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The 2018 FIA WRC2 Championship was the sixth season of WRC2, a rallying championship organised and governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, running in support of the World Rally Championship. 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, the Americas 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 WRC2 Championship:
Manufacturer | Car | Entrant | Tyre | Driver | Co-driver | Rounds |
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Ford | Ford Fiesta R5 | M-Sport Ford WRT | M | Eric Camilli | Benjamin Veillas | 1, 9, 11 |
Teemu Suninen | Mikko Markkula | 1 | ||||
Marco Bulacia | Fernando Mussano | 3 | ||||
D | 5 | |||||
Nil Solans | Miquel Ibañez | 3–6 | ||||
P | 9 | |||||
Marc Martí | 11–12 | |||||
M | Gus Greensmith | Craig Parry | 3, 5–6, 8 | |||
Stuart Loudon | 9 | |||||
Alex Gelsomino | 10–11 | |||||
Pedro Heller | Pablo Olmos | 3, 5–6, 10, 13 | ||||
Alberto Heller | José Diaz | 5, 13 | ||||
Jouni Virtanen | Enni Mälkönen | 8 | ||||
P | Georgios Vassilakis | Spyros Koltsidas | 10 | |||
X-One Racing | P | Kevin Abbring | Pieter Tsjoen | 1–2, 6 | ||
Tommi Mäkinen Racing | P | Takamoto Katsuta | Marko Salminen | 2, 6 | ||
M | 4, 7–8, 12 | |||||
Hiroki Arai | Jarmo Lehtinen | 7–8 | ||||
Glenn MacNeall | 4 | |||||
P | 2, 6 | |||||
Tommi Mäkinen Racing 2 | M | Jarkko Nikara | Sayaka Adachi | 8 | ||
TAIF Motorsport | M | Radik Shaymiev | Maxim Tsvetkov | 2 | ||
GB Motors | P | Gianluca Linari | Nicola Arena | 2 | ||
Castrol Ford Team Türkiye | P | Murat Bostanci | Onur Vatansever | 6, 8, 10 | ||
Keane Motorsport | P | Simone Tempestini | Sergiu Itu | 6 | ||
Lotos Rally Team | P | Kajetan Kajetanowicz | Maciek Szczepaniak | 7, 9–10, 12 | ||
Ford Motorsport Turkey | P | Yağiz Avci | Ersan Alkir | 10 | ||
Deniz Fahri | Bahadir Gücenmez | 10 | ||||
Bora Manyera | Cem Çerkez | 10 | ||||
Škoda Auto | Škoda Fabia R5 | Škoda Motorsport II | M | Jan Kopecký | Pavel Dresler | 1, 4, 7, 9–10 |
Ole Christian Veiby | Stig Rune Skjærmoen | 4, 7 | ||||
Kalle Rovanperä | Jonne Halttunen | 9, 11 | ||||
Pontus Tidemand | Jonas Andersson | 10–11 | ||||
Škoda Motorsport | 2–3, 5–6 | |||||
Ole Christian Veiby | Stig Rune Skjærmoen | 2, 8 | ||||
Kalle Rovanperä | Jonne Halttunen | 3, 5, 8, 12 | ||||
Juuso Nordgren | Tapio Suominen | 6 | ||||
Jan Kopecký | Pavel Dresler | 12 | ||||
Printsport | M | Łukasz Pieniążek | Przemysław Mazur | 2, 4, 6–7, 9, 11–12 | ||
Emil Lindholm | Mikael Korhonen | 8 | ||||
P | Lars Stugemo | Kalle Lexe | 2, 8 | |||
S.A. Motorsport Italia Srl | D | Umberto Scandola | Andrea Gaspari | 2, 9 | ||
CA1 Sport Ltd | D | Fredrik Åhlin | Joakim Sjöberg | 2 | ||
Pontus Tidemand Racing | P | Mattias Adielsson | Andreas Johansson | 2 | ||
Toksport World Rally Team | P | Janne Tuohino | Reeta Hämäläinen | 2 | ||
Jarmo Berg | Rami Suorsa | 2 | ||||
M | Chris Ingram | Ross Whittock | 10–11 | |||
Henning Solberg | Ilka Minor | 12 | ||||
Rhys Yates | Elliott Edmondson | 12 | ||||
Motorsport Italia | P | Benito Guerra | Borja Rozada | 3, 6–9 | ||
Emanuele Inglesi | 12 | |||||
Diogo Salvi | Hugo Magalhães | 10 | ||||
Armin Kremer | Pirmin Winklhofer | 13 | ||||
ACI Team Italia WRC | P | Fabio Andolfi | Simone Scattolin | 4, 6, 12 | ||
Emanuele Inglesi | 8–9, 11 | |||||
Saba Competición | D | Gustavo Saba | Marcelo der Ohannesian | 5 | ||
ABR World Rally Team | D | Tiago Weiler | Fabian Cretu | 5 | ||
TGS Worldwide | M | Eerik Pietarinen | Juhana Raitanen | 8 | ||
Škoda Auto Deutschland | M | Fabian Kreim | Frank Christian | 9 | ||
BC Vision Motorsport | M | Burak Çukurova | Vedat Bostanci | 10 | ||
P | Erkan Güral | Burak Koçoğlu | 10 | |||
Race Seven | D | Marco Bulacia | Fabian Cretu | 11–12 | ||
2C Competition | M | Sylvain Michel | Anthony Gorguilo | 12 | ||
Peugeot | Peugeot 208 T16 R5 | Peugeot Belgium Luxembourg | M | Guillaume De Mévius | Louis Louka | 1, 4 |
Citroën | Citroën DS3 R5 | PH Sport | M | Eddie Sciessere | Flavio Zanella | 1 |
Citroën C3 R5 | Ole Christian Veiby | Stig Rune Skjærmoen | 11 | |||
Citroën Total | M | Stéphane Lefebvre | Gabin Moreau | 4, 6–9, 11–12 | ||
Simone Tempestini | Sergiu Itu | 7–12 | ||||
Ole Christian Veiby | Stig Rune Skjærmoen | 12 | ||||
CHL Sport Auto | M | Yoann Bonato | Benjamin Boulloud | 4, 9 | ||
Sports & You | M | Pepe López | Borja Rozada | 12 | ||
Hyundai | Hyundai i20 R5 | Hyundai Motorsport | M | Jari Huttunen | Antti Linnaketo | 2–3, 6, 8–9, 11–12 |
Nicolas Ciamin | Thibault de la Haye | 4, 7–9 | ||||
Max Vatanen | Christopher Guieu | 6 | ||||
BRC Racing Team | M | Pierre-Louis Loubet | Vincent Landais | 4, 6–9, 11–12 | ||
Hyundai Paraguay | D | Diego Dominguez | Edgardo Galindo | 5 | ||
Metior Sport | M | Eddie Sciessere | Pietro Ometto | 9 | ||
Hyundai Motor España | M | José Antonio Suárez | Cándido Carrera | 9, 12 | ||
Volkswagen | Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 | Volkswagen Motorsport | M | Eric Camilli | Benjamin Veillas | 12 |
Petter Solberg | Veronica Engan | 12 | ||||
Subaru | Subaru Impreza WRX STi | GB Motors | P | Gianluca Linari | Pietro Ometto | 13 |
Source:[22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35] | ||||||
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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