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The 2014 FIA WRC3 Championship was the second season of WRC3, a rallying championship organised and governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, running in support of the World Rally Championship. It was created when the Group R class of rally car was introduced in 2013. [1]
Sébastien Chardonnet started as the defending champion. [2] However, he did not defend his title as he competed in the WRC2 championship instead. [3]
The championship was won by Stéphane Lefebvre. [4] Alastair Fisher finished the championship second with Martin Koči third. [5]
Unlike its predecessor the Production Car World Rally Championship, WRC3 did not have a fixed calendar. Instead, teams and drivers competing in the series were free to contest any of thirteen rallies that formed the 2014 World Rally Championship. They had to nominate up to six events to score points in, and their best five results from these six events counted towards their final championship points score. The World Rally Championship was open to two-wheel drive cars complying with R1, R2 and R3 regulations. [6] The 2014 calendar was announced at a meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council in Croatia on 27 September 2013. [7] The 2014 championship was contested over thirteen rounds in Europe, the Americas and Oceania.
Round | Dates | Rally name | Rally headquarters | Surface |
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1 | 16–18 January | Monte Carlo Rally | Gap, Hautes-Alpes, France | Mixed |
2 | 5–8 February | Rally Sweden | Hagfors, Värmland | Snow |
3 | 6–9 March | Rally Mexico | León, Guanajuato | Gravel |
4 | 3–6 April | Rally de Portugal | Faro, Algarve | Gravel |
5 | 8–11 May | Rally Argentina | Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba | Gravel |
6 | 6–8 June | Rally Italia Sardegna | Alghero, Sardinia | Gravel |
7 | 27–29 June | Rally Poland | Mikołajki, Warmia-Masuria | Gravel |
8 | 31 July–3 August | Rally Finland | Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi | Gravel |
9 | 22–24 August | Rallye Deutschland | Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate | Tarmac |
10 | 12–14 September | Rally Australia | Coffs Harbour, New South Wales | Gravel |
11 | 3–5 October | Rallye de France Alsace | Strasbourg, Alsace | Tarmac |
12 | 24–26 October | Rally de Catalunya | Salou, Tarragona | Mixed |
13 | 14–16 November | Wales Rally GB | Deeside, Flintshire | Gravel |
Round | Rally name | Podium finishers | Statistics | ||||||
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Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Stages | Length | Starters | Finishers | ||
1 | Monte Carlo Rally (15–20 January) — Results and report | 1 | Quentin Gilbert Renaud Jamoul | Quentin Gilbert (Citroën DS3 R3T) | 5:18:33.8 | (15) 1a 14 | (383.88 km) 1b 360.48 km | 1 | 1 |
No further WRC3 entries. | |||||||||
2 | Rally Sweden (5–8 February) — Results and report | No WRC3 entries. | (24) 23 | (323.54 km) 312.22 km | — | — | |||
3 | Rally Mexico (6–9 March) — Results and report | No WRC3 entries. | 21 | 401.77 km | — | — | |||
4 | Rally de Portugal (3–6 April) — Results and report | 1 | Stéphane Lefebvre Thomas Dubois | Stéphane Lefebvre (Citroën DS3 R3T) | 4:02:51.8 | 16 | 339.46 km | 14 | 12 |
2 | Christian Riedemann Lara Vanneste | ADAC Team Weser-Ems e.V. (Citroën DS3 R3T) | 4:03:54.5 | ||||||
3 | Martin Koči Lukáš Kostka | Martin Koči (Citroën DS3 R3T) | 4:06:22.4 | ||||||
5 | Rally Argentina (8–11 May) — Results and report | No WRC3 entries. | 14 | 405.10 km | — | — | |||
6 | Rally Italia Sardegna (6–8 June) — Results and report | No WRC3 entries. | 17 | 364.54 km | — | — | |||
7 | Rally Poland (26–29 June) — Results and report | 1 | Stéphane Lefebvre Thomas Dubois | Stéphane Lefebvre (Citroën DS3 R3T) | 2:58:25.3 | 24 | 336.64 km | 11 | 9 |
2 | Alastair Fisher Gordon Noble | Alastair Fisher (Citroën DS3 R3T) | 3:00:38.6 | ||||||
3 | Quentin Giordano Guillaume Duval | Quentin Giordano (Citroën DS3 R3T) | 3:01:51.2 | ||||||
8 | Rally Finland (1–3 August) — Results and report | 1 | Teemu Suninen Juha-Pekka Jauhiainen | AKK Sports Team Finland (Citroën DS3 R3T) | 3:31:27.8 | 26 | 360.94 km | 10 | 9 |
2 | Martin Koči Lukáš Kostka | Styllex Slovak National Team (Citroën DS3 R3T) | 3:31:59.7 | ||||||
3 | Quentin Giordano Valentin Sarreaud | Quentin Giordano (Citroën DS3 R3T) | 3:33:19.8 | ||||||
9 | Rallye Deutschland (22–24 August) — Results and report | 1 | Stéphane Lefebvre Thomas Dubois | Stéphane Lefebvre (Citroën DS3 R3T) | 3:27:45.4 | 18 | 324.31 km | 10 | 6 |
2 | Christian Riedemann Michael Wenzel | ADAC Team Weser-Ems e.V. (Citroën DS3 R3T) | 3:27:54.8 | ||||||
3 | Quentin Giordano Thomas Roux | Quentin Giordano (Citroën DS3 R3T) | 3:33:21.5 | ||||||
10 | Rally Australia (12–14 September) — Results and report | No WRC3 entries. | 20 | 319.58 km | — | — | |||
11 | Rallye de France Alsace (3–5 October) — Results and report | No results; all 7 finishers excluded for technical irregularities. [24] | 18 | 303.63 km | 11 | 7 [24] | |||
12 | Rally Catalunya (24–26 October) — Results and report | 1 | Mohamed Al Mutawaa Stephen McAuley | Abu Dhabi Racing (Citroën DS3 R3T) | 4:51:22.6 | 17 | 372.96 km | 1 | 1 |
Alain Pyrame Vincent Varetz | Alain Pyrame (Renault Clio R3T) | Withdrew | |||||||
No further WRC3 entries. | |||||||||
13 | Wales Rally GB (14–16 November) — Results and report | 1 | Alastair Fisher Gordon Noble | Alastair Fisher (Citroën DS3 R3T) | 3:31:20.1 | 17 | 305.64 km | 7 | 6 |
2 | Martin Koči Lukáš Kostka | Styllex Slovak National Team (Citroën DS3 R3T) | 3:32:38.9 | ||||||
3 | Henri Haapamäki Marko Salminen | Hannu's Rally Team (Citroën DS3 R3T) | 3:34:14.6 | ||||||
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