The 2023 FIA Junior WRC Championship was the tenth 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 featured five events, beginning in February at the Rally Sweden and concluded in September at the Acropolis Rally.
Robert Virves and Brian Hoy were the reigning drivers' and co-drivers' champions. William Creighton and Liam Regan became the 2023 Junior WRC Champions.
Calendar
RoundStart dateFinish dateRallyRally headquartersSurfaceStagesDistanceRef.19 February12 February Rally SwedenUmeå, Västerbotten County, SwedenSnow18325.02 km220 April23 April Croatia RallyZagreb, CroatiaTarmac20301.26 km31 June4 June Rally Italia SardegnaOlbia, Sardinia, ItalyGravel19334.05 km420 July23 July Rally EstoniaTartu, Tartu County, EstoniaGravel21300.70 km57 September10 September Acropolis Rally GreeceLamia, Central Greece, GreeceGravel15270.89 kmSources:
Entries The following crews entered into the Junior WRC Championship: CarDriver nameCo-driver nameRounds Ford Fiesta Rally3 Hamza Anwar Adnan Din 1, 3 Martin Brady 2 Alexander Kihurani 4 Julia Thulin 5 Roberto Blach Mauro BarreiroAll Nataniel Bruun Sosa Claudio Bustos 5 William Creighton Liam ReganAll Diego Dominguez Jr. Rogelio PeñateAll Raúl Hernández Rodrigo Sanjuan1–2 Adrián Pérez Fernández 3 Eamonn Kelly Conor MohanAll Grégoire Munster Louis Louka1, 4 Laurent Pellier Marine Pelamourgues1–2 Kévin Bronner3–5 Tom Rensonnet Loïc DumontAllSources:
Sporting Regulations The Junior WRC was open for drivers born on or after 1 January 1994 and had not competed as a priority 1 (P1) driver designated to score Manufacturer points before the first JWRC round, no such restrictions were set for co-drivers. All crews once again contested identical Ford Fiesta Rally3 cars prepared by the M-Sport Poland for the winning prize of four fully-funded Ford Fiesta Rally2 drives with a tyre package and a pre-event test.
Results and standings Season summary RoundEventWinning driverWinning co-driverWinning timeReportRef.1 Rally Sweden William Creighton Liam Regan2:45:05.5Report2 Croatia Rally Eamonn Kelly Conor Mohan3:20:15.7Report3 Rally Italia Sardegna William Creighton Liam Regan4:15:11.5Report4 Rally Estonia Grégoire Munster Louis Louka2:57:42.6Report5 Acropolis Rally Greece Diego Dominguez Jr. Rogelio Peñate3:24:38.9 Report
Scoring system Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers. An additional point was given for every stage win. The best four results out of five counted towards the final drivers’ and co-drivers’ standings. However, all points gained from stage wins were retained. Double points were awarded at the season's finale to those with at least 3 previous 2023 JWRC round starts. 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 DriverSWECROITAESTGRCTotalPointsBest 41 William Creighton1971014711541201142 Diego Dominguez Jr.342232141181063 Laurent Pellier26Ret545236487874 Eamonn KellyRet16 Ret269695 Roberto Blach63334477696 Tom Rensonnet72256 374687 Grégoire Munster431545458 Raúl Hernández567529299 Hamza Anwar8585Ret282810 Nataniel Bruun SosaRet00DriverSWECROITAESTGRCTotalPointsBest 4Source:Notes:Superscripts indicate the number of bonus points that drivers received for winning stages during each rally.
FIA Junior WRC Championship for Co-Drivers Co-DriverSWECROITAESTGRCTotalPointsBest 4 1 Liam Regan197101471154 120 114 2 Rogelio Peñate34223214 118 106 3 Conor MohanRet16Ret2 69 69 4 Mauro Barreiro633344 77 69 5 Loïc Dumont722563 74 68 6 Kévin Bronner452364 58 58 7 Louis Louka4315 45 45 8 Marine Pelamourgues26Ret5 29 29 9 Rodrigo Sanjuan56 18 18 10 Adrián Pérez Fernández75 11 11 11 Martin Brady5 10 10 12 Alexander Kihurani5 10 10 13 Adnan Din88 8 814 Julia ThulinRet0015 Claudio BustosRet00Co-DriverSWECROITAESTGRCTotalPointsBest 4Source:Notes:Superscripts indicate the number of bonus points that drivers received for winning stages during each rally.
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References
External links
FIA Junior WRC Championship 2023 at eWRC-results.com