2018 WRC3 Championship

2018 FIA WRC3 Championship

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Parent series:
FIA World Rally Championship
Support series:
FIA WRC2 Championship
FIA Junior WRC Championship

The 2018 FIA WRC3 Championship was the sixth 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]

Nil Solans and Miquel Ibáñez were the reigning drivers' and co-drivers' champions, ^[2] while ADAC Sachsen were the defending teams' champions. Enrico Brazzoli and Luca Beltrame won the drivers' and co-drivers' championships. ACI Team Italia won the teams' title.

The 2018 WRC3 season was the final season of the championship for two-wheel drive cars and it was cancelled by the FIA after the 2018 season, however it was revived in 2020 with a new set of regulations for four-wheel drive Group Rally2 cars. ^{[3] [4]}

Calendar

The championship was contested over thirteen rounds in Europe, the Middle East, the Americas and Oceania. ^[5]

A map showing the locations of the rallies in the 2018 World Rally Championship season.

Round	Dates		Rally	Rally headquarters	Rally details
	Start	Finish			Surface	Stages	Distance
1	25 January	28 January	Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo	Gap, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur [lower-alpha 1]	Mixed [lower-alpha 2]	17	394.74 km
2	15 February	18 February	Rally Sweden	Torsby, Värmland	Snow	19	314.25 km
3	8 March	11 March	Rally Guanajuato México	León, Guanajuato	Gravel	22	344.49 km
4	5 April	8 April	Tour de Corse	Bastia, Haute-Corse	Tarmac	12	333.48 km
5	26 April	29 April	Rally Argentina	Villa Carlos Paz, Córdoba	Gravel	18	358.25 km
6	17 May	20 May	Rally de Portugal	Matosinhos, Porto	Gravel	20	358.19 km
7	7 June	10 June	Rally Italia Sardegna	Alghero, Sardinia	Gravel	20	313.46 km
8	26 July	29 July	Rally Finland	Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi	Gravel	23	317.26 km
9	16 August	19 August	ADAC Rallye Deutschland	Bostalsee, Saarland	Tarmac	18	325.76 km
10	13 September	16 September	Marmaris Rally of Turkey	Marmaris, Muğla	Gravel	17	312.44 km
11	4 October	7 October	Wales Rally GB	Deeside, Flintshire	Gravel	23	318.34 km
12	25 October	28 October	RACC Rally Catalunya de España	Salou, Tarragona	Mixed [lower-alpha 3]	18	331.58 km
13	15 November	18 November	Rally Australia	Coffs Harbour, New South Wales	Gravel	24	318.64 km
Source: [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

Calendar changes

The Rally of Poland was removed from the calendar after the FIA repeatedly raised concerns about the event's safety. ^[15] The FIA had previously ordered a review of the event's safety standards ahead of the 2017 event, threatening to rescind the rally's World Championship status if conditions were not improved. ^[16]

The Rally of Poland was replaced by the Rally of Turkey, which returned to the calendar for the first time since 2010. ^[5] The event, which was previously based in Istanbul, return to south-western Turkey. It was based in the coastal resort town of Marmaris in Muğla Province, ^[17] with the route running along the Mediterranean coastline. ^[18]

The rallies of Great Britain and Catalunya swapped places on the schedule, with Rally Catalunya becoming the penultimate round of the championship. ^[5] Rallye Deutschland relocated to a new headquarters with the service park located at the Bostalsee reservoir in Saarland state. ^[9]

Route changes

Rallye Monte Carlo featured a heavily revised route from the 2017 event, with half the route being brand new. ^[8] After starting in Mexico City in 2017, Rally Mexico returned to its traditional start in Guanajuato. The route featured minor changes and included a new Power Stage. ^[19]

The route for the Tour de Corse was heavily revised, with only two of the seven stages being run as they were in 2017. The headquarters of the event was relocated to Bastia, which hosted the event for the first time since 1978. ^[20]

Organisers of the Wales Rally GB announced plans for a heavily revised route. The changes were made possible by the passage of legislation by the British government allowing public roads to be used for motorsport. ^{[21] [22]}

