juuso Nordgren 3 15 11 Łukasz Pieniążek 10 6 9 12 Frédéric Hauswald 6 8 13 Andrea Crugnola 9 Ret Ret WD 2 Driver POR POL FIN GER FRA GBR Points
FIA Junior WRC Championship for Co-Drivers
Co-driver POR POL FIN GER FRA GBR Points 1 Giovanni Bernacchini 1 1 2 1 4 2 123 2 Lukáš Kostka 2 DNS 7 2 3 1 82 3 Alexandre Coria 4 5 4 5 6 4 64 4 Stig Rune Skjærmoen 5 3 1 5 7 62 5 Franck Le Floch 3 2 Ret 3 5 58 6 Vanessa Lemoine 7 4 5 4 Ret 40 7 Benoît Fulcrand 2 3 33 8 Stephen McAuley 8 7 6 6 26 9 Benoit Neyret-Gigot 1 25 10 Mikael Korhonen 3 15 11 Przemisław Mazur 10 6 9 12 Maxime Vilmot 6 8 13 Michele Ferrara 9 Ret Ret WD 2 Co-driver POR POL FIN GER FRA GBR Points
FIA Junior WRC Championship for Nations
Country POR POL FIN GER FRA GBR Points 1 1 1 2 1 3 2 126 2 3 2 4 3 1 3 100 3 2 DNS 6 2 2 1 87 4 4 3 1 5 4 74 5 5 5 5 4 Ret 42 6 6 4 20 7 3 15 Country POR POL FIN GER FRA GBR Points
References
External links Official website of the World Rally Championship Official website of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile