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.

2018 FIA Junior WRC Championship

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Parent series:
FIA World Rally Championship
FIA WRC2 Championship
FIA WRC3 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
	Start	Finish			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
	Brian Hoy	3–5
Emilio Fernández	Joaquin Riquelme	1–5
Terry Folb	Christopher Guieu	1–2
	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
	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:[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 Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) 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 Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) 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]