Entries

Manufacturer	Car	Entrant	Tyre	Drivers	Co-drivers	Rounds
Citroën	Citroën DS3 R3T	Go+Cars Atlas Ward	M	Yuriy Protasov	Pavlo Cherepin	2
		Louise Cook	M	Louise Cook	Stefan Davis	8, 13
		Enrico Brazzoli	P	Enrico Brazzoli	Luca Beltrame	13
Ford	Ford Fiesta R2T	ACI Team Italia	P	Luca Bottarelli	Manuel Fenoli	2, 4, 6, 8, 10
				Enrico Oldrati	Elia De Guio	10
					Danilo Fappani	6, 8
		Enrico Oldrati	P	Enrico Oldrati	Danilo Fappani	2, 4
		ADAC Sachsen	P	Julius Tannert	Jürgen Heigl	2, 4, 6, 8, 10
		Callum Devine	P	Callum Devine	Keith Moriarty	2, 4
					Brian Hoy	6, 8, 10
		David Holder	P	David Holder	Jason Farmer	2
		Holder Brothers Racing				4, 6, 8, 10
		Denis Rådström	P	Denis Rådström	Johan Johansson	2, 4, 6, 8, 10
		Emil Bergkvist	P	Emil Bergkvist	Ola Fløene	2, 4
					Joakim Sjöberg	6, 8
					Patrick Barth	10
		Emilio Fernández	P	Emilio Fernández	Joaquin Riquelme	2, 4, 6, 8, 10
		Jean-Baptiste Franceschi	M	Jean-Baptiste Franceschi	Romain Courbon	1
			P			2, 4
		Équipe de France FFSA Rally	P	Jean-Baptiste Franceschi	Romain Courbon	6, 8, 10
			M			7
		OT Racing	P	Ken Torn	Kuldar Sikk	2, 6, 8, 10
					Ken Järveoja	4
		Terry Folb	P	Terry Folb	Christopher Guieu	2, 4
					Kevin Bronner	6, 8–9
		Théo Chalal	P	Théo Chalal	Jacques-Julien Renucci	2
		Tom Williams	P	Tom Williams	Phil Hall	2, 4, 6, 8, 10–11
		Catrol Ford Team Türkiye	P	Bugra Banaz	Burak Erdener	4, 6, 8, 10
		Umberto Accornero	P	Umberto Accornero	Barone Maurizio	4, 6, 8
		Team Flying Finn	P	Henri Hokkala	Kimmo Pahkala	8
		Louise Cook	M	Louise Cook	Stefan Davis	9–12
		Raul Badiu	P	Raul Badiu	Gabriel Lazar	10
	Ford Fiesta R2	MH Motorsport	P	Tom Williams	Phil Hall	3
		Darren Garrod	P	Sanjay Takale	Darren Garrod	8
Peugeot	Peugeot 208 R2	Amaury Molle	M	Amaury Molle	Renaud Herman	1, 4, 12
		Enrico Brazzoli	D	Enrico Brazzoli	Luca Beltrame	1, 7
			P			9, 11–12
		Taisko Lario	M	Taisko Lario	Tatu Hämäläinen	1
			P			2, 7–9, 11–12
		Louise Cook	M	Louise Cook	Stefan Davis	7
Source: [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35]

Results and standings

Season summary

Round	Event	Winning driver	Winning co-driver	Winning entrant	Winning time	Report
1	Rallye Monte Carlo	Enrico Brazzoli	Luca Beltrame	Enrico Brazzoli	5:22:03.0	Report
2	Rally Sweden	Denis Rådström	Johan Johansson	Denis Rådström	3:16:26.0	Report
3	Rally México	No WRC3 finishers				Report
4	Tour de Corse	Jean-Baptiste Franceschi	Romain Courbon	Jean-Baptiste Franceschi	3:56:28.7	Report
5	Rally Argentina	No WRC3 entries				Report
6	Rally Portugal	Denis Rådström	Johan Johansson	Denis Rådström	4:26:51.2	Report
7	Rally Italia Sardegna	Jean-Baptiste Franceschi	Romain Courbon	Équipe de France FFSA Rally	4:14:07.7	Report
8	Rally Finland	Ken Torn	Kuldar Sikk	OT Racing	3:03:07.2	Report
9	Rallye Deutschland	Taisko Lario	Tatu Hämäläinen	Taisko Lario	3:49:47.9	Report
10	Rally Turkey	Emil Bergkvist	Patrick Barth	Emil Bergkvist	4:40:03.2	Report
11	Wales Rally GB	Tom Williams	Phil Hall	Tom Williams	3:49:44.9	Report
12	Rally Catalunya	Enrico Brazzoli	Luca Beltrame	Enrico Brazzoli	3:58:18.3	Report
13	Rally Australia	No WRC3 finishers				Report

