The 2018 FIA World Rally Championship-2 was the sixth season of the World Rally Championship-2, an auto racing championship recognised 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. The championship was open to cars complying with R4, R5, and Super 2000 regulations. [1]
Pontus Tidemand and Jonas Andersson were the defending drivers' and co-drivers' champions. Škoda Motorsport were the defending teams' champions. Although Škoda Motorsport went on to win the teams' championship for the third year in a row, Jan Kopecký and Pavel Dresler succeeded for the drivers' and co-drivers' titles defeating the former champions.
The championship was contested over thirteen rounds in Europe, the Middle East, North America, South America and Oceania. [2]
Round | Dates | Rally | Rally headquarters | Rally details | |||
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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: [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] |
The Rally of Poland was removed from the calendar after the FIA repeatedly raised concerns about the event's safety. [12] 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. [13]
The Rally of Poland was replaced by the Rally of Turkey, which returned to the calendar for the first time since 2010. [2] 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, [14] with the route running along the Mediterranean coastline. [15]
The rallies of Great Britain and Catalunya swapped places on the schedule, with Rally Catalunya becoming the penultimate round of the championship. [2] Rallye Deutschland relocated to a new headquarters with the service park located at the Bostalsee reservoir in Saarland state. [6]
Rallye Monte Carlo featured a heavily revised route from the 2017 event, with half the route being brand new. [5] 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. [16]
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. [17]
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. [18] [19]
The 2018 season saw several new car models become available for competition:
The following teams and crews were entered in the 2018 FIA World Rally Championship-2:
Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers in each event. Six best results counted towards championship.
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 |
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