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.
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 Start Finish Surface Stages Distance 1 Rally Sweden Torsby, Värmland Snow 19 314.25 km 2 5 April 8 April Bastia, Haute-Corse Tarmac 12 333.48 km 3 17 May 20 May Matosinhos, Porto Gravel 20 4 26 July 29 July Rally Finland Gravel 23 317.26 km 5 Rally Turkey Marmaris, Muğla Gravel 17 312.44 kmSource:
Calendar changes The championship started in Sweden for the first time since 2006. The Rally of Poland was removed from the calendar after the event was taken off the World Championship schedule, while the Rallies of Deutschland and Rally Catalunya were also removed from the schedule and replaced by the Rally of Turkey. 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.
Entries The following crews competed in the championship.
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 1 Callum Devine Keith Moriarty 1–2 Brian Hoy 3–5 Emilio Fernández Joaquin Riquelme 1–5 Terry Folb Christopher Guieu 1–2 Kevin Bronner 3–4 Romain Courbon 1–5 Henri Hokkala Kimmo Pahkala 4 David Holder Jason Farmer 1–5 Enrico Oldrati Danilo Fappani 1–4 Elia De Guio 5 Dennis Rådström Johan Johansson 1–5 Julius Tannert Jürgen Heigl 1–5 Ken Torn Kuldar Sikk 1, 3–5 Ken Järveoja 2 Tom Williams Phil Hall 1–5 Source:
Rule changes The final round of the championship was worth double points to encourage crews to contest all five events of the championship. Pirelli tyres replaced the DMACK tyres.
Results and standings Season summary Round Event Report 1 Rally Sweden 3:16:26.0 Report 2 Tour de Corse 3:56:28.7 Report 3 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.
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
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 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 Driver SWE FRA POR FIN TUR Drops Points
FIA Junior WRC Championship for Co-Drivers
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 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 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 Co-driver SWE FRA POR FIN TUR Drops Points
FIA Junior WRC Championship for Nations
Country SWE FRA POR FIN TUR Points 1 1 2 1 2 1 111 2 3 1 6 3 63 3 4 3 5 3 52 4 6 5 2 8 7 46 5 2 7 7 4 42 6 9 4 1 39 7 6 4 7 4 38 8 5 8 8 10 2 37 9 8 9 5 6 5 34 10 7 10 3 9 6 32 11 8 0 12 DNS 0 13 11 0 Co-driver SWE FRA POR FIN TUR Points
References
External links Official website of the World Rally Championship