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The

FIA Junior WRC, also known as JWRC and previously known as Junior World Rally Championship, is an international rallying competition restricted to drivers under 29 years old. The championship currently consists of five select rallies of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) calendar. The category has been a stepping stone in the careers of Sebastien Loeb and Sébastien Ogier (WRC Champions), Dani Sordo, Elfyn Evans, Craig Breen and Thierry Neuville.[1][2][3][4]

Junior WRC differs from the WRC support championships, WRC2 and WRC3, as the competition is managed and promoted by M-Sport Poland under contract to the FIA. All cars are identical, provided and serviced by M-Sport on the entrants' behalf.[5][6] The car used in 2022 was a Ford Fiesta Rally3.[7] Championship titles are awarded to the winning Driver and Co-Driver.

The FIA did not award Junior WRC champion titles in the 2022 season. Instead, the titles of FIA WRC3 Junior were awarded to the winners of the Junior WRC competition run by M-Sport.[7][8][9]

History

The championship's origins began in

2001 as the FIA Super 1600 Drivers' Championship, and included six events in Europe. Sébastien Loeb was the series' champion, driving a Super 1600 Citroën Saxo.[10] The series became the Junior World Rally Championship the following year, with an upper age limit of 29 introduced in 2003.[11]

In 2007, the championship did not include events outside Europe. Following introduction of a rule in 2006 surrounding use of the word 'world' in championships, the championship was known as the FIA Junior Rally Championship (JRC) for one season only. The 2010 season was the last Junior World Rally Championship.[12]

In 2011, the FIA replaced the championship with the WRC Academy Cup. This was the first year the championship was managed under contract. M-Sport provided identical

Ford Fiesta R2 cars to entrants to use.[13][14] In 2013 the series was renamed to FIA Junior WRC.[15]

In 2014, Citroën were awarded the contract to run Junior WRC providing

Citroën DS3 R3T cars.[16] M-Sport repurposed the old Ford Fiesta R2 units for the Drive DMACK Fiesta Trophy.[17]

In 2017, M-Sport regained the running rights continuing to use the Ford Fiesta R2. Following the introduction of the

2020
season.

At the

2018 season
the number of rallies were reduced to 5, while the last rally gives double points.

In March 2021 the FIA announced there will not be any two-wheel drive championships in WRC from 2022.[18] It was later announced Rally3 cars would be used for Junior WRC from then on.[8][9] The FIA title for 2022 was called WRC3 Junior, however from 2023, FIA Junior WRC was restored.

Rules

The Junior WRC is open to drivers under the age of 29 who have not competed as a Priority 1 (P1) driver in an FIA

tyres. There is no obligation to enter a minimum number of rounds and all rounds contribute to the championship points tally.[19]

The point-scoring system based on classification is the same as in the WRC, WRC2 and WRC3 championships, with points allocated to the top ten classified finishers as follows:

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

The last rally in the season awards double classification points to competitors who have started at least 3 previous rounds. Power Stage points are not awarded in Junior WRC as in the other WRC championships, however JWRC competitors can score one championship bonus point for each stage win during the season.[19]

The Nations Trophy sums points of the best performing driver from each nation each round, not including stage points.[19]