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers in each event. Six best results counted towards championship. ^[36]

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

FIA WRC3 Championship for Drivers

Pos. Driver MON SWE MEX FRA ARG POR ITA FIN DEU TUR GBR CAT AUS Drops Points 1 Enrico Brazzoli 1 4 2 2 1 Ret 0 98 2 Taisko Lario 3 8 2 7 1 3 2 4 97 3 Emil Bergkvist 2 3 5 2 1 0 86 4 Denis Rådström 1 4 1 Ret 2 0 80 5 Jean-Baptiste Franceschi Ret 4 1 9 1 3 Ret 0 79 6 Louise Cook 3 DNS 3 9 4 3 WD 0 59 7 Tom Williams 12 Ret 11 7 6 6 1 0 47 8 Callum Devine 7 5 Ret 5 4 0 38 9 Ken Torn 14 6 Ret 1 Ret 0 33 10 Julius Tannert 3 9 10 4 Ret 0 30 11 Bugra Banaz 8 4 8 5 0 30 12 Terry Folb 5 2 Ret 13 WD 0 28 13 Enrico Oldrati Ret 12 2 9 8 0 24 14 David Holder 11 15 3 10 7 0 22 15 Amaury Molle 2 14 WD 0 18 16 Emilio Fernández 9 10 11 15 3 0 18 17 Luca Bottarelli 10 7 6 12 WD 0 15 18 Yuriy Protasov 6 0 8 19 Umberto Accornero 13 8 11 0 4 Pos. Driver MON SWE MEX FRA ARG POR ITA FIN DEU TUR GBR CAT AUS Drops Points

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 WRC3 Championship for Co-Drivers

Pos. Driver MON SWE MEX FRA ARG POR ITA FIN DEU TUR GBR CAT AUS Drops Points 1 Luca Beltrame 1 4 2 2 1 Ret 0 98 2 Tatu Hämäläinen 3 8 2 7 1 3 2 4 97 3 Johan Johansson 1 4 1 Ret 2 0 80 4 Romain Courbon Ret 4 1 9 1 3 Ret 0 79 5 Stefan Davis 3 DNS 3 9 4 3 WD 0 59 6 Phil Hall 12 Ret 11 7 6 6 1 0 47 7 Ola Fløene 2 3 0 33 8 Jürgen Heigl 3 9 10 4 Ret 0 30 9 Burak Erdener 8 4 8 5 0 30 10 Christopher Guieu 5 2 0 28 11 Joakim Sjöberg 5 2 0 28 12 Kuldar Sikk 14 Ret 1 Ret 0 25 13 Patrick Barth 1 0 25 14 Jason Farmer 11 15 3 10 7 0 22 15 Brian Hoy Ret 5 4 0 22 16 Danilo Fappani Ret 12 2 9 0 20 17 Renaud Herman 2 14 WD 0 18 18 Joaquin Riquelme 9 10 11 15 3 0 18 19 Keith Moriarty 7 5 0 16 20 Manuel Fenoli 10 7 6 12 WD 0 15 21 Pavlo Cherepin 6 0 8 22 Ken Järveoja 6 0 8 23 Maurizio Barone 13 8 11 0 4 24 Elia De Guio 8 0 4 Pos. Driver MON SWE MEX FRA ARG POR ITA FIN DEU TUR GBR CAT AUS Drops Points

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 WRC3 Championship for Teams

Pos. Team MON SWE MEX FRA ARG POR ITA FIN DEU TUR GBR CAT AUS Points 1 ACI Team Italia 3 2 1 5 3 83 2 Castrol Ford Team Turkiye 3 3 4 1 67 3 OT Racing 4 1 Ret 1 Ret 62 4 ADAC Sachsen 1 4 5 3 Ret 62 5 Équipe de France FFSA Rally 4 1 2 Ret 55 6 Holder Brothers Racing 5 2 6 2 54 7 Go+Cars Atlas Ward 2 18 Pos. Driver MON SWE MEX FRA ARG POR ITA FIN DEU TUR GBR CAT AUS Points

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)

Notes

1. The rally base of the Monte Carlo Rally was located in France.
2. Rallye Monte Carlo was run on a tarmac and snow surface.
3. Rally Catalunya was run on a tarmac and gravel surface.

References

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36. "2018 FIA World Rally Championship Sporting Regulations" (PDF). juwra.com. 11 December 2017.

External links

• Official website of the World Rally Championship
• Official website of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile