2018 Junior WRC Championship
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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.[1][2][3]
Calendar
[edit | edit source]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 | |||
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| Start | Finish | Surface | Stages | Distance | |||
| 1 | 15 February | 18 February | Sweden 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 | Portugal Rally de Portugal | Matosinhos, Porto | Gravel | 20 | 358.19 km |
| 4 | 26 July | 29 July | Finland Rally Finland | Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi | Gravel | 23 | 317.26 km |
| 5 | 13 September | 16 September | Turkey Rally Turkey | Marmaris, Muğla | Gravel | 17 | 312.44 km |
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Calendar changes
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]The following crews competed in the championship.
Rule changes
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]Season summary
[edit | edit source]| Round | Event | Winning driver | Winning co-driver | Winning time | Report |
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| 1 | Sweden Rally Sweden | Sweden Dennis Rådström | Sweden Johan Johansson | 3:16:26.0 | Report |
| 2 | 3:56:28.7 | Report | |||
| 3 | Portugal Rally de Portugal | Sweden Dennis Rådström | Sweden Johan Johansson | 4:26:51.2 | Report |
| 4 | Finland Rally Finland | Estonia Ken Torn | Estonia Kuldar Sikk | 3:03:07.2 | Report |
| 5 | Turkey Rally Turkey | Sweden Emil Bergkvist | Sweden Patrik Barth | 4:40:03.2 | Report |
Scoring system
[edit | edit source]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 |
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| Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
FIA Junior WRC Championship for Drivers
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FIA Junior WRC Championship for Co-Drivers
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FIA Junior WRC Championship for Nations
[edit | edit source]| Pos. | Country | SWE Sweden |
FRA |
POR Portugal |
FIN Finland |
TUR Turkey |
Points | ||
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| 1 | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 111 | ||
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 63 | ||||
| 3 | File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 52 | |||
| 4 | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 6 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 46 | ||
| 5 | File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 42 | |||
| 6 | File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia | 9 | 4 | 1 | 39 | ||||
| 7 | File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 38 | |||
| 8 | File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile | 5 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 37 | ||
| 9 | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | 8 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 34 | ||
| 10 | File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | 7 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 32 | ||
| 11 | File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania | 0 | |||||||
| 12 | File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia | DNS | 0 | ||||||
| 13 | File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland | 11 | 0 | ||||||
| Pos. | Co-driver | SWE Sweden |
FRA |
POR Portugal |
FIN Finland |
TUR Turkey |
Points | ||
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