Results

Drivers' Championship

Year Series name Upper Age Limit[a] Champion Car 2nd place Car 3rd place Car Rounds
2023
 FIA Junior WRC 29 Republic of Ireland William Creighton Ford Fiesta Rally3 Paraguay Diego Dominguez Ford Fiesta Rally3 France Laurent Pellier Ford Fiesta Rally3 5
2022
 FIA WRC3 Junior Estonia Robert Virves Ford Fiesta Rally3 United Kingdom Jon Armstrong Ford Fiesta Rally3 Finland Sami Pajari Ford Fiesta Rally3 5
2021
 FIA Junior WRC Finland Sami Pajari
Ford Fiesta Rally4
 United Kingdom Jon Armstrong
Ford Fiesta Rally4
 Latvia Mārtiņš Sesks
Ford Fiesta Rally4
 5
2020
 Sweden Tom Kristensson
Ford Fiesta Rally4
 Latvia Mārtiņš Sesks
Ford Fiesta Rally4
 Finland Sami Pajari
Ford Fiesta Rally4
 4
2019
 Spain Jan Solans
Ford Fiesta R2
 Sweden Tom Kristensson
Ford Fiesta R2
 Sweden Dennis Rådström
Ford Fiesta R2
 5
2018
 Sweden Emil Bergkvist
Ford Fiesta R2
 Sweden Dennis Rådström
Ford Fiesta R2
 France Jean-Baptiste Franceschi
Ford Fiesta R2
 5
2017
 Spain Nil Solans
Ford Fiesta R2
 France Nicolas Ciamin
Ford Fiesta R2
 France Terry Folb
Ford Fiesta R2
 6
2016
 28 Romania Simone Tempestini
Citroën DS3 R3T
 Slovakia Martin Koči
Citroën DS3 R3T
 France Vincent Dubert
Citroën DS3 R3T
 6
2015
 France Quentin Gilbert
Citroën DS3 R3T
 Norway Ole Christian Veiby
Citroën DS3 R3T
 France Terry Folb
Citroën DS3 R3T
 7
2014
 France Stéphane Lefebvre
Citroën DS3 R3T
 United Kingdom Alastair Fisher
Citroën DS3 R3T
 Slovakia Martin Koči
Citroën DS3 R3T
 6
2013
 27 Sweden Pontus Tidemand
Ford Fiesta R2
 Spain Yeray Lemes
Ford Fiesta R2
 Estonia Sander Pärn
Ford Fiesta R2
 6
2012
 WRC Academy Cup 25 United Kingdom Elfyn Evans
Ford Fiesta R2
 Spain José Antonio Suárez
Ford Fiesta R2
 Sweden Pontus Tidemand
Ford Fiesta R2
 6
2011
 Republic of Ireland Craig Breen
Ford Fiesta R2
 Estonia Egon Kaur
Ford Fiesta R2
 United Kingdom Alastair Fisher
Ford Fiesta R2
 6
2010
 FIA Junior World Rally Championship 29 Germany Aaron Burkart
Suzuki Swift S1600
Hans Weijs, Jr.
 Citroën C2 S1600 Bulgaria Todor Slavov
Renault Clio R3
 6
2009
 Czech Republic Martin Prokop Citroën C2 S1600 Poland Michał Kościuszko
Suzuki Swift S1600
 Germany Aaron Burkart
Suzuki Swift S1600
 8
2008
 France Sébastien Ogier Citroën C2 S1600 Germany Aaron Burkart Citroën C2 S1600 Czech Republic Martin Prokop Citroën C2 S1600 7
2007
 FIA Junior Rally Championship Sweden Per-Gunnar Andersson
Suzuki Swift S1600
 Estonia Urmo Aava
Suzuki Swift S1600
 Czech Republic Martin Prokop Citroën C2 S1600 7
2006
 FIA Junior World Rally Championship Sweden Patrik Sandell
Renault Clio S1600
 Estonia Urmo Aava
Suzuki Swift S1600
 Sweden Per-Gunnar Andersson
Suzuki Swift S1600
 9
2005
 Spain Dani Sordo Citroën C2 S1600 United Kingdom Kris Meeke Citroën C2 S1600 United Kingdom Guy Wilks
Suzuki Ignis S1600
 8
2004
 Sweden Per-Gunnar Andersson
Suzuki Ignis S1600
 France Nicolas Bernardi
Renault Clio S1600
 United Kingdom Guy Wilks
Suzuki Ignis S1600
 7
2003
 France Brice Tirabassi
Renault Clio S1600
 Spain Salvador Cañellas Jr.
Suzuki Ignis S1600
 Sweden Daniel Carlsson
Suzuki Ignis S1600
 7
2002
 n/a Spain Daniel Solà
Citroën Saxo VTS S1600
 Italy Andrea Dallavilla
Citroën Saxo VTS S1600
 Finland Janne Tuohino
Citroën Saxo VTS S1600
 6
2001
 FIA Super 1600 Championship for Drivers France Sébastien Loeb
Citroën Saxo VTS S1600
 Italy Andrea Dallavilla
Fiat Punto S1600
 United Kingdom Niall McShea
Citroën Saxo VTS S1600
 6

Statistics

Updated after the 2023 season.

Gallery

See also

  • WRC2
  • WRC3
  • Production World Rally Championship
  • Super 2000 World Rally Championship

References

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  2. ^ "Armstrong's 'underdog' road to Junior WRC fight". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  3. ^ Barry, Luke (2021-03-29). "The Junior WRC stars worth watching in 2021". DirtFish. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  4. ^ "Exciting 2023 calendar revealed for FIA Junior WRC Championship - automobilsport.com". www.automobilsport.com. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  5. ^ "M-SPORT REVEALS NEW JUNIOR WRC R2 CAR".
  6. ^ "JUNIOR WRC". M-Sport. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  7. ^ a b "Junior WRC". WRC - World Rally Championship. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  8. ^ a b "APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR JUNIOR WRC DRIVE DAY".
  9. ^ a b "NEW-LOOK CALENDAR TEMPTS JUNIOR WRC HOTSHOTS".
  10. ^ Shacki. "Season 2001 rally - eWRC-results". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  11. ^ "Preview: WRC 2003". Crash. 2003-01-04. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
  12. ^ Stenos, Jan. "What is a Championship anyway?". janswrc.substack.com. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  13. ^ "Introducing The FIA WRC Academy Crews Of 2012". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  14. ^ "WRC academy completes induction". Crash. 2011-03-15. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  15. ^ "Exciting changes for 2013 WRC". WRC.com. WRC Official Website. 21 September 2012. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  16. ^ "FIA Junior WRC has Citroën in the spotlight | CARS GLOBALMAG". 2015-05-04. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  17. ^ Shacki. "Season 2014 rally - eWRC-results". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  18. ^ "FIA Announces World Motor Sport Council Decisions". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 2021-03-05. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
  19. ^ a b c "2021 FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP – SPORTING REGULATIONS" (PDF).
  20. ^ a b "Top stats - JWRC wins". eWRC-results. (subscription required)

General Statistics

ewrc-Results.com

juwra.com Independent WRC archive

Notes

  1. ^ According to the official WRC Sporting Regulations document for each year

External links

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