The 2020 FIA Junior WRC Championship was the eighth 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 thirty—although no such restriction existed for co-drivers—competing in identical one-litre Ford Fiesta R2s built and maintained by M-Sport. The championship was contested over four selected WRC rounds with the winning crew awarded a new Ford Fiesta R5 car, 200 tyres, free registration into the 2021 WRC3 Championship and five free rally entries. The championship offered an additional prize of €15,000 to the highest-placed rookie driver to fund a drive in the 2021 Junior WRC Championship.
Tom Kristensson and Joakim Sjöberg won the driver and co-driver championships, while Sweden sealed back-to-back Nations' Trophies.
Calendar The 2020 Junior WRC Championship calendar consisted of four events taken from the 2020 World Rally Championship. RoundStart dateFinish dateRallyRally headquartersSurfaceStagesDistanceRef.113 February16 February Rally SwedenTorsby, VärmlandSnow11171.64 km24 September6 September Rally EstoniaTartu, Tartu CountyGravel17232.64 km38 October11 October Rally Italia SardegnaAlghero, SardiniaGravel20308.57 km43 December6 December ACI Rally MonzaMonza, BrianzaTarmac16241.37 kmSource:
Calendar changes The 2020 calendar was revised from the 2019 schedule. The Tour de Corse and Wales Rally GB were removed from the calendar, while events in Chile and Germany were added in their place. However, Rally Chile was later cancelled in the face of ongoing political unrest in the country, and Wales Rally GB was added back onto the calendar. Rally Italia Sardegna was postponed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. A new calendar was revised after the championship was interrupted by six months. Ypres Rally was set to be the season's finale, but were unable to do so as the rally was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The finale moved to Monza instead.
Entries The following crews entered into the championship: Entrant Drivers Co-drivers Rounds Fabio Andolfi Fabio Andolfi Savoia Stefano All Jon Armstrong Jon Armstrong Noel O'Sullivan 1 Raul Baidu Raul Badiu Gabriel Lazar 1–2 Ruairi Bell Ruairi Bell Darren Garrod 1, 3-4 Matthew Edwards 2 Tommaso Ciuffi Tommaso Ciuffi Nicolo Gonella 1 Lauri Joona Lauri Joona Ari Koponen 1 Tom Kristensson Motorsport Tom Kristensson Joakim Sjöberg All Pontus Lönnström Pontus Lönnström Stefan Gustavsson 1–2 Catie Munnings Catie Munnings Ida Lidebjer-Granberg 1 Enrico Oldrati Enrico Oldrati Elia de Guio 1–3 Team Flying Finn Sami Pajari Marko Salminen All Marco Pollara Marco Pollara Maurizio Messina 1–3 LMT Autosporta Akademija Mārtiņš Sesks Renars Francis All PS 110% AB Oscar Solberg Jim Hjerpe 1 Estonian Autosport Junior Team Ken Torn Kauri Pannas 1–2 Robert Virves Robert Virves Sander Pruul 2 Fabrizio Zaldivar Fabrizio Zaldívar Fernando Mussano 1–3 Rogelio Peñate4Sources:
Results and standings Season summary RoundEventWinning driverWinning co-driverWinning timeReportRef.1 Rally Sweden Tom Kristensson Joakim Sjöberg 1:22:51.3Report2 Rally Estonia Mārtiņš Sesks Renars Francis 2:21:20.5Report3 Rally Italia Sardegna Tom Kristensson Joakim Sjöberg 3:07:49.1Report4 ACI Rally Monza Tom Kristensson Joakim Sjöberg 2:35:21.4Report
Scoring system Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers. An additional point is given for every stage win. 1.5-time bonus points were awarded for both drivers' and co-drivers' championships at the season's finale.
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 (Results key)
DriverSWEESTITAMNZPoints1 Tom Kristensson13Ret11417100.52 Mārtiņš Sesks211335Ret1693 Sami Pajari41285644664 Fabrizio Zaldívar6622535 Ruairi Bell74Ret3242.56 Marco Pollara1056197 Ken Torn3Ret3188 Enrico Oldrati1174189 Robert Virves321710 Raul Badiu5281611 Pontus Lönnström82Ret612 Lauri Joona92– Tommaso Ciuffi12–– Oscar Solberg13–– Catie Munnings14–– Fabio AndolfiRetRetDNSRet–– Jon ArmstrongRet–DriverSWEESTITAMNZPoints
FIA Junior WRC Championship for Co-Drivers (Results key)
Co-DriverSWEESTITAMNZPoints1 Joakim Sjöberg13Ret11417100.52 Renars Francis211335Ret1693 Marko Salminen41285644664 Fernando Mussano662345 Darren Garrod7Ret3230.56 Maurizio Messina1056197 Rogelio Peñate2188 Kauri Pannas3Ret3189 Elia de Guio11741810 Sander Pruul321711 Gabriel Lazar5281612 Matthew Edwards41213 Stefan Gustavsson82Ret614 Ari Koponen92– Nicolo Gonella12–– Jim Hjerpe13–– Ida Lidebjer-Granberg14–– Stefano SavoiaRetRetDNSRet–– Noel O'SullivanRet–Co-DriverSWEESTITAMNZPoints
FIA Junior WRC Trophy for Nations (Results key)
NationSWEESTITAMNZPoints11Ret11752213Ret5836622524425452574Ret333633307854Ret2685716992NationSWEESTITAMNZPoints
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References
External links
FIA Junior WRC Championship 2020 at ewrc-results.com